The Mamdani Interview—Plus, Trump in Court The Mamdani Interview—Plus, Trump in Court
On "Start Making Sense": Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols break down their exclusive chat, and David Cole talks about the president's lawfare tactics.
Aug 20, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Danish Resistance to Fascism, and Ours Today—Plus, Trump vs. UCLA Danish Resistance to Fascism, and Ours Today—Plus, Trump vs. UCLA
On "Start Making Sense": Sarah Sophie Flicker finds lessons for us in the Danes’ refusal to cooperate with Hitler, and historian David Myers on Trump’s $1 billion fine against UCL...
Aug 13, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Katrina vanden Heuvel on Where We’re Going, and Robert Reich on How We Got Here Katrina vanden Heuvel on Where We’re Going, and Robert Reich on How We Got Here
On "Start Making Sense": "The Nation"’s editor on our tasks now, and the Berkeley economist on understanding our historic mistakes.
Aug 6, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Dems Who Didn’t Vote in 2024—Plus, Mussolini and Trump Dems Who Didn’t Vote in 2024—Plus, Mussolini and Trump
On this episode of "Start Making Sense", Celinda Lake on Biden voters who didn’t vote for Harris, and John Powers on a novel about the rise of Mussolini.
Jul 30, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
How the Courts Blocked ICE’s Racial Profiling—Plus, How Organizers Succeed How the Courts Blocked ICE’s Racial Profiling—Plus, How Organizers Succeed
On this episode of "Start Making Sense", Mark Rosenbaum on the injunction in LA, and Michael Ansara on "The Hard Work of Hope".
Jul 23, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Musk’s Third Party—Plus, the Birthright Citizenship Class Action Musk’s Third Party—Plus, the Birthright Citizenship Class Action
On this episode of "Start Making Sense", the Working Families Party’s Maurice Mitchell on Musk’s “American Party” and David Cole on why birthright citizenship will win at the Supr...
Jul 16, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Trump vs. LA—Plus, Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” Trump vs. LA—Plus, Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake”
On this episode of "Start Making Sense", Harold Meyerson on the fight against ICE in Southern California, and Rachel Kushner on her latest novel.
Jul 9, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
How Mamdani Won—Plus, Harvard vs. Trump How Mamdani Won—Plus, Harvard vs. Trump
On this episode of "Start Making Sense", Bhaskar Sunkara on New York’s seismic election, and E.J. Dionne on universities under attack.
Jul 2, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
How E. Jean Carroll Beat Trump in Court—Plus, What Really Happened In the 2024 Election How E. Jean Carroll Beat Trump in Court—Plus, What Really Happened In the 2024 Election
Podcast / Start Making Sense / Jun 25, 2025 How E. Jean Carroll Beat Trump in Court—Plus, What Really Happened In the 2024 Election On this episode of Start Making Sense, E.
Jun 25, 2025 / Podcast
Lessons of "No Kings"—Plus, Stopping the Medicaid Cuts Lessons of "No Kings"—Plus, Stopping the Medicaid Cuts
On this episode of "Start Making Sense", Indivisible's Leah Greenberg talks about next steps, and labor strategist Ai-jen Poo talks about the summer’s big political campaign.
Jun 18, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener