It’s Casual Friday! Sam speaks with Ryan Grim, D.C. Bureau Chief at The Intercept and co-host of Counter Points, to round up the week in news. Then, he’s joined by Francesca Fiorentini, host of the Bitchuation Room! First, Sam runs through updates on yesterday’s State of the Union, Biden-Trump polling, US aid to Gaza, US arms to Israel, ceasefire talks, NATO, US […]

Emma hosts Deva Woodly, Associate Professor of Politics at the New School for Social Research, to discuss her recent book Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements, on the growing importance of Radical Black feminist pragmatism in an age where politics are seen exclusively as brokering deals with the powerful, and never about […]

Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene (@pareene), staff writer at the New Republic and host of “The Politics of Everything” podcast to breakdown the week’s top stories including why Democrats should call Kyrtsen Sinema’s bluff. Plus, Matthew Film Guy (@langdonboom) stops by to talk movies! On today’s show: Rep. Elissa Slotkin (of  natsec lady gang “the […]

Sam looks back at the week’s most important stories with Alex Pareene (@pareene) of the New Republic and comedian Judy Gold (@JewdyGold), including the White House kneecapping the Postal Service, the Kamala Harris VP media narrative, and our rolling Covid crisis. On today’s show: Larry Kudlow, explaining why the Democratic relief demands are idealistic, says we […]

Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon ), co-founder of the North Star and Virgil Texas (@virgiltexas ), of Chapo Trap House, join us. On today’s show: Pompeo announces US withdrawl from Cold War INF treaty. Benjamin P. Dixon joins us to discuss the latest news from Washington: The government shutdown, the power of the strike, Trump and abortion, Cory Booker’s campaign […]

On today’s show: Donald Trump may be getting talking points from the movie Sicario 2. Sam breaks down the new proposed standards for asylum seekers and how they’d further family separation and white supremacy. Kamala Harris backs down on m4a, resists criminal justice reform; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor calls her out. John Bolton’s notepad: “5,000 troops Colombia.” […]

New report indicates climate change is moving even faster than we realized. How the Trump Administration is suppressing climate science. Policy and identity. What Ryan Cooper got right and wrong in his piece on Kamala Harris, Deval Patrick and Corey Booker. ICE’s new obscene policies and using children as bait. On The Fun Half: The […]

Leading voting rights expert and journalist for The Nation magazine Ari Berman (@AriBerman) joins us today. Who Kris Kobach is and why his racist, anti-democratic, Kris Kobach’s time at Harvard with advisor and clash of civilizations theorist Samuel Huntington. Why Kobach’s anti-black voter stridency seems to be about more than just winning elections for the […]

We provide live coverage of the Comey hearings. Senator Kamala Harris indicates that evidence may have been destroyed. Senator Cornyn wants to talk Clinton email scandal. Senator Richard Burr does not follow the Republican script on Trump and Russia. Comey says Russia absolutely intended to influence the election. Why James Comey needed to write down […]

“Rupert Murdoch” calls in and throws son James under the bus.  Bribery, government and police officials on the take, mass cover ups; Sam digs