Episodes
![Episode 330: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 1)](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/92153316/f6213400163c4960b147ea49caff2726/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=Nj3ehGnO7K2NQQJgUyISmnXx8jtkBemIsrBtfbyHXh4%3D)
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part one of two. Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s
![Episode 329: Kiss of the Rat (Part 2)](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/92009532/0757e785d0c5459f8b45d8506ad3fb0d/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=WBVTDnV3qklLpNkXDZ7xy6N3mHestGlb7_NSbYtmZF8%3D)
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
The second of two episodes on funky white boy and alleged sexual predator Brett Ratner’s rise and fall, including multiple Chris Tucker movies, a cameo from Roman Polanski, and a one way ticket to Israel.
![Episode 328: Kiss of the Rat (Part 1)](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/91806937/006661d2b4504925826bb713ecf87832/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=UVPNv9fSmH41gsvfLHjqmY8fSyJh2XO_wQQWvH0zbLc%3D)
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
The first of two episodes on funky white boy and alleged sexual predator Brett Ratner’s life, times, friends, and many fathers. (Episode was recorded before October 7th btw so the Israel parts don’t mention Gaza stuff)
![Episode 327: It’s Not Too Late](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/91508360/8e05a35169f4461dbe492cafefb09d54/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=eOcqVVlBGBIGOx0W4sDsf0uaagGxe_iPdHfqn_3Lt7g%3D)
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
We sit down with Dr. Norman Finkelstein to hear his thoughts on Hamas’s attack on Israel and the devastation of Gaza. We listen as he takes a look back at his life’s work, tries to make sense of the world’s cowardice in the face of unspeakable violence, and offers some thoughts on what might come next.Gaza: An Inquest into its Martyrdom by Norman Finkelstein
![Episode 326: Palestine](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/91082205/3eb44154dd2d4cde9ec2db4f8cd629c1/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=1qt1UKs14sorOCBXZ9DWVwfkHIJfpy-uFiDnpMUFbEE%3D)
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
We’re joined by Akram Salhab, a Palestinian activist based in Jerusalem, to talk about Gaza, the West Bank, refugees, and more.
![UPDATED: Episode 75: The Lobby](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/90855436/47c70453a45e4f3e81ee4c2b4512ce6f/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=RbdppxpfIPzXipfS69bwOMmNIBOWkk-akpx5jIswsEY%3D)
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
In light of the current situation in Palestine, we are re-uploading this episode, recorded in 2020 with Noah Kulwin, with a brief new introduction. You can check out the other episodes mentioned here: Episode 131: Norman Finkelstein Part 1 Episode 132: Norman Finkelstein Part 2 Episode 281: Next Year in Jerusalem __________We welcome back Noah Kulwin to discuss the explosive yet basically unseen Al-Jazeera documentary The Lobby detailing illegal lobbying efforts by the Israeli government and just why you literally have not seen this filmThe Lobby UKThe Lobby USA:* Episode 1* Episode 2* Episode 3* Episode 4
![Episode 325: Sam Jailman Trial](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/90711855/c7828e59992d4c82862e0c4b6c0c2b39/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=rbDemDuJTjDIlCHTvOsius5FR19GGoiYdwxc7xbhpW0%3D)
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
We’re joined by crypto-court reporter Jacob Silverman to talk about the first week of the trial of SBF, witness testimony, betrayal, parents, what makes a polycule, and more.More from Jacob:https://airmail.news/issues/2023-10-7/the-journalist-and-the-fraudsterhttps://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-the-naked-emperorhttps://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/the-coming-trials-of-sam-bankman
![Episode 324: Burn After Reading](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/90386568/77b1b007d9b849a0b65e70008abeb76a/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=m0C7apyByVY5bcH62ZhP9gQezSpJFWs6yqESCcsBVug%3D)
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
We welcome Vincent Bevins back to the show to chat about his new book If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. Starting with the June 2013 protests in Brazil, we walk through the last ten years of uprisings in various cities around the world, what was learned, what wasn’t, and what is to be done.
![Episode 323: Dude Where’s My Dad: POW/MIAs (Part Three)](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/90192176/ddad5696a1cc49cab8348bc2832126e5/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=j-NSIpG8CoslWXZaGfzjNeZ6ASLSBV0jUzCiPgahKH0%3D)
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
We close out our series on POW-MIAs by talking Rambo II, the National League, big-eared Ross Perot, more scams and kooks, normalization and Elizabeth Warren.
![Episode 322: Dude Where’s My Dad: POW/MIAs (Part Two)](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/89919634/276dd3a306c1464db65750e267178385/eyJoIjoxMDgwLCJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.jpg?token-time=1700438400&token-hash=nNNF1wVk-GTItbJr0RGCsS78aVlryfnUm3KzqC5pCDI%3D)
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Part two of our POW/MIA series examines the freaks, scammers, bone sellers, and widow seducers who made the alleged POWs in Laos a big business.
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