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Start Making Sense is The Nation’s flagship weekly podcast, hosted by contributing editor Jon Wiener, featuring the magazine’s writers and editors as well as activists who shape the week in news. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, for new episodes each Wednesday.

Filibuster protest

It’s Not Just Joe Manchin It’s Not Just Joe Manchin

Joan Walsh on ‘moderate’ Democrats, plus Kai Bird on Jimmy Carter.

Jun 17, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Joe Manchin

What Does Joe Manchin Want? What Does Joe Manchin Want?

John Nichols on filibuster reform, plus Amy Wilentz on Israeli politics.

Jun 10, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Tulsa massacre

White Politics and Black History in Tulsa White Politics and Black History in Tulsa

David Perry on the Tulsa Race Massacre commemoration, plus Katha Pollitt on Jordan Peterson’s advice for men.

Jun 3, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Democrats, Israel, and Palestine: John Nichols 

Democrats, Israel, and Palestine: John Nichols  Democrats, Israel, and Palestine: John Nichols 

Plus Robin D.G. Kelley on Exterminate All the Brutes.

May 27, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Gaza damage

Palestinians’ ‘Second Front’—Inside Israel Palestinians’ ‘Second Front’—Inside Israel

Saree Makdisi on the Mideast plus Eric Foner on The Underground Railroad.

May 20, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Palestinian Protests In London

Palestinian Lives—and Deaths Palestinian Lives—and Deaths

Rachel Kushner on refugees and Adam Shatz on Edward Said

May 13, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Philip Roth biography

Rapists, Misogynists, Creeps, and Their Books Rapists, Misogynists, Creeps, and Their Books

Katha Pollitt on Blake Bailey, plus Louis Menand on Cold War culture.

May 6, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Senator Mazie Hirono

Reform the Filibuster! Reform the Filibuster!

Senator Mazie Hirono on changing the Senate and the Supreme Court, plus Tim Schwab on Bill Gates, and Katha Pollitt on Dr. Seuss.

Apr 29, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

George Floyd memorial

The Chauvin Verdicts and the Movement That Made Them Possible The Chauvin Verdicts and the Movement That Made Them Possible

Jody Armour on Minneapolis, plus Mark Hertsgaard on Earth Day.

Apr 22, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Amazon logo

Organizing at Amazon: What Went Wrong? Organizing at Amazon: What Went Wrong?

Jane McAlevey on the fight in Bessemer, plus Amy Wilentz on Hunter Biden.

Apr 15, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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