America’s Lunatics: Katha Pollitt America’s Lunatics: Katha Pollitt
Plus John Powers on Percival Everett’s Emmett Till novel.
Oct 7, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Can Policing Be Reformed? Can Policing Be Reformed?
Erwin Chemerinsky on police brutality, plus Eyal Press on dirty work.
Sep 30, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Biden’s Disastrous Deportation of Haitians Biden’s Disastrous Deportation of Haitians
Amy Wilentz on the situation at the border, plus Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce on Occupy Wall Street 10 years after.
Sep 23, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How Mosques Became FBI Targets After 9/11 How Mosques Became FBI Targets After 9/11
Ahilan Arulanantham on state secrets, plus Amy Wilentz on The Chair.
Sep 16, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Abortion Politics and Republican Power Abortion Politics and Republican Power
Rick Perlstein on the Texas law, plus Eric Foner on Tulsa.
Sep 9, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Will the Afghanistan Withdrawal Hurt Biden? Will the Afghanistan Withdrawal Hurt Biden?
John Nichols doesn’t think so. Plus Adam Shatz on William Gardner Smith’s Parisian years.
Sep 2, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
What America Owes Afghan Women: Katha Pollitt What America Owes Afghan Women: Katha Pollitt
Plus Eric Foner on Black politics and history.
Aug 26, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Andrew Bacevich: The Taliban’s Triumph Andrew Bacevich: The Taliban’s Triumph
Plus John Powers on Dick Gregory.
Aug 19, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump: the Big Loser on the Infrastructure Bill Trump: the Big Loser on the Infrastructure Bill
Joan Walsh on the GOP, and Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg.
Aug 12, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Democrats Made Miserable Concessions on Their Infrastructure Bill The Democrats Made Miserable Concessions on Their Infrastructure Bill
John Nichols on “bipartisanship,” plus Art Spiegelman on Street Cop.
Aug 5, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener