Podcast Episodes

Pro Democracy Movements

Episode 2988

Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Listeners phone is to discuss the latest political news and strategies for Democratic wins when faced with gr…

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Understanding the Legacy of Trauma

Episode 2987

Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Callers react to Epstein's crimes with pathos and understanding of victims of trauma.

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Daily Take: Did Epstein’s Knowledge of Trump Become Putin’s Most Dangerous Weapon Against Ukraine?

Episode 2986

From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the ruins of Ukrainian hospitals, the toxic bond between Trump, Putin, and Epstein may have reshaped the world and cost the lives of countless children…

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Why Does the Epstein Stuff Matter?

Episode 2985

Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast pondering the impact and importance of the newly revealed Epstein evidence. Jeff's dad Joe Smith joins the sho…

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Daily Take: The Epstein Affair Has Move From Sleaze to a Crisis for American Democracy Itself

Episode 2984

This Epstein Affair has shown a pattern where men of wealth and power created a zone of impunity that protected them for decades while destroying vulnerable people like Virginia Guiffrey…

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Union Most Sublime

Episode 2983

Sitting in for Thom Hartmann today is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Jeff's dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment "News With My Dad" and shares an extraordin…

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Daily Take: Call Them What They Are: Lickspittles to White Supremacy

Episode 2981

Trump’s white supremacist loyalists are rewriting history, erasing Black heroes, and purging diversity, and the politicians who stay silent are complicit in that treason…

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Where Should We Focus Our Anger?

Episode 2980

Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast examines the response from the public after the shutdown ordeal and posits the question, "Where Should We Focus …

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Daily Take: Chuck Schumer’s Quiet Betrayal: The Day the Democratic Party Forgot Who It Serves

Episode 2979

The American people begged their leaders to stand up to Trumpism. Instead, their Senate “leader” sold them out. When courage becomes optional, democracy becomes impossible...

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Was It Worth It?

Episode 2978

Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast reviews with the audience the meaning of the shutdown and actions of the Democratic leadership. The base is enra…

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