Podcast Episodes

Our Falling IQ is Showing in the Polls

Episode 2053

Author and attorney Sabrina Haake says excessive sensory stimulation is making us less intelligent. Are we slumbering towards idiocracy?- and does it show in Trump's baffling popularity?

Plus - the su…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Take: What Will Be Trump's "October Surprise"?

Episode 2052

Such an action could swing our election toward Trump, but also risks provoking a third world war...

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The Truth About Social Security

Episode 2051

Alex Lawson from Social Security Works joins Thom- what does the latest trustee report say about the financials behind Social Security's future?

Plus- Thom reads from "The Truth About Social Security-…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Ali Velshi's Small Acts of Courage

Episode 2050

A fascinating conversation with MSNBC host Ali Velshi on his new book, which details the immigrant experiences of his family as they fight for social justice alongside Gandhi in South Africa-- and st…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Going Low, Going High, and Going Nuclear..

Episode 2049

Phill Itter is in Kiev watching Putin rattle his nuclear sabre. Is he afraid US aid is about to turn the tide of war?

Plus - Democrats need to be taking names and kicking ass. So why aren't they?

And, …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Take: Why the GOP Deploys the “Mudsill Theory” to Destroy Social Mobility in America

Episode 2048

Thus, today’s Republicans are finally close to fulfilling Hammond’s and Reagan’s vision (while ironically repudiating America’s first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln)…

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

From Russia, with Love (and votes)

Episode 2047

Trump's collusion with Russia is well-documented and well known- several of Trump's associates have even gone to jail for it. So how can the right wing credibly try to pin Russian election interferen…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Take: Why is the Guy Who Told Us to Drink Bleach a Step Away from Being President?

Episode 2046

Trump's political Teflon coating is at least a hundred times more effective than Reagan’s was in his wildest dreams. Why?

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Taking Trump's American Fascism Head-on

Episode 2045

Michael Tomasky of the The New Republic is not afraid to use the f-word. When Trump talks about 'the vermin within' and building concentration camps, can we see the modern G.O.P. primarily as anythin…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Take: Is Trump America's New Tokyo Rose?

Episode 2044

Money-as-speech has metastasized so extensively it threatens to kill its host, ending democracy here and turning America into another Putin- or Orbán-style autocracy run by Trump...

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago