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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.

Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton

Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton

Ari Berman on the GOP’s war on voting rights, Zoë Carpenter on the Supreme Court and abortion, and D.D. Guttenplan on Brexit and Trump.

Jun 30, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump Ban on Muslims

Donald Trump Really Could Ban Muslims From Entering the Country Donald Trump Really Could Ban Muslims From Entering the Country

RoseAnn DeMoro on the People’s Summit, David Cole on lessons from the NRA, and Sasha Abramsky on Trump and Muslims.

Jun 23, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Orlando LGBT vigil

Life and Death in Gay Orlando Life and Death in Gay Orlando

Nadine Smith on Gay Orlando before, and after, Saturday’s attack; plus Harold Meyerson on what’s next for Hillary and Bernie, and Adam Hochschild on the Spanish Civil War.

Jun 16, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Sanders in California

What Happened in California? What Happened in California?

John Nichols on Bernie’s loss, Andrew Cockburn on Obama’s drone war, and John Powers on Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.

Jun 9, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Sanders supporter

Does Bernie’s Movement Have a Future? Does Bernie’s Movement Have a Future?

Margaret Talbot on Elizabeth Warren, Nicky Woolf on Bernie’s chances in California, and D.D. Guttenplan on Bernie’s movement.

Jun 2, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Bernie or Bust

Can the Democratic Party Be United? Can the Democratic Party Be United?

Plus: the myth of “independent voters,” and Tom Frank on Hillary Clinton and poor women.

May 26, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Hillary Clinton in Kentucky

Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary? Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary?

Plus climate protests around the world, and Patrick Cockburn’s ISIS update.

May 19, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense: Hillary Clinton Is Donald Trump’s Dream Opponent

Start Making Sense: Hillary Clinton Is Donald Trump’s Dream Opponent Start Making Sense: Hillary Clinton Is Donald Trump’s Dream Opponent

Plus: Ari Berman on how Trump could win, and Eric Foner on Hillary Clinton and the African-American vote.

May 12, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence?

Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence? Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence?

Plus: The life, and death, of Sandra Bland.

May 5, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Donald Trump

Start Making Sense: Could Donald Trump Actually Win Some of Bernie’s Supporters? Start Making Sense: Could Donald Trump Actually Win Some of Bernie’s Supporters?

Plus, why Trump loves talking about “political correctness,” and what makes Prince a gay icon.

Apr 28, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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