Podcast Episodes

The Real Charlie Kirk

Season 2 Episode 37

After the fatal shooting of right-wing personality Charlie Kirk on Wednesday afternoon, the rhetoric on the right quickly escalated. Influential voices on social media declared war on the left, despi…

Published on 7 hours ago

Unhinged: A Return to Washington

Season 2 Episode 36

The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein. Another government shutdown. The U.S. military shooting down a boat. The Centers for Disease Control is in turmoil just ahead of flu season. And where in the world will …

Published on 1 week ago

The Housing Hunger Games

Season 2 Episode 35

Homeless sweeps have become the go-to, bipartisan performance of “doing something” about the U.S. housing crisis — a spectacle embraced by Democrats and Republicans, city halls, and the White House a…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Democrats Are Missing Political Layups And Dooming Us All

Season 2 Episode 34

The Democratic Party has lost millions of voters since 2020, according to new analysis from the New York Times. Meanwhile, Republicans are gaining ground, even in traditional blue states, as more vot…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Beyond Dobbs: How Abortion Bans Enforce State-Sanctioned Violence

Season 2 Episode 33

Since the Supreme Court’s landmark June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and federal abortion protections, a wave of state legislatures have rushed…

Published on 4 weeks ago

“A Purely Manmade Famine”: How Israel Is Starving Gaza

Season 2 Episode 32

As the Israeli government weighs, once again, expanding its genocidal military campaign in Gaza, the enclave is sliding into a full-scale famine.

“We're seeing a purely manmade famine,” says Bob Kitch…

Published on 1 month ago

Decades of Denial: Policing’s Past Haunts the Present

Season 2 Episode 31

Nationwide protests. Racist discrimination. Militarized police. These were the characteristics used to describe America during the long hot summer of 1967, when riots swept through more than 150 citi…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Starvation as a Weapon: Chris Hedges on Gaza

Season 2 Episode 30

More than 1,000 Palestinians seeking food have been killed by Israeli forces in just the last few months, according to the United Nations. Israel’s blockade on aid, ongoing bombardment, and the disma…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

TRAILER: Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach

This week on The Intercept Briefing, newsroom counsel and correspondent Shawn Musgrave speaks with professor and attorney Leah Litman and politics reporter Jessica Washington about how the Supreme Co…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach

Season 2 Episode 29

During Donald Trump’s first term, the Supreme Court made some effort to check his power. But that era is over. The court has ruled that Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions he took as president, in…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago