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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 Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify or Google Play for new episodes each Thursday.
March 26, 2020
Plus Melina Abdullah on Black Lives Matter, and Katha Pollitt on Contagion .
March 19, 2020
Plus John Nichols on elections and Amy Wilentz on the Kushners and coronavirus.
March 12, 2020
John Nichols on Sanders, Steve Phillips on Big Data, and Adam Hochschild on a forgotten radical.
John Nichols and Joan Walsh on the results, and D.D. Guttenplan with The Nation’ s endorsement of Bernie Sanders.
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Jeet Heer on politics, plus Rick Perlstein on Bernie and Robert Edelman on sports.
Joan Walsh on Warren, Bob Borosage on Bernie, and John Sayles on Yellow Earth .
February 13, 2020
John Nichols on politics, Jane Kleeb on rural America, and Amy Wilentz on Don Junior.
John Nichols on the caucuses, Rick Hasen on elections, and John Powers on the Oscars.
January 30, 2020
Joan Walsh on impeachment politics, Robert Lipsyte on the Super Bowl, and Morley Musick on the Border Patrol.
John Nichols on politics, Andrew Bacevich on the end of the Cold War, and Michael Klare on climate.
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