What’s Next After Trump’s Worst Week: Joan Walsh What’s Next After Trump’s Worst Week: Joan Walsh
Plus, David Cole on Brett Kavanaugh and Michael Kazin on Jimmy Carter.
Jul 26, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel
Plus John Nichols on Kavanaugh and Adam Winkler on the Supreme Court and corporate “rights.”
Jul 19, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Is Trump… OK? Is Trump… OK?
Amy Wilentz on the president’s mental health, Jane Mayer on Mike Pence, and E.J. Dionne on America after Trump.
Jul 12, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How We Can Block Trump’s Supreme Court Pick How We Can Block Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
John Nichols on political strategy, plus Thomas Frank on Trump’s supporters, and David Graeber on Bullshit Jobs.
Jul 5, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Cruelty and Confusion in Trump’s Treatment of Migrant Children Cruelty and Confusion in Trump’s Treatment of Migrant Children
Zoë Carpenter on “zero tolerance,” Eyal Press on drone warriors, and Amy Wilentz on Haiti.
Jun 28, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Catastrophic Climate Change Is Not an ‘Environmental’ Issue: Bill McKibben Catastrophic Climate Change Is Not an ‘Environmental’ Issue: Bill McKibben
Plus Andrew Bacevich on our endless wars and Robert Edelman on the World Cup.
Jun 21, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
In Trump’s Madness, There’s Opportunity in Korea: Bruce Cumings In Trump’s Madness, There’s Opportunity in Korea: Bruce Cumings
Bruce Cumings on the reasons for optimism about peace in Korea.
Jun 14, 2018 / Jon Wiener
In Trump’s ‘Madness,’ A Chance for Peace in Korea: Bruce Cumings In Trump’s ‘Madness,’ A Chance for Peace in Korea: Bruce Cumings
Plus Ahilan Arulanantham on Trump’s family separation policy, and Harold Meyerson on the Democrats’ chances in November.
Jun 14, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
‘Call Me a Refugee, Not an Immigrant’: Viet Thanh Nguyen ‘Call Me a Refugee, Not an Immigrant’: Viet Thanh Nguyen
The novelist on refugee literature and the concept of the “genius.”
Jun 11, 2018 / Jon Wiener
Don’t Underestimate Trump: Seymour Hersh on the News, Past and Present Don’t Underestimate Trump: Seymour Hersh on the News, Past and Present
The journalist who brought the My Lai massacre to light explains why we are not in a golden age of journalism.
Jun 8, 2018 / Jon Wiener