Andrew Bacevich: The Taliban’s Triumph Andrew Bacevich: The Taliban’s Triumph
Plus John Powers on Dick Gregory.
Aug 19, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump: the Big Loser on the Infrastructure Bill Trump: the Big Loser on the Infrastructure Bill
Joan Walsh on the GOP, and Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg.
Aug 12, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Democrats Made Miserable Concessions on Their Infrastructure Bill The Democrats Made Miserable Concessions on Their Infrastructure Bill
John Nichols on “bipartisanship,” plus Art Spiegelman on Street Cop.
Aug 5, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Delta Variant: What Joe Biden Needs to Do Now The Delta Variant: What Joe Biden Needs to Do Now
Gregg Gonsalves on the pandemic, plus John Powers on Summer of Soul.
Jul 29, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Bernie’s Big Deal Bernie’s Big Deal
John Nichols on the budget, plus Francine Prose on Ethel Rosenberg.
Jul 22, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Rethinking Global Security: Katrina vanden Heuvel Rethinking Global Security: Katrina vanden Heuvel
World politics after the Biden-Putin Summit: Katrina vanden Heuvel argues that we need to rethink what real security means, and that it can’t mean a new cold war but joint ac…
Jul 15, 2021 / Audio
Why We Need the Utopian Imagination: Jeet Heer Why We Need the Utopian Imagination: Jeet Heer
Plus George Sanchez on LA’s Boyle Heights.
Jul 8, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Attack on ‘Critical Race Theory’ The Attack on ‘Critical Race Theory’
Kimberlé Crenshaw on the term she helped create, plus David Talbot and Margaret Talbot on the 1960s.
Jul 1, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
It’s Time to Mobilize for Voting Rights It’s Time to Mobilize for Voting Rights
John Nichols on the franchise, plus David Kipen on a new Federal Writers Project.
Jun 24, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
It’s Not Just Joe Manchin It’s Not Just Joe Manchin
Joan Walsh on ‘moderate’ Democrats, plus Kai Bird on Jimmy Carter.
Jun 17, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener