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Current Affairs#72: Are Property Taxes Real?The team talk through the question of "vaccine passports", reimagine taxes, and judge whether it is obligatory to stay informed.
For the vaccine passport discussion, they are joined by Magnus Jamieson, who has previously guested on the podcast to talk about risk and resilience, and who has been following the COVID situation closely in his capacity as a stats geek (not, he would like us to stress, as an epidemiologist). In some brief patches, Magnus's audio features interference due to extraterrestrial whales careening through the universe, for which we can only apologize.
"Is MMT Real?" is an ongoing in-depth series...
2021-04-201h 10Current AffairsUNLOCKED! Ben Burgis on Logic and ArgumentsCurrent Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, financial editor Sparky Abraham and contributing editor Aisling McCrea sit down with philosophy professor Ben Burgis to discuss his new book Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left.
Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left is published by Zero Books. You can support and enjoy Ben Burgis' work by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/benburgis, where he publishes short essays and videos, or catch him on The Michael Brooks Show on his regular segment, The Debunk.
This is a bonus episode that was released early for Patreon subscribers. To...
2019-07-1950 minCurrent AffairsPREVIEW: Ben Burgis on Logic and ArgumentsCurrent Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, financial editor Sparky Abraham and contributing editor Aisling McCrea sit down with philosophy professor Ben Burgis to discuss his new book Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left.
This episode will be unlocked in ten days. To get early access to this episode, as well as other exclusive bonus content, consider becoming one of our patrons at Patreon.com/CurrentAffairs.
2019-07-0902 minCurrent Affairs#23: You Can Call Me (Weird) AlThe Current Affairs panel discuss why they fight in the first place and then share what cultural products are their favorite lefty gateway drugs.
The Panel
Sparky Abraham, finance editor
Lyta Gold, amusements editor
Aisling McCrea, contributing editor
Nathan J. Robinson, editor-in-chief
Pete Davis, host
Our lefty gateway drugs
Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
[Black Star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Star_(rap_duo)
Mos Def's Black on Both Sides
A Bug’s Life
Star Trek
Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
The musical [Cabaret](https://en...
2019-04-1251 min