Podcast Episodes

We Should Stop Calling Him Our “President” | The Coffee Klatch for July 12, 2025

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Today, Heather, Michael, and I do a deep dive into the cruel incompetence of the Trump regime — how Trump is hurting millions of people for no reason, whether he’s doing it because of cruelty…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Fascism On The Fourth | The Coffee Klatch for July 5, 2025

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Happy Fourth of July weekend.

Today Heather and I examine Trump’s newly enacted Big Ugly Bill — its record-breaking redistribution of income upward, its budget-busting deficits, and its creat…

Published on 4 months ago

Mamdani! | The Saturday Coffee Klatch for June 28, 2025

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Today, Heather and I come to you from Central Park in New York City, where we assess the remarkable upset victory of 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, over fo…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s Ultimate Power Trip? | The Coffee Klatch

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Today Heather and I look at the war in Iran through the lens of Donald Trump’s insatiable need to expand and display his power. How can he even consider getting America into this war without …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fighting Trump | The Coffee Klatch for June 14, 2025

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Today, Michael and I take a deep dive into Trump’s most authoritarian week yet. (Heather will be back next week.) We ask: Why did he choose this week to escalate his dragnet raids? From what …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ultimate Fighting Championship | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 7, 2025

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That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two malignant narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system an…

Published on 5 months ago

Is Musk Gone for Good? | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, May 31, 2025

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Today Heather and I examine whether the three big political events of this week — Musk’s leaving the White House, the U.S. Court of International Trade’s striking down Trump’s tariffs, and Se…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The Gerontocracy Problem

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V Spehar invited me to join them today to talk about how we should deal with America’s aging politicians — our “gerontocracy.”

I’m something of an expert on the subject because I’ve been arou…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

What Should We Do Now? Live with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

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One of my favorite people in the world is the Reverend Dr. William Barber, whose moral and strategic insights at this horrific moment in our nation’s history are invaluable. I asked him to jo…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The New Fascism | Coffee Klatch for May 24, 2025

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Today Heather and I look at the Trump regime’s decision to bar international students from Harvard and ask, what’s the difference between a neofascist diktat and Trump’s orders?

As in fascis…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago