It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Zachary Foster, historian of Palestine and proprietor of the website Palestine Nexus, to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress yesterday. First, Emma runs through updates on Biden’s passing of the torch, the mass crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters in DC yesterday, Netanyahu’s joint congressional address, falling […]
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It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, to round up yet another crazy week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the FLOP that was Night 3 of the RNC, Biden’s candidacy, the ICJ’s stunning advisory opinion on Israel, spreading Polio in Gaza, presidential polling, Delta unions, the […]
It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Sarah Jones, senior writer for New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, to discuss former President Trump selecting Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate. First, Sam runs through updates on Day 2 of the RNC, Biden’s candidacy, Biden’s recent policy developments, the would-be Trump assassin, Bob Menendez’s legal woes, […]
It’s News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Day 1 of the RNC, Trump’s VP pick, Elon’s $45m/month pledge to Trump, the background of Trump’s would-be assassin, Trump’s legal woes, Biden’s sinking polling, the US economy, immigration and the border, and RFK and […]
Sam and Emma host Anthea Butler, religious studies professor at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss her new book White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America and why the evangelical vote is still the strongest and most unified voting bloc in American politics. And in the Fun Half: thoughts on Biden’s plans to withdraw American […]
Happy Tuesday, Sam hosts journalist and academic Anne Nelson to discuss her new book, Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right. Sam and Nelson begin their interview with a play-by-play of how fundamentalist Evangelical Christians rallied behind Ronald Reagan during his the 1980 election and helped fuel his victory with a […]
