Podcasts by Bad Faith

Episode 52 Promo - Labor Pains from 2021-03-08T04:22:17

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Episode 51 - Debt by Audio from 2021-03-04T06:00:18

This week, we tackle a subject close to Brie's heart, and by heart, we mean the amygdala, where anger is born: Student debt. Conversations about student debt are often stuck in the primordial st...

Episode 50 - The Hamilton Defense (w/ Rep. Ro Khanna) from 2021-03-01T05:42:10

In Bad Faith's 50th episode spectacular, Brie and Virgil ask California Rep. Ro Khanna the tough questions: Does the $15 minimum wage debacle prove again that the "inside" game doesn't work? Why do...

Episode 50 Promo - The Hamilton Defense (w/ Rep. Ro Khanna) from 2021-03-01T04:42:10

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Episode 49 - Black Identity Extremism from 2021-02-25T05:04:41

Did Bernie do enough to win the Black vote? Is the left doing enough to push back against the narratives spun by Black figureheads and media figures who fatally impacted Bernie's chances in South C...

Episode 48 Promo - You Dropped This (w/ Martin Luther King III) from 2021-02-22T06:00:53

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Brie speaks to Martin Luther King III about how ...

Episode 47 - Fools Rush In from 2021-02-18T06:05:10

Professor, author, and activist Marc Lamont Hill and his co-author ReThining Foreign Policy's Mitchell Plitnick join us to discuss their new book Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Pol...

Episode 46 Promo - Stars Burn Alone (w/ Rachel Rabbit White) from 2021-02-15T19:19:48

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Virgil & Brie talk to poet, sex worker, and true...

Episode 45 - Quote, The Worst from 2021-02-11T06:24:45

Katie Halper, Leslie Lee III, and Nathan J. Robinson join today's panel to discuss the rise and maybe fall of three historic posters: former think tank head-turned-OMB nominee and "loathsome ambass...

Episode 44 Promo - Is Our Dems Learning? (w/ David Dayen) from 2021-02-08T06:37:36

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Monday brings a play-by-play of the big game: th...

Episode 42 Promo - Spoiler Alert! (w/ Ralph Nader) from 2021-02-01T02:06:35

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Consumer advocate, attorney, Presidential candidate, and Brie's p...

Episode 41 - A Socialist Alternative (w/ Kshama Sawant) from 2021-01-28T05:04:29

This week, we spoke to Seattle City Council member and Socialist Alternative member Kshama Sawant -- the first socialist to win a city-wide election since 1916. We talked about her political evolut...

Episode 40 Promo - Leftward Ho! from 2021-01-25T06:38:29

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We talk the future of left organizing, the radic...

Episode 39 - The Red Green (w/ Professor Richard Wolff) from 2021-01-21T03:28:25

After briefly walking us through the history of contemporary economic systems from feudalism to capitalism, Marxist Economist Richard Wolff explains why we must move past capitalism before it's too...

Episode 38 Promo - The Reactionary Mindfreak from 2021-01-18T04:21:59

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To help us understand how the left can beat the ...

Episode 37- The Anti-Social Not-Work from 2021-01-14T03:09:19

Glenn Greenwald and Zephyr Teachout join us to answer the big holdover question from last Wednesday's "coup attempt": What rights do we have on the internet? Was Twitter right to ban Trump? If so, ...

Episode 36 Promo - The Dutiful and the Banned from 2021-01-11T07:25:55

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Virgil and Brie tackle all the takes of the week...

Episode 35 - The Gods Must Be F*cking With Us from 2021-01-07T08:51:55

When we scheduled an interview with historian & populism expert Thomas Frank, we didn't expect to be recording with a right wing faux-populist coup in the background. Turns out, he was an ideal gue...

Episode 34 Promo - The New Year Conceit from 2021-01-04T07:00:52

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Briahna works through her feelings about the sp...

Episode 33 - The #Resistance Is Futile from 2020-12-31T09:40:46

Fulfilling Briahna's long standing ambitions, we finally did a full on Star Trek episode. We invited back comedian Wyatt Cenac to resolve our episode five feud over whether Star Trek is a useful on...

Episode 32 Promo - 2020 Vision from 2020-12-28T13:13:14

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After a week of punditry, we called upon Michael...

[UNLOCKED] Episode 30 - If Not Now, When?: The Case for #ForceTheVote from 2020-12-25T20:15:38

As a holiday treat we have unlocked our most recent premium episode. YouTube star Kyle Kulinski and running back for the LA Chargers Justin Jackson join us to make the definitive case for the #Forc...

Episode 31 - Hallmark Presents: Cleveland for Christmas (with Sen. Nina Turner) from 2020-12-24T05:31:37

On this very special holiday episode, we ask Senator Nina Turner the tough questions about her candidacy to represent Ohio's 11th congressional district, and the failures of the Bernie 2020 campaig...

Episode 30 Promo - If Not Now, When?: The Case for #ForceTheVote from 2020-12-21T05:37:22

Left YouTube star Kyle Kulinski and leftist running back for the LA Chargers Justin Jackson join us to make the definitive case for the #ForceTheVote movement to oust Pelosi as Speaker of the House...

Episode 29 - Don't Eat The Garlic (with Slavoj Žižek) from 2020-12-17T09:10:48

We spoke to philosopher, author, psychoanalyst, and Stalinist Slavoj Žižek about the Kardashians, AOC, Nancy Pelosi, and our shared friend Noam Chomsky. It's the best Žižek interview you'll hear th...

Episode 28 Promo - You Can't Sit With Us (w/ Carl Beijer) from 2020-12-14T07:34:51

Journalist and poster Carl Beijer joins the pod to discuss how careerists holding themselves out as "progressives" enable the media to paint a picture false portrait of party unity. Bejier explain...

Episode 27 - Which Side Are You On? (w/ Sara Nelson) from 2020-12-10T08:32:39

President of the Association of Flight Attendants union Sara Nelson explains how the labor movement can empower us to make the government work for the people again. Nelson outlines how we can build...

Episode 26 Promo - Posters’ Policy Project (w/ Matt Bruenig) from 2020-12-07T17:47:03

We spoke to Matt Bruenig of The People's Policy Project this week about the sacred rite of posting, why liberals are so defensive about not being leftists, and what a think tank actually *is*. He a...

Episode 25 - Cardi B Will Save Us from 2020-12-03T05:08:59

Dr. Cornel West of Harvard University and Professor Tricia Rose of Brown bring their deep political, historical, and hip-hop knowledge to bear on an expansive conversation about the future of the l...

Episode 24 - Sorry To Podcast You with Boots Riley (Part 1) from 2020-11-29T23:39:35

Boots Riley is best known as the screenwriter and director of hit film Sorry to Bother You, and co-founder of radical Oakland hip-hop group The Coup, but he's also a communist organizer who has bee...

Episode 23 - So Long, And Thanks For All The Faith from 2020-11-26T04:38:58

We spoke to Dr. Steven Thrasher and Dr. Victoria Dooley about how to handle the holiday, and how to shift our political leadership from saying they "believe in science," to acting like it. Virgil e...

Episode 21 - Ken Burns' The Civility War from 2020-11-19T17:00

We talk to Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's and Prof. Marjorie Cohn about Julian Assange's extradition hearing and his case's implications for freedom of the press. Brie reads a dispatch from the front l...

Episode 20 Promo - Bernie Sanders Lobster with Roy Wood Jr. from 2020-11-16T06:36:10

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Episode 19 - Divorce the Democrats with Killer Mike from 2020-11-12T02:37:30

Activist, entrepreneur, and rapper Killer Mike explains how Democrats can win the Senate runoff elections in his home state, charts a path forward for progressive activists, and argues that it migh...

Episode 18 Promo - The Devil You Know from 2020-11-09T03:56:48

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Few have been following 2020 politics closer tha...

Episode 17 - Bernie Would've Won from 2020-11-05T10:28:18

Virgil and Brie give the definitive left take on Election Day 2020 you won't hear on MSNBC. They address the worst bad faith efforts to pitch Joe Biden's narrow (likely) victory and his toxic impac...

Episode 16 Promo - Are You The Keymaster? from 2020-11-02T06:15:36

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A Philadelphia journalist, a local city council member, & a Pittsburgh n...

Episode 15 - We Can Get Together with Michael Moore from 2020-10-29T07:12:06

Award winning filmmaker, author and activist Michael Moore weighs in on the great Noam Chomsky debate and offers his thoughts on how to end the cycle of lesser of two evilism. He also predicts the ...

Episode 14 Promo - Byzantine Spirit from 2020-10-26T03:42:42

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Virgil and Brie recap the most important po...

Episode 13 - Hot Cube from 2020-10-22T06:07:19

We spoke to Ice Cube about his Contract with Black America, why he's not a socialist, and the radical potential of the black voter bloc. Cube was joined by Director of the Institute for the Study o...

Bonus - The Sarah Iannarone Interview from 2020-10-20T01:24:10

Brie and Virgil set the record straight on whether voting is cool. Then our heroes interview insurgent Portland mayoral candidate Sarah Iannarone (@sarahforpdx), getting her take on the city's BLM ...

Episode 12 Promo - Yang Speaks from 2020-10-19T05:16:06

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Episode 11 - Breaking The Law from 2020-10-14T06:47:23

Law Professor Eric Segall exposes the flimsy pretext of the "textualist" judge, journalist David Sirota makes the procedural case for how Democrats could have slowed down the Barrett nomination, an...

Episode 10 Promo - A Terrible Choice from 2020-10-12T04:07:07

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Episode 9 - Harris-Pence None The Richer from 2020-10-08T18:38:44

It's the Vice Presidential debate! Brie and Virgil figure they could do a better job than both of the candidates. Then our full panel gets together to sort out who won, who lost, whether Pence did ...

Episode 8 Promo - They Can't Shoot Us All with Marianne Williamson from 2020-10-06T16:00

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Episode 8 Promo - Give Us Cannabis with Marianne Williamson from 2020-10-05T19:47:16

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Episode 7 - Biden Takes De-Bate from 2020-10-01T21:07:45

Comedians, politicos, and a former campaign staffer weigh in with their immediate, visceral impressions of the worst presidential debate in modern history. Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to supp...

Episode 6 Promo - Five Garlands from 2020-09-28T20:03:23

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Episode 5 - Quid Pro Crow from 2020-09-24T23:06:37

Brie and Virgil "debut" our theme song by Nick Diamonds (@nickfromislands) and our new segment "Good Faith, Bad...

Episode 4 Promo - Barbara Smith & Matt Karp on Identity Politics from 2020-09-21T19:22:49

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Episode 3 - One Flew Over The Coup Coup Nest from 2020-09-18T17:31:27

Will Trump stage a coup? Unlikely. But he is likely to make strategic moves that could skew ambiguous election results in his favor. The New Republic writer Osita Nwanevu, & Jacobin journalist M...

Episode 2 Promo - Brie, Krug, & Kardashian Fail the "Black Test" from 2020-09-14T22:44:51

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The Kardashians are going off the air and there's a new Dolezal that makes the origin...

Episode 0 Promo - Kamala: Origins from 2020-09-11T18:00

Brie and Virgil reveal how Kamala Harris got her start as a prosecutor in this clip from our very first episode. Unlock the full episode -- with panelists Rachel Oyster Kim, Zohran Mamdani, and Sea...

Episode 1 - The Story of Joe from 2020-09-11T00:20:33

Brie and Virgil talk Biden's law and order rumblings, our panel discusses the protests in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake and the eruption of right-wing street violence. There's...

Bad Faith Promo from 2020-09-09T05:20:03

It's the new thing you have to know about and like or dislike! Briahna was the press secretary for Bernie Sanders' Presidential campaign. Virgil was a person on the internet.