Society

Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA and Minor League Baseball Players Get Organized

Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA and Minor League Baseball Players Get Organized Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA and Minor League Baseball Players Get Organized

On this edition of the Start Making Sense podcast, Harold Meyerson talks about the LA school workers’ victory, and Kelley Candaele and Peter Drier report on the new Minor League Ba...

Mar 30, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, Plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969

Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, Plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969 Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, Plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we review the bad news–and the good news–about American women. We’ll also talk about the Vietnam Moratorium protests.

Mar 23, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

New Fronts on the Abortion Fight

New Fronts on the Abortion Fight New Fronts on the Abortion Fight

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Moira Donegan on anti-choice legal warfare.

Mar 22, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Ja Morant #12 of the Memphis Grizzlies

Ja Morant on the Edge Ja Morant on the Edge

On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, Chris Herrington joins the show to talk Ja and the Grizzlies.

Mar 17, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Hooked on Women’s Hoops With Kate Fagan

Hooked on Women’s Hoops With Kate Fagan Hooked on Women’s Hoops With Kate Fagan

On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we discuss a new illustrated history of women in basketball.

Mar 9, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

front of the News Corp building

Fox News and the Quicksand of Lies Fox News and the Quicksand of Lies

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Chris Lehmann and I talk about the network and the broader problem of a post-truth society.

Mar 8, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Israeli security forces detain a protester

Saree Makdisi on Israelis and Palestinians and Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Battle Over Black Studies Saree Makdisi on Israelis and Palestinians and Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Battle Over Black Studies

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we examine Netanhayu’s policies and provocations, and the fight over the future of Black Studies.

Mar 2, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

People walk past the New York Times building

Homophobia and Transphobia at “The New York Times” Homophobia and Transphobia at “The New York Times”

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Jack Mirkinson discusses the shameful track record of the “newspaper of record.”

Mar 1, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency

John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we talk about this week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court primary, and Joe Biden’s public health disaster.

Feb 23, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Trugoy of De La Soul performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre

Remembering David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy of De La Soul Remembering David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy of De La Soul

On this week’s episode of Edge of Sports, we speak to Dave Ashton about the legacy of a hip-hop legend. 

Feb 22, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

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