Emily breaks down Bernie Sanders' latest appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience and recent success on podcasts like Andrew Schulz’s, and – following Zohran Mamdani’s success in New York - dives into how criticism of the media, soft power, and political corruption is resonating with younger voters, especially when Democrats offer little more than establishment figures like Andrew Cuomo and Kamala Harris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 27, 2025•11 min•Season 1Ep. 257
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to today’s explosive press conference, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ripped into his former Fox News colleague, journalist Jennifer Griffin, over her reporting—alongside other outlets—on the damage caused by recent U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Jun 26, 2025•12 min•Season 1Ep. 256
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily sits down with Senator Chuck Grassley for the inaugural episode of ‘YouTube In Session’. They cover a range of pressing issues, including the Israel-Iran ceasefire and whether it can last, the growing distrust in mainstream media, and the internal shake-up at the FBI under the influence of Kash Patel and Dan Bongino. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted...
Jun 25, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 255
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily is joined by musician and comedian Ami Kozak to discuss the ongoing situation between the US, Israel and Iran. They address criticism of Trump from the right, how anti-Israel sentiment and anti-Semitic tropes have increasingly taken root in some right-wing spaces, often cloaked in “America First” rhetoric, and what a realistic path forward looks like for U.S.-Israel relations and Middle East sta...
Jun 24, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 254
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily unpacks the most significant ideological split in the MAGA movement since its inception: the confrontation over foreign policy and potential U.S. action against Iran. As some MAGA figures defend a hardline “America First” stance rooted in non-interventionism, others appear to embrace a more aggressive posture. Could Trump’s next move fracture MAGA for good? Watch it on the Undercurrents website:...
Jun 23, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 253
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to Donald Trump launching a blistering attack on Fox News—accusing the network of using “fake” pollsters and pushing biased numbers on immigration and border security. Emily breaks down Trump’s Truth Social rant, what the Fox News poll actually says, and why this is such an issue for Trump. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Jun 20, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 252
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily sits down with Trita Parsi to analyze the rising tension between the U.S. and Iran. They delve into the legacy of Bush’s foreign policies and critique neoconservative approaches, including misinterpretations by leaders such as Ted Cruz. A thought-provoking dive into a complicated topic. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Jun 19, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 251
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily goes behind the scenes of Donald Trump’s controversial military parade to uncover what really happened beyond the headlines. With exclusive access to the White House press pool and on-the-ground coverage from the crowd, she dives into the details the media missed — from the true size and energy of the event to the strange timing with Trump’s birthday and the Army’s 250th anniversary. Emily break...
Jun 18, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 250
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily breaks down the growing tension between Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson — a rift that’s sending shockwaves through the MAGA movement. With Tucker increasingly critical of Trump’s foreign policy stance on Iran, and Trump snapping back with barbs, is the once-united populist right beginning to fracture? Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See a...
Jun 17, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 249
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily breaks down two major Democratic Party-related stories: David Hogg steps down as DNC vice-chair after backlash over his plan to challenge incumbents, and Stephen A. Smith shuts down 2028 presidential rumors in a candid interview with Jon Stewart. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 13, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 248
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily dives into President Trump’s surprising reversal on immigration policy with regard to undocumented farm and hospitality workers and Chinese students. After aggressively cracking down—ramping up ICE raids, mobilizing the National Guard, and threatening “aggressive” revocations of Chinese student visas—Trump is now walking back his stance. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/...
Jun 12, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 247
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily is joined by political commentator and author Heather Mac Donald to break down the explosive unrest in Los Angeles — and the surprising political fault lines it's revealing. Mac Donald dives deep into California’s sanctuary state policies, the refusal to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, and the broader implications of what she calls a “great inversion” in Democratic priorities. Wa...
Jun 11, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 246
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily takes a closer look at Bernie Sanders and John Fetterman breaking ranks and strongly criticizing the violence erupting from the protests in Los Angeles, with Sanders calling it “counterproductive” and Fetterman rebuking the "anarchy and true chaos." Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 10, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 245
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ New data shows the Democratic Party is facing a major crisis with young male voters—one that could reshape future elections. Emily is joined by author and commentator Patrick Ruffini to break down the numbers and explore why so many young men are walking away from the left, and why they might not come back. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See a...
Jun 09, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 244
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily speaks with Will Chamberlain, senior counsel at the Article III Project, to explore the increasing use and controversy surrounding nationwide injunctions—court orders that halt federal policy implementation across the entire country. They discuss how these injunctions have frequently been used to block key Trump administration initiatives, with many judges overstepping their constitutional bound...
Jun 06, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 243
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Reaction to Karine Jean-Pierre's announcement of her departure from the Democratic Party to become an independent, as revealed in her upcoming memoir. Emily explores the implications of Jean-Pierre's decision and what it signals for the future of the Democratic Party. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 05, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 242
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily breaks down the recent headlines on Palantir—the controversial data-mining company co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel with deep ties to U.S. intelligence and multiple presidential administrations. Palantir has quietly expanded its influence through government contracts, raising urgent questions about the surveillance and privacy of Americans. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unh...
Jun 04, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 241
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Author and policy expert Clare Morell joins us to discuss her groundbreaking new book The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones. Drawing on years of research and firsthand accounts, Morell reveals how families have been misled into believing that tech dangers can be “managed” with parental controls—when in fact, the only real solution is a full-scale exit. She lays ou...
Jun 02, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 240
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily breaks down Donald Trump's response to the phrase "TACO trade." She dives into the origins of the term and its impact on financial markets. Is it a fair critique of his trade policy, or just another misread of his negotiating style? Plus, Emily explains what's at stake with the pending reconciliation bill and how it could reshape U.S. trade dynamics. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https:...
May 29, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 239
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ George Beebe joins Emily to explain whether Trump's increasingly rocky relationship with Vladimir Putin signals the end of peace negotiations in Ukraine. Beebe argues Trump very much still has a path to securing an agreement between the two countries, despite recent setbacks. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
May 28, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 238
Click the link in the description or head over https://evening.ver.so/undercurrents and use coupon code UNDERCURRENTS at checkout to save 15% on your first order. Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily breaks down news that Anthropic and Grok are acting beyond the control of their designers. Anthropic, according to reports, recently blackmailed an engineer. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Host...
May 27, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 237
Emily weighs in on the debate about who’s to blame for the tragic shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington DC by a man who shouted “Free Palestine!” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 236
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Sean Davis joins Emily to argue that “woke right” is a term created by anti-woke liberals who once sided with conservatives but now want to gatekeep the right. The label, Davis argues, is a “smear.” Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 22, 2025•25 min•Season 1Ep. 235
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Colin Wright joins Emily to discuss whether the anti-woke coalition can survive the anti-woke backlash. Wright argues that while wokeness isn’t going anywhere, some corners of the right are falling into the same trap that destroyed the left Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 21, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 234
Click the link in the description or head over https://evening.ver.so/undercurrents and use coupon code UNDERCURRENTS at checkout to save 15% on your first order. Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to claims by FBI officials Kash Patel and Dan Bongino that Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself. It's one more piece of evidence, she argues, that Trump world is not being entirely honest when it comes to Epstein. Watch it on th...
May 20, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 233
Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to news of Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis. Doctors agree that the diagnosis is likely not a recent discovery, which leads Emily to question whether this was an intentional cover-up by the Biden administration. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 19, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 232
The warmer months are coming. Spring back into your health and fitness: go to lumen.me/UNHERD to get 15% off your Lumen. Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily interviews Andrew Klavan on his new book The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness. Klavan traces the human interest in murder from Cain all the way to Alfred Hitchcock, and explains why modern Westerners are fixated on true crime. Watch it on the Undercur...
May 16, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 231
Prices are rising, and the economy is shifting—how will your retirement hold up? Protect your savings with a Gold IRA from Augusta Precious Metals. Get a FREE guide on how it works—no cost, no catch! Click this link now: https://bit.ly/41PCKtB Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to Jake Tapper’s concession that he now reflects on his own Biden health coverage with “humility,” arguing Tapper is likely not capable of addressi...
May 15, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 230
Prices are rising, and the economy is shifting—how will your retirement hold up? Protect your savings with a Gold IRA from Augusta Precious Metals. Get a FREE guide on how it works—no cost, no catch! Click this link now: https://bit.ly/41PCKtB Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily explains what the media is getting wrong about Trump’s trip to the Middle East, breaking down his landmark speech in Riyadh, meeting with the new Syrian p...
May 14, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 229
Click the link in the description or head over https://evening.ver.so/undercurrents and use coupon code UNDERCURRENTS at checkout to save 15% on your first order. Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Jason Riley joins Emily to discuss his new book “The Affirmative Action Myth,” and the decline of DEI policies. Riley explains how the black middle class enjoyed robust growth until policies favored by Democrats in the late 1960s started to ...
May 13, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 228
