Podcast Episodes

Daily Take: Dear NY Times: Our Founders Explain Why the Press Must Defend Democracy

Episode 2127

From the founding of our republic, protecting the power of the press to call out anti-democratic behavior has been a firewall, protecting our form of government. It is their job.

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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

What Makes a Nation Great?

Episode 2126

Jefferson Smith guest-hosts today- how can we truly make- or keep- America great? Plus the latest installment of 'News With my Dad'.

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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Daily Take: Demolishing Chevron Deference: Republicans Push for a Billionaire-Run Banana Republic

Episode 2125

The billionaires and polluters who bribed SCOTUS Republicans just legalized poisoning our children and grandchildren...

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Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

The Southern Economic Development Model

Episode 2123

Republicans want to maintain a permanent low-cost underclass labor force. Will the billionaires behind them take America back to the 19th century by demolishing what remains of the social safety net?…

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Daily Take: Yellow Journalism Exposed: The Unfair Targeting of Biden's Flaws vs Trump's Crimes!

Episode 2124

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Money versus People Power

Episode 2122

The right-wing super majority on the Supreme Court is no fan of the will of the people. Can democracy fight back? Or is the growing right-wing influence in Europe a warning for November?

Plus- Thom re…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Voting Habits of the Dumb and the Dumber

Episode 2121

Why have American IQs begun to decline after a century or regular increases? What is causing half the country to support a party that works against their actual interests?

Plus- Thom shares the secret…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Is There a Way To Restore Court Accountability?

Episode 2120

Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast. Guest Interview: Mike Sacks, Senior Advisor of Court Accountability and former lawyer who explains what the Supreme Cour…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Daily Take: Women Under Fire: The GOP's Radical Agenda to Penalize "Sinners"

Episode 2119

That’s what’s really going on here: for the zealots in the most extreme parts of the forced birth movement — which has taken control of the GOP — it’s all about the punishment of women...

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Was Freedom Only a Collective Dream?

Episode 2118

Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann, Guest-Host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast contemplates the meaning of our Independence Day and The Magna Carta. Listeners weigh-in on the much hyped drama…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago