Show overview
Current Affairs has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 621 episodes, alongside 165 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 430 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 34 min and 54 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 46 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 120 episodes published.
Episodes
621
Running
2019–2026 · 7y
Median length
44 min
Cadence
Several per week
From the publisher
A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
Latest Episodes
View all 621 episodesA Trillion Dollars Isn’t Worth It If You Have to Be Elon Musk
Jun 27, 202645 min
The Left Is Rising
Jun 26, 202610 min
The Hidden Surveillance Network Spreading Across America
Jun 24, 20261h 1m
Judith Butler Explains the Gender Panic
Jun 17, 202640 min
The Anti-Zionist Jewish Movement Israel Doesn’t Want You to Know About (w/ Molly Crabapple)
Jun 15, 202643 min
Money Is a Measure of Nothing But Itself
Jun 9, 202638 min
The Fight to Unionize Amazon Isn’t Over (w/ Chris Smalls)
Jun 2, 202631 min
Norman Finkelstein on the Insane Racism of Israeli Society and the Plan to Erase Gaza
May 31, 20261h 55m
Secret Cable Exposes U.S. Role in Imran Khan’s Ouster
May 27, 202638 min
The Heinous Evil of Cutting USAID
May 20, 202634 min
The Democratic Establishment Can Be Defeated
May 16, 202611 min
Israel OCCUPIES Lebanon During Fake "Ceasefire" (w/ Rania Khalek)
May 9, 202642 min
Abdul El-Sayed GOES AFTER Trump, AIPAC, and Corporate Dems
May 7, 202622 min
“Progress” Is Making Things Worse (w/ Sam Miller McDonald)
May 5, 202641 min
Meanwhile, Zohran Is Just Getting Things Done
Apr 30, 202611 min
The Phony Virtue of Cory Booker
Apr 25, 202631 min
Liberal Media Helped Destroy Gaza (w/ Adam Johnson)
Apr 21, 202659 min
Trump Has No Idea What He’s Doing (w/ Mouin Rabbani)
Apr 18, 202639 min
Ben and Jerry's Co-Founder Takes on America's War Machine (w/ Ben Cohen)
Apr 16, 202645 min
How Media Silences Anti-War Voices (w/ Amy Goodman)
Apr 12, 202636 min