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Air Date: 6/10/2026
Today we explore how Taiwan's own people are stuck between the US and China. Fewer and fewer of them want to rejoin China but their faith in America is sinking just as fast as Trump treats them as a bargaining chip. Their own leaders are split on how to respond. And the place that makes most of the world's advanced chips has almost no seat at the table where its future is being decided.
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KP 1: Xi, Putin & Trump - Who Really Runs the World? | To the Point - DW News - Air Date 5-21-26
KP 2: Can There Ever Really Be "one China?" - Vox - Air Date 5-28-26
KP 4: Why Did Trump Take Elon Musk to China? - Paul Krugman - Air Date 5-14-26
KP 5: Why This Island Could Trigger World War 3 - Johnny Harris - Air Date 12-18-25
KP 6: China Will Never Beat Taiwan, Here's Why - Maxinomics - Air Date 3-37-26
(00:53:26) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
The Stories Nations Tell Will Destroy Us_ China, Taiwan, and Trump
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(01:04:39) SECTION A: THE MAKING OF TAIWAN
A1: The Taiwan Conflict, Explained - Ryan Chapman - Air Date 10-13-22
(01:24:47) SECTION B: THE MULTIPOLAR WORLDVIEW
B1: China Rising Part 1: How the Unipolar World Is Ending - Beyond the Ballot Box - Air Date 2-10-26
B2: US Unipolarity Vs China's Multipolarity: Whose Vision Will Shape the New Global Order?
B3: China Rising Part 2: Taiwan, Xinjiang, Sovereignty and Human Rights - Beyond the Ballot Box
(01:52:00) SECTION C: TAIWAN IN THE CROSSHAIRS
C1: What's Behind the Record-breaking $11 Billion US-Taiwan Arms Deal? - DW News - Air Date 12-19-25
C2: Is Taiwan Moving Away From the US? - TLDR News Global - Air Date 4-20-26
(02:09:55) SECTION D: THE SUMMIT AND ITS FALLOUT
D3: Strait to the Abyss - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 6-2-26
(02:39:44) SECTION E: THE RESOURCE WAR AND AFRICA
E2: Why 3 African States Said No to Taiwan - The China in Africa Podcast - Air Date 4-23-26
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Air Date: 6–5-2026
Today we explore sportswashing past and present, from fascist dictators who first weaponized the World Cup to FIFA's modern extractivism model of corrupt capitalism, and why workers, unions, and fans are now organizing to reclaim the game from those profiting off it.
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KP 2: Jules Boykoff on World Cup and Sportswashing Part 1 - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-15-26
KP 3: The Fascist World Cup Part 1 - Power Plays - Air Date 5-21-26
KP 5: Trump LOSES IT as FIFA SUFFERS MAJOR CRISIS!! Part 1 - MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-6-26
KP 6: Jules Boykoff on World Cup and Sportswashing Part 2 - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-15-26
(00:45:01) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
FIFA, Trump, and the Patriotism Scam They're Running on America
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DEEPER DIVES
(01:01:55) SECTION A: TRUMP'S PLAYBOOK
A1: Is This the Most Political World Cup of All Time Part 1 - The Global Story - Air Date 5-25-26
A2: As the World Cup Arrives in Seattle, so Do the Contradictions Part 1 - Soundside - Air Date 5-18-26
(01:14:02) SECTION B: FASCIST ORIGINS
B1: Sportswashing Explained Part 1 - Rights & Wrongs - Air Date 5-25-26
B3: The Fascist World Cup Part 2 - Power Plays - Air Date 5-21-26
(01:55:31) SECTION C: GREED MACHINE
C1: Trump LOSES IT as FIFA SUFFERS MAJOR CRISIS!! Part 2 - MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-6-26
C2: As the World Cup Arrives in Seattle, so Do the Contradictions Part 2 - Soundside - Air Date 5-18-26
(02:19:47) SECTION D: PUSHBACK
D1: Cuba Latest, Louisiana Primary, World Cup Travel - Up First From NPR - Air Date 5-16-26
D2: Trump Gets HIS KARMA as FIFA WORLD CUP COLLAPSES!!!! - MeidasTouch - Air Date 4-16-26
D3: Sportswashing Explained Part 2 - Rights & Wrongs - Air Date 5-25-26
D4: Is This the Most Political World Cup of All Time Part 2 - The Global Story - Air Date
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Air Date: 6–3-2026
Today we examine the AI industry's economic house of cards, the ideology Silicon Valley uses to sell a broken product, and the very real human costs being paid by workers, the lonely, and communities bulldozed for data centers nobody asked for.
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KP 1: The AI Backlash Just Got VERY Public - House of El - AI - Air Date 5-24-26
KP 2: The AI Industry Is Losing - Better Offline - Air Date 5-26-26
KP 3: The Aesthetic Pipeline to Techno-Fascism - Alice Cappelle - Air Date 5-27-26
KP 4: Joe Rogan Accidentally Exposed AI in Four Words - Mo Bitar - Air Date 5-22-26
(00:51:20) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
AI Is a Drug and We're All Self-Medicating
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(01:09:29) SECTION A: THE BUBBLE ECONOMICS
A1: Will SpaceX and OpenAI Starve the Market? - UNFTR Media - Air Date 5-26-26
(01:37:24) SECTION B: IDEOLOGY OF THE TECH ELITE
B1: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology with Gita Jackson - Tech Won't Save Us - Air Date 3-12-26
B2: Why We Should Care About the Pope's AI Crusade - The Tech Report - Air Date 5-26-26
B5: Have We Trained AI to Lie to Itself — And to Us? - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 4-16-26
(02:21:29) SECTION C: THE HUMAN COST
C1: Why AI Friends Will Never Work - The Upgrade with Makai Allbert - Air Date 5-25-26
C2: Richard Dawkins Fell for a Chatbot - Steve Shives - Air Date 5-4-26
C4: There Is No Such Thing as AI Art ♥️ - Matt Bernstein - Air Date 5-22-26
(02:50:10) SECTION D: RESISTANCE & HOW TO FIGHT BACK
D2: Why AI Doom Content Is Everywhere- Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 5-27-26
D4: Those Graduation Speakers Getting Booed Right Now - Man Carrying Thing - Air Date 5-23-26
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Air Date: 5–30-2026
Today we examine how Trump turned a sham lawsuit into a $1.8 billion reward fund for his political allies who attacked the Capitol on January 6th while implementing a counterterrorism strategy that erases right-wing extremism from the threat landscape, refocuses on left-wing violence that hardly exists and threatens to "find and kill" those they deem enemies.
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KP 2: Congress Strikes Back as Trump Rushes $1.8 Billion Scam - Legal AF by MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-18-26
KP 4: Some Republicans in Congress Are Standing up to Trump - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 5-22-26
KP 6: We Will Find You and We Will Kill You Part 1 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 5-15-26
(00:53:15) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Trump's $1.8B Slush Fund & the Corruption We Saw Coming
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DEEPER DIVES
(01:11:48) SECTION A: ANATOMY OF THE HEIST
(01:34:28) SECTION B: THE BIGGER PATTERN
B3: Craven Corruption - The Practivist Pod - Air Date 5-21-26
(01:57:06) SECTION C: ENEMIES OF THE STATE
C1: Sources & Methods Trump's Counterterrorism Plan Part 1 - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 5-25-26
C3: Sources & Methods Trump's Counterterrorism Plan Part 2 - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 5-25-26
C4: We Will Find You and We Will Kill You Part 2 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 5-15-26
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Air Date: 5–26-2026
Today we examine what separates successful revolutions from failed ones, ask why so many revolutions of the 2010s fell short, understand how revolutionary energy gets neutralized, and explore the strategic case for nonviolent resistance.
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KP 1: What Makes a Revolution Successful? - The Inquiry - Air Date 5-16-18
KP 2: Left Behind: the Failed Revolutions of the 2010s - The Politics Show - Air Date 2-5-24
KP 3: Is The US In Its French Revolution Era? - Leeja Miller - Air Date 5-13-26
KP 4: How Progress Erases Itself - Dan Harumi - Air Date 5-18-26
KP 5: Why Nonviolence Wins - Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer - Air Date 5-14-26
(00:54:11) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Why the Left Keeps Losing to the Right
DEEPER DIVES
(01:13:12) SECTION A: ANATOMY OF FAILURE
A1: Lessons From a Decade of Failed Revolutions - Front Burner - Air Date 1-2-24
A2: Why Revolutions Fail - Hello Future Me - Air Date 9-9-23
A3: How and Why Revolutions Occur - LegalKimchi - Air Date 12-12-22
A4: Difference Between a Coup and a Revolution? - Sean Munger - Air Date 1-12-21
(01:54:11) SECTION B: REVISITING THE RECORD
B3: In Defense of Che Guevara (How the Media Lies to You) - Overzealots - Air Date 1-26-25
B4: The Warriors of a Failed Revolution - Narratively Out Loud - Air Date 9-30-20
(02:32:02) SECTION C: THE CURRENT MOMENT
C1: Why Fascism Fails - Then & Now - Air Date 5-18-26
C3: To Save The World, Stop Working - Extra Andrewism - Air Date 5-19-26
C4: Why the Epstein Files Didn't Start a Revolution - Uncivilized - Air Date 4-21-26
(03:25:38) SECTION D: STRATEGY AND PRACTICE
D1: How To Start A Revolution Part 1 - Andrewism - Air Date 12-7-22
D2: Revolution: A How-To Guide - Hakim - Air Date 5-29-21
D3: How To Start A Revolution Part 2 - Andrewism - Air Date 12-7-22
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Air Date: 5–23-2026
Today we examine the real-world cost of dismantling America's public health infrastructure, the dangerous pseudoscience driving RFK Jr.'s health agenda, and the contradictions fracturing the MAHA movement from within.And now on to the show
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KP 4: MAHA Moms Are Mad - Today, Explained - Air Date 3-3-26
KP 7: RFK Jr Goes Full Eugenics to Congress; IMMIGRANTS BRING DISEASE - Brittany Page - Air Date 4-22-26
(00:54:35) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
RFK's Public Health Descruction is Easier than the Rebuilding We'll have to do Later
DEEPER DIVES
(01:05:28) SECTION A: THE DAMAGE DONE
A5: World Health Organization Issues Hantavirus Alert - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 5-16-26
(01:47:09) SECTION B: IDEOLOGY AND THE MISINFORMATION MACHINE
B1: Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health - CounterSpin - Air Date 9-5-25
B2: RFK's Antivax Push. Measles Resurges Across America - Roland S. Martin - Air Date 2-24-26
(02:06:42) SECTION C: INSIDE THE MAHA COALITION
C1: MAHA's Glyphosate Meltdown [feat Mallory DeMille] Part 1 - Conspirituality - Air Date 3-5-26
C2: Why RFK Jr. Is Projecting a More 'Moderate' MAHA Stance - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-27-26
C3: MAHA's Glyphosate Meltdown [feat Mallory DeMille] Part 2 - Conspirituality - Air Date 3-5-26
(02:36:04) SECTION D: HOW A COUNTRY BECOMES "UNDERBABIED"
D1: Underbabied? Part 1 - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal - Air Date 5-12-26
D3: Underbabied? Part 2 - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal - Air Date 5-12-26
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Air Date: 5/20/2026
Today we examine how the Trump administration is quietly reshaping its unpopular immigration crackdown by moving enforcement out of public view. Plus, we explain how anti-immigration politics is spreading through the post-colonial world, highlighting how it's reshaping political parties and public debate in the UK, Canada, and Australia.
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KP 1: Trumps Brutal Immigration Crackdown Continues Part 1 - Velshi - Air Date 3-21-26
KP 3: Does Legal Immigration Still Exist Part 1 - What Next - Air Date 2-23-26
(00:53:33) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
How ICE Hands Billions to Trump's Donors
DEEPER DIVES
(01:05:43) SECTION A: THE RESET IS THEATER
A1: Trumps Brutal Immigration Crackdown Continues Part 2 - Velshi - Air Date 3-21-26
A2: Trumps ICE Detention Scam with Katie Blankenship Part 1 - The Majority Report - Air Date 4-28-26
A5: Border Czar Promises Mass Deportations On the Way - The DSR Network - Air Date 5-7-26
(01:42:03) SECTION B: DUE PROCESS DISMANTLED
B1: Does Legal Immigration Still Exist Part 2 - What Next - Air Date 2-23-26
B3: Supreme Court Appears to Lean Toward Ending TPS for Some Migrants - Trump's Terms - Air Date 4-30-26
(02:08:29) SECTION C: THE GLOBAL FAR-RIGHT PLAYBOOK
C4: Angus Taylors Trumpian Immigration Plan Part 1 - Full Story - Air Date 4-15-26
C7: Angus Taylors Trumpian Immigration Plan Part 2 - Full Story - Air Date 4-15-26
(03:06:00) SECTION D: STAKES AND RESISTANCE
D2: Trumps ICE Detention Scam with Katie Blankenship Part 2 - The Majority Report - Air Date 4-28-26
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Air Date: 5/15/2026
Today we examine what it would actually take to claw back democracy from billionaire capture — and why some people think it's more possible than it looks. We'll hear about California's proposed billionaire wealth tax, AOC's vision for change that doesn't depend on positional power, and why Peter Thiel's new "AI Tribunal of Truth" may have accidentally revealed exactly what the ruling class fears most.
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KP 1: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Possible 2028 White House Run - C-SPAN - Air Date 5-8-26
KP 3: Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead - Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 1-19-26
KP 6: The Case Against Billionaires | Chuck Collins - Washington Monthly - Air Date 1-5-26
(00:47:44) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Who Owns the Upside?
DEEPER DIVES
(00:59:03) SECTION A: TECH POWER, SURVEILLANCE, AND THE END OF TRUTH
A2: The End of Work: Why Your Kids Won't Have Careers in 15 Years - Trevor Noah - Air Date 4-19-26
A3: This Is Actually Terrifying - Struthless - Air Date 4-16-26
(01:23:24) SECTION B: BEZOS, AMAZON, AND THE HUMAN COST
B1: "Tax the Rich" Is Hate Speech!? - PissedMagistus - Air Date 5-11-26
(01:32:00) SECTION C: HOW THE TAX CODE BUILT THE ARISTOCRACY
(02:08:11) SECTION D: IDEOLOGY OF CAPITAL
D1: Why Liberals Always Side with Fascists - Michael Burns - Air Date 4-15-26
D2: How Capitalist Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows - Marcus Werner - Air Date 4-17-26
D3: The Capitalist Mindset - The Market Exit - Air Date 9-9-25
(02:34:00) SECTION E: MARKETS IN THE MIND
E1: Clavicular Is What Marx Warned Us About - Harper O'Connor - Air Date 5-10-26
E2: How Oligarchs Hijacked America in Just 16 Year - Benaminute - Air Date 4-30-26
(02:55:22) SECTION F: BUBBLE, BACKLASH, AND THE WAY FORWARD
F1: It Will Be 17 Times Worse Than the .com Crash - Upper Echelon - Air Date 5-7-26
F2: How to Live a Life That (actually) Matters - The Market Exit and Rutger Bregman - Air Date 9-19-26
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Air Date: 5/12/2026
Today we examine the redistricting scramble unleashed by the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act. We'll hear how Southern states moved within days to crack majority-Black districts, how Tennessee banned public input to rush through new maps, and why every governor's race, state legislative seat, and secretary of state contest in 2026 is now a redistricting fight.
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KP 4: Did Trump's Supreme Court Rig the Midterms Part 1 - Pod Save America - Air Date 5-1-26
(00:53:57) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
How One Senate Rule Is Destroying Voting Rights
DEEPER DIVES
(01:05:18) SECTION A: THE RULING & THE LAW
A1: SCOTUS 86s Voting Rights Part 1 - #SistersInLaw - Air Date 5-2-26
A3: SCOTUS 86s Voting Rights Part 2 - #SistersInLaw - Air Date 5-2-26
(01:24:35) SECTION B: HOW WE GOT HERE
B1: John Lewis and the Struggle for Voting Rights - Equal Justice Initiative - Air Date 3-9-26
B4: What Is the Supreme Court Actually Trying to Do - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 5-2-26
(02:02:53) SECTION C: THE STATES SCRAMBLE
C1: 'If You Can Keep It' The Supreme Court And The Voting Rights Act Part 1 - 1A - Air Date 5-4-26
C2: Did Trump's Supreme Court Rig the Midterms Part 2 - Pod Save America - Air Date 5-1-26
C6: 'If You Can Keep It' The Supreme Court And The Voting Rights Act Part 2 - 1A - Air Date 5-4-26
(02:43:06) SECTION D: WHAT COMES NEXT
D1: Fighting for Our Voting Rights! - Practivist Pod - Air Date 4-30-26
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Air Date: 5–9-2026
Today we examine how political violence has always been woven into the fabric of American life and who gets to decide what counts as violence in the first place. We'll hear about presidential assassinations, the assassination of Fred Hampton, the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia, and the long history of state-sanctioned violence. And I'll discuss the only real way to bend the curve back away from endemic violence in the US.
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KP 1: The Real 'Political Violence' in America - Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 9-12-25
KP 3: America's History of Assassinations and Political Violence - Front Burner - Air Date 7-16-24
(00:50:50) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Why Billionaires Now Fear Civil War
DEEPER DIVES
(01:04:57) SECTION A: THE FRAMING WARS
(01:32:09) SECTION B: THE LONG AMERICAN TRADITION
B2: A History of US Political Violence - Americast - Air Date 11-2-22
(01:52:52) SECTION C: STATE VIOLENCE AND ANTI-BLACKNESS
(02:12:44) SECTION D: THE RIGHT-WING ENGINE
D1: Political Violence In The U.S. Part 1 - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 6-16-25
D2: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism - The Lawfare Podcast - Air Date 5-25-23
(02:36:23) SECTION E: THE SYSTEM AND WHAT COMES NEXT
E1: Assassin Nation with Patrick Blanchfield - The Dig - Air Date 12-18-24
E2: Holding Out for a Hero Feat. Hasan Piker - Chapo Trap House - Air Date 4-27-26
E3: The Cole Hard Truth - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 4-28-26
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