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How to Feel Optimism Under Authoritarianism
Episode 40
Authoritarians win by spreading fear and confusion. Sure, there’s plenty to worry about when we’ve got a fascist in the White House threatening his o…
8 hours ago
How Trump Is Trying to Fearmonger His Way to a Win
Episode 39
The Trump regime is trying to fearmonger its way to an electoral win. Our challenge is to take the threat seriously and act with confidence, without …
1 week ago
How a red state flips in a blue wave w/ Angie Nixon
Episode 38
How do you flip a red state in a blue wave? From Texas to Iowa to Kansas to Florida, a blue wave appears to be building this fall that could transfor…
2 weeks ago
How a movement can check an authoritarian, w/ Erica Chenoweth
Episode 37
How do you stop an authoritarian with a mass movement? What strategies and tactics have actually worked, here in the U.S. and abroad? We ask one of t…
3 weeks ago
How social movements can stop the AI robot overlords
Episode 36
Whether you think the AI apocalypse is imminent or the bubble is about to burst, the political impact of this technological acceleration is only goin…
4 weeks ago
How the Next No Kings Will Fight Election Sabotage
Episode 35
They want to sabotage the midterm elections, and we're not going to let them. That's the point of No Kings on October 17th. On this week's What's the…
1 month ago
How to Message in Battleground States w/ Celinda Lake
Episode 34
Now that we've won primaries all over the country with a new generation of Democratic fighters, how do we win over voters in enough battleground stat…
1 month, 1 week ago
How to Fix This MAGA Supreme Court w/ Elie Mystal
Episode 33
The Supreme Court is not your friend, and it's no friend to our democracy. It is a friend to Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. This week it handed …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How to Understand Your Rights as This Regime Flails
Episode 32
Trump is doing what all fascist losers do in the lead-up to a catastrophic electoral wipeout: he's preparing to sabotage the election. And repression…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
How to Dislodge an Entitled Do-Nothing Incumbent w/ Patrick Roath
Episode 31
We're nearing the end of primary season with ten Senate and House wins under our belt. We're technically on vacation with our kids this week, but we …
2 months ago