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Israeli left-wing activists hold a demonstration near the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on November 11, 2023, calling for a cease-fire amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.

Why We Need the Israeli Left More Than Ever Why We Need the Israeli Left More Than Ever

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Dahlia Scheindlin talks about Israel after Netanyahu, and David Kipen reads from California diaries.

Nov 22, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener

Joe Biden AIPAC

AIPAC Versus the Squad AIPAC Versus the Squad

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Alexander Sammon on how the pro-Israel group wants to destroy progressive politics.

Nov 19, 2023 / Audio / Jeet Heer

A boy searches through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on November 10, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Palestinian Lives and Deaths Palestinian Lives and Deaths

On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, conversations from our archives, where Rachel Kushner reports on Palestinian refugees and Adam Shatz talks about Edward Said.

Nov 16, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener

NBA Commissioner David Stern holding up Golden State Warriors card at Sherton New York Hotel and Towers in 1993.

Basketball Butterfly Effect: 1993 Draft Basketball Butterfly Effect: 1993 Draft

On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, Arya Shirazi joins the show for part five of the Basketball Butterfly Effect.

Nov 14, 2023 / Audio / Dave Zirin

John Hagee

The Religious Right Is Loving the Middle East Apocalypse The Religious Right Is Loving the Middle East Apocalypse

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Chris Lehmann on the holy warriors excited at the world coming to an end.

Nov 12, 2023 / Audio / Jeet Heer

Voting signage outside a polling location in Toledo, Ohio, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Ohioans are considering a proposed amendment, called Issue 1, to prevent the state from interfering with reproductive decisions, including contraception, while allowing abortion bans with exceptions after fetal viability.

Abortion and the Democrats; Gaza and History Abortion and the Democrats; Gaza and History

On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols analyzes Tuesday’s elections, and Fintan O’Toole considers Gaza’s past and future.

Nov 9, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener

Track and field athlete Selina Soule speaks during an event celebrating the House of Representatives’ passing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act outside the US Capitol on April 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden has promised to veto the legislation, which defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” and would ban all transgender women and girls from competing in female school sports.

Trans Athletes Fight for Inclusion in Sports Trans Athletes Fight for Inclusion in Sports

On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, Katie Barnes and Tracie Canada join the show.

Nov 6, 2023 / Audio / Dave Zirin

A scene from “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

Scorsese’s Indigenous Epic Scorsese’s Indigenous Epic

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion on Martin Scorsese’s new film, Killers of the Flower Moon.

Nov 5, 2023 / Audio / Jeet Heer

People rally in support of Palestinians in Times Square in New York on October 8, 2023.

After a Gaza Cease-Fire: D.D. Guttenplan After a Gaza Cease-Fire: D.D. Guttenplan

On this episode of Start Making Sense, The Nation’s editor comments on the future of Israel and Palestine, and Harold Meyerson analyzes the autoworkers’ victory.

Nov 2, 2023 / Audio / Jon Wiener

A group of Palestinians stands amid the rubble of a bombed building.

Adam Shatz on Israelis, Palestinians, and Hamas Adam Shatz on Israelis, Palestinians, and Hamas

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, The Nation’s former literary editor comments on the Israeli war underway in Gaza.

Oct 26, 2023 / Audio / Dave Zirin

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