July 2025 – Green and Red Podcast

Trump vs. Comedy . . . Colbert and South Park, w/ Prof. Sophia McClennen

July 31, 2025politics, pop culture

We had another fantastic interview w/ Professor Sophia McClennen (@mcclennen65) of Penn State who's the foremost authority and satire and politics. We had lively discussions of the firing of Stephen…

Texas Floods… Epic Fails and Mutual Aid in the Hill Country w/ journalist Candice Bernd

July 29, 2025Climate, politics

In our latest, we talk to Texas based journalist Candice Bernd (@candicebernd.bsky.social) about the devastating floods that hit the Hill Country on July 4th weekend. We discuss the effect of…

The King David Hotel Bombing and 79 Years of Zionist Terrorism

July 23, 2025Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

On July 22, 1946, Terrorists from the Irgun, a Zionist paramilitary group in Palestine led by Menachem Begin, blew up part of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, which was…

MAGA vs. Trump: Iran, Israel and the Epstein Files

July 23, 2025Foreign Policy, politics

In our latest, we start off with an important "This Day in History" and Bob talks about the 79th anniversary of the Irgun's attack on the King David Hotel in…

Trump vs. Lula . . . US tariffs as political retaliation w/ Mike Elk of Payday Report

July 13, 2025Foreign Policy, politics

Bob had a great discussion w/ Mike Elk, founder and senior labor reporter of Payday Report and our Brazil correspondent, about Trump's tariffs on Brazil to retaliate against it for…

“Vietnam Then, Palestine Now” . . . Bob Buzzanco at the Jerusalem Center

July 10, 2025Foreign Policy

Green & Red co-host, professor of history emeritus, and scholar of U.S. foreign policy, particularly the Vietnam War, Bob Buzzanco recently spoke at the Jerusalem Fund/Palestine Center Lunchtime Lecture Series…

Mamdani Beats Cuomo, Elites and Democrats Go on the Attack

July 3, 2025politics

The Democratic leadership has a long history of running towards the center and punching left as they go along. Green and Red has been talking about this phenomenon since we…