Podcasts by Intercepted

How Israel Commodifies Mass Killing Through Its “Palestine Laboratory" from 2023-12-13T10:30:26

For more than two months, the Israeli military has waged a scorched-earth campaign against Gaza, and the death toll has risen to over 18,000 Palestinians, including more than 7,000 children. Mea...

Two Months That Shook the World: The First Phase of the Gaza War from 2023-12-02T10:30:05

On Friday morning, Israel resumed its bombing campaign against Gaza, and the civilian death toll is once again rising. Both Hamas and Israel accused the other of violating the temporary truce. I...

Prisoners, Propaganda, and the Battle Over the Gaza War Narrative from 2023-11-29T10:30:48

Despite a temporary pause in Israel’s massive bombardment and ground operations in Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe continues to worsen. With more than 15,000 dead Palestinians and whole neigh...

Historian Rashid Khalidi on Israel’s Long Reign of Violence from 2023-11-22T10:30:45

The civilian death toll wrought by Israel’s siege of Gaza is staggering. More than 14,000 Palestinians have been killed, nearly half of them children. More than 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza ...

The Gaza Siege: A Harsh Spotlight on the West’s Moral Bankruptcy from 2023-11-15T10:30:17

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said recently on CNN, “It’s not only our war, it’s your war too.” He was right: The Biden administration has armed, funded, and supported Netanyahu ever...

Netanyahu’s Savage Game: Mass Killing Palestinians, Exploiting Israeli Grief from 2023-11-08T10:30:31

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to reject international calls for a ceasefire and says Israel will oversee security in Gaza indefinitely. This week on Intercepted, Jeremy Scahill and...

Ceasefire Calls Grow from 2023-10-31T18:45:50

More than 3,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Israel began bombarding the enclave three weeks ago. The number of children reportedly killed in the conflict has surpassed the annual num...

Death Toll in Gaza Now Exceeds 5,000 from 2023-10-25T09:30:01

The dystopian images coming out of Gaza, as Israel continues its scorched-earth campaign, show horrific destruction and the killing of civilians. Over the weekend, Israel escalated bombardments ...

India — and the World — After Gaza from 2023-10-18T09:30:44

The Indian government was locked in a crisis over its alleged assassination of a Canadian citizen when a war between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip broke out that threatens to upend t...

The Gaza Cauldron from 2023-10-11T09:30:29

The Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has initiated a total blockade of Gaza amidst a merciless scorched-earth bombing campaign. The country’s defense minister said Israel will operate wi...

Azerbaijan War on Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Forcibly Displaced Tens of Thousands from 2023-10-04T09:30:44

Nearly the entire population of 120,000 ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh has been forced to flee their homes after the latest Azerbaijani military assault, according to Armenian authorities ...

The Hunt for the Nord Stream Bombers from 2023-09-27T09:30:44

In the early morning hours of September 26, 2022, in the deep abyss of the Baltic Sea, an international mystery of substantial consequence began to unfold when a bomb ruptured the Russian-domina...

Inside Biden’s Secret Arms Deal from 2023-09-22T09:30:07

The U.S. orchestrated a secret arms deal to send weapons to Ukraine, helping Pakistan reach the threshold needed for an International Monetary Fund loan to save the country's economy, according ...

How a Leaked Cable Upended Pakistani Politics — And Exposed U.S. Meddling from 2023-08-18T10:00:40

This is a special crossover episode with our sister podcast, Deconstructed. It's a big investigation from Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain.

Last week, Intercept journalists Ryan Grim and ...

Niger Mutiny: Another U.S.-Trained Military Officer Led Coup from 2023-08-02T09:30:09

Troops from Niger ousted the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week. One of the coup leaders had previously received training from the U.S. government, becoming th...

Protests in Israel: The Right’s Further Consolidation of Power from 2023-07-26T09:30:55

Despite months of widespread protests, Israel's right-wing government passed a law on Monday curbing the authority of the country's Supreme Court to block government decisions. This legislative ...

The Indiscriminate Rain of Cluster Bombs from 2023-07-19T09:30:19

The United States sent cluster munitions to Ukraine, bombs banned by 123 countries due to how they kill and maim indiscriminately over a wide area and for years after a conflict. This week on In...

A Teen Slain by Police Uproots France from 2023-07-12T09:30

The fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk during a traffic stop in Paris, France, sparked days of protests across the country. This week on Intercepted, host Murtaza Hussain is join...

CIA Arms Dealer Was Actually DEA Target from 2023-06-28T09:30:14

In 2016, Flaviu Georgescu was found guilty and sentenced of attempting to traffic weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, an insurgent group on the U.S. terror list. But when he w...

Turkish Elections: Erdogan’s Autocracy Continues from 2023-06-21T09:30:29

This week, the Turkish government announced it will raise its monthly minimum wage by 34 percent to address inflation and the economic crisis in the country. Despite the long-standing problems i...

Ukraine on the Offensive from 2023-06-14T09:30:36

The Ukrainian military’s counteroffensive against Russia is underway. Aided by the U.S. and other Western powers, Ukraine is making a push to expel Russian troops. This week on Intercepted, Jere...

Monetary Blowback: How U.S. Wars, Sanctions, and Hegemony Are Threatening the Dollar’s Reserve Currency Dominance from 2023-06-07T09:30:43

This week, strategists at JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank, warned there are signs of “de-dollarization” around the world. Dedollarization is the push by countries, including Brazil, Russia, Indi...

Imran Khan’s Ousting and the Crisis of Pakistan’s Military Regime from 2023-05-31T09:30

For the past few weeks, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been at the center of an unprecedented political crisis. In the lead-up to new elections, Khan was arrested and released on ...

Henry Kissinger’s Bloody Legacy from 2023-05-25T09:30:54

An Intercept investigation, years in the making, reveals previously unpublished, unreported, and underappreciated evidence of hundreds of civilian casualties that were kept secret during the con...

The Biggest Whodunnit of the Century from 2023-05-17T11:43:30

On September 26, 2022, at approximately 2:03 a.m. local time in the Baltic Sea off the southeast coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, the Nord Stream 2 underwater pipeline was rocked b...

Frank Church, Deep State: The True Story of the Senator Who Took on the CIA and Its Corporate Clients from 2023-05-10T09:30:40

Nearly 50 years ago, the Church Committee began holding hearings to investigate the CIA and U.S. intelligence agencies’ lawless and secret efforts to spy on and plan assassination plots. This we...

China, the Peacemaker? from 2023-05-03T09:30:50

Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a long call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which Xi appealed for negotiations to begin between Ukraine and Russia. This week on Int...

Virtue Signaling as a War Policy from 2023-04-26T09:30:01

U.S. war planners have indicated that Ukraine plans to launch a spring offensive in an effort to retake territory lost in Russia’s invasion. Military analysts have also suggested that Kyiv,...

The Discord Leaker: The Case of the Most Unorthodox National Security Leaks in History from 2023-04-19T09:30:05

Last week, federal officials arrested Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, accusing him of having leaked hundreds of pages of classified Pentagon document...

U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts Destabilizing African Nations from 2023-04-12T09:30:50

Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped a historic tour of Africa last week, where she positioned the U.S. as a reliable and trustworthy security and economic partner. This week on Intercepted, hos...

China’s Mounting Challenge to U.S. Hegemony from 2023-04-05T09:30:33

Despite China warning “serious confrontation in the U.S.-China relationship,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed plans to meet with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen when she visits California...

Bonus: The Bloody U.S. Legacy in Iraq from 2023-03-24T09:30:27

This week marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of the War in Iraq. But the U.S. government’s involvement in the country tracks back decades prior. Jeremy Scahill retraces the U.S. governmen...

The Many Lives and Deaths of Iraq, as Witnessed by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad from 2023-03-22T09:30:27

Amidst massive protests around the United States and the world, on March 19, 2003, the U.S. began its invasion of Iraq. This week on Intercepted, Jeremy Scahill, Murtaza Hussain, and Iraqi journ...

Dissent Episode Six: The Clean Water Act Comes Under Attack from 2023-02-22T10:30:44

Which wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act? That’s the question before the Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA. Back in 2004, Michael and Chantell Sackett purchased a residential lot nea...

Dissent Episode Five: The Death Penalty, Deadlines, and DNA from 2023-02-15T10:30:33

Rodney Reed has been on death row since 1998 for the killing of a 19-year-old woman named Stacey Stites. Although Texas prosecutors said the case was open and shut, Reed has consistently maintai...

Dissent Episode Four: The Right to Discriminate from 2023-02-08T10:30:24

Back in 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case involving a cake shop owner who refused to create a wedding cake for a sa...

Dissent Episode Three: How an Adoption Case Could Unravel Tribal Sovereignty from 2023-02-01T10:30:08

The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could dismantle the Indian Child Welfare Act, also known as ICWA. The law was passed in 1978 to combat a history of forced family separation ...

Dissent Episode Two: Judicial Adventurism from 2023-01-25T10:30:49

The North Carolina Supreme Court rejected a partisan gerrymandered congressional map drawn to heavily favor Republicans last year. The map violated the state’s constitution. The Nort...

Dissent Episode One: Tipping the Balance from 2023-01-18T10:30:44

Last year, the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and...

Borderland Residents Shut Down Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s Illegal Wall from 2022-12-21T10:30:43

Last week, the Justice Department sued the state of Arizona and its governor, Doug Ducey, for installing a shipping container wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. This week on Intercepted: Ryan De...

Iran’s Protest Movement and Its Future from 2022-11-30T10:30:57

For a month and a half, Iran has been rocked by protests. The sustained demonstration, which were kicked off after a young woman was killed by the notorious morality police, are the most serious ch...

This Is How the Federal Government Force-Feeds Detainees from 2022-11-16T10:30:42

In 2019, Ajay Kumar, an asylum-seeker from India, began a hunger strike while in ICE detention to demand his release. In response, the U.S. government force-fed Kumar. The Intercept accessed footag...

The Fed's War on Workers from 2022-11-02T09:30:56

This week, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates again, despite coming under scrutiny in recent months for its aggressive hikes to battle inflation. This week on Intercepted: J...

Crime of Aggression from 2022-10-19T09:30:13

Earlier this week, Russia launched a new drone bombing spree in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. This followed last week's attack, when Russian missiles struck the capital and other parts of the coun...

Bonus: Egypt’s Carceral Climate Summit from 2022-10-10T21:04:38

On October 6, 2022, University of British Columbia faculty members Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Naomi Klein from the new Centre for Climate Justice co-moderated a livestream discussion about th...

Inside the Chinese Government’s Growing Surveillance State from 2022-10-05T09:30:38

The Chinese government forcibly collects biometric markers like fingerprints, facial images, and DNA of Xinjiang residents, where 12 million Uyghurs live. In recent years, the country has expanded ...

No Way Home, Episode Four: Getting Out Alive from 2022-09-21T09:30:56

Marked as enemies of the new Taliban regime by his work with Westerners and his family’s Hazara ethnicity, Hamid, his wife, their 8-year-old daughter, and their new baby move furtively from plac...

No Way Home, Episode Three: Born Again from 2022-09-18T09:30:46

Maryam Barak, an Afghan journalist, made it to Italy with her family last summer. In Rome, she met Qader Kazimizada, another newly arrived Afghan who is helping refugees find community in an ali...

No Way Home, Episode Two: The Desert of Death from 2022-09-14T09:30:52

As the Taliban claimed territory last summer, Mir Abdullah Miri and his cousin Aziz both planned to flee their homes in Herat, a city in western Afghanistan. Mir, an educational researcher,...

No Way Home, Episode One: Life and Death from 2022-09-11T09:30:24

When the Afghan government collapsed last summer, Summia Tora, Afghanistan’s first Rhodes scholar, used her connections to get her father out. But when she tried to evacuate a longtime NGO worke...

The U.S. Legacy in Iraq and the Fight Against ISIS from 2022-08-24T09:30:58

The U.S. government’s long-lasting occupation of Iraq led to “many killings, disintegrating the country, and opening old, previous wounds,” according to former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi....

How Fiscal Hawks Are Using Inflation as an Excuse to Tamp Down Worker Power from 2022-08-10T09:30:47

On Sunday, after months of negotiation, the Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill called the Inflation Reduction Act. This week on Intercepted, we go behind the bill to look at the dynamics dr...

The Cost of Saying No to the FBI from 2022-07-27T09:30:47

Since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI has dedicated huge resources to recruiting informants, particularly targeting Muslim Americans or immigrants from Muslim-majority countries. Saying no can carry seri...

"I Don't Want Anyone Else to Go Through That": ICE Detainees Allege Sexual Assault by Jail Nurse from 2022-07-14T09:30:24

Four women who were detained in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail are alleging that a nurse at the facility sexually assaulted them. This week on Intercepted, the four women, who w...

Your Kitchen Floor May Have Been Made With Uyghur Forced Labor from 2022-06-29T09:30:07

When people shifted to working from home in 2020, many renovated their homes to add offices. Influencers showed viewers how to easily install vinyl flooring from stores around the U.S., and sales o...

Bonus: The End of Roe from 2022-06-25T18:00:09

Today we bring you a special episode in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

First, The Intercept’s Washington Editor, Nausicaa Renner takes us to th...

Jan. 6 Hearings Point Finger at Donald Trump. But Federal Prosecutors Haven’t Gone That Far. from 2022-06-15T09:30:19

Last week, the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol began public hearings to disclose its findings. During the hearings, the committee alleged that former Preside...

How the FBI Tried to Ambush My Meeting and Arrest a Source from 2022-06-03T09:30:41

Back in 2014, the FBI worked with an attorney-turned-informant to try to stop a meeting between journalist James Risen and a source. This week on Intercepted: Risen, national security correspondent...

Overturning Roe v. Wade: "Irrational, Aggressive, and Extremely Dangerous" from 2022-05-18T09:30:25

Two weeks ago, Politico obtained a leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old ruling that acknowledged the constitutional right to abortion. Although...

Surveillance Dragnet: How Shadowy Companies Can Track Your Every Move from 2022-05-04T09:30:58

Smartphone apps constantly harvest your location data. That information is shared with advertisers, typically without your knowledge or informed consent. There are no laws in the U.S. prohibitin...

The Death Penalty Capital from 2022-04-20T09:30:16

Murderville, Texas just ended its nine-episode season, casting significant doubt on whether a man on death row for the 1992 murder of a Houston grandmother is actually guilty. This week on Inter...

Long After Leaving Iran, Dual Nationals Now Labeled Terrorists — Because of Mandatory Military Service from 2022-04-06T09:30:31

Talks with Iran to revive the nuclear deal appear to be progressing, but in recent weeks, the United States’s designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, as a terror group has...

U.S.-Trained Officers Have Led Numerous Coups in Africa from 2022-03-09T10:30:04

U.S.-trained officers have led seven coups and coup attempts in Africa over the last year and a half. This week on Intercepted: Investigative reporter Nick Turse details the U.S. involvement on the...

Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Extreme Heat, Fires, and Floods from 2022-02-23T10:30:59

Smoke-filled cells. Triple-digit temperatures. Chest-deep water. People trapped behind bars when climate disasters strike. This week on Intercepted: Ali Gharib, a senior editor, speaks to his colle...

Two Fires Tell the Tale of the U.S. Housing Crisis from 2022-02-09T10:50:19

The number of people experiencing homelessness decreased by 8 percent between 2020 and 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD suggests that the decrease cou...

Introducing Murderville, Texas from 2022-02-01T12:00:34

Murderville, an investigative podcast hosted by senior Intercept reporters Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, examines the systemic failures that lead to wrongful convictions. Season Two takes Seg...

Little Rock’s Black Police Chief and the Campaign Against Reform from 2022-01-26T10:35:37

Just how strong are the forces arrayed against police reform — and how far are they willing to go? In April 2019, Keith Humphrey was Listen

“Don’t Look Up” and Fighting Capitalism With Naomi Klein from 2022-01-12T10:30:37

As 2022 begins, the world continues to see the effects of the climate crisis — from the severe drought in East Africa to the odd snowfall in British Columbia. But since December 5, a new film has b...

Life After Guantánamo: “It Doesn’t Leave You” from 2021-12-08T10:30

On Tuesday, with 39 men remaining at Guantánamo Bay, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on closing the infamous military prison. This week on Intercepted: Intercept photo editor Elise Sw...

The Intercept’s Work Has Never Been More Urgent from 2021-11-30T07:00

Over the past year, Intercepted has been bringing you more stories from the people behind The Intercept’s reporting. For Giving Tuesday, we’re asking you to contribute to The Intercept so that we c...

Kyle Rittenhouse, Ahmaud Arbery, and the Future of Right-Wing Vigilantism from 2021-11-24T10:30

Jurors in the trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery began deliberations Tuesday. Last week, a jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges, including two counts of homicide. This we...

Strike Wave: Workers Flex Their Muscle in Tight Labor Market from 2021-11-10T10:30

Since January, there have been nearly 300 strikes throughout the U.S. This week on Intercepted: a look at the labor movement in 2021. Last week, tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care w...

Making a Killing: The Business of War Profiteering from 2021-10-27T09:30

Last month, the Democratic-controlled House voted in favor of appropriating $768 billion for the 2022 defense budget. This week on Intercepted: Senior writer for The Intercept Jon Schwarz talks wit...

Far-Right Health Care Companies Made Millions Prescribing Unproven Covid Remedies from 2021-10-13T09:30

As the national push to vaccinate people against Covid-19 continues, hundreds of thousands of hacked documents show how a group of doctors is explicitly pushing unproven and potentially dangerous a...

The Quest for Covid’s Origins from 2021-10-06T09:30

In late September, the World Health Organization announced that it had assembled a new team of scientists to revive its investigation into the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19. The new ...

A Legacy of Corruption and Abuse: The Post-9/11 Immigration Megabureaucracy from 2021-09-29T09:50

More than 4,600 Haitian migrants were expelled by the U.S. government in little over a week. This week on Intercepted: Recent images of Border Patrol agents on horseback pushing back Haitians along...

No Accountability for War on Terror Atrocities from 2021-09-15T09:55

The war on terror has killed nearly 1 million people and cost more than $8 trillion, according to a report by Brown University’s Costs of War Project. This week on Intercepted: Journalists Murtaza ...

The Long-Lasting Consequences of the War on Terror from 2021-09-01T09:55

The United States flew its last military flight out of Afghanistan, ending the 20-year war in the country — the longest in U.S. history. This week on Intercepted: Journalist Spencer Ackerman discus...

Afghans Try to Flee U.S.-Caused Crisis from 2021-08-18T09:50

The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan, forcing the U.S.-backed Afghan government out. This week on Intercepted: Intercept reporter Murtaza Hussain guides us through how the two-decade-long U.S. W...

EPA Whistleblowers Say Managers Bullied Them to Approve Dangerous Chemicals from 2021-08-04T09:59

Leaked audio reveals how chemicals hazardous to human health and the environment are fast-tracked and approved at the Environmental Protection Agency. This week on Intercepted, investigative journa...

Introducing American ISIS from 2021-07-23T10:00

We'd like to introduce you to American ISIS, a new podcast from The Intercept and Topic Studios. American ISIS offers the most detailed account yet of an American who lived and died inside the Isla...

American ISIS Offers a Firsthand Look Inside the Caliphate from 2021-07-21T10:00

For more than six months, The Intercept’s Trevor Aaronson communicated with Russell Dennison, an American man who traveled to Syria and joined the Islamic State. This week on Intercepted: Aaronson,...

Corporate Counterinsurgency Against Line 3 Pipeline Resistance from 2021-07-07T10:00

Water protectors are traveling in growing numbers to stand with the Anishinaabe-led movement to stop the construction of Line 3, a tar sands oil pipeline.

This week on Intercepted: Int...

The Crisis of Care from 2021-06-23T13:00:38

Domestic workers — nannies, house cleaners, and care workers — are one of the fastest-growing labor groups in the U.S. They are also some of the most undervalued and least-protected workers...

Stealing Children to Steal the Land from 2021-06-16T10:00

Last month, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation uncovered a mass grave of 215 children on the grounds of a former residential school in British Columbia, Canada. This week on Intercepted: Na...

Killed in the Darkness from 2021-06-09T10:00

When a police officer shoots and kills someone — and there aren’t any witnesses — can we trust the police to investigate themselves?

This week on Intercepted: Antoine and Tammy Bu...

Understanding the History of Black Rebellion from 2021-05-26T10:00

In the year since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the mass mobilization of protest that followed — the largest collective gesture against police violence in this country’s his...

Big Pharma’s Deadly Covid Vaccine Monopoly from 2021-05-12T10:00

A week ago, the Biden administration announced support for waiving intellectual property protection for Covid-19 vaccines. In response, Bio, a trade association representing biotechnology comp...

Joe Biden's War Powers from 2021-04-28T10:00

If you went back and looked at every foreign policy decision Joe Biden made — every single one — would you be any closer to understanding him? This week on Intercepted: Our editor-at-large and...

The Border Patrol’s Abdication in the Sonoran Desert from 2021-04-14T10:00

While much of the public’s attention has been focused on the thousands of unaccompanied minors currently in U.S. custody, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has quietly begun a policy of droppin...

Trump's EPA Helped Erase Records of Almost 270,000 Pounds of Carcinogenic Pollution from 2021-03-31T10:00

The Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration invited companies to retroactively amend emissions records of a deadly carcinogenic chemical. This week on Intercepted: In...

Hope Is a Discipline: Mariame Kaba on Dismantling the Carceral State from 2021-03-17T10:00

Jury selection for the murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin continues after the city announced a $27 million settlement with George Floyd’s family. This week on Intercepted...

The Life and Death of an Anti-Fascist from 2021-03-03T11:01

Few anti-fascists were as influential on Portland’s recent protest scene as Sean Kealiher. He rarely missed a protest, and he would have been front and center last summer when the insurrect...

The Democrats’ Long War on Immigrants from 2021-02-17T11:00

As Joe Biden took the oath of office this January, Listen

Inside China’s Police State Tactics Against Muslims from 2021-02-03T11:00

A massive police database obtained by The Intercept provides groundbreaking insight into the pervasive surveillance state operated by the Chinese government to repress Uyghurs and other eth...

Joe Biden Is President, but Donald Trump’s Legacy of Violence Looms from 2021-01-20T11:00

Now that Donald Trump is gone from office, what’s next? This week on Intercepted: There are a slew of unanswered questions about the siege of the Capitol. Americans are being asked to believe th...

BONUS: Universal Enemy — Scholar Daryl Li on the Relationship Between Transnational Jihadists and U.S. Empire from 2020-12-30T11:00

In this special bonus episode of Intercepted, we take an in-depth look at one of the most consequential eras of modern history, the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, as the ...

The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads from 2020-12-20T11:00:33

A U.S.-backed militia that kills children may be America’s exit strategy from its longest war reported by journalist Andrew Quilty.

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AOC on Ending the Pelosi Era, Biden’s Corporate Cabinet, and the Battle for Medicare for All from 2020-12-16T11:00

President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet is being constructed in significant part from corporate Democrats and Obama-era national security hawks with a small side order of more progressive fig...

State-Sanctioned Killers: As Trump Expedites Executions at Home, Biden Builds Team for Wars Abroad from 2020-12-09T11:00

Donald Trump is now in the dying days of his presidency and is spending those days promoting the myth that he actually won the November election in a landslide. This week on Intercepted: As...

BONUS: Naomi Klein on Fighting Trump’s Tin Pot Coup; Peace Activists Face Federal Prison from 2020-11-18T12:00

The Intercept’s Senior Correspondent Naomi Klein argues why Democrats should forcefully defend the integrity of votes and condemn coup-plotting for what it is, and stop from blowing a mandate they’...

American Mythology: The Presidency of Donald Trump (Part Seven: Climate Carnage) from 2020-10-22T10:00

In his denial of science, Donald Trump has guided the U.S. far past the tipping point of mitigating the unfolding existential threat of the climate crisis. Under both Democratic and Repub...

American Mythology: The Presidency of Donald Trump (Part Six: The Looting of the Nation) from 2020-10-21T10:00

Donald Trump has run the White House like his family business with one primary aim: to enrich his brand, his family and his cronies. In part six of American Mythology, we examine how Trump and the ...

American Mythology: The Presidency of Donald Trump (Part Five: Courting Corporate Theocracy) from 2020-10-20T10:00

While all eyes remain on the presidential election in November, Donald Trump has already secured a multi-generational victory with his radical reshaping of the judicial branch of government. I...

American Mythology: The Presidency of Donald Trump (Part Four: "You Think Our Country's So Innocent?") from 2020-10-19T10:00

On matters of war, Donald Trump has consistently spoken and acted in contradictory and unorthodox ways. He campaigned in 2016 with a mixed message of attacking the legacy of the Iraq war and U...

American Mythology: The Presidency of Donald Trump (Part Three: The Neo-Confederate in Chief) from 2020-10-16T10:00

On the campaign and as president, Donald Trump has worked hard to resurrect the George Wallace strand of U.S. politics: He has consistently used racist and bigoted language to accompany his po...

American Mythology: The Presidency of Donald Trump (Part Two: Administration of Xenophobia) from 2020-10-15T10:00:01

In the nearly four years that Trump has been in office, his administration has Listen

American Mythology: The Presidency of Donald Trump (Part One: Manufacturing the Carnage) from 2020-10-14T10:00:09

Donald Trump is often portrayed as an aberration of U.S. history, an outsider who seized power and is intent on destroying democracy as we know it. In the premiere episode of American Mytholog...

BONUS: A Story of Asylum, and Musician Lido Pimienta on Her New Album "Miss Colombia" from 2020-09-16T10:00

On this bonus episode of Intercepted, journalist John Washington, whose latest reporting for The Intercept expanded on an explosive new whistleblower complaint alleging that mass hysterectomies ...

Escape From the Nuclear Family: Covid-19 Should Provoke a Re-Think of How We Live from 2020-08-05T10:00:35

As Washington cuts off desperately needed aid to the unemployed, millions of families face the reality that many K-12 schools likely aren’t reopening, and young adults look ahead to a bleak future,...

Weak State: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed America’s Dysfunctional Democracy from 2020-07-22T10:00

As Donald Trump promises the pandemic will “disappear,” the U.S. simultaneously grapples with a public health disaster, economic collapse, and a social crisis. This week on Intercepted: T...

The Revolutionary Life of Paul Robeson: Scholar Gerald Horne on the Great Antifascist Singer, Artist and Rebel from 2020-07-15T10:00

As Trump vows to smash leftist movements, we take a comprehensive look at the life of the revolutionary Black socialist, antifascist, and artist Paul Robeson. University of Houston historian Dr. Ge...

An Interview with Nancy Pelosi Challenger Shahid Buttar and a Look at the History of Fascist Movements in the U.S. from 2020-07-08T10:01

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Rep. Liz Cheney, daughter of Dick Cheney, is trying to stop Trump from withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. This week on Intercepted: As the longe...

Confederacy Inc.: Donald Trump, Racist Police, and the Whitewashing of History from 2020-07-01T10:00:48

As cases of Covid-19 skyrocket across the U.S., Trump passionately focuses on defending the legacy of the Confederacy and white supremacist monuments. Native American historian Nick Es...

The Rebellion Against Racial Capitalism from 2020-06-24T10:00

Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, a distinguished history professor at UCLA, explains why he believes the current abolitionist movement has the potential to fundamentally change the country and offers a hi...

Ruth Wilson Gilmore Makes the Case for Abolition (Part 2) from 2020-06-10T17:01

Chenjerai Kumanyika, assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, hosts a special two part discussion. Kumanyika is co-host of the podcasts Uncivil and Scene on Radio....

Ruth Wilson Gilmore Makes the Case for Abolition (Part 1) from 2020-06-10T17:00

Chenjerai Kumanyika, assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, hosts a special two part discussion. Kumanyika is co-host of the podcasts Uncivil and Scene on Radio....

The Rebellion in Defense of Black Lives Is Rooted in U.S. History. So Too Is Trump’s Authoritarian Rule from 2020-06-03T17:00

With the threat of a widespread military deployment in U.S. cities looming, the president is acting as an authoritarian dictator. Dr. Keisha Blain, author of "Set the World on Fire: Black Nationali...

The Disenfranchiser: Donald Trump’s Attack on Voting Rights and the Threat to Native Sovereignty from 2020-05-27T17:00

The modern Republican Party has mastered the art of voter suppression and gerrymandering, but the president is now seeking to exploit the pandemic to aid these efforts. In between tweets accusing J...

The Jungle and the Pandemic: The Meat Industry, Coronavirus, and an Economy in Crisis from 2020-05-20T17:00

As the Covid-19 U.S. death toll climbs toward 100,000 and unemployment is nearing 20 percent, House Democrats have offered up a bill that is intended to offer a sharp contrast to the corporatist Re...

What Reconstruction and the New Deal Can Teach Us About What Comes After the Pandemic Presidency from 2020-05-13T17:00

David Blight, Pulitzer prize winning author of "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" and a Yale history professor, discusses the era of Reconstruction, the swift dismantling of its hard fought g...

Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the Politics of Sexual Misconduct from 2020-05-06T17:00

Two dozen women have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, harassment and assault, including rape. Trump has responded by denigrating, mocking and attacking his accusers. Eight women have made...

BONUS: Race, Trust, and the Chicago Police — The Investigation of Courtney Copeland’s Murder from 2020-05-01T10:00

The new podcast Somebody documents Shapearl Wells’s quest to find out what happened to Courtney Copeland, her 22-year-old son who wound ...

Viral Injustice from 2020-04-29T10:00

While the statistics are grim, the harsh reality is how the Trump administration — as well as some governors and mayors — handled this crisis made the situation much more deadly than it should h...

Coronavirus and the Radical Religious Right's Bumbling Messiah from 2020-04-22T10:00

Hidden behind the scenes of protests against Democratic governors is the role of radical fringe groups, gun enthusiasts, and right-wing financiers, some with ties to the family of Education Secr...

BONUS: "Burials Are Cheaper Than Deportations" from 2020-04-17T10:00

Across the United States right now, there are over 32,000 people in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE. 

Tucked away in remote corners of the countr...

Introducing Somebody Episode 1: Courtney from 2020-04-15T10:00

On March 4, 2016, Shapearl Wells wakes up to a bamming at her door. It’s the police, telling her that her 22-year-old son, Courtney Copeland, has been shot. Detectives tell her Courtney drove hi...

The Failed State of America from 2020-04-10T10:00

Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president as the country continues to be rocked by Covid-19 cases and hospitals are struggling to obtain basic supplie...

Pandemic Racism: The Wisconsin Primary, Disenfranchisement, and the Cost of Life from 2020-04-08T10:00

Milwaukee’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Jeanette Kowalik, discusses the Wisconsin Supreme Court's reckless disregard for public safety as they force the state to conduct in-person voting. Dr. Kowal...

Essential Workers and the Reverse Robin Hood Coronavirus Bailout from 2020-04-01T10:00

Workers at Amazon, Instacart, and Whole Foods have gone on strike demanding safe work conditions. Amazon has already fired one organizer and continues to pump out misinformation and propaganda a...

Capitalist Death Panels: If Corporate Vultures Get Their Way, We’ll Be Dead from 2020-03-25T10:00

As Congress continues to negotiate a bailout, Republicans seem intent on exploiting the crisis to enrich Wall Street, while Democrats offer meek resistance. Matt Bruenig of the Peoples Policy Pr...

Organizer Mariame Kaba: We Need a People’s Bailout to Confront Coronavirus from 2020-03-19T10:00

After weeks of downplaying the seriousness of the virus and at times implying it was a hoax, the Trump administration has announced a series of government responses to the crisis. While some act...

Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill Discuss Coronavirus, the Election, and Solidarity in the Midst of a Pandemic from 2020-03-17T10:00

The U.S. failed to respond quickly to the coronavirus and as it spreads, it is likely to overwhelm the outdated and overwhelmingly privatized health care infrastructure. Author Naomi Klein and Jere...

We Need to Talk About Joe from 2020-03-10T10:00

With Michigan and other states voting in primaries today, the justice movements backing the Sanders campaign are making the case that nominating Joe Biden to take on Donald Trump is a grave risk...

Super Tuesday: Which Side Are You On? from 2020-03-03T11:00

It’s Super Tuesday and the battle lines are drawn in a campaign that will not only determine who will face Donald Trump in the general election, but also the future of the Democratic Party.

Bernie’s Fight Against Trump, the GOP, the Democratic Establishment, and Corporate Media from 2020-02-26T11:00

As Bloomberg launches a massive attack ad campaign against Sanders ahead of the South Carolina and Super Tuesday primaries, Sanders is facing a multi-pronged battle against the most powerful pol...

BONUS: We Are Not Your Firewall from 2020-02-25T11:00

Billionaire former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, has announced he is going to unleash a spate of attack ads against Sanders; while Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden are harping about com...

BONUS: Inside the Secretive Court at Guantanamo Bay as CIA Torture Architect Testifies from 2020-02-21T11:00

Last month, The Intercept's research editor Margot Williams reported from Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay during an extraordinary moment in the 40th pre-trial hearing for the five men accused of plo...

Mike Bloomberg Ran Stasi-Style Police and Surveillance Operations Against Muslim Americans from 2020-02-19T11:00

As Bloomberg nears a half a billion dollars in paid ads for his presidential campaign, he is intensifying his attacks on Bernie Sanders. Meanwhile, the red-baiting smears against Sanders are res...

"It's Armageddon Time for the Democratic Party" from 2020-02-12T11:00

Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader talks about the state of the Democratic primary, the corporate DNC panic over Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and what would h...

On the Ground in Iowa from 2020-02-04T11:00

While the Iowa Democratic Party has thoroughly fumbled reporting official results of Monday’s caucuses, Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign has released figures showing a significant lead. 

Th...

John Bolton and the Giant Impeachment from 2020-01-29T11:00

Donald Trump’s legal team, including Allan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, argue that the president cannot be impeached for abusing his power. As the battle over Bolton testifying before the Senate in...

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and the Rewriting of Iraq War History from 2020-01-22T11:00

Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is already unfolding as a Mitch McConnell-coordinated farce. The charges against Trump are serious, but they beg the question of why Congress has never impeached...

Iran: What Next? from 2020-01-14T11:00

Jeremy Scahill hosts a live discussion in New York on the unfolding crisis with Intercept senior columnist Mehdi Hasan, reporter Murtaza Hussain, national security editor Vanessa Gezari, and senior...

Intercepted Is Powered by Its Members from 2019-12-29T11:00

Other podcasts make money from advertising and corporate sponsors. We don’t have ads — Intercepted is powered by its members.

When you support Intercepted, you become a part of the journal...

Capitalism’s Consigliere from 2019-12-18T11:00

Former senior health insurance executive-turned-whistleblower Wendell Potter explains McKinsey’s role in our insurance nightmare and how Pete Buttigieg is using industry talking points to attack...

We Tortured Some Folks from 2019-12-11T11:00

Monday marked the five year anniversary of the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s executive summary on the CIA’s torture program. The former top Senate Intelligence Committee investi...

The CIA Torture Cover-Up from 2019-12-04T11:00

As Washington D.C. remains focused on the Trump impeachment, Daniel Jones, the former top Senate Intelligence Committee investigator into the CIA torture program discusses the years-long battle ...

A Message from Jeremy on Giving Tuesday from 2019-12-03T11:00

Other podcasts make money from advertising and corporate sponsors. We don’t have ads — Intercepted is powered by its members.

All donations are welcome. You can make a one-time gift or bec...

Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling’s Life as an “Unwanted Spy” from 2019-11-27T11:00

Jeffrey Sterling was indicted in 2010 on charges under the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking sensitive national security information to then-New York Times reporter James Risen. Sterling discusse...

Ghosts of Mossadegh: The Iran Cables, U.S. Empire, and the Arc of History from 2019-11-20T11:00

Iranian-American author and analyst Hooman Majd discusses a century of history marked by intervention and threats from major world powers. Beginning with Britain, Russia, and Germany battling for c...

What the Iran Cables Tell Us About the U.S.-Made Hellscape in Iraq from 2019-11-19T11:00

Early Monday morning, a few minutes past midnight, The Intercept published a major series of investigative stories based on a cache of more than 700 pages of secret Iranian intelligence files de...

Bolivia and Brazil at the Crossroads from 2019-11-13T11:00

As right-wing forces attack indigenous Bolivians and allies of Morales, the Trump administration says the toppling of the democratically-elected government “preserves democracy.” Anthropologist ...

The Case of Rodney Reed from 2019-11-13T00:18:21

On this special episode of Intercepted, Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura discuss the case of Rodney Reed.

The state of Texas has set an execution date of November 20 for Reed. He has been o...

The Case for Economic Disobedience from 2019-11-06T11:00

Organizer Astra Taylor, author of “Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone,” analyzes “minoritarian” rule in the U.S., how capitalism undermines democracy, and lays out concret...

American Horrors from 2019-10-30T10:00

Amidst the grandstanding and partisan bickering, no one wants to talk about the decades of U.S. policy that helped give rise to ISIS and al Qaeda. Jeremy Scahill discusses how U.S. policy opened...

Omnicidal Tendencies from 2019-10-23T10:00

Legendary peace activist Liz McAlister has spent her entire life resisting U.S. war. The 79-year-old grandmother of six, who is on trial with her Kings Bay Plowshares co-defendants, explains why...

Wasteland of Corruption from 2019-10-16T10:00

Adam Serwer of The Atlantic discusses the impeachment inquiry, the cruelty of the Trump presidency and the state of play in Washington D.C.

As Turkey continues its brutal incursion into pa...

The Trump Effect from 2019-10-09T10:00

Jeremy Scahill is back. Well, sort of. He passes the reins over to Intercepted's producers.

A recent Listen

We've Got Impeachment from 2019-10-02T10:00

D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim hosts and gives the long history of Hunter Biden in Ukraine. 

Senior National Security Correspondent James Risen explains Donald Trump’s abuse of power, comment...

We Were Warned: The Climate Emergency and the Surveillance State from 2019-09-25T10:00

Senior Correspondent Naomi Klein imagines what real climate justice could look like and talks about her new book, “On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal.” 

The Intercept’s Sharon ...

BONUS: Philosopher Srecko Horvat from 2019-07-03T10:00

Philosopher Srecko Horvat discusses the historical lessons we can learn from the guerrilla struggle against fascism waged by the Partisans in Yugoslavia during World War II. Horvat also talks ab...

Whitewashing History from 2019-06-26T10:00

Rutgers professor and co-host of the Uncivil podcast Chenjerai Kumanyika argues that demands for reparations should include challenging the driving forces behind slavery: capitalism and imperial...

Gulf of Tonkin Redux from 2019-06-19T10:00

As the U.S. accuses Iran of attacking civilian ships while offering scant evidence, grave historical parallels are emerging with the Gulf of Tonkin incidents in 1964 that were manipulated to jus...

Running for Justice from 2019-06-12T10:00

In a bombshell series of reports, The Intercept Brasil has revealed dirty tricks used in the prosecution of the leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on corruption charges and impro...

Criminalizing Freedom from 2019-06-05T10:00

Fanatical opponents of a woman’s right to choose are pushing to criminalize abortion and women's healthcare providers. Historian Johanna Schoen, Rutgers professor and author, talks about when ab...

BONUS: "We've Got People" from 2019-06-02T10:00

As Democrats continue to debate whether to initiate an impeachment inquiry, Trump seems to be going nuts from the Democrats’ continuing probe into his possible obstruction of justice, corruption, a...

A Coup Against the First Amendment from 2019-05-29T10:00

For the first time in U.S. history, the government is criminally prosecuting a publisher for printing truthful information. Whether Assange is extradited or not, this case casts a dangerous clou...

Authoritarians Like Us from 2019-05-22T10:00

National Security Adviser John Bolton is more powerful than ever and is obsessed with regime change in Tehran. His boss is threatening to bring the “end of Iran” as some news outlets help spread...

The Espionage Axe from 2019-05-15T10:00

Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, talks about the weaponization of this law for use in stopping investigative journalism and the case of Air Force veteran D...

Everywhere Is War from 2019-05-08T10:00

The Intercept’s Murtaza Hussain discusses Trump’s motley crew of regime change warriors, what war with Iran would look like, and the strategy behind the economic sanctions.

At nearly 90 y...

Shadow Players from 2019-05-01T10:00

The Intercept’s editor-in-chief Betsy Reed, investigative journalist Matthew Cole, and national security editor Vanessa Gezari discuss how Erik Prince went from exile in the United Arab Emirates...

Introducing Running from COPS from 2019-04-24T10:00

We’d like to introduce you to Running from COPS — a new podcast from our sister company Topic Studios and the team behind Missing Richard Simmons.

After 30 years on television, COPS has ev...

Immoral Compass from 2019-04-10T10:00

Ryan Grim, the Washington DC bureau chief of The Intercept, discusses the departure of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Neilsen and the historic War Powers Resolution vote that just passed C...

American Dystopia from 2019-04-03T10:00

The Intercept’s Alice Speri discusses her investigation into the FBI’s creation of the term “black identity extremist” and explains why this label is so dangerous. 

Science fiction author ...

The Day After Mueller from 2019-03-27T10:00

Naomi Klein analyzes the epic media failure on Trump-Russia and discusses the agenda for change and resistance that should have been. 

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi details how on Trump-Russ...

Radical White Terrorism from 2019-03-20T10:00

Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik talks about the “ghoulish routine” in the media and among politicians that increasingly emerges in the aftermath of massacres of Muslims by white supremacists. <...

The American Machine: Police Torture to Drone Assassinations from 2019-03-13T10:00

Famed civil rights lawyer Flint Taylor discusses his 13 year struggle for justice for Fred Hampton, his work in exposing the torture program in Chicago that was unleashed on black men, and his c...

American Misdirection from 2019-03-06T11:00

Journalist and Russiagate critic Aaron Maté presents his dissenting analysis, what he believes is behind the investigation, and how the scandal has distracted from other urgent issues. 

We...

The Secrets of American Power from 2019-02-27T11:00

California Rep. Ro Khanna tells us he is ready to invoke the War Powers Act in an effort to stop military action in Venezuela. 

New York Times reporter Charlie Savage discusses the rise of...

Regime Change We Can Believe In from 2019-02-20T11:00

Venezuela scholar George Ciccariello-Maher and journalist Kim Ives discuss recent developments and examine the massive protests rocking Haiti’s U.S.-backed president. 

The Intercept’s Jon ...

Neoliberalism or Death: The U.S. Economic War Against Venezuela from 2019-02-13T11:00

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi officially endorses the attempted coup in Venezuela, joining forces with Donald Trump and his posse of neoconservatives. Venezuela’s Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Ron r...

Trump Headlines a Benefit Concert for Imperialism from 2019-02-06T11:00

Donald Trump received big bipartisan applause at his State of the Union.

Vijay Prashad discusses the state of imperialism in the world, the battle for Venezuela, India’s upcoming election,...

Donald Trump and the Yankee Plot to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government from 2019-01-30T11:00

Investigative journalist Allan Nairn talks about the history of U.S. crimes in Central America, the time he told Abrams, on national television, he should stand trial for war crimes and the thre...

Intercept Podcast Special: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from 2019-01-28T22:01

Today we’re presenting a podcast special from our Intercept colleagues in DC. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins Intercept reporters Ryan Grim and Briahna Joy Gray for an in-depth convers...

Donald Trump and the Media Temple of BOOM! from 2019-01-23T11:00

Longtime investigative journalist Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News analyzes the Buzzfeed News bombshell report that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to cover up a planned Trump Tower in Moscow. ...

One Wall, Supersized, Extra Racism, Hold the Wars from 2019-01-16T11:00

Trump says he wants to end U.S. wars abroad, while he threatens to use emergency powers to further militarize U.S. immigration enforcement. On Twitter, Trump advocates isolationism, while embrac...

Introducing Murderville (Part 2) from 2018-12-13T11:01

Introducing Murderville, a new investigative podcast from The Intercept.  Episode 2: The Trial. Devonia Inman goes on trial for his life. But there’s really no evidence against him. Witnesses ke...

Introducing Murderville (Part 1) from 2018-12-13T11:00

Introducing Murderville, a new investigative podcast from The Intercept.  Episode 1: Murder at Taco Bell. A murder in the small southern town of Adel, Georgia, sent Devonia Inman to jail 20 year...

Supreme Injustices from 2018-12-12T11:00

Dan Kaufman, author of "The Fall of Wisconsin: Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and The Future Of American Politics," digs into the history, analyzes the latest Republican conspira...

George H. W. Bush, American War Criminal from 2018-12-05T11:00

Jeremy Scahill details the crimes of George H.W. Bush, the sick propaganda of the corporate media memorials; and the trail of blood, death, and tears Bush leaves behind. 

Independent journ...

Killing Asylum from 2018-11-28T11:00

Decades of CIA death squads, economic warfare, coups, and support for authoritarian rule played a central role in the exodus of refugees from Central America. Donald Trump is now threatening to ...

BONUS: Rapper Vic Mensa from 2018-11-21T11:00

The Chicago-based hip-hop artist Vic Mensa not only raps about Chicago police killings of black and brown people, about apartheid in Palestine, the poisoning of the water in Flint, Michigan, but...

Donald Trump and the Counterrevolutionary War from 2018-11-14T11:00

Columbia University professor Bernard Harcourt lays out the multi-decade history of paramilitarized politics in the U.S., how the tactics of the “War on Terror” have come back to American soil, ...

The Rot Within the American System from 2018-11-07T11:00

Journalist Chris Hedges has spent the past 15 years trying to ring the alarm about the dangers of the U.S. political system and the impact of a corporate and financial coup d’etat that happened ...

The Doctrine of American Mythology from 2018-10-31T10:00

NYU’s Ruth Ben-Ghiat, and Yale’s Jason Stanley discuss Trump’s brand of authoritarianism and dissect the similarities and differences between Trump and fascist leaders Mussolini and Hitler. 

Royal Murderers from 2018-10-24T10:00

Journalist Rula Jebreal, who conducted one of the last interviews with Jamal Khashoggi before he was executed, discusses possible motives for his murder and shares audio from the interview. Sam ...

Brazil on the Brink. The Saudi Regime Under Fire. from 2018-10-17T10:00

Glenn Greenwald is host and he breaks down the rise of the most extreme right-wing candidate in the democratic world and explains why Brazil’s young and fragile democracy leaves it far more susc...

Chicago Claps Back from 2018-10-10T10:00

Chicago claps back in a live show recorded in the Windy City.

Poet, scholar, and author Eve Ewing, revolutionary educator Bill Ayers, activist Charlene Carruthers, and journalist Jamie Kal...

BONUS: From Nation State to Empire State from 2018-10-05T10:00

Most analysis of Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency in 2016 focuses on immediate causes and, of course, its effects. In a recent speech, NYU history professor Nikhil Pal Singh took a...

Raging Bullsh*t from 2018-10-03T10:00

If the Democrats retake the House, Rep. Hank Johnson will be the chair of a subcommittee that has subpoena power to continue the investigation of Kavanaugh. He explains his position on Kavanaugh...

American Dissident: Noam Chomsky on the State of the Empire from 2018-09-26T10:00

Famed dissident Noam Chomsky breaks down the Trump presidency; the defeat of the U.S. in Afghanistan; what he believes is a just position on Syria’s civil war; and the agenda of Vladimir Putin a...

Hurricane Colonialism from 2018-09-19T10:00

One year ago, Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, but U.S. colonialism prepared the ground for the deadly crisis. 

Journalist Juan González exposes how Wall Street, the bipartisan Washing...

Donald Trump, the Democrats and the Illusion of American Greatness from 2018-09-12T10:00

Constitutional law professor Zephyr Teachout is running to be the New York Attorney General, and has vowed to put Trump and his organization in her legal sights if she wins. She talks about why ...

Double Negative from 2018-07-25T10:00

Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen analyzes the fallout from the Trump-Putin summit, what Putin actually wants from Trump, and the indictment of 12 Russian GRU officers. The Intercept’s Micah...

A Message from Jeremy from 2018-07-18T10:00

We're off this week, but we'll be back with a new episode of Intercepted on July 25th.

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A Judicial Coup, the Carceral State, and the War Against Us All from 2018-07-11T10:00

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, 33, is running for governor of Michigan on a campaign of creating a single-payer health care system, raising the minimum wage to $15, legalizing marijuana, and a sweeping ove...

Intercepted Live from Brooklyn from 2018-06-27T10:00

Legendary reporter Seymour Hersh on what he thinks of Donald Trump, his analysis of the Trump/Russia story, and some wild stories from his new memoir, “Reporter.” ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt recounts...

Administration of Hate from 2018-06-20T10:00

The Intercept’s Ryan Devereaux talks about his recent reporting in the border state of Arizona and paints a harrowing picture of the human toll of family separations by ICE. Alice Speri lays out...

Kim Meets Trump from 2018-06-13T10:00

As TV pundits gasped at the sight of the North Korean and U.S. flags side by side and Trump treating Kim Jong-un as an “equal,” most Koreans supported the summit. UC Santa Cruz professor Christine ...

The Persecution of Reality Winner from 2018-06-06T10:00

 While Paul Manafort enjoyed the comforts of his Hamptons mansion on house arrest, Winner was denied bond, kept in a jail and has been subjected to a public smear campaign by Jeff Sessions’ Just...

White Fear from 2018-05-30T10:00

ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have become authoritarian shock forces, operating with impunity, ripping children from their parents’ arms, and enforcing the anti-immigrant edicts of Tru...

The Killing Machine from 2018-05-23T10:00

Journalist Allan Nairn analyzes Trump's rise to power, the agenda of the extremist Republican Party, and dissects the latest on the Trump/Russia investigation. Author and retired psychologist Dr. J...

War Crimes and Collective Punishment from 2018-05-16T10:00

Blacklisted academic Norman Finkelstein discusses his meticulous, scholarly documentation of the collective punishment of Gaza, “the largest concentration camp in the world.” The son of two Nazi...

Just Following Orders from 2018-05-09T10:00

As a bipartisan gaggle of spies and politicians lobby for Gina Haspel to become CIA director, we look at how after World War II, the U.S. and its allies prosecuted Japanese soldiers for waterboardi...

War Games from 2018-05-02T10:00

Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council confronts the lies and propaganda emanating from Israel and the White House on Iran and nuclear weapons. As Trump prepares his Nobel Peace Prize...

BONUS: Ralph Nader on Gina Haspel, John Bolton, Syria and the ‘decrepit’ Democratic Party from 2018-04-29T10:00

Ralph Nader is the best known public advocate in modern U.S. history, and has run for president four times. On this special episode of Intercepted, we are going to dig deep into several issues f...

The Haspel Ultimatum from 2018-04-25T10:00

Ralph Nader analyzes the state of the Democratic Party, the DNC lawsuit against Russia, and lays out the John Bolton threat. Whistleblower and Senate candidate Chelsea Manning talks about prison, c...

Evening at the Talk House (Part 3) from 2018-04-18T12:00

Intercepted presents "Evening at the Talk House", an original play by Wallace Shawn.  Part 3 of 3.  All it takes is complacency to enable the dirty work of an authoritarian regime.

Cast: J...

Evening at the Talk House (Part 2) from 2018-04-18T11:00

Intercepted presents "Evening at the Talk House", an original play by Wallace Shawn.  Part 2 of 3.  As drinks and hors d’oeuvres are consumed, small talk evolves into more sinister topics.

Evening at the Talk House (Part 1) from 2018-04-18T10:00

Intercepted presents "Evening at the Talk House", an original play by Wallace Shawn.  Part 1 of 3.  A group of writers and actors reunite to celebrate a collaboration from their past. But the wo...

A Nation Addicted to War from 2018-04-11T10:00

Historian Andrew Bacevich and Jeremy make the case against escalating U.S. military action in Syria even if Assad’s forces were behind the attack. The acclaimed novelist Arundhati Roy talks about h...

Injustice League from 2018-04-04T10:00

Yousef Mema, a 24-year-old nursing student in Gaza who witnessed the massacre, describes the killings and the aftermath and he has a message for U.S. lawmakers. Then, key narratives about the Orlan...

Donald Trump's 'Stache Infection from 2018-03-28T10:00

Famed women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred, who has a case against Trump that may result in her deposing the president, analyzes the legal battles ahead for the president. Former national security...

Presenting: Deconstructed with Mehdi Hasan from 2018-03-23T13:00

In the debut episode of The Intercept’s new podcast, Mehdi Hasan sits down with independent senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to discuss why the mainstream press ignores so m...

Legacy of Blood from 2018-03-21T10:00

Jeremy digs deep into the U.S. legacy in Iraq.  Mehdi Hasan, host of the new Intercept podcast "Deconstructed," talks about the commercial that 60 Minutes ran for the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bi...

The Lyin', the Rich and the Warmongers from 2018-03-14T10:00

The Intercept’s Matthew Cole and Jeremy analyze the major re-shuffle in Trumpland and what it means for the future of the planet. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who led the investigation of Erik Prince and B...

Covert History, Revolutionary Hip-Hop, and the Politics of Empire from 2018-03-07T11:00

This week we're taking a step back to look at the larger implications of the Trump administration. Rebel historian and professor Alfred McCoy breaks down the history of America's geopolitical maneu...

BONUS: Mat Johnson Talks "Incognegro," Guns, Black Panther, and Growing up in Philadelphia from 2018-03-04T13:00

In 1958, a Virginia couple, Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving, married in the District of Columbia. About four months after their marriage, the Virginia county they lived in issued a criminal ind...

White Supremacy and the Church of the Second Amendment from 2018-02-28T11:00

Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz argues that the Second Amendment is rooted in genocide, slave patrols and says it should be abolished. Artist Tanna Tucker and historian Nestor Castillo take us on an...

RussiaMania: Glenn Greenwald vs. James Risen from 2018-02-21T11:00

James Risen and Glenn Greenwald have both won Pulitzer prizes. They both have found themselves in the crosshairs of the U.S. government for their journalism. And they both write for The Intercept. ...

BONUS: The Laundering of American Empire from 2018-02-17T11:00

The Trump presidency is itself a provocation. But is he the most dangerous president ever? Is he really so outside the norm of the policies of his predecessors? The short answer, when it comes t...

America's Distribution of Violence from 2018-02-14T11:00

As Trump continues his obsession with the MS-13 street gang, The Intercept’s Alice Speri reports on how this “war on gangs” has given the green light for federal agents to target high school studen...

BONUS: Jim Risen Goes Inside the NSA’s Secret Channel to Russia from 2018-02-12T11:00

The legendary national security reporter James Risen has a fascinating new expose detailing how U.S. intelligence agencies opened a secret communications channel with Russian operatives, who were o...

Memo and Memoer from 2018-02-07T11:00

Former State Department official Peter van Buren and civil liberties advocate Julian Sanchez offer provocative analysis the Nunes memo. Academy Award winner Errol Morris and actor Peter Sarsgaard t...

BONUS: The NFL's Violent Ballet from 2018-02-01T11:00

This year in the National Football League, there have been 281 recorded concussions that players have suffered — spanning from the pre-season right up to the last playoff games. This weekend is ...

Hate of the Union from 2018-01-31T11:00

Naomi Klein and Jeremy analyze Trump’s threats toward North Korea, his Executive Order on Guantanamo and the attack on immigrants, the poor, and the environment. Veteran journalist Juan González di...

First They Came For the Immigrants from 2018-01-24T11:00

As Donald Trump forges ahead with his plans for mass deportations and Democrats flail in their response, Ninaj Roul and Yanira Arias describe the plight of hundreds of thousands of people in immine...

BONUS: Leading Marxist Scholar David Harvey on Trump, Wall Street and Debt Peonage from 2018-01-21T13:00

We live in a society that does not study its own history —  its unvarnished history — and often current events are analyzed in a vacuum that almost never includes the context or history necessary t...

White Mirror from 2018-01-17T11:00

Jeremy lays out the bloody US history in Haiti and El Salvador and blasts the bipartisan, selective amnesia and historical revisionism that “American exceptionalism” demands. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard dis...

BONUS: All The News Unfit to Print from 2018-01-03T11:00

James Risen is a legend in the world of investigative and national security journalism. As a reporter for the New York Times, Risen broke some of the most important stories of the post 9/11 era, fr...

Full Metal Jackass from 2017-12-13T11:00

Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean talks about the Mueller investigation, how the CIA may benefit from Trump’s presidency and how Trump stacks up to Nixon and Reagan. Pentagon Papers whistl...

Who's Afraid of the Alt-Deep State? from 2017-12-06T11:00

Matthew Cole joins Jeremy for a discussion about their explosive report in The Intercept that Blackwater founder Erik Prince has been pitching a private spy operation to the White House and CIA. Ac...

Very Bad Men from 2017-11-29T11:00

This week on Intercepted: Sen. Chris Murphy blasts the US government for its role in the destruction of Yemen. Jeremy tears apart Thomas Friedman’s gross love letter to the Saudi Crown Prince and t...

The Distraction in Chief from 2017-11-15T11:00

This week on Intercepted: Rami Khouri breaks down the Saudi agenda in the Middle East, its destruction of Yemen and the bizarre case of the exiled Lebanese prime minister. Aram Roston of Buzzfeed, ...

Say Hello to My Little Hands from 2017-11-08T11:00

This week on Intercepted: Rep. Ro Khanna calls for a complete end to all U.S. military assistance to Saudi Arabia and the  catastrophe in Yemen. The former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo, Col. Morr...

Criminal Indictments at Home, Secret Wars Abroad from 2017-11-01T10:00

This week on Intercepted: New York Times reporter Charlie Savage and former federal prosecutor Ken White of Popehat break down the recent indictment and plea deal and what it may mean for Trump. In...

Mike Pence is The Koch Brothers' Manchurian Candidate from 2017-10-25T10:00

This week on Intercepted: Investigative journalist Jane Mayer exposes the Koch Brother puppet masters behind Vice President Mike Pence’s rise to power and the ruthless pursuit of corporate profits ...

Canada is Racist Too from 2017-10-18T10:00

This week on Intercepted live from Toronto: A recent poll puts activist Desmond Cole in prime position to win the mayorship. We talk to him about Canada’s stop and frisk and how Cole would chang...

The White Stuff from 2017-10-11T10:00

Trump sent Mike Pence on a mission to protest black protesters at an NFL game. Acclaimed author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about Trump, Obama, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, the NFL an...

Guns Before Country from 2017-10-04T10:00

This week, Jeremy talks about the Coalition of the Killing — gun lobbyists, politicians and weapons manufacturers — the only beneficiaries of the massacre in Las Vegas. Alynda Segarra of the ban...

For Whom the Trump Trolls from 2017-09-27T10:00

This week on Intercepted, physicist David Wright from the Union of Concerned Scientists explains how easy it would be for Trump to launch a nuclear strike. Professor James Fernandez of NYU talks ab...

'Merican Psycho from 2017-09-20T10:00

Jeremy analyzes Trump’s belligerent UN speech and the massive military budget the Democrats just gave him. Journalist Gary Rivlin takes us deep inside the world of the Goldman Sachs executives now ...

The Super Bowl of Racism from 2017-09-13T10:00

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden discusses the massive Equifax data breach and allegations of Russian interference in the US election. Commentator Shaun King explains his call for a boycott of the ...

Atlas Golfed — U.S.-Backed Think Tanks Target Latin America from 2017-08-09T10:00

This week on Intercepted: Jeremy gives an update on the aftermath of Blackwater’s 2007 massacre of Iraqi civilians. Intercept reporter Lee Fang lays out how a network of libertarian think tanks cal...

Pyongyang and the White House Gang from 2017-08-02T10:00

News from the White House this week has been like a twisted mash up of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Macbeth, Project Runway and a Mr. Bean movie. Dime-store Sopranos reject Anthony Scaramucci was fire...

Glenn Greenwald on the New Cold War from 2017-07-26T10:00

With all the constant hype about Russia, you’d think we were living in a new Cold War. This week on Intercepted: Glenn Greenwald fills in for Jeremy Scahill, and we take a deep dive into the origin...

Veni, Vidi, Tweeti from 2017-07-19T10:00

Donald Trump enjoyed playing fireman and asking where the fire is. Hint: all around you, Mr. President. This week on Intercepted: the famed rebel academic, Alfred McCoy, whose book on narcotraffick...

Dumb, Dumber and Don Jr. from 2017-07-12T10:00

This week on Intercepted: Don Jr. is in the shit throne over a secret meeting he had with a Russian lawyer. Could this be, as many in the media are claiming, the smoking gun of Russia collusion? In...

The House of Trump from 2017-06-28T10:00

President Trump said when it comes to health insurance, he would cover everyone. He lied. Meanwhile the Crown Prince of America, Jared Kushner, and Mohammed Bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia...

Dispatch from the Dirtbag Left from 2017-06-21T10:00

While all eyes in Washington remain focused on the Russia investigation, a Republican firm forgot to secure its invasive personal data on 198 million American voters. This week on Intercepted: We s...

The Trump Mixtape — Dante’s Inferno meets Disco Inferno from 2017-06-14T10:00

Donald Trump has a great affinity for strongmen and for unquestioned loyalty of those who work for him. This week on Intercepted: Trump’s besties in Saudi Arabia convinced him that Qatar is the pre...

The Woman Democrats Love to Hate from 2017-06-07T10:00

The Green Party’s Jill Stein has been widely attacked by Democrats simply for running for president. Some blame her for Hillary Clinton’s loss. This week, Stein strikes back at her critics and reve...

There's Something About Jared from 2017-05-31T10:00

This week, the scandal spotlight shines on Trump’s influential (and strangely quiet) son-in-law. We talk to national security correspondent Spencer Ackerman of The Daily Beast about Jared Kushner’s...

Donald Trump and his League of Extraordinary Despots from 2017-05-24T10:00

This week, Donald Trump stood in a sea of tyrants and joined in a bizarre group petting of a glowing white orb. Professor As’ad AbuKhalil dissects Trump’s summit in Saudi Arabia and the role Trump’...

Donald and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Presidency from 2017-05-17T10:00

Donald Trump is spectacularly bad at being president. This week on Intercepted, investigative journalist Marcy Wheeler and The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald analyze the latest insanity emanating from...

James Comey, Chelsea Manning and the secrets America keeps from 2017-05-10T10:00

Donald Trump’s complicated relationship with FBI Director James Comey came to a shocking conclusion in Tuesday night’s episode of American shitshow. Glenn Greenwald analyzes Comey’s firing. Next we...

BONUS: Jeremy talks Milo on Politically Re-Active from 2017-05-03T10:00

We're still a week away from the beginning of season two, but here's a taster of Jeremy's interview on our sister podcast, Politically Re-Active. Jeremy clears the air on his cancelled appearance o...

Wikileaks vs the CIA from 2017-04-19T10:00

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hits back at Trump’s CIA director Mike Pompeo after Pompeo accused Wikileaks of being a “hostile non-state intelligence agency.” In a wide-ranging interview, Assang...

The Emperor’s New Cruise Missiles from 2017-04-12T10:00

Nothing brings warmongers, hawks and elites from both parties closer than a cruise missile strike. This week’s Intercepted will piss off Assad supporters and the Democrats and Republicans fawning o...

Trump's Secret Prince from 2017-04-05T10:00

Erik Prince—the most infamous mercenary in modern U.S. history—is Trump’s secret emissary. This week, an exclusive interview with Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who has fought a decades-long battle agains...

Trump Declares War on the Planet from 2017-03-29T10:00

Donald Trump officially rejects climate change and unofficially declares war on planet Earth. Naomi Klein takes us on a terrifying journey into Trump’s real life version of The Purge. Boots Riley o...

Could Trump Start World War III? from 2017-03-22T10:00

Donald Trump has not started any new wars… yet. But his administration is pouring gasoline on several initiated by his predecessors. This week on Intercepted: US forces are deploying in Syria, as d...

Snowden vs. Trump from 2017-03-15T10:00

This week, Intercepted is live from the SXSW Festival in Austin. Edward Snowden joins us via video feed from Moscow. He discusses Trump’s allegations of Obama’s wiretapping, analyzes some of the CI...

Ready to Lie from 2017-03-08T11:00

The Notorious B.I.G. famously alleged that federal agents were mad because he was flagrant. Trump also believes he has beef with the Feds, accusing Obama of tapping his phones. The Intercept’s Matt...

Donald in Wonderland from 2017-03-01T11:00

Ex-CIA analyst Nada Bakos and former FBI agent Clint Watts explain how Trump’s administration could use “alternative intelligence” to justify dangerous military actions. Shane Bauer of Mother Jones...

The Undisciplined Authoritarian from 2017-02-22T11:00

New York Times investigative reporter James Risen breaks down Trump’s declaration that journalists are the enemy and analyzes Trump’s royal court. ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio and former New England ...

We Are All in Trump’s Hunger Games Now from 2017-02-15T11:00

The first contestant in Donald Trump’s reality administration has left the West Wing. This week, Glenn Greenwald offers some provocative pushback on the Russia fear-mongering surrounding Gen. Micha...

Trump's Cabinet of Killers and Why Orange is the New Anti-Black from 2017-02-08T11:00

This week, investigative reporter Allan Nairn breaks down Trump's relationship with the CIA and the killer assembly of neocons and right-wing conspiracists running the U.S. war machine. Princeton p...

Trump Week Two: The Rise of Chief Yookeroo from 2017-02-01T11:00

Donald Trump is signing executive orders like autographed pictures. This week on Intercepted: Two former senior FBI agents blast the “Muslim ban” and Trump’s campaign to make torture great again. C...

The Clock Strikes Thirteen, Donald Trump is President from 2017-01-25T11:00

The clock struck thirteen on January 20, Donald Trump is the president of the United States and episode one of Intercepted is here. Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald and editor-in-chief Betsy Re...

Introducing Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill from 2017-01-13T18:38

Hear a preview of Intercepted, a new podcast coming January 25 from the people behind the fearless, adversarial journalism of The Intercept. Every week, host Jeremy Scahill will discuss the crucial...