Mike Maloof , former senior security policy analyst for the secretary of defense, joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss whether we should assume Gulf states will abide by their promises not to let Israel or the US use their airspace for a strike on Iran, whether these states will be able to stay out of a hot war between the United States and Iran, whether US bases in the Gulf are still a deterrent force or have become a liability, how Israel’s war on Lebanon is escalati...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 55 min
The hosts open the show with Jordan Chariton , journalist and CEO of Status Coup, who is going to speak on pool chemical plant disaster and new details from 2024 presidential campaigns. The show goes on with the next guest, Bill Ayers , former teacher, educator and activist, speculating on efforts to teach Bible in schools, and how it is connected with the GOP candidate. Then, the hosts will talk to activist and journalist, fighter for peace and social justice Robert Fantina . He is to speak abo...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Author and researcher Nicolas Davies joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss new reports of US Navy presence at the site of the Nord Stream pipelines that were bombed days later, reports that US officials are frustrated at not being let in on Israel’s plans to attack Iran, whether the US is considering its own direct strikes on Iran, and Israel once again ordering hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate. Meteorologist Denise Isaac discusses the arrival of Hurricane Milton ...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 56 min
Writer and journalist Daniel Lazare joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the perilous state of federal disaster relief programs, why the Biden administration wants to recommission closed nuclear power plants, whether Washington can be trusted to regulate dangerous industries and ensure the risks are worthwhile, what promises Vice President Kamala Harris is making to workers while on the campaign trail, and why her campaign is increasingly and publicly close to the head...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 55 min
International affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the one year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel, whether Israel can say it achieved its military goals in the past year, the risk of an expanded and prolonged war in the Middle East, questions about how long the war in Ukraine will continue, and the quiet and indefinite departure of Russia’s ambassador from Washington DC. Cody Cogdell , a political organizer based in wester...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Belfast-based political commentator and socialist activist Phil Kelly joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the risk that Israel might find itself in a quagmire in Lebanon, an assessment of the damage done by Iranian missiles that evaded Israel’s air defenses, Meta* restricting the use of an upside-down triangle emoji due to its connection to Hamas, and how the international community views the United States' support for Israel as well as its domestic response to Hurric...
Oct 05, 2024•1 hr 57 min
International human rights activist, organizer and political analyst Ajamu Baraka joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the rapid escalation of war across the Middle East as Israel ramps up aggression on Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine this week; whether Israel will continue to exchange strikes with Iran; why the United States stands idly by as its ally Israel risks dragging Washington into the regional war; the multiple possible October surprises facing Democrats ...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Author and Western Regional Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition Richard Becker joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend, whether Israel can sustain a war on multiple fronts, the likelihood that the US will join an Israel-Iran conflict as a belligerent, what role Gulf states might play in an expanding conflict, Israel’s attempt to create “buffer zones” around its territory, and what exactly the “Dahiyeh Doctrine” is and how Israel ev...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 52 min
International affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss proposed revision to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, the drone attacks in both directions across Ukraine and Russia’s border, Israel’s escalating attacks on Lebanon and their civilian toll, what an Israeli ground invasion into Lebanon would look like, what to make of how Israel has used the intelligence gathered from its apparent penetration of Hezbollah, and how Israel justifies it...
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Leading activist and evangelist for Modern Monetary Theory Steve Grumbine joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss who voters trust more on the economy between the major party candidates, the lip service paid to the middle class by Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, the uselessness of insurance in a world of increased natural disaster zones, and how Pennsylvania voting demographic changes could sink Harris’ chances of winning the state. Journalist, videographer and anti-i...
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Former US diplomat and former senior foreign policy advisor Jim Jatras joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the failure to stop escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, whether any of Israel’s goals can be achieved by military action in Lebanon, how the conflict could continue to spread, the difficulty in getting any foreign policy iconoclasts elected or confirmed to office, the House speaker calling for Ukraine’s ambassador to the US to be fired, and Trump’s calls to ...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Adjunct professor and former general counsel of the NAACP Kim Keenan joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the role of Wisconsin as a bellwether deciding the presidential race, more efforts by the Republican Party to make it more difficult to vote, whether GOP candidate Donald Trump has ever been “on message,” and the sex trafficking and RICO charges against Sean Combs. Scholar, journalist, and geopolitical analyst specializing in the Asia-Pacific KJ Noh discusses an in...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Author and Co-founder of progressive media organization Status Coup Jordan Chariton joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss latest on presidential election polling in swing states, a real assessment of where Black and Latino voters prioritize as voting issues, whether former President Donald Trump’s political instincts are misfiring, what efforts to pressure individual states on their electoral college systems say about US democracy as a whole, California’s lawsuit agains...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Former Senior Security Policy Analyst for the US Secretary of Defense Mike Maloof joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the rapid escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, whether Israel’s stated goal of forcing Hezbollah to give up is reasonable, where Hezbollah is likely to take the fight next, whether to expect Iran’s government or Iraqi or Syrian militias to get involved, why Israel has raided the offices of Al Jazeera in the West Bank and the state of...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Belfast-based political commentator and socialist activist Phil Kelly discusses Germany’s decision to impose new border controls within the EU’s passport-free zone, what this means for the dream of a united Europe, what to expect from this weekend’s vote in Brandenburg, why calling the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance “Putinist” isn’t working to slow down the party’s rise in Germany, French President Emmanuel Macron snatching victory from the left alliance that won Parliamentary elections this summer,...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Cohost of The Final Countdown Ted Rall joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and Ben Zinevich to discuss the ongoing dispute between media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his family over who will helm the Murdoch empire after he passes, how wealthy families and corporations unilaterally control major newsrooms and whether there is a more democratic way of structuring mass media. They also discuss how the US created a reality in which would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh could claim to have access to despera...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 52 min
Former Washington Post bureau chief and award-winning correspondent Jon Jeter joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the likelihood of a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown prior to this year’s presidential election, how Congress may navigate this budget question, how both Democrats and Republicans have furthered threats to democracy, Vice President Kamala Harris’ performance with the National Association of Black Journalists yesterday, the pressure by W...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 53 min
International affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss how Ryan Routh, the latest man to possibly threaten former President Donald Trump, came to be so passionate about the war in Ukraine and to be treated seriously by the US mainstream media. He discusses the general delusion in Western media about the war, as well as new accusations that Ukraine’s Kursk incursion was entirely the Ukrainian president’s idea, why US military packag...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Scholar, journalist, and geopolitical analyst of the Asia-Pacific KJ Noh joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the sanctions announced Friday on Sputnik and RT’s parent organizations, whether the sanctions are truly about espionage and money laundering or about politics, and how the US has no problem obscuring its own influence operations targeting China. Author, political scientist and host of the American Exception podcast Aaron Good discusses what is being investigat...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 56 min
Author, political scientist, and host of the American Exception podcast Dr. Aaron Good joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss why the US Justice Department goes so overboard in targeting groups like Uhuru, who are accused of process crimes but are clearly no danger to American society. He also discusses historical and contemporary weaponization of the Department of Justice and the indictment of a John Doe presumably in Iran for an alleged hack and dump attack on former P...
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 57 min
Robert Hockett, Cornell University professor of law and public policy, joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss this week’s inflation figures, why the cost of rent and utilities rose faster last year than the value of homes, how the US housing market came to be so distorted and what might solve the problem, how post-2008 proposals to strengthen regulations for the biggest banks came to be so watered down, and whether the FTC is correct to challenge a massive proposed groce...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 55 min
International affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss Ukraine’s drone attack inside Russia this week, how to understand US and UK policy regarding how Ukraine is allowed to use their weapons, what’s driving Kiev to try to take land inside Russia, how the US attempts to justify its interference in other countries’ trade, and whether US-provided F-16s will change the calculus of Ukrainian forces at this stage in the conflict. Critic...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Writer and journalist Daniel Lazare joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss what to expect from this evening’s presidential debate between GOP candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, how Republican culture wars drag the party down, the class signals of the Harris campaign, the likelihood of a government shutdown weeks before the election, what to make of investigations into a number of high New York City officials, and why Republicans and Democrats ...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Spokesperson for Black Hive and radio show host Anthony Rogers Wright joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the worrying poll numbers for Vice President Kamala Harris as she catches but hasn’t passed GOP candidate Donald Trump, why this race looks more like the 2016 contest than that of 2020, what effect Tuesday’s debate is likely to have on the race, a new report on the US withdrawal of Afghanistan, Trump's remarks he'd lock up opponents if he wins, and whether Congres...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Scholar, journalist and Asia-Pacific analyst KJ Noh discusses new sanctions evasion charges against a former government advisor on Russia, why it seems only people who are able to live outside the US are facing these Russiagate linked charges, why US media can’t accept support for China by Chinese Americans as genuine, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s first remarks since his arrest and indictment in France, this week’s summit in Beijing between China and dozens of African nations, and how China’s mili...
Sep 07, 2024•1 hr 52 min
Political consultant and organizer Donna Davis joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss why Democrats are spending time and money on Florida, whether abortion is going to be a galvanizing issue in that state, why former President Donald Trump is avoiding blue states, whether Republicans should be playing chicken with Democrats over a budget shutdown, whether disparaging Native Americans will affect candidate Tim Sheehy’s chances in the Montana Senate race, why so many poll...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 52 min
Editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report Margaret Kimberley joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and Ben Zinevich to discuss the political persecution of four Americans connected to the African People's Socialist Party, how FARA Act has been used to censor political views and curtail the right to free association, the Heritage Foundation suiting federal agencies to reveal whether President Joe Biden and his family were ever warned that their foreign business dealing left them open to for...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 56 min
International affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss a Russian missile strike in Ukraine, Russian gains in the Donbass as Ukraine’s Kursk incursion stalls, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s purpose for traveling to Mongolian, empty Western threats of “punishment” for Mongolia for failing to arrest Putin on behalf of the International Criminal Court, the results of German state elections that brought huge gains for the right-wing...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Belfast-based political commentator and socialist activist Phil Kelly joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss the rise of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) in Germany, whether it can challenge the growing power of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), why the AfD has become so popular in the last five years, the first deportation of Afghan refugees from Germany, the attempt in the UK to silence political speech, and the UK Labor Party’s expulsion of Jews and abdication of...
Aug 31, 2024•1 hr 52 min
Former Washington Post bureau chief and foreign correspondent Jon Jeter joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss an apparent crackdown on political speech in the UK, as pro-Palestinian organizers and activists are arrested on charges under the Terrorism Act. He describes “panic” spreading across the West that support for Israel and the Western-led international order might be eroding, how activists and free speech advocates are being surveilled and apprehended, a standoff ...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 55 min
