Episode 112: David Sirota

We talk to writer and editor David Dayen about the debt ceiling negotiations.

Media fawns and humiliates themselves over Secretary Pete, Ron DeSantis sinks to new lows in his war on trans people, and Kyle reveals that time he almost had to debate Alex Jones. We're joined this week by Jason Nichols.

Lawyer Mark Bankston gives us a primer on defamation cases.

Political scientist Corey Robin joins us to discuss the corruption scandal surrounding Clarence Thomas.

We talk to journalist Daniel Nichanian about GOP candidates’ losses in school board races, Brandon Johnson’s election in Chicago, and more.

Author and political commentator Norman Finkelstein joins us to talk about his political work, identity politics, the Bernie 2020 campaign, and more.

Lawyer and journalist Bradley Moss joins us to give us a primer on Trump's criminal allegations.

An exclusive interview with Steven Donziger on the Supreme Court’s recent refusal to consider his appeal.

Matthew Zeitlin is on the show this week, taking us through the fallout from the SVB crash and explaining everything you want to know but are too afraid to ask.

Gabriel and John Shipton rejoin us to discuss their powerful documentary, Ithaka, the story of Julian Assange’s persecution and incarceration for whistleblowing on US war crimes.