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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.

Donald Trump and Boris Johnson

Does Boris Johnson’s Victory in the UK Mean Trump Will Win in the US? Does Boris Johnson’s Victory in the UK Mean Trump Will Win in the US?

D.D. Guttenplan on politics, plus John Nichols with the Progressive Honor Roll and Arundati Roy on India.

Dec 19, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Election 2018 Nevada Voters

Progressives and White Working-Class Voters Progressives and White Working-Class Voters

Joshua Holland on politics, Katha Pollitt on fetal personhood, and Ruth Marcus on Brett Kavanaugh.

Dec 12, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Virginia State Election Celebration

How the Dems Can Win in 2020: Lessons of the Virginia Victories How the Dems Can Win in 2020: Lessons of the Virginia Victories

Joan Walsh on politics, Jeet Heer on Trump and war crimes, and Bryce Covert on strikes.

Dec 5, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

‘It Can’t All Be Bernie’

‘It Can’t All Be Bernie’ ‘It Can’t All Be Bernie’

The candidate with John Nichols, Adam Hochschild on deportation, and John Powers on The Irishman.

Nov 27, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Gail Collins: Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the Complicated Story of Women and Aging in America Gail Collins: Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the Complicated Story of Women and Aging in America

Plus Rick Perlstein on impeachment and Eric Foner on the 1619 Project.

Nov 21, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Sherrod Brown Re-election

Sherrod Brown: How to Beat Trump Sherrod Brown: How to Beat Trump

Plus D.D. Guttenplan on Joe Biden and Thom Hartmann on the Supreme Court.

Nov 14, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

The 2020 Election Is One Year Away

The 2020 Election Is One Year Away The 2020 Election Is One Year Away

John Nichols on the Polls, plus Paul Adler on Socialism and John Powers on John le Carré.

Nov 7, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Faltering

Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Faltering Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Faltering

Jeet Heer on Moderate Dems, plus Elie Mystal on Senate Republicans and Amy Wilentz on Haiti.

Oct 31, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump

How TV Made Trump How TV Made Trump

Tom Carson on the president, David Perry on Ilhan Omar, and Pico Iyer on Japan.

Oct 24, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

The Deepening Desperation of Donald Trump

The Deepening Desperation of Donald Trump The Deepening Desperation of Donald Trump

Sasha Abramsky on the president, Corey Robin on Clarence Thomas, and Katha Pollitt on abortion.

Oct 17, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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