Podcast Episodes

How We Win the Midterms: Steve Phillips; plus Black Landowners in North Carolina: Cameron Oglesby

How can we save democracy from white nationalism and right-wing authoritarianism? Steve Phillips argues we need to organize and turn out the millions…

3 years, 6 months ago

Stacey Abrams Explains her Work; We Remember Mike Davis

Stacey Abrams, running for governor in Georgia, is behind in the polls of likely voters, which the pollsters define as people who vote regularly, esp…

3 years, 7 months ago

Chris Lehmann on Republican Plans for 2023, plus Adam Hochschild on Repression in WWI America

What will Republicans do if they win control of the House in the midterms? Now they’ve said something about that, officially: they call it their “Com…

3 years, 7 months ago

John Nichols on Democrats and Marijuana, plus Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan

Joe Biden has just made marijuana legalization a campaign issue--the Democrats should run with it, says John Nichols.

Also: Greil Marcus talks about B…

3 years, 7 months ago

Nurses on Strike, plus Women Lawyers who Challenged Trump: Bryce Covert on hospitals, plus Dahlia Litwick on the Courts

Nurses have taken the lead in the wave of this year’s labor activism. The largest private-sector nurses’ strike in American history took place recent…

3 years, 7 months ago

Can the Democrats hold the Senate? John Nichols; Plus David Nasaw on Ken Burns's "Holocaust"

Can Republicans win control of the Senate? Trump’s candidates are the GOP's biggest problem, starting in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsi…

3 years, 8 months ago

Bhaskar Sunkara: Bernie in 2024? plus Chris Lehmann on the Brooks Brothers Riot

Should Bernie Sanders run in the Democratic primaries in 2024? President of The Nation, Bhaskar Sunkara says “yes” IF Biden doesn’t. Sanders transfor…

3 years, 8 months ago

Sarah Posner on the Conservative Takeover of the Southern Baptists, plus Amy Wilentz on Jared

The transformation of the Southern Baptist Convention into a powerful right wing political force developed over the last 50 years. Before 1973, when …

3 years, 8 months ago

Amy Littlefield on How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Kansas, plus Barbara Ehrenreich Remembered

Remember how Kansas was the first state to vote directly on abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, and how Kansans surprised everyone by vo…

3 years, 8 months ago

Chris Lehmann on GOP Plans for 2023, Patrick Leahy on Jan. 6

Republicans are making plans if they win control of the House in November--Chris Lehmann reports that their top targets include the NLRB and the Depa…

3 years, 8 months ago