The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, Plus the Enslaved Black Family The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, Plus the Enslaved Black Family
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Sasha Abramsky reports on politics, and Brenda Stevenson talks about history.
Jun 8, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Jeffrey Toobin on the Roots of Jan. 6 and Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History Jeffrey Toobin on the Roots of Jan. 6 and Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, the legacy of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building; and reading Hillsdale College’s “1776 Curriculum.”
May 18, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
Hooked on Women’s Hoops With Kate Fagan Hooked on Women’s Hoops With Kate Fagan
On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we discuss a new illustrated history of women in basketball.
Mar 9, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Pat Buchanan’s Long Shadow Pat Buchanan’s Long Shadow
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, Nicole Hemmer comments on the underrated impact of a far-right agitator.
Can Democrats Hold the Senate? Plus: Ken Burns’s “The U.S. and the Holocaust” Can Democrats Hold the Senate? Plus: Ken Burns’s “The U.S. and the Holocaust”
On this week's episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, John Nichols comments on the future of the Senate, and David Nasaw reviews a new documentary.
Sep 29, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
Liz Cheney in the Wyoming Primaries and White Supremacy in Southern California Liz Cheney in the Wyoming Primaries and White Supremacy in Southern California
On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, writers John Nichols and Gustavo Arellano join to discuss the upcoming election in Wyoming and a history of the right wing in Orange C...
Aug 11, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
Pramila Jayapal on Going From Banker to Organizer, and Eric Foner on the Right to Vote Pramila Jayapal on Going From Banker to Organizer, and Eric Foner on the Right to Vote
On this week’s episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, the representative and the historian join us to discuss politics and history.
Aug 4, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
Baseball’s Hidden Resistance Baseball’s Hidden Resistance
Author Robert Elias joins the Edge of Sports podcast to talk about his new books on baseball.
Jun 10, 2022 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Katha Pollitt on How to Protect Abortion Rights and Kelly Lytle Hernandez on “Bad Mexicans” Katha Pollitt on How to Protect Abortion Rights and Kelly Lytle Hernandez on “Bad Mexicans”
Writers join the Start Making Sense podcast for discussions on protecting reproductive freedom and for a tale about revolutionaries in 1910 who fought on both sides of the US-Mexic...
Jun 2, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
What the Anti-Abortion Movement Learned From Abolitionists What the Anti-Abortion Movement Learned From Abolitionists
On this week’s podcast, Linda Hirschman discusses the problems of activism in a country divided against itself.