We’re joined again by Dan Evans to discuss the wave of tech companies rushing to release AI chatbot tools and what that means for the future of work. We get into the ethical implications, the risks associated with the technology and how people are already using it in a professional capacity.Then we cover John Fetterman seeking mental health care and the conservative response to something that’s ultimately a good thing. We had a really great conversation about getting mental health care in our ow...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Matthew Cunningham-Cook joins us to discuss The Lever’s superb reporting on the Norfolk Southern train carrying vinyl chloride and other toxic chemicals derailing in East Palestine, Ohio. We get into Norfolk Southern and other rail companies’ efforts over the years to lobby against increased safety measures and upgraded braking systems. Those same compa…...
Feb 14, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brennan Murphy joins us on this episode to recap the State of the Union, the Republican antics during the speech and what to make of some of the policies Biden called for. We also discuss the NBA trades before the deadline and whether Australia and New Zealand are the same thing.You can follow Brennan here: https://twitter.com/brenonadeNote: On Sunday night, we’ll be hosting another live chat on the Substack app for our beloved Paid Interns (subscribers) during the Big Game. To join the chat, su...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com NOTE: Tonight on the Substack app we’re hosting a live chat during the State Of The Union for our paid interns (subscribers). To join the chat, subscribers will just need to head to the chat section of the Substack app and join the conversation! The SOTU begins at 9 PM ET tonight. Jules Suzdaltzev, creator of the wildly …...
Feb 07, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report and ESVN (the Emma Sports Vigeland Network) joins us to discuss Ilhan Omar’s removal from the House Foreign Affairs committee by House Republicans. Omar was one of the best voices, if not the best, on the committee and offered a strong anti-imperialist, anti-war perspective. We talk about her time on the committee and the impacts her removal will have.And since Emma is a New York sports die-hard, we get into how the Knicks and Rangers are looking, as well as ...
Feb 04, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com This week, Mr. Beast, the most-subscribed-to individual on YouTube, posted a video where he funded sight-restoration surgeries for 1,000 people. His fans showered him with praise for yet another act of public altruism while critics insisted it ultimately reflected deep cracks in our society. We discuss the role “kindness content” plays in online media, …...
Jan 31, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jack Crosbie returns this week to discuss his articles in Rolling Stone ( here & here ) about the effort to stop the development of a sprawling new police training facility or “Cop City” in the heart of Atlanta’s South River Forest. Cop City poses many ecological and community safety risks, but despite overwhelming opposition in city council meetings by members of the community it was greenlit anyway.Jack traveled to Atlanta to spend some time living with activists who reside in the forest to pr...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Ricky & Eliot from Internet Today join us to discuss the totally absurd and ridiculous M&M’s spokescandy saga, the meltdown from the right over M&M’s going “woke” and how easy it is to manufacture outrage online and what it means for hollow corporate gestures toward very real systemic and societal issues. We also discuss the Steven Crowder/Daily Wire sp…...
Jan 24, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Beatrice Adler-Bolton, co-author of the new book Health Communism and co-host of the Death Panel podcast, joins us to discuss Bea & co-author Artie Vierkant’s aforementioned book, the irresponsible and minimizing ways the Biden administration and public health officials have responded to Covid, how taking a stance of “the pandemic is over” has left us unprepared for new variants and we take a look at the ways living in a capitalist healthcare system ultimately helped fueled the worst outcomes of...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Ken Klippenstein is back on the show. This time we discuss his recent story in The Intercept where he published security footage of the massive pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge caused by Tesla’s self-driving beta. Subsequently, Ken’s Twitter account was temporarily shadow-banned, so we go through Ken’s long-standing fued with Elon Musk. We also di…...
Jan 18, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, we discuss the right’s meltdown over a gas stove ban that absolutely is not happening, the right freaking out over female M&Ms mascots, and on a much more important front: how progressives are losing ground in the anti-war conversation and what they should do about it.You can find us on…YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsurgents/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theinsurgentspod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/insurgentspodTo become a subscriber (paid intern!) and gain acce...
Jan 15, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com In this week’s episode we discuss Brazilians storming government buildings in the wake of Bolsonaro’s loss and transfer of power to Lula. We talk about Bolsonaro throwing his supporters under the bus while he hides in Florida. We also get into the new House makeup, with Hakeem Jeffries taking over as Minority Leader for the Democrats, and how while the …...
Jan 10, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Manny Fidel of MSNBC joins us to talk about Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during Monday Night Football this week and the fallout that ensued. We get into the NFL’s callous attempts to restart the game almost immediately after Hamlin was taken to the hospital, the league’s sordid legacy, how player should be treated better through stronger benefits and guaranteed contracts, and much more.We also discuss Kevin McCarthy’s ongoing quest to become Speaker of the House and the mul...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com To gain access to the full episode and our full back catalog of premium episodes, you can become a paid subscriber (paid intern!) here: Jared Holt, writer over at PostingThroughIt.com , joins us to talk about how people rush to push baseless claims around big events and how unsubstantiated rumors around Andrew Tate’s arrest,…...
Jan 03, 2023•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cameron Kasky joins us this episode to discuss Andrew Tate’s hilarious downfall after getting obliterated by Greta Thunberg. We talk about how people like Tate just deliberately say moronic shit for attention and why featuring people like him who use that strategy for growth online aren’t worth engaging with or having on shows to “debate.” Cam also draws a through-line through Tate and Walter White. Rob keeps pushing Avatar propaganda.You can follow Cam here: https://twitter.com/cameron_kaskyIf ...
Dec 30, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Note: This is a preview of our most recent premium episode. To gain access to the full episode and our full back catalog of premium episodes, you can become a paid subscriber (paid intern!) here: Lance from The Serfs joins us today. We recap our holidays, holiday movies, Ben Shapiro’s meltdown over Glass Onion, Libs Of TikTok’s face reveal on Tucker Carlson and subsequent alleged spotting at January 6, flight disruptions and the need for high-speed rail and so much more.You can follow Lance here...
Dec 28, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Taylor Lorenz of the Washington Post joins us to discuss her reporting that shows Elon Musk’s claims that the Twitter account tracking his private jet inspired a stalker were at best a mischaracterization and there was no link between the two. We get into Musk’s chaotic and potentially short tenure as Twitter CEO, the hunt for a replacement and much more. Also Rob and Jordan review the World Cup final and explore why Jordan is more of a France stan than Rob.You can follow Taylor here: https://tw...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Note: This is a preview of our most recent premium episode. To gain access to the full episode and our full back catalog of premium episodes, you can become a paid subscriber (paid intern!) here: Jessica Burbank, economist and political commentator, joins us on this week’s episode as we take a closer look at whether the US is already in a recession. With warning indicators already present, Jessica illustrates what indicators have revealed about he health of the US economy. We also discuss the la...
Dec 20, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brett Erlich of The Young Turks joins us today as the nation is at a standstill because of Trump’s MAJOR nft announcement. We can wait to get our hands on all those sweet non fungible Trumps!!! Anyway, beyond that obvious scam, we also get Elon Musk’s journalist purge on Twitter which happened while we’re recording and some conspiracy corner chat because the JFK documents are finally being released.You can follow Brett here: https://twitter.com/bretterlichIf you’d like to become a subscriber (pa...
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Note: This is a preview of our most recent premium episode. To gain access to the full episode and our full back catalog of premium episodes, you can become a paid subscriber (paid intern!) here: Juniper, the little scoundrel behind the Snickers dick vein gag & popularizing “goblin mode” to the point it became the Oxford dictionary’s “word of the year,” joins us today to discuss the latest in the Elon Musk/Twitter saga, Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest, “western traditionalists” who have meltdowns ove...
Dec 13, 2022•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we saw Sen. Joe Manchin attempt to, once again, attach his permitting reform/pipeline bill to a piece of must-pass legislation. After vehement opposition to his chicanery, it appears he may once again be unsuccessful. But for how much longer?Brad Johnson, author of the tremendous climate news Substack Hill Heat joins us to break it all down, explain how we got to this point and also how Sen. Raphael Warnock winning reelection—giving Democrats 51 seats in the Senate—slightly nullifies ...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Note: This is a preview of our most recent premium episode. To gain access to the full episode and our full back catalog of premium episodes, you can become a paid subscriber (paid intern!) here: With Michael Avenatti going to prison for 14 years, a new 2024 contender has emerged: John Bolton. We discuss his comments that he’s “prepared to enter the race,” and whether or not he even has a shot. We also discuss the latest in Kanye’s meltdown, Elon giving Twitter emails to Matt Taibbi, and what th...
Dec 06, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re joined by Matthew Cunningham-Cook of The Lever where he has done tremendous reporting covering rail workers’ push for better working conditions. He gives us background on the fight for better union contracts, how the Biden administration intervened and now the push in Congress to “avoid a strike” that ultimately might not include very modest demands from workers for paid sick leave.You can follow Matthew here: https://twitter.com/matthewccook5If you’d like to become a subscriber (paid inte...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Note: This is a preview of our most recent premium episode. To gain access to the full episode and our full back catalog of premium episodes, you can become a paid subscriber (paid intern!) here: On this week’s premium episode, we get into Elon Musk’s purported war with Apple over app store purchase fees, examine recent precedent for companies trying to take on Apple over its app store monopoly and how this type of tilting-at-windmills style fires up his weirdest sycophants. We also talk a bit a...
Nov 29, 2022•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dharna Noor joins us again to break down the COP 27 climate conference that just wrapped up in Egypt. We get into the traction on critical climate issues like coal, the push for unproven “carbon capture,” and winding down reliance on fossil fuels. Dharna explains why there was an uptick in fossil fuel lobbyists at the conference this year and why these events typically don’t result in any immediate, tangible positive outcomes.We also talk about the “Twitter alternative” social platforms people a...
Nov 25, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Note: This is a preview of our most recent premium episode. To hear the full episode and gain access to our full back catalog of premium episodes, become a paid subscriber (paid intern!) here: Tom Williams from Stray From The Path joins us to talk about ridiculous parlay bets, dealing poker in backrooms as a kid, his band Stray From The Path, the music industry and more.Give Tom a follow here: https://twitter.com/tomfromstray This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other sub...
Nov 22, 2022•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast David Roth of Defector returns to the show to give us his thoughts on Trump’s 2024 announcement speech and what the Florida Man’s prospects for reelection look like. We also get into Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving sharing an anti-Semitic documentary and the downstream effects of popular people dabbling in these types of conspiracies.You can follow David here (while Twitter still exists): https://twitter.com/david_j_roth Also, some news! We’re upping our release schedule to two episodes a week, ...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Note: This is a preview of our most recent premium episode. We’re moving to (or at least attempting to move to, if there’s sufficient interest) two episodes a week. One free, one premium. To gain access to the full episode and our entire back catalog of premium episodes you can subscribe here: In this episode we talk about the huge impact young voters had in the midterm election and what that means for future Democratic party strategy. We preview the runoff in Georgia between Raphael Warnock and...
Nov 15, 2022•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s episode, we’re joined by Jack Crosbie of Discourse Blog for a crossover episode breaking down the midterm election results. We examine whether it was as good (i.e. not as bad as some feared) for Democrats, what this means for Biden’s ability to govern the next two years, what races surprised us and whether the Democratic strategy going forward should be to just nominate physically large candidates like Fetterman.Also, Jordan tells Rob about his experience meeting his new best frie...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Note: This is a preview of our most recent premium episode. To listen to the full episode and gain access to our entire back catalog of premium episodes you can become a paid subscriber here: Ken Klippenstein joins us to discuss his latest piece in The Intercept about how the DHS wants to police “disinformation” and other speech online at the behest of both the Trump and Biden administrations. We wade into the serious risks posed by the agency’s role in monitoring online activity as well as the ...
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