Start Making Sense

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Start Making Sense is The Nation’s podcast, hosted by Jon Wiener and coproduced by the Los Angeles Review of Books. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts for new episodes each Thursday.

 

Parkland Gun Control

How the Parkland Kids Are Beating the Gun Industry How the Parkland Kids Are Beating the Gun Industry

George Zornick on gun control, Jane McAlevey on unions, and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, Jared, and Don Jr.

Mar 1, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Amazon

It’s Time to Break Up Amazon It’s Time to Break Up Amazon

Stacy Mitchell, plus Bryce Covert on low-wage workers, and Bob Dreyfuss on the Russiagate indictments.

Feb 22, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Senator Warren reacts to Sessions' hearing

Elizabeth Warren: The New Monopolies Are Destroying Our Economy and Democracy Elizabeth Warren: The New Monopolies Are Destroying Our Economy and Democracy

George Zornick speaks to the senator, David Dayen on Warren Buffett, and Katha Pollitt on Trump and women.

Feb 15, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President? Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President?

Joan Walsh on Trump, Nomi Prins on financial deregulation, and Ann Jones on Norwegians.

Feb 8, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Was There Anything Actually True in Trump’s State of the Union? Was There Anything Actually True in Trump’s State of the Union?

Harold Meyerson on Trump, and Meehan Crist and Tim Requarth on phony forensics.

Jan 31, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Women's March DC 2018

Women Show How to Run—and Win—Against Trump’s GOP Women Show How to Run—and Win—Against Trump’s GOP

John Nichols, plus Alfred McCoy on Fortress America, and the Rev. William Barber on white nationalism.

Jan 25, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Women's March on Washington

How Trump Brought Feminism Back With a Vengeance How Trump Brought Feminism Back With a Vengeance

Katha Pollitt, plus Bob Dreyfuss on Russiagate and David Bromwich on Trump’s ruling passions.

Jan 18, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globes

Should Celebrities Really Run For President? Should Celebrities Really Run For President?

John Nichols on Oprah, Harold Meyerson on California’s resistance to Trump, and Father Greg Boyle on ex-gang members.

Jan 11, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump KKK

The Trump Family’s History With the KKK The Trump Family’s History With the KKK

Linda Gordon on Fred Trump, plus Nancy MacLean on the roots of the right.

Jan 4, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

#MeToo March

From Bill O’Reilly to Al Franken: Katha Pollitt on #MeToo in 2017 From Bill O’Reilly to Al Franken: Katha Pollitt on #MeToo in 2017

Plus, John Nichols on The Resistance in 2017 and Howell Raines on Alabama’s amazing year.

Dec 28, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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