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Members of the Writers Guild of America East on the picket line outside of the Peacock NewFront on May 2, 2023, in New York City.

Our Hot Labor Summer, Plus Melania, Ivanka, and Those 91 Felony Charges Our Hot Labor Summer, Plus Melania, Ivanka, and Those 91 Felony Charges

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson discusses historic labor action, and Amy Wilentz comments on the Trump family’s response to the indictments.

Aug 31, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Kobe Bryant

The Ballad of Kobe Bean The Ballad of Kobe Bean

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the show for part two of our discussion on basketball “butterfly effects.”

Aug 28, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens as former vice president Mike Pence and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy talk at the same time during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by the Fox News Channel on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee.

The Trump Wannabees The Trump Wannabees

On this episode of the The Time of Monsters, Chris Lehmann discusses the GOP candidates on the debate stage trying to copy the party’s one true star.

Aug 27, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Fani Willis at center, at a podium, flanked by her colleagues.

Drew Faust Remembers the Sixties—Plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and Georgia Drew Faust Remembers the Sixties—Plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and Georgia

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harvard’s first woman president describes growing up in the Virginia elite, and the dean of UC Berkeley's law school analyzes the Georgia in...

Aug 24, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Nadine Seiler attends a rally for voting rights in front of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2022.

Delegitimize the Supreme Court Delegitimize the Supreme Court

On the final episode of Contempt of Court, Elie Mystal is joined by legal experts Nikolas Bowie and Rhiannon Hamam to understand how we might strip the court of its presumed legit...

Aug 22, 2023 / Podcast / Elie Mystal

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer writes on a blackboard at Princeton, 1957

The Jewishness of “Oppenheimer” The Jewishness of “Oppenheimer”

Jewish Currents writers and editors Mari Cohen, David Klion, and Raphael Magarik on a surprising movie about the American left.

Aug 18, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Right-Wing Attacks on Small-Town Libraries—Plus, “The Snow Leopard”

Right-Wing Attacks on Small-Town Libraries—Plus, “The Snow Leopard” Right-Wing Attacks on Small-Town Libraries—Plus, “The Snow Leopard”

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Sasha Abramsky on the culture war, and Pico Iyer on Peter Matthieson’s spiritual journey through the Himalayas.

Aug 17, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Carmelo Anthony attends a 2023 NBA Summer League game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Charlotte Hornets at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 11, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Basketball Butterfly Effect: The 2003 NBA Draft Basketball Butterfly Effect: The 2003 NBA Draft

On this episode of Edge of Sports, basketball savant Arya Shirazi joins the show. 

Aug 16, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

People protest in front of the US Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C in response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling.

Can’t Reform the Court’s Power? Then Let’s Take It Away. Can’t Reform the Court’s Power? Then Let’s Take It Away.

On this episode of the Contempt of Court podcast, a deep dive into jurisdiction stripping.

Aug 15, 2023 / Podcast / Elie Mystal

It’s a Barbie World—but Is That a Good Thing?

It’s a Barbie World—but Is That a Good Thing? It’s a Barbie World—but Is That a Good Thing?

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Tarpley Hitt on the mixed messages of Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster.

Aug 13, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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