3680 - The Left Progressing & the Hollow Center w/ Jeet Heer
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Release Date: 07/03/2026
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: The Republican brand has become so toxic that even ancient conservative Fox hosts Stuart Varney and Larry Kudlow are being forced to acknowledge the party's lies and incompetence heading into the midterms. David Dayen, executive editor of and co-host of the podcast, joins to recap the week's news. Topics discussed include the midterms, AI regulation and more. In the Fun Half: Lina Khan speaks to The Atlantic about how AI companies are already subject to regulation and laws and how that seems to be absent from the conversation...
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Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump holds a MAGA rally in Gastonia, North Carolina where he insults the state, lies about violent crime statistics and threatens to withhold federal funds unless the Republican wins his Senate race. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) addresses Speaker Mike Johnson cutting the House calendar to avoid holding a vote on Massie's Epstein legislation and his articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth. JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine join the program for a conversation about their new book, "". JS Tan is a PhD candidate at MIT and...
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Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: Billionaire stadium owners, led by Robert Kraft, threaten to cancel Ed Sheeran's tour dates over his opening act, Macklemore's, vocal support of Palestinians. Sheeran caves to Kraft & Co and as a result his backing band and other opening acts quitting the tour. Rep. AOC asks the public to consider what it means for free speech when billionaires can collude to silence people as powerful as pop stars, and to imagine what they could do to people who aren’t multimillionaires. K. Sabeel Rahman, Professor of Law at Cornell University...
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Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: The Trump administration is claiming that it is a matter of national security to not apply any "guardrails" to American artificial intelligence companies. Shireen Al-Adeimi, associate professor at Michigan State University, joins to discuss the escalating tensions between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia. Daniel Boguslaw, investigative reporter and publisher of the newsletter, joins to discuss his piece in The American Prospect, "". In the Fun Half: The Florida Surgeon General has a shocking admission about the research process that informed...
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Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: 60 Minutes reports on two felons convicted of voter fraud are now in the business of brokering presidential pardons. It's unclear why Bari Weiss' CBS allowed this reporting to slip through the cracks. Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor join to discuss their new book, "". Naomi Klein is a Professor of Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia and an award-winning journalist and author. Astra Taylor is a documentarian, writer and co-founder of . In the Fun Half: Jake Tapper asks Speaker of the House...
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It's Casual Friday on The Majority Report On today's program: Jon Stewart speaks at NYC Hall to praise the hard work of the people who fought to expose the city's cover up of their knowledge of the dangerous air quality following the September 11 attacks. Jennifer Welch, co-host of the I've Had It Podcast joins to recap the week's news. Preorder Jennifer Welch's new book, "" which is out on October 6. We take a look at some of the many deranged and bizarre moments from the GOP's unprecedented midterm convention. Francesca Fiorentini, comedian and host of , joins to continue the mocking of the...
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Emma Vigeland welcomes Norman Finkelstein, political scientist and author of Gaza Gravediggers: An Inquiry Into Corruption in High Places: Today's Sponsors: • JUST COFFEE: Go to and use coupon code MAJORITY for 10% off your purchase! • ZOCDOC: Find and book the right doctor • TRUST AND WILL: Get 20% off Get tickets to see Emma join Francesca Fiorentini's LIVE Bitchuation Room on Sunday, Oct 4 in LA:
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Welcome to The Majority Report On today's program: Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, reports on Israel rejection of Hamas' offer to release the hostages the night of October 7, 2023. Joe Scarborough and Donny Deutsch get into screaming match on Morning Joe over Haaretz's revelations. Megan O'Matz, journalist at ProPublica, joins to discuss her on how private schools receive taxpayer-funded student vouchers with little accountability or oversight, despite often underperforming. Jeff Hauser, founder and Executive Director of the , on potential AI bailouts and the Democrats who may be too...
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Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: Israeli journalist at Haaretz, Shlomi Eldar, reports on Benjamin Netanyahu receiving advance notice of the October 7 attacks from the UAE president. Netanyahu reportedly failed to brief any of Israel's security chiefs. Donald Trump calls the war on Iran "small potatoes" compared to other wars and is unmoved by a reporter reminding him that 18 people died, responding by rambling about America's space superiority. Trump lies about being carried out of a building by buff firemen on 9/11, a lie that he started spreading in 2021. The truth is...
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Happy Labor Day! The MR Crew is off today but in the meantime please enjoy our annual audio compilation of labor-themed excerpts from luminaries such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mario Savio, John L. Lewis, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders reading the words of Eugene Debs.
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On today's Program:
We are off for a three-day weekend, but Sam pre taped an interview for you.
Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent at The Nation and host of the In Time of Monsters podcast, joins Sam to recap the week's news.
Read more from Jeet: https://www.thenation.com/authors/jee...
Check out Jeet's podcast: https://www.thenation.com/content/tim...
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