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Peace Can Happen in Korea with Tim Shorrock

Posted December 5, 2017

The prospect of nuclear war with North Korea sits near the top of the list of things that have been unthinkably bad about Donald Trump’s...

Clintonism's Dreadful Legacy with Robert Reich

Posted December 1, 2017

Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s Labor Secretary, explains one of Clintonism’s most dreadful results: President Trump. The new film Saving Capitalism,...

The Origins of the Opioid Crisis with Leo Beletsky

Posted November 28, 2017

The drug war is a cause of, not solution to, the overdose crisis. Law and public health scholar @LeoBeletsky explains the origins of the opioid overdose...

Bonus: Alex Vitale v. Heather MacDonald

Posted November 27, 2017

We’ve got a bonus episode for you today, which is audio from a debate between Alex Vitale—a recent guest on this show, sociologist and author of...

A Monstrous Tax Plan That Might Fail with Arthur Delaney

Posted November 24, 2017

The GOP tax plan is a monstrous giveaway to corporate America but it might not pass thanks to the same contradictions within the Republican coalition...