The Progressive Candidates Who Are Shaking Up This Election The Progressive Candidates Who Are Shaking Up This Election
John Nichols on the best candidates, plus Katrina vanden Heuvel on Tom Hayden, and the environmental journalist arrested for doing her job.
Oct 27, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Refusal to Accept the Election Results Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Refusal to Accept the Election Results
Joan Walsh on the debate, Kai Wright on right-wing media, and Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan.
Oct 20, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The United States of Anxiety, Episode 5: White People, Masculinity, and Donald Trump’s Appeal The United States of Anxiety, Episode 5: White People, Masculinity, and Donald Trump’s Appeal
How does a more racially equitable country with a declining manual-labor base feed into Trump’s campaign?
Oct 20, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright
Greil Marcus: Maybe Bob Dylan Isn’t a Poet, but He Is One of America’s Greatest Artists Greil Marcus: Maybe Bob Dylan Isn’t a Poet, but He Is One of America’s Greatest Artists
The music writer on how Dylan has changed his songs over the decades.
Oct 19, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Donald Trump’s ‘Great Respect for Women’ Donald Trump’s ‘Great Respect for Women’
Katha Pollitt on Trump, D.D. Guttenplan on the campaigns in Ohio, and Gary Younge on children killed by guns.
Oct 13, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The United States of Anxiety, Episode 4: The Media That Created Trump The United States of Anxiety, Episode 4: The Media That Created Trump
A look inside the right-wing media echo chamber that has fed Trump’s rise.
Oct 13, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright
A Journey Into the Heart of Trump Country A Journey Into the Heart of Trump Country
Arlie Hochschild on her new book, plus Amy Wilentz on Trump’s high road and Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser on Command and Control.
Oct 6, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The United States of Anxiety, Episode 3: Just How Broken Is Our Immigration System? The United States of Anxiety, Episode 3: Just How Broken Is Our Immigration System?
Donald Trump wants to deport undocumented immigrants and send them “to the back of the line.” What line is he even talking about?
Oct 6, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright
Why Progressives Should Vote for Hillary Clinton Why Progressives Should Vote for Hillary Clinton
A Trump presidency would be a catastrophe, whereas a big win by Clinton creates an opening for change.
Oct 5, 2016 / The Nation
Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief
He’s spectacularly trashed our political culture by weaponizing shame. But he’s not the first—and he won’t be the last.
Oct 4, 2016 / Feature / Adam Haslett