Best Counter Press Podcasts (2025)

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3 West Coast states form health alliance to counter info from Trump 52:14

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Today, the governors of CA, OR, and WA launched a health pact to coordinate their states’ vaccine recommendations and “ensure residents remain protected by science, not politics.” A deadly U.S. airstrike on a boat in the Caribbean signals a more aggressive turn in the war on drugs. In 2020, Quibi offered phone-based 10-minute (or less) videos. Now,…

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Leon J. Hilton, "Counter-Cartographies: Neurodivergence and the Errancies of Performance" (U Minnesota Press, 2025) 56:10

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What if we embraced neurodivergent ways of being not as deviations to be corrected but as vital ways of inhabiting the world? What new realities might emerge? Bringing a much-needed humanistic perspective to the study of autism and other forms of neurodivergence, Counter-Cartographies: Neurodivergence and the Errancies of Performance (U Minnesota P…

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Episode 239: Dolo Out Chants Follow the Loss to San Diego 1:09:42

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Daniel and Kirk discuss the loss to San Diego and also why the stats and player performances *don't* support the idea that everything is fine under Dolo.By An LAFC Podcast

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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. McIver Speaks Out after Censure Vote Fails 18:36

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on how the GOP attempt to censure Congresswoman LaMonica McIver blew up in their faces and how Congresswoman McIver is fighting back against Trump and the corrupt DOJ and how she is standing up for the rights of everyone and for our democracy. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL …

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MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 9/5/25 1:29:46

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On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, we break down RFK Jr.’s disastrous congressional hearing where senators shredded his anti-science quackery, examine troubling new signs for the U.S. economy as layoffs rise and hiring slows, and cover a powerful press conference by Epstein survivors who continue to demand justice while Trump dismisses the…

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Daniel Horowitz, "Bear With Me: A Cultural History of Famous Bears in America" (Duke UP, 2025) 48:37

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From teddy bears and Winnie-the-Pooh to Smokey Bear, Yogi Bear, and Cocaine Bear, American popular culture has been fascinated with real and fictional bears for more than two centuries. Bears are ubiquitous, appearing in advertisements, as logos for sports teams, and as central characters in children’s books, cartoons, movies, and video games. In B…

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Karen Bartlett, "Escape from Kabul: The Afghan Women Judges Who Fled the Taliban and Those They Left Behind" (New Press, 2025) 1:01:03

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In this episode, New Books Network Host Nina Bo Wagner speaks with Karen Bartlett about The Escape From Kabul: A True Story of Sisterhood and Defiance (The New Press and Duckworth, 2025). The book follows Afghan women judges who fought for justice in the courtroom, then fought to escape with their lives. Across twenty years of U.S.-backed governmen…

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Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, "Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free" (Simon & Schuster, 2025) 37:26

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Claire McCardell forever changed fashion—and most importantly, the lives of women. She shattered cultural norms around women’s clothes, and today much of what we wear traces back to her ingenious, rebellious mind. McCardell invented ballet flats and mix-and-match separates, and she introduced wrap dresses, hoodies, leggings, denim, and more into wo…

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Dan Roche, "Eyes by Hand: Prosthetics of Art and Healing" (MIT Press, 2025) 1:05:02

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Eyes by Hand: Prosthetics of Art and Healing (MIT Press, 2025) is a book about artificial eyes—about the artisans and artists who make them, and about the life-changing and sometimes life-saving experience of wearing them, as author Dan Roche has done for 15 years. Eye making is done by hand, for one person at a time, by a very small number of ocul…

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Tom Wooldridge, "Eating Disorders: A Contemporary Introduction" (Routledge, 2022) 50:25

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Eating Disorders: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2022) presents an accessible introduction to the conceptualization and treatment of eating disorders from a psychoanalytic perspective. Each of the chapters offers a different perspective on these difficult-to-treat conditions and taken together, illustrate the breadth and depth that psychoa…

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Bénédicte Meillon, "Ecopoetics of Reenchantment: Liminal Realism and Poetic Echoes of the Earth" (Bloomsbury, 2022) 53:59

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Ecopoetics of Reenchantment: Liminal Realism and Poetic Echoes of the Earth (Bloomsbury, 2022) tackles the reenchantment process at work in a part of contemporary ecoliterature that is marked by the resurfacing of the song of the earth topos and of Gaia images. Focusing on the postmodernist braiding of various indigenous and ecofeminist ontologies,…

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Cary Baker, "Down On The Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music" (Jawbone Press, 2025) 59:40

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This is the story of music performed on the streets, in subways, in parks, in schoolyards, on the back of flatbed trucks, and beyond, from the 1920s to the present day. Drawing on years of interviews and eyewitness accounts, Down On The Corner (Jawbone Press, 2025) introduces readers to a wide range of locations and a myriad of musical genres, from…

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Bénédicte Meillon, "Ecopoetics of Reenchantment: Liminal Realism and Poetic Echoes of the Earth" (Bloomsbury, 2022) 53:59

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Ecopoetics of Reenchantment: Liminal Realism and Poetic Echoes of the Earth (Bloomsbury, 2022) tackles the reenchantment process at work in a part of contemporary ecoliterature that is marked by the resurfacing of the song of the earth topos and of Gaia images. Focusing on the postmodernist braiding of various indigenous and ecofeminist ontologies,…

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David J. Lynch, "The World's Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (And What Would Make It Right)" (PublicAffairs, 2025) 58:59

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The triumphant globalization that began in the 1990s has given way to a world riven by conflict, populism, and economic nationalism. In The World's Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (And What Would Make It Right), (PublicAffairs, 2025) David J. Lynch offers a trenchant, fast-paced narrative of the rise and fall of the greatest engi…

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Cary Baker, "Down On The Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music" (Jawbone Press, 2025) 59:40

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This is the story of music performed on the streets, in subways, in parks, in schoolyards, on the back of flatbed trucks, and beyond, from the 1920s to the present day. Drawing on years of interviews and eyewitness accounts, Down On The Corner (Jawbone Press, 2025) introduces readers to a wide range of locations and a myriad of musical genres, from…

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Jeremy Black, "British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1744-57" (Routledge, 2016) 53:08

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The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded into armed rebellion, whilst on the continent French armies were repeatedly victorious. Providing an analytical narrative, supported by thematic chapters, this book examines the relationship between Britain's politics and foreign poli…

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Eames House survived the Palisades Fire. KCRW gets a tour 52:49

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The Trump administration halted major offshore wind projects in the Northeast, citing cost and national security concerns. Environmental advocates say wind power is key to meeting clean energy goals. The Eames House survived the Palisades Fire, underwent smoke remediation and other repairs, and reopened in late July. Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” is …

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Governor Pritzker Delivers Warning to Trump: STAY OUT! 18:00

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s imminent invasion of Chicago and Meiselas interviews Illinois Governor JB Pritzker who delivers a final warning to Donald. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Lega…

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Sickly Trump Beaten to a Pulp as Newsom Makes Him Suffer 21:54

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump getting brutally outmaneuvered by California Governor Gavin Newsom who has launched a public campaign of ending Trump’s presidency by fighting fire with fire. Head to https://Manukora.com/MEIDAS to receive $25 OFF your starter kit!Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to A…

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GOP Gets Immediately Ripped to Shreds in Hearings Upon Return 35:39

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republicans and their witnesses getting ripped to shreds by Democrats upon returning from recess to Congress. Go to https://Qualialife.com/MEIDAS for up to 50% OFF and use code: MEIDAS at checkout for an additional 15% OFFVisit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Net…

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Trump Caught on Film as LA Rises Up and Strikes Back Hard 25:05

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump being caught on film engaging in abhorrent behavior and Meiselas speaks with Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto about how the city is fighting back and Feldstein Soto does not mince words! Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Pod…

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Trump Has Awful Meltdown at Presser with Prez of Poland 22:43

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disastrous press conference in the Oval Office with the President of Poland. Order now at https://drinkwillies.com and use code MEIDAS for 20% off of your first order + free shipping on orders over $95 Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network …

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Trump Has Massive Late Night Meltdown as Flesh Rots Away 21:06

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump lashing out late last night as he looks sicker than ever and his body physically deteriorates before our eyes as his term is collapsing as well. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meid…

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Santiago Zabala, "Signs from the Future: Philosophy of Warnings" (Columbia UP, 2025) 53:45

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Returning to NBN is the philosopher Santiago Zabala, here to introduce his new book Signs from the Future: A Philosophy of Warnings (Columbia University Press, 2025). Warnings, for Zabala, are not synonymous with predictions. They are instead as much about the present as the future. They point towards already present crisis and contradictions. They…

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Who Needs College Anymore: Imagining A Future Where Degrees Don’t Matter 51:42

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In this optimistic yet practical assessment of how postsecondary education can evolve to meet the needs of next-generation learners, Kathleen deLaski reimagines what higher education might offer and whom it should serve. In the wake of declining enrollment and declining confidence in the value of a college degree, she urges a mindset shift regardin…

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Madness & Acute Religious Experiences, with Richard Saville-Smith 51:15

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Host Pierce Salguero sits down with Richard Saville-Smith, an independent scholar of madness, religion, and psychiatry. We discuss Richard’s book Acute Religious Experiences (2023), which argues that frameworks from Mad Studies can get us out from under the academy’s current habit of either pathologizing or sanitizing religious experiences. Along t…

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Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, "Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East" (UP of Colorado, 2025) 58:49

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Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East (University Press of Colorado, 2025) by Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni offers an in-depth exploration of the Urartian empire, which occupied the highlands of present-day Turkey, Armenia, and Iran in the early first millennium BCE. Lesser known than its rival, the Neo-Assyrian empire, …

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Zachary Gorman, "The Menzies Watershed: Liberalism, Anti-Communism, Continuities 1943-1954" (Melbourne UP, 2023) 1:01:52

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The eleven years that passed between the 1943 and the 1954 elections were arguably some of the most pivotal in Australian history. This was a period of intense political, policy and strategic transition, which saw a popular Labor Government and its state-led vision for post-war reconstruction toppled by Robert Menzies and his newly formed political…

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Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: Metamorphosis and Observation 54:55

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It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of the FX series Alien: Earth with episode 3, “Metamorphosis” and episode 4, “Observation.” We continue to investigate the series’ dominant problematic of crossing boundaries, and hypothesize as to the reason for its divisiveness: it’s generic placement somewhere between science fiction …

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Ruth Perini, "Varaha Upanishad: The Path to Supreme Knowledge" (2025) 30:29

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This conversation examines the newly published translation of the Varāha Upaniṣad, a lesser-known but deeply transformative scripture from the Kṛṣṇa‑Yajurveda, composed between the 13th and 16th centuries CE and spanning 249 verses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! http…

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Sam Dalrymple, "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia" (William Collins, 2025) 53:25

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Partition—the rapid, uncoordinated, and bloody split between India and Pakistan after the Second World War—remains the central event of South Asian history. But 1947 wasn’t the only partition, according to historian and filmmaker Sam Dalrymple. Sam, in his book Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia (William Collins, 2025), …