Epiosde 446 - New Boss, Same as the Old Boss? (w/ Marianne Williamson & Joseph Geevarghese)
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Episode 445 Promo - From "Merit" to Eugenics: Elon Musk's Plan for America (w/ Anita Say Chan)
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to instantly and our entire premium episode library: Sometimes there's an interview that brings radical clarity about the current moment. Professor Anita Say Chan's book Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech & Our Fight for an Independent Future ties Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and . She offers two key insights: first, that the focus on "merit" is an effort to convince Americans to give up democracy (in which everyone gets a vote/say/rights on the basis of their humanity) in favor of a system where various characteristics (such as IQ/race) "qualify" one for human rights. Second, she...
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Episode 444 - Executive Disorder (w/ David Dayen & Freddy Brewster)
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Episode 443 Promo - Could Chapo Trap House Save the Left?
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to instantly and our entire premium episode library: Vanity Fair recently published a provocatively-titled piece saying "." Comedian and podcaster Jake Flores joins Bad Faith along with Institute for Middle Eastern Understanding communications director Hamid Bendaas for a deep dive on the article, whether the trajectory of one of the left's most popular podcasts is reflective of the broader despondency on the left, and whether the pod has the power to help course correct the left back toward the optimism of the Bernie years. Hamid brings important IMEU stats showing the...
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Episode 442 - Donald Trump's Ceasefire? (w/ Max Blumenthal & Sam Husseini)
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to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: Just days after they were both , independent journalists Sam Husseini & Max Blumenthal joined Bad Faith to discuss their respective strategies for how to make the most out of Blinken's last presser before Trump took power, what the corporate media's reaction means about the current state of journalism, and what they anticipate for the fourth estate under Trump. They go on to have a broader conversation about the ceasefire agreement, the likelihood it will hold, and why it is that lame duck Joe Biden allowed Trump this win ....
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Episode 441 Promo - TikTok On The Clock But The Party Don't Stop (w/ Jessica Burbank & James Li)
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Episode 440 - "I'll Win With or Without You" (w/ Eric Blanc)
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to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: What's next for labor under Trump? Biden's reputation as the most pro-union President in a generation took a hit with his opposition to the railroad strike a year ago and was further diminished following recent reporting that Kamala Harris dismissed Teamsters president Sean O'Brien saying, "." The Democrats' procedural bungle also resulted in the National Labor Relations Board swinging Republican two years before it had to. Certainly things could get worse under Trump, but is there evidence for optimism in the labor space? Author of...
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Episode 439 Promo - Water is Power (w/ Yasha Levine)
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Episode 438 - Minority Report (w/ Michael Bloch & Ben White)
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to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: Civil rights defense attorneys Michael Bloch and Ben White join Bad Faith to discuss and a similar case that their law firm Bloch & White is handling. How has advocacy for criminal justice reform changed since the BLM era, and to what extent did Democratic leadership fail the moment? Is there any optimism that liberals will recommit to the criminal justice promises they claimed to espouse during Trump's first term now that he's returning to the White House? Or does the decision of blue state liberals like NY Gov. Kathy...
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Episode 437 Promo - Breaking The Liberal Fever Dream (w/ Eugene Puryear)
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Civil rights defense attorneys Michael Bloch and Ben White join Bad Faith to discuss the fatal beating of prisoner Robert Brooks at the Marcy Correctional Facility in New York and a similar case that their law firm Bloch & White is handling. How has advocacy for criminal justice reform changed since the BLM era, and to what extent did Democratic leadership fail the moment? Is there any optimism that liberals will recommit to the criminal justice promises they claimed to espouse during Trump's first term now that he's returning to the White House? Or does the decision of blue state liberals like NY Gov. Kathy Hochul to run to the right on these issues portend a further rightward drift over the next four years? And did the left bring this rightward shift on itself by not taking crime concerns seriously (à la Ana Kasparian's argument)? Or is something else at play?
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