Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Historian, author, journalist, and Marxist intellectual Vijay Prashad returns to Bad Faith to talk progressives for Kamala , the Tim Walz pick, Cori Bush’s ouster, & what lessons global movements -- including recent student protests in Bangladesh -- hold for the American left . Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad F...
Aug 12, 2024•7 min•Ep 396•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The Abandon Biden movement was created to leverage votes to secure a ceasefire or, alternatively, punish Biden for failing to move on that issue. What does the Abandon Biden movement do now that Biden is no longer on the ticket ? Head of communications Ahmad Hudhayfah joins Bad Faith to discuss the movement's attitude to Kamala Harris, its current demands, and what he makes ...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep 393•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is a trauma and critical care physician who volunteered at the Gaza European Hospital near Khan Yunis earlier this spring. Last month, he and a fellow volunteer wrote an op-ed in Politico detailing their experience . Somehow, despite the unspeakable images out of Gaza we’ve all been watching for the better part of a year, their account m...
Aug 05, 2024•7 min•Ep 395•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Status Coup News ' Jordan Chariton returns to Bad Faith to provide an update on the toxic fallout from the East Palestine train derailment and report on how residents on the ground are souring on their senator, JD Vance . Vance once championed the people of East Palestine, but he has failed to follow up on new revelations that the crisis was mismanaged. Does his inclusion on...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep 394•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The Abandon Biden movement was created to leverage votes to secure a ceasefire or, alternatively, punish Biden for failing to move on that issue . What does the Abandon Biden movement do now that Biden is no longer on the ticket? Head of communications Ahmad Hudhayfah joins Bad Faith to discuss the movement's attitude to Kamala Harris, its current demands...
Jul 29, 2024•7 min•Ep 393•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Civil rights attorney, former public defender, and founder of Civil Rights Corps Alec Karakatsanis joins Bad Faith to discuss his latest article exposing the massive disinformation campaign around police body cameras that has led liberals to embrace surveillance technology as a progressive reform . Alec explains the evidence that exposes the true purpose of body cameras, and...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr•Ep 392•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Former Seattle City Council member, socialist, & co-founder of Workers Strike Back Kshama Sawant returns to Bad Faith for an important conversation about where the left's focus should be during what is shaping up to be one of the most tumultuous electoral seasons in American history . AOC, Bernie, and almost all progressive electeds threw their support be...
Jul 22, 2024•8 min•Ep 391•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Author of A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Lisa Pease joins Bad Faith to detail her research into what she believes is the true story behind the assassination of RFK Sr. and to use her expertise on historical assassinations to weigh in on the recent attempt on Trump's life . Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this ...
Jul 18, 2024•2 hr 54 min•Ep 390•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast BreakThrough News journalist Rania Khalek returns to Bad Faith to talk Hezbollah and developments that could lead to a broader regional war in the Middle East -- but not before she indulges in some horserace talk. Weeks after Biden’s disastrous debate, why are progressives his strongest defenders, and why isn’t a real ceasefire in Gaza a nonnegotiable for...
Jul 15, 2024•8 min•Ep 389•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Democratic National Committee member, deputy campaign manager to both of Jesse Jackson's Presidential campaigns, and founder of the Arab American Institute James Zogby returns to Bad Faith to break down the possibilities for an open convention . How much flexibility do delegates have to defect? How might a new candidate be chosen? And what is the likelihood that the DNC -- g...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep 388•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Georgia State College of Law professor and host of Supreme Myths Eric Segall joins Bad Faith to talk about the impact of two recent SCOTUS rulings : Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , which ended Chevron deference and hobbled the authority of administrative agencies, and the Trump immunity case. What emerges, however, is a debate about what the left s...
Jul 08, 2024•7 min•Ep 387•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Economist Grieve Chelwa joins Bad Faith to explain how mass protests in Kenya defeated IMF-backed austerity policies , and how the IMF and World Bank use debt as a mechanism of political & economic control. Dr. Chelwa charts how the BRICS bank & dedollarization may provide a way out for countries struggling under western debt-control, and the crucial role global solidarity m...
Jul 04, 2024•59 min•Ep 386•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The eponymous host of the Kim Iverson Show joins Bad Faith to break down Thursday's disastrous-for-Democrats debate , RFK Jr.'s response, and what third party opportunities this unique political moment presents for the left. Is this the moment to commit to the Green Party? Or is the only "green" to discuss Biden's golf handicap -- or whether Trump is sub ...
Jul 01, 2024•8 min•Ep 385•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Dr. Annelle Sheline resigned from the State Department in March after she determined that it was nearly impossible to do her job -- promoting human rights in the Middle East -- in light of the genocide in Gaza. Now at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Dr. Sheline joins Bad Faith to debate the merits of working to reform systems from the inside and to provide b...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep 384•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and former director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch Sarah Leah Whitson joins Bad Faith to talk about Gaza in the broader contexts of the region's politics. She talks normalization schemes, media censorship, and the root of the Democratic party's commitment to ...
Jun 24, 2024•7 min•Ep 383•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Shir Hever , military embargo coordinator for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, joins Bad Faith to explain how BDS is effectively squeezing the Israeli economy and souring Israelis on the war against Gaza . The Israeli-German economist explains how financial pressures are being felt by the Israeli public and how an international solidarity movement is eff...
Jun 20, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast World-renowned Columbia professor and economist Jeffrey Sachs returns to Bad Faith to discuss Ukraine, the threat of nuclear escalation, his recent Tucker Carlson appearance, what an increasingly multipolar world means for US influence in Middle East politics, and an optimistic case for a two state solution . This is a comprehensive, raw account of what h...
Jun 17, 2024•7 min•Ep 381•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Independent journalist and bête noire of White House press flacks Sam Husseini returns to Bad Faith to break down the Biden administration's spin over who is really responsible for stalling a ceasefire deal that would bring an end to the carnage in Gaza . Husseini reacts to Hasbara from Jake Tapper and analyzes how hostages have been cynically weaponized by pro-Israel actors...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep 380•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast In her first interview after being fired from The Hill Briahna Joy Gray sits down with the co-hosts of Due Dissidence , Keaton Weiss and Russell Dobular , to discuss the long trajectory of attacks from Rep. Ritchie Torres and others that have led to Briahna's dismissal for pro-Palestine speech. This censorship has been a long time coming, and the attacks ...
Jun 10, 2024•7 min•Ep 379•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Last month over 1000 Harvard students walked out of commencement in protest of the war on Gaza and the university's decision to not allow 13 seniors to graduate, including Rhodes Scholar Asmer Safi . Safi joins Bad Faith along with junior Prince Williams , who was also suspended by the university, to discuss their divestment strategy, the downfall of Claudine Gay, and how Ha...
Jun 06, 2024•54 min•Ep 378•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Princeton Professor of African American studies Eddie Glaude Jr. returns to Bad Faith to discuss what he told students at historically Black Morehouse College in advance of Biden's commencement address, why he's now ambivalent about his 2016 openness to voting third party in deep red and deep blue states, how to break free of the "vote blue no matter who"...
Jun 03, 2024•7 min•Ep 377•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The Nation 's John Nichols returns to Bad Faith to break down the avalanche of bad press Biden has been getting over the last week , including a viral article by Ian Chotiner in The New Yorker in which Dem strategist Simon Rosenberg tried to rage-quit the interview after being asked basic questions about Biden's bad polling. Nichols, a historian of American politics, walks u...
May 30, 2024•2 hr 52 min•Ep 376•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Journalist Ben Norton returns to Bad Faith to break down where Argentina is five months into libertarian President Javier Milei's leadership . When Milei was elected, libertarians cheered the opportunity to prove how successful libertarianism can be if allowed to fully manifest. Now, with 300% inflation, authoritarian crackdowns on protests, and widespread...
May 27, 2024•5 min•Ep 375•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Criminal law professor Heidi Matthews returns to Bad Faith to break down the International Criminal Court’s plan to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu , Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, & three Hamas leaders. She addresses state department Matt Miller’s claim that the ICC lacks jurisdiction, draws out the hypocrisy in the US’ approach to these warrants vs. th...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep 374•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Green Party 2016 vice presidential candidate and editor of Black Agenda Report Ajamu Baraka joins Bad Faith to weigh in on claims that the Green Party is hostile to Black interests , including intimations from Dr. Cornel West that racial politics played a role in his choice to forego the Greens and run as an independent. Baraka also weighs in on why Black ...
May 20, 2024•7 min•Ep 373•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Comedian Kate Willett returns to Bad Faith to talk about her new comedy special , weigh in on recent comedy controversies involving Bill Burr, Bill Maher, and Jerry Seinfeld; and dig in to Jonathan Chait's new article defending the age-old liberal practice of " punching left ." Now that new polls show Biden way behind in 5 out of 6 swing states, the center is coming out swin...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep 372•Transcript available on Metacast https://www.patreon.com/posts/104159007Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast 2024 Presidential candidate Jill Stein returns to Bad Faith to respond to Dr. West saying during his last appearance on the show that he had lost all respect for Dr. Stein , and that she is "addicted" to running for office. The candidate also discusses her recent arrest at a campus protest, new developments in Gaza, i...
May 13, 2024•8 min•Ep 371•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Associate Professor of Media & Communication at Miami University Matthew Crain joins Bad Faith to explain how surveillance advertising took over the internet , the threat current monetization strategies pose to journalism, what alternatives exist, and whether there are any real data privacy concerns with respect to TikTok. Matthew reassures Briahna that being a luddite is ok...
May 09, 2024•54 min•Ep 370•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Fordham Professor of African American Studies Mark Naison was once a Columbia student who was present for the occupation of Hamilton Hall back in 1968 . He provides context for the protest, how the risk of community outrage helped the students achieve success, and weighs in on the current wave of university protests and the consequences facing his own stud...
May 06, 2024•7 min•Ep 369•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Dr. Cornel West's Vice Presidential nominee Melina Abdullah joins Bad Faith for her first big left media interview since entering the race . We get to know the candidate before asking about her goals for the campaign, her plan to win, how to message to a "big tent," and the debate around the choice to "center" race in Dr. West's campaign. We also talk about her break with BL...
May 02, 2024•57 min•Ep 368•Transcript available on Metacast 
