It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullaballoo, to round up the week in news. Then, they’re joined by Mark Bankston, partner at the law firm Farrar & Ball, to discuss a new case that he is taking up. First, Sam and Emma […]

Emma hosts Daniel Laurison, visiting scholar in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss his recent book Producing Politics: Inside The Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics For All of Us. First, Emma dives into Biden’s upcoming trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia and the GOP’s recent offensive against a 10-year-old rape victim’s abortion, […]

On today’s show: Katie Pavlich says US deserves more credit for ending slavery. Beto releases fundraising figures, doesn’t say how many unique donors he had. Former Beto staffer writes Facebook post saying he’s not a progressive. Warren wants to abolish the electoral college in favor of popular vote, combat voter suppression. On the fun half: […]

Change Congress co-founder Lawrence Lessig explains to Sam Seder how money has fundamentally corrupted our political system and discusses how we can return power to the American people.