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September 29, 2022
Ken Burns Gets at the Nasty Underbelly of American History
David Nasaw in conversation with Jon Wiener on the new PBS documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust.
Jon Wiener
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September 29, 2022
Can Democrats Hold the Senate? Plus: Ken Burns’s “The U.S. and the Holocaust”
On this week’s episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, John Nichols comments on the future of the Senate, and David Nasaw reviews a new documentary.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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September 28, 2022
Trump’s Judges Are Just Getting Started
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, Linda Hirshman discusses how the reactionary courts could block progressive governance.
Jeet Heer
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September 22, 2022
Bhaskar Sunkara on Bernie in 2024, Plus Chris Lehmann on the “Brooks Brothers Riot”
On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, The Nation’s president and its D.C. Bureau chief join the podcast for discussions on the democratic presidential bid and a Republican riot that preceded the Capitol insurrection by two decades.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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September 21, 2022
Chris Lehmann on Ron DeSantis Using Migrants as Pawns
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion of how the GOP’s immigration gambit might boomerang.
Jeet Heer
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September 15, 2022
The Conservative Takeover of the Southern Baptists, and Jared Kushner’s New Book
On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, Sarah Posner explains how the Baptists became conservative, and Amy Wilentz comments on Jared’s White House memoir.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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September 14, 2022
How the Authoritarian Right Is Weaponizing the Queen’s Death
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion about the monarchy and right-wing sentiment.
Jeet Heer
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September 9, 2022
Playing Through Fire: Athletes in an Age of Reaction
On this week’s episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, a talk about the role of the athlete during times of political upheaval.
Dave Zirin
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September 8, 2022
Amy Littlefield on How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Kansas, Plus Barbara Ehrenreich Remembered
On this week’s episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, on-the-ground reporting from Kansas and an interview with the late Barbara Ehrenreich.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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September 7, 2022
Biden, Trump, and “Semi-Fascism”
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion with The New Republic’s Matt Ford about Joe Biden’s criticism of the former president and MAGA Republicans.
Jeet Heer