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Deep Dive on Corporate Legal Attacks on Activists ft. Evan Mascagni w/ the Anti-SLAPP Project

March 19, 2025Climate, politics

Strategic Litigation on Public Participation, or SLAPPs, is an oft-used tactics by power holders against activists, campaigners, journalists and ordinary citizens seeking to stop destructive corporate practices on people and…

State Repression is as American as Cherry Pie

March 16, 2025Direct Action, Peoples' History, politics

Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in Columbia’s student encampments last year, and a permanent U.S. resident, was arrested and detained by ICE agents for protest activities. Numbers of other Columbia students…

“I am unfinished business”: Poet Fady Joudah on Genocide in Gaza

March 13, 2025Foreign Policy, politics, pop culture

Fady Joudah is an esteemed Palestinian Poet/Activist. And we had a great long conversation with him about poetry and resistance, conditions in Gaza, the difficulty of describing the Palestinian struggle…

Who’s Censoring the News? Mickey Huff of “Project Censored” on Today’s Media Ecosystem

March 6, 2025politics

Project Censored has been exposing the media's self-censorship for a half-century now and we talked with its director Mickey Huff about the current state of the media. We discussed some…

Taking Down Tesla w/ Valerie from the Troublemakers

February 27, 2025Direct Action, politics

Elon Musk is a dangerous oligarch running a hostile corporate takeover operation on the federal government via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In response, people around the world have…

Trump’s Favorite President? Who Was William McKinley? Tariffs, Empire, and a new Gilded Age

February 24, 2025Peoples' History, politics

The favorite son of Niles, Ohio is our topic today . . . Donald Trump has said that William McKinley was his favorite president so we spend some time explaining…

Prez Day Special: How Neoliberals Paved the Way for MAGA

February 16, 2025Peoples' History, politics

It’s President’s weekend! Bob and Scott celebrate by discussing the recent history of the presidency and look at how neoliberals Clinton, Bush and Obama paved the way for the rise…

“They Live”…. Bad Taste for A Good Cause with activist Jeff Grubler

February 4, 2025Direct Action, politics

In our latest, we talk creative resistance with our old friend and comrade Jeff Grubler. Listen in: https://bit.ly/3EpDMV2 We share a video Jeff’s new theater skit, “They Live,” and talk…

Trump’s No Longer the Joke, He’s the Status Quo w/ journalist Will Potter

January 23, 2025Direct Action, politics

In our latest, we talk with author and journalist Will Potter about the new status quo that will be the second Trump administration. We discuss the threats to immigrant communities…

Media in the Age of War and Resistance w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman, Dennis Bernstein and Bob Buzzanco

January 21, 2025Foreign Policy, politics

On January 16th, we hosted a panel to discuss media in the age of Trump, war and resistance, why it matters and how to stand in solidarity with those on…