The Convicted Felon & “Day One” Dictator
Listen On Youtube. Read The Transcript Sam discusses the historic guilty verdict that was just rendered by a jury against Trump this past week (34 felonies for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, all for the purposes of ensuring his illegitimate election in 2016), along with the slew […]
The Freedom to Dominate with Jefferson Cowie
Listen On YouTube Read The Transcript Sam interviews historian Dr. Jefferson Cowie, author of Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power (winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize). Jeff serves as the James G. Stahlman Chair in the Department of History at Vanderbilt University. He was recently honored with a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship – […]
Perspectives on Stopping Fascism in the US in 2024
Click Here To Listen On YouTube This week Sam Goldman (@SamBGoldman) and Coco Das (@Coco_Das) have a wide ranging conversation with Dr. Clarence Lusane and Sunsara Taylor over what it will take to stop fascism in the United States. We discuss the 2024 elections in the context of the prospect of civil war, the […]
The Wannabe Fascist
Click Here To Listen On YouTube Click Here To Read The Transcript Sam discusses the events of this past week including Trump’s trials (including what’s getting prosecuted and what’s being postponed indefinitely), the escalating genocide in Gaza as the Israeli military started to invade Rafah and the ongoing bravery of students across the […]
This American Fascism: A Retrospective
Click Here To Listen On YouTube Click Here To Read The Transcript We’re sharing a round-up of excerpts from interviews over the past four years with 20 experts on fascism. If you want to know “what is US fascism in this century” or “who are the fascists in America” or “where did fascism in […]
“White Rural Rage” with Tom Schaller
Click Here To Listen On YouTube Click Here To Read The Transcript It’s been one of those weeks… Sam shares commentary on the wildly fascist logic coming from the Supreme Court this past week (the president is likely immune from prosecution for the attempted coup in Jan 2021, and federal law will likely no longer […]
Constitutional Sheriffs, Militias, and Other Local Fascist Initiatives
Click Here To Listen On YouTube Click Here To Read The Transcript Sam talks with three experts on widespread local fascist organizing around the country including the so-called Constitutional Sheriffs movement, the embrace by local governments of right wing militias and fascist efforts to modify the constitution itself. Devin Burghart (@dburghart) is the Executive Director, at […]
Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto
Click Here To Listen On YouTube Click Here To Read The Transcript Sam talks with Merle Hoffman, a long-time activist who helped establish one of the first abortion clinics in the U.S., about her new book a memoir chronicling her decades of experience fighting for abortion rights. Get the book here: Choices: A Post […]
Fascism On Trial with Anthony DiMaggio and Henry Giroux
Click Here To Listen On YouTube Click Here To Read The Transcript Sam welcomes back onto the show Anthony DiMaggio and Henry Giroux to discuss their latest book Fascism on Trial: Education and the Possibility of Democracy. Dr. Henry A. Giroux is a renowned educator and author of multiple books on fascism and pedagogy. He holds the Chair for Scholarship in […]
Fascism Isn’t Just a German Problem
Click Here To Listen On YouTube Click Here To Read The Transcript Sam speaks to the Supreme Court facilitating the further erosion of civil rights & foreboding upcoming elections outside of the U.S. Then, frequent guest and guest host of the show, Coco Das shares reflections on SB4 (Texas’ “Show Me Your Papers” […]