The Only Eastern Conference NBA Preview You Need The Only Eastern Conference NBA Preview You Need
Arya Shirazi joins us again for our annual NBA preseason predictions.
Oct 14, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The Political Power of Police Unions—With Stuart Schrader The Political Power of Police Unions—With Stuart Schrader
Stuart Schrader joins Danny and Derek to explore the history and political influence of police unions, their relationship to organized labor, and the future of police reform.
Oct 14, 2026 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
GOP Election Deniers Running for Governor— Plus John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” GOP Election Deniers Running for Governor— Plus John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing”
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson analyzes Democrats’ key campaigns for governor, and John Powers comments on critic and writer John Berger.
Oct 14, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Dispatch From the Front Lines of the Data Center Wars—With Ben Inskeep & Bryce Gustafson Dispatch From the Front Lines of the Data Center Wars—With Ben Inskeep & Bryce Gustafson
Data centers and AI, AI and data centers. We all know how pivotal these issues have become. But lots of the analysis on these topics has been coming from pundits who are the farthe…
Oct 12, 2026 / Podcast
Why SCOTUS Is Climate Action’s Biggest Threat—With Elie Mystal Why SCOTUS Is Climate Action’s Biggest Threat—With Elie Mystal
“If you don’t control the Supreme Court, you don’t control anything.”
Oct 10, 2026 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray and Mindy Ramaker
War Breaks in Tigray, Brazil Holds Elections, Houthi/Ansar Allah Attacks Hit a Saudi Airport War Breaks in Tigray, Brazil Holds Elections, Houthi/Ansar Allah Attacks Hit a Saudi Airport
Derek has returned, but he keeps trying to get Danny to go to some seminar led by a charismatic “mentor” he encountered in his travels.
Oct 9, 2026 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
Brazil’s Data Center Boom Is Enabled by Renewables Firms—With Laís Martins Brazil’s Data Center Boom Is Enabled by Renewables Firms—With Laís Martins
Paris Marx and a tech reporter for The Intercept Brazil discuss how Brazil’s renewable energy industry is fueling data center expansion, greenwashing, and harm to local communitie...
Oct 8, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine
Tamryn Spruill joins the show to talk about her new book on the WNBA, and we discuss Palestine and Irish politics with Rebecca O’Keeffe.
Oct 7, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Palestine Three Years After October—With Rashid Khalidi Palestine Three Years After October—With Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi joins Danny and Derek to discuss Gaza, October 7, US policy toward Israel, regional shifts, and the future of Palestinian resistance.
Oct 7, 2026 / Podcast
AI: What Is to Be Done? Plus Protest Under Assault AI: What Is to Be Done? Plus Protest Under Assault
On this episode, Garrison Lovely argues that the real threat of AI is making human labor obsolete, and Annie Leonard says we need to defend and use our right to protest.
Oct 7, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener