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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.
September 20, 2018
Plus, Harold Meyerson on the 2008 financial crisis and Mouin Rabbani on the Oslo Accords.
Bill McKibben on the polluter in chief, Steve Phillips on moderate Republicans, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the inequality industry.
Randi Weingarten on unions and politics, Mark Hertsgaard on climate, and David Cole on Kavanaugh.
August 30, 2018
Amy Wilentz on the first lady, plus Katha Pollitt on the politics of motherhood, and Lee Saunders on unions after Janus.
Gary Younge on the Democrats, Todd Gitlin on 1968, and Farah Griffin on Aretha.
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Plus Anna Deavere Smith on the school-to-prison pipeline and Rachel Kushner on women in prison.
August 9, 2018
Nichols on journalism, Harold Meyerson on Brett Kavanaugh, and Nomi Prins on Trump and economic entropy.
Katha Pollitt examines Trump’s ideology, Mike Lux surveys political strategy, and Harold Meyerson remembers Jonathan Gold.
Plus, David Cole on Brett Kavanaugh and Michael Kazin on Jimmy Carter.
July 19, 2018
Plus John Nichols on Kavanaugh and Adam Winkler on the Supreme Court and corporate “rights.”
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