Episode 260: Graham Platner

Senate candidate Graham Platner goes off on "ICE Thugs" and Trump's imperialism.

Taylor Lorenz, a journalist tackling contemporary issues in internet culture, rejoins us to discuss the trend of "looksmaxxing" and rapidly spreading conservative aesthetic standards for young men.

Representative Ro Khanna, the Democrat who got the Epstein files released, talks about how he fought the cover-up and what comes next.

Lefty commentator Keith Edwards joins us for a conversation about the violence of the Trump administration and the challenges to left-wing organizing and reporting.

We talk to Cameron Kasky, Gen Z progressive candidate for New York congressman, about his campaign and the issues that matter to him.

Aftyn Behn joins the show to talk about her run for Congress and her strong performance as a progressive in Trump country.

We talk to the comedian about how the Rogansphere messed up comedy.

We talk to Usamah Andradi and Geoff Simpson of Justice Democrats about how Trump’s failures in office call for Democratic leadership, why the old guard isn’t meeting the moment, and what we can do about it.

We talk to New York Governor-hopeful Antonio Delgado about his campaign, and we discuss the revelations of the released Epstein emails.

Ryan Grim of Drop Site News joins us to discuss the election of Zohran Mamdani.