Jon Wiener

Contributing Editor

@JonWiener1

Jon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.

Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court, and Abolishing Student Debt

Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court, and Abolishing Student Debt Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court, and Abolishing Student Debt

On this week’s podcast, Joan Walsh on January 6 and Astra Taylor on April 4.

Mar 31, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson talks to former senator Doug Jones

Senate Confirmation Hearings and the Missing Fight About the Constitution Senate Confirmation Hearings and the Missing Fight About the Constitution

Joseph Fishkin and William E. Forbath on the Supreme Court, plus P.E. Moskowitz on antidepressants.

Mar 24, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

What the Media Should Do During Wartime

What the Media Should Do During Wartime What the Media Should Do During Wartime

Founder of Jacobin and president of The Nation Bhaskar Sunkara weighs in. 

Mar 17, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Jamie Raskin: Why It’s Been So Hard to Nail Trump

Jamie Raskin: Why It’s Been So Hard to Nail Trump Jamie Raskin: Why It’s Been So Hard to Nail Trump

The representative talks about the House Select Committee’s evidence against Trump, and a historian dishes the dirt on Democrats.

Mar 10, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Putin’s War: What Is to Be Done?

Putin’s War: What Is to Be Done? Putin’s War: What Is to Be Done?

Katrina vanden Heuvel on Ukraine, plus Elie Mystal on the Constitution.

Mar 3, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Canadian Truckers: a Working-Class Protest?

Canadian Truckers: a Working-Class Protest? Canadian Truckers: a Working-Class Protest?

Jeet Heer on the "Freedom Convoy," plus Amy Wilentz on Paul Farmer.

Feb 24, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Mitch McConnell frog face

Will Trump’s Senate Candidates Lose in November? Will Trump’s Senate Candidates Lose in November?

John Nichols on Congress, plus Peter Richardson on Hunter S. Thompson.

Feb 17, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Biden and the Border

Biden and the Border Biden and the Border

Ahilan Arulanantham on immigration, plus Amy Wilentz on Haiti.

Feb 10, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

The Progressives’ Agenda: What’s Left?

The Progressives’ Agenda: What’s Left? The Progressives’ Agenda: What’s Left?

Ro Khanna on the midterms, plus Katha Pollitt on The Right to Sex.

Feb 3, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Our Coronavirus Criminals

Our Coronavirus Criminals Our Coronavirus Criminals

John Nichols on pandemic profiteers, plus Eric Foner on slaveholders in Congress. 

Jan 27, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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