It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. But first, they speak with Anna Heetman, striking tenant and leader with the Independence Towers Tenant Union in Kansas City.
It’s Casual Friday! Joining us is Heather “Digby” Parton from the blog Hullabaloo. Also, H Jon Benjamin, aka the Jazz Daredevil, joins us to talk about his new soundtrack project and his live show in New Jersey.
It’s Casual Friday! Emma speaks with Dave Weigel, politics writer at Semafor, author of the “Americana” newsletter, to discuss the biggest headlines of the week. Then, she speaks with comedian Francesca Fiorentini, host of the Bitchuation Room! First, Emma runs through updates on Israel’s bombing...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Emma speaks with Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts Magazine, to discuss the state of play of the 2024 election and what key races to watch out for in November. First, Emma runs through updates on the wake of Hurricane Helene and the progression of Hurricane Milton,...
It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Ryan Grim, reporter at Drop Site News and co-host of Counter Points, to break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s brutal assaults on Beirut and Gaza, the US’ longshoremen strike, the US economy, Tru...
It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma break down the biggest moments from the Vice Presidential debate last night. First, they run through updates on post-VP Debate polling, Iran’s barrage on Israel, Israel’s decimation of a Gazan orphanage and barring of the UN Secretary-General, the rising death toll of ...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam & Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Israel’s offensives in Lebanon and Gaza, Iran’s preparations for a retaliatory strike on Israel, tonight’s VP Debate, the devastation (and recovery efforts) in the wake of Hurrica...
It’s Casual Friday! Emma speaks with Ettingermentum of the “Ettingermentum Newsletter” on SubStack to discuss the state of play with just about 5 and a half weeks before the 2024 election. First, Emma runs through updates on the arraignment of Eric Adams, Harris’ polling lead, the US economy, Bib...
It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with Sharon Lerner, writer covering health and the environment for ProPublica, to discuss her recent piece entitled “EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.” Then, they speak with Ari Berman...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Aaron Kleinman, director of research for the States Project at Future Now, to discuss the biggest state legislature races coming up in November. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s mass slaughter in Lebanon, US troop presence in the M...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on election polling, Trump’s claims of “dangerous rhetoric” from the left, the complete shutdown of Springfield, Ohio in the wake of Trump/Vance’s anti-migrant fear-mongering, RFK’s c...
It’s Casual Friday! Sam speaks with with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. First, Sam runs through updates on Harris’ post-debate polling bump, the disturbing impact of anti-migrant conspiracy about Springfi...
It’s Hump Day! Sam, Emma, and the MR Crew break down last night’s debate between Kamala Harris & Donald Trump. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on last night’s debate, a certain mega-star endorsement, the US economy, ballot access, yesterday’s primaries, the anniversary of 9/11, New Yo...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Dave Weigel, author of the “Americana” newsletter at Semafor to discuss the state of play of the election ahead of tonight’s presidential debate. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on tonight’s debate, Israel’s enormous bombing of a designated s...
It’s Casual Friday! The MR Crew reacts to the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on swing state polling, this week’s school shooting in Georgia, Elon-Trump, Israel leaving devastation and death in Jenin, Tester’s struggles, student debt relief, RFK’s full-throat...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam is back from vacation, and he and Emma break down the biggest headlines from over the long weekend. First, they run through updates on the final 9 weeks before the US presidential election, Russia’s bombardment on Ukraine, domestic dissent to Israel’s expanding offensiv...
It’s Casual Friday! Emma and Bradley break down the last night of the DNC. First, they run through updates on the final night of the DNC, Harris’ acceptance speech, Dems’ rejection of a Palestinian speaker, poll numbers, FED interest rate cuts, the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, RealPage’s anti-trust ...
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Daniel Denvir, host of The Dig podcast, housing justice organizer for Reclaim Rhode Island, and alternate uncommitted delegate from Rhode Island to the Democratic National Convention, to discuss his experience so far on the ground at the DNC. Th...
It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with David Dayen, executive editor at The American Prospect, to discuss the recent updates on Vice President Harris’ economic policy agenda. First, Emma runs through updates on Day 2 of the DNC, escalating protests of the event, abortion on the ballot, polling in North C...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Jasper Nathaniel, writer of the Infinite Jaz newsletter on SubStack, to discuss his recent reporting from the West Bank. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Day 1 of the DNC (and the protests it was met with), Blinken’s pseudo-ceasefire, Dems’...
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Richard Slotkin, cultural critic and historian, professor of English and American Studies at Wesleyan University, to discuss his recent book A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America. First, they run through updates on day one of the DNC, Ha...
It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Mehdi Hasan, founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of the new media company Zeteo, to discuss the biggest stories of the week and the newest Zeteo documentary entitled “Israel’s Reel Extremism”. Then, Sam and Emma are joined by Matt Strackbein, better known...
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with blogger Ettingermentum of the “Ettingermentum Newsletter” on SubStack, to discuss Kamala Harris’s campaign now that she’s selected Tim Walz as her running mate. Then, she speaks with Jesselyn Cook, writer at NBCNews and HuffPost and 2025 Nieman ...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam speaks with James North, reporter covering the Global South and editor-at-large at MondoWeiss, to discuss the ongoing electoral situation in Venezuela. First, Sam runs through updates on Kamala Harris’ selection of Tim Walz as her running mate, her today’s primaries acr...
Happy Monday! Sam speaks with Dana Fisher, director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity and professor in the School of International Service at American University, to discuss her recent book Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action. First, Sam runs through upda...
It’s Casual Friday! Sam speaks with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, the MR Crew is joined by Francesca Fiorentini, host of the Bitchuation Room! First, Emma runs through updates on a major prisoner s...
It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones, author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It, to discuss President Biden’s recent proposals to reform the Supreme Court. Then, he speaks with Ada...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Elizabeth Pancotti, director of special initiatives at Roosevelt Forward and contributor the Fireside Stacks newsletter on SubStack, to discuss the Kamala Harris’s potential economic policy as a presidential candidate. First, Sam and Emma run through...
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Dave Weigel, author of the “Americana” newsletter at Semafor, to discuss the groundbreaking news from yesterday that President Biden will be dropping out of the presidential race, and endorsing Vice President Harris. First Sam and Emma run through updates on ...
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines from an eventful weekend. First, they run through updates on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Trump’s stolen documents case, Israel’s continuing slaughter of Gaza in the face of supposed ceasefire negotiations, Trump’s polling,...
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Dr. Genevieve Guenther, founding director of the organization End Climate Silence, affiliate faculty at the Tishman Environment & Design Center at the New School, to discuss her recent book The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propa...
It’s Hump Day! And the MR Crew discuss the news of the day before the long weekend. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on calls for Biden to step aside, the White House’s PR blitz to overcome those calls, Trump’s various legal woes, new FDA regulations, more State Department resignations, Is...
It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Jamelle Bouie, opinion columnist at the New York Times and co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast, to recap last night’s presidential debate and discuss the other big headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on last nigh...
It’s Casual Friday! Emma and the MR Crew break down the biggest headlines of the day. Then, they’re joined by comedian Matt Lieb, co-host of the Bad Hasbara podcast! First, Emma runs through updates on the Supreme Court’s upholding of the right to seize arms from domestic abusers, the continued s...
It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. First, they run through updates on the US Economy, the anniversary of D-Day, Clarence Thomas’ corruption, Bannon’s prison order, ...
It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s most recent massacre in Gaza, the EU resuming funding to UNRWA, Biden and Tru...
It’s News Day Tuesday! The MR Crew is back from the long weekend! They speak with Dave Weigel, author of the “Americana” newsletter at Semafor, to break down the results from last night’s Iowa Republican Caucus.
It’s the first News Day Tuesday of 2024! The MR Crew is back to catch up on the biggest headlines of the last week. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s continuing siege on Gaza, the Israeli government’s open admittance of ethnic cleansing, Biden’s bypassing of Congress in weapons ...
It’s Casual Friday! Emma hosts Alex Pareene, Contributing Editor at the New Republic and co-host of the Politics of Everything podcast, to round up the week in news. Then, she’s joined by Francesca Fiorentini, host of The Bitchuation Room podcast! Emma starts off with some more harrowing updates ...
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on 2024 Presidential polling, Hunter Biden’s newest nothing allegations, Donald Trump’s various legal woes, LA’s hotel strike, Oklahoma public education policy, Phoenix’s destr...
It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Jamelle Bouie, opinion columnist at the New York Times and co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast, to round up the week in news. Then, they’re joined by comedian Tim Heidecker, who has a real bone to pick with Sam!