The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
How Protest Became Terrorism; Supreme Court Run Amok w/ Sufia Khalid, Chris Geidner | MR Live
This episode exposes how the US government is weaponizing terrorism statutes against non-violent protesters, while the Supreme Court systematically dismantles protections for immigrants and independent agencies, revealing a judicial system increasingly aligned with executive power and conservative ideology.
Imperialism And Reckoning With Harris' Silence On Gaza w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates | MR Live
Ta-Nehisi Coates unpacks the inherent contradiction of black political leadership operating within an American imperial system, using Kamala Harris's silence on Gaza as a lens to explore the historical continuity of U.S. foreign policy and its collision with the black freedom tradition.
DSA’s Rise & The Populist Left w/ Hasan Piker, Darializa Avila Chevalier | MR Live
This episode unpacks the US's disastrous war on Iran, the surging influence of the DSA and populist left, and a progressive congressional candidate's fight against corporate money and incumbent complacency in New York.
ICE's NYC Deportation Blitz; Trump Killing Cancer Cures w/ Whitney Wimbish, Jonathan Cohn | MR Live
This episode exposes how the Trump administration is simultaneously accelerating immigrant deportations through bureaucratic 'speedrunning' tactics and systematically undermining critical medical research, including cancer breakthroughs, through funding cuts and political interference.
Trump's Corruption Enumerated; Defeating Corpo Dem Congressman w/ Isaac Saul, Brad Lander | MR Live
This episode exposes the vast, often overlooked financial self-dealing of Donald Trump and his family, alongside a progressive challenger's fight against a corporate Democrat in a key New York congressional district.
Is The Redistricting Fight A Clue To Politics After Trump? | Astead Herndon | TMR
Astead Herndon dissects the evolving political landscape beyond Trump, revealing how Democratic missteps on voter concerns and a failure to offer an affirmative vision have left a vacuum for demagoguery and radicalized the party's base.
New Fed Chair; Building Political Solidarity w/ Liz Pancotti, Yuh-Line Niou | MR Live
This episode dissects the complex economic and political landscape, from the controversial transition of the Fed Chair and US foreign policy in Iran to the critical need for progressive solidarity and actionable policy in New York State.
4/24 Redistricting Fight a Clue to Politics After Trump? w/ Astead Herndon | MR LIVE
Astead Herndon argues that both Democratic and Republican parties are fundamentally disconnected from the actual concerns and evolving political landscape of the American electorate, creating a vacuum exploited by demagoguery and challenging traditional alignments.
Emma Asks Abdul El-Sayed The Question Everyone Wants To Know | Abdul El-Sayed | TMR
US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed outlines his progressive platform, challenging corporate influence and establishment Democrats on issues from Medicare for All to US foreign policy in the Middle East.
The GOP's National Purity Dream | David Bier | TMR
David Bier of the Cato Institute details how the Republican Party's immigration stance shifted from reform-oriented to advocating for 'ethnic cleansing' and 'national purity,' including the deportation of US-born citizens, driven by partisan polarization and racial targeting.
Trump Punts Hormuz; Republican National Purity Dream w/ David Bier | MR Live
The Republican party's immigration stance has devolved into a 'white supremacist project' aiming for 'ethnic cleansing' through mass deportations, including US-born citizens, a stark contrast to its historical pro-immigration roots.
Now Or Never For Netanyahu And Trump; Trolling The Right w/ Jeet Heer, Ben Palmer | MR Live
This episode dissects the escalating US-Iran conflict, revealing Netanyahu's long-term agenda and Trump's flawed 'Venezuela model' for regime change, alongside an exposé of political trolling tactics targeting conservative figures.
Casual Friday w/ Heather 'Digby' Parton | MR Live
This episode exposes the stark realities of economic hardship, the Democratic Party's communication failures, and the dangerous anti-science agenda of Trump's potential Surgeon General, contrasting them with rising progressive movements and direct action.
Dismantling The Immigration-Carceral State | Cesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez | TMR
A law professor details the deliberate, century-long evolution of US immigration policy from a labor-driven system to a racially-charged carceral state, revealing how 'criminal aliens' are a legal construct used to control and deport specific populations.
Dismantling The Immigration-Carceral State w/ César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández | MR Live
A law professor details the historical evolution of US immigration policy from a labor-driven system to a criminalizing national security apparatus, highlighting how current Democratic 'reforms' often reinforce the very structures they claim to oppose.
Bovino Out; Getting to Reparations; New NDP Leadership w/ Dorothy Brown, Avi Lewis | MR Live
This episode dissects the political fallout from ICE actions in Minneapolis, explores the historical and systemic arguments for reparations in the US, and examines the progressive platform of a Canadian NDP leadership candidate, all while critiquing media narratives and right-wing figures.
Better Late Than Never?
The hosts dissect Anna Kasparian's belated apology for mischaracterizing Trump and fascism, arguing that her past positions and those of The Young Turks (TYT) actively enabled the very authoritarianism they now acknowledge.
China Wins Big At Davos; Next Socialist In Congress? w/ Jostein Hauge, Claire Valdez | MR Live
This episode exposes the US's eroding global power and domestic constitutional abuses by ICE, while highlighting China's rising influence and the growing socialist movement in American politics.
Best of 2025: Trump’s End-Times Fascism w/ Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein details the rise of 'end times fascism,' where political and tech elites accelerate societal collapse while preparing private escape routes, while the hosts expose widespread misinformation regarding physics theories and immigration data.
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