Politics and Reality Radio Podcast
1) Greg Sargent on Fighting the GOP's "Thunderdome Politics" | Why We Need SCOTUS Reform | Is Legal Weed Inevitable?
This week, we speak with The Washington Post's Greg Sargent about his new book, An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics. (Our interview ...Show More
2) Dahlia Lithwick on Kavanaugh | Ari Berman With a Voting Rights Roundup | How Overt Sexism Became a Partisan Thing
We have a really great lineup this week. First up is Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor at Slate, who talks to us about the future of the Court now that Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed, and what a...Show More
3) Brett Kavanaugh and the Right's Long Judicial Coup
This week, we're joined by People for the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker to talk about where we are in the gut-wrenching confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump's Sup...Show More
4) David Cay Johnston on Trump's White-Collar Crime Syndicate | Study: Creationism Is Linked to Conspiracism
This week, we kick off the show with veteran journo David Cay Johnston, who has been covering Donald Trump since the 1980s. David helps us sort out what last week's raft of convictions, guilty pleas a...Show More
5) Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill on Safeguarding Our Elections | Why Trump's Cult Needs QAnon
This week, we kick off the show with a discussion of election security with Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill. Then we'll be joined by Lala Wu, co-founder of the Sister District Project...Show More
6) Zephyr Teachout Plans to Wield the Rule of Law as a "Sword" Against Trump's Corruption
This week, we kick off the show with a double-segment with Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham University legal scholar running to become the next Attorney General of New York. Teachout explains that because...Show More
Zephyr Teachout Plans to Wield the Rule of Law as a "Sword" Against Trump's Corruption
1:00:00 | Jul 29th, 2018
7) Amanda Marcotte on a Long, Twisted Week in Trumpworld | Mike Lux Blows Up Conventional Wisdom About Democrats in the Age of Trump
This week, Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte joins us to talk about a week like no other in Trump's "presidency." Will his base ever be bothered by Marshal Tweeto's incompetence and corruption? Then w...Show More
8) John Amato on "Civility" | Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo on SCOTUS and the Future of Roe | Trump's Crackpot Trade War
We kick off this week's show with Crooks and Liars founder John Amato talking about Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, Maxine Waters and the right's crooked civility game. Then we talk to Imani Gandy and Jessi...Show More
9) Trump's In-Your-Face Kleptocracy | Meet Two Dem Congressional Candidates Who Might Change the Balance of Power
We kick off this week's show with a rundown, incomplete but depressing, of what we know so far about how Trump and his inner circle have profited from the presidency. Then we're joined by two Demo...Show More
10) Amanda Marcotte on Troll Nation | Incels' Deadly Misogyny | Bruce Bartlett: "Reverse Racism" and Trump
We kick off this week's show with Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte. Amanda tells us all about her new book, Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, Am...Show More