• News Brief: ICE, Senate Dems' Counterinsurgency PR, and the Limits of Body Cam Liberalism
    Jan 30 2026

    In this News Brief, we detail the fundamental problems with Senate Democrats' cosmetic reforms, the strategy of letting outrage blow over and the conspicuous absence of any proposal that touches ICE's obscene budget.

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    40 mins
  • Ep 233: How US Media Naturalizes Capital Strikes and Helps the Rich Undermine Democracy
    Jan 28 2026

    In this episode, we examine how billionaires and corporations threatening capital strikes and capital flight to discipline populist politicians and movements is treated as normal, obvious, and healthy by US media.

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • News Brief: As Dem Leadership Waffles—Labor, Organizers, Immigrants Fight Back in Minneapolis
    Jan 22 2026

    In this News Brief, we break down Dem leadership's fatuous "body cam" and "training" response to ICE brutality, and how organizers in the Twin Cities are not settling for cosmetic reform. With guest Janette Corcelius.

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    43 mins
  • News Brief: For Media Reporting on Iran, Trump Suddenly Morphs into Pro-Democracy Humanitarian
    Jan 17 2026

    In this News Brief, we discuss mainstream media coverage of ongoing protests across Iran and how nearly every major Western outlet has been uncritically framing any potential regime change plans by the US government—including Trump ordering a military attack on the country—as being motivated primarily, if not solely, by concern for the lives, safety and rights of demonstrators.

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    25 mins
  • News Brief: How Corporate Media Laid the Groundwork for a Rightwing Incitement Campaign in Minnesota
    Jan 7 2026

    In this News Brief, we detail how CBS, Fox, WSJ, and NYT promoted an essentialized, overblown narrative on the "Somali Minnesota fraud" story, teeing up a full blown rightwing incitement campaign against Minneapolis's immigrant communities.

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    28 mins
  • Ep 232: US Meddling, the Limits of 'Agency' Discourse and How Media Chooses Which 'Voices' To Center
    Dec 10 2025

    In this episode, we discuss the uses and misuses of liberal standpoint theory to promote US meddling, sanctions, and bombing. With guest Vincent Bevins.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • News Brief: BBC's Gaza Double Standard and Western Liberalism's Crisis of Legitimacy
    Dec 3 2025

    In this News Brief, we interview journalist Daniel Trilling and discuss his investigation into the BBC's systemic anti-Palestinian bias.

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    45 mins
  • Ep 231 - How To Oppose Genocide Without Opposing Genocide (Part 2): AIPAC Dems' Fake Israel Criticisms
    Nov 26 2025

    In this episode, we detail the buyers' market for superficial Gaza critiques that permit ambitious Democrats to look pro-Palestine without the downside of actually being so.

    With guest Tariq Kenney-Shawa.

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    1 hr and 18 mins