Episode 510 - Matt Taibbi's Free Speech Blind Spot (w/ Russell Dobular & Keaton Weiss)
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to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: Russell and Keaton from return to Bad Faith to pick up where : The curious lacuna in journalist Matt Tabbi's coverage of censorship. -- including the recent recruitment of the censorious Bari Weiss to influence the editorial direction at CBS -- Tabbi has offered a variety of explanations as to why he has declined to cover censorship stories that implicate the political right as perpetrators. The trio also revisit the Charlie Kirk killing and debate whether . Subscribe to for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on...
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Episode 509 Promo - The Canonization of Charlie Kirk
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to instantly and our entire premium episode library: Last week's assassination of right wing personality Charlie Kirk last week was a shock -- and so was the choice of many left and liberal media outlets to publish pieces that . Ezra Klein wrote in The New York Times that Kirk was "practicing politics the right way." Rachel Cohen wrote in Vox that she was "sitting shiva" for a man she described as saying "blatantly antisemitic things," and Ben Burgis offered that at least Kirk "didn't descend into personal attacks." Briahna, who also debated Kirk, felt differently. She discusses the...
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Episode 508 - A DSA Mayor for Minneapolis? (w/ Omar Fateh)
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to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh made headlines in July after winning the state Democratic Party's endorsement for mayor of Minneapolis . It was giving big Mandani energy until that incumbent, Jacob Frey, challenged the result and got the endorsement revoked. Now, with less than two months until Election Day, Fateh joins Bad Faith to discuss comparisons to Zohran, why Frey has lost the confidence of the party, how DSA candidates can remain accountable to the organization, and -- especially as a candidate running in the city where...
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Episode 507 Promo - A Governor to Support Zohran's Agenda? (w/ Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado)
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to instantly and our entire premium episode library: New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado has been sidelined by Gov. Kathy Hochul ever since he announced that he would not be running for reelection -- . Now that he's declared his challenge to Hochul, he's ready to explain why he would be a better partner for a Mayor Zohran Mamdani, where he falls on the political spectrum, why he called for both Biden and Eric Adams to step down, and why he declined to identify as a progressive despite endorsing a progressive agenda. . Subscribe to for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith...
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Episode 506 - RFK's CDC WTF (w/ David Wallace-Wells & Gabrielle Perry)
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to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: NYT journalist and author of Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells returns to Bad Faith to talk about . He's joined by epidemiologist Gabrielle Perry. We debate the root cause of public mistrust in public health and whether Democrats are failing again as . Subscribe to for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on and . Produced by . Theme by Nick Thorburn (@).
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Episode 505 Promo - "One of the Bravest Things I've Ever Seen a Comedian Do" (w/ Sana Saeed)
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to instantly and our entire premium episode library: Former Al Jazeera journalist Sana Saeed joins Bad Faith to discuss comedian Adam Friedland's and the internet's harsh reaction to Sana and other critics who questioned whether the enthusiastic reaction to this particular interview is reflective of the disproportionate value the West places on the feelings of Jewish people versus the Arab victims of Israel's genocide. Also, Sana digs into Taylor Lorenz' viral story exposing a number of liberal content creators as paid mouthpieces for the DNC and ends with . Subscribe...
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Episode 504 - What to Believe About Trump & Ukraine (w/ Scott Ritter)
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to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: Former United Stats Marine Corps intelligence officer, former UN Special Commission weapons inspector, author, & commentator Scott Ritter joins Bad Faith to discuss Trump's recent summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, claims that Trump is being persuaded by the war machine around him to draw out the war despite his alleged "America first" or anti-war leanings, what a realistic end to the conflict looks like, and more. Subscribe to for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on and . Produced by . Theme by Nick...
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Episode 503 Promo - Labor is Complicit (w/ Christian Smalls)
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to instantly and our entire premium episode library: The American labor organizer who founded the first independent, worker-led union at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse Chris Smalls recently made headlines headed to Gaza to break Israel's illegal siege, and deliver food and medical supplies. Smalls explains how he and the one Arab member of the flotilla were treated differently from his fellow crew members, how he was assaulted & strip searched, and how he was abandoned by the US embassy (in contrast to how other governments supported their nationals). Moreover, he dives...
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Episode 502 - "Join Us, We're Libbing Out" (w/ Nathan J. Robinson & Alex Skopic)
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to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: Founder and editor-in-chief of Current Affairs Nathan J. Robinson returns to Bad Faith along with CA associate editor Alex Skopic to This collection of former Atlantic and Vox journalists (including Derek Thompson and Matt Yglasias) has $4 million in backing, has launched with a piece against cash payments to the poor, and is led by a woman who earlier this year famously wrote the case for Democrats to support DOGE. Nathan and Alex weigh in on the battle independent journalism like Current Affairs is waging against...
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Episode 501 Promo - The Prison-Industrial Complex Comes to DC (w/ Alec Karakatsanis & Bianca Tylek)
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to instantly and our entire premium episode library: Recorded , civil rights lawyer, author of Copaganda, & co-founder of Equal Justice Under Law Alec Karakatsanis returns to Bad Faith alongside Worth Rises executive director Bianca Tylek, leading expert and author of The Prison Industry: How it Works and Who Profits, to explain the bigger picture of how the private prison lobby is driving the crackdown on immigrants, the rise in cop cities, and . Subscribe to for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on and .
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Formerly an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Muhlenberg College, Maura Finkelstein is thought to be the first tenured professor to be fired for pro-Palestine speech in the US. She joins Bad Faith to talk to Briahna Joy Gray about the state of academic freedom, predictions for college campus protests come fall (including in NY, where Zohran Mamdani may soon be mayor), the role of Hillel & other institutional pro-Zionist actors in influencing campus speech, and the struggle to keep the faith as Israel continues to be able to execute its genocide with impunity.
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