#57: Some Sort of Bad Sword

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The team shares their thoughts on "the college experience", the recent failed NBA strike, and how we feel about Covid six months in. The panel this week was associate editor Vanessa A. Bee, finance editor Sparky Abraham, lieutenant editor Brianna Rennix, and editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson. Your host this week was Nick Slater. Nick's article on the UCSC strike: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/02/why-should-you-care-about-the-ucsc-strike Current Affairs Patreon: www.patreon.com/CurrentAffairs This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

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0:00.0	from Studio H3, the world headquarters of current affairs.
0:04.1	This is the current affairs podcast.
0:06.5	I am your temporary host, newsletter editor Nick Slater, standing in for Pete Davis, who is
0:11.7	fine.
0:13.2	Tonight, we have a very special episode talking about college, the NBA, and our general
0:20.1	state of mind after six months of quarantine.
0:23.3	I'm joined by a very special panel featuring finance editor Sparky Abraham.
0:27.6	Hello, Nick.
0:28.6	Lieutenant editor, Brianna Renix.
0:30.8	Hi, guys.
0:31.7	Associate editor, Vanessa A. B.
0:35.0	Hello.
0:36.2	And the editor-in-chief, himself, Nathan. Jay. B. Hello. And the editor, in chief, himself, Nathan.
0:40.6	J. Robinson.
0:43.3	Oh, hi.
0:44.4	This is a shockingly professional introduction.
0:47.3	I was taking notes from Pete.
0:48.7	You're really good at this.
0:50.0	I've been working on it for the better part of a week, so I hope that it was okay.
0:54.0	Yeah. Yeah.
0:55.2	Wow.
0:56.0	Right up.
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