It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She hosts David Allen, historian of U.S. foreign relations, to discuss his recent book Every Citizen a Statesman: The Dream of a Democratic Foreign Policy in the American Century. Then, Emma talks to Joshua Craze, writer and researcher specializing in Sudan, to discuss the recent civil conflict that’s broken out in the region over the past […]
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Emma hosts John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, to discuss his recent book Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability For Those Who Caused The Crisis, on how the pandemic has forced a moment where we see if we are a country that will continue to refuse to hold its elites accountable, or if we are willing […]
Sam hosts Paul Sabin, professor of history at Yale University and director of the Yale Environmental Humanities Program, to discuss his recent book Public Citizens: The Attack On Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism, on how the US went from eras defined by government action under FDR through LBJ, to Reagan and Clinton coming together across the […]
Sam hosts Sarah Chayes, prizewinning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world, to discuss her new book On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake. Sam and Chayes take the long view on how corruption has taken hold in society and how money and capital are the sources from which corruption […]
Sam hosts David Rohde, executive editor of The New Yorker, to discuss his new book In Deep: The FBI, The CIA, And The Truth About America’s ‘Deep State’ and how presidential power has grown since Nixon. On today’s show: Trump supporter at rally not worried about Covid, says death rate is low, hydroxychloroquine is working. David Rohde, executive […]
On today’s show: Ron Johnson says “love it or leave it” wasn’t racist in the 60s. White House’s Mercedes Schlapp: Trump is not a racist, he “stands with the people who support him.” Stephen Bannon: core of Trump’s platform is “deconstruction of the administrative state.” Sam breaks down how Trump’s been doing this and the […]
Trump is irrational and North Korea responds to his threats. Gilad Edelman, explains the long war against government. The Clinton era and the undermining of government. Private contractors across government. Why we don’t know how many private contractors work in federal government. Why we need more federal government. Campaign financing and government contracting. IRS staff […]
Jacob Hacker the Stanley B.Resor Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and author of American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper explains why America lost our historical understanding of the mixed economy. How regulation helps grow economies and produce better outcomes. Why […]
A great on-air tax policy debate between professional leftist Sam Seder of The Majority Report and BigHollywood.com Editor John Nolte.
