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Yelling at the Left from the Center

Cenk Uygur hosts. Founder of the Daily Poster David Sirota joins to discuss the corporatist interests of the Supreme Court. Daily Poster's Walker Bragman joins to talk about California's failed single-payer healthcare effort due to corporate influence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 202235 min

Prison for Educators

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Appeal Journalist Anna Simmonton and Education Advocate Shani Robinson talk about the overcriminalization of educators for cheating on standardized tests. New Republic writer Matt Ford joins to discuss the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 202225 min

How a Loss Inspired a Run

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. NV-1 congressional candidate Amy Vilela shares her heartbreaking story of the loss of her daughter, and how it inspired her to run for congress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, 202226 min

Rich Get Richer

David Shuster hosts. TX-30 Congressional Candidate Jessica Mason joins to discuss her policy proposals and the issues impacting her district the most. Democratic Strategist Alencia Johnson breaks down how the richest billionaires doubled their wealth during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 202226 min

Sen. Turner for Congress 2022

Cenk Uygur hosts. Sen. Nina Turner announces her run for congress in 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 202226 min

Just Pursuit

Adrienne Lawrence host. CNN Legal Analyst and Author Laura Coates talks about her new book ""Just Pursuit"". Literacy Academy Collective Co-Founder Naomi Peña joins to talk about her efforts to start a school geared towards dyslexic learners. moNmBp5B5TA8aH4WProG Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 202226 min

Is Democracy Over?

Cenk Uygur hosts. TYT Host and Executive Producer Jayar Jackson talks about his new show ""The Watchlist"". Daily Beast Columnist and Democratic Strategist Max Burns joins to answer questions about the status of the talking filibuster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 202228 min

Crushing the Walnut

David Shuster hosts. Author and former Fox News Executive Vice President John Moody joins to discuss his novel "Of Course They Knew, Of Course, They..." and the intentions of the Chinese government. End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller joins to talk about the latest on voting rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 202225 min

Can't Make Chicken Salad Out of Chicken Spit

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Economist, Author, and Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State LA Dr. Julianne Malveaux breaks down the importance of voting rights and how American democracy is broken. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 202225 min

The Danger of White Moderates

Adrienne Lawrence. Founder and executive director of LIVE FREE USA Pastor Michael McBride breaks down the consequences of ""tough on crime"" policies. Teachers Kelley Fisher and Anthony Barnes explain the severity of school staffing shortages around the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 202225 min

Psycho Police

David Shuster host. Author Brian Klaas joins to talk about his latest book "Corruptible: Who Gets the Power and How It Changes Us" and how psychopaths gain power throughout the world. WA-02 Congressional candidate Jason Call joins to discuss progressive challenge to Rep. Rick Larsen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, 202226 min

Biden's Tough Talk

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. People For the American Way Executive Director Svante Myrick joins to talk about the work of PFAW and the fight for voting rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 202227 min

""Old as S***""

Cenk Uygur hosts. No Excuses Pac founder Corbin Trent joins to discuss his recent comments criticizing President Biden. Executive Director of the Western States Center and senior fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center Eric Ward returns to discuss how the Republican party is moving toward fascism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 11, 202231 min

Time for a Moral Reckoning

Cenk Uygur hosts. Rev. Stephen Green joins to discuss why he is hunger striking for voting rights. CA-21 Congressional Candidate Lourin Hubbard joins to talk about his campaign to replace Devin Nunes' vacant seat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 202229 min

Insurrectionists are Running for Office

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Free Speech for People Legal Director Ron Fein joins to break down what section 3 of the 14th amendment means for capitol rioters trying to run for office in 2022. Abortion Access Front Founder Lizz Winstead joins to comment on the fear that healthcare providers are experiencing due to abotion restrictions around the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 6, 202225 min

Love and Politics

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Author, activist, and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson joins to reflect on her presidential campaign, and shares her thoughts on how to resolve the world's most pressing issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 202227 min

""Less Than Lethal"" Confict

Cenk Uygur hosts. Dr. Robert Bishop discusses his idea of "less than lethal" methods of conflict. Ryan Grim answers Cenk's questions about why DC journalists still support Hillary Clinton, and why Pramila Jayapal thinks the BBB fail should be considered a success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 202235 min

Blue Before Black

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Washington Post Columnist Radley Balko joins to discuss tensions in the Little Rock Police Department over their black police chief. Progressive congressional candidate for NJ-10 Imani Oakley joins to discuss her campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 202125 min

Keep Pushing

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Gary Chambers Jr sits down with Sen. Nina Turner to talk about his activism, his past congressional campaign, and his school board speech that went viral. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 202126 min

Gen Z Goes to Congress

David Shuster hosts. FL-10 Congressional candidate Maxwell Alejandro Frost talks about his campaign and the possibility of him becoming the youngest member of congress. Former Obama campaign advisor David Tafuri joins to discuss Putin's pressure on the Ukraine border. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 202126 min

GOAT, Greatest Of All Time

David Schuster hosts. Brittany Ramos DeBarros joins to discuss her candidacy for NY-11. Wayne Hsiung shares his rescuing of a goat, that has landed him in a legal battle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 202124 min

The Future of Art

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Disrupt Art founder Rob Richardson shares how he uses NFTs to empower black and brown artists around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 22, 202126 min

Tik Tok Challenges are THE WORST

Cenk Uygur hosts. Former Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton reflects on her campaign and the controversy that surrounded the election. Sentinel Security Solutions CEO Charles Marino joins to discuss the recent Tik Tok challenge that encouraged students to bring guns to school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 202133 min

Ron Perlman Joins The Conversation

Award-winning actor Ron Perlman joins to discuss his new film ""Don't Look Up"". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 202128 min

Sleeping Out For the Unhoused

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Sister District Co-Founder Gaby Goldstein discusses the importance of state legislators in regards to protecting abortion rights. RI State Senator Cynthia Mendes explains why she's sleeping outside of the RI statehouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 202125 min

Danny Glover Joins The Conversation

Senator Nina Turner sits down in conversation with actor and activist Danny Glover to talk about his upbringing, his activism, gentrification, and reparations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 15, 202127 min

American Kleptomania!

Cenk Uygur hosts. Author Casey Michel joins to discuss his book ""American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History"". Business leader, entrepreneur, and anti-poverty advocate Joe Sanberg shares why he is funding the effort to raise California's minimum wage to $18/hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 202134 min

America Through a Foreign Lens

Jonathan Larsen hosts. Guardian Journalist Michael Sainato joins to discuss the end of the pause for student loan repayments. Executive Director of Renew Democracy initiative Uriel Epshtein joins to talk about the rise in authoritarianism around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 202126 min

White Supremacy and Nancy Pelosi

David Shuster hosts. Shahid Buttar joins to discuss his progressive challenge to Nancy Pelosi. Daily Beast Political Columnist Max Burns talks about the future of Roe V Wade, and how Democrats can protect it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 9, 202125 min

Black Brilliance

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Civil Rights Attorney Charles Coleman Jr joins to discuss what the fight for civil rights looks like in the 21st century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 202128 min

The REAL Wire

Cenk Uygur hosts. HIT Strategies CEO joins to discuss what focus groups have revealed about Democrats messaging with black voters. Director Sonja Sohn and lawyer Jeremy Eldgridge discuss the true story behind the new HBO documentary ""The Slow Hustle"". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 7, 202135 min

Trump, baby!

Cenk Uygur hosts. Joe Walsh, conservative and host of the ""White Flag with Joe Walsh"" podcast, talks about how much the Republican party has changed since Trump was elected.Trump, GOP, Republican Party, Tucker Carlson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 202126 min

Fighting for the Innocent

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Civil Rights and Wrongful Conviction Attorney joins to talk about the case of Kevin Strickland and his wrongful conviction. Senior Communications and Political Director Bruna Sollod joins to discuss the state of play on immigration reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 202125 min

Embracing Power and Morality

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, and Founding Director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School, joins to discuss economic justice and stratification economics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 1, 202127 min

Should Garland Resign?

David Shuster hosts. Co-founder and President of Free Speech For People talks about why he believes Attorney General Merrick Garland should resign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 202113 min

Two Americas

Senator Nina Turner speaks with Democracy for America CEO Yvette Simpson about racial inequity in America, and how the country is divided into two unequal parts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 24, 202126 min

Chicken Guys

Cenk Uygur hosts. TYT Investigates Managing Editor Jonathan Larsen joins to share the latest in his ongoing investigation of the National Prayer Breakfast, including Chick-fil-a's connection to The Family. CA-46 congressional candidate Mike Ortega discusses his campaign against a corporate Democrat incumbent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 202131 min

Where is Generation Occupy Now?

Cenk Uygur hosts. Journalist, professor and author of the new book, Generation Occupy: Reawakening American Democracy Michael Levitin joins to discuss how Occupy Wall Street has influenced politics over the last 10 years. Insider's economy reporter Ben Winck talks through what will happen if the debt ceiling is not raised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 202130 min

Radical Honesty

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Civil Rights and Consumer Law Lawyer attorney Sheryl Ring joins to share the anti-trans discrimination she's experienced in the courtroom as a trans woman. Award-winning historian and author Keisha Blain joins to discuss her latest book ""UNTIL I AM FREE: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America"". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 202125 min

Reparations NOW

Sen. Nina Turner speaks with Tim Black, host of the Tim Black Show, about the progressive movement and why it needs to get behind reparations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 202126 min

Authoritarianism in the GOP

Cenk Uygur hosts. Executive Director of the Western States Center and senior fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center Eric K Ward discusses the threat of authoritarianism in the Republican Party. Brown University Professor Corey Brettschneider talks about the debate over and the history of religious freedoms in America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 202136 min

Congressman Jamaal Bowman on Why He Voted No

Cenk Uygur sits down with Congressman Jamaal Bowman to discuss why he voted no on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 202131 min

With Great Power Comes Great Anonymity

David Shuster hosts. Dr. Daniel Gade joins to discuss his book ""Wounding Warriors"" and how disability benefits can potentially hurt injured veterans. David Pepper joins to discuss how corruption in politics starts on the state level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 202125 min

Martin Luther King Jr's Family Joins The Conversation

Senator Nina Turner is joined by People for the American Way President Ben Jealous and Martin Luther King Jr's family, including son Martin Luther King III, his wife Arndrea Waters King, and their daughter Yolanda Renee King. They discuss the importance of activism in the fight for voting rights for all Americans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 202128 min

Facebook's Attack on Democracy

Cenk Uygur interviews Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig about the dangers behind Facebook's AI and how it spreads hate speech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 202134 min

Plastics MUST DIE

David Shuster hosts. Award-winning director Kaz Firpo joins to discuss his latest project ""Signals | Plastics Must Die"". Author Danny Goldberg talks about the generation of celebrities who spoke out against Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 202129 min

Noam Chomsky Joins The Conversation

Sen. Nina Turner interviews the one and only Noam Chomsky. They discuss the future of the world with climate change and the young activists working hard to fight it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 202122 min

Where's the Backbone?

Cenk Uygur hosts. Daily Poster founder David Sirota joins to discuss progressives caving on the Reconciliation Bill. TYT Investigates Managing Editor Jonathan Larsen gives updates on TYT's ongoing series on the Fellowship Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 202127 min

No Housing, No Labor

Cenk Uygur Hosts. Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell joins to discuss her opinions on judicial independence. Insider Economy Reporter Ben Winck explains the link between the current housing crisis and labor shortages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 202129 min

Consensus Across the Aisle

David Shuster hosts. Insider Senior Politics Reporter Grace Panetta talks about the potential future of filibuster reform and voting rights legislation. National Organizing Manager of Food & Water Watch Thomas Meyer joins to lay out everything Biden should be doing to combat climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 202123 min