Jon Wiener

Contributing Editor

@JonWiener1

Jon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.

Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine

Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine

On this episode of Start Making Sense, we revisit the history of forced pregnancy under the slave regime in antebellum America, and speculate on how the war will end in Ukraine.

Jun 30, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Sarah Posner on White Evangelicals and the January 6 Insurrection, Plus Joan Walsh on Sex Ed

Sarah Posner on White Evangelicals and the January 6 Insurrection, Plus Joan Walsh on Sex Ed Sarah Posner on White Evangelicals and the January 6 Insurrection, Plus Joan Walsh on Sex Ed

On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, discussions on religion’s role in the riots and the “parental rights” movement.

Jun 23, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

John Nichols on January 6 and Peter Dreier on Progressive Prosecutors

John Nichols on January 6 and Peter Dreier on Progressive Prosecutors John Nichols on January 6 and Peter Dreier on Progressive Prosecutors

Writers join the Start Making Sense podcast to discuss the latest on the insurrection hearings and the ousting of San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin.

Jun 16, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

John Nichols on Crime and the Democrats, Plus Sarah Posner on Sex and the Southern Baptists

John Nichols on Crime and the Democrats, Plus Sarah Posner on Sex and the Southern Baptists John Nichols on Crime and the Democrats, Plus Sarah Posner on Sex and the Southern Baptists

Writers join the Start Making Sense podcast to discuss Tuesday’s primaries in California and the scandal that could shake the Christian right. 

Jun 9, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

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” 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

John Nichols on Politics in 2024 and Amy Wilentz on Reparations for Haiti

John Nichols on Politics in 2024 and Amy Wilentz on Reparations for Haiti John Nichols on Politics in 2024 and Amy Wilentz on Reparations for Haiti

On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, a discussion about Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race and an investigation into Haiti’s forced payments to France.

May 26, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

John Nichols on Progressives in the Primaries, Plus Lynn Garafola on “La Nijinska”

John Nichols on Progressives in the Primaries, Plus Lynn Garafola on “La Nijinska” John Nichols on Progressives in the Primaries, Plus Lynn Garafola on “La Nijinska”

On this week’s show, an analysis on pro-Israel groups trying to sway Democratic primaries and a discussion about the amazing life of a Russian avant-garde dancer.

May 19, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Abortion rights rally California

Amy Littlefield on the Abortion Fight and Chesa Boudin on Progressive Prosecutors Amy Littlefield on the Abortion Fight and Chesa Boudin on Progressive Prosecutors

How Americans are fighting back to protect abortion rights.

May 12, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Rebecca Solnit on How People Change and Why We Care

Rebecca Solnit on How People Change and Why We Care Rebecca Solnit on How People Change and Why We Care

On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, we have discussions on forgiveness and the American Revolution.

May 4, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Ukainian refugees

David Nasaw on Biden’s “Disgraceful” Ukrainian Refugee Policy and Katha Pollitt on What Abortion Opponents Are Really Thinking David Nasaw on Biden’s “Disgraceful” Ukrainian Refugee Policy and Katha Pollitt on What Abortion Opponents Are Really Thinking

On this week’s episode, Nation contributor Nasaw gives bad marks to the president’s “new and improved” approach to asylum seekers, and columnist Pollitt reveals what we’re getting ...

Apr 28, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

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