What Were Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior, and Eric Doing on January 6? What Were Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior, and Eric Doing on January 6?
Amy Wilentz on the insurrection, plus Tom Lutz on The Kindness of Strangers.
Dec 23, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Taking a Break With Viet Thanh Nguyen Taking a Break With Viet Thanh Nguyen
A special conversation with the Pulitzer Prize–winning author.
Dec 21, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Why Trump Won’t Be the Candidate in 2024 Why Trump Won’t Be the Candidate in 2024
David Cay Johnston on Trump, plus Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gates on W.E.B. Du Bois.
Dec 16, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Ryan Shazier on His Perilous Football Journey Ryan Shazier on His Perilous Football Journey
Ryan Shazier joins the show to talk about his new book, Walking Miracle.
Dec 14, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
USA vs. China vs. Climate Change USA vs. China vs. Climate Change
Alfred McCoy on the shifting global order, plus Kristina Wong on mutual aid.
Dec 9, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Omicron and Inequality Omicron and Inequality
Gregg Gonsalves on the new variant, plus Gary Younge on Josephine Baker.
Dec 2, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
White Vigilantes and Black Protest White Vigilantes and Black Protest
John Nichols on Kyle Rittenhouse plus Eric Foner on housing.
Nov 24, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
When Women’s Soccer Started a Revolution When Women’s Soccer Started a Revolution
Rob Goldman joins the show to talk about his new book, The Sisterhood: The 99ers and the Rise of U.S. Women’s Soccer.
Nov 23, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Why Republicans Want to Ban the 1619 Project Why Republicans Want to Ban the 1619 Project
Martha Jones on history, plus Father Greg Boyle on gangs.
Nov 18, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home
As the pandemic closed down New York City, Fitzgerald found her daughter and herself priced out of a place to live.
Nov 15, 2021 / Podcast / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project