It’s Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Ilan Pappe, professor of history at the University of Exeter and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, author of Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic, to discuss the state of affairs in the Middle East a year after October 7th, 2023. Then she speaks with Rakan […]
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It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Adam Hanieh, development studies academic based in the UK, to discuss his recent book Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market. Then, she speaks with Greg Stoker, co-host of the Colonial Outcasts podcast, to discuss Israel’s recent offensive into Lebanon. First, Emma runs through updates […]
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 Hurricane Helene, longshoreman labor action, swing state polling, reproductive […]
It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma speaks with Jeff Schuhrke, assistant professor in labor studies at SUNY Empire State University, to discuss his recent book Blue-Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade. Then, she speaks with Seamus Malekafzali, freelance writer and journalist, proprietor of the Seamus Malekafzali newsletter on SubStack, to discuss the […]
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 safe zone in Gaza, presidential polling, today’s primaries, Boeing […]
It’s Casual Friday! Emma speaks with Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, to round up the week in news. Emma runs through updates on the Harris/Walz CNN interview, Israel’s continuing war crimes, presidential debate protocol, swing state polling, mortgage rates, Trump’s absurd IVF pivot, RFK’s candidacy, Florida’s death penalty, and the death of Johnny Gaudreau. Jeet […]
It’s News Day Tuesday! Emma speaks with Alex Sammon, politics writer at Slate, to discuss his reporting from the Democratic National Convention. First, Emma runs through updates on continuing massacres in Gaza, Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah, Russia’s massive barrage on Ukraine, RFK’s candidacy, Jack Smith’s case against Trump, fascist disenfranchisement in Texas and Georgia, the UAW, Macron’s […]
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 woes, RFK’s candidacy, Arizona and Texas politics, and […]
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. Then, she speaks with Susan Rinkunas, contributing writer at […]
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’ economic agenda, Elon’s Twitter flop, […]
