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Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen bring you the best of The Contrarian's unflinching journalism to defend democracy—truthful, not neutral. Listen for political and legal analysis, uncompromising interviews, and steps for actionable resistance in defense of democracy.
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How Callais Is Already Changing Elections
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May 12, 2026 |
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'We Have Power, When We Use It'
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May 08, 2026 |
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Meet Two Candidates Fighting for Montana
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May 06, 2026 |
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'Up Like a Rocket, Down Like a Feather'
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May 05, 2026 |
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Kevin Warsh's Nomination for Fed Chair Is a 'Profound Problem'
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May 01, 2026 |
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Why SCOTUS's Callais Decision Is a Gigantic Step Back for Fair Voting Rights
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Why Is the White House More Concerned with Building a Ballroom than Protecting Americans?
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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The Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon is Getting Worse
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Wants to Take Back Big Oil's Big Profits
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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How Will the War with Iran End?
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Republicans Cave (Yet Again) on the War with Iran
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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What the Polls Tell Us About Iran, California, and the Midterms
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Hungary After Orbán & Why Is Trump Obsessed with The Pope?
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Trump's Budget: $1.5 Trillion More for War, Nothing More for Child Care or Health Care
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Toxic Religious Rhetoric & Why a Ceasefire in Iran Isn't Enough
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Iran & Who Will Be the Next Attorney General?
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Pam Bondi's Firing & Repairing A Broken Justice System
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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On the Ground from SCOTUS' Hearings on Birthright Citizenship
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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This Middle East Negotiator Breaks Down Trump's Impulsive War
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Rep. Jim Himes on Trump's Endgame in Iran. And No Kings Day 3 Is Saturday!
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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How Trump is Attacking Your Right to Vote
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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'We're Spending Two Billion Dollars A Day'
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Sen. Chris Coons and Where We Go Next in Iran
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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A Big Legal Win Against Trump, the SAVE Act Hits the Senate, & Illinois Primaries
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Trump’s Middle East Disaster, AIPAC's Dark Money Meddling Continues and more
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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How an Aspiring Senator and Current Congressman are Fighting Trump’s Corruption
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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The Cost of War, an Unsteady Job Market, and the Labor Impacts of AI
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Why Donald Trump Went to War
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Sen. Jeff Merkley Wants to Stop Pouring More Money into Trump's War with Iran
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Dems' Big Night, GOP's Rough Path Forward
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Trump's Avoidable, Deadly, Costly War with Iran
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Justin Wolfers on Tariffs, the Myth of Job Growth, the Reality of Racism
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Reclaiming Faith for Democracy
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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How Religion is Being Weaponized in American Elections
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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What's Next After Trump's L on Tariffs. Rep. Bennie Thompson on SOTU, ICE & more
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Talarico's Colbert Moment, MAGA Eats their Own and Previewing the Midterms
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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We Can Fight Back Against White Supremacy
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Pam Bondi's Epstein Cover-Up & How AIPAC Hurts Jewish Americans
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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How Democrats Can Flip Back Latino and Rural Voters
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro on ICE, Israel, Fair Elections and more
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Rep. Jeffries on Reforming ICE. Georgia Fort's Disgraceful Arrest
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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The Fight over DHS Funding & Protecting Fair Elections
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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NFL Owners in the Epstein Files & Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Moment
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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These Two Candidates are Running to Stand Up for Democracy
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Jim Acosta on the Failures of Legacy Media and Why Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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'We Need to Confront This Immorality'
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Sen. Whitehouse on DHS Funding, Greenland, and more
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Fear and Faith in Minnesota
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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DOJ Officials are Resigning Over ICE's Actions
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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The historic inflection point we now live in
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Global Instability, and Trump’s Ten Steps to Authoritarianism
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Breaking down the legal battles against the Trump Administration
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Trump's Dictator Playbook & Standing Up to ICE
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Venezuela, January 6th, and the Threat to Global Order
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on the future in Venezuela and more
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Rep. Jim Himes on the Trump Administration's March Toward War
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Susan Rice Describes 2025 in One Word: 'Abomination'
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Red States Deserve Better Elected Officials. Here are Two Running in 2026
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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There are Ways to Prevent Gun Violence
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Cautious Optimism, Possible Disaster: Justin Wolfers and the Economy in 2026
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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The Republican Coalition Is In Trouble Heading Into 2026
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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What Rep. Adam Smith heard during the 'boat strike' hearings
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Pelosi's Former Chief of Staff looks back at life next to the Speaker
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Our troops are in a morally untenable position
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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How to fight back against online extremism
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Senate Hopeful Mallory McMorrow & Why You Should 'Run for Something'
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Why Escalating Rhetoric and Abuses of Justice Put Us All At Risk
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Two People Have Figured Out How to Win Pivotal Elections
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein on the untold stories of 'The American Revolution'
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Health care costs will get worse & Why Tom Malinowski wants to head back to Congress
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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What's in the latest Epstein emails?
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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What did Dems get in the shutdown fight?
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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The career of Nancy Pelosi, in the words of those who knew her best
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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The fight against authoritarianism isn't over after election night
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Tariff trouble, the unstable job market & is AI in a bubble?
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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MAGA is weaponizing hunger by cutting off food for seniors, the disabled, veterans, and children
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Equal Voting Rights are under attack in the courts and in North Carolina
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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The Teetering Healthcare System & Tracking Trump's $1.8 Billion Grift
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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The sticking power of 'cultural identity' and other findings from the American Values Survey
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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The Shutdown threatens Affordable Health Care & how 'We Can Be Brave'
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Why limiting visas hurts the economy and more with Justin Wolfers
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Where James Comey's Trial Goes Next
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Trump's Fundamentally Anti-Democratic Immigration Strategy
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Leader Jeffries on the shutdown & what's at stake next week in SCOTUS
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Trump's Brazen Takeover of the DOJ, Portland, and the Military
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Comey's Indictment is the 'Break Glass' Moment
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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The Trump Administration's systemic violation of public trust
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The GOP can't keep government open & 'Why Fascists Fear Teachers'
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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The Authoritarian Playbook, Drones in Poland & a Gen-Z Revolt in Nepal
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Political violence in America. And an imminent government shutdown
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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RFK Jr.'s 'disastrous hearing' and protecting voting rights
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The Trump Family's Crypto Empire. And the Battle over the Epstein Files
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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RFK Jr.'s CDC is in disarray. And fighting election denial in Georgia
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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20 years after Katrina and the future of unions
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Why Trump is targeting the Fed with Justin Wolfers & Paul Krugman
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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How Trump weaponizes law with Abbe Lowell and Pastor Jamal Bryant
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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What's next for Ukraine with Tom Malinowski
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Trump's troops takeover with Gov. Wes Moore & Andrew Weissmann
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Voting rights are under attack with Rick Hasen & Collin Allred
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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The power grab in Texas with Rep. Chris Turner, Ari Berman, & Mimi Marziani
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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MAGA's takeover of the DOJ and BLS
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Why the Epstein case could go much deeper with Julie Brown
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Healthcare is staring down a big, ugly cliff with Larry Levitt & Bruce Siegel
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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The Epstein files, with E. Jean Carroll, Rep. Jamie Raskin & Tom Joscelyn
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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The state of men with Pasha Dashtgard
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The attack on education with Randi Weingarten & Arne Duncan
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Tariffs, inflation, and more with Justin Wolfers, Jared Bernstein, & Ernie Tedeschi
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Our First Episode: E. Jean Carroll
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Jul 12, 2025 |