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Krystal Kyle & Friends

Krystal Ball, cohost of Breaking Points podcast, and Kyle Kulinski, host of Secular Talk, dive into politics, philosophy and random BS with people they like.

Episodes

Episode 137: Matt Karp

Historian Matt Karp joins us to discuss the midterms and what they tell us about class dealignment in the United States.

Aug 19, 20231 hr 38 min

Episode 135: Freddie deBoer

Writer Freddie deBoer joins us to discuss his critique of AOC’s political journey and the fate of the Bernie movement.

Aug 05, 20231 hr 3 min

Episode 134: Sitch and Adam

YouTubers Sitch and Adam are back on the podcast for a debate: who’s more authoritarian, the woke or the anti-woke?

Jul 29, 20231 hr 48 min

Episode 133: Zac & Gavin

We talk to The Vanguard hosts Zac & Gavin about their predictions for the 2024 presidential election.

Jul 22, 20232 hr 19 min

Episode 132: Ro Khanna

Representative Ro Khanna joins us to talk about Biden's approach to student debt relief, progressives' endorsement of Biden, and more.

Jul 15, 20231 hr 24 min

Episode 131: Dr. Dan Wilson

Dr. Wilson of Debunk the Funk joins the show to discuss vaccine conspiracy theories from a scientific perspective.

Jul 08, 20231 hr 24 min

Episode 129: Emily Jashinsky

Federalist writer and Counterpoints host Emily Jashinsky joins us for a debate on recent anti-trans laws, Trump’s indictment, and more.

Jun 24, 20231 hr 42 min

Episode 128: Brad Moss

Lawyer and classified docs expert Brad Moss takes us through Trump’s recent arrest and the charges he’s facing.

Jun 17, 20231 hr 19 min

Episode 127: Touré

Touré joins us to discuss hip-hop’s political history.

Jun 10, 20231 hr 48 min

Episode 126: FD Signifier

FD Signifier joins us this week to dismantle myths about black conservatism.

Jun 03, 20231 hr 35 min

Episode 125: David Dayen

We talk to writer and editor David Dayen about the debt ceiling negotiations.

May 26, 20231 hr 21 min

Episode 124: Jason Nichols

Media fawns and humiliates themselves over Secretary Pete, Ron DeSantis sinks to new lows in his war on trans people, and Kyle reveals that time he almost had to debate Alex Jones. We're joined this week by Jason Nichols.

May 21, 20231 hr 24 min

Episode 122: Corey Robin

Political scientist Corey Robin joins us to discuss the corruption scandal surrounding Clarence Thomas.

Apr 29, 20231 hr 36 min

Episode 121: Daniel Nichanian

We talk to journalist Daniel Nichanian about GOP candidates’ losses in school board races, Brandon Johnson’s election in Chicago, and more.

Apr 23, 20231 hr 15 min

Episode 120: Norman Finkelstein

Author and political commentator Norman Finkelstein joins us to talk about his political work, identity politics, the Bernie 2020 campaign, and more.

Apr 15, 20231 hr 38 min

Episode 119: Bradley Moss

Lawyer and journalist Bradley Moss joins us to give us a primer on Trump's criminal allegations.

Apr 08, 20231 hr 14 min

Episode 118: Steven Donziger

An exclusive interview with Steven Donziger on the Supreme Court’s recent refusal to consider his appeal.

Apr 01, 20231 hr 6 min

Episode 117: Matthew Zeitlin

Matthew Zeitlin is on the show this week, taking us through the fallout from the SVB crash and explaining everything you want to know but are too afraid to ask.

Mar 26, 20231 hr 35 min

Episode 116: Gabriel and John Shipton

Gabriel and John Shipton rejoin us to discuss their powerful documentary, Ithaka , the story of Julian Assange’s persecution and incarceration for whistleblowing on US war crimes.

Mar 18, 20231 hr 12 min

Episode 114: Marianne Williamson

Krystal and Kyle sit down with presidential candidate Marianne Williamson to discuss how she will overcome establishment opposition, her pitch to “normie” Democrats, why this run will be different from the last one, and much more.

Mar 05, 202347 min

Episode 113: Trevor Aaronson

Trevor Aaronson of the Alphabet Boys podcast joins us to discuss how the FBI paid and planted an informant in Denver’s Racial Justice Movement.

Feb 25, 20231 hr 16 min

Episode 112: David Sirota

David Sirota rejoins the podcast to talk about the catastrophic train derailment in East Palestine, OH.

Feb 18, 20231 hr 14 min

Episode 110: Corin

Join us for "politics and chill" with Kyle and Corin, who discuss DeSantis's politics of far-right outrage, gun policy, the Austin food scene, and much more.

Feb 05, 20231 hr 14 min

Episode 109: Ken Roth

This week's guest is Ken Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, here to discuss how his criticism of Israel cost him a fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School.

Jan 28, 20231 hr 32 min

Episode 108: Lonerbox

YouTuber Lonerbox joins the show to discuss the secret history of deplatforming.

Jan 21, 20231 hr 55 min
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