Media Roots Radio
422 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 747 ratingsSince 2010, siblings and journalists Abby Martin and Robbie Martin have been doing Media Roots Radio, a political podcast with a critical eye on US foreign policy, political partisanship and what people can do to fight back. Conversational, controversial, passionate and explicit, Media Roots stands apart from the majority of podcasts coming from a similar point of view.
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Episodes
Interview with Deep Web Filmmaker, Alex Winter
October 31, 2016 21:35 - 1 hour - 75 MBnote: this interview was recorded in late September 2016 @ 34:40 Robbie discusses the DEA ban on Kratom which was supposed to happen at the end of September but never ended up going through.
Podesta Emails, DNC Hack & War with Russia Hysteria
October 16, 2016 20:14 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBRobbie and Abby Martin talk about the leaked Podesta Emails, the DNC hack, Trump on women and the Cold War getting hot on the latest Media Roots Radio. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/abbymartin twitter.com/fluorescentgrey
Abby Martin Goes to Palestine
September 26, 2016 17:42 - 2 hours - 110 MBAbby and Robbie Martin discuss her two week trip traveling the West Bank in Palestine for The Empire Files. From refugee camps to life under occupation and settler terrorism, Abby's first-hand account of the real Israel/Palestine is a must listen. twitter.com/abbymartin twitter.com/dancohen3000 www.mediaroots.org
Olympic Hypocrisy, Empire Apologies & Putin Paranoia
August 23, 2016 23:59 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBPlease donate to www.mediaroots.org
Cindy Sheehan on Sanders the Sheepdog & Left Purge of Anti-War Activism
August 03, 2016 22:40 - 59 minutes - 47.6 MBplease donate to the podcast by going to www.mediaroots.org click on the 'donate' button, please put 'podcast' in the donation description notes. visit Cindy Sheehan's website/blog where she also hosts her own podcast at http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/
DNC/RNC Pageantry, Abby's Arrest & Manchurian Candidate Trump
July 30, 2016 00:27 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBAbby and Robbie Martin talk about the insane, cringeworthy pageantry of the RNC and DNC, Abby's story about being unlawfully arrested and manhandled by Philly PD, and the absurd idea that Trump is somehow behind the hack on the DNC. Please donate to see our podcast continue! www.mediaroots.org
Obama Doesn't Want Nuclear War With Russia & Neoconservatives for Hillary Clinton
July 24, 2016 18:59 - 51 minutes - 41.2 MBAfter wrapping up 'A Very Heavy Agenda', Robbie Martin attended a Hillary Clinton fundraiser hosted by neocon thought leader Robert Kagan in D.C., and got an exclusive scoop about Obama's policy on Ukraine. Robbie and Abby talk about the surreal experience and the story he got from Kagan. Also attending the event with Robbie was Rania Khalek. www.averyheavyagenda.com www.mediaroots.org
28 Redacted 9/11 Pages Released with Jon Gold
July 16, 2016 03:10 - 1 hour - 50 MBRobbie Martin and researcher Jon Gold talk about the long awaited release of the 28 pages that expose foreign government involvement in 9/11 attacks. www.mediaroots.org
Puerto Rico, Orlando, James Risen & the War on Journalism
July 06, 2016 04:02 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBAbby and Robbie Martin talk about Puerto Rico's manufactured debt crisis and history of colonial subjugation, the Orlando massacre and America's mass shooting epidemic, James Risen's book 'Pay Any Price' documenting the criminal looting and corruption in our post-9/11 dystopia. www.mediaroots.org www.theempirefiles.tv
Abby & Robbie Martin Discuss 'A Very Heavy Agenda'
July 03, 2016 18:56 - 1 hour - 76.1 MB'A Very Heavy Agenda' is a three part documentary compilation of footage exposing DC's war architects and media surrogates. To watch or buy the series visit: www.averyheavyagenda.com
Garry Shandling Tribute, Hillary's Corruption, New Cold War Continues
May 04, 2016 19:55 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBFYI this podcast was recorded before Tuesday (before Cruz dropped out and Trump won Indiana) please donate by sending a paypal donation via the donate button on our website MediaRoots.org if you would like to make a donation specifically to our podcast, please put 'Media Roots Radio' in the donation notes
GOP Chaos, Interview w/ Daniel Wright
March 15, 2016 22:50 - 2 hours - 109 MBGOP Chaos, Interview w/ Daniel Wright by Abby & Robbie Martin
A Very Heavy Agenda Pt 2 Media Appearances [Compilation]
March 13, 2016 03:12 - 44 minutes - 35.9 MBPlease donate to MediaRoots.org You can Rent or Buy A Very Heavy Agenda Part 2: How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the New Neocons by Robbie Martin at AVERYHEAVYAGENDA.COM
Robbie's Super Tuesday, Neocon Panic & Trump Wrecks GOP
March 02, 2016 09:23 - 51 minutes - 41.1 MBRobbie follows up with a solo Media Roots Radio podcast about Super Tuesday: neocon panic and desperate GOP hysterics over Trump. Please donate to Media Roots Radio by sending a paypal payment to info@mediaroots,org, make sure to put 'podcast' or 'radio' in the info box of the payment. www.mediaroots.org
Syria Cease-Fire & 2016 Presidential Elections
March 01, 2016 06:43 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBRobbie and Abby Martin talk about the Syria ceasefire, Black Lives Matter and the 2016 presidential election insanity: GOP unraveling over Trump, the Clinton campaign's dirty tricks, Hillary's endorsement by neocon warmongers and the reality of Bernie Sanders' domestic/foreign policy on the latest Media Roots Radio. www.mediaroots.org
Flint Lead Poisoning, X-Files & A Very Heavy Agenda
February 01, 2016 22:09 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBAbby & Robbie Martin talk about his documentary 'A Very Heavy Agenda', lead poisoning in Flint, Syria war confusion and the new X-Files on the latest Media Roots Radio. http://www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/abbymartin twitter.com/fluorescentgrey
Interview with Pearse Redmond of Porkins Policy Radio, Newsbud & BFP
January 21, 2016 02:52 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBInterview with Pearse Redmond of Porkins Policy Radio, Newsbud & BFP by Abby & Robbie Martin
Interview with Stand-Up Comedian & Activist Barry Crimmins
January 13, 2016 05:06 - 1 hour - 50.5 MB"Bobcat Goldthwait directed this moving documentary about comedian and peace activist Barry Crimmins. The film is masterfully structured in such a way that it starts as a typical film about an artist, who a group of people believe more people should know. Comics who were given opportunities thanks to him or have memories of his early work appear on screen. Goldthwait then hits the audience with information about a horrific experience from Crimmins’ childhood, and the film is instantly transfo...
Paris & San Bernadino Attacks ISIS Mythopoeia
December 11, 2015 01:04 - 1 hour - 92 MBAbby and Robbie Martin talk about the political and media ISIS mythopoeia in the wake of the Paris and #SanBernadino attacks, the anti-Muslim bigotry mirroring 9/11 and the nonsensicalness of the Syria war. DONATE // www.mediaroots.org // put 'media roots radio' in the description of your donation twitter.com/AbbyMartin & twitter.com/FluorescentGrey
9/11 Forgotten Racist Origins Trumped & The Palestinian Frame-up
November 24, 2015 03:43 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBDonald Trump's comments about arabs in New Jersey cheering from rooftops on 9/11 have sparked controversy and outrage, but what if Trump is confusing 2 different real events together and inaccurately repeating them as a memory? Is it possible that even someone as ridiculous as Trump could be a 'victim' of the intentionally racist script we were indoctrinated with on the day of 9/11 itself? Why were there 3 separate mainstream media stories between 9:40am and 1:30pm on the day of 9/11 itself ...
The Syria War of Hypocrisy & Empire Delusional Disorder
November 14, 2015 10:13 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBThis episode of Media Roots Radio was recorded 1 day before the Paris terrorist attacks. Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the US regime change plan in Syria and hypocrisy of arming rebels to 'fight ISIS', "new atheism's" bigotry under the guise of intellectualism & people who are plagued with Empire delusional disorder in serial killer America. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/FluorescentGrey twitter.com/AbbyMartin
Amerithrax & The CIA : Interview with Matt Dehart
October 24, 2015 03:08 - 14 minutes - 11.6 MBThis interview was conducted via a collect call from Warren County Regional Jail and originally appeared at http://amerithrax.blogspot.com/ and was also published here : http://mediaroots.org/alleged-cia-involvement-in-2001-anthrax-attacks/ Jail Support Info: Matt Dehart #164682 Warren County Regional Jail 920 Kentucky Street Bowling Green, Ky 42101 https://twitter.com/FreeMattDehart https://twitter.com/FluorescentGrey More information on the story of Matt Dehart http://www.buzzfeed.co...
Sex, Bigotry & Islam with Porn Star Conner Habib
July 25, 2015 02:20 - 51 minutes - 41.2 MBMedia Roots speaks to author and porn star Conner Habib about sex work, left bigotry, the establishment co-optation of the LGBTQ movement, PEN awarding Charlie Hebdo with a freedom award and the new atheism movement's colonial attitude toward Islam. twitter.com/connerhabib twitter.com/abbymartin www.mediaroots.org
Charleston, Confederate Flags and the *Transparent* Empire
July 03, 2015 00:17 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBAbby and Robbie Martin talk about the Charleston massacre, the political debate about the semantics of terrorism and legacy of the Confederate flag. They also discuss the measures the Empire has taken since 9/11 to codify illegal, murderous activity practiced by the government for decades. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/abbymartin twitter.com/fluorescentgrey
America's 50 Year War in Colombia: Death Squads & Drug Management
May 27, 2015 02:31 - 39 minutes - 31.4 MBUS sponsored violence on the ground in Colombia has been constant for five decades, killing more than 220,000 people and displacing millions. Colombia is removed from most US foreign policy discussions, yet the American military has been more involved there than any other country in the world – including Afghanistan. From immunized war crimes to rampant rape, human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik talks about the disastrous effects of five decades of US militarism in the region and the crushing of ...
Congo's Resource Curse & US Backed Atrocities
May 21, 2015 08:24 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBMedia Roots Radio is joined by Kambale Musavuli, Spokesperson for Friends of the Congo, to talk about how Congo's resource curse feeds the military industrial complex and why anti-drone activists need to organize with the Congolese to disrupt cobalt extraction. Donate to Media Roots by going to the Mediaroots.org homepage and clicking the donate link on the top right. Please put 'podcast' or 'media roots radio' in the comment section/body of the donation if you would like to allocate the don...
Chris Kyle Fans Express American Exceptionalism Through Sexual Violence
May 11, 2015 01:26 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBAbby and Robbie Martin are joined by journalist Rania Khalek about how Abby got doxxed and bombarded with rape and death threats for wearing a "F*ck Chris Kyle" shirt, and why so called "freedom" lovers express American Exceptionalism through sexual violence. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/abbymartin twitter.com/raniakhalek twitter.com/fluorescentgrey
Chelsea Manning & the Military Entertainment Complex with Alexa O'Brien
May 05, 2015 05:44 - 1 hour - 62 MBOn this edition of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie Martin speak to investigative journalist Alexa O'Brien about Manning’s exposures, the ongoing erosion of civil liberties and her research into the conjoining of entertainment, tech and military industries. www.alexaobrien.com www.mediaroots.org Follow Alexa @carwinb
Adversarial Journalism in Russia & Dissecting the Propaganda Wars with Mark Ames
May 01, 2015 01:06 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBJournalist Mark Ames is the founder of The Exile, Exiled Online, senior editor for Not Safe for Work and regular contributor to Pando Daily Mark lived in Russia and eventually started working on the satirical and hard hitting paper The Exile from the late 90s until it was effectively shut down by Moscow's media censorship arm in 2008 Robbie Martin of Media Roots has a discussion with Mark about his experience in Russia, the completely ignored corrupt Boris Yeltsin years after the fall of t...
Baltimore Police State & Justice for Freddie Gray
April 30, 2015 19:34 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBRobbie and Abby Martin discuss the Baltimore Uprising and murder of Freddie Gray on Media Roots Radio, institutionalized racism abetting pockets of mutiny, rampant police unaccountability, the convoluted narrative of the war in Syria and huckster Liz Wahl's insane testimony to Congress about Russia "weaponizing" information. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/abbymartin twitter.com/fluorescentgrey
DC: The Emperor Wears No Clothes with Ken Silverstein
April 25, 2015 02:59 - 42 minutes - 33.8 MBJournalist Ken Silverstein takes on the DC establishment by exposing the shady inner workings of the system and calling out the lackeys behind the scenes. www.mediaroots.org
Persian and Experimental Electronic Music with Ata Ebtekar aka Sote
April 22, 2015 00:15 - 52 minutes - 42.2 MBAta Ebtekar also known as Sote has been carving his own path in the lexicon of electronic music for the better part of 2 decades. Ata attended school in Germany and later audio engineering school in the San Francisco bay area. It happened to be the same school Robbie Martin (co-host of Media Roots Radio and aka Fluorescent Grey) attended, Expression Center for New Media. Expression was home to not just audio students but also cgi and visual students many of whom later ended up working for Hol...
Cyber Warfare, Spying & US Govt's Collection of Dick Pics with Sam Sacks
April 19, 2015 05:53 - 46 minutes - 37 MBAs Obama issues an executive order granting him authority to sanction people engaged in civil society online and with the renewal of the Patriot Act on the horizon, the conversation about mass surveillance and privacy rights couldn’t be more vital. Co-founder of the news co-op the District Sentinel Sam Sacks joins Media Roots Radio to discuss all things spying. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/samsacks twitter.com/abbymartin
Saudi Arabia's Yemen War, Terror Factory & US Bribery with Ali Al-Ahmed
April 12, 2015 03:19 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MBDirector of the Institute for Gulf Affairs, Ali Al-Ahmed, talks about the oppressive monarchy of Saudi Arabia: the American backed war in Yemen and unyielding partnership between the two countries; the export of terrorism and spread of ultra orthodox Wahhabism, the political bribery on behalf of Gulf States to maintain a culture of silence. twitter.com/AliAlAhmed_en twitter.com/AbbyMartin www.mediaroots.org
Gov't Agents Gone Rogue, Iran Letter & House of Cards Propaganda
April 02, 2015 21:20 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBAbby and Robbie Martin discuss the case of hacker Matt DeHart, the bizarre circumstances surrounding the Bin Laden raid, the Tom Cotton letter to Iran attempting to undermine the diplomatic negotiations, Vice's interview with Obama and House of Cards Season Three's anti-Russian propaganda. www.mediaroots.org www.twitter.com/Abbymartin www.twitter.com/FluorescentGrey
Connecting the War at Home and Abroad with Eugene Puryear
March 31, 2015 04:03 - 27 minutes - 21.7 MBEugene Puryear, organizer with the ANSWER coalition and author of Shackled and Chained connects the war at home and abroad on a systems level while deconstructing the toxic neoliberal ideology that dominates global policy in the 21st century. www.mediaroots.org twitter.com/EugenePuryear
Netanyahu's Victory & Zionism Unmasked with Rania Khalek
March 22, 2015 02:28 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MBAbby Martin speaks to Rania Khalek of the Electronic Intifada about what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reelection victory means for occupied Palestine and the US political establishment. www.mediaroots.org www.twitter.com/raniakhalek
US vs Venezuela: Regime Change & Resilience with Mark Weisbrot
March 13, 2015 01:40 - 35 minutes - 28 MBMark Weisbrot of Just Foreign Policy and the Center for Economic Policy Research talks to Abby Martin about the bigger picture behind the US' absurd declaration that Venezuela is an "extraordinary threat" to national security. http://www.mediaroots.org/why-the-us-wont-give-up-on-regime-change-in-venezuela/
Breaking the Set in the New Cold War w/ Abby Martin
March 12, 2015 01:15 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBAbby and Robbie Martin talk BTS RIP, the Cold War resurrection & how reactionaries have splintered the left on Media Roots Radio: http://bit.ly/1GtVYTW
Charlie Hebdo & 9/11 Islamophobia Flashbacks
January 12, 2015 08:13 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBCharlie Hebdo & 9/11 Islamophobia Flashbacks by Abby & Robbie Martin
North Korea Hype, War on Terror Psy-Op, 'Liberal' Warmongers
January 06, 2015 08:53 - 2 hours - 107 MBNorth Korea Hype, War on Terror Psy-Op, 'Liberal' Warmongers by Abby & Robbie Martin
Conspiracy of Silence in Hollywood, the BBC and the CBC
December 12, 2014 00:29 - 49 minutes - 39.7 MBhttp://www.mediaroots.org/media-roots-radio-conspiracy-of-silence-in-hollywood-the-bbc-and-the-cbc/
Abby and Robbie Martin Visit Hiroshima, Revenge of the DC Shills
December 09, 2014 01:24 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBhttp://www.mediaroots.org/media-roots-radio-abby-and-robbie-visit-hiroshima-revenge-of-the-dc-shills/
'The 2001 Anthrax Deception': Interview with Graeme MacQueen
November 22, 2014 00:32 - 2 hours - 108 MB'The 2001 Anthrax Deception': Interview with Graeme MacQueen by Abby & Robbie Martin
Clinton's "War on Terror" Part 2 of 2
September 10, 2014 00:20 - 2 hours - 141 MBClinton's "War on Terror" Part 2 of 2 by Abby & Robbie Martin
Abby Martin Goes to Gitmo
September 05, 2014 23:13 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBRecently I traveled to one of the most nefarious prisons in the world: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Despite repeated government pledges to close the infamous detention facility down, 149 men remained indefinitely imprisoned there. According to a Bush administration official, the vast majority of prisoners are innocent, and were either swept up in a dragnet or handed over in exchange for US bounties. It's already hard enough to travel to Gitmo as a journalist, but upon arrival I realized the experi...
Clinton's "War on Terror" Part 1 of 2
August 26, 2014 02:35 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBMost people who became politically aware, or 'woke up' after 9/11 might wrongly assume that warrantless wiretapping, rendition of terror suspects, the formation of the homeland security agency and predator drones were spearheaded by the Bush administration. Yet the framework for the 'War on Terror' was actually put into place by President Clinton. Not only did Clinton have several opportunities to either capture or kill Bin Laden, but in the year prior to leaving office, he was warned with ...
'Terms and Conditions May Apply' with Cullen Hoback
July 20, 2014 10:42 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBOn this episode of Media Roots Radio, Robbie Martin has a discussion with Cullen Hoback, a digital privacy rights advocate and filmmaker about his newest documentary film 'Terms and conditions May Apply' and much more. 'Terms and Conditions May Apply' is a full length documentary film specifically honing in on the issue of digital privacy rights and the data mining economy of corporate surveillance. If you checked out our 2nd to last episode 'Occupy Silicon Valley', think of this particul...
The 9/11 Bulletin : Interview with Jon Gold
July 11, 2014 20:22 - 2 hours - 164 MBMedia Roots Radio presents a new exclusive series of 9/11 specific broadcasts hosted by Robbie Martin called 'The 9/11 Bulletin'. Please enjoy part 1 of our series featuring an in depth discussion with 9/11 truth and justice seeker Jon Gold. disclaimer: Jon says he made a few mistakes during this interview when citing things from memory. One of them was that Richard Clarke was given a flight manifest at 9:59 with the name of the hijackers on it. Instead… http://www.globalresearch.ca/how...
Media Roots Radio - Occupy Silicon Valley & the Missing Outrage Over Private Sector Spying
July 11, 2014 10:03 - 2 hours - 136 MBAbby and Robbie Martin discuss the potentiality of an ‘Occupy Silicon Valley’ protest movement in a similar mold to ‘Occupy Oakland’ taking place in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. They address the ethical issues revolving around tech-companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Soundcloud and debunk the notion that private corporations will install privacy safeguards on their own without the pressure of public consumer outrage. Robbie goes into the history of Silicon Valley’s root...