Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Independent journalist and bête noire of White House press flacks Sam Husseini returns to Bad Faith to break down the Biden administration's spin over who is really responsible for stalling a ceasefire deal that would bring an end to the carnage in Gaza . Husseini reacts to Hasbara from Jake Tapper and analyzes how hostages have been cynically weaponized by pro-Israel actors...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 380
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast In her first interview after being fired from The Hill Briahna Joy Gray sits down with the co-hosts of Due Dissidence , Keaton Weiss and Russell Dobular , to discuss the long trajectory of attacks from Rep. Ritchie Torres and others that have led to Briahna's dismissal for pro-Palestine speech. This censorship has been a long time coming, and the attacks ...
Jun 10, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 379
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Last month over 1000 Harvard students walked out of commencement in protest of the war on Gaza and the university's decision to not allow 13 seniors to graduate, including Rhodes Scholar Asmer Safi . Safi joins Bad Faith along with junior Prince Williams , who was also suspended by the university, to discuss their divestment strategy, the downfall of Claudine Gay, and how Ha...
Jun 06, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 378
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Princeton Professor of African American studies Eddie Glaude Jr. returns to Bad Faith to discuss what he told students at historically Black Morehouse College in advance of Biden's commencement address, why he's now ambivalent about his 2016 openness to voting third party in deep red and deep blue states, how to break free of the "vote blue no matter who"...
Jun 03, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 377
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The Nation 's John Nichols returns to Bad Faith to break down the avalanche of bad press Biden has been getting over the last week , including a viral article by Ian Chotiner in The New Yorker in which Dem strategist Simon Rosenberg tried to rage-quit the interview after being asked basic questions about Biden's bad polling. Nichols, a historian of American politics, walks u...
May 30, 2024•2 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 376
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Journalist Ben Norton returns to Bad Faith to break down where Argentina is five months into libertarian President Javier Milei's leadership . When Milei was elected, libertarians cheered the opportunity to prove how successful libertarianism can be if allowed to fully manifest. Now, with 300% inflation, authoritarian crackdowns on protests, and widespread...
May 27, 2024•5 min•Season 1Ep. 375
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Criminal law professor Heidi Matthews returns to Bad Faith to break down the International Criminal Court’s plan to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu , Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, & three Hamas leaders. She addresses state department Matt Miller’s claim that the ICC lacks jurisdiction, draws out the hypocrisy in the US’ approach to these warrants vs. th...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 374
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Green Party 2016 vice presidential candidate and editor of Black Agenda Report Ajamu Baraka joins Bad Faith to weigh in on claims that the Green Party is hostile to Black interests , including intimations from Dr. Cornel West that racial politics played a role in his choice to forego the Greens and run as an independent. Baraka also weighs in on why Black ...
May 20, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 373
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Comedian Kate Willett returns to Bad Faith to talk about her new comedy special , weigh in on recent comedy controversies involving Bill Burr, Bill Maher, and Jerry Seinfeld; and dig in to Jonathan Chait's new article defending the age-old liberal practice of " punching left ." Now that new polls show Biden way behind in 5 out of 6 swing states, the center is coming out swin...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 372
https://www.patreon.com/posts/104159007Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast 2024 Presidential candidate Jill Stein returns to Bad Faith to respond to Dr. West saying during his last appearance on the show that he had lost all respect for Dr. Stein , and that she is "addicted" to running for office. The candidate also discusses her recent arrest at a campus protest, new developments in Gaza, i...
May 13, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 371
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Associate Professor of Media & Communication at Miami University Matthew Crain joins Bad Faith to explain how surveillance advertising took over the internet , the threat current monetization strategies pose to journalism, what alternatives exist, and whether there are any real data privacy concerns with respect to TikTok. Matthew reassures Briahna that being a luddite is ok...
May 09, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 370
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Fordham Professor of African American Studies Mark Naison was once a Columbia student who was present for the occupation of Hamilton Hall back in 1968 . He provides context for the protest, how the risk of community outrage helped the students achieve success, and weighs in on the current wave of university protests and the consequences facing his own stud...
May 06, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 369
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Dr. Cornel West's Vice Presidential nominee Melina Abdullah joins Bad Faith for her first big left media interview since entering the race . We get to know the candidate before asking about her goals for the campaign, her plan to win, how to message to a "big tent," and the debate around the choice to "center" race in Dr. West's campaign. We also talk about her break with BL...
May 02, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 368
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The Intercept ’s Prem Thakkar has been covering college campus reactions to Israel’s war on Gaza for months , and he joins Bad Faith to detail how we got to the tumult that has occurred over the past week—snipers on roofs, valedictorians banned, professors body slammed to the ground by cops, and presidential candidates arrested . Subscribe to Bad Faith on ...
Apr 29, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 367
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Bill Mitchell , professor of economics at the University of Newcastle and the man who coined the term Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) , joins Bad Faith to explain how liberals failed to resist the rise of neoliberalism, how conservatives were able to wrest back control after the progressive movements of the first half of the 20th century, and how progressives can offer an alter...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 366
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Journalist Zaid Jilani joins Bad Faith to elaborate on his recent controversial criticisms of Matt Taibbi . Are leftists simply angry that they can't control where Taibbi's interests have taken his reporting? Or has Taibbi taken a reactionary approach in response to bad faith attacks from liberals -- and, if so, is he justified? Is the left correct in mour...
Apr 22, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 365