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Ep. 184: EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM — Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Apr 21, 2021

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It took only 10 hours of deliberations for a Minneapolis jury to find former police office Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd. The decision was swift, overwhelming, obvious, and yet, somehow, shocking. Maybe it should not have been such a shock that jurors in the political district that elected Rep. Ilhan Omar to Congress (twice) made the right decision.

However, as Michael Moore explains in this EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM episode of Rumble, it is not normal for these cases to go the right way. He shares his feeling of total shock, plus his warning to white Americans and police officers who do not want to see America change into a more diverse, just, and equitable society. He also explains how this one act of accountability is not the massive, revolutionary change we need to address white supremacy, criminal justice reform, and anti-Black racism. Finally, he pays tribute to Darnella Frazier, the courageous teenager who filmed the the Chauvin murder with a steady hand and a lot of gumption.

Watch: Biden's Call With The Floyd Family After The Verdict
https://youtu.be/vivCvOIvPUE

Ep. 183: Oscar-Winning Screenwriter and "Mank" Producer Eric Roth Apr 14, 2021

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Eric Roth is one of the most successful Hollywood screenwriters of our time. His writing credits include “A Star Is Born," “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Good Shepherd,” “Munich,” “Ali,” “The Insider,” “The Horse Whisperer,” “The Postman,” and the film for which he won an Academy Award, "Forrest Gump."
He's also written two of the most highly-anticipated films coming later this year: the science-fiction drama "Dune," and the Martin Scorcese-Leonardo DiCaprio-Robert De Niro collaboration, "Killers of The Flower Moon."
His most recent film, MANK, is one that he produced, and it's up for an Academy Award for Best Picture (among several other nominations) at the Oscars later this month. Roth joins Michael Moore to discuss making MANK with his close collaborator and best friend, director David Fincher, how "Killers of The Flower Moon" may be "the last movie of its kind," what to expect from "Dune" when comes out, his screenwriting advice, and his guilt about making "House of Cards" which helped catapult streaming as the #1 way we watch movies now. They also share their thoughts on the importance of preserving the theatrical experience, the closing of the ArcLight Cinerama Dome, and the future of cinema.
Watch Oscar-Nominated MANK
https://www.netflix.com/title/81117189

Watch the other Oscar-nominated "Time"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08J7DDGJY/

Watch "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
https://bit.ly/3tk56cW

Music in the episode:
San Simeon Waltz - from MANK Original Score - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGq2plu-9xw&t=1931s
Shallow (From A Star Is Born/Live From The Oscars) - Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
https://youtu.be/JPJjwHAIny4

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Ep. 182: EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM — Shut Down Michigan! Send More Vaccine! Virus Out Of Control! Apr 13, 2021

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The COVID-19 vaccine is out of control in Michigan. Governor Whitmer is afraid to order a shut down of the state after months of threats and attacks from the right-wing and the business community. The federal government is refusing to provide Michigan with extra supply of vaccine. And the fear is that many of the new cases are the aggressive U.K. variant. This is all preventable and will have ramifications outside of the state.

Please call you Senators, House Members, the Michigan Governor and the White House! Tell them that Michigan businesses and schools must shut down! And more vaccine must be delivered to the state! Help us!

Call your Senators and House Member:

202-224-3121

202-225-3121

Contact the Michigan Governor's office:

https://somgovweb.state.mi.us/GovRelations/ContactGovernor.aspx

Contact the White House:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Ep. 179: Aaron Sorkin -- "The Only Thing Better Than A Story You Don't Know Is A Story You Think You Know" Apr 05, 2021

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Aaron Sorkin is one of our most celebrated and influential playwrights and screenwriters whose plays, films and television work include A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, The Newsroom, The Social Network, Moneyball, and Steve Jobs. Before the pandemic, his stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, starring Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch, had turned into one of the the great Broadway shows of all time.
His latest film, which he wrote and directed, is The Trial of the Chicago 7. It has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Sorkin’s fourth Best Screenwriter Oscar for the script. It is a powerful, timely, and entertaining film and it features an all-star cast.
Sorkin joins Michael Moore for a wide-ranging discussion including how the West Wing was almost not made, great career advice he received from The Social Network director David Fincher, plus advice he now gives to aspiring screenwriters. Also, his thoughts on patriotism, the lack of civics in American schools, and how Donald Trump got The Trial of the Chicago 7 made. They also discuss whether To Kill A Mockingbird will return after the pandemic and Sorkin issues a public challenge to fellow playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Watch the Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81043755

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Ep. 177: “Clips from This This Episode Will Be Run On The Night I'm Not So Lucky" (w. Flint Rep. Dan Kildee) Mar 30, 2021

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On Thursday, March 25th, Ron Weiser, Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, described the 3 top elected women in Michigan - Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson - as “the three witches.” And when asked about how Republicans can remove from office the two Michigan Republican Congressmen who voted to impeach Trump, he stated that, other than defeating them in the primary, "assassination" was the only other option. Weiser is one more example of the heightened risk we face of more political violence and assassinations. We hear a clip from Glenn Beck publicly wondering if he should kill Michael Moore and could he get away with it? Instead of waiting for right-wing crazies to commit more acts of violence against the Michigan “witches,” Michael Moore asks what must be done to stop this potential violence, and to save the lives of elected representatives targeted by the head of the Republican Party. Is it free speech to call for someone’s death? He is joined on this episode by Flint, Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee who survived the January 6th attack on the Capitol. They discuss the existence of Republican political violence in America, and whatever happened to the "9/11-style" Congressional commission that was supposed to investigate the January 6th insurrection. Music in the episode: "If I Ruled The World" - MILCK https://youtu.be/NhHKRvv4JfU Watch the Oscar Nominated Movie Michael mentioned "Time" https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08J7DDGJY Sign-up for Michael Moore's email list....news coming soon! https://forms.gle/1wmxdZmdAZQ4yMkZA

Ep. 175: My Afternoon with the Killer of Vincent Chin + #StopAsianHate with Annie Tan Mar 23, 2021

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In 1987, Michael Moore exclusively interviewed Ronald Ebens, the former Chrysler autoworker who, along with his laid-off autoworker stepson, brutally beat a Chinese-American man named Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat in Detroit 5 years earlier. A witness heard Ebens tell Chin and his Asian-American friend that they "were the reason we're all getting laid off" -- a reference to the scapegoating of the Japanese for the American auto industry cutting jobs (again, Chin was Chinese, but that made no difference to his killer). The killing of Chin and the fact that Ebens spent no time in jail and only paid a small fine set off a wave of new Asian-American civil rights activism.
In this special episode of Rumble, Michael recounts his 2 hour meeting with the defiant killer of Vincent Chin and notes the all-too-familiar "white-guy-as-victim syndrome" that Ebens exhibited due to his legal and media ordeal after he killed Chin. Michael is joined by an Asian-American public school teacher, storyteller, activist, and the cousin of the late Vincent Chin, Annie Tan, who explains the importance of Vincent Chin's legacy and discusses the proactive, positive work that is being done to confront anti-Asian racism and violence.
Finally, March 23rd, 2021 is Michael Moore's Liberation Day. After 379 days in a self-imposed quarantine and one month after receiving his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, he's finally leaving the house and he ponders all the places he will go.

'The Man Who Killed Vincent Chin' by Michael Moore
This article appeared in the Detroit Free Press Sunday Magazine on August 30, 1987.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120627010544/https://michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/man-who-killed-vincent-chin-michael-moore

Here are the links to the groups Annie mentioned that support Asian Americans:
NAPAWF: National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum: https://www.napawf.org/
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/
CAAAV Organizing Asian American Tenants: https://caaav.org/
Red Canary Song: https://www.redcanarysong.net/
SWOP Brooklyn: https://www.swopbrooklyn.org/
DRUM NYC: https://www.drumnyc.org/
Flushing Workers Center: Twitter @FlushingWorkers: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NAX7TUH6UPSFE
Welcome to Chinatown: https://www.welcometochinatown.com/
Send Chinatown Love: https://www.sendchinatownlove.com/
CACF Coalition of Asian Children and Families: https://www.cacf.org/
18 Million Rising: https://18millionrising.org/
Articles Annie mentioned:
Annie Tan, "Remembering Vincent," The Moth
https://themoth.org/stories/remembering-vincent
Nina Sharma, "Not Dead" in Asian American Writers Workshop:
https://aaww.org/not-dead/
Music in the episode:
"If I Ruled The World" - MILCK
https://youtu.be/NhHKRvv4JfU

Ep. 174: "Do You Want To Be The President Who Saved Democracy?" (feat. Ari Berman) Mar 19, 2021

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One of the most important pieces of legislation in recent American history is in front of the U.S. Senate right now. It may determine whether we are able to maintain and strengthen voting rights in America, or whether Republicans will continue their path to minority rule, where more Americans will continue to vote for Democrats, but the Republican party will continue to hold power due to voter suppression, gerrymandering, the electoral college and other regressive factors.
Journalist Ari Berman has been ferociously studying and educating us about the all-out attack on voting rights and what we need to do about it. He joins Michael to discuss the Senate legislation and House legislation we must get passed and how this will all come down to abolishing the filibuster.

The House Passes a Major Voting Rights Bill—and Creates a Helluva Battle in the Senate
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/the-house-is-poised-to-pass-a-major-voting-rights-bill-and-create-a-helluva-battle-in-the-senate/

Read Ari's book, "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America"
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781250094728

Call your Senators!
202-225-3121
202-224-3121
1) The Senate must pass S.1!
2) The Senate must eliminate the filibuster!
Music in the episode:
"Turntables" - Janele Monae
https://open.spotify.com/track/1K6s5g4URy2UfS4HNBPhGY?si=b9932cf25bd245cf&nd=1

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Ep. 172: Katie Halper, Briahna Joy Gray + Sam Riddle -- Rumble 25 Million LIVE Mar 10, 2021

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In our final installment from the Rumble 25 million download live special, Michael is joined by comedian and podcaster Katie Halper to expose the concept of "Woke-washing," the press letting its guard down during the Biden administration, and the centrist Democrats' weaponization of identity politics and civility politics. Next, Mike and Katie are joined by "Bad Faith" podcast host and former Bernie Sanders National Press Secretary to discuss the toxic only culture of moderate Democrats, coping with the pandemic and Andrew Cuomo.
Finally, Michael is joined by an old friend from Flint, radio host and political activist Sam Riddle, to discuss getting the vaccine ("despite Tuskegee"), how the fear that members of Congress felt on January 6th is a fear felt everyday by Black Detroiters, and how emerging, young leadership must be nurtured.
Listen to Briahna Joy Gray's podcast with Virgil Texas "Bad Faith"
https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast

Listen to Katie's podcast "The Katie Halper Show"
https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow

...and her podcast with Matt Taibbi "Useful Idiots"
https://usefulidiots.substack.com/

Follow Sam Riddle on Twitter:
@samriddle

Watch the films Michael mentioned:
Mank
https://www.netflix.com/title/81117189

The Trial of the Chicago 7
https://www.netflix.com/title/81043755

Ep. 171: Anand Giridharadas -- Rumble 25 Million LIVE Mar 08, 2021

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Anand Giridharadas is one of the world’s most thoughtful and persuasive writers and thinkers and was one of our favorite guests when this podcast first started in the final days of 2019. He joined us last week during our celebration of Rumble surpassing 25 million downloads. He and Michael discuss the first several weeks of the Biden administration, the difference between "Scranton Joe" and "Delaware Joe," how Trumpism is a "revolt against the future," and looking ahead to how America will become a "superpower of color."
Subscribe and Read to Anand's The Ink:
https://the.ink/

Read Anand's "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World"
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781101972670

Listen to Anand's first appearance on Rumble:
Episode 9: Please Let Me Rob You, I’m Woke (Featuring Anand Giridharadas)
https://rumble.media/episode/ep-9-please-let-me-rob-you-im-woke-feat-anand-giridharadas/

Watch the two movies Michael mentioned:
"All In: The Fight for Democracy"
https://www.amazon.com/All-Fight-Democracy-Stacey-Abrams/dp/B08FRQQKD5

"Time"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08J7DDGJY

Ep. 170: Jeff Daniels & Daniel Ellsberg -- Rumble 25 Million LIVE Mar 05, 2021

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On Monday, March 1st, the "Rumble with Michael Moore" podcast surpassed 25 million downloads. To celebrate, we recorded a special livestream episode of Rumble on YouTube with some of our favorite guests from the first 14 months, which we are sharing in multiple parts. In this episode, Michael is first joined by Emmy Award-winning actor, Michigander, and new fashion icon Jeff Daniels. They discuss his viral moment at the Golden Globes, the first days of the Biden administration and getting vaccinated and getting back to work. Next, Michael is joined by Pentagon Papers whistleblower and peace activist, Daniel Ellsberg. They discuss how we handle this era of mass delusion with so many of our fellow Americans living in a different universe than us, the perils of climate change and nuclear weapons, balancing optimism over despair and Mike Tyson.
Listen to our previous episode with Ellsberg:

Episode 2: We Are The Wrong Side (Featuring Daniel Ellsberg)
https://rumble.media/episode/ep-2/

Listen to our previous episode with Daniels:

Episode 123: “A Modern Day D-Day On November 3rd” (Featuring Jeff Daniels)
https://rumble.media/episode/123-a-modern-day-d-day-on-november-3rd-featuring-jeff-daniels/

Watch the two movies Michael mentioned:

"All In: The Fight for Democracy"

https://www.amazon.com/All-Fight-Democracy-Stacey-Abrams/dp/B08FRQQKD5

"Time"

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08J7DDGJY

If you want to watch the full four-hour + broadcast of our 25 million special, subscribe (for free) and watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vmvLtXtu7tA

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