![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.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1487139612.jpg)
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 / Audio / Jon Wiener
![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.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GOP-debate-august2023-ap.jpg)
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.
![Cornel West speaks at the 2019 Hutchins Center Honors W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony at Harvard University on October 22, 2019.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1177681647-1.jpg)
Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat; Plus, Supreme Court Wins and Losses Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat; Plus, Supreme Court Wins and Losses
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Nation editor D.D. Guttenplan discusses the primaries, and David Cole analyzes the Supreme Court and the Constitution.
Jul 13, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener
![UPS workers and Teamsters members during a rally outside a UPS hub in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Friday, April 21, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1252046117-1.jpg)
Summer of Strikes—Plus, After Affirmative Action Summer of Strikes—Plus, After Affirmative Action
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Jane McAlevey talks about unions, and John Nichols comments on the politics of education.
Jul 6, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener
![Protesters line the corner of Commerce and North Prince Street during a pro-choice rally held by Eastern New Mexico Rising in Clovis, N.M., on January 22, 2022.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1246837579-1.jpg)
The Battle on the Abortion Borderland, Plus RFK Jr. The Battle on the Abortion Borderland, Plus RFK Jr.
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Amy Littlefield reports on abortion access a year after the repeal of Roe, and Joan Walsh talks about her experience with the ant...
Jun 29, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener
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How Democrats Can Win Working-Class Voters and How Doctors Are Fighting Against Hospitals How Democrats Can Win Working-Class Voters and How Doctors Are Fighting Against Hospitals
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Katie Rader talks about politics and Eyal Press reports on medical care in America.
Jun 22, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener
![Cornel West speaks at Harvard University](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1177681635.jpg)
Cornel West Should Not Be Running for President; Plus the GOP vs. Divorce Cornel West Should Not Be Running for President; Plus the GOP vs. Divorce
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Joan Walsh on politics, and Katha Pollitt on Republicans and women.
Jun 15, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener
![US President Joe Biden speaks to the Democratic National Committee at an event in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2022.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/getty-biden-speech.jpg)
D.D. Guttenplan on Biden and the Vision Thing; Plus Disappearing Islands D.D. Guttenplan on Biden and the Vision Thing; Plus Disappearing Islands
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, The Nation’s editor looks at the 2024 campaign, and Christina Gerhardt talks about climate change.
Jun 1, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener
![The live Twitter talk with Elon Musk as Ron DeSantis announces his 2024 presidential run on his Twitter page.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1257798751.jpg)
How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Parker Molloy on how Elon Musk used the Florida governor.
![President Joe Biden delivering a primetime speech at Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia, September 1, 2022.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Biden-in-Philadelphia-Getty.jpg)
Bhaskar Sunkara on Biden in 2024, plus Josh Gondelman on the Writers Strike Bhaskar Sunkara on Biden in 2024, plus Josh Gondelman on the Writers Strike
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast. concerns about the Democratic candidate, and picket lines outside Hollywood studios.
May 11, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense