Unauthorized Disclosure
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"Unauthorized Disclosure" is a weekly podcast hosted by Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola. It focuses on issues and topics that are overlooked or pushed aside by the more mainstream media.
The hosts champion adversarial journalism. Guests featured are often rarely heard or unheard voices. Or they are voices who we think can benefit from a space to have conversations, which allow for dissent and the unpacking of unpopular ideas.
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Post-Roe Organizing For Abortion Decriminalization: Interview With Andrea Ritchie
July 10, 2022 17:42 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBOn this week's episode, Andrea Ritchie joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola for a conversation about organizing for abortion decriminalization in a post-Roe United States. Andrea is a Black lesbian immigrant, and the author of the book Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. She is the co-author of the forthcoming book No More Police: A Case For Abolition, as well as the book Queer (In)Justice. And Andrea is the co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization....
Kit Klarenberg On UK Intel-Linked Plots Against Journalists, Academics
July 04, 2022 14:09 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBKit Klarenberg, a contributor to The Grayzone, joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss his series of reports that show a right-wing intelligence plot in the UK to target antiwar academics, journalists, politicians, environmentalists, and other figures. It all connects to an increasingly popular brand of information warfare by elites to target those who make it more difficult for them to spread their preferred narratives about particular current events free from counterpoints and...
The Increasingly Illegitimate US Judiciary System
June 27, 2022 03:09 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBRania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss the steady overturning of rights by courts in the United States judiciary system, including the Supreme Court. They spend time talking about a decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a law requiring contractors in Arkansas to pledge their loyalty to Israel if they want to be given a contract. BECOME A SUBSCRIBER at Patreon.com/UnauthorizedDisclosure for access to the full episode.
Italian Journalist Stefania Maurizi On UK Government Authorizing Assange's Extradition
June 17, 2022 23:29 - 48 minutes - 44 MBHosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by Stefania Maurizi, who is an Italian journalist with the daily Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano. She is also the author of the book, Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its Enemies, which is being translated into an English version. BECOME A SUBSCRIBER: Patreon.com/UnauthorizedDisclosure Stefania reacts to the decision by United Kingdom Home Secretary Priti Patel to approve the US government's extradition request against WikiLeaks founder Jul...
Sham Summit Of Americas Outshined By People's Summit For Democracy
June 13, 2022 14:53 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBRania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss all the action at the Summit of the Americas this past week. Rania's BreakThrough News team and attendees of a competing grassroots summit, the People's Summit For Democracy, were on the ground protesting and confronting officials, like US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. ***WANT EPISODES RIGHT WHEN THEY POST? Patrons get access to episodes on Friday. Become a patron at Patreon.com/UnauthorizedDisclosure***
Matthew Hoh On His North Carolina Senate Campaign, Gun Violence, And War In Ukraine
June 06, 2022 14:09 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMatthew Hoh returns to Unauthorized Disclosure to discuss his campaign for the US Senate in North Carolina. He is running as a Green Party candidate and recently qualified for the ballot after submitting 22,000 signatures. BECOME A SUBSCRIBER: Patreon.com/UnauthorizedDisclosure Matthew shares what he experienced while asking voters to sign petitions to get him on the ballot. He lays out his campaign platform and why it is important to give voters a choice outside the two-party system. Lat...
Rania Khalek's Trip To Venezuela—Plus, Former US Intel Officials Defend Big Tech
April 24, 2022 21:19 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBRania Khalek talks about her trip to Venezuela, including how she was called on by Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro to give a comment during a meeting she attended. She describes visiting Hugo Chavez's tomb and then breaks down the many ways you can clearly see that there are two Venezuelas—one for upper class communities, which the US supports, and one for the poor, which don't have that much support from the US. Then Rania and Kevin go through a letter from former US intelligence offici...
US Meddling In Pakistan? Justin Podur On The Toppling Of Imran Khan
April 18, 2022 13:26 - 51 minutes - 58.7 MBJustin Podur, the host of the Anti-Empire Podcast, joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss the recent political developments in Pakistan. *BECOME A SUBSCRIBER: Patreon.com/UnauthorizedDisclosure Prime Minister Imran Khan was removed from power by the country's parliament. Some evidence points to support from the United States government for toppling Khan's government. Khan was replaced with Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif who served three terms as prim...
Zoe Alexandra: Left Successes In Colombia's Elections, Former Honduras President To Be Extradited
March 23, 2022 15:18 - 54 minutes - 62.9 MBZoe Alexandra from The People's Dispatch joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola for this week's episode of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast. During the show, Zoe breaks down the significance of elections that were held in Colombia, where the left enjoyed some success. She dives into the history of United States involvement in the country. A judge in Honduras approved the extradition of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, to the U.S. government for prosecution on d...
Eli Clifton On Right-Wing Oligarch Fomenting Korean Conflict—Plus Arms Flooding Into Ukraine
March 11, 2022 23:43 - 59 minutes - 67.8 MBOur guest for this week is Eli Clifton, a senior adviser at the Quincy Institute and an investigative journalist at large for Responsible Statecraft. Kevin and Rania talk with him about a report he produced on Annie M.H. Chan, a right-wing oligarch living in Hawaii who has fomented conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Later, Eli shares his assessment of the risks posed by all the arms flooding into Ukraine from North America and Europe. He also discusses some of the work he's done on Big War ...
Comedian Lee Camp On The End Of RT America
March 06, 2022 15:51 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBOur guest on this episode of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast is comedian Lee Camp, who hosted "Redacted Tonight" on RT America for eight years until it shut down this past week. Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola talk with Lee about why RT America shut down and the censorship environment as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Lee and Rania both make the case for why this was a result of censorship. We discuss how RT America journalists (along with other foreign journali...
Ben Norton On Right-Wing Astroturfed 'Trucker' Protests and Manufactured Russia-Ukraine Crisis
February 20, 2022 21:36 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBOn this week's "Unauthorized Disclosure," we have one of our favorite guests, Ben Norton, who is the editor of Multipolarista and the host of "Propaganda Today." Ben describes how the so-called "trucker" protests (largely by non-truckers), which paralyzed the capitals of Brazil and Canada in the past six months, were backed by wealthy right-wing elites. Rania and Ben discuss fascism and the many forms it can take in a country. White working class people aren't the only group likely to...
Branko Marcetic On Media Hyping Russia Invasion Of Ukraine, Biden's Foreign Policy Record, & More
February 13, 2022 16:05 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBRight after we recorded, U.S. intelligence sources laundered disinformation through outlets like CNN and the New York Times that Russia could invade Ukraine before the Olympics conclude in Beijing. Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated that an invasion "could begin at any time" and provided zero evidence for this statement recklessly shared in his official capacity. We note that because the beginning of this episode does not reflect this latest development. In fact, up until February 1...
Media Hypes Russia Invasion Of Ukraine—Plus, Biden Loots Money From Afghan People
February 13, 2022 16:01 - 58 minutes - 67.4 MBOur guest this week on Unauthorized Disclosure is Branko Marcetic, a staff writer for Jacobin Magazine and the author of the book "Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden." *BECOME A SUBSCRIBER at patreon.com/unauthorizeddisclosure Branko starts by assessing the media coverage of the potential for Russia to invade Ukraine and then provides a brief overview of how we got to this moment. He broadens our discussion with a critique of Biden's foreign policy record. Later, Rania asks...
Mike Prysner Of 'Empire Files' On Red Hill Leaks And US Navy Poisoning Water In Hawaii
December 27, 2021 13:38 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBFor the last episode of 2021, Mike Prysner, a producer for "Empire Files," joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to share his reporting on the Red Hill fuel leaks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. Fuel tanks once again leaked petroleum and threatened the water supply of surrounding communities. The leaks poisoned military and non-military people, who rely on the same water. It is a problem that goes back decades and has likely resulted in hundreds of thousands of gallons of fu...
Highlights From Rania Khalek's Reporting In Ethiopia, High Court Moves Assange Closer To Extradition
December 12, 2021 21:18 - 38 minutes - 43.6 MBThank you for supporting the Unauthorized Disclosure weekly podcast. Rania Khalek was in Ethiopia with a Breakthrough News team, and we look forward to bringing you an episode in the next week or so that digs into what she witnessed and uncovered about the conflict and violence and destruction by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). But we still wanted you to have an episode so this week Kevin Gosztola highlights some of Rania's reporting that she managed to share. He also shares s...
Zoe Alexandra On Honduras Election and Struggle To End US-Backed 'Narcodictatorship'
December 12, 2021 21:11 - 42 minutes - 49.2 MB***Thank you for listening to this free version of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast hosted by Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola.*** Zoe Alexandra, a journalist with People's Dispatch, joins the show to discuss the election in Honduras, where left-wing presidential campaign of Xiomara Castro triumphed at the polls. Going back to 2009, the United States backed a coup that forced President Manuel Zelaya out of power. The U.S. backed a fraudulent election in 2017. His wife, Xio...
Radical Comedian Krish Mohan On Comedy In The Age Of Biden
November 20, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBKrish Mohan, a radical comedian and the creator of "Road Reflections" and "Taboo Table Talk," joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to talk about his work producing political comedy. We discuss how comedy actually got worse under Donald Trump and what it is like now with President Joe Biden. Later in the show, Krish describes some of the topics he covers in his comedy, and the conversation veers into identity, representation, stereotypes, and people who disrupt comedians while they're on...
Ben Norton On The US Hybrid War On Nicaragua (Free Edition)
October 25, 2021 20:19 - 58 minutes - 67.3 MBIn this free edition of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola talk with Grayzone assistant editor Ben Norton about the United States' hybrid war against Nicaragua that is entering a new phase as the elections in November approach.
Facebook Blacklists 4,000+ Groups And People In Service To US Empire
October 18, 2021 23:43 - 32 minutes - 37.2 MBIn this free version of Unauthorized Disclosure, hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss Facebook's secret blacklist, as revealed by Sam Biddle of the Intercept. They also talk about a Facebook whistleblower (not the one who orchestrated a public relations campaign).
Interview With Australian War Crimes Whistleblower David McBride On Afghanistan (Free Edition)
August 30, 2021 16:09 - 57 minutes - 65.7 MBThe episode first released to subscribers. This is a cut and edited version. Subscribe for full and uncut episodes of the Unauthorized Disclosure podcast. David McBride is a former military lawyer in the Royal Australia Regiment and Australia Special Forces. He completed two tours in Afghanistan and submitted an internal complaint against what he witnessed in the war. He immediately faced scrutiny and harassment. A few years later, David found journalists with the Australia Broadcasting C...
Human Rights Attorney Steven Donziger On Two Years Of House Arrest, Chevron's Lawfare, And A Push For New Trial
August 05, 2021 22:47 - 49 minutes - 57.2 MBHuman rights attorney Steven Donziger joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast to talk with Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola about the push for a new trial in the corrupt Chevron-backed case against him. Steven was involved in a lawsuit that won (and was supposed to award) the indigenous people of Ecuador, who were victims of oil pollution, millions of dollars. Chevron turned around and targeted Steven, and this lawfare has been unfolding for over a decade. He'll mark tw...
Afghanistan War: US Military Withdrawal Is Sad End To Loathsome Occupation
July 26, 2021 12:50 - 1 hour - 89.8 MB*Please enjoy this free version of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast.* Joining the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast this week is Ann Wright and Matthew Hoh. Ann is a retired U.S. Army colonel and State Department diplomat who was part of the small team that reopened the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan in December 2001. She eventually resigned in protest against the Iraq War. Matthew served in the Marine Corps in the Iraq War and later worked for the State Department. He resi...
Declassified UK's Matt Kennard On British Security State, Attacks On Journalism, And Latest In Assange Case
July 11, 2021 14:36 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBMatt Kennard, journalist and head of investigations for Declassified UK, returns to the podcast to discuss some of his recent reporting on the British security state. He also responds to latest developments in the extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He discusses how his media organization was blacklisted by the Ministry of Defense and highlights a report published at Declassified UK on the British anti-crime agency that trained Colombia's repressive police. Matt ...
Sanctions Kill: The Campaign To Free Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab
June 27, 2021 21:54 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBSara Flounders, a longtime activist and co-director of the International Action Center, joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast to discuss the campaign to free Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. He was jailed in Cabo Verde while trying to obtain food and gasoline for Venezuelans from Iran. He faces extradition as part of lawfare by the U.S. to enforce crippling sanctions against Venezuela. Sara recently visited Cabo Verde with a delegation. She describes solidarity efforts that are ...
The Young Turks Only Covered Syria To Attack Anti-War Journalism
June 20, 2021 16:49 - 12 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this free clip from a premium episode of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast, hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola comment on the petty smear campaigning of the Young Turks of the past few weeks and what their attacks on journalist Aaron Mate for his coverage of Syria say about progressive media.
'A People's Green New Deal': Interview With Author Max Ajl
June 14, 2021 16:22 - 56 minutes - 64.5 MBWe hope you appreciate this free episode of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast with Max Ajl, a postdoctoral fellow with the Rural Sociology Group at Wageningen University and author of the book, "A People's Green New Deal." During our interview, Max outlines what a People's Green New Deal would look like and why we need a People's Green New Deal instead of the Green New Deal that is favored by most progressive Democrats. Ajl addresses the flawed rosy proclamations from business l...
YouTube's Censorship Regime And Its Impact On Independent Media: Interview With Jordan Chariton
June 06, 2021 21:26 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBIn this free version of the weekly "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast, Jordan Chariton, a journalist and co-founder of Status Coup, joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss YouTube's censorship regime, the importance of independent media solidarity, and navigating a media landscape dominated by establishment media gatekeepers.
'Prelude To An Attempted Genocide': Asa Winstanley On Israel's Latest Cycle Of War Against Palestinians
May 16, 2021 16:00 - 50 minutes - 57.7 MBAsa Winstanley, a journalist and podcaster with the Electronic Intifada, joins hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss the latest cycle of Israeli government violence against Palestinians. Plus, later in the show, Asa highlights a report he produced on the British secret police and their infiltration of activist groups. To subscribe to this podcast, go to Rokfin.com/UnauthorizedDis
CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin: Grading First 100 Days Of Biden's Foreign Policy
May 02, 2021 18:00 - 43 minutes - 50 MBCODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to go through President Joe Biden's foreign policy agenda during his administration's first 100 days. Her organization put together a poll for people to grade the Biden administration. Medea gives the Biden White House a "D," which is barely a passing grade. Biden has pulled back from some of the extremism of his predecessor, President Donald Trump. The United States re-entered the Paris climate agreement, the new STA...
Biden And Democrats Won't Even Act As Reformers: Interview With Ryan Knight
April 26, 2021 21:36 - 40 minutes - 46.7 MB"We know they're not a revolutionary party, but they're not even reformers. The Democrats are not even fighting for strong social reforms at this moment. They're managers," says Ryan Knight, a socialist, activist, and host of the "Amped Up" podcast. "They're trying to kind of manage this decrepit capitalist and imperialist system, despite the massive levels of suffering that it's inflicting in our country and throughout the world." Ryan joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola for this week'...
Neoliberalism In Ecuador: How US-Backed Conservative Banker Won The Presidential Runoff
April 19, 2021 15:22 - 54 minutes - 62.5 MBOllie Vargas, a reporter with Kawsachun News in Bolivia, and Leonardo Flores, the Latin America coordinator for CODEPINK, joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss the runoff election in Ecuador. Flores was in Ecuador as an election observer. Guillermo Lasso, a conservative banker supported by the United States and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), beat Andrés Arauz, the left-leaning candidate. It was a bleak development for the left, as this means President Lenin Moreno's...
Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant On The Ruling Elite's Recall Effort Against Her
April 11, 2021 16:40 - 58 minutes - 67.2 MBKshama Sawant, a member of the Seattle City Council and Socialist Alternative, joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss the unprecedented recall effort against her. The state supreme court in Washington gave a green light to the Recall Swant campaign on April 1. It explicitly targets Kshama for promoting a tax on corporations like Amazon in order to help the city fund housing for lower income residents. Kshama is also unfairly singled out for attending a protest against Se...
Rich Countries Hoard COVID-19 Vaccines, Plus Drone Whistleblower Pleads Guilty
April 05, 2021 00:50 - 11 minutes - 11 MBHosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola wake up early and discuss rich countries hoarding the COVID-19 vaccine, liberals who are uncomfortable with calling out New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's corruption, and a drone whistleblower who pled guilty to violating the Espionage Act. *For the full episode, subscribe on Rokfin at https://rokfin.com/unauthorizeddis
What's Responsible For The Lebanese Financial Crisis - With Ehsani
March 28, 2021 21:31 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBRania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by Ehsani, who has spent his career in the financial industry and economics. He prefers to go by his Twitter handle. During this episode, Ehsani provides a deep dive into the roots of an intense financial crisis and outlines why the banking industry is largely insolvent. Much of it revolves around a fixed currency rate and the way in which banks acted as brokers for those willing to deposit their funds in the form of U.S. dollars. Rania and Ehsani...
The 'Woke Imperialism' Of The Biden Administration: With Alex Rubinstein (Preview)
March 22, 2021 19:00 - 12 minutes - 14.8 MBJournalist Alex Rubinstein, a contributor to The Grayzone as well as MintPress News, joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss the "woke imperialism" of President Joe Biden's administration. He published a report this week that examined how the administration is weaponizing diversity at the Pentagon, CIA, State Department, and other agencies. It wokewashes the endless wars of the US government and helps the empire rebrand itself. During the episode, Alex highlights a couple sl...
Democrats Are Stewards Of A System Designed To Do Nothing: Interview With Jen Perelman
March 14, 2021 16:27 - 1 hour - 64 MBJen Perelman, the co-host of the podcast JENerational Change and a former congressional candidate in Florida, joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola for the latest episode of "Unauthorized Disclosure." During the show, Jen discusses the state of Florida's response to the COVID-19 crisis and her views on plans for re-opening cities throughout the United States. Jen reacts to the mediocre COVID-19 relief bill and the level of inaction that is part of the fabric of government institutions,...
'Border Wars Briefing' With Todd Miller: Biden And The Border Industrial-Complex
March 07, 2021 15:13 - 14 minutes - 17 MBJournalist Todd Miller returns to the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss a report he co-authored on support President Joe Biden received from the border industrial-complex during his 2020 campaign. The money he raised surpassed former President Donald Trump. In the report, "Biden’s Border - Immigration Politics, the Democrats and the 2020 elections," Todd lists off the corporations that stand to benefit from Biden's endorsement of a "virtual wall." Todd helps Rania Khalek and Kev...
Eugene Puryear On US Strikes In Syria, Minimum Wage, And Malcolm X Assassination
March 01, 2021 00:38 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBEugene Puryear, host of Break Through News' "The Punch Out," joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss the United States military strikes in Syria that were launched by President Joe Biden's administration. They respond to the praise for Biden and how the establishment media helped the Pentagon present it as a "measured" act. Given the news that Democrats will allow the Senate Parliamentarian to disqualify the raising of the minimum wage from the coronavirus stimulus bill, Eugene out...
Prison Horrors In Failed State Of Texas, Ding Dong Rush Is Dead—Plus, 'Judas And The Black Messiah'
February 21, 2021 15:24 - 10 minutes - 6.94 MBIn this premium episode, hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola highlight what has unfolded in prisons and jails in the failed state of Texas, as a result of a winter storm. Rania and Kevin respond to two clips: one of Yaku Perez, pseudo-left opposition candidate in Ecuador, and one from MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where they suggested President Joe Biden should abandon an agreement to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan. Finally, they wrap up the show with some discussion of Rush Limbaugh...
S8: Episode 3 - Briahna Joy Gray
January 31, 2021 15:22 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBFor this week's episode, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola welcome Briahna Joy Gray, who is a co-host of the Bad Faith podcast and a former press secretary for Bernie Sanders. Briahna talks with Rania and Kevin about the aftermath of #ForceTheVote and her attempt to have a good faith debate with The Majority Report's Sam Seder. We ask her about the unwillingness of progressive Democrats to challenge the Democratic Party establishment, especially when it comes to third party campaigns outside ...
S8: Episode 2 - Biden's Hawkish Secretary of State
January 24, 2021 15:35 - 9 minutes - 6.78 MBIn this episode of "Unauthorized Disclosure" for subscribers, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola play clips from the Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken. They highlight his support for military interventions and regime change policies in countries like Libya, Venezuela, and Ukraine. ***This is a preview clip. Become a subscriber at Rokfin.com to unlock access to the full episode.***
S8: Episode 1 - Yasha Levine
January 18, 2021 22:40 - 1 hour - 64 MBJournalist Yasha Levine, the author of "Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet," joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss the final days of President Donald Trump's administration and what we can expect from monopolistic tech companies under President Joe Biden. Yasha comments on the removal of Trump from Twitter and describes why he believes Section 230 should be abolished. Throughout the episode, Yasha grapples with the limits of social media when i...
S7: Episode 44 - Roberto Lovato
December 20, 2020 23:09 - 57 minutes - 65.7 MBJournalist Roberto Lovato joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss his memoir, Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas. He also shares his view on what a Biden administration will mean for the communities documented in his book. As Roberto puts it, from San Francisco to El Salvador his memoir along a 2,500-mile chain of dead, forgotten, and devalued life. He travels in search of a better understanding of his personal past but also see...
S7: Episode 44 - Roberto Lovato
December 20, 2020 23:09 - 57 minutes - 65.7 MBJournalist Roberto Lovato joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss his memoir, Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas. He also shares his view on what a Biden administration will mean for the communities documented in his book. As Roberto puts it, from San Francisco to El Salvador his memoir along a 2,500-mile chain of dead, forgotten, and devalued life. He travels in search of a better understanding of his personal past but also see...
S7: Episode 43 - Jamie Kilstein
December 14, 2020 21:25 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBComedian Jamie Kilstein returns to the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to talk about his new comedy album, "25 Percent Capacity," which was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about muddling through the political landscape and writing personal and political material for the album. Kilstein moved from California to Arizona this year, and during our discussion, hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss what the left gets wrong about COVID. And what is the left? Rania tries to...
S7: Episode 42 - Kerry-Anne Mendoza
December 06, 2020 15:07 - 57 minutes - 66.2 MBKerry-Anne Mendoza, the editor-in-chief of The Canary in the United Kingdom, was targeted on Twitter and suspended. Her account has since been restored, but it was part of a larger campaign against left-wing voices in the UK. She joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss this censorship. Throughout the show, Kerry-Anne contextualizes her experiences on Twitter by recapping what happened to Jeremy Corbyn, who came very close to becoming British prime minister. She describes the blacklis...
S7: Episode 41 - Danny Haiphong
November 16, 2020 13:26 - 57 minutes - 65.3 MBDanny Haiphong, contributor to Black Agenda Report and host of the Left Lens podcast, joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola for this edition of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast. They discuss what the Biden-Harris administration's foreign policy will look like, what kind of corporate consultants and hawks with ties to military contractors are advising him during the transition, and whether progressives have any hope of pulling Biden left on matters of war.
S7: Episode 40 - Max Blumenthal
November 16, 2020 13:25 - 1 hour - 103 MBGrayzone editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to share his reporting from Bolivia. He was there as an election observer weeks ago, when the coup regime was defeated at the polls. Max offers his assessment of the outcome of the United States elections between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, who eked out a victory against an incumbent. He describes what he saw in Miami, where Trump support dashed any chance Biden had of winning Florida. A docu...
S7: Episode 40 - Max Blumenthal
November 16, 2020 13:25 - 1 hour - 103 MBGrayzone editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to share his reporting from Bolivia. He was there as an election observer weeks ago, when the coup regime was defeated at the polls. Max offers his assessment of the outcome of the United States elections between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, who eked out a victory against an incumbent. He describes what he saw in Miami, where Trump support dashed any chance Biden had of winning Florida. A docu...