Research of Current Affairs magazines

Current Affairs Magazine: 



- American bimonthly magazine
- Discusses political + cultural topics from a PROGRESSIVE perspective
- Print and Online publishing and also a Podcast

Their mission is 'To produce the worlds first readable political publication and make life joyful again'

- Notable for having colourful cartoons + full page illustrations by various credited artists
- Also magazine includes: Critiques
                                        : History of popular culture
                                        : Discussions of policy and it's implementation
                                        : Creative fixes for societal problems.

- Founded by Nathan J. Robinson in 2015, who's also Editor in Chief
- Senior Editor = Brianna Rennix

The Podcast:

- Every other week the editorial teams brings a 'mixture' of 'discussion, analysis and whimsy'
- 'Refreshing alternative to the stale and tedious audio products'
- Their aim to keep it a friendly and relaxed approached to the world of politics.

Can subscribe to them via- iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play and Simplecast.

- They make money off the broadcast by being funded through Patreon- to keep them entertaining they also have 'fun rewards for our donors from books and magazines to the ability to ask us questions on the air'

- As well as that they have a shop - to buy some of their issues and donate section to help keep them funded and produce more content.

Online Website

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