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Borderlands w/ Ken Salazar / Fighting Fascism
This one’s a little different. Aaron, Matt, and Jonathan talk with Ken Salazar—former US Senator from Colorado, Secretary of the Interior under Obama,...
Fighting Monopoly Power w/ Zephyr Teachout / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is practicing crony capitalism on an unprecedented scale, with the government greenlighting major mergers that benefit the president’s fr...
US Resumes Iran War, DRC Ebola Outbreak Surges, Burnham Becomes UK PM / American Prestige
Canada’s wildfires rage on, so Danny and Derek are here to be your breath of fresh air. This week’s news: In Iran, the US reimposes its blockade and i...
Tech Refusal Has a Very Long History w/ Thomas Dekeyser / Tech Won't Save Us
We are often told that resisting technological development is impossible and ‘progress’ is inevitable, but history says otherwise. Thomas Dekeyser joi...
The Need for Responsible AI w/ Robert Wright / American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome to the show journalist and author Robert Wright to talk about the potential and pitfalls of the AI revolution. They discuss...
Trump’s Renewed War, More ICE Killings, and Teaching American History / Start Making Sense
It’s been another bad week for Donald Trump – from the Strait or Homuz to the streets where ICE has killed more people, to the scheduled Senate hearin...
Maine After Platner w/ Eoin Higgins / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Graham Platner is withdrawing as the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine after a credible rape allegation was made against him (Platner denies the alle...
Dope Popes w/ Matt Sitman / Fighting Fascism
Back in May, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas”—a surprisingly forceful call-out of dehumanizing technology, Big Tech o...
US-Iran Ceasefire Collapses, Hamas Dissolves Gaza Government, Sudan’s El-Obeid Braces for RSF Assault / American Prestige
Danny and Derek’s FIFA officiating careers have been tragically cut short since Javier Milei’s checks started bouncing. In this week’s news: the NATO...
Rome and Ancient Iran w/ Jake Nabel / American Prestige
Danny and Derek are joined by Jake Nabel, Tombros early career professor of classical studies and assistant professor of classics and ancient Mediterr...
Jamie Raskin: How to Fight Trump; plus Dems after Platner / Start Making Sense
Jamie Raskin, Democrat from Maryland, talks about Congress reforming the Supreme Court, and the House challenging Trump’s corruption. His article in t...
Founding Myths w/ Tad Stoermer / Fighting Fascism
To celebrate the 250th, we’re looking back at the founding with Tad Stoermer, author of the NYTimes bestseller “A Resistance History of the United Sta...
Bonus - How the British Empire Lost America w/ Andrew Shankman / American Prestige
Danny and Derek are joined by historian Andrew Shankman to talk about the road to US independence from Great Britain. They discuss differences between...
The RAM Crisis is Coming for All Your Tech w/ Chris Person / Tech Won't Save Us
Public ire toward AI keeps growing as the data center boom continues to hit people’s pockets. Chris Person joins Paris Marx to discuss the soaring cos...
The History of Iran’s Nuclear Program w/ Sina Azodi / American Prestige
Sina Azodi, assistant professor of Middle East politics and director of the Middle East Studies program at George Washington University, returns to th...
What Trump Lost–and Won–with the Supremes; plus Haitians after TPS / Start Making Sense
Trump biggest losses in the Supreme Court rulings announced this week were on birthright citizenship—widely anticipated—and the voting rights case whe...
For the Union Makes Us Strong w/ Sara Nelson / Fighting Fascism
Sara Nelson is the President of the Association of Flight Attendants, and one of the most badass leaders in the labor movement today. But that doesn’t...
The Triumph of Mamdani and the DSA w/ Ross Barkan / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani had a very good night on Tuesday: a slate of candidates he endorsed won in Democratic primaries in both state and c...
Iran Talks Advance, Starmer Resigns, Israel Targets Children in Gaza / American Prestige
Danny and Derek’s promised ring ceremony regrettably must be relocated from MSG due to a scheduling conflict. In this week’s news: The Iran negotiatio...
Data Center Opposition Is Uniting Communities w/ Saul Levin / Tech Won't Save Us
As tech companies race to build hyperscale data centers, communities are coming together to push back. Saul Levin joins Paris Marx to discuss how risi...
How Zionism Failed w/ Omer Bartov / American Prestige
Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, joins the program to talk about Zionism’s transformation from an...
Norm Eisen: Fighting Trump’s Threats to Voting; plus Protest Success Stories / Start Making Sense
Election protection: defending Ohio’s biggest voter registration group, and blocking Trump’s attacks on voting by mail: Norm Eisen, co-counsel on the...
US-Iran MoU Takes Effect, West Bank Settlement Expansion, Fujimori Leads Peru Election Count / American Prestige
Danny and Derek are in backchannel talks with the reflecting pool algae. In this week’s news: the United States and Iran sign a Memorandum of Understa...
A Practical Guide to Messing with Big Tech Oligarchs w/ Cory Doctorow / Fighting Fascism
Cory Doctorow, guy who coined the term enshittification, has been eviscerating Big Tech oligarchs for many years. He’s now turning his razor-sharp min...
Matt Taibbi and the New Threat to Free Speech w/ Eoin Higgins / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Journalist Eoin Higgins was recently sued for defamation by a fellow journalist Matt Taibbi, who is subject on criticism in Higgins’ book Owned: How T...
Canada’s Government Is Rushing AI Adoption w/ Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood / Tech Won't Save Us
The Canadian government is going all in on AI, without understanding the real effects of the technology. Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood joins Paris Marx to...
Why Harvard Won’t Settle; plus Struggles of Supermarket Workers / Start Making Sense
In his campaign against elite universities as centers of resistance, Trump hasn’t been able to force Harvard to submit. And it seems less likely now t...
Human Prehistory and How Societies Rise and Fall w/ Patrick Wyman / American Prestige
Historian Patrick Wyman returns to the show to talk about the deep history of human societies and how they can inform the current moment. They explore...
Trumpism Abroad w/ American Prestige / Fighting Fascism
That’s right, friends... it’s another crossover episode! We were joined by Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison from American Prestige, a podcast that off...
Is Bari Weiss Winning? W/ David Klion / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Bari Weiss has become a flashpoint of controversy in her position running CBS News. She’s fired half a dozen senior producers and correspondents at 60...
US and Iran Exchange Fire, Pentagon Raises Israeli Spy Threat, Jihadist-Rebel Alliance Pressures Mali / American Prestige
The World Cup is upon us, so Danny and Derek are showering visiting players with crocheted NATO flags. In this week’s news: Israel and Iran exchange f...
Silicon Valley Is Turning Nurses Into Gig Workers w/ Katie J. Wells / Tech Won't Save Us
The Uber model is finally coming for healthcare. Katie J. Wells joins Paris Marx to discuss how much the healthcare gig apps resemble Uber’s rollout,...
Primary Elections from LA to Maine, plus AI "Poetry" / Start Making Sense
Democratic strength, and Democratic divisions, in primaries from L.A. to Maine—Harold Meyerson has our analysis of the week’s political developments.<...
HondurasGate US Power in Latin America w/ José Luis Granados Ceja / American Prestige
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Danny and Derek welcome to the show José Luis Granados Ceja, head of the Latin America desk at DropSit...
An Antifascist Guide to the World Cup w/ Alex Shephard / Fighting Fascism
We swear to god, we haven’t turned into a sports podcast (despite all Matt’s efforts). But it turns out there’s a not-insignificant intersection betwe...
Fighting Trump’s Corruption w/ Chris Lehmann / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is corrupt on a scale that puts all other criminal presidents, including Richard Nixon, to shame. One recent example is the so-called Ant...
US-Iran Escalations, Israel Expands Lebanon Campaign, CIA Feuds With Intelligence Chief / American Prestige
There’s too much Knickerbocker news to fit here, but we do have other stories to report. This week: Iran and the U.S. exchange fire in the Gulf (2:00)...
The SpaceX IPO Gives Elon Musk Even More Power w/ Sean O’Kane / Tech Won't Save Us
SpaceX is finally going public, and it’s bad news for anyone who wants to rein in Elon Musk. Sean O’Kane joins Paris Marx to discuss the flimsy sci-fi...
The Dems After Tuesday’s Primaries, plus Elmore Leonard’s Bad Guys / Start Making Sense
On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols analyzes this week’s primary results in California and elsewhere, and, from the archives, Elmore L...
The Dems After Tuesday’s Primaries, plus Elmore Leonard’s Bad Guys / Start Making Sense
California’s jungle primary on Tuesday set the stage for the next Democratic governor of the state, and primaries in Iowa, New Jersey and elsewhere te...