Medea Benjamin joins the show to talk about her recent trip to Ukraine and why it's so dangerous to call for diplomacy and a cease fire. Not only has Medea (and others calling for negotiations) been smeared and had her talks canceled, she was threatened by a "protestor" who took her phone as she attempted to film him. Even worse, the protestor physically attacked by a 70 year old member of Veterans for Peace who tried to help her retrieve her phone and then had to be rushed to the emergency room...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 27 min
To hear the rest of my discussion with Glenn Greenwald, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-glenn-86020281 Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald talks about the life and legacy of his late husband, the Brazilian activist and member of congress David Miranda. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www....
Jul 13, 2023•48 min
To hear the rest of my discussion with Mark Ames & Yasha Levine, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/mark-ames-yasha-85348916 Mark Ames and Yasha Levine talk about what just happened in Russia. What do we even call it? A coup? A mutiny? What do we need to know about The Wagner Group and Yevgeny Prigozhin? But first Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess, and Leonard Goodman talk about the indictment of the Uhuru Movement and African People's Socialist Party and why this targeti...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min
To hear the rest of my discussion with Lev Golinkin, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-lev-85031113 Arnaud Bertrand discusses the similarities between xenophobia and anti-semitism, as well as debunking America and the West's view of and stances toward China. Then Ukrainian writer and journalist Lev Golinkin discusses the Western media's whitewashing of the Azov Battalion. As he writes at The Nation, "before Russia invaded Ukraine, these fighters were neo-Nazis....
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Cornel West (@CornelWest) joins to talk about his presidential run. Cornel West is one of the nation’s most recognized public intellectuals. He’s a professor of philosophy and Christian practice at Union Theological Seminary. He formerly taught at Princeton and Harvard universities. He was a surrogate for Bernie Sanders' campaigns and is now himself running for the Green Party nomination for the 2024 Presidential Election. https://www.cornelwest24.com/ ***Please support The Katie Halper Show ***...
Jun 16, 2023•50 min
To here the rest of the discussion with David Sirota, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-david-84341781 Journalist David Sirota talks about why Biden's debt ceiling "victory" is actually a failure. But first Ajamu Baraka talks about war, imperialism and why the United States of America is a "gangster state." Ajamu Baraka is human rights defender whose experience spans four decades of domestic and international education and activism, with roots are in the Black ...
Jun 09, 2023•54 min
To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-pascal-83981631 Katie talks to the hosts of THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast (TIR) about Black Marxist politics which frequently gets left out, co-opted or distorted. TIR was started by long time musician and overall troublemaker Jason Myles in late fall of 2019 in West Oakland, CA. After about a year through the recommendation of Touré Reed, Jason met Black Agenda Report and Huffington Post column...
Jun 01, 2023•33 min
To hear the entire discussion with Professor Richard Wolff, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/richard-wolff-on-83613742 Susan Sarandon, Saru Jayaraman & Jenny Almanzar talk about the One Fair Wage campaign they're fighting for. Economist Richard Wolff talks about the debt ceiling. Saru Jayaraman is the President of One Fair Wage and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Saru is also the author of One Fair Wage: Ending...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 15 min
To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-jfk-with-83264899 Journalist Michael Tracey and historian Aaron Good debate whether JFK was an anti-war president and if that's why he was killed. But first screenwriter and member of the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America West John Rogers talks about the WGA strike. John Rogers is a screenwriter and the creator of the television series Jackie Chan Adventures (2000–2005), Leve...
May 18, 2023•53 min
Writer and Rutgers Professor Ben Burgis along with UPS Worker Matt Leichenger talk about labor organizing and the WGA & Rutgers strikes. Homelessness Union leader Milton Perez and journalist Eugene Puryear talk about the killing of Jordan Neely. Ben Burgis is the host of the Give Them an Argument Youtube show, a columnist for Jacobin, and an adjunct philosophy Professor at Rutgers. He writes at "Philosophy for the People" Substack every Sunday: http://benburgis.substack.com Milton Perez (BxP...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 19 min
To hear the entire discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/miko-peled-82582346 Israeli-American activist Miko Peled and Palestine-based journalist Yumna Patel talk about the latest news from Palestine. Miko Peled is an Israeli-American activist, speaker and author of The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. Link to Miko's website - https://mikopeled.com/ Yumna Patel is a journalist based in Bethlehem. She is Palestine News Director at @Mondoweiss. L...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min
To hear the rest of the conversation with John Kiriakou, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/john-kiriakou-82209537 CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou and historian Gerald Horne discuss the justice department's indictment of 4 activists charged with "weaponizing free speech" and the history of the crack down on Black radicals, free speech and alleged foreign assets. Dr. Horne also discusses Harry Belafonte and the situation in Sudan. John Kiriakou discusses the leaked penta...
Apr 27, 2023•55 min
To hear the rest of the interview with Daniel Goldhaber, Jordan Sjol & Daniel Garber, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/would-you-blow-81822434 Katie interviews Daniel Goldhaber, Jordan Sjol & Daniel Garber the director, writer & editor of the film HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE. But first she talks to Karina Gonzalez & Juan C. Dávila about Puerto Rico, climate change & capitalism. Karina N. González is a bilingual speech-language pathologist at an eleme...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 26 min
To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/bryce-greene-81531108 You can also hear the entire discussion with Roger Waters on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/roger-waters-81620033 Legendary musician and activist Roger Waters talks about Frankfurt's attempt to cancel his concert and smear him as an antisemite over his defense of Palestinian Human Rights. If you haven't already done so, please sign this petition calling on Germany to...
Apr 13, 2023•52 min
To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/aaron-good-81201647 Status Coup journalist Louis DeAngelis, who has been reporting on the ground in East Palestine talks about a bombshell investigation into the EPA coverup. Read Louis' reporting here - https://statuscoup.substack.com/p/east-palestine-bombshell-epa-official But first, Dr. Ana Malinow and union activist Kay Tillow talk about how residents of East Palestine could get medicare for all,...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 7 min
To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/john-pilger-80862662 Legendary journalist, writer and filmmaker John Pilger joins the show to talk about "the unrelenting nature of propaganda," how to deconstruct the news, the proxy war in Ukraine, the coming war on China and more. Plus Human Rights and Environmental lawyer Steven Donziger reacts to the Supreme Court's terrible decision against him and the people of Ecuador who were poisoned by Chev...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 4 min
To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-matthew-80501714 Veteran Matthew Hoh and former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich discuss the legacy of the ongoing war in Iraq, why it's still relevant today and what it has to do with the proxy war in Ukraine. In 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part i...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min
To hear the rest of the conversation, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon portion of this broadcast's discussion - https://www.patreon.com/posts/norman-barbara-d-80188734 Norman Finkelstein, Barbara Smith and Robin D.G. Kelley debate identity politics. First Barbara and Robin go over the College Board’s revision of its curriculum for its Advanced Placement African American Studies course. These revisions happened just weeks after F...
Mar 16, 2023•50 min
To hear the rest of this discussion, receive bonus content, exclusive interviews, support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to this broadcast's Patreon podcast with Bryce Greene: https://www.patreon.com/posts/nordstream-more-79929800 German-based artist Adam Broomberg talks about being smeared and literally canceled by German officials as an antisemite for the crime of defending Palestini...
Mar 11, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Patreon: Briahna Joy Gray & Katie breakdown Joe Rogan's anti-semitic defense of Ilhan Omar: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rogan-gate-with-79524656 James Cavallaro and Lara Sheehi join the show to talk about being canceled over their criticism of Israel. James Cavallaro is a prominent Human Right expert who was blocked by Biden from his nomination to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) over his criticism of Israeli apartheid. Lara Sheehi is Assistant Professor of Clinical Ps...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Pat Tillman's Mother, Mary Tillman, and journalist Narda Zacchino join the show to talk about their efforts to uncover the truth surrounding the circumstances of Pat’s death and their book "Boots on the Ground By Dusk: Searching for Answers in the Death of Pat Tillman." But first, reporter Julia Rock talks about the Norfolk Southern train derailment, which she's covered for The Lever. Julia Rock is an investigative reporter at The Lever, covering business and politics. Pat Tillman gave up his pr...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min
To hear the rest of this discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon portion of this broadcast - https://www.patreon.com/posts/aaron-good-and-78848682 Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian American writer and human rights activist. She is the author of 'Mornings in Jenin,' which was translated into 32 languages and sold more than a million copies, 'The Blue Between Sky And Water' and 'Against the Loveless World.' She is the founder o...
Feb 17, 2023•52 min
To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon portion of this broadcast - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-post-of-78521041 Post State Of The Union panel with Katie and her special guest Gareth "Gary" Reynolds, co-host of The Dollop podcast, historian Daniel Bessner, Medea Benjamin, Norman Solomon and Jack Allison! We talk Biden's State of The Union speech, as well as the actual state of the nation an...
Feb 10, 2023•21 min
To hear the rest of this discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the full discussion with Dr. Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté - https://www.patreon.com/posts/dr-gabor-mate-on-77937326 Here is a preview of my conversation with Dr. Gabor Maté and his Son Daniel Maté, in which Dr. Maté talks about the way capitalism kills people, his latest book which he wrote with Daniel, the New York Times best-seller "The Myth Of Normal: Trauma, Illness &...
Feb 03, 2023•7 min
For the full conversation, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon-only portion of this conversation with Christian Parenti - https://www.patreon.com/posts/christian-is-78103491 Katie Halper speaks with Christian Parenti about his recent article, “‘Diversity’ Is A Ruling-Class Ideology,” which appears in Compact Magazine. Christian Parenti is an Author and Professor of Economics at John Jay College - City University of New York. He’s t...
Feb 02, 2023•34 min
Katie talks to Palestinian activist Issa Amro about Israeli's new government and how to survive it. Issa Amro is a Palestinian Human Rights Defender from Hebron, West Bank. He is the recipient of the One World Media Award in 2009 and recognized as Human Rights Defender of the Year in Palestine in 2010 by the United Nations. He is the founder of the Hebron-based direct action group Youth Against Settlements. UN Special Rapporteurs reported that Amro had been arrested and detained by Israel more t...
Jan 29, 2023•33 min
Katie interviews Retired Colonel Ann Wright On Ukraine, NATO and Pearl Harbor. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** On Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 19, 2023•31 min
From Hawaii, Katie talks to three organizers who are protecting the water and future of Hawaii as well as organizing for its independence: Healani Sonoda-Pale, Dani Espiritu & Mikey Inouye. Healani Sonoda-Pale is a citizen leader of Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi a native initiative for self-determination and self-governance. She was born and raised on the island of O'ahu where her ancestors lived from time immemorial. For over 25 years Healani has served as an educator who has taught at Hawaiian immersio...
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr
Thomas Frank talks about what the Democrats get wrong and how we can build a real movement to defeat The Right. Thomas Frank is the author of the books What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America; Listen, Liberal; Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?; The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism among others. Link to Thomas' website - www.tcfrank.com ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For the entire discussion, bonus content, exclusive int...
Jan 06, 2023•13 min
Katie and Sam look back on 2022 and its historical context. Samuel Biagetti holds a doctorate in early American history. He uses his knowledge in his antique dealership, in producing the podcast Historiansplaining, in his writings, and in giving college-level lectures. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For the entire discussion, bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.co...
Dec 29, 2022•37 min
