The Pandemic Didn’t Have to Be This Bad The Pandemic Didn’t Have to Be This Bad
The decades of disinvestment in our public health infrastructure has now cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
Dec 11, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
Mike Davis: We Need a Commission to Investigate Trump’s Covid Response Mike Davis: We Need a Commission to Investigate Trump’s Covid Response
Plus Amy Wilentz on pardons for the Trump kids.
Dec 10, 2020 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Producer of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Explains the Show’s Unlikely Success The Producer of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Explains the Show’s Unlikely Success
The Queen’s Gambit producer William Horberg joins the pod to talk about his much discussed show.
Dec 8, 2020 / Audio / Dave Zirin
There Is No Room to Mess Up This Presidential Transition There Is No Room to Mess Up This Presidential Transition
Thousands of appointments will have consequences for the next four years, and beyond.
Dec 4, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
How the Dems Can Win in Georgia How the Dems Can Win in Georgia
Joan Walsh on politics, plus David Cole on the Supreme Court and reapportionment of the House of Representatives.
Dec 3, 2020 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
It’s Time America Abolished Poverty It’s Time America Abolished Poverty
We know how to do it. On this week’s show, we lay out the path to a poverty-free future.
Nov 27, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
Stacey Abrams: The Fight for Georgia Stacey Abrams: The Fight for Georgia
Plus Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, Don, Jr., Eric—and Lara
Nov 25, 2020 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Sportswriting Trailblazer Melissa Ludtke Sportswriting Trailblazer Melissa Ludtke
Legendary sportswriter Melissa Ludtke joins the show to talk about her remarkable career.
Nov 24, 2020 / Audio / Dave Zirin
Why Are People Poor? Why Are People Poor?
It doesn’t happen by accident. On this week’s show, we dig into the systemic reasons poverty exists in the richest country in the world.
Nov 20, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
Why Should the Covid Vaccine Manufacturers Keep All the Profits? Why Should the Covid Vaccine Manufacturers Keep All the Profits?
Gregg Gonsalves on virus profiteering, plus J. Hoberman on The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Nov 19, 2020 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener