How Dems Can Turn Texas Blue How Dems Can Turn Texas Blue
John Nichols on politics, plus Adam Shatz on Richard Wright.
Oct 21, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Giving the NFL’s Jackie Robinsons Their Due Giving the NFL’s Jackie Robinsons Their Due
Bob Glauber joins the show to talk about his new book about the athletes who broke football's color barrier.
Oct 12, 2021 / Audio / Dave Zirin
Can Policing Be Reformed? Can Policing Be Reformed?
Erwin Chemerinsky on police brutality, plus Eyal Press on dirty work.
Sep 30, 2021 / Audio / 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 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
What Is the “Kaepernick Effect”? What Is the “Kaepernick Effect”?
Princeton University Professor Eddie Glaude and Dave Zirin in conversation on Dave's new book, The Kaepernick Effect.
Sep 21, 2021 / Audio / Dave Zirin
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 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Five Years Later: Steve Wyche on Breaking the Kaepernick Story Five Years Later: Steve Wyche on Breaking the Kaepernick Story
NFL Network’s Steve Wyche joins the show to talk about breaking the Kaepernick story and what it all means five years later.
Aug 31, 2021 / Audio / Dave Zirin
The Greatest: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon on Muhammad Ali The Greatest: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon on Muhammad Ali
The directors of the new Ali documentary talk about bringing a larger-than-life figure back down to earth.
Jul 20, 2021 / Audio / Dave Zirin
Why We Need the Utopian Imagination: Jeet Heer Why We Need the Utopian Imagination: Jeet Heer
Plus George Sanchez on LA’s Boyle Heights.
Jul 8, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Attack on ‘Critical Race Theory’ The Attack on ‘Critical Race Theory’
Kimberlé Crenshaw on the term she helped create, plus David Talbot and Margaret Talbot on the 1960s.
Jul 1, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener