Podcast Episodes

ICE and the Age of Grift w/ Alex Aviña | American Prestige

Alex Aviña is back on the podcast, this time to talk about the evolution of ICE and the U.S. security state. They discuss the convergence of the war …

10 months ago

The Rush to War Against Venezuela with Van Jackson | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer

On Friday, the self-styled “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth announced the US was sending an

aircraft carrier to bolster its attacks on Venezuelan boats…

10 months ago

Trump's Designs on Latin America with Greg Grandin | The Nation Podcast

On October 14, Donald Trump announced that the United States had blown up a boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board. It was the …

10 months ago

All Revolution Is Based On Land with Leah Penniman | A People's Climate

Solving the climate crisis isn’t about reinventing the wheel or the latest tech scheme — it can be as simple as growing food and building community. …

10 months ago

Gaza Ceasefire Tenuous, US Strikes More “Drug Boats,” Saudi State Visit | American Prestige

Rest assured, no one on the AP team has any undeclared tattoos. In this week’s news roundup: In Israel-Palestine, Gaza’s so-called ceasefire holds af…

10 months ago

Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City w/ Joanne McNeil | Tech Won't Save Us

Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss the proliferation of delivery bots and robotaxis and how they recycle disproven claims about how tec…

10 months ago

Rebecca Solnit on No Kings—Plus, Reforming the LAPD after Rodney King | Start Making Sense

No Kings Day on Oct. 18 was the largest peaceful protest in American history. Rebecca Solnit comments, and refutes Republican statements about violen…

10 months ago

The Myth of Free Speech w/ Fara Dabhoiwala | American Prestige

Danny and Derek speak with historian Fara Dabhoiwala, author of What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea, about the complex history of on…

10 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s Theory of Politics w/ Kim Phillips-Fein | The Nation Podcast

"Are Trump and Trumpism best understood as the consolidation of an elite economic program, as a nostalgia-­laced brew of prejudice and rage, or as a …

10 months, 1 week ago

The Political Consequences of Gaza w/ Yousef Munayyer | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer

The fragile ceasefire negotiated between Israel and Hamas hasn’t ended the violence, but it has

for now lessened it. But even if the ceasefire holds, …

10 months, 1 week ago