Podcast Episodes

The Insane Scam of Private Capitol

Episode 2043

As much as 20 percent of the American economy is in the grips of Wall Street's bloodsuckers. How does "private equity" get away with pillaging everything from old people's homes, veterinarians, and e…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Take: Revolution, Fear, and Power: The Unseen Threads Connecting Stalin’s Russia to Modern America

Episode 2041

America’s billionaires — along with the rest of us — should be every bit as frightened of the avatars of fascism like Trump, Bannon, and Orbán as they are of the ghosts of the long-dead USSR...

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

What Will Life Under Trump 2.0 Feel Like?

Episode 2040

Why do more Americans have a favorable view of Trump even though Biden's policies are objectively more successful? The economy is growing rapidly, wages are up, factories are being built- why doesn't…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Take: The Supreme Scheme: How Alito & Thomas Are Fueling the Ongoing Trump Coup

Episode 2039

Why both Thomas — whose bribe-taking in exchange for his votes on Citizens United and other cases is well documented — and his rightwing buddy Sam Alito must resign or face impeachment...

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The Fossil Fuel Scam Continues

Episode 2038

As we begin another boiling summer, big oil is buying politicians like there's no tomorrow- and if they get their way, there might not be. Can we change paths to a green energy future before we make …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Susheela Jayapal Goes To Washington?

Episode 2037

Thom speaks with the so-far less famous Jayapal, who is running for Congress from her hometown of Portland. But will massive amounts of money from a foreign government put a corporate Democrat in her…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Billionaires are Sick Money Addicts

Episode 2036

Scrooge McDuck Republicans are going out of their way to screw working-class people. Will enough wake up to what is being done to them to prevent full-blown fascism?

Plus- Thom reads from 'The Lords o…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Take: The Last Time Oligarchs Tried to Take Over America It Led to Civil War

Episode 2035

Is America in the final stage of the 40-year transition from a forward-looking & still-evolving democratic republic into a white supremacist ethnostate ruled by a small group of fascist oligarchs?

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Uncertainty At Home and Abroad

Episode 2034

Phil Ittner is on the ground in the Ukraine. What will the consequences be of a third round of military conscription in Russia?

As a series of almost contradictory polls try to forecast Trump v. Biden…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Daily Take: Why are Republicans Quicker to Steal Our Votes than to Take Our Guns?

Episode 2033

“Both Texas and Georgia are actually Blue states; the only reason Republicans have as much power as they do in each is because of massive voter roll purges and voter suppression laws.”

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago