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Muscles, Swagger and Politics: The Cultural Impact of Hulk Hogan w/ Jason Myles

August 4, 2025politics, pop culture

Hulk Hogan died recently. He's been denounced by some, praised by others. On his impact on the sport, pro wrestling historian Brian Soloman remarked on his passing "Wrestling history is…

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…

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…

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…

Purge Palantir Shuts Down Tech Fascist Billionaires w/ Planet Over Profit’s Alice Hu

June 28, 2025Direct Action, politics

Billionaires are ravaging our democracy. One of the worst culprits is tech fascist billionaire Peter Theil. His company Palantir's technology allows ICE to identify, locate, and kidnap migrants en masse.…

How Los Angeles is Resisting Trump’s I.C.E. Raids w/ Prof Enrique Ochoa

June 27, 2025Labor, Peoples' History, politics

Los Angeles is under attack by the Trump Administration. Every day we hear new stories about I.C.E. attacking, detaining and arresting citizens and non-citizens. But we're also seeing lots of…

Breaking Ranks? Military Dissent Against Trump w/ Zack Henson of About Face

June 18, 2025Foreign Policy, politics

In our latest, we talk with veteran and organizer with About Face: Veterans Against the War Zack Henson about Trump's military parade, the deployment of troops to Los Angeles and…

LA Resists As Trump Sends Military to Aid Deportation Raids w/ Estuardo Mazariegos

June 12, 2025politics

Trump and his minions have inflamed the country with escalating deportation raids. In Los Angeles, the resistance has been fiercely fighting back and keeping ICE out of their communities. Trump…