Strange Days with Fernand Amandi
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 302 ratingsStrange days have found us…Political commentator and electoral polling expert Fernand Amandi leads this discussion about news, politics, and culture. Frequent guests include prominent national reporters, former and current elected officials, opinion makers, filmmakers, and anyone else with their finger on the pulse of our nation during these unprecedented times in the age of Trump. A new episode every week coming to you from our studio in South Florida.
Strange Days is produced by Hannah Artman and Daniela Ferrera.
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Episodes
The Admiral's Admiral
April 09, 2021 17:57 - 48 minutes - 65.9 MBAdmiral Jim Stavridis & Tiffany Cross
How to Prepare for Climate Change
February 05, 2021 22:42 - 1 hour - 106 MBReady for the coming impact of climate change? Fear not as CBS Sunday science expert David Pogue tells #StrangeDaysPodcast how to get ready + Frank Schaeffer warns how radicalized evangelical Christians threaten Biden’s agenda & democracy.
DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED
January 22, 2021 17:33 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBHow should President Biden spend his hard fought political capital? Brilliant Biden transition advisor Chris Lu + MSNBC National Security superstar Malcolm Nance tell #StrangeDaysPodcast what POTUS’s domestic & foreign policy priorities should be!
Confederate Offspring
January 14, 2021 19:33 - 1 hour - 105 MBWill the domestic terrorist attack on our US Capitol by pro-Trump white supremacists spark a Second Civil War? Experts, Tim Wise and Jared Yates Sexton, who long ago predicted these events would come to pass, explain to #StrangeDaysPodcast what happens next.
The Attack on American Democracy
January 11, 2021 17:18 - 1 hour - 90 MBWas the attack on the US Capitol the end or the launch of the insurrectionist danger we now face? Authoritarian scholars Ruth Ben-Ghiat + Sarah Kendzior break down the attempted coup by pro-Trump terrorists on #StrangeDaysPodcast & warn of what comes next.
How To Throw A Punch
December 11, 2020 22:09 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MBShould the Biden White House ignore or appease Mitch McConnell? One of the wisest minds in Democratic politics, Adam Jentleson, author of the new book, #KillSwitch joins the #StrangeDaysPodcast with sage advice on how to confront an obstructionist GOP.
Scorched Earth Sabotage
December 01, 2020 17:17 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBIn times of trouble, #StrangeDaysPodcast turns to trusted voices to explain the way forward, as does this week’s episode featuring MSNBC contributor Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of #BeginAgain + NPR Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa on her new memoir, #OnceIWasYou.
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November 18, 2020 22:55 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBWill Donald Trump’s coup attempt to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden be successful? Ex FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi + Ex CIA officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen explain why we must be vigilant on a must-hear #StrangeDaysPodcast
Vote for Biden
October 27, 2020 14:05 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBOn the last #StrangeDaysPodcast before the most vitally important election in American history, the super duo of Sarah Kendzior & ex CIA Officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen + a surprise guest, prepare us for what we must do. #VoteForBiden
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
October 12, 2020 21:27 - 1 hour - 102 MBIs the FBI prepared for ‘worst case scenarios’ if Trump incites post-election violence? Ex FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi explains the contingencies to #StrangeDaysPodcast + Miami Herald's Leonard Pitts Jr. on why Biden must play hardball if he wins.
The Plot to Steal the Election
October 01, 2020 13:43 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBAre we sufficiently prepared to stop Trump’s transparent efforts to steal the election? MSNBC national security analyst Malcolm Nance + #SCOTUS legal expert Elie Mystal explore the scary scenarios to #StrangeDaysPodcast on a must-listen episode.
Deja News: Sarah Kendzior + Rolf Mowatt-Larssen Part 1
September 26, 2020 02:39 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBAre we approaching the brink of a full-on American dictatorship? #HidingInPlainSight author and Gaslit Nation's Sarah Kendzior + ex-CIA officer officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, join #StrangeDaysPodcast for an urgent and sobering discussion.
It Was All A Lie
September 15, 2020 12:46 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBHas the GOP been acting in bad faith for decades, and not just in the Trump era? Famed Project Lincoln strategist Stuart Stevens, the mastermind behind the Romney 2012 campaign, tells #StrangeDaysPodcast + Mike Grunwald how Republicans lost their way.
Make a Plan Now
September 02, 2020 23:20 - 1 hour - 88 MBFascism expert Timothy Snyder returns to #StrangeDaysPodcast, offering urgent advice on how to best resist if Trump refuses to leave + MSNBC reporter & #Separated author Jacob Soboroff exposes how our government horrifically caged migrant children.
The Unraveling of America
August 27, 2020 15:15 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBDoes our response to #COVID19 signal the end of the American era? Wade Davis, whose viral Rolling Stone piece makes a wistful + compelling case for that premise, explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast how we got here in a must-listen episode.
Democracy Is On The Ballot
August 21, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBWill fascism + white supremacy be the new normal if Joe Biden loses the election? Jason Stanley explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast, How Fascism Works + Robert P. Jones unpacks why American Christianity has been #WhiteTooLong
Democracy is on The Ballot
August 21, 2020 20:53 - 1 hour - 125 MBDemocracy is on The Ballot by Fernand Amandi
The Madman's Theory to Stealing the Election
August 14, 2020 14:46 - 1 hour - 88 MBIs Donald Trump really a madman or is his ‘madman act’ a tactic to consolidate power? CNN’s Jim Sciutto explains his take on #TheMadmanTheory while election security expert Jennifer Cohn tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why we must plan for a stolen election.
Your Money AND Your Life
August 04, 2020 19:42 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBCan a Democrat really defeat an incumbent GOP President? Legendary Democratic strategist Paul Begala, author of #YoureFired is one of the few to have ever done it and he tells #StrangeDaysPodcast how to get it done and beat one, in a must-listen episode!
The Intelligence Briefing
July 31, 2020 15:20 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBHow dangerous to our American democracy is the prospect of #TrumpsGestapo? VERY, according to MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance + ex CIA officer/Belfer Center’s Rolf Mowatt-Larssen in this sobering #StrangeDaysPodcast must-hear Headphone episode.
This Is Who They Are
July 23, 2020 17:27 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBAre authoritarianism experts feeling better about the Presidential election, given Joe Biden’s polling lead? Two of America’s most prescient scholars on autocracy & fascism, Ruth Ben-Ghiat + Sarah Kendzior, sound the alarm on a must-hear #StrangeDaysPodcast
The Most Dangerous Branch
July 16, 2020 20:04 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBDoes your stomach churn when you see Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s name trending? #SCOTUS expert David Kaplan explains why today’s Supreme Court is #TheMostDangerousBranch + Katherine Stewart warns of the rise of religious nationalism in a sobering #StrangeDaysPodcast
The Post-Policy Imposters
July 10, 2020 14:48 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBIf the current polling holds, will an epic GOP electoral defeat forever alter American politics? Maddow show producer Steve Benen, author of #TheImpostors, explains why to #StrangeDaysPodcast + MSNBC’s Zerlina Maxwell proclaims #TheEndOfWhitePolitics
The Pirate Ship
July 02, 2020 20:53 - 1 hour - 85 MBIf Joe Biden wins, do anti-Trump ad makers like Project Lincoln + Meidas Touch deserve some of the credit? #StrangeDaysPodcast talks to the creative geniuses behind both groups: Rick Wilson and Reed Galen + the Meiselas brothers in a MUST LISTEN episode!
In Women We Trust
June 26, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBWill it ultimately be the women of America who salvage the republic? Amee Vanderpool tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why sheroes will save the day + Daryle Lamont Jenkins explains why closeted racists must be outed and subjected to public shaming.
Bill Browder's Warning
June 17, 2020 20:06 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBHas anything been done to make the 2020 elections safer from Putin’s meddling? Magnitsky Act mastermind + Putin’s greatest foe Bill Browder tells #StrangeDaysPodcast what’s changed + brilliant ex FSU Football star Dr. Myron Rolle on #BlackLivesMatter
We All Clearly Saw It
June 05, 2020 23:09 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBAmerica is broken. Can we fix it? Writer, thinker & activist, Toure explains why #GeorgeFloydProtests are galvanizing the world + MSNBC legal analyst Barb McQuade tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why America’s most dangerous man, AG Barr is lying about Antifa.
Trumpocalypse
May 29, 2020 15:51 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBCan we restore American democracy regardless of Donald Trump winning or losing reelection? #Trumpocalypse author David Frum charts the course forward + The Hill's Amie Parnes takes us in the Biden + Trump 2020 camps on a must hear #StrangeDaysPodcast
The Coming Chaos
May 20, 2020 21:59 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBWhy is Frank Figliuzzi so concerned about the coming chaos? Listen to the ex FBI Asst. Director tell #StrangeDaysPodcast why things have taken a darker turn + Miami Herald’s Leonard Pitts Jr. explains why it may be hard to forgive our fellow citizens.
What If Trump Wins?
May 14, 2020 21:41 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBWhat if Donald Trump wins? As disturbing a thought as it is, we explore the nightmarish question w/ Washington Monthly’s Paul Glastris + Mother Jones’s David Corn tells #StrangeDaysPodcast his assessment of Robert Muller a year after his investigation.
The Trump Cult is a Death Cult
May 06, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBAre we underplaying the dangerous domestic threat the white terrorist Trump death cult means for America? Author Jared Yates Sexton paints a disturbing picture and Cult Expert Steven Hassan explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast how #TheCultOfTrump acts like a death cult.
The President of Disinformation
April 30, 2020 13:38 - 1 hour - 93.3 MBIs Donald Trump’s catastrophic response to the #coronavirus an active measure? Legendary ex-CIA intelligence officer John Sipher offers his take to #StrangeDaysPodcast + Author & Johns Hopkins Professor Thomas Rid explains the history of disinformation.
Are your policies black?
April 23, 2020 21:04 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MBWho should be Joe Biden’s VP pick? Kennedy School Fellow and author of #SayItLouder, Tiffany Cross tells #StrangeDaysPodcast who she’d take + Fletcher School Professor Dan Drezner explains why Trump should be called #ToddlerInChief
Hiding In Plain Sight
April 15, 2020 22:08 - 1 hour - 111 MBThis week Donald Trump declared himself a dictator, so now what? Gaslit Nation host and New York Times bestselling #HidingInPlainSight author Sarah Kendzior explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast + Pastor John Pavlovitz foresees a reckoning for Trump evangelicals.
The New New Stimulus
April 10, 2020 03:14 - 1 hour - 86 MBHas the #coronavirus economy forever widened the gap between rich & poor?...or can the new federal stimulus bills prevent that? Two brilliant thinkers, Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer + Politico's Mike Grunwald share their insights on #StrangeDaysPodcast.
No Normalizing Preventable Deaths!
April 01, 2020 21:53 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBIs the media normalizing Donald Trump during the #coronavirus as they did in 2016? Playboy White House Correspondent Brian Karem takes #StrangeDaysPodcast inside the briefing room + #DirtyRubles author Greg Olear explains why Trump is the #TeflonDon.
Help Me, Help You
March 26, 2020 19:29 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBIn a panic over your finances & 401(k) thanks to the #CoronavirusPandemic? #StrangeDaysPodcast has you covered w/ CNBC financial guru Ron Insana offering his best advice + PoliSci expert Dr. Jason Johnson grades how politicians have responded to #coronavirus.
#Don'tBeASpreader
March 21, 2020 00:09 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBFreaked out about the #coronavirus? Fear not, #StrangeDaysPodcast is here to guide you by the hand w/ #WorldWarZ creator/mastermind, Max Brooks + the brilliant religious scholar Reza Aslan. Kick back with a cold one & tune in, but #DontBeASpreader!
Go Joe!
March 11, 2020 21:22 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBNow that Joe Biden will be the Dem nominee, will more Republicans vote for Joe over Trump? #NeverTrump Washington Post columnist Max Boot opines + political scientist Marcus H. Johnson explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast WHY black voters saved Joe’s campaign.
A Nation In Revolt
March 04, 2020 22:54 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBIs race still at the heart of what the 2020 election is truly about? And has Joe Biden now vanquished Bernie Sanders?Anti-racism scholar Timothy Wise and legendary Democratic pollster wise-man Stanley Greenberg offer answers to both on this #StrangeDaysPodcast!
A VERY (UN)STABLE (NON)GENIUS
February 27, 2020 02:07 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBA must hear #StrangeDaysPodcast as Washington Post Pulitzer Prize duo Carol Leonnig & Philip Rucker paint a disturbing picture of what they found in their book A Very Stable Genius + author Anne Nelson describes the Shadow Network super-powering the radical right.
Words Matter
February 19, 2020 17:19 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBAre the #DemDebates helping or hurting The Democrats chances against beating Donald Trump? Legendary Democratic wiseman Joe Lockhart shares hard truths w/#StrangeDaysPodcast + star GOP pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson reveals how the other side sees it.
American Dictatorship
February 12, 2020 22:31 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBIs the United States now a dictatorship? 2016 #NeverTrump Presidential candidate & StandUpRepublic head Evan McMullin weighs in + Political scientist Rachel Bitecofer tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why the data says Trump has NO CHANCE to win in November.
Authoritarian Democracy
February 05, 2020 22:31 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBOn one of our nation’s darkest days, I URGE you to listen to one the most important, enthralling interviews ever conducted on #StrangeDaysPodcast between Sarah Kendzior + former CIA Senior Officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen.
(202) 224-3121
January 29, 2020 23:27 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBMiss the Impeachment Trial coverage this week? Have no fear, #StrangeDaysPodcast is here with Elie Mystal & Jennifer Taub telling us what to expect after the Senate GOP acquits + polling guru Mark Mellman forecasts the Iowa Caucuses & the Dem field.
Unmaking the Presidency
January 23, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBHow much irreparable harm has Donald Trump done to the Presidency? "Unmaking the Presidency" authors Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes assess the damage. Later, Allan Lichtman, predictor of 9 past elections, tells Strange Days Podcast whether Trump wins again.
Running Against the Devil
January 16, 2020 20:09 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBWill The Democrats blow the most important election in history? Not if Rick Wilson can help it, as he tells #StrangeDaysPodcast what they must do to stop Trumpocalypse 2.0 + New York Magazine climate change author David Wallace Wells warns of #TheUninhabitableEarth. Buy RUNNING AGAINST THE DEVIL: https://amzn.to/2RxpyWe Buy THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH: https://amzn.to/2RuPZfb
Wagging the Iranian Dog
January 09, 2020 16:27 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBDid Donald Trump order the #Soliemani killing to #WagTheDog? MSNBC Analyst & US Navy combat vet, Malcolm Nance explains the #IranCrisis to #StrangeDaysPodcast + The Atlantic's James and Deborah Fallows take us inside #OurTowns across America!
How To Raise A Reader
January 02, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBHappy 2020! For the first #StrangeDaysPodcast of the new year and new decade, hear New York Times Books editor Pamela Paul share secrets of #HowToRaiseAReader and New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer reveals #TheFirstConspiracy, targeting George Washington.