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3235 - The Trial Of The Century Is A Secret No More w/ Luke Goldstein from 2023-12-12T21:39
It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam and Emma speak with Luke Goldstein, writing fellow at Listen
3234 - How UAW Plans To Expand Unionization; US Vetoes Ceasefire In Gaza w/ Mindy Isser from 2023-12-11T21:52
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with writer and labor organizer Listen
3233 - Trump/GOP Flaunt Authoritarian Intent w/ Alex Pareene&Francesca Fiorentini from 2023-12-08T22:58
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Alex Pareene, contributing editor at the Listen
3232 - Vanquishing ‘Big Tech’ For Good; Mass Atrocities In Sudan w/ Cory Doctorow, Raga Makawi from 2023-12-07T21:22
3231 - The Cases That Could Sink Taxation, Financial Regulations,&More w/ Ian Millhiser from 2023-12-06T21:37
It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Ian Millhiser Listen
3230 - Israel's Civilian/Militant Kill Ratio Brag&Impeachment's Latest Flop from 2023-12-05T20:23
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel expanding their invasion to Southern Gaza, US funding for Israe...
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3229 - NYC Cop To Whistleblower On Police Reform w/ Edwin Raymond from 2023-12-04T21:47
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Listen
3228 - Origins Of The Squad; Santos Ejected; Brewing Republican Unrest w/ Ryan Grim&Matthew Film Guy from 2023-12-01T21:47
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief at Listen
3227 - KISSINGER FINALLY CROAKS; Cold War Renewed In Greenland w/ Tim Shorrock, Adam Federman from 2023-11-30T22:10
It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma speaks with writer Tim Shorrock to di...
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3226 - Hunter Biden Calls GOP Bluff&Oil-Soaked COP28 w/ Kate Aronoff from 2023-11-29T21:56
It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with Kate Aronoff, staff writer foc...
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3225 - Bibi Brags About Owning Biden; End Of The Wealth Tax? from 2023-11-28T22:16
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. After a reflection on Sam's birthday (today!) and the anniversary of Mike Cernovich's attempted cancellation of S...
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3224 - Navigating The "Mirror World" w/ Naomi Klein from 2023-11-27T22:08
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Naomi Klein, professor ...
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3223 - The Palestine Laboratory; Red Nation Rising; Insurgent Democracy w/ Antony Loewenstein, Nick Estes,&Michael Lansing from 2023-11-24T20:58
It's Casual Black Friday! The MR Crew is off today, so they're going back to the archives and bringing you some throwback interviews! First, Emma spoke to independent journalist Listen
3222 - ‘Moms For Liberty’ Crumbling; OpenAI Drama Explained w/ Randi Weingarten, Jacob Silverman from 2023-11-22T21:55
Happy Hump Day! Emma speaks with Randi Weingarten,...
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3221 - Builders of Al Shifa Tunnel, What's Next For Argentina, and Latest Voting Rights Attack w/ Jacob Sugarman from 2023-11-21T22:43
It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam and Emma speak with Jacob ...
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3220 - Beyond Zionism w/ Jonathan Graubart from 2023-11-21T00:55
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Jonathan Graubart, professor of political science at San Die...
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3219 - No Daylight Between Trump&GOP Agenda w/ Heather Digby Parton from 2023-11-17T22:32
It's Casual Friday! Sam is joined by Heather Digby Parton, contri...
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3218 - MR BOYS FUN HALF! from 2023-11-16T22:12
LINK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYMIi5WQw6w&ab_channel=TheMajorityReportw%2FSam...
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3217 - The SCOTUS Fixer&SAG-AFTRA Dissent w/ Andy Kroll, Shaan Sharma from 2023-11-15T22:23
It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Andy Kroll, reporter at ...
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3216 - Shutdown Follies, Ethics Fiction, Project 2025; Gaza Update from 2023-11-14T21:49
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the GOP’s impending government shutdown, the siege of Al-Shifa hospita...
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3215 - Why It's Time To Break Up With Capitalism w/ Malaika Jabali from 2023-11-13T22:20
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Malaika Jabali, senio...
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3214 - Is Biden Tearing The Democratic Coalition Apart? w/ Jeet Heer from 2023-11-10T22:39
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Jeet Heer...
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3213 - Pro-Palestine Voices Censored; Afghan Refugee Crisis Grows w/ Alex Kane, Shah Meer Baloch from 2023-11-09T22:13
It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Alex Kane, senior staff reporter at Listen
3212 - Election Wins, Portland Teachers Strike w/ Aaron Kleinman&Brittany Dorris from 2023-11-08T21:31
It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with Aaron Kleinman, director of research for the Listen
3211 - Election Day, Start Of Gaza Occupation,&Our Theocrat Of The House from 2023-11-07T22:58
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s continued ethnic cleansing of Gaza, protests at US ports to s...
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3210 - The Religious Origins of White Supremacy w/ Robert P. Jones from 2023-11-06T22:02
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Robert P. Jones, President and Founder of the Listen
3209 - A Move To Ceasefire?;&SBF Goes Down w/ Jacob Silverman from 2023-11-03T20:47
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Jacob Silverman, co-author of the book ...
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3208 - Biden Calls For ‘Pause’ In Gaza; History Of The Black Working Class w/ Blair LM Kelley from 2023-11-02T21:38
It's another EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Blair LM Kelley, director of ...
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3207 - UAW And The New Era Of Labor Empowerment w/ Jane McAlevey from 2023-11-01T21:02
It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with author and labor organizer Jane McAlevey about the UAW's recent progres...
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3206 - Abortion, Voting Rights&More on The Ballot in A Week w/ Daniel Nichanian from 2023-10-31T21:17
Happy Halloween & News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Listen
3205 - How Luddites Showed Us The Politics Of Machinery w/ Brian Merchant from 2023-10-30T21:18
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Listen
3204 - How AIPAC Disciplines&A Theocrat Speaks For Congress w/ Ryan Grim from 2023-10-27T22:10
It's Casual Friday! Sam is BACK from jury duty! He speaks with Listen
3203 - New Speaker Mike Johnson’s Extremism; Uber’s Urban Capture w/ Alex Sammon, Katie J. Wells from 2023-10-26T20:59
It's another EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Katie J. Wells, postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, to discuss her recent book
3202 - The Grenada Revolution; NJ Nurses Strike w/ Bhaskar Sunkara, Sophia Moccio, Aaron Habrack from 2023-10-25T21:17
It's Hump Day! Emma speaks with Sophia Moccio and Aaron Habrack, ICU nurses at the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to discuss the recent developments in their
3201 - Ceasefire NOW; THIRD Trump Lawyer Flips; Argentina Elections w/ Jacob Sugarman from 2023-10-24T21:19
It's News Tuesday! But first, Emma speaks with Listen
2822 - What It Takes To Fight The Boss And Win&Ohio's 11th Race Heats Up w/ Daisy Pitkin&Brianna Wu from 2022-04-20T21:28:48
Emma hosts Listen
2821 - A "Half-Earth" Plan To Save The Planet w/ Drew Pendergrass&Troy Vettese from 2022-04-19T20:22:29
Emma hosts Listen
2820 - Abolition Feminism: A Call To Action w/ Gina Dent from 2022-04-18T20:19:55
Emma hosts Listen
2819 - Greg Abbott's Fraudulent Texas Two-Step, And Boomer Lives! w/ David Griscom&Sam from 2022-04-15T23:21:27
It's Casual Friday! Emma hosts Listen
2818 - Labor Action Sweeps The Nation&A Way To Ending US Wars w/ Alex Press&Daniel Bessner from 2022-04-14T21:00:16
Emma hosts Listen
2817 - The War On Women Beyond Roe w/ Sara Matthiesen from 2022-04-13T20:59:07
Emma hosts Listen
2816 - Le Pen-Macron Face Off Again&L.A. Scams Black Entrepreneurs w/ Cole Stangler&Amanda Chicago Lewis from 2022-04-12T20:35:28
Emma hosts journalist Listen
2815 - When The U.S. Government Stopped Caring w/ Elizabeth Popp Berman from 2022-04-11T21:14:32
Emma hosts Listen
2814 - Casual Friday w/ Pascal Robert from 2022-04-08T21:07:27
2813 - The Liberalism "Revolution"&The "End" Of History w/ Luke Savage&Rana Abdelhamid from 2022-04-07T21:05:01
Emma hosts Listen
2812 - Coal Baron Blockade&A Crude History of Palm Oil w/ Jonathan Robins&Warren Hilsbos from 2022-04-06T20:38:25
Sam and Emma host Listen
2811 - Amazon's Union Busting In App Form w/ Ken Klippenstein from 2022-04-05T21:13:40
Emma hosts Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter at Listen
2810 - How Presidents Lie Us Into War w/ John Schuessler from 2022-04-04T20:04:38
Sam and Emma host Listen
2809 - April Fool's Day! w/ Ryan Grim from 2022-04-01T19:48:56
Sam and Emma host Listen
2808 - What Reality TV Says About Society's Rot w/ Danielle Lindemann&Alexandra Hunt from 2022-03-31T21:11:25
Emma hosts Listen
2807 - The Republican Rallying Cry Behind "Save The Children" w/ Paul Renfro from 2022-03-30T21:40:13
Sam and Emma host Listen
2806 - Manchin-Sized Corruption, Biden's Wealth Tax Gambit,&More from 2022-03-29T20:34:57
Sam and Emma break down a crazy weekend in news, from Biden's EuroTrip to KBJ's confirmation process, labor to COVID, the courts and more! They begin with Ron DeSantis’s official signing of the ...
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2805 - Pharmaceuticals Steal Our Wealth And Health For Their Profits w/ Alexander Zaitchik from 2022-03-28T20:38:54
Sam and Emma host freelance journalist Listen
2804 - Supreme Court Hearings, Devastating Cases, and QAnon Wives w/ Ian Millhiser&Judy Gold from 2022-03-25T20:40:13
2803 - The Collapse of Venezuela w/ William Neuman&Summer Lee from 2022-03-24T20:31:45
Emma hosts journalist Listen
2802 - The Golden Era of Crypto Scams w/ Jacob Silverman from 2022-03-23T20:49:45
Sam and Emma host Listen
2801 - KBJ Hearing Reveals Republican Birth Control Agenda, Financial Sanctions Decimate Afghan Children from 2022-03-22T20:25:05
Sam and Emma break down a big weekend in news, from the SCOTUS confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, from labor to COVID and more! They begin...
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2800 - Jim Crow&Class w/ Adolph Reed; , The GOP Q Attack On KBJ from 2022-03-21T20:48:02
Sam and Emma host Listen
2799 - Pelosi's New Shield&Open-Minded Conservatives w/ Alex Pareene&Andy Kindler from 2022-03-18T21:52:24
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, Contributing Editor at the New Republic and proprietor of the AP newsletter on Substack, to round up the week in news. Then, Sam and Emma are joi...
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2798 - The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League w/ Britni de la Cretaz&Lyndsey D'Arcangelo from 2022-03-17T21:17:29
Emma hosts writer Listen
2797 - Class, Culture,&Capitalism w/ Vivek Chibber from 2022-03-16T20:25:56
Sam and Emma host Listen
2796 - Manchin Places EXXon On Biden Fed Nominee, CIA Torture As "Teaching Tool", While Talks And Fighting Continue In Ukraine from 2022-03-15T20:51:19
Sam and Emma (freshly back from vacation!) break down a huge weekend in news, from the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the courts to labor and COVID, and more! Sam and Emma begin by reflecting...
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2795 - Back From On The Ground In Ukraine, And The Corruption Of SEAL Team 6 w/ Matthew Cole&Jack Crosbie from 2022-03-14T21:28:34
Sam hosts Listen
2794-COVID Wished Away, The Republican Culture War, and Are Birds Real? w/ Heather Digby Parton and Peter McIndoe from 2022-03-11T20:38:34
It's Casual Friday! Sam hosts Listen
2793-Why People Believe The Earth Is Flat w/ Kelly Weill from 2022-03-10T21:13:58
Sam hosts Listen
2792- Our "Accidents", Their Profits w/ Jessie Singer from 2022-03-09T20:39:14
2791-America's Housing Scam w/ Andrew Ross from 2022-03-08T20:05:36
Emma hosts Listen
2790-Refugee Crisis Turns Catastrophe In Ukraine w/ Kimberly St. Julian Varnon from 2022-03-07T20:26:45
Sam and Emma host Listen
2789-3/4 Biden Signals Attack On The "Wokes" w/ Perry Bacon Jr., John Hodgman&David Rees from 2022-03-04T20:50:24
2788-IKEA Wreaks Havoc On Natural World w/ Alex Sammon from 2022-03-03T20:31:51
Emma hosts Listen
2787 - Biden's Reagan Impression At SOTU w/ David Dayen from 2022-03-02T20:16:38
Sam and Emma host Listen
2786 - The War-Hawks Fly In w/ Matt Duss from 2022-03-01T21:42:16
Sam and Emma host Listen
2785 - Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson? w/ Wilfred Codrington from 2022-02-28T22:24:13
Sam and Emma host Wilfred Codrington, Assistant Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, to discuss President Biden's recent n...
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2784 - Putin's Invasion of Ukraine Continues w/ Derek Davison, Luke Savage,&Jayar Jackson from 2022-02-25T22:02:21
It's Casual Friday! Emma hosts Listen
2783 - The "Spoils" of War w/ Andrew Cockburn&Ken Klippenstein from 2022-02-24T22:38:30
Emma hosts Listen
2782 - Who Needs The Electoral College? w/ Alex Keyssar from 2022-02-23T22:55:23
Emma hosts Listen
2781 - Climate Change Decimating Prisons And Russia's First Step Into Ukraine w/ Alleen Brown&Jack Crosbie from 2022-02-22T21:12:45
Emma hosts Listen
2780 - Democracy On Life Support Without Black Activism w/ Deva Woodly from 2022-02-21T21:32:19
Emma hosts Listen
2779 - Biden "Cucked" By Afghanistan And Dems Too "COVID-y": Are We At The End? w/ Ben Burgis&Jena Friedman from 2022-02-19T05:29:34
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Ben Burgis, columnist at Jacobin, host of Give Them An Argumen...
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2778 - "E-Carceration" Trapping Prisoners w/ James Kilgore from 2022-02-17T22:18:41
Emma hosts Listen
2777 - The Fed Broke The Economy w/ Christopher Leonard from 2022-02-16T21:25:23
Sam hosts investigative journalist Listen
2776 - Trump's Accountants Kick Him to the Curb from 2022-02-15T21:15:56
Sam and Emma break down some of the biggest stories from the weekend in news, from the ongoing situation in Ukraine to labor, the courts, COVID, and more! Beginning with updates on the Ukrainian...
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2775 - The De-Stabilization Of The World Through Commodities w/ Rupert Russell from 2022-02-14T21:06:51
Sam and Emma host writer and filmmaker Listen
2774 - The GOP Fracture Over Jan. 6th And Biden Botching Afghanistan Again w/ Heather Digby Parton and Matthew Film Guy from 2022-02-11T22:10:02
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2773 - The Forgotten Voices of the War On Drugs w/ Travis Lupick and Jessica Cisneros from 2022-02-10T22:45:02
2772 - The Role of Violence in Social Change w/ Kellie Carter Jackson from 2022-02-09T21:52:52
Sam and Emma host Listen
2771 - The Next Supreme Court Justice&The Atrocities In Yemen w/ Mark Joseph Stern&Dr. Annelle Sheline from 2022-02-08T22:06:20
Sam and Emma host Listen
2770 - "How Are We Gonna Pay For It?" And Other Dumb Questions w/ Ryan Cooper from 2022-02-07T21:05:25
Sam and Emma host Listen
2769 - Is Joe Biden Naive Or Collaborating With The GOP? w/ Sen. Nina Turner, Ben Dixon and David Cross from 2022-02-04T22:06:05
Sam and Emma are joined by Listen
2768 - Boeing, And The Deadliness Of Shareholder Capitalism w/ Peter Robison from 2022-02-03T22:54:04
Emma hosts Listen
2767 - The Real History of Black, Indigenous People In The U.S. w/ Kyle T. Mays from 2022-02-02T21:06:56
Sam and Emma host Listen
2766 - Neoliberalism Broke Our Supply Chain w/ David Dayen from 2022-02-01T22:09:28
Sam and Emma host Listen
2765 - The "Gangsters" That Made American Empire w/ Jonathan M. Katz from 2022-01-31T21:40:51
Sam and Emma host journalist Listen
2764 - Stephen Breyer's Delusion of Democracy w/ Alex Pareene from 2022-01-28T21:54:06
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2763 - Holding The Crooks Behind The COVID Response Accountable w/ John Nichols from 2022-01-27T21:32:06
Emma hosts Listen
2762 - Where The Real Fight Against Authoritarianism Is w/ David Pepper from 2022-01-26T22:29:55
Sam and Emma host Listen
2762 - Will The Standoff With Russia Over Ukraine Turn Hot? And Is There Anything To Heat Up In The Senate? from 2022-01-25T21:34:52
Sam and Emma break down all the big news from the past few days, from the rapidly developing situation in Ukraine, to COVID, labor, the courts, and more! Sam and Emma begin by diving into the “m...
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2761 - The Real Criminals Who Criminalize Poverty w/ Tony Messenger from 2022-01-24T22:23:28
Sam and Emma host Listen
2760 -The Russia-Ukraine Conflict Comes To A Boil As President Manchin Holds The Key To "BBB" w/ Stephen Wertheim, Rep. Ilhan Omar, & David Feldman from 2022-01-21T21:16:47
It is a jam-packed Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2759 - The Fraud Of "White Feminism" w/ Kyla Schuller from 2022-01-20T21:31:27
Emma hosts Listen
2758 - When Men Accidentally Become Gods w/ Anna Della Subin from 2022-01-19T21:56:05
Sam and Emma Listen
2757 - The New "Southern Strategy" w/ Angie Maxwell from 2022-01-18T22:11:48
Sam and Emma host Listen
2756 - The Martin Luther King Jr. Memory and Legacy in 2021 w/ Gerald Horne from 2022-01-17T22:11:22
Happy MLK Day! Sam chats with Gerald Horne, professor of history and African American studies at the University of Hous...
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2755 - SCOTUS Blocks Vaccine Mandate As Government Essentially Ceases To Govern w/ Heather Digby Parton & Francesca Fiorentini from 2022-01-14T21:41:58
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2754 - The Case Against Compromise w/ Rachel Greenwald-Smith from 2022-01-13T22:30:42
Emma hosts Listen
2753 - Juul Up In Smoke And The Rise And Fall Of Omicron w/ Jamie Ducharme & Dr. MarkAlain Dery from 2022-01-12T21:07:59
Sam and Emma host Listen
2752 - Biden Marches To Atlanta To Nix The Filibuster, Gets Stood Up By Activists from 2022-01-11T22:12:18
Sam and Emma break down news from the weekend, from developments on COVID to the courts, the Jan 6th commission to labor, and more! They begin by reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the first ...
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2751 - Abolishing the American Caste System w/ Sheryll Cashin from 2022-01-10T21:29:29
Sam and Emma host Listen
2750 - Will The Country Just Accept Minority Rule Forever? w/ Osita Nwanevu & Judy Gold from 2022-01-07T20:56:19
It's Casual Friday! Sam hosts Osita Nwanevu, contributing ed...
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2749 - Why The Democrats Still Don't Understand "Party Politics" w/ Adam Hilton from 2022-01-06T21:27:25
Sam hosts Listen
2748 - The Fight To Defeat Privatization w/ Donald Cohen from 2022-01-05T21:10:25
Sam hosts Listen
2747 - January 6th And The “Modern Jihad” w/ Suzanne Schneider from 2022-01-04T20:34:47
Sam hosts Listen
2746 - 2022: How Badly Can This Year Go For Biden, Dems? from 2022-01-03T20:25:11
Happy 2022! Sam is back from a well-deserved break as he and Matt catch up on the big developments in the news that happened over Christmas and the New Year. They walk through the overwhelming s...
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Best Of 2021: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy & Behind the 'Blue Wall of Silence' with the D.C. Police w/ Adam Jentleson, Rosa Brooks, & David Feldman from 2021-12-31T21:39:03
In the jam-packed FINAL day of the Best Of 2021: Sam hosts Adam Jentleson, former advisor to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, to discuss his new bo...
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Best of 2021: Biden's False Pledge for "Decency" in Immigration Policy w/ Congresswoman Ilhan Omar & Ben Gleib from 2021-12-30T21:38:17
Sam and Emma host Listen
Best of 2021: Haiti, Neocolonialism, and the Moïse Assassination w/ Pascal Robert from 2021-12-29T22:58:59
In today's Best of 2021: Sam and Emma host Pascal Robert of the This is Revolution p...
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Best Of 2021: The Legacies of Slavery Hidden in Plain Sight & America's Long Journey to Recognizing Juneteenth w/ Clint Smith, Annette Gordon-Reed & Jason Myles from 2021-12-29T00:04:13
In today's jam-packed Best of 2021: Sam and Emma host author Clint Smith, staff writer at...
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Best of 2021: How 9/11 Permanently Changed American National Security w/ Russ Feingold & David Feldman from 2021-12-27T21:49:29
In today's best of 2021: Sam hosts Russ Feingold, President of the American Constitution So...
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2741 - Has Biden Actually Done Anything In BBB Negotiations? w/ Alex Pareene & Matthew Film Guy from 2021-12-17T22:22:12
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2740 - The U.S. Right-Wing Paranoia We're Stuck With w/ Ted H. Miller from 2021-12-16T22:21:09
Emma hosts Listen
2739 - What You Need To Know For Your Future w/ James W. Russell from 2021-12-15T22:17:08
Sam hosts Listen
2738 - The Jan. 6th Fox News Text Chain With Meadows And Hasan Piker On A Cracker w/ Hasan Piker from 2021-12-14T22:16
Sam breaks down what's to come in the week in news, from the continuing Build Back Better negotiations to updates on the court, labor, COVID and more! Sam is then joined by newly Twitch-banned <...
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2737 - The Myth of the "Good War" w/ Elizabeth Samet from 2021-12-13T22:04:37
Sam and Emma host Listen
2736 - What Is The Endgame Of The January 6th Commission? w/ Heather Digby Parton & Andy Kindler from 2021-12-10T22:33
2735 - The New American Aristocracy w/ Matthew Stewart from 2021-12-09T22:19:34
Emma hosts philosopher and historian Listen
2734 - American Capitalism In 4 Different Ages w/ Jonathan Levy from 2021-12-08T21:55:48
Sam and Emma host Listen
2733 - The Mass Work Exodus And Lina Khan's First Big Stand At The FTC w/ David Dayen from 2021-12-07T22:12:39
Sam and Emma host Listen
2732 - How And Why Generations Of Women Have Struggled To Balance Work And Family w/ Claudia Goldin from 2021-12-06T21:27:59
Sam and Emma host Listen
2731 - Will The 6-3 SCOTUS Finally Gut Roe? w/ Natalie Shure from 2021-12-03T21:53:57
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2730 - How The Rich Rigged Our Tax Code With "Opportunity Zones" w/ David Wessel from 2021-12-02T22:06:34
Emma hosts Listen
2729 - The Ideas Behind "Participatory Economics" w/ Michael Albert from 2021-12-01T21:50:59
Sam and Emma host economist Listen
2728 - A Dramatic New Understanding of Human History w/ David Wengrow from 2021-11-30T21:29:55
Sam and Emma host Listen
2727 - The Post-Thanksgiving Push Towards The Debt Cliff (Again) And A Government Shutdown This Friday from 2021-11-29T22:04:29
Sam and Emma catch up on the big Thanksgiving weekend's worth of news! They begin by looking forwards, running through what we might see in the upcoming Senate session, before Sam reflects on th...
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2726 - Return the National Parks To Indigenous People & The Steven Donzinger Case w/ David Treuer & James North from 2021-11-26T19:08:42
Sam sits down with Ojibwe author and historian Listen
2725 - The Campaigns Against the Post Office and American Democracy w/ Christopher W. Shaw from 2021-11-24T21:01:35
Sam sits down with historian Listen
2724 - How To Explain The Explosive Growth Of School Vouchers In The U.S. w/ Ursula Hackett from 2021-11-23T20:34:10
Emma hosts Listen
2723 - Violence and Truth After Emancipation w/ William A. Blair from 2021-11-22T21:14:30
Sam hosts Listen
2722 - What Jordan Peterson Gets Wrong About "Structural Racism" w/ Jamelle Bouie, Jamie Peck & Jorge Rocha from 2021-11-19T22:25:45
Sam hosts Listen
2721 - The Next Stages of the Opioid Epidemic w/ Sam Quinones from 2021-11-18T22:12:07
Emma hosts journalist Listen
2720 - The Importance of Insects to Our Survival w/ Dave Goulson from 2021-11-17T22:10:40
Sam and Emma host Listen
2719 - CBO Score Purgatory from 2021-11-16T22:41:53
Sam and Emma break down what's to come in the week in news, from the reconciliation negotiations on the Hill, to updates on labor, the courts, and climate. They begin by covering the...
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2718 - Cold War Defense Spending and How It Transformed Politics w/ Michael Brenes from 2021-11-15T21:39:43
Sam and Emma host Listen
2717 - Casual Friday w/ Heather Digby Parton & David Roth from 2021-11-13T00:03:55
2716 - Inflation, Gas Prices, And A Green Transition w/ Ryan Cooper from 2021-11-11T22:20:43
Emma hosts Ryan Cooper, national correspondent for The Week, to discuss his recent piece
2715 - Monsanto And Our Food Future w/ Bart Elmore from 2021-11-10T22:22:50
Sam and Emma host Listen
2714 - The Most Important Election Results You Missed From Last Week w/ Daniel Nichanian from 2021-11-09T21:43:44
Sam and Emma host Listen
2713 - A Call To Action For A Shorter Work Week w/ Dr. Will Stronge from 2021-11-08T21:27:48
Sam and Emma host Listen
2712 - Elite Wokeness Fixation & Schrodinger's MAGA w/ Alex Pareene & Film Guy Matthew from 2021-11-05T20:37:46
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene and Film Guy Matthew this casual Friday.
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, contributing editor at The New Republic and...
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2711 - The Ways In Which War Has Influenced Human Society w/ Margaret MacMillan from 2021-11-04T21:36:55
Emma hosts Listen
2710 - The NJ and VA Election Results: What Do They Mean For The Midterms? from 2021-11-03T20:29:23
Sam and Emma break down a big week in news as election results come in from Tuesday's big races in New Jersey and Virginia!
Sam and Emma break down a big week in news as election results ...
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2709 - Race And Freedom in France and the U.S. w/ Tyler Edward Stovall from 2021-11-02T20:32:34
Sam and Emma host Listen
2708 - Shipping: The Engine Of Global Capitalism w/ Laleh Khalili from 2021-11-01T20:58:38
Sam and Emma host Listen
2707 - What's “in” with Infrastructure & A Decade of Democratic Meltdown w/ David Dayen & David Sirota from 2021-10-29T21:01:58
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2706 - Why The New Deal Matters Today w/ Eric Rauchway from 2021-10-28T21:04:51
Emma hosts Listen
2705 - Can The Democrats Strike A Deal On Reconciliation Before Halloween, Biden Leaves Town? from 2021-10-27T21:30:53
Sam and Emma take stock of a big last few days in news, from reconciliation negotiations to the courts, immigration to labor, and more! After giving a little foreshadowing to the discussion on t...
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2704 - Decades-Old Myths Of The "War On Drugs", And How They Shape Our Perception Of Mexico w/ Benjamin T. Smith from 2021-10-26T20:52:25
Sam and Emma host Listen
2703 - The Intricate Ties Between Fast Food And Black America w/ Marcia Chatelain from 2021-10-25T21:29:43
Sam sits down with Listen
2702 - The Staying Power of Biden's Policy Agenda, Critical Race Theory With Voters In The Off-Year Elections And Beyond w/ Dave Weigel & Jason Myles from 2021-10-22T23:02:55
It's casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Dave Weigel, national political correspondent for the Washington Post, as they...
Listen
2701 - The Capitalist Roots of Poor Health w/ Rupa Marya from 2021-10-21T21:19:33
Emma hosts Listen
2700 - How Detention Became The Centerpiece Of U.S. Immigration Policy w/ Carl Lindskoog from 2021-10-20T20:47:59
Sam and Emma host Listen
2699 - Artificial Intelligence: The Technology of Extraction w/ Kate Crawford from 2021-10-19T22:33:10
Sam and Emma host Listen
2698 - The Homeschooling Movement and Its Quest To Shrink The Public Sector w/ Heath Brown from 2021-10-18T21:01:31
Sam and Emma host Listen
2697 - Biden's False Pledge for "Decency" in Immigration Policy w/ Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, David McMahon, Fae Weichsel & Ben Gleib from 2021-10-15T20:34:06
2696 - #NoDAPL: One Of The Most Crucial Human Rights Actions Of Our Time w/ Katherine Todrys from 2021-10-14T21:28:49
Emma hosts human rights lawyer Listen
2695 - The Stories Of The Workers Who Perform Society's Most Ethically Troubling Jobs w/ Eyal Press from 2021-10-13T21:10:08
Sam and Emma host New Yorker contributor Listen
2694 - Fannie Lou Hamer And The Trail She Blazed For The Activists Of Today w/ Keisha Blain from 2021-10-12T21:18:57
Sam and Emma host Listen
2693 - The Myth Of A "Nation Of Immigrants" w/ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz from 2021-10-11T21:00:02
Sam and Emma host historian Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, to discuss her...
Listen
2692 - What Chuck Schumer Won't Get About McConnell's GOP: Shamelessness Is Their Superpower w/ Heather Digby Parton & Judy Gold from 2021-10-08T20:38:53
It's Casual Friday! Sam hosts Listen
2691 - How The 2008 Financial Crash Ended "The End of History" w/ Alex Hochuli from 2021-10-07T21:56:26
Emma hosts writer Listen
2690 - The New SCOTUS Term: What's On The Docket, Shadow Or Otherwise from 2021-10-06T21:33:54
Sam and Emma host Listen
2689 - What Upcoming Elections In Virginia Foretell For The Midterms w/ Aaron Kleinman from 2021-10-05T21:00:14
Sam and Emma host Listen
2688 - Peter Thiel's Cult Of Personality And The Introduction Of A Postal Banking Pilot Program w/ Max Chafkin & David Dayen from 2021-10-04T21:13:11
Sam and Emma host Max Chafkin, features editor and writer at Listen
2687 - The Insanity Of Psychoanalyzing Kyrsten Sinema To Determine The Fate Of Reconciliation w/ Ryan Grim & David Feldman from 2021-10-02T03:40
It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2686 - A New Vision Of Feminism That De-Centers Whiteness w/ Rafia Zakaria from 2021-09-30T21:07:24
Emma hosts Listen
2685 - Climate Change: An Idea of the Past, Present, and Future w/ Mike Hulme from 2021-09-29T20:56:15
Sam and Emma host Mike Hulme, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Cambridge, to discuss his recent book Listen
2684 - Pelosi Backs Off Two-Track Strategy: How Will The Progressive Caucus Respond? from 2021-09-28T20:48:37
Sam and Emma are on Shutdown Watch today. They tackle the week ahead in Congressional negotiations and gridlock, as we hurtle towards the potential scuttling of Biden's agenda and looming financ...
Listen
2683 - The Complex Ties Between The United States and Cuba w/ Ada Ferrer from 2021-09-27T20:58:52
Sam and Emma host Listen
2682 - The Reconciliation Fight: Did Biden Really Learn From Obama's Mistakes? w/ Alex Pareene & Andy Kindler from 2021-09-24T20:19:42
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2681 - A #MeToo For The Future: Justice & Due Process w/ Alexandra Brodsky from 2021-09-23T20:17:15
Emma hosts Listen
2680 - American Capitalism and the Exploitation of Immigrants w/ Daniel Melo from 2021-09-22T21:06:36
Sam and Emma host public sector immigration lawyer Listen
2679 - The Standoff Congressional Dems Face w/ Reconciliation, Infrastructure from 2021-09-21T21:00:56
Sam and Emma tackle a huge last week in news, as well as what's coming down the pike in Congress, the courts, and more. They also speak with Listen
2678 - The Fanatic Language Of Cults w/ Amanda Montell from 2021-09-20T20:16:05
Sam and Emma host Listen
2677 - 10 Years On From Occupy Wall Street: A Pivot Point In 21st Century Activism w/ Astra Taylor & Heather Digby Parton from 2021-09-17T20:56:36
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2676 - Colin Kaepernick And The Beginning Of A Massive Social Justice Movement in Sports w/ Dave Zirin from 2021-09-16T21:13:03
Emma hosts Listen
2675 - The Secret History of the War on Terror w/ Craig Whitlock from 2021-09-15T20:54:08
Sam and Emma host Listen
2674 - COVID's Complete Shakeup Of The Global Economy w/ Adam Tooze from 2021-09-14T20:50:28
Sam and Emma host Listen
2673 - How American Efforts to Humanize War Dehumanize It Even Further w/ Samuel Moyn from 2021-09-13T21:23:17
Sam and Emma host Listen
2672 - The Politics Behind Biden's Sweeping Vaccine Mandates w/ Ryan Grim from 2021-09-10T21:00:52
It's Casual Friday! Sam hosts Listen
2671 - How 9/11 Permanently Changed American National Security w/ Russ Feingold from 2021-09-09T21:22:23
Sam hosts Russ Feingold, President of the American Constitution Society and former United S...
Listen
2670 - The Struggle To Define Citizens' Role In American Government w/ Paul Sabin from 2021-09-08T20:37:37
Sam hosts Listen
2669 - How The Supreme Court Enabled Racist, Excessive, and Violent Policing w/ Erwin Chemerinsky from 2021-09-07T18:44:32
The MR Crew are off for Rosh Hashanah today (happy New Year for all who celebrate!), but Sam doesn't leave you hanging-he sits down with Listen
2668 - Labor Day 2021 from 2021-09-06T15:30
Today our annual repeat of a compilation of labor speeches from FDR, Mario Savio, John Lewis, & more.
Also, Bernie reading from the speech that sent Debs to jail.
Listen
2667 - SCOTUS Enables Vigilante Laws Through The Shadow Docket As Workers Fall Off The Unemployment Cliff w/ Heather Digby Parton from 2021-09-03T21:18:25
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2666 - The 20 Years Of Lies We Were Told About Afghanistan w/ James Risen from 2021-09-02T21:10:54
Emma hosts Listen
2665 - Elon Musk: Tesla's, And His Own Worst Enemy w/ Tim Higgins from 2021-09-01T21:13:28
Sam and Emma hosts Listen
2664 - What Demographics and the New Census Data Mean For America's Future w/ Richard Alba from 2021-08-31T21:13:48
Sam and Emma host Listen
2663 - Hurricane Ida and The Delta Variant Batter Louisiana w/ Dr. MarkAlain Dery from 2021-08-30T21:08:44
Sam's back this week as him and Emma host infectious disease specialist Dr. MarkAlain Dery, infectious disease physician an...
Listen
2662 - A Begrudging Nod to Biden's Firm Stance On The Afghanistan Withdrawal w/ Alex Pareene from 2021-08-27T20:48:01
It's Casual Friday! Emma hosts Listen
2661 - The Supreme Court's Real Record On Race w/ Orville Vernon Burton & Armand Derfner from 2021-08-26T20:22:02
Emma hosts Listen
2660 - The Reckoning Over Confederate Monuments w/ Karen L. Cox from 2021-08-25T21:06:23
Emma hosts Listen
2659 - Reframing The "School Choice" Debate w/ Jon N. Hale from 2021-08-24T21:16:14
Emma hosts Listen
2658 - News For The Rich And White w/ Dr. Nikki Usher from 2021-08-23T20:46:01
Emma hosts Listen
2657 - The Frayed Progress of the Biden Withdrawal, And National Security Reporters Unwillingness To Acknowledge It w/ Benjamin P. Dixon from 2021-08-20T20:31:54
It's Casual Friday! Emma is joined by Listen
2656 - Power & Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America w/ Hahrie Han from 2021-08-19T21:00:27
Emma hosts Listen
2655 - The Endless Consequences of Borderless, Forever Wars w/ Spencer Ackerman from 2021-08-18T21:14:11
Sam and Emma host Listen
2654 - The Fall of Kabul And Biden's Response: What's Next? from 2021-08-17T20:52:23
Sam and Emma tackle a major week in news, starting with the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the Biden administration's lackluster, finger-pointing response. They start by taking a bird's eye vi...
Listen
2653 - The Checkered History Behind The Student Loan Debt Crisis w/ Elizabeth Tandy Shermer from 2021-08-16T21:23:37
Sam and Emma host Listen
2652 - The Inevitable Fall of Afghanistan And The Politics Of Coercion In The Vaccine Culture War w/ Ben Burgis from 2021-08-13T21:16:48
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Listen
2651 - The Comprehensively Transformative Nature of Medicare-For-All w/ Dr. Abdul El-Sayed from 2021-08-12T20:54:02
Emma hosts Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, writer of The Inci...
Listen
2650 - The Disastrous Final Year of Donald Trump's Presidency w/ Carol Leonnig from 2021-08-11T20:42:38
Sam and Emma host Carol Leonnig, national investigative reporter at the Washington Post, t...
Listen
2649 - From Bordertown Violence To Native Liberation w/ Nick Estes from 2021-08-10T21:02:33
Sam and Emma host Nick Estes, host of Listen
2648 - Conflict In Ethiopia And How The Western Media Perceives Africa w/ Milton Allimadi from 2021-08-09T21:17:05
Sam and Emma host Milton Allimadi, publisher of The ...
Listen
2647 - Biden's Foreign Policy Outlook In A Rapidly Restructuring World Order w/ Derek Davison & Dan Bessner + Aamon Hawk from 2021-08-06T20:48:02
Sam and Emma are joined Derek Davison & Dan Bessner, co-hosts of the Listen
2646 - The Books That Define The Flawed Myth of American Exceptionalism w/ Jess McHugh from 2021-08-05T20:34:48
Emma hosts writer Jess McHugh to discuss her recent book Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History In Thirteen ...
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2645 - Fixing SSI And Gaining the Right To Repair w/ Matthew Cortland & Louis Rossmann, from 2021-08-04T20:50:32
Sam and Emma host Matthew Cortland, Senior Fellow at Data for Progress, to discuss Supplemental ...
Listen
2644 - Andrew Cuomo's Downfall w/ Ross Barkan from 2021-08-03T20:53:26
Sam and Emma host journalist Ross Barkan, writer of the Political Currents by Ross Barkan newsletter on Substack, to dis...
Listen
2643 -The Blame For The Eviction Moratorium Failure w/ David Dayen from 2021-08-02T20:37:46
Sam and Emma host David Dayen, Executive Editor at The American Prospect, to discuss the White House and Congress's inability to keep the ...
Listen
2642 - Trump's Looming Shadow On Infrastructure and Midterm Elections w/ Alex Pareene : Then Matthew Film Guy from 2021-07-30T20:46:13
Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene (@pareene), staff writer at The New Republic and co-host of the podcast Listen
2641 - The Impact of Nuclear Weapons in the Cold War Era w/ Martin Sherwin from 2021-07-29T21:11:20
Emma hosts Martin Sherwin, University Professor of History at George Mason University, to discuss his recent book Listen
2640 - The State of Antitrust Policy and Active Governance on the Left w/ Matt Stoller from 2021-07-28T20:52:46
Sam and Emma host Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of the Substack newsletter Big, to disc...
Listen
2639 - Behind the 'Blue Wall of Silence' with the D.C. Police w/ Rosa Brooks from 2021-07-27T21:24:30
Sam and Emma host Rosa Brooks, law professor at Georgetown University, to discuss her recent book Listen
2638 - The Roots of Abolition in the Jamaican Rebellion w/ Tom Zoellner from 2021-07-26T20:26:51
Emma hosts Tom Zoellner, Professor at Chapman University and political editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books, to discuss his recent book Listen
2637 - Behind the Infrastructure of the Infrastructure Bill & The Real American Oligarchy w/ Ari Rabin-Havt & David Feldman from 2021-07-23T20:49:28
Sam and Emma host Ari Rabin-Havt, the former Legislative Director and Chief Policy Advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, to discuss the prospects of the Senate bipartisan infrastructure bill, as we...
Listen
2636 - The Untold Story of Black Electoral Politics Before the Civil War w/ Van Gosse from 2021-07-22T20:37:42
Emma hosts Van Gosse, Professor and Associate Chair of History at Franklin & Marshall University, to discuss his recent book “The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America from the Revolut...
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2635 - Breaking Down Mass Surveillance, "Self-Censorship", and the Pegasus Breach w/ Heidi Boghosian from 2021-07-21T20:56:02
Sam hosts Heidi Boghosian, the executive director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, to discuss her recent book, “I Have Nothing To Hide: And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy.” T...
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2634 - Migrant Suffering and White Democracy w/ Cristina Beltran from 2021-07-20T20:40:43
Sam and Emma host Cristina Beltran, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at New York University, to discuss her recent book, Listen
2633 - The State of the Virus w/ Dr. Michael Osterholm from 2021-07-19T20:44:28
Sam and Emma host Dr. Michael Osterholm, the Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, to discuss the state of COVID-19 as it stands here ...
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2632 - Infrastructure Package Summer w/ David Dayen from 2021-07-16T20:48:40
Sam and Emma host David Dayen, executive editor at the American Prospect, on his upcoming Infrastructure newsletter, “Infrastructure Summer,” and the recent developments with Biden’s legislative...
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2631 - Examining Strategic Racism and Racism Profiteers w/ Jim Freeman from 2021-07-15T20:55:35
Emma hosts Jim Freeman, director of the Social Movement Support Lab, to discuss his new book, "Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit From Racial Injustice," to discuss the hidden s...
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2630 - The Means-Testing Cops: Withholding Public Assistance from Working-Class People w/ Spencer Headworth from 2021-07-14T20:40:07
Sam and Emma host Spencer Headworth, professor of Sociology at Purdue University to discuss his recent book, “Policing Welfare: Punitive Adversarialism in Public Assistance,” on how welfare law ...
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2629 - Texas Dems' Last Stand to Protect State Voting Rights & the Supreme Court's Green Light to Suppress the Vote w/ Ari Berman from 2021-07-13T21:05:32
Sam and Emma host Ari Berman, writer at Mother Jones and author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (2015), to discuss the restrictive voting bill making its ...
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2628 - The Historical Misogyny of Medicine w/ Elinor Cleghorn from 2021-07-12T21:09:18
Sam and Emma host author Elinor Cleghorn to discuss her new book, “Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World” on how healthcare and medical treatment have underserved women a...
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2627 - Haiti, Neocolonialism, and the Moïse Assassination w/ Pascal Robert from 2021-07-09T21:20:12
Sam and Emma host Pascal Robert of the This is Revolution podcast to discuss the Moïse assassination in Haiti as a product of neoliberalism and colonialism, before they touch on the US’...
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2626 - Can Insurgent Progressive Millennial Politicians Change American For the Better & Debriefing the NYC Democratic Primary w/ David Freedlander from 2021-07-08T20:29:49
Emma hosts political reporter David Freedlander to discuss his new book, The AOC Generation: How Millennials Are Seizing Power and Rewriting the Rules of American Politics, on the young...
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2625 - Not-So-Free and Fair Elections & the Assassination of Jovenel Moïse w/ Mark Joseph Stern & Brian Concannon w/ Mark Joseph Stern & Brian Concannon from 2021-07-07T20:56:46
Sam and Emma host Slate's Justice and Courts writer Mark Joseph Stern to dive into last week's SCOTUS rulings on voting rights restrictions and then Brian Concannon from Project Bluelight, joins...
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2624 - When Partisan Discord Last Dominated American Democracy w/ Jon Grinspan from 2021-07-06T21:25:16
Sam and Emma are back from the July 4th holiday with Smithsonian curator Jon Grinspan, author of his latest book ...
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2623 - The Importance of Frederick Douglass and the Reconstruction Era w/ David Blight from 2021-07-05T17:52:11
Sam hosts Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale Historian David Blight to discuss his recent biography of Frederick Douglass, Listen
2622 - The Lies and Legacy of Donald Rumsfeld & Unionizing Newsrooms w/ Digby, Lowell Peterson, and Andy Kindler from 2021-07-02T20:31:20
Sam hosts Heather "Digby" Parton to discuss the week's top stories, including the infrastructure negotiations, SCOTUS decisions to gut voter rights, and more. Then, WGA East Executive Dire...
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2621 - Feeling the Pain of a 6-3 Conservative Court w/ Mark Joseph Stern from 2021-07-01T20:18:16
Sam hosts Mark Joseph Stern, staff writer at Slate covering law and the courts, joins Sam to discuss the biggest cases of the recent Supreme Court term, and the implications of the rulings...
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2620 - Ending the Myth of Market Growth and Imagining a Post-Capitalism World w/ Tim Jackson from 2021-06-30T21:05:48
Sam hosts Tim Jackson, University of Surrey professor of sustainable development, and author of the book Post Growth: Life after Capitalism on what a world can look like after the fall ...
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2619 - The 2021 Olympics is a Moral Hazard w/ Jules Boykoff from 2021-06-28T20:32:16
Sam and Emma host Jules Boykoff, Pacific University professor of politics and government, former US Olympian and author of NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports i...
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2618 - The Second Hundred Days of the Biden Admin & Exploring The Language of Our Bodies w/ Ryan Grim & David Cross from 2021-06-25T21:31:55
Sam and Emma host Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief at the Intercept, to discuss this week's top stories including the bipartisan infrastructure deal, Pelosi and Schumer's play for reconciliation bills...
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2617 - Understanding the Post-Netanyahu Israeli Government w/ Haggai Matar from 2021-06-24T19:37:26
Emma hosts Haggai Matar, Executive Director of +972 Magazine, to discuss the new Israeli governmental coalition, PM Naftali Bennet's role within it, and how its formation will impact th...
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2616 - The Secret History of the Sackler Family's Oxycontin Dynasty w/ Patrick Radden Keefe from 2021-06-23T21:10:18
Sam and Emma host Patrick Radden Keefe, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, on how the family behind Perdue Pharma an...
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2615 - Addressing the Racial Wealth Gap With Reparations w/ William Sandy Darity Jr. & Play-by-Play of Sam's Steven Crowder Debate from 2021-06-22T20:56:33
Sam and Emma host Duke University Economist Sandy Darity to discuss his latest book, From Here to Equality: Reparat...
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2614 - Ending US Hegemony Starts with Breaking Up NATO & Sam Meets Steven Crowder w/ Stephen Wertheim from 2021-06-21T20:33:28
Sam and Emma host Stephen Wertheim, Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, to discuss his recent New York Times Opinion Essay, "Sorry, ...
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2613 - Manchin's Quid No Quo & the Limits of Racial Democracy w/ Alex Pareene & This Is Revolution from 2021-06-18T19:36:11
Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, staff writer at the New Republic, to discuss the week's top stories including Biden's first foreign policy trip to the G7, Manchin's voting rights bill, and the e...
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2612 - America's Long Journey to Recognizing Juneteenth w/ Annette Gordon-Reed from 2021-06-17T19:48:01
Emma hosts today's Majority Report featuring a recent interview Sam recorded with Harvard history professor Annette Gordon-Reed on her new book, On Juneteenth, which explores the ...
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2611 - Fixing the Planet That Capitalism Broke & Biden's Climate Inaction w/ Kate Aronoff from 2021-06-16T20:17:51
Sam and Emma host Kate Aronoff, staff writer at the New Republic, to discuss her new book, Listen
2610 - Everyone is "Middle Class" and Everyone is Immiserated w/ David Roediger from 2021-06-15T20:51:27
Sam and Emma host David Roediger, American Studies professor at the University of Kansas, to discuss his latest book, The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History, on the relatively re...
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2609 - The Legacies of Slavery Hidden in Plain Sight w/ Clint Smith from 2021-06-14T21:22:40
Sam and Emma host author Clint Smith, staff writer at the Atlantic, to discuss his new book, ...
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2608 - Progressives Drawing Red Lines on Infastructure & Trippy Libertarian Run-Ins w/ David Sirota & Andrew Callaghan from 2021-06-11T20:37:15
Sam and Emma host David Sirota, founder of and editor at The Daily Poster, to discuss the tough developments around progressive hopes for the Biden Administration, including bipartisan dead-ends...
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2607 - What It Takes to Remake the World w/ Astra Taylor from 2021-06-10T20:31:45
Emma hosts Astra Taylor, activist, and member of the Debt Collective, to discuss her new book Remake the World: Es...
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2606 - What Will Happen When American Populism, Nationalism, and Growing Socialism Collide? w/ John B. Judis from 2021-06-09T20:26:14
Sam and Emma host John B. Judis, Editor-at-Large at Talking Points Memo, to discuss his new book 'The Politics of Our Time: Populism, Nationalism, Socialism,' on the political movements in Ameri...
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2605 - Fixing the Cratering US Democracy w/ Henry Farrell from 2021-06-08T20:18:58
Sam and Emma host Henry Farrell, SNF Agora Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins, to discuss his new paper "Rechanneling Beliefs: How Information Flows Hinder or Help American Demo...
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2604 - The Afghanistan Withdrawal & Resisting a NeoCon Disaster Narrative w/ Adam Weinstein from 2021-06-07T20:13:51
Sam and Emma host Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute, to explore the status of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and what the region might look like moving forwards. They ...
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2603 - Biden's Bipartisan Fetish, King Manchin's Filibuster, & a Static Senate w/ Digby from 2021-06-04T21:13:38
Sam and Emma host Heather "Digby" Parton, proprietor of the wönderblog Hullabaloo and Salon.com contributor, to discuss the week's top stories, including Biden's bipartisan fetish President Manc...
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2602 - The Tax System's Role in Perpetuating Inequality in America w/ Dorothy A. Brown from 2021-06-03T19:26:25
2601 - The 2nd Amendment's Anti-Blackness & America's Gun Obsession Rooted in Slavery w/ Carol Anderson from 2021-06-02T20:50:37
Sam and Emma host professor of African American studies Carol Anderson to discuss her latest book The Second: Race and Guns...
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2600 - CoupAnon & Texas Dems Block Voting Disenfranchise w/ MR Crew from 2021-06-01T20:47:02
Sam and Emma are back from their Memorial Day break to discuss the top stories kicking off this week, from the anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre to the Texas Democrats' exit, and what we hope De...
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2599 - The Filibuster Remains Undefeated & the MR Guide to Screenwriting w/ Alex Pareene & Matthew Film Guy from 2021-05-28T19:47:01
Sam hosts Alex Pareene, staff writer at the New Republic and host of The Politics of Everything, to discuss Manchin's stand on the filibuster, the sclerotic senate democrats, and Schume...
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2598 - GOP Stale Spending Talking Points, Investigating Barr at DOJ, & People Power at Fossil Fuel Companies w/ MR Crew from 2021-05-27T19:14:52
Sam and Emma discuss the top stories of the week including ongoing infrastructure negotiations, some wins for climate activists, and democrats lining up a legislative agenda post-filibuster. Sa...
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2597 -Not A Riot -America's Untold Black Rebellion History w/ Elizabeth Hinton from 2021-05-26T20:46:52
Sam and Emma host Yale professor of history Elizabeth Hinton to discuss her new book America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s and the i...
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2596 - The Point of Mutual Aid for This Crisis & the Next One w/ Dean Spade from 2021-05-25T21:18:09
Sam and Emma host trans activist and law professor Dean Spade to discuss his book Mutual ...
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2595 - The Universal Material Price Of Racism w/ Heather McGhee from 2021-05-24T20:24:19
Sam and Emma host Heather McGhee, a senior fellow at Demos, to discuss her new book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Toge...
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2593 - How Progressives Embraced Palestinians & What's Really Being Canceled w/ Ben Dixon & Ben Burgis from 2021-05-21T19:43:21
Sam and Emma host Ben Dixon of the Benjamin Dixon Show to talk about the top stories of the week and shifting tides of leftist activist authority in U.S. politics, then Ben Burgis, author ...
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2592 - New York Helped Keep the Slave Trade Thriving Before the Civil War w/ Jonathan Daniel Wells from 2021-05-20T20:36:47
Emma hosts today’s Majority Report, featuring an interview Sam recorded with Jonathan Daniel Wells, University of Michigan Professor of History, on his latest book “The Kidnapping Club: Wall Str...
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2591- Do Covid Vaccines Work Well Enough to Drop Masks and Return to Regular Life? w/ Dr. MarkAlain Dery from 2021-05-20T01:52:08
Sam and Emma host epidemiologist Dr. MarkAlain Dery and host of the Covid Noise Filter podcast to discuss the state of the pandemic, including vacc...
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2590 - Is Unwavering Democratic Support for Israel Finally Ending? w/ MR Crew from 2021-05-18T20:22:11
Sam and Emma breakdown the latest development in Gaza, how the media and Democrats are drawing lines in a new Israel-Palestine narrative, and the reaction from the global community. Sam also giv...
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2589 - How US Empire Destabilized Central America & What Biden Needs to Do to Fix It w/ Aviva Chomsky from 2021-05-17T20:16:25
Sam and Emma host historian Aviva Chomsky to discuss her latest book Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration on the history of extraction, ...
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2588 - An Isolated Israel & The True Nature of US-Cuban Relations w/ Daniel Levy & Noah Kulwin from 2021-05-14T20:58
Sam and Emma host Daniel Levy, president of the US Middle East Project, and Noah Kulwin, co-creator of the Blowback podcast, to explore two of the US’ messiest and most destructive long-term for...
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2587 - The Conservative Obsession Over Public Lands w/ James R. Skillen from 2021-05-13T20:55:05
Sam and Emma host James R. Skillen, professor at Calvin University joins to discuss his new book This Land is My Land: Rebellion in the West on the history of how conservatives have use...
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2586 - Why Joe Biden Is the Embodiment of US Empire Foreign Policy w/ Jeremy Scahill from 2021-05-12T21:18:06
Sam and Emma host founder and senior correspondent at the Intercept Jeremy Scahill to discuss his new series Empire Politician on how B...
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2585 - Israel's Colonialist Project in Sheikh Jarrah & the Need for Palestinian Rights w/ Noura Erakat from 2021-05-11T20:48:38
Sam and Emma host legal scholar and human rights activist Noura Erakat to discuss Israel's latest assault on Palestinians in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and the larger colonial aparth...
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2584 - Can Antitrust Laws Destroy Surveillance Capitalism and Tech Monopolies? w/ Cory Doctorow from 2021-05-10T20:38:33
Sam and Emma host journalist Cory Doctorow to discuss his new book “How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism” on the issue of tech monopolies, antitrust laws, and what we can do to reign in ...
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2583 - Donald Trump’s Chokehold on Republican Fealty & Chevron’s Criminal Conspiracy w/ Digby & Steven Donziger from 2021-05-07T19:02:43
Sam and Emma host Heather Parton, columnist at Salon.com and proprietor of “Digby’s Hullabaloo,” and talk with attorney Steven Donziger about the criminal conspiracy that Chevron has...
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2582 - What's In Store With a 6-3 Conservative Supreme Court? w/ Ian Millhiser from 2021-05-06T20:34:35
Sam and Emma host Ian Millhiser, Vox senior correspondent, to discuss his new book, “The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America,” and how conservative control of the courts ...
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2581 - How Eugenics Made Modern Virginia w/ Elizabeth Catte from 2021-05-05T20:23:17
Sam and Emma host Elizabeth Catte, author of Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia to discuss how Virginia's embrace of eugenics allowed the state government to contr...
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2580 - Redistricting Battles & The Need to Abolish Student Debt w/ Aaron Kleinman, Astra Taylor & Umme Hoque from 2021-05-04T19:38:43
Sam and Emma host Aaron Kleinman, Director of Research at the Future Now, to discuss how the 2020 Census data will impact redistricting in the House. Then Astra Taylor and Umme Hoque from the De...
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2579 - The Persistent Myths and Dangers of Mass Incarceration w/ Victoria Law from 2021-05-03T20:49:26
Sam and Emma host author and activist Victoria Law to discuss her new book, “Prisons Make Us Safer”: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration, on how our perception of incarceration ...
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2578 - GOP Legalizing Vehicular Killing of Protestors & Daily Wire Water Cooler Talk w/ Alex Pareene & Lucie Steiner from 2021-04-30T20:31:11
Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, staff writer at the New Republic, to situate us after 100 days of the Biden presidency, exploring how his administration is inviting pressure to force them toward...
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2577 - Assessing the Biden Administration's First 100 Days w/ David Dayen from 2021-04-29T20:46:50
Sam and Emma host David Dayen, Executive Editor at The American Prospect, to assess Biden's first 100 days in office, what he's accomplished, what's been left on the table, and how we should rea...
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2576 - How American Suburbanites Came to Fear Everything w/ Kyle Riismandel from 2021-04-28T20:59:35
Sam and Emma host Kyle Riismandle, senior lecturer at NJIT and author of Neighborhood of Fear: The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975–2001 to discuss how the American suburbs bec...
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2575 - The Unbelievable Privilege of the Super-Wealthy & Why It Hurts Society w/ Michael Mechanic from 2021-04-27T21:19:46
Sam and Emma host Michael Mechanic, senior editor at Mother Jones, to discuss his new book, Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All. Listen
2574 - Is Our Obsession with Rights Tearing Us Apart? w/ Jamal Greene from 2021-04-26T20:03:40
Sam and Emma host Columbia Law professor Jamal Greene to discuss his new book “How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart.” They delve into the abs...
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2573 - How the Filibuster Protects Political Theater & the "Comedy" of 'Gutfeld!' w/ Osita Nwanevu & Andy Kindler from 2021-04-23T20:28:52
Sam and Emma host Osita Nwanevu, staff writer at the New Republic, and Andy Kindler. With the former, they talk Democrats’ favoring of out-of-touch symbolism over substantive change, Biden...
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2572 -The Unjust, Unfair And Deadly Vaccine IP Hoarding w/ Ann Neumann from 2021-04-22T19:51:01
Sam and Emma host journalist and author Ann Neumann to discuss her new piece in the Baffler – “Who Owns Vaccines?" – on the barriers of IP patents and how US vaccine hoarding risks needless COVI...
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2571 - Chauvin Verdict & The Next Financial Crisis w/ Ryan Grim from 2021-04-21T21:07:39
Sam and Emma host Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief at The Intercept, to discuss his new bombshell report ...
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2570 - Drug Use for Grown-Ups w/ Dr. Carl Hart from 2021-04-20T19:42:58
Sam and Emma host Dr. Carl Hart, professor of psychology at Columbia University, to discuss his new book Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear on the culture of dr...
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2569 - How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America w/ Joshua D. Rothman from 2021-04-19T21:03:43
2568 - The Cycle of Police Violence & Assessing the Afghan Troop Withdrawal w/ Digby & David Feldman from 2021-04-16T20:18:50
Sam hosts Heather Parton, columnist at Salon.com and proprietor of the überblog “Digby’s Hullabaloo,” and friend and known pacifist David Feldman. With the former, they chat about the U.S.’s rel...
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2567 - The Bessemer Amazon Union Campaign Autopsy w/ Rich Yeselson from 2021-04-15T20:40:25
Sam and Emma host Richard Yeselson. strategic campaigner and editorial board member at Dissent Magazine, to discuss his recent essay in Jacobin "The Defeat at Amazon and the Union Fights to Come...
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2566 - How Athletes Are Changing the Way Owners Treat Political Issues w/ Dave Zirin from 2021-04-14T23:21:06
Sam and Emma host Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation, to discuss the politics in sports including the MLB pulling the All-Star Game from Atlanta, NCAA athlete pay, and push back on Olympics...
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2566 - Athletes Are Using Their Political Power w/ Dave Zirin from 2021-04-14T21:21:06
Sam and Emma host Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation, to discuss the politics in sports including the MLB pulling the All-Star Game from Atlanta, NCAA athlete pay, and push back on Olympics...
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2565 - White Evangelical Racism & The Politics of Morality in America w/ Anthea Butler from 2021-04-13T20:10:02
Sam and Emma host Anthea Butler, religious studies professor at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss her new book White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America and...
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2564 - The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America w/ Gabriel Winant from 2021-04-12T23:32:41
Sam and Emma host Gabe Winant, professor of history at the University of Chicago, to discuss his new book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt Ameri...
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2564 - TheConnection Between Manufacturing and Health Care That's Stripping Workers of Power w/ Gabriel Winant from 2021-04-12T21:32:41
Sam and Emma host Gabe Winant, professor of history at the University of Chicago, to discuss his new book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt Ameri...
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2563 - The Manchinian Presidency & The Snyder Cut w/ David Sirota & Matthew Film Guy from 2021-04-09T21:10:33
Sam chats with the Daily Poster’s David Sirota about Joe Manchin’s filibuster turn around, the Democrats’ blame game with the Senate Parliamentarian, and progressive intra-party dealmaking troub...
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2562 - What's Happening in Yemen & Biden's NatSec Consultant Problem w/ Dr. Annelle Sheline & Jonathan Guyer from 2021-04-08T22:49:49
Sam and Emma host Quincy Institute Middle East Research Fellow Dr. Annelle Sheline to discuss the Biden Administration’s Yemen policy and relationship with Saudi Arabia. Next, Jonathan Guyer, ma...
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2561 - The 2022 Progressive Candidates You Should Know w/ Tom Nelson, Nina Turner, & Isiah James from 2021-04-07T22:56:26
Sam and Emma host three progressive candidates for the 2022 election cycle including Tom Nelson challenging Ron Johnson in the Wisconsin Senate, Listen
2560 - How Domestic Policy Has Limited Immigrant Rights in Modern America w/ Sarah R. Coleman & Nabilah Islam from 2021-04-06T22:53:33
Sam and Emma host Texas State history professor Sarah R. Coleman to discuss her new book The Walls Within: The Politics of Immigration in Modern America on how immigration law has evolv...
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2559 - Is Infrastructure Week Finally Here? And the GOP's Continued Political Wanderings w/ MR Crew from 2021-04-05T22:21:14
Sam is back this week and covering the stories leading the headlines including the voting rights and culture war clash in Georgia, the race against a fourth Covid wave, and the arrival of infras...
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2558 - Biden's Too Small Infrastructure Plan, Gaetz's Big Trouble & AOC on Border Culpability w/ Manny Fidel from 2021-04-02T21:29:25
2557 - Anti-Worker Amazon Exposed, Melting Down w/ Ken Klippenstein from 2021-04-01T22:24:18
2556 - Learning to Fight in a World on Fire w/ Andreas Malm from 2021-03-31T22:23:12
2555 - The Success of the Right Wing in Israel w/ Edo Konrad from 2021-03-30T23:32
Emma hosts Edo Konrad, Editor-in-Chief of +972 Magazine, to discuss the rise and success of the Irsraeli right and last week’s election results. Edo begins by explainin...
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2554 - The War on Public Education w/ Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider from 2021-03-29T22:18:48
Sam interviews Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider of the Have You Heard podcast about their book, A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling o...
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2553 - Georgia Suppresses Votes Again & Is Sam a Socialist? w/ Alex Pareene & Carl Beijer from 2021-03-26T21:11:50
2552 - What's Really Happening at the US Southern Border w/ Aura Bogado & Marcia Brown from 2021-03-25T22:28:09
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2551 - How Amazon Embedded Itself Then Took Over America w/ Alec MacGillis from 2021-03-24T21:45:24
2550 - The Political Crisis in Haiti & Why America Bears Responsibility w/ Jemima Pierre & Brian Concannon from 2021-03-23T21:25:59
2549 - How GOP-Controlled State Legislatures are Enacting Anti-Transgender Legislation w/ Chase Strangio from 2021-03-22T22:01:34
Sam and Emma host ACLU Deputy Director for Transgender Justice Chase Strangio to discuss the anti-trans legislation make its way across GOP-controlled statehouses across America. We're live at n...
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2548 - Grading Biden and Where is the Right Going? w/ Benjamin Dixon & Paul Blest from 2021-03-19T22:06:11
Sam and Emma host Benjamin Dixon to discuss the week's top stories including HR 1 and what GOP-held state legislatures efforts to repeal voting rights, reforming the Senate filibuster rule, and ...
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2547 - Why Incarceration Won't Stop Hate Crimes & New Age "Conspirituality" w/ Victoria Law & Jules Evans from 2021-03-18T21:10:33
Sam and Emma host author and activist Victoria Law to discuss the recent spate of anti-Asian hate crimes and her new book “Prisons Make Us Safer.” Then philosopher Jules Evans joins the...
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2546 - The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility w/ Alex Zamalin from 2021-03-17T21:59:07
Sam and Emma host University of Detroit Mercy professor Alex Zamalin to discuss his latest book Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility on the need for disrup...
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2545 - Why Democrats are Fighting for Labor & Organizing for the Unhoused in Austin w/ Dave Weigel & Seneca Savoie from 2021-03-16T21:35:10
Sam and Emma host Washington Post national politics reporter Dave Weigel to discuss the on-going union organizing efforts in Alabama and how Democrats are leveraging them to their political adva...
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2544 - Competition is Killing Us & How to Stop Big Business from Harming the World w/ Michelle Meagher from 2021-03-15T22:09:12
Sam and Emma host Michelle Meagher, Senior Policy Fellow at the Centre for Law, Economics and Society at University College London, to discuss her new book Competition is Killing Us: How Big...
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2543 - American's Rescued From Era Of Small Government w/ David Dayen & Francesca Fiorentini from 2021-03-12T22:51:35
Sam and Emma host David Dayen, executive editor at the American Prospect, and Francesca Fiorentini of The Bitchuation Room to break down the massive American Rescue Plan, Biden's accele...
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2542 - Who Benefits From the $1.9T Covid Relief Bill w/ Elizabeth Pancotti from 2021-03-11T23:31:02
Sam and Emma host Elizabeth Pancotti, policy director at Employ America, to discuss the details of the $1.9T American Rescue Plan and what was left out of the bill too. Pancotti makes sense of t...
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2541 - Blood Red Lines: How Nativism Fuels the Right w/ Brendan O'Connor from 2021-03-10T21:59:47
Sam and Emma host journalist and author Brendan O'Connor to discuss his new book, Blood Red Lines: How Nativism Fuels the Right, on how American fascism is playing out at the US border....
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2540 - Diving Into COVID Relief & a Critique of Biden's Migrant Policies So Far w/ MR Crew from 2021-03-09T22:58:29
Sam and Emma discuss the CDC's new guidelines for vaccinated Americans and how the right-wing media is working to undermine government vaccination efforts. Sam then reviews the top lines in the ...
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2539 - What America Gets Wrong About Poverty w/ Mark Robert Rank from 2021-03-08T23:21:29
Sam and Emma host professor Mark Robert Rank to discuss his new book Poorly Unders...
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2538 - $1.9T Covid Relief Bill Stalls In Senate & Jimmy Pesto Stormed The Capitol? w/ Digby & Andy Kindler from 2021-03-05T23:00
Sam and Emma host Heather "Digby" Parton (@digby56) of Salon.con and Hullabaloo to discuss the Senate's efforts to pass Biden's $1.9T Covid relief bill...
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2537 - What's Happening at the Alabama Amazon Union Drive & Why Dems are Negotiating Against Themselves w/ Joshua Brewer & Eric Levitz from 2021-03-04T23:27:09
Sam and Emma hosts Joshua Brewer (@JBrewerMe), an organizer at RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union) on workers' efforts to unionize a...
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2536 - Vaccine Rollout Proceeds Apace & SCOTUS Ready To Uphold Racist Voting Laws from 2021-03-03T23:37:27
Sam and Emma recap the top stories of the week including the voting rights cases before the Supreme Court and GOP efforts to further restrict voting rights across the country.
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2535 - The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage w/ Jonathan Cohn from 2021-03-02T23:11:32
Sam and Emma host HuffPost journalist Jonathan Cohn on his new book The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage on the last decade of healthcare debate...
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2534 - Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Only Can't Transform Education w/ Justin Reich from 2021-03-01T23:45:08
Sam and Emma host MIT professor Justin Reich (@bjfr) on his latest book Failure ...
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2533 - Biden Admin Tough on Iran Proxies But Not the Senate Parliamentarian w/ Alex Pareene & Matthew Film Guy from 2021-02-26T21:34:39
Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene (@pareene), staff writer at the New Republic and host of "The Politics of Everything" podcast to breakdown the week's to...
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2532 - Fighting For A $15 Minimum Wage & Restoring the Postal Service w/ MR Crew from 2021-02-25T21:31:13
Sam and Emma take a look at some of the most important stories of the week including the parliamentarian's ruling on a $15 minimum wage, fixing the USPS, and more.
On today's show: Chris ...
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2531 - How to Fix a Rigged Economic System w/ Robert Reich from 2021-02-24T21:10:10
Sam and Emma host former Labor Secretary Robert Reich (@RBReich) to discuss his latest book, Listen
2530 - Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Exploit Diversity to Maintain Inequality w/ Nancy Leong from 2021-02-23T21:26:06
Sam host Denver University Professor of Law Nancy Leong (@nancyleong) to discuss her new book, Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Ex...
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2529 - Why Texas GOP Fears the Green New Deal w/ Naomi Klein from 2021-02-22T21:37:47
Sam is back today with Emma to host author and professor Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) to discuss the climate disaster this past week in Texas and her ...
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2528 - Cuomo's Corruption, Biden's Recalcitrance & Cruz's Walk Of Shame w/ Ana Kasparian from 2021-02-19T23:03:30
Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) of TYT and the Jacobin Weekend Show joins Emma on this casual Friday.
On today's show: De Blasio backs up Ron...
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2527 - The Failure of Gas in Texas & The "Frozen Windmill" Lie w/ Kate Aronoff from 2021-02-18T23:38:43
We are live at noon. Kate Aronoff joins Emma to discuss the extreme weather events in Texas and elsewhere, and the seemingly coordinated right-wing media reaction it. Also, Ted Cruz's brief Canc...
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2526 - The Fossil Fuel Industry's Desperate Lies w/ John Fetterman from 2021-02-17T22:52:14
John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and candidate for United States Senate in 2022, joins Emma to talk about his fossil fuel pledge, running for Senate, whether he supports medic...
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2525 - The Capitol Rioters Aren’t Like Other Extremists w/ Robert A Pape from 2021-02-16T22:13:48
Political Scientist Robert A. Pape tallks with sam about his piece in the Atlantic, "The Capitol Rioters Aren’t Like Other Extremists."
And on the fun half, Matt and Emma discuss conserva...
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2524 - The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy w/ David Zucchino from 2021-02-15T20:07:02
David Zucchino joins us to discuss his book, "Wilmington’s Lie:
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy"
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2523 - Trump's Second Impeachment Trial & Biden's Stimulus Issues w/ Benjamin Dixon & David Roth from 2021-02-12T23:36:42
Sam hosts Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) of the Benjamin Dixon Show and David Roth (@david_j_roth<...
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2522 - How Republican State Legislatures Are Already Trying to Steal the Next Election w/ Ari Berman from 2021-02-11T23:45:27
Sam hosts Ari Berman, senior reporter at Mother Jones, to discuss the deluge of statehouse legislation aiming to curb voting rights for the next election cycle. Sam and Ari examine how states ha...
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2521 - The Future of the Cyberweapons Arms Race w/ Nicole Perlroth from 2021-02-10T23:10:53
Sam and Emma host New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth to discuss her new both This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race on the new world of e...
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2520 - Impeachment II & Bureaucracy vs. the Fight for 15 w/ MR Crew from 2021-02-09T22:28:25
Sam and Emma look forward to the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, the latest on Covid relief, and more on today's show.
And in the Fun Half: Luara Ingraham goes ...
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2519 - Coronavirus Vaccine and Variants Update w/ Dr. MarkAlain Dery from 2021-02-08T23:47:56
Sam hosts New Orleans epidemiologist Dr. MarkAlain Dery to discuss the state of the Coronavirus in the US, including the science behind the vaccines, and why people should remain vigilant as mor...
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2518 - The Senate Reaches a Budget Deal & the Coming GOP Retirements w/ Digby & David Feldman from 2021-02-05T22:43:34
Sam and Emma host Heather "Digby" Parton from Salon.com and Hullabaloo to discuss the stories of the week, including the Senate budget passed earlier this morning and the future of the GOP. And ...
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2517 - How Monopolies Slowed the Vaccine Roll-Out & How to Fix It w/ Matt Stoller from 2021-02-04T23:42:17
Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller), author of the BIG Substack, joins Sam and Emma to discuss the vaccine distribution rollout and why monopolies ha...
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2516 - How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone w/ Sarah Jaffe from 2021-02-03T22:49:26
Sam and Emma host Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) to discuss her new book, Listen
2515 - The Democratic Strategy to Pass Covid Relief & AOC Recounts the January Capitol Riots w/ MR Crew from 2021-02-03T00:02:11
Sam and Emma discuss the stories of the week, including the Democrats' plan to pass Covid relief, the problem with the Senate PayGo laws, and the takeaways from AOC sharing her story from the Ja...
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2514 - The History of the American Death Penalty w/ Maurice Chammah from 2021-02-01T23:41:18
Sam and Emma host Maurice Chammah, staff writer at The Marshall Project, and author of Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty joins the show to discuss his new b...
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2513 - The End Of Biden's Bipartisanship? w/ Alex Pareene & Francesca Fiorentini from 2021-01-29T23:15:20
Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene (@pareene) of The New Republic and Francesca Fiorentini (@franifio), host of...
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