Mamdani’s “Richard Scarry Socialism” Can Make City Life Simple Again
The NYC mayor is trying to build a city that functions like a city in a children's picture book, where people aren’t caught in a web of lies...
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20 of 652 episodesZombie Simpsons and How Capitalism Killed Culture
Jon Greenaway is a writer, critic, and co-host of the podcast Horror Vanguard. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson,...
Why We’re Banning AI
We urgently need to protect human thought and creativity. Our magazine is committing itself to remaining handmade. Ensure every publication...
How Bill Maher Lost His Mind (w/ Kyle Kulinski)
Kyle Kulinski is the host of The Kyle Kulinski Show, co-host of Krystal Kyle & Friends, and a co-founder of Justice Democrats. He joins Curr...
Israel’s Election Won’t End the Genocide
Will McCaffery is a leftist content creator focused on anti-imperialism, anti-Zionism, and anti-capitalism, and the author of a new Current...
Drop Site's Julian Andreone on His Wildest Capitol Hill Encounters
Julian Andreone is a Capitol Hill reporter for Drop Site News, where he confronts lawmakers with tough questions they’re often unprepared to...
Before Bernie and Mamdani, There Was Eugene Debs
Shawn Gude is the former editor of Jacobin and author of American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs. He joins Current Affairs...
The Consultants Will Kill You
In Michigan and Maine, a tale of two campaigns.
In Praise of Suit Socialism
If there’s a visual language that connotes credibility and authority, why not take advantage of it?
Democrats Paved the Way for Fascism — Jennifer Welch on MAGA, Socialism, and Political Revolution
A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
Israel Is Stealing the West Bank in Plain Sight (w/ Jasper Nathaniel)
Jasper Nathaniel is an independent journalist who recently returned from reporting in the occupied West Bank, where he documented Israeli se...
How 9/11 Normalized Endless War
CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, along with national co-director Danaka Katovich, join Current Affairs to reflect on 25...
How Trump Made a Broken DOJ Even Worse
Rachel Cohen is an attorney and organizer who previously resigned from the law firm Skadden Arps amid the Trump administration’s pressure ca...
MAGA Stole Animal Rights from the Left
Astra Taylor is a writer, activist, and co-author of End Times Fascism, and Aaron Regunberg is a climate lawyer and contributing editor at T...
Palestinians Shouldn’t Have to Be Perfect Victims (w/ Mohammed el-Kurd)
Mohammed el-Kurd is a Palestinian writer from Jerusalem, The Nation’s Palestine correspondent, and editor-at-large at Mondoweiss.
AIPAC Knows Its Money Is Toxic (w/ Track AIPAC)
Track AIPAC is an advocacy and watchdog project that tracks AIPAC and other pro-Israel political spending in U.S. elections. Co-founders Cor...
Both Parties Are Failing Working People (w/ Dan Osborn)
Dan Osborn is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska and a former union leader who first gained national attention during the...
The Israel Lobby Is More Desperate Than Ever
Eli Clifton is an investigative journalist and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and Ian Lustick is a political...
The “Silent Genocide” in Cuba (w/ Abby Martin)
Abby Martin is a journalist, filmmaker, and creator of The Empire Files. She joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to dis...
Socialist Defends Medicare for All on Fox News
Nathan J. Robinson returns to The Will Cain Show to defend Medicare for All, California’s proposed billionaire tax, and Zohran Mamdani’s pie...