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Start Making Sense is The Nation ’s podcast, featuring lively conversations with the writers, activists, and artists who shape the week in news, hosted by Jon Wiener . It’s political talk without the boring parts. Subscribe on iTunes , Stitcher , Spotify or Google Play for new episodes each Thursday.
Katha Pollitt on universal child care, plus David Klion on Bernie’s foreign policy adviser, and Antony Loewenstein on Afghanistan.
February 7, 2019
John Nichols on Trump; plus Sasha Abramsky on TPS and Elizabeth Kolbert on climate change.
January 31, 2019
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on borders, Joan Walsh on Pramila Jayapal, and Harold Meyerson on politics after the shutdown.
January 24, 2019
John Nichols on the White House, Sarah Jaffe on the LA teachers’ strike, and Sean Wilentz on slavery and the constitution.
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David Adler on politics, Pedro Noguera on the LA teachers’ strike, and Kate Aronoff on the battle of ideas.
Harold Meyerson on politics, Aaron Maté on Russiagate, and Alex Press on Amazon workers.
January 3, 2019
Our most popular podcast interviews of the year.
December 27, 2018
David Klion on Putin and Trump, Amy Wilentz on Trump’s mental status, and Bill McKibben on climate change.
John Nichols on politics, Erwin Chemerinsky on Obamacare, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on left internationalism.
David Cole on William Barr, Dave Lindorff on Pentagon accounting fraud, and Marc Cooper on the revolution in Armenia.
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