Best Chad Ferguson Podcasts (2025)

The overarching definition of success today often looks like the accumulation of stuff – money, cars, property, clothing – anything that signals wealth. This means that success is also synonymous with overshoot, extraction, and consumption – none of which lead to healthy outcomes for the planet or the global good. But what might be possible if we w…

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The Daily: The Democrats’ Big Shutdown Gamble 37:33

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The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday morning. For the Democrats, it is an act of resistance against President Trump’s second-term agenda. The question is now whether their gamble will pay off or backfire. In an episode recorded from the Capitol, Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse, New York Times reporters who cover Congress, tell us what the deci…

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Flux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change): Trump’s mass censorship is what far-right Republicans have always wanted 1:23:37

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Episode Summary Since he became president for the second time, Donald Trump has launched the largest assault on free speech that we’ve seen since Japanese Americans were interned because of their family origins. Among many other things, Trump signed an executive order classifying “antifa” as a terrorist organization, even though there are no actua…

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The Nation Podcasts: Senate Dems Stand Up to Trump-Finally; plus Trump and Tylenol | Start Making Sense 36:52

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For the Senate Democrats this is a big week for defiance. At last they are making popular demands as part of a deal to pass a budget and avoid a government shutdown. But Trump still holds a lot of cards. Harold Meyerson will comment. Also: None of us were prepared for the double whammy of last week's White House press conference, where Trump made f…

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Odd Lots: Tarek Mansour on Kalshi's Plan to Create Markets in Everything 44:32

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For over 20 years, people have been talking about prediction markets or event markets are the next big thing. But mostly, with some niche exceptions, they haven't taken off, in part due to regulatory constraints. But now they seem to be booming, and the regulatory environment has gotten much more friendly. On this live episode recorded in Chicago, …

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Black Hole NFL Offenses for Fantasy Football with Tim Torch 28:56

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The Top 3 Black Hole NFL Offenses for Fantasy Football and our optimistic offenses after the opening month of the NFL season with Tim Torch. Get 400+ premium podcasts by signing up at www.UTHDynasty.com as a General Manager PLUS subscriber. Also, get access to exclusive shows and deep data dive content from Chad Parsons (and a VIP Chat with the bes…

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Factually! with Adam Conover: The Labor Movement Refuses to Be Destroyed By Trump with Julie Su 1:20:27

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Trump despises the average worker and has spent the past several months doing everything he can to demolish the labor protections that Americans of previous generations fought and died to win. We’re at an inflection point for the future of American labor, with our very livelihoods in the balance. Julie Su has been a civil rights attorney, Californi…

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Pod Save the World: Trump's Fascist Military Jamboree 1:30:16

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Tommy & Ben react to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump's bizarre and alarming gathering of top military officials, including Trump's fascistic rhetoric about the "enemy within", wildly inappropriate partisan rants, and Hegseth's anti-DEI, pro-war-crimes lecture that could have been an email. They also talk about Trump and Israeli P…

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This Week in Virology: TWiV Special: Searching plane poop for viruses 29:07

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From ESCV 2025, Vincent speaks with Elke Wollants about a project to identify SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in toilet waste from airplanes. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Elke Wollants Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Laboratory for Clinical and Epide…

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The Rachman Review: David Lammy on the fight for democracy 26:53

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Gideon interviews Britain's deputy prime minister David Lammy at the Labour Party conference at a meeting hosted by the Tony Blair Institute. They discuss how the Starmer government, which has had a tough first year in office, can turn things around, as well as the Gaza peace plan, ties with the Trump administration and how to fight 'the politics o…

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Better Offline: The Case Against Generative AI (Part 2) 29:10

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In part two of this week’s four-part case against generative AI, Ed Zitron walks you through how NVIDIA funds and pumps money into unprofitable, debt-ridden “neoclouds” all to create vehicles to buy more GPUs - all to cover up the lack of demand for generative AI compute. Latest Premium Newsletter: OpenAI Needs A Trillion Dollars In The Next Four Y…

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Lex Fridman Podcast: #482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature 4:42:37

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Pavel Durov is the founder and CEO of Telegram. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep482-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/pavel-durov-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lex…

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The Bitchuation Room: Anti-Capitalism Is Now a Crime and RFK Jr.'s Tylenol Crusade feat. Derek Beres (Ep 299) 1:39:38

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Trump escalates his crackdown: unveiling a new directive on so-called "left-wing terrorism," to put puts thousands of FBI and other agents to work to domestic terrorism watchlist. Chuck Schumer says Democrats need Republicans to help to stop it... which sounds like a terrible plan! And ICE’s reign of terror in Portland ramps up as Ta-Nehisi Coates …

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Bannon`s War Room: WarRoom Battleground EP 860: The Controlled Chaos Of Portland; Countdown to The Government Shutdown

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WarRoom Battleground EP 860: The Controlled Chaos Of Portland; Countdown to The Government ShutdownBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4817: MAGA Makes The List Of Times 100; America Polling And Antifa

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The Gist: KJ Steinberg, on The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox 37:30

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We talk with KJ Steinberg, showrunner of Hulu’s The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, about concentrating on Knox’s perspective while still showing how others perceived her, and the legal tightropes that shaped the series. She details the refracted structure (episodes from the prosecutor’s to the co-defendant’s POVs) and why the story follows Knox throu…

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Letters from an American: September 29, 2025 7:30

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Techdirt: The Fictional Censorship Cinematic Universe 1:01:42

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Last year, Renée DiResta joined us on an episode of the podcast to talk about her book, Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality, all about the people who have crafted a massive fictional narrative about the state of social media and government's involvement in content moderation. Now that Jim Jordan is celebrating Google's recent le…

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder: 3592 - Trump's Government Shut Down and Argentine Bailout w/ Frederico Finchelstein 1:04:13

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It's News Day Tuesday on the Majority Report On toady's show: Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries held a post-meeting press conference with Trump, where they declined to warn the public about the dangers of the spending bill and instead focused on procedure and decorum. Hours later, Trump posted a racist AI-generated video depi…

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Advisory Opinions: Selective Prosecutions 46:17

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Sarah Isgur and David French unpack the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. What does the case say about the grand jury process, the risks of selective prosecution, and how prosecutors exercise discretion? The Agenda: —Breaking down the indictment —A defense of President Donald Trump directing prosecutorial decisions —Legal precedents —T…

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The Bulwark Podcast: Van Lathan and David Jolly: How To Beat Middle Finger MAGAism 1:26:52

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Pete Hegseth convenes the military’s top leaders to complain about fat troops and generals and plug his book. Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk’s assassination continues to drive debate about how to confront MAGA as a cultural and political movement. David Jolly, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida, joins Tim to talk about his campaign, why he sw…

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99% Invisible: The Power Broker #13: Drop Dead City 58:27

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Like a shadow epilogue to The Power Broker, this story plunges into the chaos of 1970s New York where debt, unions, and one brutal headline nearly broke the city. Drop Dead City is now playing in select cities, and available on VOD on November 14. You can watch the trailer here. The Power Broker #13: Drop Dead City Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ t…

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Columbia Energy Exchange: Is Permitting Reform About to Break Through? 53:24

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Last year, an energy permitting reform bill sponsored by Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso passed out of committee but failed to gain full support in the US Senate. Since then, rising energy costs and infrastructure backlogs have only heightened pressure on Congress to take another run at reforming the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).…

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The Bitchuation Room: The Creeps Of The Pronatalist Movement 31:16

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We’ve been promised a new American Baby Boom by a man who wears diapers and calls himself president, but the plan isn’t going well. Trump has surrounded himself with yet another cluster of weirdos: the pronatalists. Pronatalists claim they are concerned with population decline despite no evidence of population decline. They claim their movement isn…

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4816: Purging The Woke Out Of Our Military; CCP Influences Philly

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4815: Trump Addresses Military Officers

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Resources Radio: An Unprecedented Investment in US Rare Earth Elements, with Tom Moerhenhout 31:55

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This week’s episode features a discussion of the recent US federal investment in a privately held mine—the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine in California—with host Daniel Raimi and podcast guest Tom Moerenhout, a professor at Columbia University and leader of a critical minerals initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s…

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Give Them An Argument: Missing the Point About Charlie Kirk 1:01:37

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Ben Burgis addresses the controversy about the article he and Meagan Day wrote about political violence and free speech after the Charlie Kirk assassination, all of the ways the most tedious and unhelpful people on the Left found to miss the point, and the broader perils of this moment. Read the original article: https://jacobin.com/2025/09/charlie…

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar: 9/30/25: Trump Bibi Gaza Deal, Gov Shutdown Imminent, Epstein Brokered Israel Security Deal, Pro Israel War To Replace Kirk 1:44:57

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Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump and Bibi announce Gaza deal, Hamas leaders negative on Gaza plan, gov shutdown imminent, Epstein brokered Israeli security agreement, pro Israel war to replace Kirk. Jeremy Scahill: https://x.com/jeremyscahill To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early vis…

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Jacobin Radio: Jacobin Radio: Tech Capital Is Taking Over Politics w/ Thomas Ferguson 48:09

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Thomas Ferguson has investigated money in politics for decades, and he has found, over and over again, that money and election outcomes are directly linked. He joins Suzi to talk about how Silicon Valley, finance, defense, and crypto have fused into what he calls “red tech.” Ferguson explains why the Democrats’ crisis isn’t about messaging — it’s a…

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The Dig: Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper 1:53:59

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Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the single-family suburban home to the stock market. This revanchist offensive sought to enforce not only the class order and fiscal rectitude but also g…

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The Good Fight: David Bau on How Artificial Intelligence Works 59:36

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David Bau is Assistant Professor at Northeastern University and Director of the National Deep Inference Fabric, researching the emergent internal mechanisms of deep generative networks in both Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and David Bau explore the technology behind AI, why it’s concernin…

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Bankless: Was That the Top? Bitcoin, ETH, & Q4 Setup | Michael Nadeau's DeFi Report #6

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Is this really the cycle top, or just a reset before Q4 fireworks? Michael Nadeau from The DeFi Report joins Ryan to decode the latest onchain and macro data. We dig into Bitcoin’s key levels, ETH’s $4K line, and why September’s liquidation event might have cleared the path for new highs in Q4. Michael explains what a “mini alt season” tells us abo…

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The Knowledge Project: Barry Diller: Building IAC 1:00:14

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My guest this week is Barry Diller, one of America's most successful businessmen. At 83, he chose to publish a deeply personal book and open up about his successes and failures. With surprising candor he details the rules he's lived by: trust first, confront directly, and make the call when the clock starts. In our conversation, he shares why succe…

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Plain English with Derek Thompson: How America Became a Nation of "Free Speech Hypocrites" 52:18

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The past few weeks have marked a low point for free speech principles in America. The head of the FCC openly threatened ABC for the language of a comedian. The president told a reporter that networks that are "against" him should have their licenses revoked. The vice president went on TV and told Americans to turn in their colleagues if they spoke …

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The Daily: How Trump Fared in a Major New Poll 29:00

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In a new poll, The New York Times asked voters what they thought of the first eight months of President Trump’s second term. Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst at The Times, explains what the survey found and what it may tell us about where the country is heading next. Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times. Backgr…

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Trending In Ed with Mike Palmer: Getting Innovation-ish with Authors Rich Braden and Tessa Forshaw 35:26

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Mike Palmer is joined on this episode of Trending in Ed by Rich Braden and Tessa Forshaw, co-authors of the new book, Innovation-ish: How Anyone Can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems in the Real World. They talk about the core concepts of their book, including the "creativity gap," "innovation mythology," and "cognitive caution". We di…

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Otherppl with Brad Listi: 993. Jason Diamond 1:21:29

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Jason Diamond is the author of the debut novel Kaplan's Plot, available from Flatiron Books. Diamond is the author of Searching for John Hughes, The Sprawl and co-author ofNew York Nico's Guide to NYC (with Nicolas Heller). His work has been published by the New York Times, Esquire, The New Yorker, GQ, The Paris Review, and many other outlets. He p…

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The Nation Podcasts: How The Internet Broke America w/ Garrett Graff | American Prestige 38:44

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Don't forget to ⁠vote for American Prestige ⁠in the Signal Awards! Danny welcomes to the show journalist and historian Garrett Graff, host of the podcast Long Shadow. They talk about the show’s latest season on the internet, tracing how its promise of democratization and liberation devolved into an engine of polarization and conspiracies. Topics in…

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Emeka Egbuka, Baker Mayfield, Vita Vea: Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Keith Howard 47:20

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Keith Howard returns after the opening month of the season for a recap of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, plus weighing in on NFL kicking, kickoffs, overtime rules, and everything wrong with the NFL schedule. Get 400+ premium podcasts by signing up at www.UTHDynasty.com as a General Manager PLUS subscriber. Also, get access to exclusive shows and deep da…

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Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America with Trymaine Lee 57:19

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A few years ago, MSNBC contributor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee, though healthy and only 38, nearly died of a heart attack. That experience forced him to confront the multitude of factors that almost killed him. In his new book, “A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America,” he discusses the weig…

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Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning: Chad Orzel: the state of physics and academia in 2025 1:24:25

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Chad Orzel is a physicist and science writer who has been blogging for nearly twenty-five years. He’s the author of four books, Breakfast with Einstein: The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects, How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog, Eureka: Discovering Your Inner Scientist and A Brief History of Timekeeping. T…

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Steven Pinker: When You Know That I Know That You Know… 39:05

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It then becomes “common knowledge,” and can be both beneficial – like cementing friendships or empowering peaceful protests – or destructive, causing a run on toilet paper or splitting society into silos, each with their own common knowledge. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use …

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China Global: Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics 35:55

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In mid-September, while many China watchers were focused on the Xiangshan Forum, the Chinese military’s annual high-level security and defense convening in Beijing, another major annual meeting was being held by the Ministry of Public Security in the Chinese city of Lianyungang (2-2-3). The Lianyungang Forum dates to 2015 but was upgraded and renam…

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Better Offline: The Case Against Generative AI (Part 1) 24:46

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In part one of this week’s four-part case against generative AI, Ed Zitron walks you through how generative AI is sold through a complete misunderstanding of the concept of labor - and myth-building by companies like NVIDIA and OpenAI. Latest Premium Newsletter: OpenAI Needs A Trillion Dollars In The Next Four Years: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ope…