The 2 Best CounterSpin Podcast Episodes
1) Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation
The same people who earn wages also buy groceries, and pretending that we’re pitted against one another is not just mis- but disinformation.
2) Ruha Benjamin on Race After Technology
Some examples of discriminatory design are obvious—which doesn't mean the reasons behind them are easy to fix. And then there are other questions around technology and bias—in policing, in housing, in...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Jean Su on Challenging COP30 Narratives
Focusing on what people, including those most harmed, are doing, along with what’s being done to them, could help move debate off an outdated dime.
4) Crystal FitzSimons on SNAP and Public Understanding
What if SNAP weren’t a story about major political party back-and-forthing, and were instead a story about people who need food?
5) Gene Slater (2022), Richard Rothstein (2015) and George Lipsitz (2024) on Housing and Media
Housing and home ownership represent a critical vector in the project of a multi-racial democracy.
6) Madiba Dennie on Voting Rights Act in Danger
The argument is so specious a third grader could call it out. But if it comes from the Supreme Court majority, we are forced to consider it as serious.
7) Rachel Cleetus on Climate Culpability, Dean Baker on Trumponomics
News media need to locate the climate fight in the boardrooms of greedy people perversely trying to wring every last dime from our shared future.
8) Jeffrey Stein on Trump’s Boat Attacks, Katya Schwenk on AI Surveillance Pricing
Corporate reporters scratch their heads over how this bombing campaign might be legal, rather than discussing what tools can respond to wildly illegal actions.
9) Chip Gibbons on Trump’s Blueprint to Crush the Left, Cara Brumfield on Erasing Federal Data
We’re in a fight for our right to speak up, and out—but it’s not the first time.
10) NYT Sidelines LGBTQ Youth Again in Conversion Therapy Case
Coverage of the conversion therapy case left out scientific and legal information necessary to understand what’s at stake for LGBTQ youth.