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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.
October 15, 2020
Gregg Gonsalves on Covid-19, plus Allissa Richardson on Black cell-phone videos.
October 8, 2020
Amy Wilentz on Covid-19 and Ari Berman on voting rights.
John Nichols on the presidential debate and Katha Pollitt on Melania.
Elie Mystal on Supreme Court packing, plus Sonia Shah on climate disasters.
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September 17, 2020
John Nichols on Wisconsin, plus David Nasaw on refugees.
September 10, 2020
Plus, Joan Walsh on when politics came to late-night TV, 1968.
John Nichols shares what he saw in Kenosha during Trump’s visit—plus Gary Younge on the Black Lives Matter movement in Europe.
Plus how Pramila Jayapal went from investment banker to community organizer.
August 20, 2020
Melina Abdullah on police brutality, Katie Porter on voting by mail, and Jody Armour on unequal justice.
August 13, 2020
Plus Tom Frank on Trump, Biden, and “populism.”
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