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Trump’s appeal to men and what the left can do about it w/ journalist Ryan Zickgraf

November 18, 2024politics

The 2024 election was referred to many as the "gender election." We saw breathless stories by the media about Gen Z men, black men, Latino men and others trending towards…

Election 2024 Postmortem: Noam Chomsky on Why the Democrats Suck

November 7, 2024Chomsky, politics

In a premortem from 2022, that is now a postmortem after yesterday's election, we are reposting our interview with Noam Chomsky from 2022 on the rightward shift of the Democrats.…

G&R’s Working at the Election Day Blues

November 3, 2024politics

The election is almost over! Trump is a bad guy and going to do bad things. Harris has supported a genocide and refuses to have even a small bit of…

“Inequality is Killing Us All,” w/ Dr. Stephen Bezruchka

November 1, 2024Materialism and Economics, politics

"Poverty is a carcinogen"--Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, a longtime emergency room physician and med school professor, talked with us about his essential book *Inequality is Killing Us All." Bezruchka goes into…

“De-Escalation Through Escalation”.. Israel’s Wars and All the Politics w/ Journalist Eugene Puryear

September 25, 2024Foreign Policy, politics

Over the past week, Israel has begun a major escalation against Hezbollah in Lebanon with the "pager attack" on the Lebanese population, assassinations of senior Hezbollah leadership and airstrikes in…

America’s Disorder: The Frontier, Violence, Cowboys, and Trump, w/ Richard Slotkin

September 18, 2024Peoples' History, politics

Richard Slotkin has written some of the more important books explaining the way Americans have created myths to justify slavery, repression, and empire, including “Regeneration Through Violence,” “The Fatal Environment,”…

The Ruling Class vs. Trump, 2024 Edition . . . and Harris gets right-wing support

September 12, 2024politics

In our latest episode, returning to a theme we discussed frequently in 2020-2021 we talked about the various ruling class forces opposed to Donald Trump's candidacy. Listen in: https://apple.co/3zhhcvx America…

“Nasty Politics”…. Political Violence in America w/ Prof. Thomas Zeitzoff

September 10, 2024politics

H. Rap Brown once said "violence is as American as cherry pie." We’ve seen an increase in rhetoric around violence in American politics particularly from the far right. We've seen…

Update from the DNC Protests in the Streets of Chicago w/ David Martinez

August 23, 2024Foreign Policy, politics

The Democratic National Convention is underway with lots of action inside and outside the convention hall. Listen in: https://apple.co/4dXwMuT Scott talks with activist David Martinez to get a report on…

Exxon Disrupted at the DNC! w/ Oil Change’s Collin Rees

August 22, 2024Climate, Direct Action, politics

Yesterday, at a side event at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, climate activists, including a DNC member from the California delegation, disrupted a swanky exclusive cocktail party spogantnsored…