In New Hampshire, presidential politics is kind of like a state sport…and just like football, it can get it a little rough. In just a few months, voters in New Hampshire will send some presidential ca...Show More
We begin with a simple question: How did the queen of the boob joke become a feminist icon? Helen Morales, author of “Pilgrimage to Dollywood,” gave us a stern directive – look at the lyrics! So we di...Show More
In 2010, Democrats controlled everything, from the White House, to Congress, to the governor's office to the Wisconsin state Legislature. Republicans were pushing back, and the Tea Party was in full s...Show More
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Interesting story for news nerds! It feels like a local limited public radio series, which it kinda is!
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn is one of the most iconic historically Black neighborhoods in the United States. But Bed-Stuy is changing. Fifty years ago, schools in Bed-Stuy's District 16 were so overc...Show More
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High quality local reporting/history of schools in Central Brooklyn. Made by activists and educators to boot! I know New York gets a lot of press already, but this is a great piece made by people who ...Show More
This overview of homeschooling explores the most popular methods and curriculum that are used to structure the education of children from home. I touch on some of the reasons why many parents feel une...Show More
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Independent podcast about the systems and resources that make up our society. I found the series on homeschooling options really interesting.
In a changing Reno, city boosters concoct a plan to force strip clubs out of downtown.
In this episode, Suzi talks to Jacobin contributing editor Sebastian Budgen about the gilet jaunes protests rocking France, named for the yellow traffic vests the protestors wear. The movement was ign...Show More
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Interesting policy and politics specific talk from a genuine leftist outlook. Good companion to the Jacobin Mag
Kyrgyzstan stands at one of the most important decisions the country will ever make about its future, to look toward Moscow or to look toward Beijing.... The Kyrgyz people live upon some of the most ...Show More
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Similar to voxs worldly. Great topics, experts, and i learn something new each pod
Is the Hawaiian state flag a symbol of annexation and occupation? Or is it one of reconciliation? This is the story of the Hawaiian flag, the last remnant of a once-proud kingdom sitting on the wester...Show More
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So I guess I'm on a bit of a flag kick, but I also like the specificity of this show. Talking about flags is a great way to discuss concepts of national history.
Since its founding in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations has claimed to be an independent political think-tank. But they have had a direct hand in crafting some of the most divisive policies in Un...Show More
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Classic Parcast show - dramatic reading. Genuinely learned about a secret society, but I didn't feel like they were overselling it
We hear the evidence against Abdul Latif Nasser -- at least the evidence that has been leaked or declassified -- and we meet Shelby Sullivan-Bennis, his attorney, who contests more or less every gover...Show More
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I don't often binge shows but this sucked me in. Really amazing job piecing together a person's story and story of several eras. There is a BIG wave of Bush era history shows coming in the 2020 electi...Show More
Former Vice President Joe Biden is joined by Ron Klain, former White House Ebola Response Coordinator, for a discussion on President Trump’s handling of COVID-19, what we should be doing differently, ...Show More
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Interesting to hear political podcasts from the campaigns themselves. Whatever their goal, I guess they capture the 'feel' of the candidate
An introduction to some of the first Traitors in the Philippine American War and Anti-Imperialist movement. Anna Northend Benjamin and Emilio Aguinaldo lived on opposite sides of the planet in the but...Show More
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I'm biased, but proud of my own show! It's a detailed story of the rise of American jingos and anti imperialists through the stories of people on the ground in the turn of the 20th century. What's not...Show More
As CEO of AT&T Business, Anne Chow is leading an organization that is playing a big role in many of our daily lives. And she is doing so from a place of optimism about what the world can accomplish w...Show More
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Interesting to hear a blend of educational and branded political content. It's not earth shattering, but I do want to see how other presidential libraries compare
Mubin Shaikh poses as a Muslim extremist to nab Canadians who planned to stage large-scale attacks on government targets. The group he infiltrated would come to be known as the Toronto 18. This season...Show More
In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Jim Kavanagh, a political analyst and contributor to Counterpunch and ThePolemicist.net, to talk about fo...Show More
Since the start of the Trump Administration, the United States has identified strategic competition with China and Russia as a core objective in sub-Saharan Africa. Is great power competition the most...Show More
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Really specific conversations about sub Sahara African politics, economics, culture
The End of the United States of America
With the Italian political system in chaos, public trust in their leaders is at rock bottom. That’s when Silvio steps in to run for Prime Minister, offering a New Italian Miracle. Good thing he owns a...Show More
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This obviously had to be a podcast, i knew berlesconi was crazy but I never had whitney Cummings tell me about it
NYPD Detective Louis Napoli and FBI Special Agent John Anticev fear an attack is coming, but without their mole, Emad Salem, they’re blind to the machinations of the Brooklyn terror cell. Then on Febr...Show More
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Reminds me of 'the Other Latif', but a bit less personal. I think WNYC started leaning into war on terror shows
From the election campaign that brought her head-to-head with her toughest opponent to the school debates where she honed her skills, how did Kamala Harris’ time at university prepare her for her run ...Show More
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This gives backstory that has flown under the radar during trump and Covid. It's a bit fawning, but I'm struck by how little they talk about her ideology. In our current era, politicians seem to be pe...Show More
David Plouffe and Steve Schmidt break down Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis and the first presidential debate. Then, they're joined by Representative Raquel Terán, who was elected in 2018 to the A...Show More
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I'm on a politcs kick. This show is a bit more straight forward, and interesting mix of backgrounds.
A trove of secret documents received by BuzzFeed News reveals how banks profit off terror and organized crime — and the ways that governments fail to stop it. To learn more about listener data and o...Show More
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Great job translating skeevey financial crimes into an interesting story. Like the Big Short
As President George W. Bush navigates the challenges of his first year in office, he is confronted by one of the gravest, most horrific tragedies ever to reach American shores. But Bush’s response to ...Show More
It’s not that we’re going to wake up tomorrow and there will be a nuclear war. It’s that if things don’t change, someday there will be. Content warning: This episode refers to Islamophobic sentime...Show More
The KGB specialized in fake news, and its Department of Disinformation successfully spread lies around the world. But starting in the 1980s, America began to fight back. Host Tim Weiner is joined by t...Show More
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Spy stories around the history of CIA vs KGB. Kind of like Winds of Change, but more connected to Trump and current events
In a bonus episode, we’re featuring stories that show how housing touches us all in different ways. Each one is a part of a bigger picture. Hear from people raised under one roof, friendships formed b...Show More
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Local reporting that unlocks great conversations about how to fix housing in America
The amazingly talented Jonathan Torrens has joined our very special Live Stream! You know him from Letterkenny, Trailer Park Boys and Mr D, and we are so happy to have him involved. Join Jonathan, Rhy...Show More
In this episode, we hear from the young anti-racist skinheads who physically confronted local racist boneheads, who took direct action to kick nazi scum out of the Rose City.
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On the ground reporting of how racial violence grew in Portland and how it is being fought
Update: Jan. 11, 2020 Parler went offline Monday after Amazon stopped providing it with web-hosting services. This followed Apple and Google’s removal of Parler’s app from their app stores. In notice...Show More
Following a notorious case of election fraud in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 2018, the reporter Zoe Chace gets an invitation from Horace Munn, the leader of the Bladen County Improvement Associat...Show More
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Interesting compact story of political fighting and rumor mongering with big implications
A millenium ago, the Vikings landed in Canada, Islam spread in China and Southeast Asia was already the world’s factory. Welcome to the first globalization.
Latino Vote 21: Podcast Pierina Sanchez Pursues A City Council Seat In The Bronx by Max Politics
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Go-to show for understanding New York politics, real insider conversations for this election
Sarah Jones joins your hosts to discuss the myth of "Trump Country," the pitfalls of reporting on rural America, and...the End Times.
Super Tuesday results. If you came here to find a new brain, you came to the wrong place. Listen to more episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Fictional women in power on TV have a lot in common with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Characters on The Good Wife, Scandal, House of Cards, Commander in Chief — the list goes on and on. On this episode, we...Show More
And just like that, we’ve arrived at the final chapter of our story: The 2021 California Recall. There are plenty of echoes of the 2003 recall in the latest effort to oust Democratic Governor Gavin Ne...Show More
The 1991 Thomas hearings felt like a catalyst for change: Harassment reports spiked. “The Year of the Woman” brought women to Congress. And...then what happened? In our final episode, hosts Dr. Salami...Show More
Can you overdose on fentanyl just from being near it? Over the past few years, a number of police officers have said just that. In 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration even issued a warning to co...Show More
In the almost eight years since John and Joyce Sheridan were killed, five state Attorneys General have come and gone in New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently nominated a new Attorney Ge...Show More
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Last time he joined Bad Faith, Steven Donziger explained how he was victim of...Show More
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When the Daily News reported a few weeks ago that Whitestone Lanes was closing, it was like a mighty redwood was being chopped down. The Flushing bowling alley has been a neighborhood gathering place ...Show More
How did a peaceful transfer of power devolve into the first breach of the U.S. Capitol in over two centuries? Deleted Secret Service text messages may hold important answers about what happened on Jan...Show More
Wes enters the film industry where he is almost immediately targeted by intelligence operations as well as shady Hollywood players, and he discovers that sometimes these worlds overlap.
Moira and Adrian continue their earlier discussion of the thought and influence of Friedrich Nietzsche — morality and the critique of metaphysics, antisemitism and anti-feminism.
Ever wonder how America became so corrupt? It didn’t have to be this way. Our series begins in 1971, a time when hot pants were hot, bell bottoms were swinging, and campaign cash flowed like… milk. Ge...Show More
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As someone who knows very little about Dolly Parton, this is incredibly informative and entertaining. I also think there is enough history and context to entertain hardcore Dolly fans too