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50 Years of Title IX 50 Years of Title IX

Kim Turner of the Positive Coaching Alliance joins the Edge of Sports podcast to talk about the past and future of Title IX.

Jun 17, 2022 / Audio / Dave Zirin

John Nichols on January 6 and Peter Dreier on Progressive Prosecutors

John Nichols on January 6 and Peter Dreier on Progressive Prosecutors John Nichols on January 6 and Peter Dreier on Progressive Prosecutors

Writers join the Start Making Sense podcast to discuss the latest on the insurrection hearings and the ousting of San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin.

Jun 16, 2022 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Dianne Feinstein and the Centrist Gerontocracy

Dianne Feinstein and the Centrist Gerontocracy Dianne Feinstein and the Centrist Gerontocracy

Rebecca Traister on a venerable senator and an out-of-touch elite.

Jun 15, 2022 / Audio / Jeet Heer

Baseball’s Hidden Resistance

Baseball’s Hidden Resistance Baseball’s Hidden Resistance

Author Robert Elias joins the Edge of Sports podcast to talk about his new books on baseball.

Jun 10, 2022 / Audio / Dave Zirin

John Nichols on Crime and the Democrats, Plus Sarah Posner on Sex and the Southern Baptists

John Nichols on Crime and the Democrats, Plus Sarah Posner on Sex and the Southern Baptists John Nichols on Crime and the Democrats, Plus Sarah Posner on Sex and the Southern Baptists

Writers join the Start Making Sense podcast to discuss Tuesday’s primaries in California and the scandal that could shake the Christian right. 

Jun 9, 2022 / Audio / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Matt Duss on the Ukrainian Dilemma

Matt Duss on the Ukrainian Dilemma Matt Duss on the Ukrainian Dilemma

Bernie Sanders’s foreign policy adviser joins The Time of Monsters to discuss how the war in Ukraine presents a difficult problem for the left. 

Jun 8, 2022 / Audio / Jeet Heer

Katha Pollitt on How to Protect Abortion Rights and Kelly Lytle Hernandez on “Bad Mexicans”

Katha Pollitt on How to Protect Abortion Rights and Kelly Lytle Hernandez on “Bad Mexicans” Katha Pollitt on How to Protect Abortion Rights and Kelly Lytle Hernandez on “Bad Mexicans”

Writers join the Start Making Sense podcast for discussions on protecting reproductive freedom and for a tale about revolutionaries in 1910 who fought on both sides of the US-Mexic...

Jun 2, 2022 / Audio / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

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Parker Molloy on the Lies About the Uvalde Massacre Parker Molloy on the Lies About the Uvalde Massacre

The writer joins The Time of Monsters to discuss how mass shootings are exploited by the right to scapegoat marginalized groups.

Jun 1, 2022 / Audio / Jeet Heer

Are Colin Kaepernick and the NFL Going to Reunite?

Are Colin Kaepernick and the NFL Going to Reunite? Are Colin Kaepernick and the NFL Going to Reunite?

On this week's episode of The Edge of Sports, we discuss the significance, or lack thereof, of Kaepernick’s tryout with the Las Vegas Raiders.

May 31, 2022 / Audio / Dave Zirin

John Nichols on Politics in 2024 and Amy Wilentz on Reparations for Haiti

John Nichols on Politics in 2024 and Amy Wilentz on Reparations for Haiti John Nichols on Politics in 2024 and Amy Wilentz on Reparations for Haiti

On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, a discussion about Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race and an investigation into Haiti’s forced payments to France.

May 26, 2022 / Audio / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

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