stand up comedian, activist and writer Kate Willett talks about how the death of her boyfriend, standup comedian Raghav Mehta pushed her to support medicareforall, fall in love with his friends she used to hate and turned into a Bernie Bro. Plus what she saw while canvassing in Iowa and New Hampshire, and what it's like being yelled at by Leftists online and liberals on the line, which is worse, how to convert liberals to the cause, why she likes bernie's yelling and what she wants people to kno...
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Despite Chris Matthews' insane claims that Sanders will have him shot in Central Park and wouldn't help someone one on the side of the road, Sanders is the first candidate who would help someone. Ask Amy Currotto, who he told to get out of the street, or Andrea Mitchell who was getting trampled, or the people who fainted at rallies he interrupted to get them help. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 12, 2020•26 min
I chatted with organizer, artists and national Bernie Sanders surrogate Phillip Agnew about Iowa, the movement, how he evolved politically, that special Black and Jewish je ne sais quois, that special Muslim Bernie je ne sais quois and more! Plus I include some clips from an event that Phillip and I both took part in called "Class Warfare: The Future of Left Politics," organized by Harvard for Bernie and featuring two back to back panels: "“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” with Krystal Bal...
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 30 min
Full ep is here https://www.patreon.com/posts/260-over-obama-33725119 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 04, 2020•1 min
Patreon-only chat with Margaret Kimberly is here https://www.patreon.com/posts/260-over-obama-33725119 Rep Ro Khanna (CA-D) talks to me about the measure he sponsored, which just passed the House!!!, to block funding for a military strike on Iran unless authorized by Congress; hawkish Dems, the impeachment, and the Bernie Bro narrative which never mentions the online harassment faced by Sanders supporters. Then Margaret Kimberley talks to me about her new book "Prejudential: Black America and th...
Jan 31, 2020•52 min
257 - Neoliberal Rot with Krystal Ball by Katie Halper Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 24, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/33293653 main ep: writer, socialist, feminist, Jacobin editor Alex Press on why Sanders is the feminist candidate in the race. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 17, 2020•42 min
Full Episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33125980 I speak to Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council about Iran's accidental downing of the Ukrainian airliner, the protests that followed, and how Iranians can have two thoughts in their heads at the same: they can oppose the assassination of Soleimani and protest the downing of the airliner; they can criticize the...
Jan 13, 2020•8 min
I speak to Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, about Trump's killing of Soleimani and his military and economic treatment of Iran. Then I speak with Iranian-American journalist and Intercept editor Ali Gharib about his view of the conflict. Cole's His most recent book is Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires. He is also the author of The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East (2014); Engaging t...
Jan 10, 2020•53 min
(Faiza answers your questions on Patreon-only here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32985153) I talk to Faiza Shaheen about running as a labour candidate, what she learned from the British elections, what the Left can learn from them, what's next for her and what Hugh Grant (who stumped for her, along with Eddie Izzard) is like in real life. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 07, 2020•50 min
Jacobin magazine "cool kid" Meagan Day on her piece (co-written with friend of the show & recent father Matt Karp) "Bernie Is the Candidate Who Can Beat Trump. Here’s Why." Plus why Sanders is the most feminist candidate and is married to Meagan and her girlfriend. Just in time for the holidays so you can convince your family to believe in St. Bernard over Christmas dinner or latkes or Chinese food. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle....
Dec 24, 2019•50 min
Full episode https://www.patreon.com/posts/251-weaponized-32230674 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 10, 2019•2 min
250 - Yasha Levine, Lauren Ashcraft, Aaron Mate, Uncle Bobby, and Ron Davis by Katie Halper Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 07, 2019•1 hr 42 min
249 - Mayor Pete's Black Voter Problem with Ryan Grim by Katie Halper Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 05, 2019•33 min
Shahid answers your twitter questions on this Patreon only episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31778218 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 22, 2019•43 min
Find the full ep on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/posts/246-cold-war-31641542 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 18, 2019•6 min
Bonus! Aaron Mate on the impeachment Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 16, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Full bonus https://www.patreon.com/posts/244-shredded-bod-31421316 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 08, 2019•3 min
Pareon only ep: https://www.patreon.com/posts/244-shredded-bod-31421316 Matt Bruenig and Tim HIgginbotham talk about why Warren's plan to cover #MedicareForAll actually is a tax on the middle class and why Sanders' plan to pay for it is both better and not his focus. On bonus, Matt answers your twitter questions, talks about the Bernie Bro narrative and how Working Families Party membership almost certainly voted for Sanders. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-...
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 1 min
HUGE UPDATE! Chesa WON! Chesa Boudin knows prison and the criminal justice system very well. When he was 14 months, his parents, Weather Underground members Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, were incarcerated for driving a get away car in a robbery that wound up killing three men. Chesa's mother was released after 22 years, but his father will never leave prison. Boudin became a public defender and is now the latest example of a progressive, decarceral lawyer running for the DA's office, in the tr...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 12 min
Patreon only ep: Liza Featherstone of "feminist" bullies; Leslie Lee on "The Joker." https://www.patreon.com/posts/30860394 Journalist Liza Featherstone talks to me about what it means to be a Leftist Feminist; why Warren is not Sanders but also not Hillary; why Sanders is the preferable candidate; how Donald Trump is a like a teenager who trolls his parents who are in this case most Democratic candidates; why socialists should supporter sex workers; and how we should be wary of the insurgent na...
Oct 18, 2019•52 min
Full episode https://www.patreon.com/posts/240-impeach-deez-30584798 Shuja Haider discusses his pieces on Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg rebelling against their Marxist fathers, why Bernie Sanders is such a threat to the establishment, and how racism didn't start under Trump. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 08, 2019•5 min
Christian Parenti on how to save the planet without self-loathing, a Marxist "more butch take on the environment," giving Friedrich Engels his due, Bernie Sanders, Evo Morales and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 04, 2019•45 min
full interview with Max on Biden, Syria, Venezuela and Palestine https://www.patreon.com/posts/238-our-man-in-30292502 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 28, 2019•8 min
Bonus: Max Blumenthal on Joe Biden and Greta Thunberg https://www.patreon.com/posts/30292502 I talk to journalists Anya Parampil, Max Blumnthal and Ben Norton, who back their travels to Honduras, Nicaragua, Syria and Venezuela. Then I do a one on one with Anya about her reporting and occupying the Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 27, 2019•50 min
Palestinian-Canadian lawyer, analyst and former PLO negotiator Diana Battu on the Israeli elections and her latest piece in The Nation "The Israeli Elections Are a Referendum on Who Can Treat Palestinians Most Harshly." Plus what it's like to raise a child in a country where he's told he doesn't belong. It's too important to be patreon only so it's for everyone! Stand by for some Patreon only eps dropping soon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://re...
Sep 23, 2019•56 min
Political Scientist Susan Kang talks about quitting the Working Families Party over its endorsement of Elizabeth Warren over Bernie Sanders and its lack of transparency. Instead of paying WFP dues, she'll give her money to the Sanders campaign. Plus the differences between Sanders and Warren and the cynical accusation that criticism of WFP's endorsement is an attack on people of color. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 20, 2019•26 min
THE AUDIO ON THIS IS NOW FIXED! IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO MY PODCAST AND IT AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADS THE SHOW, MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN TO THE FIXED ONE! https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/fixed-wtf-wfp-with-susan-kang-or-why-this-woman-of-color-quit-her-working-families-party-membership Political Scientist Susan Kang talks about quitting the Working Families Party over its endorsement of Elizabeth Warren over Bernie Sanders and its lack of transparency. Instead of paying WFP dues, she'll give her money t...
Sep 20, 2019•26 min
bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/29973323 I speak to Congressman Ro Khanna about foreign policy and why he supports Sanders. Then I talk to Brad Johnson about the AP's not factual fact checking of the Democratic candidates climate town halls. Pod Damn America's Anders Lee is with me live in studio talking about his one person show Dummy and why he's moving to DC. (Spoiler alert: to work on "Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp.") Plus Dov Hinkind's tweets and black face. Advertising Inquiries: htt...
Sep 13, 2019•55 min
Anthropologist Renato Rosaldo talks to me about (and reads from) his latest book of poetry which is about his high school group of friends the Chasers which let him "become" Mexican American, "going native" anthropologically speaking, his dad's contribution to the study of Mexican literature, and the relationship between anthropology and politics. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 06, 2019•54 min
