Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Consumer advocate, former Green Party presidential candidate, & author Ralph Nader returns to Bad Faith to cut through the media gaslighting about Harris "fighting tirelessly" for a ceasefire and to respond to an online-left that has been successfully wooed by "vibes" to embrace Kamala despite her commitment to providing arms to a genocidal state . Subscribe to Bad Faith...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 399
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Dr. Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute returns to Bad Faith to explain how Israel's assassination of Hamas' top ceasefire negotiator Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran reflects Israel's lack of good faith and threatens a broader regional war. Why does Israel want war with Iran, and what are the current risks of escalation in the region? Also, what should we make of...
Aug 19, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 398
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Executive Editor of The American Prospect David Dayen returns to Bad Faith to help decipher Kamala Harris’ economic policy . Having dodged interviews and eschewed policy proposals, we’re left reading the tea leaves — analyzing who she’s surrounded herself with, and what her surrogates have been saying on CNBC and beyond. What does it mean that her brother-in-law, Uber’s chie...
Aug 15, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 397
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Historian, author, journalist, and Marxist intellectual Vijay Prashad returns to Bad Faith to talk progressives for Kamala , the Tim Walz pick, Cori Bush’s ouster, & what lessons global movements -- including recent student protests in Bangladesh -- hold for the American left . Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Ba...
Aug 12, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 396
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The Abandon Biden movement was created to leverage votes to secure a ceasefire or, alternatively, punish Biden for failing to move on that issue. What does the Abandon Biden movement do now that Biden is no longer on the ticket ? Head of communications Ahmad Hudhayfah joins Bad Faith to discuss the movement's attitude to Kamala Harris, its current demands, and what he makes ...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 393
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is a trauma and critical care physician who volunteered at the Gaza European Hospital near Khan Yunis earlier this spring. Last month, he and a fellow volunteer wrote an op-ed in Politico detailing their experience . Somehow, despite the unspeakable images out of Gaza we’ve all been watching for the better part of a year, their account ma...
Aug 05, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 395
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Status Coup News ' Jordan Chariton returns to Bad Faith to provide an update on the toxic fallout from the East Palestine train derailment and report on how residents on the ground are souring on their senator, JD Vance . Vance once championed the people of East Palestine, but he has failed to follow up on new revelations that the crisis was mismanaged. Does his inclusion on...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 394
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The Abandon Biden movement was created to leverage votes to secure a ceasefire or, alternatively, punish Biden for failing to move on that issue . What does the Abandon Biden movement do now that Biden is no longer on the ticket? Head of communications Ahmad Hudhayfah joins Bad Faith to discuss the movement's attitude to Kamala Harris, its current demands,...
Jul 29, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 393
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Civil rights attorney, former public defender, and founder of Civil Rights Corps Alec Karakatsanis joins Bad Faith to discuss his latest article exposing the massive disinformation campaign around police body cameras that has led liberals to embrace surveillance technology as a progressive reform . Alec explains the evidence that exposes the true purpose of body cameras, and...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 392
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Former Seattle City Council member, socialist, & co-founder of Workers Strike Back Kshama Sawant returns to Bad Faith for an important conversation about where the left's focus should be during what is shaping up to be one of the most tumultuous electoral seasons in American history . AOC, Bernie, and almost all progressive electeds threw their support...
Jul 22, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 391
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Author of A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Lisa Pease joins Bad Faith to detail her research into what she believes is the true story behind the assassination of RFK Sr. and to use her expertise on historical assassinations to weigh in on the recent attempt on Trump's life . Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this ...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 390
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast BreakThrough News journalist Rania Khalek returns to Bad Faith to talk Hezbollah and developments that could lead to a broader regional war in the Middle East -- but not before she indulges in some horserace talk. Weeks after Biden’s disastrous debate, why are progressives his strongest defenders, and why isn’t a real ceasefire in Gaza a nonnegotiable for ...
Jul 15, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 389
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Democratic National Committee member, deputy campaign manager to both of Jesse Jackson's Presidential campaigns, and founder of the Arab American Institute James Zogby returns to Bad Faith to break down the possibilities for an open convention . How much flexibility do delegates have to defect? How might a new candidate be chosen? And what is the likelihood that the DNC -- g...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 388
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Georgia State College of Law professor and host of Supreme Myths Eric Segall joins Bad Faith to talk about the impact of two recent SCOTUS rulings : Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , which ended Chevron deference and hobbled the authority of administrative agencies, and the Trump immunity case. What emerges, however, is a debate about what the left sh...
Jul 08, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 387
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Economist Grieve Chelwa joins Bad Faith to explain how mass protests in Kenya defeated IMF-backed austerity policies , and how the IMF and World Bank use debt as a mechanism of political & economic control. Dr. Chelwa charts how the BRICS bank & dedollarization may provide a way out for countries struggling under western debt-control, and the crucial role global soli...
Jul 04, 2024•59 min•Ep. 386
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The eponymous host of the Kim Iverson Show joins Bad Faith to break down Thursday's disastrous-for-Democrats debate , RFK Jr.'s response, and what third party opportunities this unique political moment presents for the left. Is this the moment to commit to the Green Party? Or is the only "green" to discuss Biden's golf handicap -- or whether Trump is sub "...
Jul 01, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 385
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Dr. Annelle Sheline resigned from the State Department in March after she determined that it was nearly impossible to do her job -- promoting human rights in the Middle East -- in light of the genocide in Gaza. Now at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Dr. Sheline joins Bad Faith to debate the merits of working to reform systems from the inside and to provide b...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 384
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and former director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch Sarah Leah Whitson joins Bad Faith to talk about Gaza in the broader contexts of the region's politics. She talks normalization schemes, media censorship, and the root of the Democratic party's commitment to I...
Jun 24, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 383