Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Bernie Sanders Rips DC Corruption, The Israel Lobby, & Reveals How Billionaires Buy Politicians
19 May 2025
YERRR – the one and only Bernie Sanders sat down with us to talk the failures of the Democratic party, Elon & corporate interest upending modern democracy, and why the system’s still rigged against the working class person. From taking on billionaires to clashing with Congress, Bernie keeps it blunt: he breaks down socialized healthcare, fixing student debt, and why he is still bitter about the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn. All that and more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE. 0:00 Start and introduction to Senator Bernie Sanders 1:11 Bernie reflects on the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn and how it exposed him to politics 6:03 Bernie watched Jackie Robinson play & can still name the starting rotation 8:44 the 3 questions of REAL politics & how they apply to the US 14:31 America’s lack of care for educators 16:52 Elon’s wealth & uber capitalist rulers 20:40 Citizens United & Super PACs explained and how billionaires use it in elections 26:25 US funding Israel, speaking out against Netanyahu & AIPACs power 30:10 “Bernie Bros” origins & podcast similarities 31:35 Bernie on “Bernie Bros” & “Podcast Bros” similarities 35:40 Are Americans better off now than in 40 years ago? 39:20 Democrats failures with the status quo & Trump’s acknowledgement of the working class person 42:58 Are the Democrats also a threat to democracy? 47:30 Politicians trading stocks 49:01 Has Trump changed the American culture and dream? 56:22 is it possible to tax billionaires effectively? 1:03:45 Is college tuition and debt fixable? 1:08:10 States should provide their own health care and why they do not 1:11:14 Trump’s new bill to lower drug prices 1:17:40 Will Bernie run for President? 1:17:51 is AOC next in line? 1:19:48 Bernie’s bravery and does he have fear from powerful people? 1:21:55 how can YOU help Bernie? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
What's up, everybody? Welcome to Flagrant. Our guest today is one of the only people in politics who hasn't traded conviction for convenience. And somehow, he is still here.
For decades, he has stood in the middle of the storm, unbought, unbossed, untethered, saying what so many were too afraid to say, that working people deserve dignity, that healthcare is a right, that the system isn't broken, it was built to screw you over. He has been mocked, sidelined, betrayed, and that's just by his own party. And still, he shows up-
Not for power, not for fame, but because he actually gives a damn. In a country drowning in cynicism, he made people believe, maybe for the first time, that someone in Washington was actually fighting for them. So please give a warm, flagrant welcome to the last honest man in politics from Brooklyn, New York, Senator Bernie Sanders. Hey! All right, let me get you out of here. That's it!
That's it!
I have a question, okay? Listen, and this is probably a sensitive topic. It might be too soon, actually. It actually might be too soon, okay? So if you don't want to answer, I totally understand. In 1958... I think you know where this is going. Going? When Walter O'Malley. Oh, God. I know. I know. This one cuts deep.
When he moves the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles, and he does it for corporate greed. Absolutely. And profits. And he doesn't care about the community that built up that team. That's right. It broke a young Brooklyn boy's heart, probably many. Yep. It seems like, and it could be a coincidence, that ever since then you've had it out for the billionaires.
Is that where it all started? I'll tell you something. Two things. There was a joke going around my neighborhood, Flatbush, and what it said, the three worst people in modern history were Hitler, Stalin, and Walter O'Malley. And not necessarily in that order. That was a joke. But, you know, what I did learn. You're kind of joking about the question. Yeah. But I'll tell you something.
When you grow up as a kid, you have a thing called the Brooklyn Dodgers. Of course. Yeah. So when you're a kid, the idea that it could be moved someplace else. When you're a kid, you can't. That is privately owned. Yeah. run for profit, and then it can be moved to California, was literally beyond your comprehension, beyond my comprehension. So it was a real shock.
And if you're asking me, did that have an impact on my political views? It did, actually. It did. Because the Dodgers were a cohesive force in Brooklyn, bringing people together, Jackie Robinson, et cetera, et cetera. So yeah, that had an impact on me.
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