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Start Making Sense is The Nation’s flagship weekly podcast, hosted by contributing editor Jon Wiener, featuring the magazine’s writers and editors as well as activists who shape the week in news. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, for new episodes each Wednesday.

Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA and Minor League Baseball Players Get Organized

Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA and Minor League Baseball Players Get Organized Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA and Minor League Baseball Players Get Organized

On this edition of the Start Making Sense podcast, Harold Meyerson talks about the LA school workers’ victory, and Kelley Candaele and Peter Drier report on the new Minor League Ba...

Mar 30, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, Plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969

Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, Plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969 Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, Plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we review the bad news–and the good news–about American women. We’ll also talk about the Vietnam Moratorium protests.

Mar 23, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

John Nichols on the Failing Banks and Failing Regulations; Plus Gregg Gonsalves on Masks and Covid

John Nichols on the Failing Banks and Failing Regulations; Plus Gregg Gonsalves on Masks and Covid John Nichols on the Failing Banks and Failing Regulations; Plus Gregg Gonsalves on Masks and Covid

On this episode of Start Making Sense, we highlight the senators who warned of the need for greater bank regulation and we review the evidence that masks work to prevent COVID...

Mar 16, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's book

Ron DeSantis Says, “The Left Made Me Do It”; Plus Our Oscar Preview With John Powers Ron DeSantis Says, “The Left Made Me Do It”; Plus Our Oscar Preview With John Powers

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Chris Lehmann talks about the DeSantis book, and John Powers complains about the Academy Awards.

Mar 9, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Israeli security forces detain a protester

Saree Makdisi on Israelis and Palestinians and Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Battle Over Black Studies Saree Makdisi on Israelis and Palestinians and Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Battle Over Black Studies

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we examine Netanhayu’s policies and provocations, and the fight over the future of Black Studies.

Mar 2, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency

John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we talk about this week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court primary, and Joe Biden’s public health disaster.

Feb 23, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

On the Banning of Black History in Florida, and “The Crown”

On the Banning of Black History in Florida, and “The Crown” On the Banning of Black History in Florida, and “The Crown”

On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, Robin Kelley discusses the attacks on Black Studies, and Gary Younge comments on The Crown on Netflix.

Feb 16, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

QAnon and the Republicans, Plus Ireland and the Irish

QAnon and the Republicans, Plus Ireland and the Irish QAnon and the Republicans, Plus Ireland and the Irish

In this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Chris Lehmann analyzes GOP politics and Fintan O’Toole talks about his “personal history.”

Feb 9, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

The Constitutional Solution to the Debt Limit Crisis, Plus Victor Navasky Remembered

The Constitutional Solution to the Debt Limit Crisis, Plus Victor Navasky Remembered The Constitutional Solution to the Debt Limit Crisis, Plus Victor Navasky Remembered

In this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, historian Eric Foner talks about the 14th Amendment, and we listen to an interview with Victor Navasky from 2006.

Feb 2, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

US Senator Kyrsten Sinema

How to Defeat Kyrsten Sinema; Plus Universal Basic Income in LA How to Defeat Kyrsten Sinema; Plus Universal Basic Income in LA

On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, Steve Phillips talks about Arizona politics, and Sasha Abramsky reports on fighting poverty in Southern California.

Jan 26, 2023 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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