Legendary blogger and columnist Digby explains why Republicans are threatening a public health crisis by blocking funds to the CDC. The Moral monstrosity of the GOP. Republicans new practice of holding up funds to prevent and address emergencies. Racism and ignoring the Zika crisis. Why is the Ob...

What are the different types of Islamist politics. Saudi and Iranian politics. The distinctions between Sunni and Shia Islamic movements and the flaws in Western foreign policy.

National Security journalist William Arkin author of Unmanned: Drones, Data, and the Illusion of Perfect Warfare, explains the growth of the global intelligence network supporting modern warfare and spying. The global hunt for information. The shifting calculus of unmanned war. How drone warfare ...

The Patriot Act stalls in the Senate. What reforms are in the USA Freedom Act? Bernie Sanders announces he is formally running for President in front of a big crowd in Burlington Vermont. How the media reports and distorts Bernie Sanders. How the delusional mainstream media treats Carly Fiorina s...

Journalist Nathan Scheider, author of Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse, explains the different models of the sharing economy. Silicon Valley innovation and the loss of critical discourse on inequality and power. The Cooperative economy. Europe’s push for a new economy. Why Bit...

Journalist Guy Lawson, explains the national crisis of Police violence. The power of the Police uniform. Mental illness and police killings. The Supreme Court and the Police responsibility to not escalate. Why the high crimes of US officials are blamed on low level fall guys. The Florida stoners ...

Economist Jeff Madrick, author of the recent book, Seven Bad Ideas: How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World,explains why mainstream economists failed to anticipate the 2008 economic crisis. The “invisible hand” utopia myth and why it is dangerous for the economy. The myth of ...

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi tells us the disturbing story of Countrywide whistleblower Michael Winston. Michael Winston’s role in a Frontline documentary exposing Countrywide’s systemic corruption. How Bank of America has targeted Michael Winston with the help of the Court system. The Frontline d...

More proof of the Lead theory of crime reduction.

Journalist Ari Paul, explains Bill de Blasio has long angered the NYPD. The Central Park Five Case and why the NYPD are angry about it. The real problems New York City faces now. NYPD Labor Union head Pat Lynch is gunning for a favorable contract for the NYPD. Why the Police Union is out of step ...

Matt & Michael hosted Pando Daily Senior Editor Mark Ames who explains the origins of the Silicon Valley wage suppression cartel, how George Lucas helped create the scheme, how Steve Jobs perfected, how Google, eBay and other top Silicon Valley firms conspire to engineers wages, the internal ...

Nation reporter Zoe Carpenter explains what phony populism is, Democrats who embrace watered down trickle down economics, President Obama’s praise for some of America’s worst CEOs, repackaging Rubinomics, the pseudo solutions offered by some in the technology sector, why real solutions to inequal...

Today’s show features some of the best comedy bits of 2013 including Sam Seder’s Where’s Hugo (of Bob’s Burgers) conversations with H. John Benjamin, our fake right wing show The Ken, Ken and Ken Show’s interview with Tina Dupuy, Right Wing Mandela, Gohmericans and a Masshole report.

Sam broke down the Supreme Court’s gutting of key provisions of the Voting Rights Act.

Mike Konczal explained the Carmen Reinhart Kenneth Rogoff thesis, how influential the Rhienhart Rogoff paper was, why there study was riddled with errors, how an excel spread sheet error destroyed the methodology of the study, the perils of wonkery and why there is no accountability for elites.