Christian Nationalist Zionists (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

We talk about the Iran war with Mother Jones national correspondent Kiera Butler, author of the article: “Trump’s Holy Warriors Finally Got the Apocalypse They’ve Prayed For.”

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-march-12-2026/

As Trump Arrives, Aurora Insists It’s Not the ‘War Zone’ He Sees - The New York Times

The former president is holding a rally in a Colorado city he falsely claims was overtaken by violent immigrants from Venezuela. The city's leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, tried to pre-emptively fact-check him...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/trump-aurora-colorado.html

The Hate Preachers: Bigotry and Fearmongering by Extremist Christian "Leaders"

Columnist, podcaster, and activist Hemant Mehta joins us for a difficult yet necessary dive into the hate platforms like The New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement. The featured audio clips aren't pleasant to hear, but they reflect Old Testament-based bigotry and the tragic war on our fellow human beings.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/QuJbAs23Juk

Understanding the causes and consequences of white evangelical fear (On Point)

"When you really boil it down, there is a kind of ethno-religious vision of the country as a white Christian country," Jones says. "It's both about ... a dominant race and a dominant religion."

Interview: 

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2021/11/19/understanding-the-causes-and-consequences-of-white-evangelical-fear

The Rittenhouse Trial Instructions, Explained (Opening Arguments podcast OA538)

Yet another packed episode! Our main story is what’s really going on with the Rittenhouse Trial Instructions. You might have seen the coverage stating that the victims can’t be called victims but can be called rioters and looters. Is reality as bad as the coverage? Andrew explains! Then in what is our co-main segment, Andrew gives us his initial thoughts on the hot off the presses Build Back Better Plan and what Sinema and Manchin have cost us.

Interview: 

https://openargs.com/oa538-the-rittenhouse-trial-instructions-explained/

Former health care executive: Koch network promoting 'fear-mongering' ad campaign against public option | TheHill

"It's what some years ago folks were referring to as a 'personal responsibility brigade,' and that is it's your responsibility to find private health insurance," he said. "It does not work that way in health insurance and we need to have some government involvement in our health care system, or the insurance industry will revert to its old ways of deciding who they want to insure and blackballing those they don't want to insure."

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/543438-former-healthcare-executive-koch-network-promoting-fear-mongering-ad-campaign

The Brainwashing of my Dad (with documentary filmmaker Jen Senko)

Jen Senko's father got hooked on radical, right-wing radio, and his transformation nearly tore his family apart. Jen joins Seth Andrews to talk about her dad...and the documentary about his brainwashing.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/MW7Go6_sShI 

Revealed: Trump-linked consultant tied to Facebook pages warning election will cause civil war

"This is not some dark corner of the internet, this is not a fringe thing, it's mainstream Republicans that are stoking this."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/revealed-trump-linked-consultant-facebook-pages-warning-election-cause-civil-war

Trump’s ex-national security adviser says president is ‘aiding and abetting’ Putin - POLITICO

H.R. McMaster’s warning represents perhaps his harshest public criticism of the president since the retired general was ousted from the White House in 2018.....
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/former-national-security-adviser-trump-putin-424458

Confessions, Cameo, and Conversations with Satan (Seth Andrews, The Thinking Atheist podcast)

In this free audio chapter from Seth Andrews' new book, we explore the Christian Nationalism, fearmongering, bigotry, and near-constant rage blasting daily out of American conservative radio.
Interview:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/thethinkingatheist/podcast519-therushtoanger

Douglas Boin Discusses the Uncanny Parallels Between Trump’s America and 410 AD Rome (The Al Franken podcast)

Hatred of immigrants, religious intolerance, systemic racism. Asshole emperor. Sound familiar? Al and Douglas Boin tells the story of Alaric, the Goth who led the sacking of Rome. Also, Al establishes once and for all that the Romans killed Christ, not the Jews!
Interview:
https://alfranken.com/listen/douglas-boin-discusses-the-uncanny-parallels-between-trumps-america-and-410-ad-rome

Fiscal policy in a pandemic. We discuss why COVID-19 is giving a bigger voice to economists with very different ways of looking at the deficit.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/09/02/rethinking-americas-deficit-myth-with-economist-stephanie-kelton

Who Are The Armed Civilians Showing Up At Protests? (The 1A)

The presence of militia groups, supposedly there to protect property, had been making protesters and residents in Kenosha, Wisconsin uncomfortable. But then, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire with a gun he was not legally allowed to own and killed two protesters.

Rittenhouse is far from the only armed civilian to show up at police brutality and antiracist protests. This year, white supremacists and far-right actors have done so at least 497 times. In Kenosha, police were filmed arresting members of Riot Kitchen, a Seattle-based organization dedicated to feeding demonstrators, while leaving members of armed militia groups alone.

Police often deny links to extrajudicial groups. But a recent report from the Brennan Center for Justice highlights links of varying severity between police, white supremacists and militias. These ties have been discovered in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

What’s the history behind these connections?

And more broadly, what makes something a militia? Who are in these groups? And what legal standing do they have?
Interview:
https://the1a.org/segments/militias-wisconsin-protests-kenosha/

The Kenosha Terrorist (Opening Arguments podcast OA416)

17 year old murderer Kyle Rittenhouse was treated as a friend by the police even after he killed two people. Jacob Blake was shot in the back 7 times despite being unarmed. The difference? You already know it. Andrew gives us the breakdown of what happened, and what possible legal defenses we might see from Rittenhouse and the horrible right wingers who are already embracing him.

In the first segment, we get a positive update on the USPS from a listener. And in the final segment, we get more positive news, this time from the Gavin Grimm case we’ve previously covered.
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa416-the-kenosha-terrorist/

Trump Wants to Flood the Zone With Socialist Scaremongering | Vanity Fair

After a State of the Union spent railing about socialism, the president is reportedly prepping hammer-and-sickle ads to skewer Bernie Sanders in 2020.....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/donald-trump-floods-zone-with-socialist-scaremongering

Judicial Watch’s voter fraud fear-mongering finds a new opponent: A pro-voter-ID Iowa official - The Washington Post

Judicial Watch made a false claim about registration in Iowa only to be corrected by Iowa's secretary of state.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/03/judicial-watchs-voter-fraud-fear-mongering-finds-new-opponent-pro-voter-id-iowa-official/

Why Soleimani’s killing is different from other targeted attacks by U.S. - The Washington Post

The strike was much more consequential than those that killed Osama bin Laden or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, analysts said.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/04/why-soleimanis-killing-is-different-other-targeted-attacks-by-us/

With a War Against Iran Brewing, Don’t Listen to the Hawks Who Lied Us Into Iraq – Mother Jones

Shortly after the news broke that a US airstrike in Baghdad ordered by President Donald Trump had killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s Quds Force, Ari Fleischer went on Fox News and proclaimed, “I think it is entirely possible that this is going to be a catalyst inside Iran where the people celebrate this killing of Soleimani.” Here we go again.....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/with-a-war-against-iran-brewing-dont-listen-to-the-hawks-who-lied-us-into-iraq/

Trump closes doors to immigrants, some US citizens open them - ABC News

A growing number of U.S. citizens have come out over the last year to pick up immigrants from detention centers, share meals with them or host them at their homes, sometimes one night, sometimes for a full year, groups and non-profits say...
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-closes-doors-immigrants-us-citizens-open-65722787

The selective socialism of Donald Trump: Farmers, yes. Poor families, no. -- The Washington Post

...Trump’s use of federal funds to send political messages is pretty explicit here. Poor people shouldn’t be poor in this economy and don’t need food stamps. Farmers do need assistance (thanks to Trump), and that assistance is worth bragging about...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/23/selective-socialism-donald-trump-farmers-yes-poor-families-no/