Best Democracynow Podcasts (2025)

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#1747 Racism in the United States, it turns out, is a problem 3:10:15

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Air Date 10/28/2025 As we were looking for episode topics, I came across an article making the case that racism is a real problem in the country and that there were lots of recent examples that proved the point. And I was like, "Racism? In the US?! In Trump's Republican Party?? That doesn't sound like the country I've heard of." (sarcasm) But then …

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#1746 What an actual attack on free speech looks like 3:12:46

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Air Date 10/25/2025 Trump's attacks on free speech, particularly with the use of the Federal Communications Commission, goes far beyond the Jimmy Kimmel story. We're in the middle of an all-out assault on freedom of speech, a free and unbiased press, and freedom of association. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, messag…

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#1374 Tell Stories, Not Myths: Columbus and the Centrality of Colonialism (Throwback) 1:01:14

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Original Air Date: 10/13/2020 Today we take a look at the myths of Columbus and American Exceptionalism™ that we cling to and turn our gaze to some of the less-understood but more accurate and important aspects of our collective history Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft…

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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #25 - Trump’s “State Capitalism” is Just a Grift, NOT Socialism 19:24

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Air Date: 10–14-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: Ch. 1 - The cartoonish conservative and libertarian responses to Trump’s state capitalism Ch. 2 - Trump’s interest in sovereign wealth funds, and the lie the right sells its supporters about getting money back Ch. 3 - The left spectrum of reactions to Trump’s state capitalism Ch. 4 - W…

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#1745 Fake New World: The Age of AI Slop, AI Education, and AI Fascism 4:18:56

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Air Date 10/19/2025 Robber Barons™ of The Gilded Age™ told themselves stories about how they were ushering in progress for all which is why, they argued, they shouldn't be constrained by things like safety regulations or worker unions - impoverishing millions while injuring and killing thousands in the process. It took a stock market crash, the Gre…

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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #24 - Attacking the Medium is the Message: Trump’s Media Oligarchs and the Assault on Free Speech 24:32

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Air Date: 10–5-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: Ch. 1 - The state of American media consolidation Ch. 2 - The debate over free speech and the how the history of the right proves they have never been in favor of it. Ch. 3 - The Trump administrations latest aggressive anti-free speech moves, and the Jimmy Kimmel suspension Ch. 4 - A lo…

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#1743 Trump and Project 2025: Blitzkrieg Against America 3:15:00

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Air Date 10/10/2025 The strategy that Trump and the masterminds behind Project 2025 are following is to move as fast as possible to implement their agenda because they know perfectly well how unpopular it is and will be as time goes on. It's hard to argue that anything good will come of this but I'm going to try during my comments anyway. Be part o…

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#1742 Captured Court, Captured Nation: SCOTUS Serves Trump's Authoritarianism 3:15:22

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Air Date 10/7/2025 The Trump administration has been doing what we knew it would: breaking laws and losing about 95% of their court battles. And the conservatively stacked Supreme Court has been doing what we knew it would: overwhelmingly ruling for Trump to cover his tracks because that's what they were put there to do. Be part of the show! Leave …

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#1741 Global Uprisings: Dissatisfaction Roiling France, the UK, and Nepal 3:19:32

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Air Date 10/3/2025 People around the world are angry, often for different reasons and even more frequently based on falseities - though not always. For instance, the Right in the UK and France are upset about immigration though most of those who are angry are wrong about the facts. But there's also widespread dissatisfaction with national governmen…

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#1740 Monthly-ish Mix: The Enemy Within and the Enemy Without—America's Two-Front 3:52:04

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Air Date: 09/30/25 The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month we track the dangerous convergence of domestic collapse and international chaos by looking at political violence and martyrdom accelerating division, institutional capture from the courts to the media, the dismantling of voting…

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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #23 - ROBBING YOU BLIND: ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ and Mass Consumer Manipulation 19:01

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Air Date: 9–24-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: Ch. 1 - Intro, and quick follow up on bad satire Ch. 2 - The new culture of ‘buy now pay later’ and how these companies are manipulating the public to normalize the culture of overconsumption Ch. 3 - How companies pass the environmental toll of their products on the public, and the rise…

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#1526 A History of Political Violence in the US (Throwback) 1:20:44

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Original Air Date: 11/15/2022 Today, we take a look at our extremely steady history of political violence from the Revolution, through the Civil War, Reconstruction and Jim Crow, into the Civil Rights era, the Militia Movement and domestic terrorism, and now to our current once-again-radicalized, right-wing movement willing to use and tacitly condo…

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#1739 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Plans to Weaponize It 3:29:37

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Air Date 9/23/2025 All that is happening in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination was quite predictable because we've actually seen this game plan play out before. The only thing we didn't know was what would be the catalyst to really put the autocracy into high gear. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us …

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SOLVED! #22 - The Culture Wars at 10,000 Feet 18:51

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Air Date: 9–20-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: Ch. 1 - The right-wing’s continued attempts at satire Ch. 2 - Manufactured outrage about male cheerleaders and sorority dances Ch. 3 - How political outsiders always adopt new tech, and how that ties to pushing back against misinformation Ch. 4 - Final thoughts on how when bad actors ma…

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#1738 Escalations: Russia, Israel, And What We Are Allowed to Say About It 3:28:50

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Air Date 9/20/2025 The escalations are happening so fast now that even though this episode is about Russia increasing tensions by violating NATO airspace in Poland with drones and Israel intensifying their belligerence by bombing inside Qatar, those aren't even the most recent incidents now that Russian jets have entered NATO airspace in Estonia an…

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#1737 State of the Resistance: Labor, Anger, and Knowing That We've Been Here Before 3:31:51

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Air Date 9/16/2025 Between recent Labor Day rallies and Republican Town Hall meetings, we're seeing that resistance to Trump's deeply unpopular policies is alive and well. Plus we're going to look at some historical legacies of resistance movements that can both inform and inspire us today. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999…

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#1736 Not the Opposition Party the Country Need Right Now 3:38:26

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Air Date 9/11/2025 I've always learned the high-level understanding that the Nazis were partly able to come to power because the opposition at the time was too caught up with infighting to create a coherent resistance. With hindsight, it's easy to lament how badly they miscalculated the circumstances but living through the modern day and watching t…

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#1747 Racism in the United States, it turns out, is a problem 3:10:15

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#1746 What an actual attack on free speech looks like 3:12:46

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#1374 Tell Stories, Not Myths: Columbus and the Centrality of Colonialism (Throwback) 1:01:14

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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #25 - Trump’s “State Capitalism” is Just a Grift, NOT Socialism 19:24

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#1745 Fake New World: The Age of AI Slop, AI Education, and AI Fascism 4:18:56

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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #24 - Attacking the Medium is the Message: Trump’s Media Oligarchs and the Assault on Free Speech 24:32

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#1743 Trump and Project 2025: Blitzkrieg Against America 3:15:00

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#1742 Captured Court, Captured Nation: SCOTUS Serves Trump's Authoritarianism 3:15:22

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#1741 Global Uprisings: Dissatisfaction Roiling France, the UK, and Nepal 3:19:32

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#1740 Monthly-ish Mix: The Enemy Within and the Enemy Without—America's Two-Front 3:52:04

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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #23 - ROBBING YOU BLIND: ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ and Mass Consumer Manipulation 19:01

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#1526 A History of Political Violence in the US (Throwback) 1:20:44

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#1739 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Plans to Weaponize It 3:29:37

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SOLVED! #22 - The Culture Wars at 10,000 Feet 18:51

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#1738 Escalations: Russia, Israel, And What We Are Allowed to Say About It 3:28:50

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#1737 State of the Resistance: Labor, Anger, and Knowing That We've Been Here Before 3:31:51

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#1736 Not the Opposition Party the Country Need Right Now 3:38:26