Listen "#12: Fathers and Suns"
Episode Synopsis
Lyta enters the Lefty Shark Tank to pitch a policy response to the recent Kavanaugh hearings, Malaika Jabali is interviewed about The Color of Economic Anxiety, and the Current Affairs panelists share their favorite utopian communities.
The Panel:
Lyta Gold, amusements editor
Briahna Joy Gray, contributing editor
Brianna Rennix, senior editor
Vanessa A. Bee, social media editor
Further reading:
Read Malaika's essay, The Color of Economic Anxiety, here. Read Lyta's essay on Star Trek, The Dismal Frontier, here. Read Lyta's pitch for speculative fiction here and Brianna's pitch for space utopias here.
Many thanks to Anna Lathrop for editing help.
Support Current Affairs by becoming a patron on our Patreon page. For the written form of Current Affairs — and to subscribe to the beautiful print magazine — visit: CurrentAffairs.org. To join the conversation, leave us a voicemail at 504-867-8851.
The Panel:
Lyta Gold, amusements editor
Briahna Joy Gray, contributing editor
Brianna Rennix, senior editor
Vanessa A. Bee, social media editor
Further reading:
Read Malaika's essay, The Color of Economic Anxiety, here. Read Lyta's essay on Star Trek, The Dismal Frontier, here. Read Lyta's pitch for speculative fiction here and Brianna's pitch for space utopias here.
Many thanks to Anna Lathrop for editing help.
Support Current Affairs by becoming a patron on our Patreon page. For the written form of Current Affairs — and to subscribe to the beautiful print magazine — visit: CurrentAffairs.org. To join the conversation, leave us a voicemail at 504-867-8851.
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