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A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
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Graham Platner and the Left’s Misogyny Problem (w/ Yasmin Nair)
Yesterday01:17:06Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Yasmin Nair is a writer, activist, and longtime contributor to Current Affairs. In this conversation with Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, she discusses what Graham Platner’s rise reveals about misogyny on the left, why sexism is too often excused or minimized in progressive politics, and what the failures of liberal feminism can teach us about building a better left. 🌹 Read Yasmin Nair: https://yasminnair.com/ 🌹 Yasmin's Current Affairs articles: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/author/yasmin-nair 0:00-13:27 Yasmin’s Political Predictions and Why the Left Gets It Wrong 13:27-45:03 Graham Platner, Misogyny, and the Left 45:03-58:34 The Failures of Liberal Feminism and Obama 58:34-1:05:28 Prison Abolition and Restorative Justice 1:05:28-1:17:06 The Crisis in Writing and Publishing 🦩 Read our Online Articles: https://www.currentaffairs.org/ 🦩 Subscribe to Current Affairs Magazine: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership
Transcribe →AIPAC Couldn't Stop Abdul El-Sayed
2d ago00:12:45Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership If he wins in November, this could be end of the road for AIPAC and the Democratic establishment. 🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-meaning-of-el-sayeds-victory 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
Transcribe →A Socialist Appears on Fox News
1w ago00:07:37Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Nathan J. Robinson appears on The Will Cain Show to discuss socialism and the future of the Democratic Party. 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
Transcribe →Centrists Are Not More "Electable"
1w ago00:15:43Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Whether a candidate can inspire people, organize them, and deliver for them matters more than where they stand on an imaginary ideological continuum. 🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/were-thinking-about-electability-all-wrong 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
Transcribe →America Is Just Guns and Diarrhea Now
2w ago00:13:03Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Our politicians won't keep parasites out of our food, but they'll make it easier to buy guns through the mail. 🌹 Full article by Alex Skopic: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/diarrhea-in-every-pot-and-a-gun-in-every-mailbox 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
Transcribe →Socialists Humiliate Clueless NewsNation Host
3w ago00:08:07Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership We don’t think NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich knew what she was getting into when she invited Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan J. Robinson and Monte Mader on to debate socialism. 🦩 Read our Online Articles: https://www.currentaffairs.org/ 🦩 Subscribe to Current Affairs Magazine: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership
Transcribe →Daniel Ellsberg's Final Warning to America
3w ago00:40:20Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Daniel Ellsberg was the Pentagon Papers whistleblower whose decision to expose government lies about the Vietnam War changed American history. In this conversation with Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, Michael Ellsberg, Jan R. Thomas, and Robert Ellsberg discuss Truth and Consequence, a new collection of Ellsberg's previously unpublished writings. They reflect on his thinking about nuclear war, conscience, patriotism, civil resistance, and why his ideas remain as relevant today as ever. 🌹 Buy the book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/truth-and-consequence-9781639735518/ 0:00–6:19 The Hidden Writings of Daniel Ellsberg 6:19–15:32 The Ideas That Defined His Life 15:32–22:00 "Don't Delegate Conscience" 22:00–27:28 What Makes an Ordinary Person Resist? 27:28–33:30 What Is Patriotism? 33:30–40:29 Ellsberg's Legacy 🦩 Read our Online Articles: https://www.currentaffairs.org/ 🦩 Subscribe to Current Affairs Magazine: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership
Transcribe →America Is Headed for Another Endless War (w/ Trita Parsi)
3w ago00:29:49Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Trita Parsi is the co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and one of the leading analysts of U.S.–Iran relations. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to explain how the ceasefire between the United States and Iran unraveled, why he believes both Washington and Tehran miscalculated, and what the renewed fighting means for the prospects of diplomacy. 🌹 Subscribe to Trita Parsi on Substack: https://tritaparsi.substack.com/ 🌹 Follow Trita Parsi: https://x.com/tparsi 🌹 The Quincy Institute: https://quincyinst.org/ 0:00–7:05 Collapse of the MOU & Return to War 7:05–11:44 Trump's Strategy & U.S. Miscalculation 11:44–14:52 Why Endless Wars Continue (John Mearsheimer) 14:52–17:31 Best- & Worst-Case Scenarios 17:31–20:22 Trump's Anti-War Promises & the MAGA Split 20:22–25:26 Biden, Gaza & Democratic Accountability 25:26–29:57 The Future of International Law & the ICC 🦩SUBSCRIBE TO CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 MERCH: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/ 🦩THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/the-myth-of-american-idealism-by-noam-chomsky-and-nathan-j-robinson/
Transcribe →Keir Starmer’s Downfall is a Warning for the Democrats
3w ago00:17:03Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership When you stand for nothing, nobody wants to stand with you. 🌹 Full article by Alex Skopic: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/keir-starmers-downfall-is-a-warning-for-the-democrats 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
Transcribe →Neoliberal Economics Has Always Been Bogus
4w ago00:44:33Tap to summarize🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Eric Beinhocker is a professor at the University of Oxford and executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. Nick Hanauer is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and founder of Civic Ventures. Together, they are the authors of the booklet Markets Built for Humans. Beinhocker and Hanauer joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss why they believe neoliberal economics has failed, what the evidence really shows about the minimum wage and inequality, how bad economic ideas have shaped climate policy, and why they argue a thriving middle class is the foundation of a healthy economy and democracy. 📘 Get the book for FREE: https://www.marketsbuiltforhumans.org/ 0:00-9:14 How Neoliberalism Broke the Economy 9:14-15:07 How Much Better Off Americans Could Be 15:07-20:04 Why Markets Naturally Produce Plutocracy 20:04-30:39 How Economists Got the Minimum Wage Wrong 30:39-34:53 How Neoliberal Economics Failed on Climate Change 34:53-44:42 Building an Economy for the Middle Class 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
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