A weekly caucus of progressive comics, activists and thinkers hosted by Francesca Fiorentini
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Political commentary, media criticism, and news, with petty attempts at comedy. Hosted by @DavidDoel.
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This podcast presents news stories, political commentary and theoretical concepts from a left libertarian/anarchistperspective. I will promise my listeners that, while I will offer commentary from my perspective, when dealing with news stories, I will do my best to be factually accurate. Become a Patron!
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This is the Aldridge Parish Church Sermon podcast. You can listen to our weekly sermon recordings and other special events here. We are an evangelical, Anglican Church located in the village of Aldridge in the West Midlands, and we aim to reach our community with preaching that is biblical, clear, relevant for today. This weekly podcast features all of our sermons from July 2018 onwards. For our older sermons, please visit our sermon archive, also on Anchor, at https://anchor.fm/apc-sermon-a ...
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Crushing The Crime Narrative w/ Alex Vitale & David Doel (Ep 296)
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1:30:05This week in ‘billionaires ruin everything’: CBS’s David Ellison is foaming at the mouth to hand over millions to Bari Weiss and her “Free Press” brand. David Doel of The Rational National joins to break down the Free Press-ification of the mainstream outlet. Plus, new reporting shows ICE is working with Israeli spyware company Paragon, whose tools…
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Kirk's Creepy Memorial and Democrats Demanding Better w/ Akela Lacy and Mohanad Elsheiky (Ep 298)
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1:42:49Funerals usually have waterworks but pyrotechnics, antisemitism AND Goebbel’s plagiarism? Sign me up! Francesca and comedian Mohanad Elsheiky discuss the unsettling Charlie Kirk memorial, and the looming takeover of TikTok from a man named Lachlan and the Ellison family. Wither Palestine speech. Plus Kimmel is back on the air, kind of… Then journal…
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Kimmel Canceled As Media Billionaires Do An Authoritarian’s Bidding
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1:40:45Francesca takes stock of WTH has happened over the last few days. We'll break down why Kimmel was allegedly canceled, the FCC chair wanting more shows to go, how we got to this point of media consolidation and why so-called free speech comics are so so silent. TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY/HULU: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13oN79zvnRjiZEG71HWyq…
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Black-Pilled Billionaires and Shooters w/ Jacob Silverman & Blakeley (Ep 297)
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1:45:00As information about Charlie Kirk’s assassin trickles in, so do the bizarre inconsistencies. A destroyed letter? A very on the nose text thread. And there still doesn’t appear to be evidence of the “hardened leftist” narrative, but that hasn’t stopped the entire regime from putting anyone left of center in their crosshairs. Blakeley, musician and c…
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What The Right Gets Wrong About Lord of The Rings
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28:59Every fantasy franchise has an insufferable part of its fan base. But this one takes the cake. Powerful conservatives are obsessed with The Lord of The Rings. We know this because they name their military tech companies, surveillance companies and venture capital firms after objects in Middle Earth. Billionaire Peter Thiel has named 10 of his compa…
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The Right Blames “Radical Left” While FBI Bungles Charlie Kirk Investigation
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1:19:17Everything just got a lot worse. The manhunt is still underway for Charlie Kirk but President Trump and the regime are wasting no time blaming the ‘radical left’ for basically calling Kirk’s hate speech… hate speech. Trump and the State Department are threatening immigrants who appear to celebrate or rationalize the murder with deportation. The reg…
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New Regime-Change War Dropped w/ Ken Klippenstein & Wajahat Ali
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58:06Journalist Ken Klippenstein joins to talk about the U.S. military’s strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel boat in international waters, and the increasing military positioning against cartels. Trump is salivating at the idea of Venezuelan oil while Pete Hegseth doesn’t rule out a U.S. war of regime change. Wajahat Ali also joins to talk about…
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Dark Money and Dem Influencers with Taylor Lorenz & Mary Houlihan (Ep 295)
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1:54:16Will the master’s tools dismantle the master’s house? If you’re a democratic influencer you might say YES! Journalist Taylor Lorenz joins Francesca to talk about her Wired article that’s getting liberal content creators big mad. But it raises critical questions about transparency, gatekeeping, and messaging over having a message. And comedian Mary …
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Last Battle for Congress and Brazil V Trump with Michael Fox & Peter Rothpletz (Ep 294)
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1:41:46Republicans want more than just 5 Texas seats and now other red states are catching on. Journalist Peter Rothpletz joins to discuss the redistricting power plays as well as the conundrum Ghislane Maxwell has put MAGA in. Neither Trump nor Clinton did anything wrong?! *Screams in QAnon* Then journalist Michael Fox on Trump’s tariff war on Brazil and…
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Everything RFK Jr. Has Destroyed So Far
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1:08:59Do you want to live? If you answered yes, you might be concerned with the roadkill enthusiast taking a sledgehammer to the U.S.’ national health infrastructure. RFK Jr. is Francesca’s front-runner as the most dangerous Trump official. She takes stock of everything that Kennedy has destroyed since assuming his position as secretary of Health and Hum…
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The Psychopaths In Charge of Palestinian Aid w/ Anthony Aguilar & Wajahat Ali
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1:32:13“We treated ISIS better than starving Palestinians,” says Anthony Aguilar, a whistleblower who was once tasked with security for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution centers and quit over the things he saw. They include things like IDF soldiers opening fire on starving Palestinian children, a lack of professionalism and lack knowledge …
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Dark Sandwich Guy Rises & Madleens Multiply (Ep 293)
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1:19:33The deep state strikes again. This time it’s a preppy DOJ official hurling his sandwich right to the chest of a border patrol agent. We salute thee. Comedian Jenny Yang joins to talk about planning the revolution from a veranda in Italy and Gavin Newsom’s rebrand of his previous rebrand. Also, Francesca bitchuates about Laura Loomer’s war on child …
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Avenging Big Balls & Annexing the West Bank feat. Jasper Nathaniel & Alex Pearlman (Ep 292)
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1:51:58Trump rekindles his love of criminalizing youth of color as he seizes control of the DC police and calls the National Guard out to … arrest the homeless? Comedian Alex Pearlman joins Francesca to talk about this and PragerU creeping into frame as PBS and NPR are dismantled. But first, two comics talk Marc Maron giving no fucks and censoring oneself…
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Palestine and The Battle for Seattle 2025 - LIVE with Katie Wilson, Ijeoma Oluo and Matt Lieb
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1:31:20A glorious time in Seattle just days before mayoral candidate Katie Wilson advances to the November election. Francesca welcomes the mother and transit riders activist to talk about how the old Democratic guard needs to go in favor of a working-class agenda. And author Ijeoma Oluo joins to discuss liberal establishment’s undoing thanks to its failu…
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The Police State is Here with Jenn Budd & Brandie Posey (Ep 291)
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1:30:08What does a former Customs and Border Patrol agent think about ICE’s new tactics? That they’ve been around for a long time. Jenn Budd joins Francesca to talk ICE’s recruitment problems, the pervasive violence in border enforcement, and why the police state is here. And comedian Brandie Posey joins to talk about the no good very bad U.S. economy and…
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The wine o’clock girl boss is at it again. Even though Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is out of the Senate, she’s spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign cash on lavish hotels, dinners, Taylor Swift concert tickets and LOTS OF WINE. Now she’s working as a lobbyist for the cryptocurrency company in bed with Trump: Coinbase. How is it that a De…
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Trump Destroyed By South Park, and Yep He's in the Epstein Files w/ Wajahat Ali
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1:28:55Why is the DOJ now meeting with Epstein accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell? And what’s with JD Vance meeting with Rupert Murdoch? Wajahat Ali of The Left Hook on Substack joins to talk Epstein, South Park mockery and the shame of Democratic Senators meeting with war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu. *** Watch Francesca’s latest video essay: “How Republicans …
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AOC’s Big Whiff & Canary Mission’s Big Break w/ Olayemi Olurin & Sophie Hurwitz (Ep 290)
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1:30:52A bad vote from AOC is giving Francesca chills about 2026 and 2028. If Democratic leaders can’t shake the liberal Zionist tendencies, the party (and Palestine) are doomed. Meanwhile, vigilante websites like Canary Mission get a new lease on doxxing as Trump’s DHS is using their database to disappear students like Rumeysa Ozturk and Mahmoud Khalil. …
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How Republicans FAILED The Texas Flood Victims
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25:56There’s nothing political about tragedy...that is, unless every politician at every level of government did absolutely nothing to prevent it. What happened in Texas on July 4th wasn’t an act of God, it was an act of recklessness from lying politicians and yes, the voters who still believe them. Over 135 people are dead because at the county level, …
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The 5 Most Insane Plans for Gaza *DEEP DIVE*
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16:59As Israel shows no sign of slowing down its assault on the people of Gaza, cretinous opportunists are laying out plans for its future. None of these future plans involve Palestinians living with dignity or autonomy or in their homes. From Trump’s crass comments about the U.S. “owning” Gaza and being some sort of business middle man, to his own son-…
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Good Boys and Gals & The Rojava Revolution w/ Krystal Ball and Matt Broomfield (Ep 289)
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1:24:16After briefly opening Pandora’s Box of Trump-Epstein anger, right-wing mouthpieces are now being good ‘boys’ and ‘gals’ by no longer talking about Epstein. Krystal Ball of Breaking Points and Krystal and Kyle and Friends joins Francesca to talk about the easy acquiescence of MAGA, plus the billionaire hubris of hedge fund manager Bill Ackman buying…
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Taco Stand Safety with Vanessa Gonzalez & Michelle Ming (Ep 288)
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1:30:46As ICE raids roll on, comedian Vanessa Gonzalez and political director of United We Dream Michelle Ming join to talk real community safety and defense. Then, MAGA gets played like a fiddle as Trump’s DOJ seals the Epstein case/covers his tracks. Plus, Cancun Cruz is now Tourist Ted as he’s spotted in Greece instead of in his home state that’s deali…
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Special Thursday Show with Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez
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1:27:39Whelp, the GOP finally did it. The House just passed Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, and millions of Americans are going to suffer as a result. Happy Birthday America! Hope you enjoy losing your healthcare and fascism. It’s not all bad though, because this bill also kills all the incentives for green energy in the U.S. At this point, let’s get the climate a…
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MAGA Murder Bill Passes Senate & ICE Out of Home Depot w/ Nato Green & Pablo Alvarado (Ep 287)
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1:31:49The Senate passes a bill that will strip 12 million people of their healthcare, kick millions off of food assistance, all while making the police state even stronger and giving a tax break to the rich. It’s a wealth transfer as clear as day. Comedian Nato Green is back on to talk about this, plus the dawn of real Big Brother authoritarian surveilla…
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TYT's Sad Demise & Ron DeSantis Building "Alligator Alcatraz?" with The Vanguard
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1:58:45With all the insanity going on in the world right now, sometimes you need to take a break, grab some popcorn, and enjoy the Drama. Gavin and Zac from The Vanguard joined Francesca to talk TYT's Cenk and Ana insisting that the right is antiwar and better for coalition-building than leftists. Also, are tourists being kicked out of the U.S. over JD Va…
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