The Muckrake Political Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Desperation vs. Indoctrination Jan 01, 2020

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A hopeful podcast for the new year! Political analysts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss defections within Trump's base and the possibility that a certain segment of his voters are realizing he's not their candidate.

Impeachment and New Beginnings Dec 24, 2019

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For the last Muckrake Podcast of 2019, analyst Jared Yates Sexton holds down the fort, breaks down the impeachment of Donald Trump, the growing schism in the white evangelical community, and the hopes and fears of a new year.

The Fall of America: The TV Show Dec 17, 2019

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With a vote on impeachment looming, political analysts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the shortcomings of political coverage, including the role spectacle has played in creating the crisis and how partisan media has manifested a dangerous alternate reality.

The Coward, William Barr Dec 13, 2019

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William Barr's interview with NBC News on the IG Report into the Trump/Russia investigation was so bad and so dangerous analysts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman had to break it down in a special, bonus episode. Barr plays unbelievable games with the truth, runs interference for Donald Trump, and hints at possible prosecutions of political enemies. This episode goes line-by-line and separates the truth from the absurd.

How to Dismantle Reality Dec 10, 2019

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Political Analysts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman dive into the Trump Administration's burying of the IG Report on the Russian Collusion investigation, Bill Barr's willful disrespect for the law, and the history of the war on education and experts that conditioned the Republican base to become a cult in the thrall of Donald Trump. Then, Jared interviews journalist Ross Barkan to discuss his article "The Fascism to Come" and how the Republican Party might actually grow more extreme in a post-Trump America.

A Kinder, Gentler Fascism Dec 03, 2019

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In the second episode of the Muckrake, analysts Nick Hauselman and Jared Yates Sexton tackle billionaire Mike Bloomberg's assertion that China isn't a dictatorship, define the moment as a post-political crisis, discuss how Ronald Reagan and neoliberalism laid the path for our current economic system, Joe Biden's self-destruction, and imagine a way out of this mess.

Bringing Order to Chaos Nov 27, 2019

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The Muckrake Podcast gets off to a rolling start as political analysts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the madness of the Republican Party, misinformation campaigns, manufactured conspiracy theories, and the fact that American politics aren't quite what they seem.