There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 5: Williamsburg, What’s Good? There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 5: Williamsburg, What’s Good?
Tales from the epicenter of New York gentrification.
Apr 6, 2016 / Podcast / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
Start Making Sense: What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be? Start Making Sense: What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be?
Sasha Abramsky on Trump, Andrew Cockburn on the Election-Industrial Complex, Erin Aubrey Kaplan on Obama, and Noam Chomsky on baseball.
Mar 31, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump
The Syrian-Russian retaking of a major ISIS stronghold and the West’s further control over the Kiev government refute the orthodox US narrative of the new Cold War, which Trump is ...
Mar 30, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
There Goes the Neighborhood: How the Gentrification Machine Really Works There Goes the Neighborhood: How the Gentrification Machine Really Works
Mayor de Blasio’s plan to rezone East New York is his way of controlling the gentrification machine—so what does the zoning plan actually look like?
Mar 30, 2016 / Podcast / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End
Gary Younge on Obama’s legacy, plus Richard Parker on long-term political change, and Rebecca Solnit on hope.
Mar 24, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy
Trump’s challenge to 20-year bipartisan consensus may finally produce the missing public debate.
Mar 23, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
There Goes the Neighborhood: Turf Wars There Goes the Neighborhood: Turf Wars
In episode 3, we go back to the founding of East New York and meet the people who have been organizing since the 1960s.
Mar 23, 2016 / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
Start Making Sense: Bernie Isn’t Finished Start Making Sense: Bernie Isn’t Finished
John Nichols on Hillary’s victories; plus Ari Berman on North Carolina voting restrictions, and Tom Frank on the Democrats’ failures.
Mar 17, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’? Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’?
American officials and pundits expressed “surprise” over Putin’s announcement while missing its primary significance.
Mar 16, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard
In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.
Mar 16, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood