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Crypto Keeper Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene's Demons
3 mins; November 03, 2025
Facepalm America Returns With A Giant Redistricting Facepalm and Guest David Daley
31 mins; August 15, 2025
Good To Hear!
9 mins; November 29, 2024
Good News and More Facepalm?
10 mins; November 11, 2024
Goodbye, Facepalm - Hello, Good News For Lefties (and America!)
6 mins; November 05, 2024
Trump, Biden, Musk, and Shannen Doherty
45 mins; July 19, 2024
Vice-President Trump and The Thievery Of Medicare DISadvantage
45 mins; July 13, 2024
Biden Digs His Heels In
45 mins; July 05, 2024
Joe Has Got To Go
45 mins; June 28, 2024
You Won't Believe How Much A Burger Costs Now
29 mins; May 27, 2024
Kristi Noem Did What? With Guest John Rothmann
20 mins; April 29, 2024
Gettysburg - What An Unbelievable Battle!
2 mins; April 22, 2024
Diapers in the Court House: With Guest Susanne Posel
33 mins; April 19, 2024
Loyalty in the Parties: With Guest John Rothmann
21 mins; April 15, 2024
Staying Vigilant Against Bigotry: With Guest Susanne Posel
28 mins; April 12, 2024
April 15th Slowly Creeps Closer... With Guest John Rothmann
21 mins; April 08, 2024
Plato's Ideas of the Political: With Guest Melissa Lane
54 mins; April 03, 2024
Is It a Happy Easter In The Government? With John Rothmann
23 mins; April 01, 2024
What Do Billionaires Even Do When They 'Have It All'? With Guest Susanne Posel
44 mins; March 30, 2024
What Defines 'a Job', Really? With Guest Gene Ludwig
22 mins; March 29, 2024
Listen to This!
3 mins; March 27, 2024
Trump Is Selling Bibles!
9 mins; March 26, 2024
Around The World of Upcoming Court Trials: With Guest John Rothmann
22 mins; March 25, 2024
How Can Companies Get Away With Shrinkflation??? With Guest Susanne Posel
41 mins; March 22, 2024
When Health Services Won't Properly Cover Their Own Employees: With Guest Audrianna Lewis
21 mins; March 21, 2024
Women Should Have The Right To Choose: Speech From Senator Eva Birch
15 mins; March 20, 2024
A Lifetime In The Atmosphere with guest Stan Luther
49 mins; March 20, 2024
Ex-Trump Official Goes To Prison!
13 mins; March 19, 2024
Fighting On The Left
24 mins; March 19, 2024
Trump Can't Pay His Bills! With Guest John Rothmann
24 mins; March 18, 2024
The Death Of Suburbia
26 mins; March 17, 2024
The Appearance of Impropriety: With Guest Susanne Posel
50 mins; March 16, 2024
Fani Willis Stays On The Case!
6 mins; March 15, 2024
Improv’s Power & Peril in the Age of Trump: With Guest Randy Fertel
43 mins; March 15, 2024
Five News Stories For March 14th, 2024
6 mins; March 14, 2024
Securing A Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good: With Guest Steve Phillips
25 mins; March 14, 2024
Five News Stories For March 13th 2024
3 mins; March 13, 2024
The Good Liars Tell The Truth with guests Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler
24 mins; March 12, 2024
Don't Confuse People With the Facts: With Guest John Rothmann
22 mins; March 11, 2024
Leave The Driving To Us, The People
37 mins; March 10, 2024
On the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds: With guest Jennifer Jewell
28 mins; March 09, 2024
Our Government is Not a Marvel Franchise, But They're Run The Same: With Guest Susanne Posel
35 mins; March 08, 2024
Assumptions About SuperPACs and The Need for Regulation: With Guest Professor Lawrence Lessig
29 mins; March 06, 2024
Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968: With guest Luke Nichter
32 mins; March 05, 2024
Trump Is Back On The Ballot with guest John Rothmann
19 mins; March 04, 2024
What It Takes to Uproot the Old Boys’ Club and Transform America: With Guest Garrett Neiman
27 mins; March 03, 2024
Good-Bye, Mitch! With guest Susanne Posel
33 mins; March 02, 2024
Why Marianne Williamson Got Back In The Race with guest Marianne Williamson
20 mins; February 29, 2024
White Rural Rage with guest Paul Waldman
25 mins; February 28, 2024
How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border: With Guest Ieva Jusionyte
17 mins; February 27, 2024
The Republican Party Needs A Desperate Restructure: With John Rothmann
22 mins; February 26, 2024
You Won't Make Money From a Planet That's Dead: With Guest Mark Shayler
39 mins; February 25, 2024
When Workplaces Perpetuate Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It: With Guest Adia Harvey Wingfield
24 mins; February 24, 2024
Billionaires vs the Middle Class
17 mins; February 23, 2024
Protecting the Vulnerable When The World Is Upside Down: With Guest Marsha Gray Hill
24 mins; February 22, 2024
Paying Attention To The Politics That Matter
40 mins; February 21, 2024
The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators: With Guest Jacob Heilbrunn
30 mins; February 20, 2024
Which Presidents Are We Celebrating On President's Day? With John Rothmann
26 mins; February 19, 2024
Politics Are All About Distractions Instead Of What Matters: With Guest Susanne Posel
30 mins; February 17, 2024
How Capitalism Seeps Into Every Aspect Of Your Life: With Guest Molly McGhee
39 mins; February 16, 2024
Ending Institutional America: With Guest Dr. William Bronston
45 mins; February 15, 2024
Willowbrook State School and Ending Institutional America: With Guest Dr. William Bronston
45 mins; February 15, 2024
Looking Ahead To President's Day: With Guest John Rothmann
19 mins; February 12, 2024
Politicians Can't Distinguish Reality From Bad TV: With Guest Susanne Posel
28 mins; February 09, 2024
Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom: With Guest Grace Blakeley
27 mins; February 07, 2024
The GOP Is Backing Away From The World with guest John Rothmann
20 mins; February 05, 2024
The Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories Are About Controlling Women: With Guest Susanne Posel
33 mins; February 03, 2024
Finding A Representative Who Will Actually Fight For The People: With Guest John Padora
24 mins; February 02, 2024
The Unraveling of America's Suburbs: With Guest Benjamin Herold
26 mins; February 01, 2024
Getting Tough On Telsa
8 mins; January 31, 2024
A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America: With Guests Richard and Leah Rothstein
28 mins; January 30, 2024
83 Million Dollars! With Guest John Rothmann
26 mins; January 29, 2024
Inflation vs. Greedflation: With Guest Susanne Posel
37 mins; January 27, 2024
Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party: With Guests Hunter Walker and Luppe Luppen
34 mins; January 26, 2024
Is It Freedom For All When The Courts Don't Serve Real Justice? With Guest Deborah Plant
21 mins; January 25, 2024
Protecting Kids When The System Has Failed Them: With Guest Celeste Edmunds
26 mins; January 24, 2024
Does American Fascism Exist? With Guest Daniel Bessner
24 mins; January 23, 2024
Goodbye, Ron DeSantis! With John Rothmann
21 mins; January 22, 2024
The Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing: With Guest Tina Nguyen
56 mins; January 21, 2024
We're All Just Trying To Hold On with guest Susanne Posel
41 mins; January 20, 2024
The Deciding Will of the People: With Guest Marianne Williamson
23 mins; January 19, 2024
Why Is It So Hard To Cancel My Subscription?!!
33 mins; January 18, 2024
White House For Sale - Part 3
31 mins; January 17, 2024
John Rothmann: Republicans Are Playing Into Trump's Hand
22 mins; January 16, 2024
MAGA Wants To Overturn The Civil Rights Act... But Wait, It Gets Worse
32 mins; January 15, 2024
The Trump Indictment: A Full Reading
124 hours 27 mins; January 14, 2024
Talking To Your Right-Wing Relatives and Friends
32 mins; January 13, 2024
First Florida Banned Shakespeare, And Now The Dictionary??? Fridays With Susanne Posel
28 mins; January 12, 2024
The Many Sides of AI: With Guest Susan Gonzales
21 mins; January 11, 2024
A Group of Republican Lawmakers In Missouri Are Calling For Abolition Of The Death Penalty
10 mins; January 10, 2024
White House For Sale - Part 2
31 mins; January 09, 2024
Mondays With John Rothmann: The Question of Presidental Immunity
27 mins; January 08, 2024
White House For Sale - Part 1
45 mins; January 07, 2024
Off With His Head! The Corporate Death Penalty For Trump
54 mins; January 06, 2024
Trump Corruption and Doctor Who with guest Susanne Posel
35 mins; January 05, 2024
Nationalize Greyhound (and other transportation while we're at it): With Guest Ben Burgis
37 mins; January 04, 2024
Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, AOC, and the Struggle for a New American Politics: With Guest Joshua Green
24 mins; January 03, 2024
New Years With John Rothmann: Trump Should Be Defeated By The People
23 mins; January 02, 2024
2024 - The Sh*tshow Begins Anew
17 mins; January 01, 2024
Are You F'ng Kidding Me, Trump? With guest JoJo From Jerz
