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Start Making Sense with Jon Wiener

Start Making Sense with Jon Wiener

By: The Nation Magazine
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Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the week in news. Hosted by Jon Wiener and presented by The Nation Magazine.

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  • Trump v. L.A.—Plus, Rachel Kushner’s ‘Creation Lake’

    Trump v. L.A.—Plus, Rachel Kushner’s ‘Creation Lake’
    Jul 9 2025

    Trump’s ICE is attacking undocumented people in LA County because there are a lot of them -- maybe a million, out of a total of 3.3 million Latinos, and also because LA is one of the most Democratic counties in the country. And LA has a big and militant alliance of immigrants rights groups that are fighting Trump. Harold Meyerson will explain the deportation battle in Southern California at this point.

    Also: Rachel Kushner will talk about the informant and provacateur who infiltrates an anarchist eco-commune in rural France – the central character in her award-winning novel, “Creation Lake” - it’s out now, in paperback.



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    46 mins
  • 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
    Jun 25 2025

    Donald Trump, found guilty of sexual assault and defamation, owes E. Jean Carroll $88 million. She explains how she beat him in court, twice, proving that he attacked her in a Bergdorf dressing room and then lied about it. Her new book is Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President.

    Also, the leading autopsies on the 2024 defeat of Democrats are missing two big things, Steve Phillips argues: the centrality of racial hostility and of gender resentment as central organizing forces in American politics



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    37 mins
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