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News from Nowhere

10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings

An American journalist in India talks socialist politics, media criticism, history, headlines, books, movies and house lizards.

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Episodes

News From Nowhere Ep. 23

November 09, 2017 21:34 - 57 minutes - 24.2 MB

Podiversary (Free! Highlight Show) This is first free public show since we moved to a weekly subscription program, featuring clips from Corey’s interviews with Ken Silverstein (Washington Babylon), Klint Finley (Wired), Michael Brooks (Majority Report/TMBS), and Shane (Beast Coast). Subscribe on Patreon for weekly shows!

News From Nowhere Ep. 17

August 30, 2017 17:48 - 1 hour - 36.5 MB

Camping Trip (with Andrea Pitzer) Corey talks concentration camps, from Auschwitz to Guantanamo, with Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Andrea’s website A Washingtonian magazine review of Andrea’s book

News From Nowhere Ep. 16

August 17, 2017 13:42 - 1 hour - 21.3 MB

Fire and Fury (with Tim Shorrock and Jason Wilson) Corey Pein receives a report from Jason Wilson in Charlottesville, and speaks to Tim Shorrock about North Korea. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Jason’s articles at the Guardian Tim’s articles at The Nation

News From Nowhere Ep. 15

August 02, 2017 18:09 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MB

Media for the Apocalypse (with Jason Wilson and Michael Brooks) Corey talks to Jason Wilson about the far-right media landscape, from AmRen to Infowars, and to Michael Brooks about podcasts, persuasion, and power. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Jason’s articles at the Guardian Jason’s report from the AmRen 2017 conference in … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 15"

News From Nowhere Ep. 14

July 19, 2017 16:27 - 1 hour - 27.4 MB

The Online Culture Wars Corey Pein chats with Angela Nagle about her new book “Kill All Normies.” Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Angela on Twitter Angela’s Baffler essay, The New Man of 4chan

News From Nowhere Ep. 13

July 08, 2017 03:12 - 56 minutes - 14.9 MB

The Secret Policeman at the Marathon Corey Pein talks about the Spanish Civil War with writer and historian Adam Hochschild. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Adam’s book Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 The Harper’s review of Adam’s book Adam’s faculty profile at the UC Berkeley … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 13"

News From Nowhere Ep. 12

June 22, 2017 18:42 - 1 hour - 29.1 MB

Techies and Tankies Corey Pein discusses tankies with Michael Brooks and all things life-extending with Elmo Keep. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Urban Dictionary entry for Tankies Elmo’s Smithsonian magazine piece on life extension Michael’s shows at majority.fm

News From Nowhere Ep. 11

June 06, 2017 18:54 - 1 hour - 52.5 MB

Against the Fascist Creep Corey Pein traces the history of 20th century fascism with Alexander Reid Ross, the author of Against the Fascist Creep (AK Press, 2017). Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website A review of Alex’s book on Truthout Alex’s own work on Truthout Alex’s essay on the Portland killings and … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 11"

News From Nowhere Ep. 10

May 13, 2017 19:17 - 53 minutes - 14.1 MB

Hashtag Resistance Corey Pein talks to Michael Brooks about his Baffler piece, coauthored with David Slavick, on the failure of institutional centrism to provide adequate resistance to the far right. The piece was “No Time for a Negative Peace.” Corey also speaks to “Louise Mensch,” the former British Tory MP and current prolific Twitter influencer, … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 10"

News From Nowhere Ep. 09

April 20, 2017 18:28 - 48 minutes - 22.7 MB

Burn It Down We’re back! Corey Pein brings his ninth episode of News from Nowhere to The Baffler. Within he discusses David Attenborough’s Planet Earth series with Amber A’Lee Frost and Will Menaker, and whether the left should arm with Adrian Bonenberger. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website The other Baffler podcast, … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 09"

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