The blue-blood families that made fortunes in the opium trade: Amitav Ghosh recounts the origins of much of the wealth for the 19th century New England elite on this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast. He wrote the cover story for The Nation's latest print issue. His new book is called Smoke and Ashes.
Also on this episode: The latest US moves in Haiti are framed in democratic rhetoric but are deeply anti-democratic in their effect. Amy Wilentz is on the podcast to explain. She’s written two books about Haiti, most recently the award-winning Farewell Fred Voodoo.
Reform the Media | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
Young Americans for Freedom Hates Freedom | Time of Monsters
150 Years of Black Activism In Sports | Edge of Sports
The War on Black Studies, plus Hollywood on Strike | Start Making Sense
You're Wrong About Term Limits | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
Start Making Sense: Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat, plus Supreme Court Wins and Losses
Edge of Sports: Solomon Hughes on playing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 'Winning Time’
Time of Monsters: Moms For Liberty and Its Media Apologists
Elie Mystal's Court Packing Plan | Contempt of Court
Edge of Sports: 1968 Olympian Dr. John Carlos on the Legacy of the Black Athletic Revolt
Start Making Sense: Summer of Strikes, plus After Affirmative Action: Jane McAlevy on Labor, John Nichols on Education
Time of Monsters: Moira Donegan on the Reactionary Vision of the Supreme Court
Packing the Court! | Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal
Start Making Sense: The Battle on the Abortion Borderland, plus RFK Jr.
Edge of Sports: Aaron Maybin: "Athletes aren't superheroes, we're human beings"
Time of Monsters: The State of the Left in Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua
Welcome to Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal!
Start Making Sense: How Democrats can win Working-Class Voters; how Doctors are Fighting—against Hospitals
Edge of Sports: W. Kamau Bell, the reluctant optimist
Time of Monsters: Establishment Economics Under Siege
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