I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register
Ann Larson, a pandemic-era grocery store clerk and social critic, is determined to make visible how workers like her really live and think.
Oct 25, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
How Dems Can Turn Texas Blue How Dems Can Turn Texas Blue
John Nichols on politics, plus Adam Shatz on Richard Wright.
Oct 21, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Talking NFL E-Mails With Andrew Brandt Talking NFL E-Mails With Andrew Brandt
Former NFL executive Andrew Brandt joins the show to discuss Jon Gruden’s e-mails, the NFL, and the Washington Football Team.
Oct 19, 2021 / Audio / Dave Zirin
A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story
How did Ray Suarez end up jobless and worrying about how he was going to pay his dental bills?
Oct 18, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused
Lori Yearwood hadn’t thought much about sleep—until she found herself homeless, and unable to catch a wink.
Oct 18, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Do Democrats Need to Stop Talking About Climate, Immigration, and Policing? Do Democrats Need to Stop Talking About Climate, Immigration, and Policing?
John Nichols says no, plus Melina Abdullah on the LAPD, and Ray Suarez on the new podcast Going for Broke.
Oct 14, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Giving the NFL’s Jackie Robinsons Their Due Giving the NFL’s Jackie Robinsons Their Due
Bob Glauber joins the show to talk about his new book about the athletes who broke football's color barrier.
Oct 12, 2021 / Audio / Dave Zirin
America’s Lunatics: Katha Pollitt America’s Lunatics: Katha Pollitt
Plus John Powers on Percival Everett’s Emmett Till novel.
Oct 7, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The NBA’s Vaccine Conundrum The NBA’s Vaccine Conundrum
There is a vaccine war underway, and it’s not clear who will win.
Oct 5, 2021 / Audio / Dave Zirin
Can Policing Be Reformed? Can Policing Be Reformed?
Erwin Chemerinsky on police brutality, plus Eyal Press on dirty work.
Sep 30, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener