Best Daniel Lambert Podcasts (2026)

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EP 2601: Brandon Ward, Brian Ward, Dale Timms

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Brandon Ward, Bowman Gray Stadium Modified Division Champion; Brian Ward, Tulsa Shootout Pit Reporter; and Dale Timms, Blue Ridge Outlaw Late Model Series Champion are this week’s guests.

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A Year of Resistance—In the Streets, in Elections, and in the Courts | Start Making Sense 40:37

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The year in politics: Harold Meyerson of The American Prospect comments on Trump’s collapsing support in 2025, and the rise of the resistance—in both the unprecendented national mobilizations culminating in the second No Kings Day, and the Democratic triumph in virtually all elections in 2025. Also: the year in court: David Cole, who stepped down t…

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Masculinity, the Manosphere, and Climate Politics w/ Daniel Waite Penny | American Prestige 49:25

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Danny and Derek speak with journalist and cultural critic Daniel Waite Penny to discuss the relationship between masculinity, the manosphere, and climate politics, as explored in the new season of Drilled, Carbon Bros. They talk about the “manosphere,” libertarians promoting techno-fixes, and Silicon Valley elites pushing solutions like space colon…

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How LA Defeated Trump, Plus Bob Dylan’s Xmas | Start Making Sense 37:37

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In June, Trump sent more than 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to occupy Los Angeles and terrorize the immigrant population. But by the end of July, almost all the Guard and the Marines were gone. Bill Gallegos explains how that happened and what other cities can learn from it. Also: Bob Dylan fans have been puzzled and troubled by his C…

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EP 2552 Southeast and Mid-America Editions: Ron Barfield, Paul Clayton, Dylan Fitzgerald

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Ron Barfield, New Year’s Bash at Dillon Motor Speedway track owner/promoter; and Paul Clayton previewing the Jonathan Merritt Memorial race at the Ice Bowl at the Talladega Short Track; and Dylan Fitzgerald, Brush Creek Motorsports Complex, Hangover 100 Enduro event promoter are this week’s guests.

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The Living Legacy of Norman Podhoretz w/ David Klion and Ronnie Grinberg | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 52:12

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Norman Podhoretz, one of the founding fathers of neoconservatism, died on December 16 at age 95. His legacy is a complex one, since in recent decades neoconservatism has been supplanted in many ways by American First conservatism. But many aspects of Podhoretz’s influence still play a shaping role on right. I take up Podhoretz’s career with David K…

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Thailand–Cambodia Fighting, Venezuela Escalation, Yemen Separatists | American Prestige 47:44

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Use the holiday discount code XMAS2025 for a $45 annual subscription (offer valid through 1/1/26)! Jolly Saint Nick is giving the U.S. government lots of coal this year, a boon to fossil fuel companies. In this week’s news: Thailand–Cambodia fighting resumes despite Trump’s ceasefire claim …

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Amber Spradlin: A Life Cut Away Too Soon | True Crime Investigation 29:50

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Amber Spradlin’s life was tragically taken in a case that continues to haunt Floyd County, Kentucky. Amber was found brutally stabbed inside a dentist’s home—an unexpected and horrifying discovery that shook a quiet Appalachian community to its core. In this episode of The Original Sin Podcast, we examine the events surrounding Amber Spradlin’s fin…

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EP 2551 Southeast and Mid-America Edition: Jeremy Steele, Joel Smith, Tyler Carr

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Jermey Steele, Crate Racing USA Dirt Late Model Series Champion; Joel Smith, US Legends National Pro Division Champion; and Tyler Carr, World of Outlaws Photographer are this week’s guests.

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How Effective is Australia’s Social Media Age Limit? w/ Cam Wilson | Tech Won't Save Us 59:23

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Paris Marx is joined by Cam Wilson to discuss the new social media age limit in Australia, including how successful the rollout has been so far and the missed opportunities of taking a more nuanced regulatory approach. Cam Wilson is an associate editor at ⁠Crikey⁠ and writes ⁠The Sizzle⁠ newsletter. He’s a co-author of ⁠Conspiracy Nation⁠: Exposing…

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What Explains Epstein’s Friends? Plus, Crossword Politics | Start Making Sense 33:00

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Ths coming Friday is the deadline for the Justice Department to turn over the Epstein files to Congress. But we already know the key fact about Epstein’s famous friends--they didn’t care that he had hired a 14-year-old girl for sex—and gone to jail for it. But why was that? Katha Pollitt comments. Also: the hidden politics of the New York Times cro…

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Trump’s National Security Strategy w/ Julia Gledhill and Van Jackson | American Prestige 1:09:49

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Danny and Derek welcome to the show Julia Gledhill and Van Jackson, co-hosts of the Un-Diplomatic podcast, to talk about the Trump administration’s newly released National Security Strategy. They discuss how the document leans on civilizational framing, portrays competition as existential conflict, omits diplomacy and institutions in favor of coerc…

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The Transformation of the New York Waterfront w/ Karrie Jacobs | The Nation Podcast 30:07

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In its heyday, the Bush Terminal industrial complex spanned several city blocks along Brooklyn’s waterfront and employed more than 35,000 people. Built by Irving Bush in the late nineteenth century, it was an "early intermodal shipping hub." Goods arrived by water and left by rail. Bananas, coffee, and cotton came in through doors on one side of th…

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Trump’s Global Culture War w/ Stephen Wertheim | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 38:39

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The Trump administration has released a new National Security Strategy that is a marked shift not only from earlier administrations but also Trump’s first term in office. While the new policy statement eschews the goal of global hegemony, it promotes culture war in Europe by promising support of anti-immigration political parties, economic rivalry …

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Gaza Aid Blocked Amid Winter Storm, Thailand–Cambodia Conflict Resumes, M23 Advances in DRC | American Prestige 42:45

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Listen to our Chinese Prestige miniseries! Danny and Derek will sadly not be doing a CBS News town hall event. This week in the news: the Thailand–Cambodia conflict resumes (1:47); the DRC–M23 conflict also resumes as M23 makes new advances (7:05); in Gaza, questions remain over the “second…

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EP 2550 Southeast and Mid-America Edition: Larry Boos, Chris Cotignola, Jimmy Miller

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Larry Boos, The Rumble in FT Wayne promoter; Chris Cotignola, Motorsports Content Creator; and Jimmy Miller, WITH Start 2 Finish TV / POWRi Series are this week’s guests.

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Europe’s Subservience to the United States w/ Ben Wray | Tech Won’t Save Us 59:11

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Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss Europe’s capitulation to pressure from the United States on Nexperia, as well as on digital protections and labor rights that could have big implications for the future of work. Ben Wray is a researcher specializing in the platform economy. He writes the Gig Economy Project newsletter and his most recent …

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Republicans and Obamacare, Again; plus Early, Early Bob Dylan / Start Making Sense 43:00

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Republicans are about to end Obamcare subsidies, driving up premiums for 20 million people during the year of the midterm elections. How have they managed to end up after all these years with no health insurance plan of their own? John Nichols comments. Also: Bob Dylan’s earliest recordings have just been released—the first is from 1956 when he was…

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Sudan’s Endless War in Darfur and Beyond w/ Mat Nashed | American Prestige 1:20:17

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Derek and journalist Mat Nashed assess the state of Sudan’s ongoing civil war, particularly the fall of Al-Fasher and the Rapid Support Forces’ consolidation of control across much of Darfur. They discuss the throughline from the 2003 genocide to today; the wider humanitarian catastrophe; the shifting battlefield in Kordofan; the growing role of dr…

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The Corporate Landlord Tied to Israeli Bombs and US Evictions w/ Thomas Birmingham | The Nation Podcast 33:53

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On one side of the world, a major corporate landlord is evicting tenants by jacking up rents by hundreds of dollars. On the other, its parent company is linked to Israeli bombs, genocide, and illegal settlements. This is the multibillion-dollar story of American Landmark — one of the country’s most eviction-happy landlords — and Elco, a corporate p…

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The Rise of the Far Right in Europe w/ David Broder | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 44:48

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Only a few years ago, European elites were patting themselves on the back for fending off the tide of right-wing anti-system parties (often styled as populists). But recent polls in France, Germany and the United Kingdom show that that the far right is once again gaining traction, thanks in no small part centrist governments that have demoralized t…

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A Certain Mistake: Jackie Ess on Tolstoy’s Resurrection | Reading Writers 48:55

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Charlotte delves into Ecclesiastes through the work of liberation theologist Elsa Támez (When the Horizons Close) before Jo shares some of Pierre Guyotat’s horny, rapturous literary memoir, Idiocy. Icon of many RW conversations past, the thoughtful Jackie Ess then joins to discuss Tolstoy’s crank-inflected final novel, Resurrection. Jackie Ess is t…

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After the Party: The Disappearance of Brenda Lambert 31:51

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The Disappearance of Brenda Lambert — A West Virginia Mystery That Still Haunts a Community Brenda Lambert, a 22-year-old mother from Bluewell, West Virginia, vanished without a trace on July 26, 1992 — the night after celebrating her young son’s first birthday. What should have been a joyful milestone marked the beginning of a decades-long nightma…

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U.S. Moves Toward Venezuela Attack, Double-Tap Strike in Caribbean, DRC–Rwanda Peace Deal Collapses | American Prestige 50:21

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get more content. Don’t forget to download our Chinese Prestige miniseries, currently on sale for $5. Annual subscribers get the series free! Despite sitting on a large surplus of Labubus, Danny and Derek work hard to bring you the news. This week: in Russia-Ukraine, new US diplomacy goes nowhere (1:08), Ukraine is…

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EP 2549: Andy Garris, Cindy Sisson, Billy Egeler

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Andy Garris, ProFabrication/ Gasko Gaskets, Director of Sales and Marketing; Cindy Sisson, Executive Director at Women In Motorsports North America; and Billy Egeler from Willy’s Carb and Dyno Shop are this week’s guests.

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Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz | Tech Won't Save Us 57:20

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Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing. Aline Blankertz is a cofounder of Structural Integrity. Advertising Inquiries:…

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Mamdani's Socialism—and Us; plus Football and Concussions | Start Making Sense 38:46

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Zorhan Mamdani takes office in four weeks as the first socialist mayor of New York City. How should we understand the constraints he faces, without accepting those constraints? Bhaskar Sunkara has our analysis; he’s president of The Nation and author of ‘The Socialist Manifesto.’ Plus: Sports Talk on The Nation podcast! Of course Thanksgiving was a…

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The Political Economy of Porn w/ Molly Lambert | American Prestige 54:51

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Danny and Derek welcome to the show Molly Lambert, creator of the JENNAWORLD podcast, to talk about the rise of the modern porn industry and its roots in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. They discuss the medium’s origins in underground stag films and the porno chic era; the shift to home video and the corporate studio model; breakout stars like Ginger L…

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Liberal Philanthropy and the Fight for Democracy w/ David Callahan | The Nation Podcast 38:51

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It’s no surprise that liberal philanthropy — a longtime pillar of the Democratic establishment — has become one of the Trump administration’s latest targets. As David Callahan writes in our December issue, liberal foundations “have often been depicted as the great puppet masters of the left, bankrolling and directing a who’s who of progressive grou…

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Reframing Resistance (Live from NYC Climate Week) | A People's Climate 29:46

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For this special season finale, recorded live during NYC Climate Week, host Shilpi Chhotray convenes a powerful storytelling event with three frontline media makers: Chantel Comardelle, Alexandra Norris, and B. Preston Lyles. This is more than a conversation about films or campaigns — it’s an intimate window into the lived realities of climate and …

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French Sicko: Annelise Ogaard on Gabrielle Wittkop’s Murder Most Serene | Reading Writers 56:36

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Jo and Charlotte discuss secret gardens, indoor kids, and Peter Pan’s baby teeth before they’re joined by culture-shaping Annelise Ogaard, who introduces listeners to the lavish, creepy world of Gabrielle Wittkop’s fiction. Annelise Ogaard is a writer, translator, filmmaker, vibesmith, area woman, and friend of the pod. She has translated a variety…

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EP 2548 Southeast and Mid-America Edition: Ashley Zimmerman, Lee Ann Lambert, Susie Toler

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Ashley Zimmerman, Dirt Empire Magazine editor: Lee Ann Lambert, Lee County Speedway race director; and Susie Toler, Swainsboro Raceway track champion are this week’s guests

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Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi | Tech Won't Save Us 58:30

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Paris Marx is joined by Ketan Joshi to discuss how hyperscale data centers are fueling the consumption of more oil and gas, what that means for climate targets, and the insidious relationship between the tech and fossil fuel industries. Ketan Joshi is a climate writer and data analyst based in Oslo working with climate and environmental groups. Adv…

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Trump condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene, praises Mamdani; plus Alice Waters on ‘A School Lunch Revolution’ / Start Making Sense 41:08

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Last Friday Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she was quitting after Trump excommunicated her from MAGA, while the same day Trump welcomed Zohran Mamdani to the White House with open arms and high praise. What’s going on with Trump? Harold Meyerson comments - he's editor at large of The American Prospect. Also: Alice Waters, the legendary founder of…

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Chinese Prestige: From May Fourth to Mao w/ Yidi Wu | American Prestige 52:20

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In lieu of a typical Tuesday episode this week, we are releasing the first episode of our new miniseries Chinese Prestige. Annual subscribers already have access, while everyone else can get the 8 episodes for a whopping $5 for two weeks only. Enjoy! In this first episode of Chinese Prestige, Yidi, Danny, and Derek trace the origins of the Chinese …

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Angelo Herndon and the Radical Politics of Free Speech w/ Randall Kennedy | The Nation Podcast 36:19

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Angelo Herndon was a Black coal miner turned Communist activist who was repeatedly “arrested, convicted of vagrancy, and incarcerated” for his efforts to educate and mobilize workers. In 1932, he helped organize an interracial protest against a county decision to cut off relief for the poor. But it wasn’t simply the protest that led to his chain-ga…

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The Age of Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein w/ Doug Henwood | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 42:48

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The famed economist Larry Summers, not for the first time, finds himself the center of a scandal. He’s had to take a leave from Harvard, where he teaches, because of embarrassing emails he had with his late friend Jeffrey Epstein. I talked to economic journalist and Nation contributor Doug Henwood, a long-time Summers watcher, about the career of t…

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Metaphysically Blown Away: Torrey Peters on Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters | Reading Writers 1:08:45

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Charlotte overcomes her resistance to novels about sexual abuse in order to read Kate Elizabeth Russell’s excellent My Dark Vanessa, after which Jo introduces listeners to the freewheeling criminality of Diane DiMassa’s Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian. The ferociously intelligent Torrey Peters then joins for a conversation about plant consciousne…

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MBS White House Visit, US Pushes New Ukraine Deal, UN Votes on Gaza | American Prestige 41:33

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Danny and Derek are praying for Kim Kardashian to pass the bar. In this week’s news: Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia visits the White House (1:56); the U.S. pushes a new Ukraine peace deal (8:58); Israel continues killing people in Gaza (12:30), Palestinians’ shelters are failing in heavy rain (13:57), the UN votes on Trump’s Gaza plan (15:22),…

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EP 2547 Mid-America Edition: Zach Daum, John Robbins, Holley Weise

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Zach Daum, ASCS feature winner at Creek County; John Robbins, Anderson Speedway Thunder Roadster Track Champion; and Holley Weise, Super Street Champion are this week’s guests.

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EP 2547 Southeast Edition: Langley Austin, Holley Weise, Zach Daum

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Langley Austin, Ararat Bullring promoter; Holley Weise, Dixieland Speedway Champion; and Zach Daum, ASCS Sprint Car Series winner are this week’s guests.

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Peter Thiel is the Real Antichrist w/ Gil Duran | Tech Won't Save Us 1:01:04

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Paris Marx is joined by Gil Duran to discuss how Peter Thiel’s bizarre obsession with the antichrist is really a desperate and embarrassing attempt to divert attention from his own misdeeds. Gil Duran writes The Nerd Reich and is working on his first book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy. Advertising Inquiries…

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House Republicans Defy Trump; plus, when WWII Vets Came Home | Start Making Sense 34:00

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After almost a year of Trump stonewalling about the Epstein files, Republicans in the House finally took a stand against him. More than a hundred Republican members were prepared to vote for releasing the files. Facing a dramatic defeat, on Sunday night Trump caved, and Tuesday the vote in the House was nearly unanimous. John Nichols has our analys…

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Dignity, Memory, and Surveillance w/ Lea Ypi | American Prestige 57:43

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Danny and Derek speak with political theorist and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined, which explores how personal memory intersects with imperial collapse, nationalism, and the surveillance state. They discuss her grandmother’s journey from Ottoman Salonika to Albania amid the rise of competing political projects; archiv…

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Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire w/ Van Jackson | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 41:05

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The scandal around Jeffrey Epstein, who trafficked and abused children and died in a prison cell in 2019, has never gone away. It continues to explode now that House Democrats have released thousands of emails from Epstein and his cronies. But while the political class and mainstream media are understandably focused on the sex scandal, another dime…

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No Goodbye: The Disappearance of Bianca Carrasco 45:07

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🔍 The Disappearance of Bianca Carrasco | The Original Sin Podcast In this episode of The Original Sin Podcast, we examine the haunting disappearance of 29-year-old nurse and mother of three, Bianca Carrasco, who vanished from her San Antonio home on May 1, 2016. After an argument with her husband, Bianca was seen walking away—upset, alone, and with…

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Setting the House on Fire: Lauren Michele Jackson on Nettie Jones’ Fish Tales | Reading Writers 56:27

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This week, Jo discovers the seminal elegance of Sylvia Wynter’s Black Metamorphosis: New Natives in a New World, while Charlotte considers how well she would fare if she traveled back in time to the era of Alexander the Great, as depicted in Mary Renault’s The Persian Boy. Then, the dazzling Lauren Michele Jackson joins to discuss the chaotic, thri…

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(Solar) Power to the People with Elizabeth Yeampierre | A People's Climate 25:09

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In this episode of A People’s Climate, host Shilpi Chhotray sits down with Elizabeth Yeampierre, veteran organizer and executive director of UPROSE, Brooklyn’s oldest Latino community-based organization, to explore how frontline communities are taking climate action into their own hands. In a capitalist world that prioritizes bigger, faster, and mo…

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Thailand–Cambodia Ceasefire Breaks Down, U.S. Escalates Military Presence Around Venezuela, Gaza Ceasefire Framework Stalls w/ Nathaniel Powell | American Prestige 54:59

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our content! Danny and Derek are vigorously programmed to bring you the news headlines. This week: the Thai-Cambodia ceasefire breaks down as border fire and incidents escalate (0:30); in Gaza, Trump’s framework stalls while governments debate the shape and purpose of an international security force (4:2…

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EP 2546 Mid-America Edition: Daniel Alvarez, Corey Dueser, Jacob Denney

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Jacob Denney, Xtreme Outlaw Series Champion; Corey Deuser, All-American 100 winner; and Daniel Alvarez, Dirt Legends of the South Series Champion are this week’s guests.