Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward talks about free and fair elections, and John Powers of Fresh Air discusses the new Christopher Nolan film.
An election worker sorts ballots at a polling location inside City Hall during a primary election in San Francisco, California, on June 2, 2026.(David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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An impressive alliance of groups have been preparing for months to counter Trump’s threats to Democrats in the midterms. Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward and a member of The Senate Democrats’ Election Protection Tast Force, explains why “we are going to have free and fair elections” in November.
Also: Elon Musk calls Christopher Nolan’s film “The Odyssey” “part of a left-wing plan” to “destroy Western Civilization.” John Powers has a differnet view – he’s critic-at-large on NPR’s “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross.
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An impressive alliance of groups have been preparing for months to counter Trump’s threats to Democrats in the midterms. Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward and a member of the Senate Democrats’ Election Protection Task Force, explains why “we are going to have free and fair elections” in November.
Also: Elon Musk calls Christopher Nolan’s film The Odyssey “part of a left-wing plan” to “destroy Western Civilization.” John Powers has a different view—he’s critic at large on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
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Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Is the resistance to data centers a new kind of mass politics? David Wallace-Wells explains why the answer is “yes.” He’s a writer for The New York Times Opinion pages and author of the unforgettable book “The Uninhabitable Earth.”
Also: How to be a dissident in an age of fear – Ami Fields-Meyer has thought a lot about that. For starters: don’t start from scratch; don’t try to do it alone. Ami is co-author of the new book “On Courage.”
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