Your Problematic Sports Fave Your Problematic Sports Fave
Sportswriters Kavitha Davidson and Jessica Luther join the show to talk about their new book, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back.
Sep 8, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Trump’s Cynical Trip to Kenosha, Plus BLM in Europe Trump’s Cynical Trip to Kenosha, Plus BLM in Europe
John Nichols shares what he saw in Kenosha during Trump’s visit—plus Gary Younge on the Black Lives Matter movement in Europe.
Sep 3, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Howard Bryant on the Sports Strikes Against Racism Howard Bryant on the Sports Strikes Against Racism
ESPN’s Howard Bryant joins the show to talk about the historic week in sports and politics.
Sep 1, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Rick Perlstein on the Republican Party, From Reagan to Trump Rick Perlstein on the Republican Party, From Reagan to Trump
Plus how Pramila Jayapal went from investment banker to community organizer.
Aug 27, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Ariyana Smith Has a Story to Tell Ariyana Smith Has a Story to Tell
Ariyana Smith joins the show to talk about the recent explosion of Black Lives Matter activism in sports.
Aug 25, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
When the LAPD Came Looking for a BLM Activist When the LAPD Came Looking for a BLM Activist
Melina Abdullah on police brutality, Katie Porter on voting by mail, and Jody Armour on unequal justice.
Aug 20, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Fighting for Vote-by-Mail: Pramila Jayapal Fighting for Vote-by-Mail: Pramila Jayapal
Plus Tom Frank on Trump, Biden, and “populism.”
Aug 13, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
NBA and BLM: Is It All Just Woke Marketing? NBA and BLM: Is It All Just Woke Marketing?
Writer Sekou Smith joins the show to talk NBA return, Black Lives Matter, and whether kneeling constitutes protest today.
Aug 11, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Trump’s Dangerous Push for a Vaccine by October Trump’s Dangerous Push for a Vaccine by October
Gregg Gonsalves on Trump, plus David Cole on the police.
Aug 6, 2020 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Ice Cube on Anti-Semitism and the Contract With Black America Ice Cube on Anti-Semitism and the Contract With Black America
Ice Cube joins the show to talk anti-Semitism, and the Contract With Black America.
Aug 4, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin