On the last day of Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate hearings, today we check in with investigative journalist Lisa Graves to examine some of the behind-the-scenes players and “dark money” behind Judge Barrett’s nomination and discuss the backstory surrounding the conservative packing of the Supreme Court. Over the course of the hour, she and Allen discuss […]
Tracing the Long History of White Supremacy
“Black Americans are calling into question the entire settler colonial project,” says historian Gerald Horne. “Those who consider themselves to be radical, those who consider themselves to be on the left, those who say they’re looking for an alternative to capitalism really should jump aboard this moving train. Because the other model, which is supposedly, […]
Media and Democracy in 2020
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s debate and with the November election fast approaching, today Allen spends the hour with co-pilot Bert Zipperer and media scholar Bob McChesney to talk about why independent media is vital for democracy. Their conversation covers a variety of topics, from the presidential debate to sports during COVID-19 to news deserts […]
The Jakarta Method with Vincent Bevins
We live in a world shaped by the anti-communist campaign waged by the United States during the Cold War, argues journalist Vincent Bevins. Today, we’re in conversation with Vincent Bevins about his new book, The Jakarta Method, in which he chronicles the hidden story of the United States’ involvement in killing nearly one million Indonesian […]
Understanding the Multifaceted Far-Right Movement
The far-right movement isn’t monolithic—it’s a complex spectrum of organizations and ideologies. To help us break it down, today Allen is joined by Matthew N. Lyons, co-author of the landmark book Right-Wing Populism in America, to discuss the evolution of rightist trends and the rise of fascism in the U.S. With the help of listener […]
Terrorcraft and the Legacy of 9/11 with Deepa Kumar
As we approach the nineteenth anniversary of 9/11, today we turn our attention to the five-trillion-dollar “war on terror” and the construction the racialized terrorist in the American imagination with professor Deepa Kumar, author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire. Deepa Kumar is a professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, where […]
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