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A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
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🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership There is no such thing as a red state. The toxic Republican Party can be defeated everywhere. But Democrats have to show they can deliver. If they squander this moment, it will be short-lived. 🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson:  https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-myth-of-red-states-has-collapsed 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipThe 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 and scams.🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/mamdanis-richard-scarry-socialism-can-make-city-life-simple-again🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
🌹 Use the code "ZOMBIES" for a 20% discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipJon Greenaway is a writer, critic, and co-host of the podcast Horror Vanguard. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, along with editors Emily Topping and Alex Skopic, to discuss his new article “Zombie Simpsons and the Cultural Undead,” which appears in the upcoming print issue of Current Affairs.🧟 Buy Jon Greenaway's book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740011/capitalism-a-horror-story-by-jon-greenaway/🧟 Jon Greenaway's article on Obsession: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/obsession-and-the-horror-of-treating-people-as-products🧟 Jon Greenaway's article on Backrooms: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/backrooms-shows-the-vast-meaningless-maze-of-capitalism0:00 Monopoly Go and the Death of Culture6:05 How Culture Becomes Intellectual Property12:28 “Zombie Simpsons” and Capitalist Realism24:14 Why the Left Needs a Critique of Culture31:39 The Pointless Harry Potter Reboot38:09 The Hollowness of Jimmy Fallon44:48 Horror Movies You Should Watch🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership
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🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipWe urgently need to protect human thought and creativity. Our magazine is committing itself to remaining handmade. Ensure every publication you support does the same.🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-were-banning-ai🌹 Read our full union contract: https://846b2cdd-82e3-4b3b-845b-e8a090468421.filesusr.com/ugd/942719_5a7419ea2cbd45fbb225d6f3f67c7d46.pdf🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/
🌹 Use the code "KRYSTALKYLE" for a 20% discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipKyle Kulinski is the host of The Kyle Kulinski Show, co-host of Krystal Kyle & Friends, and a co-founder of Justice Democrats. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss his new article on Bill Maher, which will appear in the next print issue of Current Affairs!🔥 Subscribe to the Kyle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SecularTalk0:00–4:38 Why Bill Maher Used to Matter4:38–10:49 How Bill Maher Moved Right10:49–16:37 “Progressive Except for Palestine”16:37–21:20 Abdul El-Sayed21:20–26:04 Idiocracy26:04–27:42 When “Skepticism” Becomes Anti-Science27:42–31:04 Apocalypse31:04–37:18 The U.S. the World’s Biggest Terrorist37:18–40:55 “Centrism” Isn’t Actually Moderate🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership
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