Start Making Sense Podcast
1) Can the Democrats hold the Senate? Plus Ken Burns's "Holocaust"
Can Republicans win control of the Senate? Trump’s candidates are the GOP's biggest problem, starting in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin. The Nation's National Affairs Correspondent, Joh...Show More
2) Bhaskar Sunkara: Bernie in 2024? plus Chris Lehmann on the Brooks Brothers Riot
Should Bernie Sanders run in the Democratic primaries in 2024? President of The Nation, Bhaskar Sunkara says “yes” IF Biden doesn’t. Sanders transformed American politics and, Bhaskar argues, he remai...Show More
Bhaskar Sunkara: Bernie in 2024? plus Chris Lehmann on the Brooks Brothers Riot
34:23 | Sep 21st, 2022
3) Sarah Posner on the Conservative Takeover of the Southern Baptists, plus Amy Wilentz on Jared
The transformation of the Southern Baptist Convention into a powerful right wing political force developed over the last 50 years. Before 1973, when abortion became a constitutional right, the Souther...Show More
4) Amy Littlefield on How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Kansas, plus Barbara Ehrenreich Remembered
Remember how Kansas was the first state to vote directly on abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, and how Kansans surprised everyone by voting to keep abortion rights in the constitution, 5...Show More
5) Chris Lehmann on GOP Plans for 2023, Patrick Leahy on Jan. 6
Republicans are making plans if they win control of the House in November--Chris Lehmann reports that their top targets include the NLRB and the Department of Labor. Chris is The Nation’s new D.C. Bur...Show More
6) The Mar-a-Lago Raid and the Democrats, plus ‘Dirty Work’ John Nichols on Trump, and Eyal Press on bad jobs
The Mar-a-Lago raid by the FBI put Donald Trump back at the center of American politics, just before the midterms. Is that good for the Democrats? John Nichols comments.Also: Dirty work—and the people...Show More
7) Abortion Rights Victories in Red States, plus the Crisis in Haiti
Ever since the Supreme Court abolished the constitutional protection for abortion, activists have been fighting in the states -- to protect abortion rights where possible, and to expand them where tha...Show More
8) Liz Cheney in the Wyoming Primaries and White Supremacy in Southern California
Liz Cheney is way behind in the polls leading up to next week’s Wyoming primary. John Nichols went to Wyoming to see her in action, and reports that she’s “fighting to outlast and replace Trump as the...Show More
Liz Cheney in the Wyoming Primaries and White Supremacy in Southern California
38:01 | Aug 10th, 2022
9) Pramila Jayapal, from Banker to Organizer, plus Eric Foner on the Right to Vote
Pramila Jayapal is head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and represents Seattle in the House. She will explain how, as a young immigrant from India, she went from being an investment banker to ...Show More
Pramila Jayapal, from Banker to Organizer, plus Eric Foner on the Right to Vote
32:16 | Aug 3rd, 2022
10) Katha Pollitt on Advice for Men and J. Hoberman on Film in the Age of Reagan
Jordan Peterson’s books of advice for men have sold five million copies – he says men should work hard, be responsible, demand more of themselves—and make their beds.” Katha Pollitt joins the Start Ma...Show More
Katha Pollitt on Advice for Men and J. Hoberman on Film in the Age of Reagan
33:30 | Jul 27th, 2022