One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients
An interview with New Yorker writer Jane Mayer on her research into the darkest reaches of right-wing political funding.
Mar 24, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Jane Mayer on the Reclusive Billionaire Who Made Trump President Jane Mayer on the Reclusive Billionaire Who Made Trump President
Plus, Rick Perlstein on Trump and Nixon, and Steve Wasserman on Tom Hayden.
Mar 23, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump
D.D. Guttenplan on working-class Ohio, plus Katha Pollitt on abortion politics and Ari Berman on voting in Texas.
Mar 16, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Rebecca Solnit: How Women Are Changing the World Rebecca Solnit: How Women Are Changing the World
An interview with the author and activist on feminism, Trump, and our exciting and horrifying moment in history.
Mar 10, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Don’t Burn Out: Take a Day Without Trump Every Week Don’t Burn Out: Take a Day Without Trump Every Week
I know I need one.
Mar 10, 2017 / Jon Wiener
This Is the Resistance: More Than 5,000 Grassroots Groups Have Sprung Up Since Trump Was Elected This Is the Resistance: More Than 5,000 Grassroots Groups Have Sprung Up Since Trump Was Elected
Joshua Holland on the growing resistance, Jeremy Haile on the group Indivisible, and Rebecca Solnit on fearless women.
Mar 9, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform
Harold Meyerson on beating Trump from the left, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, and Joan Walsh on Harry Belafonte.
Mar 2, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Jane Mayer: Dark Money and Donald Trump Jane Mayer: Dark Money and Donald Trump
Plus: George Zornick on Trump’s first month and Blanche Wiesen Cook on Eleanor Roosevelt.
Feb 23, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump
Sasha Abramsky on the resistance, Katha Pollitt on evangelicals and Trump, and David Cole on taking Trump to court.
Feb 16, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Keith Ellison: How the Democrats Can Win Keith Ellison: How the Democrats Can Win
Plus: Amy Wilentz on Ivanka Trump and Eric Foner on Trump and history.
Feb 9, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener