We talk to standup comedian and Pod Damn America host Jake Flores about his personal political revolution, how his anarchist ancestor rose (no pun intended) up against Porfirio Diaz, and that time he got visited by Homeland Security for a tweet about cultural appropriation and ICE. Plus we all talk about Amsterdam, the lie that is the cliche about how something is like "riding a bike," sex work and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle...
Oct 20, 2018•1 hr 26 min
Hear the rest here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/22089232 This is a free teaser of our bonus episode with Nathan Robinson. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 17, 2018•7 min
Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/22089232 Gabe and Katie go on their first movie outing. We talk about the popcorn but leave you in suspense about the movie. Then we talk to Nathan Robinson, editor of the magazine Current Affairs, about why the Democrats should vote to impeach Kavanaugh even if they won't be able to get the majority required to actually succeed. Plus how ridiculous it is that Brett Kavanaugh's dad is alive. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Op...
Oct 12, 2018•43 min
I talk to Rep Ro Khanna (CA-D) about the STOP BEZOS Act, which encouraged Jeff Bezos to raise the minimum wage he's paying Amazon workers in the U.S. We also talk about Rep. Khanna's fellow Yale Law School alum Brett Kavanaugh and how the Dems can defeat Trump and Trumpism. Then Nathan Robinson talks about his piece "How we Know Trump is Lying," which he wrote for Current Affairs, the excellent magazine of which he's the editor. Bonus coming soon with Ro Khanna on Yemen and more of Nathan on Kav...
Oct 05, 2018•52 min
Here's a teaser of our bonus episode, which you can access in its entirety here. https://www.patreon.com/posts/law-prof-ian-on-21703637 I continue my chat with law professor Ian Samuel, and ask him how a socialist wound up clerking for Antonin Scalia, and how he shaped some of his decisions. He also tells me how he wound up going to law school, and, more importantly, if *I* should go to law school. I encourage him to create a DSA Supreme Court Working Group because the DSA definitely doesn't hav...
Sep 29, 2018•7 min
Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/law-prof-ian-on-21703637 We talk to #KTHSLC (Katie Halper Show Legal Correspondent) Ian Samuel about Brett Kavanaugh, his virgin/ catholic/ calendar excuse, packing the courts from the Left, Clarence Thomas and "no chalance." Ian talks about the similarities and differences between Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 27, 2018•50 min
Julia Balcon and a sex worker who goes by "Eve," talk to me about how state senator Julia Salazar became the first candidate in U.S. history to win a state race as a very public sex worker advocate. Plus we talk to Julia on why and how she chose to incorporate sex work decriminalization into her platform. And Julia shares her thoughts on the Democratic Primaries. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 24, 2018•48 min
I talk to Katie Unger of The Jewish Vote about who they're endorsing (which happens to be who the Katie Halper Show is endorsing), Cuomo's dishonest & disgusting smear against Cynthia Nixon, how you don't have to be Jewish to get the Jewish Vote's endorsement. Then I talk to Sam Adler Bell and Georgia Kromrei about Martin Dilan's lies and Julia Salazar's campaign. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 13, 2018•54 min
Bonus chat with Julia on her political evolution https://www.patreon.com/posts/21319406 I talk to Julia Salazar, a DSA candidate running against Martin Dilan, the state senator in New York's 18th District. Salazar has been compared to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortéz for being a young, Latina, DSA member and first time candidate taking on the Democratic Machine. Julia talks to me about the difference between her and Dilan and addresses his bad record on housing and tenants rights, which the media almost...
Sep 07, 2018•51 min
Bonus with Matt Bruenig https://www.patreon.com/posts/21259124This free bonus is a blast from the past! We revisit the election of Alabama Senator Doug Jones, given that Jones hasn't decided whether he will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. Gabe and I talk about how Doug Jones should go full "Bullworth," and why he can't. Then I play an interview I recorded in December on the even of Jones' election with Cara McClure, a Poor People's Campaign and Black Lives ...
Sep 07, 2018•31 min
Bonus here https://www.patreon.com/posts/21147662 Asad Haider talks about Identity Politics and his book "Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump." Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 01, 2018•49 min
bonus https://www.patreon.com/posts/20945628 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 23, 2018•40 min
Bonus: #BelieveWhichWomen, Keith Ellison, Alex Jones https://www.patreon.com/posts/keith-ellison-20882230 Gabe and I talk about what we learned about the service industry from "Saved by the Bell" and what we learned about Salvadoran death squads from "21 Jump Street." Then we talk to comedian and journalist Travis Irvine who's seeking the Libertarian Party's nomination to run for Governor of Ohio about his campaign; about the pope's decision to condemn the death penalty (which is good) and the f...
Aug 17, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Brent Welder and James Thompson: What's (hopefully not) the matter with Kansas by Katie Halper Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Aug 06, 2018•1 hr 15 min
bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20353124 Gable Pacheco and I talk to Thomas Frank at a live taping of the Katie Halper Show. Frank, the author of "What's the Matter with Kansas" and "Listen Liberal," whose writing appears in The Guardian and Harpers has just come out with "Rendezvous with Oblivion," a collection of essays. Thomas talks to us about how Hillary Clinton could have won, what turned him from Republican to Democrat, what turns him off about the Democrats, and what turned him from...
Jul 27, 2018•52 min
Bonus: Ro Khanna on dual endorsing Ocasio-Cortez and Joe Crowley and Julia Salazar and Matt Stoller on the significance of Ocasio-Cortez's victory https://www.patreon.com/posts/20176305. I talk to Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-D) about how we can block the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. As a fellow Yale law grad, Khanna "knows the type" of person Kavanaugh is: "he's a partisan hack, careerist, who sucks up to people in power. it's the worst kind of elitism." We also talk about the disgusting deputy DA wh...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr
Bonus on Catalan independence & dating a professional Spanish soccer player: https://www.patreon.com/posts/nando-vila-on-on-19868254 Gabe Pacheco and I talk about reformist self-care and what happens when you can't pronounce the Spanish ñ (spoiler alert: you may say anus instead of year). Then I talk to Nando Vila, host of the World Cup podcast We Came to Win and the show Soccer Gods about world cup history and politics, fascism and partisans. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/bra...
Jul 04, 2018•55 min
Virgil Texas, Alex Press, Sean McElwee, Jabari Brisport, Emma Vigeland, Jake Flores and even Thomas Frank (for 10 seconds) on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez win and some fo the worst take aways on it. Hear more from Thomas Frank tonight! http://caveat.nyc/event/the-katie-halper-show-with-gabe-pacheco-special-guest-thomas-frank/ Hear my interview with Ocasio-Cortez (which I did BEFORE she won) here https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/primary-challenger-ocasio-cortez-vs-old-boy-network! Watch my intervi...
Jun 30, 2018•29 min
I talk to Phoenix Calida and William Jackson, co-hosts of The Black Podcast about sex why they don't celebrate pride and how SESTA and FOSTA is killing sex workers, Check out #BlackPodcast https://twitter.com/uppittynegress & https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-black-podcast-with-wine-cellar-media/id581644025 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 25, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/19613514 I talk to Christine Ahn Founder & International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, an organization of women mobilizing for peace in Korea about the North Korea Summit, what it means, and what the media is getting wrong about it. Then I talk to Emma Vigeland about Trump's immigration policy, how it's similar to and different from Obama's legacy and tender age shelters. And we talk about Israel and the Trump administration's withdrawal from the UN's H...
Jun 22, 2018•1 hr 3 min
On this breaking news-ish campaign free bonus ep, I talk to Ben Spielberg about the very important Initiative 77, which requires employers in Washington DC to pay their workers the full minimum wage PLUS TIPS. As of now, tipped workers don't get the minimum wage that non-tipped workers get. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 18, 2018•20 min
Bonus chat: https://www.patreon.com/posts/19476905 I talk to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about why she's running for Congress, how her personal story as a child of Puerto Rican parents influenced her politics, what she's running for and why her opponent, who writes op-eds about his Irish America pride, accuses her of making the election "about race." Plus she talks about the amazing candidates being supported and recruited by Justice Democrats, Brand New Congress, and Democratic Socialists of Ameri...
Jun 15, 2018•1 hr 17 min
https://zephyrforny.com/ Legal scholar, activist, and Berniecrat Zephyr Teachout shocked the NY and the country when she came close to defeating Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for governor of New York. Now she's running for Attorney General. And she plans to sue Donald Trump over his conflict of interest as a business man. Zephyr also talks about neoliberalism, why the Dems need to be on offense, not defense, and why "it's time for a new 21st century trust-busting." Advertising Inquiries...
Jun 08, 2018•28 min
Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/aaron-mate-on-19418558 Aaron Maté talks to me about Trump's collusion... with Israel, why there isn't an #IsraelGate, why everything you thought you knew about #Russiagate is wrong, how the Russiagate narrative emboldens Trump, undermines #TheTheResistance and protects the privileges of the political elites. Plus what's the deal with Robert Mueller's suits and Democrats being as hawkish as John Bolton? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Priva...
Jun 01, 2018•46 min
I spoke to Kara Eastman the day after she won her primary against Blue Dog Democrat Brad Ashford in Nebraska's congressional second district. Ashford, a former Republican who likes to "govern from the Center" and has an anti-choice record, was endorsed by The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). What's more surprising, kinda, is that Kara Eastman, who is openly pro-choice wasn't endorsed by a single high profile pro-choice organization. The only pro-choice organization to endorse ...
May 23, 2018•34 min
Journalist Rania Khalek talks about Syria, being smeared as an Assadist, and the weakening and silencing of the anti-war Left. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 10, 2018•43 min
To hear the rest of my chat with James, go https://www.patreon.com/posts/18505673 I talk to stand up comedian and amazing impersonator James Adomian about being quarter Armenian, growing up conservative and religious, his self-designed major, finding the Left, coming out, and the birth of Trump vs. Bernie Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 30, 2018•37 min
I talk to Kaniela Ing Democratic member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives, who is running for Congress, is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and taking on the modern day colonialism of Mark Zuckerberg. Ing talks to me about his family, Hawaiian history, and how the death of his father politicized him. Plus, Gabe and I talk about how veganism can be deadly, and talk about the movies "The Founder" and "The Social Network." Bonus ep coming this weekend but for now... bonus...
Apr 20, 2018•58 min
We talk to Bryan Quinby & Brett Payne, the co-hosts of Street radio, about their origin stories, small business tyrants, & how their show turned into a hotline for labor issues. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 13, 2018•54 min
Extended interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/18141530 In this free bonus, Adam Johnson goes over how NPR misrepresents the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in general and the latest Israeli attack on Palestinian protestors in particular. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 12, 2018•8 min
