If You Think Amy Coney Barrett Is Extreme, Meet Judy Shelton If You Think Amy Coney Barrett Is Extreme, Meet Judy Shelton
Trump’s nominee to the Federal Reserve has gotten a lot less publicity. But her desire to return the US to the gold standard and eliminate federal deposit insurance could destroy t...
Sep 29, 2020 / James Ledbetter
Kobe, Shaq, and the Lakers’ Circus Maximus Kobe, Shaq, and the Lakers’ Circus Maximus
Author Jeff Pearlman joins the show to talk about his new book on the Shaq/Kobe Lakers dynasty.
Sep 29, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Amid Trump’s Wreckage, Democrats Have New Opportunities—if They Seize Them Amid Trump’s Wreckage, Democrats Have New Opportunities—if They Seize Them
Turn Trump’s 2016-winning rhetoric against him to ensure victory in 2020.
Sep 29, 2020 / Marshall Auerback
How to Brazenly, Publicly, Out-in-the-Openly Steal an Election How to Brazenly, Publicly, Out-in-the-Openly Steal an Election
Trump smash democratic norms!
Sep 29, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Colombians Take On Their Militarized Police Colombians Take On Their Militarized Police
The police killing of an unarmed civilian in Bogotá has brought a new scrutiny to police violence in the country.
Sep 28, 2020 / Christina Noriega
Trump’s Tax Evasion Is an Indictment of American Plutocracy Trump’s Tax Evasion Is an Indictment of American Plutocracy
Democrats have to attack not just Trump for being a scofflaw but also the system that lets the ultra-rich avoid paying their fair share.
Sep 28, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini
On the artistic afterlife of the Italian filmmaker, poet, novelist, and polemicist.
Sep 28, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky
Trump and McConnell Are Undoing the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Legitimacy Trump and McConnell Are Undoing the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Legitimacy
A rush to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the eve of an election jeopardizes the credibility of the judicial branch.
Sep 28, 2020 / John Nichols
One Black Lives Matter Protest in Rural New York Opens the Door to Change One Black Lives Matter Protest in Rural New York Opens the Door to Change
In the months since a Black Lives Matter protest in Catskill, N.Y., one of the march’s organizer has decided to run for office. Change is coming to the rural town.
Sep 28, 2020 / Karen Rothmyer