Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the Age of Trump Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the Age of Trump
Plus Katha Pollitt on Trump and Russia, and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka in Germany.
Apr 27, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Frances Fitzgerald: Why Did White Evangelicals Vote For Our Immoral President? Frances Fitzgerald: Why Did White Evangelicals Vote For Our Immoral President?
About 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump.
Apr 24, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Bill McKibben: This Is Our Last Chance to Save the Planet Bill McKibben: This Is Our Last Chance to Save the Planet
Plus, Frances Fitzgerald on evangelicals and Trump, and Andrew Bacevich on our endless war in Afghanistan.
Apr 20, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Tom Frank: On the Road in Trump Country Tom Frank: On the Road in Trump Country
How Trump won, and why Clinton lost.
Apr 14, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Tom Frank: Would Bernie Have Been Able to Beat Trump? Hell Yes! Tom Frank: Would Bernie Have Been Able to Beat Trump? Hell Yes!
Plus: Amy Wilentz on Ivanka and Jared; Ari Berman on voting rights under Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Apr 13, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Sarah Posner: What Would Jesus Do—About Donald Trump? Sarah Posner: What Would Jesus Do—About Donald Trump?
The writer on evangelicals and politics, before and after the election.
Apr 7, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Chris Hayes: Donald Trump Is a Law-and-Order President In the Worst Possible Way Chris Hayes: Donald Trump Is a Law-and-Order President In the Worst Possible Way
Plus: Sarah Posner on evangelical politics and Gary Younge on kids who have been killed by guns.
Apr 6, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Chris Hayes: Americans Hated Trump’s Health-Care Plan—Will They Go For Single Payer? Chris Hayes: Americans Hated Trump’s Health-Care Plan—Will They Go For Single Payer?
“I have never, in my political reporting career, seen something crash and burn quite like this.”
Mar 31, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Chris Hayes: Trump ‘Knew Literally—And I Mean Literally—Nothing About’ His Health-Care Bill Chris Hayes: Trump ‘Knew Literally—And I Mean Literally—Nothing About’ His Health-Care Bill
Plus Joan Walsh on Trump and the Russians, and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka.
Mar 30, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Is Trump Like Nixon? Is Trump Like Nixon?
Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland, says: “Not really.”
Mar 28, 2017 / Jon Wiener