Remembering Rennie Davis, Remembering Joan Didion Remembering Rennie Davis, Remembering Joan Didion
Interviews with two we lost in 2021.
Dec 30, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
What Were Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior, and Eric Doing on January 6? What Were Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior, and Eric Doing on January 6?
Amy Wilentz on the insurrection, plus Tom Lutz on The Kindness of Strangers.
Dec 23, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Why Trump Won’t Be the Candidate in 2024 Why Trump Won’t Be the Candidate in 2024
David Cay Johnston on Trump, plus Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gates on W.E.B. Du Bois.
Dec 16, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
White Vigilantes and Black Protest White Vigilantes and Black Protest
John Nichols on Kyle Rittenhouse plus Eric Foner on housing.
Nov 24, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Why Republicans Want to Ban the 1619 Project Why Republicans Want to Ban the 1619 Project
Martha Jones on history, plus Father Greg Boyle on gangs.
Nov 18, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump Will Be a Lousy Candidate in 2024, but the GOP Is Stuck With Him Trump Will Be a Lousy Candidate in 2024, but the GOP Is Stuck With Him
John Nichols on politics, plus Rebecca Solnit on George Orwell.
Nov 11, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Do Democrats Need to Stop Talking About Climate, Immigration, and Policing? Do Democrats Need to Stop Talking About Climate, Immigration, and Policing?
John Nichols says no, plus Melina Abdullah on the LAPD, and Ray Suarez on the new podcast Going for Broke.
Oct 14, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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