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**The Michael Brooks Show**

Public feed for The Michael Brooks Legacy Project, conversations about Michael Brooks’ life and work.
Also the home of old public TMBS shows and newly unlocked shows from before Michael’s passing.

Latest Episodes:

TMBS 95 ReAir: Lula Denied Justice & Bernie Redeems FDR ft. Harvey Kaye Apr 18, 2023

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TMBS 95 aired on June 25th, 2019.

Episode summary:

We stand in solidarity with those in Sudan

Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for leading the way to end student debt peonage.

Brian Mier (@BrianMtelesur) joins us to talk about Lula's latest appeal.

During the GEM David breaks down Facebook's new cryptocurrency.

Harvey Kaye (@HarveyJKaye) is back in studio to talk about Bernie Sanders recent speech.

TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Youtube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

The TMBS ReAir project was created to give people who discovered Michael's work towards the end of his life or after his passing a weekly place to access his work without feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content they missed, as well as continuing to give grieving friends, family and fans their Tuesday evenings with Michael.

While the majority of the content and analysis on TMBS has stayed relevant and timeless, please remember some of the guest's work and subject matter on the show is very much linked to the time when the show first aired. The appearance of some guests on TMBS does not constitute an endorsement of those guests' current work.

TMBS ReAir 94 - Bernie Welcomes Their Hatred & The Deep State's Iran Thirst w/ Alyona Minkovski Apr 11, 2023

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TMBS 94 aired on June 18th, 2019.

Episode summary: Bernie Sanders' speech on democratic socialism was historic.

Shoutout to the Waorani people winning a landmark victory protecting 500,000 million acres of rainforest from oil drilling.

We debut our new, sometimes, co-host Alyona Minkovski (@AlyonaMink) who breaks down the recent US hacking of Russian power grids without informing Trump.

During the GEM, David breaks down the upcoming G20 conference and the divorce between corporate profits from wages paid in the United States. The cynical use of the Holocaust to defend Trump's immigration policies.

TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS Re-air

TMBS ReAir 93 - Lula Leaks, Socialism's Future ft. Glenn Greenwald, Bhaskar Sunkara & Ben Burgis Apr 04, 2023

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TMBS 93 aired on June, 11 2019

Episode summary: Michael announces his new book Glenn Greenwald co-founder and journalist joins us to talk about his groundbreaking report on the politicized trial of Lula. The Assange trial is an attack on journalism full-stop.

Bhaskar Sunkara is in the studio to talk about his book "The Socialist Manifesto"

Ben Burgis joins us to talk about the Meidner Plan.

TMBS ReAir 92 Thomas Sankara's Socialism & Left Strategy For The EU ft Milton Allimadi & Hasan Piker Mar 28, 2023

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TMBS 92 aired on June 4, 2019

Episode Summary:

The worrying growth of the far-right in Europe and Left-strategy toward the EU.

Shoutout to the UK for protesting Trump's state visit and to the Brazillian's gathering together to show their support for #LulaLivre

Hasan Piker (@HasanTheHun) of The Young Turks talks about Dave Rubin's #meltdownMay and California Democrats booing centrists.

During the GEM, David breaks down Trump's recent threat of tariffs against Mexico.

We are joined by the legendary Milton Allimadi (@Allimadi) to talk about Thomas Sankara and African socialism.

TMBS ReAir: 91 Wonkery Won't Save Us & Green Imperialism ft. Brandon Sutton Mar 22, 2023

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TMBS aired on May 21st, 2019

Episode summary: Green imperialism won't save us and why the difference between Sanders and Warren matter.

Shoutout to Italian Union members who refused to load a shipment of arms bound for Saudi Arabia. And shoutout to the Notorious B.I.G. who would have turned 47 today.

During the GEM David talks about the rise of corporate debt, but gets challenged by a patron.

We are joined in studio by Brandon Sutton (@PrettyBadLefty) to talk nerdery, conspiracy theories, and why all Bigfoot documentaries critique the IMF. Check out Brandon's podcast at patreon.com/expandthediscourse

TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YoutTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

TMBS ReAir 90 - The Hidden Iranian Revolution & Biden's BS ft. Emma Vigeland Mar 15, 2023

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TMBS 90 aired on May 14th, 2019

Episode summary: Michael breaks down the history of the Iranian Revolution and the danger of Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo's desire for war.

Shoutout to Bernie Sanders and AOC

During the GEM David breaks down the way the banks are trying to work around rules put into place following the financial crisis.

Emma Vigeland (@emmavigeland) joins us in studio to talk about her interview with Rep. Issa, Game of Thrones, and Joe Biden.

TMBS ReAir 89 - Biggie + Marx = Truth ft. Reniqua Allen & Ben Burgis Mar 06, 2023

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TMBS 89 aired on May 7th, 2019. Episode summary: We talk about the climate crisis and the model that Extinction Rebellion gives to action. Shoutout to NYC for refusing to let Bolsonaro into the city. Author of "It Was All A Dream" Reniqua Allen (@rnz1) calls in to talk about her new book and the broken promise to black millennials in America. During the GEM, David talks about the upcoming rideshare strike preceding Uber's IPO. We talk about recent US provocations against Iran. Ben Burgis (@BenBurgis) is in studio to talk the Left case for freedom - The TMBS ReAir project was created to give people who discovered Michael's work towards the end of his life or after his passing a weekly place to access his work without feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content they missed, as well as continuing to give grieving friends, family and fans their Tuesday evenings with Michael. While the majority of the content and analysis on TMBS has stayed relevant and timeless, please remember some of the guest's work and subject matter on the show is very much linked to the time when the show first aired. The appearance of some guests on TMBS does not constitute an endorsement of those guests' current work. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show Youtube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

TMBS ReAir: 88 - Venezuela Another Failed Coup ft. Ana Kasparian & Maytha Alhassen Feb 28, 2023

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TMBS 88 aired on April 30th, 2019.

Episode summary: We talk the failed coup in Venezuela.

Shoutout to South Africa who are celebrating the liberation from apartheid.

Journalist, poet, and historian, Dr. Maytha Alhassen (@MaythaAlhassen) joins us to talk about Algeria, Sudan, and deconializaiton.

During the GEM, David celebrates the Stop & Shop strike victory in light of new rules by the Trump DOL that seek to undermine the labor movement.

Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) joins us in studio to talk Dave Rubin's ideas, Lula's imprisonment, and Buttigieg's supposed charisma.

TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here or on The Michael Brooks Show Youtube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS Re-air

TMBS ReAir 87 - Bernie Crushes Fox News & Gramsci, UBI ft. Richard Wolff Feb 21, 2023

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TMBS 87 aired on April 16th, 2019.

Episode Summary: The third way is dead, and we must keep it that way.

Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for his townhall on Fox News.

We break down the Brexit debacle. During the GEM David breaks down Donald Trump's new overtime rules.

Richard Wolff (@ProfWolff) joins us in studio for a showdown with Griscom, to talk about Gramsci and UBI.

This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS Re-air

TMBS ReAir 86 - Bernie's From The Bottom Now He's Here + WikiLeaks ft. Adom Getachew & Derek Davison Feb 14, 2023

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TMBS 86 aired on April 14th, 2019

Episode summary: Bernie is a millionaire, so what?

Shoutout to Ari Melber for having the right take on Assange.

We are joined by Adom Getachew (@adomgetachew), professor of political science at the University of Chicago and author of "Worldmaking after Empire" to talk to us about the third world political project and decolonization.

During the GEM, David breaks down the pain faced by workers forced to use their tax returns to pay for basic medical costs.

Foreign policy expert Derek Davison (@DerekDavision) calls in to talk about the arrest of Assange and the decision by Lenin Moreno to end Assange's asylum.

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