Podcast Episodes

How do we measure the success of the Jan 6 hearings?

My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action, and my former student), discussing the past we…

4 years, 3 months ago

A final thought on the hearings: How Trump will be held accountable

What’s the use of the hearings by the House committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection —hearings that began last night and will run for the …

4 years, 3 months ago

For me, the 2 biggest questions about tonight's hearings on Trump's attempted coup

Tonight, we learned several things from the first hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol:

1. Aft…

4 years, 3 months ago

Can't believe it? How Biden gets re-elected in 2024

My friends, I’m going to press the pause button on today’s news — including the House January 6 hearings that start this evening — and try to answer …

4 years, 3 months ago

Another reason to detest Musk

Last Friday — after Elon Musk said he planned to cut thousands of jobs at Tesla and also expressed worry over the economy — Joe Biden dismissed him w…

4 years, 3 months ago

The Week Ahead: Why everything depends on Liz Cheney

The televised hearings of the House Select Committee on the January 6 insurrection, which begin Thursday, mark an historic milestone in the battle be…

4 years, 3 months ago

Coffee klatch: Will Congress do anything about guns? U.S. weapons to Ukraine. Trump and upcoming Jan 6 hearings. Spelling bee. Coffee.

My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (the executive director of Inequality Media Civic Action, and my former student), discussing the pas…

4 years, 4 months ago

Personal history: When I worked for Bobby Kennedy

I was an intern in Bobby Kennedy’s Senate office during the summer of 1967. The civil rights movement was still gaining ground, and Kennedy was crusa…

4 years, 4 months ago

Financing gunmakers

After a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida in February 2018, that left 17 people dead, JPMorgan Chase — America’s largest bank — publicly distanced i…

4 years, 4 months ago

Empathy and activism

We have been through at least two years of social trauma (if you include all the Trump years, almost six). They include a pandemic that has taken the…

4 years, 4 months ago