The Bitchuation Room

Bullets & Ballots with Dave Weigel, Nato Green & Gina Viola (Ep 139)

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Good guys with guns are also bad. Every detail that emerges about the Uvalde, Texas shooting at an elementary school is worse than the last. The takea...

Tales From the Crypto with Atsuko Okatsuka & Molly White (EP 138)

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Grifts, hacks, phishing and pyramid schemes built on cartoon apes. This is Web3, the world of cryptocurrenicies and NFTs. Molly White, software engine...

Money, Baby! with Brett Payne & Andrew Perez (Ep 137)

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Turns out nothing is safe from rampant corporate greed, including f*cking baby formula. Francesca and guest Brett Payne of Street Fight Radio talk abo...

Policing Bodies with Robin Wonsley & Erin Lennox (Ep 136)

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ah the natural conclusion of the far-right’s takeover of America: obliterating abortion rights! Comedian Erin Lennox joins Francesca to discuss the ...

Fighting Like Hell with Kim Kelly & James Fritz (Ep 135)

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who are the union organizers left out of most American history books? This May Day, Francesca talks to labor reporter and author Kim Kelly about her n...

Abort the GOP with Lizz Winstead & Matt Lieb. (Ep 134)

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Francesca is back and talking pregnancies! Overall the ones forced upon millions of women across the country now that abortion rights are being taken ...

China Hysteria with Tobita Chow & Big Wos (EP 133)

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rivalry, jealousy, betrayal. The China-U.S. relationship is the stuff of geopolitical daytime drama. Writer and progressive strategist Tobita Chow of ...

Housing Sweet Housing with Katrina Davis & Prof. Gregg Colburn

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Both liberals and conservatives have their heads up their asses on homelessness and housing. They let the market run the table no matter the fact that...

Justices with Gianmarco Soresi & Victoria Law (EP 131)

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A week of double standards: SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on the one hand grilled to shreds by seething Republicans, and the wife of 30-year co...

Inventing Terrorism with Leena Al-Arian & Trae Crowder (EP 130)

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Take it from Muslim Americans: America’s counter-terrorism has done little more than criminalize innocent people. And now those same bogus tactics a...

LIVE From Brooklyn with Sam Seder, Tiffany Cabán, & Matt Lieb (Ep 129)

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gas prices, the Kardashians, and working toward prison abolition from inside City Hall. A special LIVE episode from the Bell House in which Francesca ...

No Nukes, No Nuts! with Nomiki Konst and Chloe Hilliard (Ep 128)

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A third week of Russia's assault and threats of nuclear war make us wonder why any given madman should be able to end the world? (And it's always a ma...

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05 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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Small Dictator Energy with Wajahat Ali & Andy Kindler (EP 127)

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ukrainian President Zelensky might be a former comedian but Putin is the real clown. Unhinged, erratic and currently trying to do regime change Ukrain...

*TEASER* Bonus Bish Ep 126: The Ram Ranch Resistance

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

18 NAKED COWBOYS IN THE SHOWER AT RAM RANCH!! Francesca and Karinda dig into how lefty Ottawans turned a gay anthem into a brilliant anti-vaxxer troll...

War & Puhleez with Anatol Lieven & Karinda Dobbins (EP 126)

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What does Putin really really really really really wanna zigga zig ah? Anatol Lieven, author of Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry, joins Frances...

Real Populism with Max Moran & Dhaya Lakshminarayanan (Ep 125)

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Biden can regain Americans’ approval if he’d only make an enemy out of the one percent. Does he have it in him? Max Moran of The Revolving Door Pr...

Genocide At The Border with Jenn Budd (EP124)

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She was a border patrol agent for six years, until one too many incidents of corruption and violence forced her out. Jenn Budd now dedicates herself t...

*TEASER BONUS BISH* State Trooper Earns Herman Cain Award

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Kiss My Ass Jay Inslee", Robert LaMay said just before quitting his state trooper after 22 years over the vaccine mandate. He said he was waiting for...

Rogan’s Cows with John Iadarola & Daniel Wayne Lee (EP 123)

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cash cows, climate cows and having cows. John Iadarola of the Damage Report joins Francesca to break down the Spotify/Rogan drams, and why both trash ...

Choo Choo Trains with Antonia Juhasz & Will Miles (EP 122)

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sexy M&Ms, Biden’s first year in office, and Bari Worst Take Weiss. Plus, why is no one talking about the $90 billion infusion into public transport...

*TEASER* Bonus Bish: Does Weed Actually Stop Covid Infections?

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Francesca explores the latest research out of Oregon State University, and tries to understand the many different acids in cannabis. WEED NERD ALERT! ...

What Public Health? With Abdullah Shihipar, Julie Goldman & Brandy Howard (Ep121)

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

So is there anyone in charge of pandemic safety anymore? Public health researcher Abdullah Shihipar has some thoughts on how the Biden administration ...

Blowouts with Alicia Garza & Nato Green (EP 120)

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Democrats concede nothing without a demand. Political strategist Alicia Garza joins Francesca to discuss how social movements need to rethink their re...

*TEASER* BONUS BISH: Pastel QAnon & Rescuing Friends

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How did QAnon get laundered into the wellness world? Julian Walker (Conspirituality podcast) and Francesca discuss "Pastel QAnon" and the difference b...

“WooAnon” with Derek Beres & Julian Walker (Ep 119)

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How did the MAGA and the wellness worlds begin to collide? The pandemic and Trumpism have a lot to do with it. Co-hosts of the podcast Conspirituality...

*TEASER BONUS BISH* Trump’s Pro-Israel Anti-Semitism

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trump's latest comments about American Jews being disloyal to Israel REEKS of real anti-semitism. He also claims that Israel used to own Congress and,...

Pro-Vax Trump with Matt Lieb & Arun Gupta (Ep118)

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

2021 is ending nearly as bizarre as it began. This time it’s the Covid denialist Donald Trump embracing the vaccine and speaking… science? Journal...

Omicron All Ye Faithful with Molly Jong-Fast & Anthony Atamanuik (EP 117)

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another variant sweeping the nation is somehow still not as upsetting as Democrats letting Senator Joe Manchin tank Build Back Better Bill. Writer Mol...

*TEASER* Bonus Bish: The Great Santa Shortage of 2021

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Santas are in short supply and high demand. After all why would an elderly overweight man allow small un-vaccinated children on his lap for minimum wa...

RegaNOMNOMics with Gareth Reynolds, Eunisses Hernandez & Hugo Soto-Martinez (EP116)

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Turns out Nancy Reagan sucked a lot more than we all imagined. Or never wanted to imagine. Comedian Gareth Reynolds joins Francesca to discuss the rig...

Vaccine Apartheid with Sarah Lazare & Mateen Stewart (EP 115)

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ten months after the vaccine rollout and just 11 percent of Africans are fully vaccinated as compared with 72% of North Americans. Why? Big Pharma’s...

Stopping the Next Trump with Walter Shaub (Ep 114)

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trump proved presidents have way too much power. It's easy to flaunt anti-corruption laws in the highest office because, well, they hardly exist. We m...

*TEASER* Josh Hawley‘s Prison of Masculinity with RB Butcher

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What does a trans man think about Senator Josh Hawley's cry that "Democrats are destroying masculinity"? Comedian RB Butcher weighs in. To get this PA...

Book Bannons with RB Butcher & Morriah Kaplan

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why can't fascists get original? Banning books is so 1933. And yet here we are with parents raging in school board meetings about "gay themes" in stor...

Malarkey FDR with John Nichols & Matt Lieb (EP 112)

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The pressure is on for democrats to deliver. Biden, Pelosi, Schumer as the horsemen of the infrastructure-pocalypse need to show the nation that they ...

*TEASER BONUS BISH* QAnon Supporters Wait for JFK in Capris

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook came to life when QAnon believers gathered on the grassy knoll to wait for JFK Jr. Or senior. Comedian and former pastor Steve Hernandez expl...

Death by a Thousand Centrists with Adam Johnson & Steve Hernandez (Ep 111)

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Faith in Biden is slipping. Faith in even progressive representatives is slipping. Whether it’s ending climate change, passing an infrastructure bil...

Spooking the Ruling Class with Doug Henwood & Nato Green (Ep 110)

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The tables are turning in America's one-sided class war that working people tend to lose. Strikes are cropping up nationwide, and workers are no longe...

*TEASER BONUS BISH* Dismantle the Cable Providers! with Erin Gloria Ryan

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We now know that AT&T nearly fully funded OANN because they "needed another right-wing news channel." And it just so happens a multi-millionaire who r...

Red Flags & Red Balloons with Erin Ryan & Simona Grace (EP109)

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

America can’t afford universal childcare! and other red flags. Founder of Moms in Office Simona Grace joins the podcast to discuss why the only way ...

*TEASER BONUS BISH* Blue on Blue Crime? FBI Raids NYPD

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The MAGA head of an NYPD police union resigns after an FBI raid? What's going on? A snippet from 10/10's bonus bish with comedian Sammy Obeid Hosted o...

Squad Game with Jamaal Bowman & Sammy Obeid

10 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The pod’s first Congressperson! Squad member Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York—who unseated a 16-year Democratic incumbent in 2020— talks border po...

*TEASER* Bonus Bish Ep107: Sad Little Memory Man

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The most ridiculous revelations from the latest former Trump staffer, including lots of dirty words, CATS and colonoscopies. Listen to the full bonus ...

A Progressive Flex with David Dayen & Zack Bornstein (Ep 107)

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a reason to elect more progressives to Congress: they’re finally organizing within it. David Dayen of The American Prospect joins to talk ...

*TEASER* Bonus Discussion Ep 106: Occupy Made Activism Mainstream

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Occupy vs. Obama, police repression, and whether or not there should have been demands made by organizers. A continued conversation with social justic...

Occupy Wall Street Lives On with Sonny Singh & Nato Green (Ep 106)

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It was anti-capitalist mass direct action. How did it even happen? Looking back at ten years since Occupy Wall Street, the lasting legacy of a “lead...

Restaurant Workers Say ”Check Please!” with Jena Friedman & Saru Jayaraman (Ep105)

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There isn't a labor shortage, there's a WAGE shortage. Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage joins Francesca to discuss the openings for real cha...

The Conservative Brain with Jesse Fernandez & Dr. Danna Young (Ep104)

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How can we lure loved ones away from the conspiracy theory dark side? Dr. Danna Young joins the podcast to discuss how to put away the quick quips and...

Cheese Nips & White Nationalists LIVE from Portland with Mac Smiff, Eric Ward & Matt Lieb (Ep103)

05 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From neo-Nazis to composting, what happens in America first happened in Portland. Francesca and comedian Matt Lieb had the pleasure of sitting down in...

A Socialist in Peru with Brett Erlich & José Ragas (Ep102)

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Can Peru's new leftist president deliver economic justice for poor and indigenous Peruvians? Professor José Ragas joins to discuss. Meanwhile in the ...

The Empire Takes An L with Max Elbaum & Matt Lieb (Ep 101)

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone thinks they could've done Afghanistan war better! And Biden isn't backing down from his decision to withdraw. Author and activist Max Elbaum ...

Taliban PRIME with Nando Vila & Jennifer Jajeh (Ep 100)

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well that war de-escalated quickly. On the 100th episode of The Bitchuation Room (!) Francesca welcomes Nando Vila of Jacobin Weekends and comedian Je...

Love the Warrior, Hate the War with Esti Lamonaca & Nato Green (Ep99)

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yes the U.S. military is a place to organize for social justice. The Bitchuation Room welcomes Esti Lamonaca, a non-binary combat veteran with the gra...

The Zombie Drug War with Ioan Grillo (FULL)

07 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist Ioan Grillo on the ways a lack of American gun control impacts the narco-trafficking violence and feeds a Zombie drug war.  We discuss the...

*Patron Early Access* The Zombie Drug War with Ioan Grillo

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Head to www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to listen to the full interview NOW! Journalist Ioan Grillo on the ways a lack of American gun control impacts...

Bumble Snitching with Josh Gondelman & Brianna Westbrook (EP 98)

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A dating app turns in yet another insurrectionist (this time a dude with a metal whip) and a Montana hero confronts a Fox News nightmare. Comedian and...

Muppet Bezos (Bonus Solo Stream)

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A solo stream talking about the sharp rise in Covid cases among the unvaccinated, Jeff's trip to space, and workers on strike in the South for dignity...

Toxic Colonialism with Babs Gray & Clayton Thomas-Muller (EP 97)

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From the horrors of native boarding schools to the Alberta Tar Sands that continue poison indigenous land, settler-colonialism can’t quit its destru...

BONUS: Briefcases of Cuban Semen with Nato Green

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of The Bitchuation Room podcast Nato Green and Francesca hash out the situation in Cuba with some democratic socialist nuance....

Rocket Boys with Bridget Todd & James Fritz (EP 96)

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Billionaires blast off to space for important research on how to ruin other planets. Here on Earth, Americans still won’t take the vaccine and Repub...

The Right’s Satire Fail with Sam Seder & Bassem Youssef (EP 95)

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why fascists don't get irony and many other things. Like Exxon Mobil proudly putting the squeeze on Democrats, Trump insisting Hitler was good, and th...

How Was the Afghanistan War Not a Laundering Operation? (Solo Stream)

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oh the horror, the horror of wasteful spending in Afghanistan. To say nothing of the lives lost. In this special solo stream Francesca digs into Biden...

Discount Epstein with Jane Kim & Nato Green (EP 94)

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How is libertarian tech billionaire John McAfee’s death less interesting than his life? Nato Green is back to discuss this and a healthy dose of bi-...

TikTok Populism with Maggie Maye & Steven Pitts (EP 93)

20 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

May the Jubilee be with you! In honor of Juneteenth, Francesca invites labor strategist and host of Black Work Talk, Steven Pitts to talk about the im...

Thot Police with Matt Rogers & Jayar Jackson (EP 92)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The center is going to get us all killed! Whether its Biden's toothless Department of Justice or corporations rainbow washing their anti-gay lobbying,...

BONUS: Woo Woo with Joshua Kahn Russell and Jessica Sele

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Whether it’s the 12-step program, therapy, meditation or even psychedelics, how do we heal our broken ass selves and the broken ass world around us?...

Manchin-ations with Anna Hossnieh & Max Moran (EP 91)

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Who needs Republicans with Democrats like these? Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema finally show their truest colors, leaving the ball squarely in Joe Bid...

Some of Those that Work Forces with Robert Evans & Christina Catherine Martinez (EP 90)

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How do the police run cover for white supremacists? Portland-based Journalist Robert Evans of the Behind the Bastards Podcast joins Francesca to discu...

BONUS: A Sea Change On Palestine with Noura Erakat (And Puppets!)

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everything Israel/Palestine all in one episode. From Francesca’s story of being politicized about the occupation, to Matt Lieb’s bizarre Birth Rig...

Hey Big Government Spender! with Stephanie Kelton & Nato Green (EP 89)

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

'How’re you going to pay for it?’ It's a refrain progressives hear every time any social program is proposed. Professor Stephanie Kelton and pr...

The 'Woke Mob' vs Real Mobs with John Iadarola & Emily Maya Mills (EP 88)

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Francesca is jabbed and jazzed, while Piers Morgan defends Disney royalty, and Ben Shapiro’s only problem on God’s green earth is trans-inclusive ...

Messy Ass Human Beings with Alicia Garza & Matt Lieb (EP 87)

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Want to understand power and left political strategy? Alicia Garza of Black Futures Lab is just the thinker and organizer to listen to. She joins Fran...

It Gaetz Worse with Rep. Anna Eskamani & Nate Craig

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A suspect voicemail from Matt Gaetz, Biden nears 100 days in office and a Disney World Dad gets mad. Florida state representative Anna Eskamani joins ...

Guns, Germs, and Guns with Melina Abdullah & Sofiya Alexandra

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s “game on” for mass shootings which means thoughts and prayers for gun control. And is the country finally catching on to the idea that poli...

*BONUS* Why the Amazon Union Vote Failed & What Comes Next with Robin DG Kelley & Nato Green

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After so much excitement, sadly the workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama weren't able to form a union. Still the fight isn't over! Labo...

Ending Racial Capitalism with Robin D.G. Kelley & Nato Green

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How can a Black Marxist analysis help us stop fascism? Solid easy question for Yahoo Answers. Professor Robin D.G. Kelley joins Francesca and comedian...

GAETZILLA! with Jamie Loftus & Ken Klippenstein

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Let us bask in the glow of creep Rep. Matt Gaetz's smoldering political career! Comedian Jamie Loftus and investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein jo...

Reparations and Milkshake Ducks with Jackie Kashian & Symone Baptiste

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to reparations, think local! That's the advice of film director Symone Baptiste who joins Francesca to talk about her comedy short $16,0...

BONUS: Yang Gangs of New York with Rafael Shimunov and Matt Lieb

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s up to you, New York! The mayoral race is around the corner and somehow the libertarian entrepreneur who poses as progressive, Andrew Yang, is o...

Is the Iran Deal Done? With Aamer Rahman & Trita Parsi

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Biden might be missing a crucial window to fix the broken Iran Deal. That’s according to Francesca’s guest for the week, foreign policy analyst Tr...

A Greed Vaccine with Bill McKibben & Anthony Atamanuik

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After Covid-19, let’s inoculate humanity against libertarians! The environmental activist and professor Bill McKibben (350.org) joins Francesca to a...

Big Stimulus Energy with Emma Vigeland & Nato Green

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Senate passes the Covid stimulus package! Lots-o-money for unemployment, vaccines, schools, live venues, $1400 direct payments to parents and kids...

BONUS: A Window To Not F*ck Up with Naomi Klein

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Left to their own devices, this will be a one-term administration.” Naomi Klein, author, journalist and proof that you SHOULD meet your heroes, p...

Cop-a-ganda with Baron Vaughn & Alex Vitale

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When the bias trainings, body cams, and oversight doesn’t work, it’s time to defund the police. Maybe even time think about why we ever needed pol...

Amazon Workers VS Goliath with Mike Drucker & Kim Kelly

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

No war but the class war! Journalist Kim Kelly joins to talk about a union drive in an Amazon warehouse in deep red Alabama, led mostly by women and b...

Oops I Acquitted Again with Eugene Daniels & Matt Lieb

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trump’s second impeachment came and went faster than a Tinder date on Valentines. As predicted, Republican Senators voted to acquit former President...

Foot Massages on the Frontlines with Harsha Walia and Nato Green

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Modi is far worse than Trump," says activist and author Harsha Walia. She joins Francesca and comedian Nato Green to discuss the millions of farmers ...

*BONUS* Cancel Wall Street with Alexis Goldstein & Matt Lieb

07 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Redditors may have won the battle but they’ll never win the war, since entire battlefield is controlled by fat cats on Wall Street. Former finance p...

All The Single Payers with Michael Lighty & Danielle Perez

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Is Medicare For All possible in California first? Not without cajoling these industry-cozy Democrats. Organizer Michael Lighty of Healthy CA joins to ...

Big Tech Must Die with Mike Bridenstine & Katharine Trendacosta

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just because Facebook did the right thing by booting Trump, doesn’t mean it will stop monetizing hate. Katharine Trendacosta of the Electronic Front...

Exit Through The Grift Shop with Miles Gray & Alexandra Rojas

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Moving day has arrived for Don. After the failed coup, being impeached (again) and with donors jumping the GOP ship, this is perhaps the most predicta...

Coup Anon with Bill Fletcher Jr. & Nato Green

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A karen, a proud boy and a confederate walk into the Capitol building trying to overturn an election… stop me if you’ve heard this one. We’re di...

Bernie Tales with Chuck Rocha & Brandie Posey

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trump puts the squeeze on Georgia’s Secretary of State, and former Bernie campaigner Chuck Rocha talks about lessons from the campaign. Plus Frances...

Trash Year with Matt Lieb & Tej Nagaraja

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Smell you later 2020. We look at the biggest stories and lessons from this god-awful rotation around the sun. Plus Francesca is being Taylor Swift-pil...

Problems Twitter Can’t Solve with Shane Bauer & Anna Valenzuela

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A bad faith debate on Medicare for All and sifting through the disinformation of the Syrian Civil War. Plus, why are Covid-denying Republicans getting...

Ruled By Geezers with Astra Taylor & Nato Green

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dianne Feinstein is losing her marbles and Covid relief hangs in the balance. Writer and organizer Astra Taylor joins Francesca and comedian Nato Gree...

The Empire Strikes Biden with Brent Terhune & Juan Cole

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s global hegemony not Adam and Steve! From very real US wars abroad to the imagined “war on Christmas”, Francesca digs deep with comedian Bre...

Cabinet Pressure with Nelini Stamp & Greg Edwards

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Biden’s staff picks are a mixed bag, while #DiaperDon tries to start as many fires as possible before leaving office. Organizer Nelini Stamp of Wo...

Thanksgrifting with John Fugelsang & Erika Andiola

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The turkey in the White House refuses to concede while Covid cases surge. Comedian John Fugelsang and activist Erika Andiola of RAICES join Francesca ...