Start Making Sense

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Start Making Sense is The Nation’s podcast, hosted by Jon Wiener and coproduced by the Los Angeles Review of Books. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts for new episodes each Thursday.

 

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Bill McKibben: ‘We’re Capable of Doing Remarkable Things to Combat Climate Change’ Bill McKibben: ‘We’re Capable of Doing Remarkable Things to Combat Climate Change’

Plus: Richard J. Evans on Eric Hobsbawm.

Apr 25, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Is Trump Racist

Trump’s Tax Returns: Why We Will See Them, and What We Will Find Trump’s Tax Returns: Why We Will See Them, and What We Will Find

David Cay Johnston on Trump’s taxes, Zoë Carpenter on plastics, and Laurie Winer on Stephen Miller.

Apr 18, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left

Joan Walsh on the candidate, Eric Foner on Reconstruction, and Amy Wilentz on Jared Kushner.

Apr 11, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote

Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote

Plus Harold Meyerson on the trouble with Beto.

Apr 4, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Don’t Trust Barr on the Mueller Report

Don’t Trust Barr on the Mueller Report Don’t Trust Barr on the Mueller Report

John Nichols on the attorney general, Greg Grandin on Trump’s wall, and Adam Hochschild on Woodrow Wilson.

Mar 28, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

College Admissions Scams, From Jared Kushner to Hollywood

College Admissions Scams, From Jared Kushner to Hollywood College Admissions Scams, From Jared Kushner to Hollywood

Amy Wilentz on bribery and cheating, Rebecca Grant on abortion in Mississippi, and Bryce Covert on Medicaid in Arkansas.

Mar 21, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump walking east room

How to Beat Trump in 2020 How to Beat Trump in 2020

John Nichols on strategy, Michael Kazin on Southern Democrats, and Katha Pollitt on political victories for women.

Mar 14, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Solar Panels

Bill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun Bill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun

Plus Maia Szalavitz on the opioid epidemic and Sean Wilentz on impeachment.

Mar 7, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Michelle Goldberg: The Time Is Right for a Green New Deal Michelle Goldberg: The Time Is Right for a Green New Deal

Plus George Zornick on Elizabeth Warren and Michael Walzer on building a movement.

Feb 28, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Green New Deal

Naomi Klein: To Fight Climate Change, We Have to Radically Rethink What Is Possible Naomi Klein: To Fight Climate Change, We Have to Radically Rethink What Is Possible

Plus: Dahlia Lithwick on Trump’s fake “Emergency” and Manuel Pastor on California vs. Trump.

Feb 21, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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