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How Billionaires Burn the Rest of Us w/ Author Chuck Collins

November 4, 2025Materialism and Economics

The economy the past 5 years have been really rough. High food prices. Skyrocketing housing prices. Unemployment rates are creeping up. The government shutdown has escalated economic precarity even more.…

One Uprising After Another: Gen Z Rebellions in Asia and Beyond w/ Scholar George Katsiaficas

October 31, 2025Foreign Policy, Peoples' History, politics

Mass political awakenings have occurred recently in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and most recently, Madagascar. This is part of an overall pattern of mass movements called “The Eros Effect”…

The Troubling History of Texas Eugenics w/ Dr. Michael Phillips and Betsy Friauf

October 27, 2025Peoples' History

In our latest episode, we talk with Michael Phillips and Betsy Friauf about their new book "The Purifying Knife" and the history of eugenics in Texas and beyond. Listen in:…

Saving Ourselves From Big Car w/ Author David Obst

October 18, 2025Climate, Uncategorized

In our latest, we talk with author David Obst about how “Big Car”—the complex of automotive, oil, insurance, media, and political interests—has shaped how we live, move, and die. Listen…

The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook w/ Organizer Nadine Bloch

October 15, 2025Direct Action, politics

In real time, , we're seeing Trump's authoritarian forces moving to consolidate power with an "authoritarian playbook" used in the past and other parts of the world. While institutions like…

Trump’s War on Venezuela w/ Dr. Rodrigo Acuña

October 10, 2025Foreign Policy

In recent weeks, the U.S. has bombed multiple alleged Venezuelan “drug boats” at sea, killing at least 21 people without providing any clear evidence that they were involved in drug…

Trump’s Ever Widening Crackdown on the “Left” w/ journalist Adam Federman

October 8, 2025Uncategorized

In our latest, Scott talks with journalist Adam Federman (@adamfederman) about recent developments of the Trump administration targeting organizations, donors and individuals who oppose them. Listen in: Bio// Adam Federman…

ENCORE: The Movement to Save the Rainforest w/ “environmental pitbull” Randy Hayes

October 6, 2025Climate, Peoples' History

It's the 40th anniversary of the founding of Rainforest Action Network. So we're reposting this 2021 interview with RAN co-founder Randy "Hurricane" Hayes. The 1980s saw a new consciousness of…

Trump at War with the Military? Civil-Military Conflict in the U.S.

October 2, 2025Foreign Policy, politics

This week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump ranted to the assembled leadership of the U.S. armed forces about fitness, wokeness and the "war within." Hegseth told the…

Political Violence Isn’t a “Both Sides” Issue…Ruling Class Repression in America

September 29, 2025Peoples' History, politics, Uncategorized

Trump issued an executive order last week saying he was directing the federal government to “a national strategy to investigate and disrupt networks, entities, and organizations that foment political violence…