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BOOK CLUB: Giving thanks
Gratitude is real -- but Thanksgiving's mythical origin story is not
13 hrs ago • 
Leigh Haber
ESSAY: My deep dive into the Epstein emails
An essay in The New York Times today
16 hrs ago • 
Anand Giridharadas
Whose future is it?
WEEKEND READS for November 22, 2025
Nov 22 • 
The Ink
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Just following orders
Who gets to speak truth to power?
Nov 21 • 
The Ink
Omar El Akkad's "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" wins the National Book Award
One of the year’s most important books gets its due, as its author calls on other writers to speak truth to power
Nov 20 • 
Anand Giridharadas
, 
Omar El Akkad
, and 
Leigh Haber
1:07:43
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: COP out?
Did the year’s biggest climate conference accomplish anything? Can it?
Nov 20 • 
The Ink
WATCH: Julian Brave NoiseCat on coyote stories, coincidences, and telling the biggest stories
The "We Survived the Night" author on how trickster tales, oral traditions, a Native perspective, and a little synchronicity can open the door to a…
Nov 19 • 
The Ink
, 
Leigh Haber
, and 
Julian Brave NoiseCat
57:55
BOOK CLUB: Storytelling his way to truth
Join us today as “We Survived the Night” author Julian Brave NoiseCat talks with us about his new book and shares his journey to reconnect with the past
Nov 19 • 
Leigh Haber
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Can we avoid the A.I. bubble?
With intelligence everywhere, is there an alternative anymore -- even if it doesn't work so well?
Nov 19 • 
The Ink
WATCH: What is capitalism -- and what comes next?
Historian Sven Beckert on the origins, present, and future of the permanent revolution that's reshaped humanity
Nov 19 • 
Anand Giridharadas
 and 
Sven Beckert
25:55
WATCH: In the new doc "Thoughts & Prayers," a biopsy of a nation's soul
Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock on their new film about an America that has accepted gun violence as natural, and what we can do to reclaim the…
Nov 18 • 
Anand Giridharadas
, 
zackary canepari
, and 
jessica dimmock
34:10
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Allies against the Epstein class?
Can unlikely partners push back against the oligarchs -- and Donald Trump?
Nov 18 • 
The Ink
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