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No Kings Day: “It’s Gonna be Fun,” plus “One Battle After Another” | Start Making Sense
Saturday is the second No Kings Day – it should be the biggest single day of protest in American history, with more than 2,500 events planned. Leah Gr...
American Sociocide w/ Charles Derber | American Prestige
Danny and Derek speak with sociologist Charles Derber about how American society is tearing itself apart, as explored in his book Bonfire: American So...
Revolutionary Violence and One Battle After Another w/ David Klion | The Time of Monsters
Few movies have ever been as timely as Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film One Battle After
Another, which traces the battle between revolutionar...
It’s Never A Strategy To Remain Quiet with Nick Tilsen | A People's Climate
What does true climate justice look like when it’s rooted in sovereignty, resistance, and liberation?
In this powerful episode of...
Venezuela-US Escalation, Myanmar Airstrike, France’s Political Crisis | American Prestige
Yes, we will be releasing 25 subtle variations of this news roundup in order to catapult ourselves to the top of the podcast charts, and no, we are no...
The Gilded Rage of Tech Billionaires w/ Jacob Silverman | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss Jacob’s new book Gilded Rage, which explores the radicalization of Silicon Valley leaders, who are...
The Courts vs. Trump—Plus, "Gotham at War" | Start Making Sense
As the Supreme Court begins its new term, Trump lost six different cases in district courts just last week, ranging from bans on deploying the Nationa...
The Deep Politics of the Government Shutdown
Donald Trump has plunged the nation into another government shutdown. I spoke with my Nation colleague Chris Lehmann about the larger political stakes...
Mass Movements with Patrisse Cullors | A People's Climate
This is when people-powered movements matter most.
In this episode of A People’s Climate, host Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Patr...
Trump’s Gaza “Peace Plan,” UN Reimposes Sanctions on Iran, "Gen Z Protests" in Madagascar and Morocco | American Prestige
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The Growing Divide Between MAGA and Big Tech w/ Tina Nguyen | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Tina Nguyen to discuss the divisions within the American far-right between the Trump administration, the wider MAGA movement,...
Senate Dems Stand Up to Trump-Finally; plus Trump and Tylenol | Start Making Sense
For the Senate Democrats this is a big week for defiance. At last they are making popular demands as part of a deal to pass a budget and avoid a gover...
How The Internet Broke America w/ Garrett Graff | American Prestige
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Danny welcomes to the show journalist and historian Garrett Graff, host of th...
The Emptiness of Bob Woodward w/ Matt Duss | The Nation Podcast
For over 50 years, Bob Woodward has had an uncanny ability to get sources talking—and to sell books. From Watergate to Trump, no political era has gon...
Who Are the Shooters? w/ Ken Klippenstein | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
The United States continues to be roiled by political violence, with the recent shooting at an ICE
facility in Dallas coming hot on the heels of...
An Unreasonable Woman with Diane Wilson | A People's Climate
In this episode of A People’s Climate, Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper and relentless environmental activist...
The US Military vs. the Environment w/ Gretchen Heefner | American Prestige
Danny and Derek speak with historian Gretchen Heefner about how the US military (unsuccessfully) set out to conquer extreme environments and what thos...
Is Tesla Still a Car Company? w/ Ed Niedermeyer | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the mission to turn Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire, Tesla’s growing interest in makin...
How We Defeated Trump on Jimmy Kimmel—plus, the attacks on Harvard | Start Making Sense
Trump is trying to block speech that criticizes him. Last week began with JD Vance complaining about an article in The Nation that criticized the idea...
A New History of the Americas, Pt. 2 w/ Greg Grandin | American Prestige
Danny and Derek once again speak with historian Greg Grandin about his recent book, America, América: A New History of the New World. In this second p...
The MAGA Fashion Revolution | The Nation Podcast
Donald Trump and his MAGA movement haven’t just taken over Republican politics. They’ve also taken over Republican fashion.
Gone is the stuffy,...
What Bari Weiss Is Really Up To | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press, has often been profiled in the media, but usually in a superficial way that focuses on her personali...
Gaza City Ground Invasion, US War on “Narco-Terror” in the Caribbean, Russia Sanctions Standoff | American Prestige
Derek is joined once again by guest co-host Alex Jordan to bring you the news. This week: in Israel-Palestine, Israel commences its ground operation i...
TRAILER: A People's Climate Podcast—Coming Soon!
“A People’s Climate” is a new climate podcast by Counterstream Media and The Nation. Hosted by Shilpi Chhotray.
This isn’t climate talk as usua...
Good News for Dems – plus Fascists and Teachers | Start Making Sense
In suburban DC, southern Pennsylvania and Iowa, Democrats have won special elections by significant margins – and the polls for this year’s upcoming e...
A New History of the Americas Pt. 1 w/ Greg Grandin | American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome back historian Greg Grandin to talk about his recent book, America, América: A New History of the New World. In this first par...
Yolanda Díaz Is the New Face of the Spanish Left | The Nation Podcast
Yolanda Díaz, Spain’s high-profile labor minister, has managed a tightrope walk unthinkable in the country’s recent history. Much to the astonishment...
The Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Matt Duss, vice-president of the Center for International Policy, wrote an excellent review for The Nation of Bob Woodward’s book War, which is a cele...
Israel Bombs Qatar, Nepal Protests, Russian Drones Enter Polish Airspace | American Prestige
While Danny remains in talks with Russia, Alex Jordan again helps Derek bring you the headlines. This week: Israel targets Hamas negotiators in a Doha...
A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology w/ Aaron Benanav | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society cr...
Trump’s Really Bad Week in Court—Plus, the New Film by China’s Top Director | Start Making Sense
Trump had four major court decisions against him in a single week last week: on tariffs, defunding Harvard, sending troops to LA, and deporting Venezu...
From The Gilded Age to American Decline w/ Morgan Spector | American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome actor Morgan Spector (The Gilded Age, The Plot Against America) to the show for a conversation on politics, Hollywood, and cap...
Dark Money Invades Social Media | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
On August 27, journalist Taylor Lorenz reported for Wired on a dark-money project funded by
anonymous Democratic Party donors to shape social me...
AI and Drone Warfare in Ukraine, 'Trump Riviera' Gaza Plan, US Bombs Venezuelan Boat | American Prestige
Danny is in talks with the Kremlin to unfreeze his accounts, so Derek is joined instead by the Quincy Institute’s Alex Jordan to bring you the news. T...
Will AI Kill Your Job? w/ Brian Merchant | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss whether the AI bubble is about to burst and how bosses are deploying AI tools to kill jobs and degra...
Here Comes the Sun, plus Our Fragile Freedoms | Start Making Sense
At a time when almost everything seems to be going wrong, Bill McKibben sees one thing that is suddenly going right – a really big thing: solar power,...
Christianity and 20th Century European Politics w/ Udi Greenberg | American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome back to the program historian Udi Greenberg to discuss his reinterpretation of modern Christianity in The End of the Schism: C...
Preparing for the Next War on Iran | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
The Iran-Israel conflict in June was terrifying but brief: it lasted 12 days. But that war is not
over. Trita Parsi, vice president and cofounde...
Nasser Hospital Bombing, Trump’s Eyes on Venezuela, India Tariffs | American Prestige
Danny and Derek get in one last news update before Danny moves to an undisclosed American Prestige satellite campus. This week: In Israel-Palestine, t...
How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay to discuss the geopolitics behind China’s investments in green tech and electrification, and how...