We've Got Issues
135 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFocusing on issues, not tweets, Joshua Holland talks politics and culture with newsmakers, journalists and academics.
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Jared Holt: Republicans have disinformation researchers in their crosshairs
June 30, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBThis week, we are joined by Jared Holt, who researches domestic extremism at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, to talk about how Congressional Republicans are using their power and your tax dollars to harass and attempt to silence those who study and attempt to mitigate dangerous disinformation. Then Joshua Holland welcomes journalist Parker Molloy to consider whether the political press has really failed to learn any lessons about how to cover Trump and his authoritarianism movement ov...
The devastating human toll of the neofascist attacks on LGBTQ+ people
June 23, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBOn this week's show, we are joined by journalist Evan Urquhart, who is transgender, to talk about a topic that's rarely covered by the legacy media: The psychological and emotional toll that the right's relentless assault on the LGBTQ community's rights--and in many cases, on their very existence--takes on queer people. It is hard to be the target of an energized neo-fascist movement with a lot of power. Then we take a look at a more positive side to the same story, as veteran legal report...
Marcy Wheeler: 'We should expect a Jan. 6 case against Trump'
June 16, 2023 04:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at how the GOP's performative approach to governing led them to stake out a position on the debt limit negotiations that will add hundreds of billions of dollars to federal budget deficits over the next decade. And then we're joined by legal analyst Marcy Wheeler to talk all about the historic federal indictment of Donald Trump--and preview what may lie ahead as our country's most lawless president finally faces some real efforts to hol...
No joke: Fox News says worrying about toxic air is woke
June 09, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at a... very busy news week marked by some manifestations of the climate emergency that were impossible to ignore in much of the country. Then we'll speak with The Hill's Saul Elbein about how polluters, the gun industry and private prison companies--among others--are desperately trying to make socially responsible investing a new front in the right's endless "culture wars." And then we'll be joined by Matt Scott of the Atlanta Comm...
Digby on the debt deal | Target caves to bigots
June 02, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at how Republicans always derail every effort to combat America's top terror threat: White supremacists and anti-government extremists. Then Heather "Digby" Parton joins us to talk about the deal Joe Biden cut with Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the country's borrowing limit and avert a catastrophic default. There's a glass-half-full reading and also one that's not so rosy. And journalist Evan Urquhart explains how the legacy media t...
David Pepper on how you can fight fascism in your own backyard
May 26, 2023 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show by violating his no-presidential-punditry-before-Thanksgiving rule with a look at the shambolic rollout of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's (ill-fated?) presidential campaign on Twitter. Then we're joined by author and analyst David Pepper to talk about his new book, Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American. Pepper sounded an alarm over the growing extremism evident in red state legislatures in 2021 with The Laboratories of Autocracy, an...
Oliver Willis on John Durham's probe: 'This is a fail and we should enjoy it'
May 19, 2023 04:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at why the GOP is incapable of pivoting away from their most unpopular positions. Then we're joined by Oliver Willis from The American Independent to talk about the press and the majestic flop of Special Counsel John Durham's much-hyped report detailing various imaginary grievances against the FBI. And Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte helps us understand how Republican women tolerate their party's misogyny.
CNN's Trump town hall debacle portends reckless 2024 election coverage
May 12, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at how Trump once again implicated himself in various criminal acts during his controversial CNN 'town hall' event. Then we are joined by John Stoehr, managing editor of The Editorial Board, to talk about some curious polling around the GOP's debt limit hostage-taking, containing autocratic red states, the Dems' geriatric leadership and serial fabulist George Santos's indictment on 13 federal charges. Playlist Bahamas: "Trick To Happy"...
Right-wing 'parents group' uses terror and harassment against its political foes
May 05, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBThe benign-sounding "Moms for Liberty" has largely flown under the radar, in large part because political reporters tend to portray it as a grassroots movement of conservative parents fighting for "parental choice." The reality, explains Vice's David Gilbert, is that Moms for Liberty is a dark money-funded organization with close ties to the GOP that has terrorized educators, school board members and other perceived enemies with vicious campaigns of harassment and intimidation. Then we we...
Media downplaying debt ceiling hostage-taking as a 'juicy political standoff'
April 28, 2023 10:14 - 1 hour - 57 MBCliff Schecter is joined by Dan Perry for the view on American politics from Israel. Then Matt Robison reflects on how traditional media have characterized debt ceiling negotiations as a "juice political standoff" instead of hostage-taking by Republicans. Cliff Schecter is a former ad writer for President Joe Biden, author of the bestselling book, "The Real McCain" and founder of the Blue Amp Channel w/ Cliff Schecter on Youtube, which features regular commentary, and takedowns of Republica...
How Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene compete for QAnon followers
April 21, 2023 04:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBThe QAnon movement that emerged with the rise of Trumpism has been marked by a great fluidity, morphing as events dictate. It draws on old antisemitic conspiracy theories and more recent moral panics and has inspired quite a bit of deadly violence, but its inherent goofiness made many people slow to recognize the dangers it poses. This week, we are joined by one reporter who has been covering QAnon since its inception, Will Sommer from The Daily Beast. Sommer is the author of Trust the Pla...
Young red-state Dems are teaching their party to fight
April 14, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBThis week, we're joined by Amanda Litman, the co-founder of Run for Something, to talk about how a new generation of younger Democrats who have come to age in an era of right-wing extremism are getting national attention for standing up and fighting back--and offering a model for defending their values and their communities that their older colleagues could emulate. Then Sabrina Talukder, Director of the Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress, helps us understand how an acti...
Marcy Wheeler: Special counsel 'very close' to charging Trump
April 07, 2023 15:20 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at a new effort to pressure the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics—and a revelation of what appears to be some naked corruption by Clarence Thomas that drives home the need for some ethics rules. Then we're joined by legal analyst Marcy Wheeler to talk about the 34 felony charges filed this week against Donald Trump and get her view of the likely status of three other criminal probes working their way toward the former president. ...
Dave Karpf on how 'savvy' tech-bros blew up their favorite bank
March 24, 2023 04:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at a Florida lawmaker who may perfectly represent the modern GOP--he wrote the state's infamous 'Don't Say Gay' law while swindling tax-payers out of fraudulent covid relief funds. Then we're joined by Dave Karpf, a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University to talk about how Elon Musk is steering Twitter straight toward bankruptcy, the saga surrounding the Silicon Valley Bank and the pitfalls of covering the ...
Violent right-wing 'groomers' are weaponizing young Americans
March 17, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBThis week, we spoke with two journalists about some of their recent reporting. First, we're joined by The Texas Observer's Josephine Lee to talk about how the campus culture wars, which are fueled by deep-pocketed conservative donors, have shifted from an emphasis on "free-market" economics to a violent form of Christian Nationalism. Then, Natasha Lennard shares her reporting for The Intercept on the movement to stop the "Cop City" project in Atlanta--a massive, corporate-funded, environ...
Will Ron DeSantis' culture warrior schtick play nationally?
March 10, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at how election conspiracy theorists in Arizona have turned on some of the very Republicans who fed their fantasies about the 2020 election. Then we're joined by veteran journalist Judd Legum to take a good, hard look at Florida's pint-sized wannabe strongman, Ron DeSantis, who has become a darling of conservative pundits and influencers and has been enjoying some soft coverage from the so-called "liberal media" even as he has launch...
Democracy dies in lazy journalism
March 03, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBYou knew the United States was an outlier when it comes to gun violence but Joshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at a study that found truly eye-opening disparities. Then we're joined by AR Moxon to talk about Dilbert creator Scott Adams and other bigoted right-wingers who claim that they're being silenced when their real problem is that we can hear them quite clearly and reserve the right to judge them by their words and actions. And then we speak to Parker Molloy about...
This simple formula can stop emboldened far-right extremists in their tracks
February 24, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show by pointing out that the pro-Russian right's attempts to portray themselves as "antiwar" are pure gaslighting--and arguing that cutting support for Ukraine is ultimately the pro-war position. Then we're joined by Washington Post data journalist Andrew Van Dam to try to solve a puzzle: Why do people in the Southern states have significantly worse credit scores than the rest of America? Some of the reasons that first come to mind don't explain it. ...
How conservative 'culture wars' whitewash glaring American fascism
February 17, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBThis week, Joshua Holland offers a rant about all of the nearly identical pieces he's read about how the law is about to catch up to Donald Trump and his minions. Then we speak with Dan Froomkin about how normalcy bias and both-sideism makes America's political press an enabler for an energized far-right movement that poses an ongoing threat to our democratic tradition. And then we're joined by The American Prospect's Jarod Facundo to talk about how the right's relatively new propaganda ...
Biden, Democrats are fortunate in their opponents
February 10, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a solemn pledge to not start covering the 2024 election until at least Thanksgiving. Then we are joined by Karoli Kuns, the managing editor of Crooks and Liars, to give us a recap of Joe Biden's State of the Union Speech, which she found to be a master class in dealing with an often unruly audience. And then New York Magazine's Eric Levitz tells us why Republicans are so eager to avoid laying out any concrete demands as they take the full fait...
Elon Musk is on a collision course with reality
February 03, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBThis week, Joshua Holland looks at how the madness that's taken root among House Republicans may prove to be a decisive advantage for the Biden team. The Max Burns joins us to talk about how Elon Musk's capricious, conspiracy-driven mismanagement of Twitter is the best thing to ever happen to advocates of greater transparency on giant tech platforms--and how Musk is about to run headlong into even more problems as his user base declines and regulators around the world sharpen their tools. ...
How Dems forced Europe into a 'race to the top' on climate
January 27, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at how right-wing conspiracism and a massive number of guns is driving a huge wave of mass shootings in America. At some point, we should probably think of it as a policy choice. Then we're joined by Evergreen Action co-founder Sam Ricketts to talk about how the huge package of climate provisions that Joe Biden managed to push through a 50-50 Senate is creating something unusual: A virtuous trade war with our allies and rivals. Playli...
You won't believe how extreme some red states' new anti-trans bills are
January 20, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a short rant about how observers tend to ignore the death toll that has resulted from the proliferation of right-wing conspiracy theories. Then we're joined by The Washington Post's Paul Waldman to talk about the Republican civil wars growing in intensity--and how the party's disarray may constrain its ability to leverage its control of the House to advance its agenda. And then Erin Reed, who writes the Erin in the Morning newsletter, off...
Far-right opponents of democracy thwarted again in Brazil
January 13, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at the right's latest culture war idiocy--and how the legacy media is amplifying it. Then we are joined by journalist Euan Marshall from São Paulo, Brazil, to discuss the similarities and differences between this week's riots by supporters of the defeated authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro and the MAGA Insurgency of Dunces almost exactly two years earlier. And then Heather "Digby" Parton previews the next two years of relentless nonsense ...
Here's what 'shocked' David Cay Johnston in Trump's long-awaited tax returns
January 06, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show throwing some cold water on a couple of bad hot takes about the clown show the Republicans' new House majority is putting on as they try to nominate a Speaker. And then we're joined by David Cay Johnston, who's covered Donald Trump for decades and also won a Pulitzer Prize reporting on our tax system for The New York Times, to talk about what we learned from six years of Trump's returns that the House Ways and Means Committee made public just befor...
The American right has traded normal politics for moral panics
December 30, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at how the GOP is leveraging their persecution complex to block efforts to study and combat violent extremism--and then some real news from our phony "border crisis." And then we'll be joined by author Brynn Tannehill, whose latest book is titled American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy, to talk about the nature of moral panics, how they have led to genocides in the past and why it's important to understand that history ...
Proud Boys Jan. 6 trial set to expose 'extensive' criminal conspiracy
December 23, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with the latest reporting in the bizarre story of Representative-elect George Santos, whose entire biography appears to be a pack of lies--and who just might be some kind of Manchurian Candidate. Then we're joined by Michael Grunwald, the veteran journalist and co-host of the Climavores podcast, to talk about his recent New York Times piece looking at how destructive our agricultural processes are for the environment--and what innovative solutio...
Republican propagandists have backed their party into an impossible corner
December 09, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at how the FBI is at the same time pursuing more investigations into increasingly violent right-wing extremism and also making subtle changes to its definition of terrorism that are resulting in a lower priority for some of that extremism. Then we are joined by Oliver Willis to talk about how the GOP's messaging apparatus has become so successful that it's left the party wildly out-of-touch with the concerns of normal Americans and, i...
Gun-toting becomes a 'reasonable option' for LGBTQ+ after Colorado massacre
December 02, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a deeper dive into the Democrats' remarkably strong showing in the 2022 midterms in down-ballot races, and a look at some new evidence for keeping those masks on in indoor spaces. Then we're joined by Grand View University historian Thomas Lecaque to talk about the alarming significance of the right doubling down on their anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry after their rhetoric led to the deadly massacre of five in a gay bar in Colorado Springs rather than de...
Our forgotten history: North America once featured thousands of pyramids
November 24, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBThis week, we're taking a week off from politics with a special episode looking at the history of North America that European colonizers took great pains to obscure--a continent populated by sophisticated civilizations that were largely wiped out by disease and war. We're joined by Dr. Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center and host of the ArchaeoEd podcast, for his insights about ancient North American societies whose archeological artifacts dot modern America. Playlist ...
Elon Musk's short journey from libertarian geek to far-right troll
November 18, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThe 2022 midterm results came as no surprise to Joshua Holland, who kicks off this week's show with a look at how the political press's groupthink is shaped in the Trump era. Then we're joined by Business Insider's Linette Lopez, who spent years reporting on Elon Musk's business practices and sees his disastrous early stewardship of Twitter as par for the course. And then we recap the midterms and talk to Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch about what the real story is in Trump fi...
From Putin to Tucker Carlson, the assaults on trans people are relentless
November 11, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at research into why even the most ludicrous propaganda is still so effective. And then we are joined by Parker Molloy, who writes The Present Age newsletter, to talk about what it's like for transgender people who are just trying to live their lives at a time when their very existence has become a right-wing moral panic. Playlist Aaron Frazer: "Can't Leave It Alone" The Civil Wars: "Billie Jean"
Revealed: Trump's feds went fully fascist in response to Portland BLM protests
November 04, 2022 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at how Elon Musk is turning Twitter into a massive vector for right-wing disinformation. Then we are joined by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick to talk about her new book, Lady Justice, and the new challenges journalists face covering a Supreme Court that decides cases on vibes rather than the law in order to achieve conservative goals. Finally, we speak with Oregon Public Radio reporter Jonathan Levinson about some eye-opening revelations...
Iranian regime shaken by the latest chapter in 100-year revolution
October 28, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBWith the Supreme Court giving anti-choicers decisive wins in red America, those who advocate using state power to force women to carry unwanted pregnancies to term are turning their efforts to drawing new battlelines in blue states. Joshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at a campaign that is just getting underway. And then we are joined by Assal Rad, research director for the National Iranian American Council and author of State of Resistance: Politics, Culture & Identity i...
Luke Harding: Why Putin's imperial war is unraveling
October 21, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at a Congressional report on how Donald Trump set a course early on in the pandemic that would ultimately lead the US to have the highest Covid death rate in the wealthy world. Then we're joined by The Guardian's Luke Harding to talk to us about why Russia's stunning invasion of its neighbor appears likely to end in defeat. Luke's new book, Invasion: Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival, is coming out in November. And t...
Filmmaker finds MAGA voters rejecting Trump: 'He is what the Bible warns against’
October 07, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a broadside against a common but very dishonest bit of whataboutism that's become popular among right-wingers when the topic of their "big lie" about the 2020 election comes up. Then we're joined by Melissa Jo Peltier, who has a new film out about erstwhile Trump supporters who at some point, and for varied reasons, came to reject Trump and the movement he leads. And then journalist Ben Lorber tells us about the rise of a neofascist moveme...
Putin, deep in a hole, keeps digging
September 30, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at how Tucker Carlson's pro-Russia propaganda is so shameless that it might make the Kremlin's own masters of spin blush. We'll then be joined by Ilya Yablokov, a professor of journalism and digital media at The University of Sheffield, to talk about how Putin's "partial mobilization" is changing the way Russians see the Ukrainian conflict. And finally, we'll catch up with Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief Susan Demas to get some insig...
Ignore the copaganda — expert says bail reform's a 'smashing success'
September 23, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at two cases in which right-wingers tasked with upholding the law appear to be targeting their political adversaries with dubious prosecutions. Then we're joined by Scott Hechinger, a veteran public defender and executive director of the advocacy group Zealous, to help us sort fact from fiction in the debate over cash bail reform. Contrary to a lot of lazy media narratives, the policy, which once enjoyed very broad support across the...
Newly elected Rep. Pat Ryan on how to counter the GOP's 'authoritarian playbook'
September 16, 2022 04:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThis week, fresh off of his victory in a closely watched special election in New York's 19th district, Pat Ryan (D-NY) joins us to talk about how Democrats can take back the mantle of freedom and the GOP's "political malpractice" in pushing deeply unpopular abortion bans at a moment when they could win control of Congress. Then, a related segment as progressive messaging guru Anat Shenker-Osorio talks to us about how to cut through right-wing propaganda by leading with your values--and war...
When propaganda is the point and the cruelty is just a perk
September 02, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at how far-right leaders use public money to cause real hardship for real people in service of propaganda campaigns. Then we're joined by Greg Sargent from The Washington Post to discuss the latest courtroom drama over the search of Mar-a-Lago, the tantrums MAGA has been throwing in response to Trump's constant incitement and why this is all very bad for his party as we race toward the midterms. And finally, Slate's Mark Joseph Ster...
Biden student debt relief is triggering all of the worst people
August 26, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBThis week we are joined by Jesse O’Connell, senior vice president of education policy at The Center for American Progress, to talk about the student debt relief plan unveiled by the Biden administration this week. It's a much bigger deal than you might have been led to believe and it's causing a meltdown among those who hate seeing the government actually help ordinary people. Then we'll speak with Alec Karakatsanis, the executive director of Civil Rights Corps and author of the Alec's Cop...
Religious right plots 'lawless' revenge after search of 'messiah' Trump
August 19, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBJoshua Holland kicks this week's show off with a rant about the over-the-top coverage of Liz Cheney's easily predicted primary defeat in a party that has become slavishly devoted to Dear Leader--coverage that pushed a generational effort to combat climate change off of the front page. And then we'll be joined by Sarah Posner, whose beat is the religious right. Sarah has been monitoring the disturbing reaction to the FBI's low-key execution of a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago in the Evangelic...
Marcy Wheeler: 'Decent chance' of Trump indictment from Mar-a-Lago search
August 12, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at the dangerous but also totally ridiculous tantrum the entire right is throwing in response to a search warrant being executed at Mar-a-Lago--and the Republican propaganda that's fueling it. Then we are joined by journalist and legal analyst Marcy Wheeler to talk about the overlapping investigations that appear to be closing in on Trump and his inner circle and to give her best estimate of what the FBI's action at Mar-a-Lago might p...
Amanda Marcotte: 'Not one' anti-abortion Republican 'gives a crap if women die'
August 05, 2022 04:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at the rapidly-expanding scandal surrounding security officials scrubbing their texts from the January 6 coup attempt. Then we're joined by Salon's Amanda Marcotte to talk about the Kansas abortion referendum--an earthquake that shook the religious right and may have given Democrats a roadmap for beating back the authoritarian right's assaults on our liberties. Finally, we speak with Jackson Hurley, political director for Voters of ...
Joe Manchin just dropped a bomb on the GOP's midterm campaign
July 29, 2022 04:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBThis week, we embrace a rare good week in America! Joshua Holland kicks off the show looking at a new study which found that the sanctions regime enacted against Russia by Ukraine's allies is doing much more damage to Vladimir Putin's economy than many observers believe. Then we speak with WaPo's Paul Waldman about the surprising deal on climate and prescription drug prices that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced this week. Democrats' chan...
Democracy expert: The right's 'slide toward authoritarianism has accelerated'
July 22, 2022 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBThis week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show looking at a new analysis of Americans' average life expectancy, which declined in 2021 for the second year in a row. There are some interesting demographic details to that story, which follows other public health analyses that revealed a growing life expectancy-gap between red and blue states. Then we're joined by Thomas Zimmer, a historian at George Washington University, who argues that while there is a consensus among experts that American d...
Will Republicans in Congress get away with their role in Trump's coup?
July 15, 2022 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at some egregious media malpractice surrounding the story of a 10-year-old rape victim forced to flee Ohio to access abortion care--and warns that it's likely just a taste of what's to come as the press both-sides right-wing officials imposing their religious beliefs on their constituents. Then we speak with Grid misinformation reporter Anya van Wagtendonk about the far-right's latest obsession with the purported plight of Dutch farmers...
Are the midterm winds shifting against the GOP?
July 08, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show talking about how after dodging it for almost three years, the 'rona finally caught up with him--and explains how our semi-official policy of pretending the pandemic is over is helping to spread the disease. Then we're joined by Cliff Schecter, host of The Takedown, to talk about how public opinion polls are shifting toward the Democrats as a result of the Trump Supreme Court striking down Roe. It's looking increasingly possible for Dems to hold ont...
The religious right has an 'absolutely horrifying' game-plan for post-Roe America
June 24, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week, we speak with Salon columnist Heather "Digby" Parton about Republicans' alarming embrace of threats and political violence against everyone from their own elected representatives whom they deem insufficiently right-wing to election workers just doing their jobs to count votes. Then we're joined by Jezebel's Susan Rinkunas, who has a preview of the dystopian anti-abortion laws that prominent anti-choice groups are already pushing ahead of the widely anticipated overturn of Roe v ...
How Joe Biden can seize the narrative — and save democracy in the process
June 17, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBWe kick off this week's show with Brandi Buchman from Daily Kos, who joins us to discuss what we've learned so far from the January 6 Select Committee hearings--and to what end this historic process may be leading. Then we speak with Jeff Hauser, executive director of The Revolving Door Project, about the serious structural obstacles the White House faces in its efforts to cut through the noise and get its message out--and how Joe Biden can leverage the powers of the executive branch to com...