Podcast Episodes

Best of DSR: Election 2024 Postmortem

Original Airdate: November 6, 2024

Donald Trump is officially returning to the White House. With the worst case scenario coming to pass, Rosa Brooks, Ed Luce, David Sanger, and David Rothkopf take a…

Published on 19 hours ago

Best of DSR: Emergency Podcast: The Scary Episode You Need to Hear

Original Air Date: March 3, 2025

What happens when the United States effectively switches sides on the global stage? When allying with Russia upends decades of foreign policy around the world? And w…

Published on 1 day, 19 hours ago

The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec’s Dimwitted Spin Implodes as RFK Firing Fiasco Worsens

The White House is trying to fire Centers for Disease Control director Susan Monarez for opposing Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies. This has sent the CDC sliding into cha…

Published on 2 days ago

Best of DSR: How Low Can They Go? Plumbing the Depths of GOP Depravity

Original air date: September 20, 2024

Donald Trump is a crummy candidate, but he’s certainly not the only example of rot in the Republican Party. With so much of the Trump campaign focused on hate an…

Published on 2 days, 19 hours ago

The Daily Blast: Trump Explodes in Rage as Dem Governor’s Harsh Takedown Draws Blood

This week, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker delivered an extraordinary takedown of President Trump over his deployment of the military in U.S. cities. Trump then exploded about Pritzker’s impudence, c…

Published on 3 days ago

Siliconsciousness: The Trump Administration Wants "Truthful" and "Unbiased" AI. What Could Go Wrong?

The Trump administration has expressed a desire for “truthful” and “unbiased” AI, yet the reality seems to be a crusade on “woke” AI. Yet the results of such a crusade would go far beyond eliminating…

Published on 3 days, 14 hours ago

Best of DSR: What Democrats Must Learn from the Election

Original air date: November 7, 2024

The election is over, and we lost. Now it’s time to get up off the mat and get back to work. Simon Rosenberg and Tara McGowan join David Rothkopf to break down wha…

Published on 3 days, 19 hours ago

The Daily Blast: Trump Is Screwing His Voters So Badly that it Shocked This GOP Senator

Thanks to President Trump’s big budget bill, funding has been canceled for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is cutting funding to hundreds of radio stations in rural areas that rely on t…

Published on 4 days ago

Best of DSR: America Attacks Iran… What’s Next?

Original air date: June 22, 2025

The moment has finally arrived: America has bombed Iran. As the dust settles, we’re left with more questions than answers about what the attack achieved and what come…

Published on 4 days, 16 hours ago

The Daily Blast: Trump’s Fury Erupts in Many Directions, Unnerving Experts: “Insanity!”

In recent days, President Trump has reached new levels of emboldenment when it comes to his ongoing authoritarian takeover. He’s vowing retribution at news organizations that displease him with great…

Published on 5 days ago