The rest of the interview is available here for Patreon subscribers. https://www.patreon.com/posts/13834332 Mic reporter Jack Smith IV talks to me about the #AltRight rally in Charlottesville, VA, where he's been reporting from on the ground. He shares what he observed, his take on the police, which isn't what you'd expect, and why Neera Tanden is so wrong. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Aug 13, 2017•43 min
This ep is like a Variety Show for the Left. We bring you 5 interviews I did at The People's Summit in Chicago. Meet Larry Krasner, the anti-death penalty, civil rights attorney who won the Democratic primary and is running for Philadelphia DA; Paula Jean Swearengin, a real-life coal miner's daughter, running against Senator Joe Manchin to represent West Virginia; Stephen Jaffe running against Nancy Pelosi; Ginger Jantzen, running for Minneapolis City Council Ward 3, and Andre Vasquez, who shoul...
Aug 10, 2017•54 min
Bonus of James Adomian as John McCain is here. https://www.patreon.com/posts/13472544. Bonus of Adam Gaffney on Single Payer & Skinny Repeal fail here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-actual-dr-13477726 We talk to journalist Adam Johnson about his piece "WaPo Worships Principled, Humanitarian McCain That’s Never Existed" and why John McCain is still a war criminal who is fetishized for his tone and decorum, even though he has a pretty terrible temper and gross tone. We go over why McCain...
Jul 28, 2017•41 min
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Jul 20, 2017•13 min
MAKE SURE YOU HEAR OUR BONUS EP: https://www.patreon.com/posts/13126341 On this episode we talk to Randy @IronStache Bryce, the union iron worker running to defeat Paul Ryan about his campaign, his time in the military, what he learned from being stationed in Honduras and his interesting ethnic identity. Then we talk to Karina Moreno about "The politics of Solidarity, Muslim and Latino immigrants " and the silver lining of the Trump presidency. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...
Jul 19, 2017•39 min
We talk to "progressive warrior" Anoa Changa, host of The Way with Anoa, about the difference between shallow identity politics and real intersectionality, the relationship between economic and racial justice, fighting racism within the progressive movement & calling out the "covert racism & overt classism" of North Eastern liberals. Anoa talks James Baldwin, Adolph Reed, W.E.B DuBois, offers tips & insights into how we become a movement of the 99%. And Anoa and I discuss the value o...
Jul 16, 2017•59 min
To access out bonus Thomas Frank Interview, join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/12313026 This is a really fun ep! We talk about pushup bras, Salvador Allende, gun violence vs violence, worst health care takes and then we talk to THOMAS FRANK! Also, there is indeed documentary evidence that Pinochet et al were going to kill Allende, despite claiming to offer him exile. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 30, 2017•45 min
This episode is a live taping we did with PRINCETON historian Matt Karp. Matt talks about Frederick Douglas, the Civil War, the inspiration he takes from the periodic over throw of the ruling class, themistake the Dems make in courting woke Goldman Sachs, and the value of "Bernie Would have Won". Matt's analysis of the Kansas special election is especially relevant to Ossoff's loss. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 21, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Bonus is some of the standup I did after the show: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-katie-does-11813787 On this live taping of The Katie Halper Show, we talk to writer Angela Nagle (Kill All Normies) & Freddie DeBoer live and in person! We talk about free speech, why "No Platforming" is so annoying as a term and a practice, what a better word for it is, and one of the most annoying things about the Alt Right. DeBoer and Nagle make a great argument against no platforming from the Left. Adv...
Jun 19, 2017•43 min
Ben Jealous, the former president of NAACP, and Bernie Sanders surrogate returns to the show to talk running for governor of MD. He also reflects on the connection between racial and economic (in)justice and the false dichotomy of one or the other. Then we talk to Winnie Wong about the People's Summit people like Ben Jealous and Bernie Sanders as well as countless organizers will be gathering... Stay tuned for more from there. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt...
Jun 09, 2017•33 min
We talk to writer, essayist and extremely smart (not JUST because of his British accent) person Sam Kriss about the British elections. Who will win? Why? When? How? Where? Why do Donald Trump and Theresa cling to each other, physically? And spiritually? Is Barack Obama more like Corbyn or Le Pen? The answer just might surprise you! Plus Gabe and I talk about public transportation, the movie Seven, the number 7, My (literal) best friend's wedding and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle...
Jun 08, 2017•59 min
See Freddie LIVE at our June 14 event! http://www.give2wbai.org/product_p/ot0738-sp17.htm On this episode we talk to writer and academic Freddie DeBoer about political violence, no platforming and how the political Left needs more, not less, theory. Freddie argues against political violence and restriction of free speech (no-platforming) as viable tactics, saying, that the appeal some on the Left find in the idea of political violence "is more about managing disappointment that asking how we can...
Jun 02, 2017•49 min
This was supposed to be a bonus episode, but it's too good to not be available for all! We talk to the Trillbillies Workers' Party about their podcast, one of the top ten Left podcasts to come out of Appalachia. Based out of Whitesburg, KY, Trillbillies Tanya Turner, Tom Sexton, and Tarence Ray blow J.D. Vance and his "Hillbillies Elegy" book out of the... coal mine... We talk to them about the white privilege that protects coal miners from the Black Lung which kills them, a homecoming welfare Q...
May 31, 2017•1 hr 4 min
On this episode, we talk to khalid kamau, the 1st ever #BlackLivesMatter organizer elected to office! A member of DSA(Democratic Socialists of America), kamau worked for the Bernie Sanders campaign and was endorsed by Sanders and Our Revolution. Councilman kamau (South Fulton, Georgia City Council District 6)talks to us about the walk out he organized as a 12-year-old, Hillary Clinton's hot sauce, Bernie Sanders' messaging, why we need Black & Brown candidates, & why he can't tell the di...
May 24, 2017•40 min
We talk to Angela Nagle about her forthcoming book "Kill All Normies: Online culture wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the alt-right" about how liberals kinda sorta emboldened the Alt Right by being so grating. OK. My words, not Angela's. She's smarter and more nuanced, of course. Make sure you look out for the RIchard Spencer Corky St. Clair mashup. They may or may not be the same person. Also, something kind of meta is that I CANNOT tag RIchard Spencer in this soundcloud. Advertising Inq...
May 10, 2017•1 hr 3 min
We talk to Rashad Robinson, the executive director of Color of Change about how they got Bill O'Reilly fired (finally!). Rashad also talks about organizing under Trump and finds the perfect movie analogy for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. But first Gabe and I talk about abortion, the death penalty and everything in between. We also bring some bad news to the people pushing the Bernie Bro myth and have a special report form Carl Beijer! Make sure you come for the bonus content in which I share...
Apr 28, 2017•1 hr 5 min
I talk to Rania Khalek the day before she heads back to the Middle East to report from Lebanon, Iraq and Syria. Rania talks about what nobody wants to say about Syria, the efforts to ban her from speaking, and the claim that she has a "generic Druze position," which she uses trickery to conceal. We also talk to Ben Norton about the 5 best (or worst) hype men for the Syrian War (a bunch are at The New York Times), and we talk to Nando Vila about Brian Williams & how little we've learned from ...
Apr 26, 2017•1 hr 16 min
Dating While Socialist Bonus Ep https://www.patreon.com/posts/8888812 On this episode, Gabe Pacheco and I talk to Erin Neff of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) about how Bernie Sanders AND Trump helped socialism grow: "Bernie planted the seeds and then Trump sh*t on them." Plus, how woke is Trump? How political is The Wizard of Oz? How helpful are dogs to homeless people? Then Erin and break down Susan Bordo's piece "The Destruction of Hillary Clinton," paragraph by paragraph. It's a good ...
Apr 17, 2017•1 hr 11 min
Subscribe to Patreon for bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/posts/8635065 DOCTOR Adam Gaffney (MD!!)explains why single payer health care is, in fact, doable, feasible, affordable and the only option. We talk to Adam about his pieces (from this week) in The Guardian and Jacobin, the difference between Trumpcare and Obamacare, the most persistent myths used against single payer, and the two types of people who spread them. Also, Gabe and I do a deep dive (for about 5 minutes) into Iron Fist. ...
Mar 31, 2017•52 min
Bonus: extra interview with Allegra Love https://www.patreon.com/posts/8554342 On this episode we talk to immigration lawyer Allegra Love about what undocumented workers can do and what we can do to support them. Then we talk to Christine Henderson of Equal Justice USA, about Rick Scott's unprecedented removal of a state attorney who won't be seeking the penalty. She happens to be the first African American state attorney in Florida's history. At the very same time, another state attorney, Kathe...
Mar 24, 2017•1 hr 8 min
I make guest co-host Jesse Myerson very uncomfortable through my analysis of the film Get Out. Then guest Matt Bruenig talks about why liberals are like conservatives but without the coherence. Also, check out our bonus ep with Nando Vila in which we talk about the #BernieAllIn Town Hall with coal miners in Kentucky & #MaddowGate https://www.patreon.com/posts/8465126 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 16, 2017•56 min
Tithi Bhattacharya & Kate D Griffiths talk about what inspired the #womenstrike & respond to think pieces written by privileged white women criticizing the strike for being only for privileged white women without bothering to talk to anyone striking or organizing it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 08, 2017•1 hr 10 min
On this episode Gabe and i talk to Jane F. McAlevey who has been an organizer in the environmental and labor movements for over 20 years. She A Post Doctoral Fellow in the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and the author "Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement." We talk to Jane about her latest book, "No Short cuts: organizing for power in the New Guilded Age." She even tells us something she has never said before! After the interview, G...
Mar 06, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Guest host Jesse Myerson and I talk to Becky Bond about concrete ways to organize against Trump, what big organizing means and why the Revolution will be neither staffed nor exploitative. We also go over the role of podcast hosts and whether I can some how subsidize good organizations fighting against Trump by fighting with shills on Twitter. And then we talk about the #DNCchair race and how it reveals the utter stupidity of some establishment dems (my words not Becky's). We have great bonus con...
Feb 25, 2017•1 hr 6 min
On this episode, we talk to former State Senator Nina Turner on why the Democrats need to apologize and confess their sins and how Democrats can actually win elections. She also tells us how the #DNCChair race will be a litmus test for whether the party want the reform it so desperately needs. Then we talk to former Sanders digital organizer Melissa Byrne on why she's running for DNC chair. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 17, 2017•57 min
We talk to Nelini Stamp, organizer of #ResistTrumpTuesdays & Working Families Party national membership director and Sarah Jaffe, writer, journalist and author of "Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt." Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 10, 2017•43 min
On this very exciting episode of the Katie Halper Show, Gabe Pacheco and I talk about the Trump administration's decision to omit the words "Jews" and"antisemitism" from its Holocaust Memorial Day statement. While the administration seriously pretends they did so because they have an intersectional understand of the Holocaust and want to honor all victims, we're pretty sure it's because they're Nazi-courting. Then we talk to journalist Eoin Higgins about why he called for a general strike. We br...
Feb 03, 2017•1 hr 1 min
On this episode of the Katie Halper, we talk Chelsea Manning, the fate of the planet, Judith Miller's tweets and sex with Bears (oh my!) We speak to journalist Ben Adler about what Trump can and can't do to ruin the planet and what states can do to try to save it. Ben and I get into a debate over Chelsea Manning being a litmus test for political orientation, which is funny because Ben doesn't cover that and doesn't know a lot about the case and neither did I, though that didn't stop either of us...
Jan 29, 2017•56 min
Our latest episode, which is a great one, is coming ASAP! Sorry for delay. Got distracted by the whole Trump becoming president thing. But, speaking of the devil, pun maybe intended?, we have a great bonus ep about the Trump-inspired Women's March and we're making it available for errrbody, even if you're not a Patreon subscriber. We wanted to make sure you could hear it and also thought it would be medically irresponsible for us to induce withdrawal in our loyal listeners... So, here is the (on...
Jan 23, 2017•47 min
We talk to Abby Martin and Mike Prysner, the host and producer of the Empire Files, about why the DNI intelligence report named Martin as responsible for helping Russia Putin hack the elections. Spoiler alert: she didn't. And we go over Trump's presser, the headlines, why the intelligence community needs better interns and more. We also bring up Nando Vila of Fusion and Sam Alcoff of DemocracyNow! and start a larger conversation about the media under Trump. In order to hear the rest of that conv...
Jan 13, 2017•43 min
