Scrappy Sunday: Kissinger’s Birthday, WGA Strike, SCOTUS vs the EPA and more
It’s a scrappy Memorial Day weekend and we’re scrappier than ever. Put the BBQ on hold and mute the ballgame, because Bob and Scott are taking the powers that be…
Best of G&R: May 19th! The Legacies of Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X (both born today)
In this very special episode from 2020, we celebrate the shared birthday of iconic revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X, both born on May 19th (1890 and 1925, respectively).…
Best of G&R: Inside “the White House Plumbers” w/ author Matt Krogh
HBO just premiered a new mini-series called "The White House Plumbers" starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux. It's based on a book by former Nixon domestic advisor Egil "Bud" Krogh,…
Best of G&R: The Importance of Karl Marx w/ Prof. David McNally
Karl Marx would have been 205 today. So we're re-sharing our birthday episode interview with Prof. David McNally about Marx from 2022. Listen in here: https://bit.ly/3MQmhvV David McNally is one…
Best of G&R: Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming . . . 53 Years After the Kent State Killings
It's the 53rd anniversary of the killings at Kent State University. In a special encore episode, we're reposting our episode from 2020. Listen in: https://apple.co/3fjRgAI In this episode, we commemorate…
It’s Scrappy May Day! The History of Labor Struggle, Tucker & the Deep State and Bernie ❤️’s Biden.
It's scrappy May Day! Check it out: https://bit.ly/44hGMeA Bob and Scott break down May Day with a little history of labor struggle from 1877-1937, current labor struggles including unionization (and…
Scrappy Sunday! Earth Day, No Nukes, Cop City, RFK Jr. and more!
For the Earth Day edition of Scrappy Sunday, we talk about the left's new infatuation with nuclear power and why it's fucked up and anti-worker, news from Stop Cop City…
George Kennan’s Life Between Worlds w/ Prof. Frank Costigliola
In our latest, we talk with historian Professor Frank Costigliola, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, about the life of diplomat, architect of the U.S.'s Cold War…
Scrappy Easter Sunday! Mandela, Jesus, and . . . Trump? Tennessee, Chicago, and More
Happy Easter from Green & Red, and welcome to another episode of "Scrappy Sunday," where the G&R gang riffs on some of the big stories of the week or rants…
American Folly…Iraq War at 20
Scott and Bob got together to commemorate, actually reminisce, about the March 2003 US invasion of Iraq. We talked about the ramp-up to the war, especially from 9/11 onward, but…
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