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We opened with the legendary James Baldwin, because this week, we're passing the mic to someone walking boldly in Baldwin's footsteps: Amber Wallin, …
1 year, 3 months ago
Tax the Rich, Save Democracy
We are told that if we tax the rich, that jobs will disappear. That prosperity will dry up. But the numbers tell a different story. In the latest Gas…
1 year, 3 months ago
Smash the Oligarchy. Smash the Patriarchy.
On July 14, 1789, ordinary French citizens stormed the Bastille, shattering the myth of royal divine right. Three months later, thousands of women ma…
1 year, 3 months ago
Homeschool Hell
Chrissy Stroop, a leading voice in the #Exvangelical movement, brings historical insight and personal experience to a conversation that traces the Ch…
1 year, 3 months ago
Was America a Mistake?
What if the American Revolution wasn't a noble birth of liberty, but a costly wrong turn? Before muskets were raised at Lexington and Concord, the Br…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Project 2025 Bill
Trump's "Big Evil Bill" sped through Congress, to sell off public lands, gut healthcare, destroy rural hospitals, outlaw state AI regulation for a de…
1 year, 4 months ago
Brett Kavanaugh is Ruining People's Sex Lives
This week on Gaslit Nation, we're joined by the fearless, brilliant Carter Sherman, an award-winning journalist at The Guardian and one of the sharpe…
1 year, 4 months ago
Read and Resist: The Gaslit Nation Book Club
After Trump's return to power in January 2025, Gaslit Nation launched a book club not just to inform, but to fortify. Each selection is a lifeline of…
1 year, 4 months ago
How to Contain Russia (Listen to the full episode on Patreon!)
At a time when democracy is under siege from Kremlin-backed strongmen to MAGA disinformation machines, this week's Gaslit Nation bonus show offers mu…
1 year, 4 months ago
Anne Applebaum: How Democracies Fail
With the world on the brink of another war, there's no one more essential to hear from than Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and auth…
1 year, 4 months ago