Bonus episode excerpt: Handsome Fashs and Widening Gyres

#7: Pink Slips, Blue Lakes, Red Takes: The Current Affairs panel discuss whether demanding that opponents be fired is good strategy, hear a dispatch from Nathan about the Abdul for Governor campaign, and each share their most conservative opinions. by Current Affairs

75 min listen

Bonus excerpt: Room 101 (or CA Gripefest I): BBC radio used to have a show, Room 101, in which celebrities came on and discussed their pet gripes, trying to convince the host to consign the object of their gripes to the titular Room 101... the punishment room from George Orwell’s 1984. In today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, legal editor Oren Nimni and editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson recreate the show, sharing their loathing for a famous lawyer, a classic book, a gummy bear brand, a social media platform, a famous Leftist, a genre of movies, a mode of transportation and... garnishes. We present an excerpt here. by Current Affairs

10 min listen

Bonus episode excerpt: S. Chapin Domino, will you accept this rose?: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which social media editor Vanessa A. Bee, contributing editor Briahna Joy Gray and amusements editor Lyta Gold give the Current Affairs take on reality television. Spoiler alert: they are very in favor! by Current Affairs

4 min listen

#2: All Landlords, Apostates!: The Current Affairs panel unpacks the accusation of liberal bias, asks whether landlords are necessary, and shares their favorite lost historical hero. by Current Affairs

65 min listen

Bonus episode excerpt: Masterpiece Pieshop: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which *Current Affairs* legal editor Oren Nimni and social media editor Vanessa A. Bee explain and comment on the recent *Masterpiece Cakeshop* decision that came down from the Supreme Court last week. by Current Affairs

2 min listen

#1: Board Shorts: The panel dives into the Jobs Guarantee vs. Universal Basic Income debate, Nathan pitches randomized college admissions, and everyone shares their worst past belief. by Current Affairs

76 min listen

#5: Out of Left Field: The Current Affairs panel discusses the latest flare-ups in the left-liberal divide (civility, Ocasio-Cortez, and more), hears Pete's Lefty Shark Tank pitch for a universal government login, and share their favorite silver bullets for solving many problems in one fell swoop. by Current Affairs

61 min listen

Bonus episode excerpt: Summer School by Current Affairs

4 min listen

Bonus episode excerpt: "Speech" Bubble: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which Current Affairs legal editor Oren Nimni and social media editor Vanessa A. Bee break down the latest cases from the Supreme Court's 2018 term: why they're disappointing, why everything can't be "speech," and why Anthony Kennedy is overrated. by Current Affairs

4 min listen

#3: What the P.C. Police Won't Tell You: The *Current Affairs* panel discusses why right-wing commentators feel so aggrieved, figures out what we mean by prison abolition, and make the complicated simple and the simple complicated. by Current Affairs

83 min listen

Bonus episode excerpt: Kitchen Knightmares: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which editor-in-chief Nathan Robinson and legal editor Oren Nimni discuss Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, which they argue is, at least partially, a left-wing television show...or, at the very least, a useful spotlight on the petty tyranny of bad bosses. by Current Affairs

5 min listen

#15: The Voicemailbag III: The Current Affairs panel opens up the phone lines, answering listener questions on postmodernism, growth, effective altruism, religion, New Orleans and jokes. by Current Affairs

56 min listen

#8: Dreams, Schemes & Time Machines: The Current Affairs panel discusses what the end of racism and sexism might look like, legal star Ian Samuel enters the Lefty Shark Tank to pitch Supreme Court packing, and we all share our favorite historical what-ifs. (Plus, the segment breaks are haunted by disturbing 20th century ghosts!) by Current Affairs

73 min listen

Bonus excerpt: All's Well That Endzone: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which, just in time for the beginning of the season, amusements editor Lyta Gold and legal editor Oren Nimni discuss all things football: its labor politics, its racial politics, and why (according to Lyta) it is the masculine version of drag. by Current Affairs

2 min listen

Bonus excerpt: The Trust Busters with Lina Khan and Sandeep Vaheesan: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which, continuing the conversation from Episode 9, social media editor Vanessa A. Bee talks tackling monopoly power with modern day trust busters Lina Khan and Sandeep Vaheesan. by Current Affairs

3 min listen

Bonus episode excerpt: Handsome Fashs and Widening Gyres: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which amusements editor Lyta Gold and senior editor Brianna Rennix wax (and wane) poetic about Irish poet William Butler Yeats, taking listeners on a rollicking ride from his strange diagrams to the failure of socialism in Ireland to... the mysterious appeal of Jordan Peterson. by Current Affairs

3 min listen

Bonus episode excerpt: Freedom (of contract) isn't free: An excerpt from our first bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which *Current Affairs* legal editor Oren Nimni and editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson discuss their recent *Current Affairs* articles on mandatory arbitration and freedom of contract. (Plus, Nathan shares his love of pie and trials with learning to play the washboard). by Current Affairs

3 min listen

Bonus episode excerpt: Michigan Facts by Current Affairs

6 min listen

Trailer: A trailer for Current Affairs: The Podcast. by Current Affairs

1 min listen

#11: The Fault in Our Barnstars: The Current Affairs panel discusses whether the political is personal, Nathan waxes poetic about Wikipedia, and we all share something that is trending in the right direction. by Current Affairs

73 min listen

Bonus excerpt: "The West" and Other Myths with Daniel Walden: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which amusements editor Lyta Gold and senior editor Brianna Rennix discuss myths with Classics scholar Daniel Walden, who recently wrote in the magazine about how the whole concept of “Western civilization" is a myth. Tune in to learn about why the myth of dragons may be a lefty one, why Jordan Peterson is confused about myths, what an anti-pope is, what myths can teach us about national origin stories, the purpose of trickster gods, and more. by Current Affairs

5 min listen

Bonus excerpt: Ian Samuel on being Left in the law: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which Current Affairs legal editor Oren Nimni and social media editor Vanessa A. Bee interview Indiana Law professor, First Mondays host, and rising legal star Ian Samuel about being a lefty in the law. Discussed: the three's lefty origin stories, the consequences of a Kavanaugh nomination, why the law is a conservatizing profession, and more. by Current Affairs

4 min listen

#6: The Voicemailbag: A Current Affairs megapanel opens up the Current Affairs voicemailbag to answer listener questions on topics ranging from lefty groupthink to ethical consumption to Lyta's theory of comedy to the origin of Nathan's Chomsky love. by Current Affairs

65 min listen

#4: Smokey Eyes and Shady Lawyers by Current Affairs

73 min listen

Uncovering the Unspeakable: The Case of Kavanaugh's Patriarchiitis: In an episode-long special, Current Affairs social media editor Vanessa A. Bee and amusements editor Lyta Gold launch their new investigative journalism podcast, "Uncovering the Unspeakable," on our sister network, Concurrent Affairs. Their pilot episode: uncovering the curious case of Brett Kavanaugh's patriarchiitis. by Current Affairs

38 min listen

Bonus excerpt: Blood, shot.: An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which Current Affairs finance editor Sparky Abraham and editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson discuss John Carreyrou's recent book about the Theranos scandal, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. Discussed: why you should be skeptical of prestige (and allegedly liberal lawyers); the importance of good investigative journalism; Silicon Valley boosterism; the cult of Steve Jobs; and more. by Current Affairs

4 min listen

#28: The Dolphin Tax-Advantaged Account: The Current Affairs panel discusses animal rights, the question of whether to treat internet platforms as private or public spaces, and what they would like to see added to the school history curriculum. The panel this week is newsletter editor Nick Slater, amusements and managing editor Lyta Gold, senior editor Brianna Rennix, finance editor Sparky Abraham, editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, and host Pete Davis. This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA. Many thanks to Golden Tony for assistance with the bits. Credit goes to Livio Amato for the piano music in the bit. by Current Affairs

55 min listen

UNLOCKED: MMTers Rohan Grey & Raúl Carrillo on shaking the money tree: UNLOCKED from the bird feed to the main feed: Current Affairs host Pete Davis talks with the Modern Money Network's Rohan Grey and Raúl Carrillo about Modern Monetary Theory, the big idea shaking up the Left's view of public spending. They — and their ragtag band of economists, activists and politicians — are questioning everything you thought you knew about debt, deficits, spending, and money. by Current Affairs

57 min listen

UNLOCKED: Astra Taylor on her radically democratic life: UNLOCKED FROM THE BIRD FEED: Current Affairs host Pete Davis sits down with filmmaker, writer and activist Astra Taylor. Check out Astra's three films — Zizek!, Examined Life, and What is Democracy? See her writing in The Nation and in her upcoming book, Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone. by Current Affairs

34 min listen

#10: The Voicemailbag II: A Current Affairs megapanel opens up the Current Affairs voicemailbag again to answer listener questions on topics ranging from separation of powers to policy prioritization to workplace democracy to the lack of a recent Chomsky drop...and more. by Current Affairs

63 min listen

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