Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Melissa Jacoby, law professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to discuss her recent book Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on SCOTUS’ affirmation of presidential immunity, Joe Biden’s Presidency, Boeing’s plea deal, Bannon’s prison […]
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It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with freelance writer and author Arthur Goldwag to discuss his recent book The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia. Then, she’s joined by Manpreet Kaur Kalra, development economics & legal scholar with an emphasis on business and human rights, to discuss her recent piece in […]
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with John Ganz, writer of the Unpopular Front newsletter on SubStack, to discuss his recent book When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Netanyahu’s rejection of (supposedly) his own peace plan, Israel’s pivot […]
It’s News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam and Emma speak with David Dayen, executive editor at The American Prospect, to discuss some of his recent writing and reporting on pricing. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel sinking any ceasefire negotiations, Indian elections, the Epoch Times’ money laundering operation, ProPublica report on Trump’s “bonuses” sent to potential […]
Happy Monday! Sam & Emma speak with author and historian William Hogeland, proprietor of the “Hogeland’s Bad History” newsletter on SubStack, to discuss his recent book The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on México’s election of Claudia Sheinbaum, Israel’s rejection of […]
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! Today she speaks with Dr. Eviane Leidig, postdoctoral fellow at the Tilburg University, to discuss her recent book The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization. Then, she speaks with Kate Wagner, architecture critic at The Nation, to discuss her recent piece entitled “Luxury Brands Are Buying Our […]
It’s News Day Tuesday and the MR Crew is back from the long weekend! But first they speak with Luke Goldstein, writing fellow at The American Prospect, to discuss his recent reporting on Red Lobster’s bankruptcy & the DOJ filing a lawsuit against LiveNation. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s military cruising past […]
It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with writer and labor organizer Mindy Isser to discuss her recent piece in In These Times entitled “In Labor’s Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall.” Then, he speaks with Anna Clark, reporter at ProPublica covering issues in the MidWest, to discuss her recent reporting on the Flint water […]
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Eric Klinenberg, professor in social science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, to discuss his recent book 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel’s staunch refusal to stop the bloodshed in […]
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Brett Christophers, Professor at the Department of Geography at Uppsala University in Sweden, to discuss his recent book The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save The Planet. Then, she’s joined by Ronnie Chatah, host of the Beirut Banyan YouTube channel and co-host of the MTV podcast, […]
