Nina Burleigh is the author of six books and a national journalist whose work has been published widely, including in Rolling Stone and The New York Times, to name a few outlets. She is also an executive producer on the docuseries Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell, streaming on Peacock and Sky. We discuss her piece published in The New Republic, The Rich Mothers of the Insurrection” —> https://newrepublic.com/article/161208/trump-women-capitol-riot-funding & more!
Dec 20, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 2
The great Dana Milbank of The Washington Post joins me to discuss Trump’s former director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought. A constant Bannon guest on Bannon’s podcast, like most Trump appointees, radical, unqualified. How the RW like Bannon are bringing Vought on shows to sabotage Biden’s progressive economic agenda—or attempting to. Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/31/russell-vought-trump-saboteur-undermine-biden-america/ We also discuss the piece Dan...
Dec 13, 2021•19 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Murtaza Hussain of The Intercept joins me to discuss his piece about how wealthy right wing families are funding measures to undermine our democracy, in the name of “voter integrity”. This impacts state legislatures, the right to vote & more! The piece: https://theintercept.com/2021/08/07/election-fraud-bradley-impact-fund-donors/
Aug 21, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Award-winning journalist, Will Bredderman of The Daily Beast talks to me about a very weird building rented by Bannon’s latest biz partner, Miles Guo. A lot of very strange things around this situation! His piece: https://www.thedailybeast.com/eduardo-eurnekian-the-billionaire-behind-steve-bannons-fake-chinese-embassy
Jul 30, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 17
A. C. Thompson is a reporter and doc filmmaker of two vital docs on RW extremism, “American Insurrection” & “ DOCUMENTING HATE: NEW AMERICAN NAZIS” — both with Frontline PBS & ProBublica. We discuss the far right, RW groups emboldened and more.
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 16
The great reporter for Salon, Igor Derysh returns to Lush Left Media. We’re talking about his piece exploring what happened to former leftie, Kyrsten Sinema! With voting rights on the line, her objection to stopping the filibuster is astounding! Ppl in AZ feel betrayed! https://www.salon.com/2021/07/03/utter-betrayal-angry-activists-who-helped-elect-kyrsten-sinema-say-she-has-no-values/
Jul 22, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Jill Filipovic, a weekly columnist for CNN and a 2019 New America Future of War fellow, she is also a contributing writer to The New York Times and a former columnist for The Guardian. She’s also a yoga instructor! We talk democracy, yoga & more!
Jul 09, 2021•54 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Journalist, Sam Theilman returns to Lush Left Media to talk RW fuckery & more!
Jul 02, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Veteran music producer & now podcast producer of the wildly popular, The New Abnormal, Fever Dreams, Killed By Desk & more, Jesse Cannon sits down w/ me to dish on the music industry & political podcasting!
Jun 17, 2021•25 min•Season 13Ep. 3
Visiting Georgetown University professor, Thomas Zimmer, w/ a background in history & Transatlantic history & global health joins me to discuss RW authoritarianism both here in the U.S. —past, current & the future—also the rise of RW movements abroad.
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Staff writer at The Atlantic, Edward-Isaac Dovere joins me for a fab (& juicy!) convo regarding the 2020 Democratic Party primary—outlined in his new book, “Battle for the Soul INSIDE THE DEMOCRATS' CAMPAIGNS TO DEFEAT TRUMP”
Jun 04, 2021•15 min•Season 3Ep. 11
JENNIFER MERCIECA is professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Founding Fictions and coeditor of The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency, and Her latest published in July 2020, “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump” (very prescient!)
Jun 02, 2021•58 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Documentary filmmaker & now author, Jen Senko chats with me about RW media, her new book “Brainwashing of My Dad” & more!
May 10, 2021•51 min•Season 3Ep. 8
David Shor is a data scientist, Sr fellow at CAP Action Fund, Sr. data scientist w/ Civics Analytics — we discuss the 2020 election, the GOP, how the polls were wrong and what Dems can do to win in 2022.
Mar 31, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 8
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