Late Fascism with Alberto Toscano
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 219 Sam discusses the cruel and nakedly fascist “mass deportation” plank of both Project 2025 and the official GOP platform. Then, she talks with Dr. Alberto Toscano, author of Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis. Robin D. G. Kelley writes: “Late Fascism is brilliant, incisive, […]
How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 218 Sam recaps recent developments including the escalating impact on the community of Springfield, Ohio from JD Vance’s Hitlerian lies about immigrants there, the Republican Party that is made up of “Black Nazis” like Mark Robinson, the fascist organizing at the level of the Georgia state election […]
Chaos Comes Calling with Sasha Abramsky
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 217 Sam recaps recent events including the lynch mob atmosphere being whipped up against immigrants in general and Black Haitian immigrants in particular after white supremacists in Ohio started vicious lies against Haitians. These lies have been further amplified by J.D. Vance and Donald Trump including from […]
Dispatch on American Political Dystopia
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 216 Sam recaps recent events and then talks with Paul Street about the GOP’s unfolding plans to suppress the vote, intimidate their opposition (including by raiding extremely mainstream activists in Texas with LULAC [The League of Latin American Citizens] and sending police to the homes of […]
Who’s Afraid Of (Talking About) The Christian Right?
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 215 Sam talks with returning guest Annika Brockschmidt about the ideology that binds Trump’s GOP. Brockschmidt is a trained historian, author and journalist. She wrote two bestselling books on the history of the US religious right and the Republican Party. Follow Annika on BlueSky. German-speaking audiences […]
The Young Person’s Illustrated Guide to American Fascism + DNC Vibes
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 214 Sam discusses the joy fest during the DNC and the growing gulf between those who think you can stop fascism in the US while still enabling a genocide in Gaza, and those who think that is completely incompatible. Cheers to all the protesters at the DNC […]
Fascist Riots in the UK, Fascist Plots in the US
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 213 This week, Sam discusses recent developments including Project 2025 Phase 2, the efforts of Republi-Fascists to subvert elections and the Democratic National Convention’s approach to combating fascism (is it weird or is it fascism?). She then welcomes Sian Norris back on the show to discuss the […]
The GOP, Netanyahu & Jewish Safety
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 212 Biden’s out of the race and many people are feeling more optimistic about Kamala Harris beating Trump in the election… Sam comments about the new situation, what dangers lie ahead and what we can rely on to stop fascism and build a better world. Then, […]
The Fascist Spectacle at the RNC + Resistance We Need
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 211 This week Sam shares commentary on the fascist spectacle that was the RNC along with other recent developments and how and why we must resolutely oppose fascism. Then, Sam talks with Karl Folk, a researcher of authoritarianism and radicalization and the founder of the Institute of Unreality. He […]
The War on Women & the Genocide in Gaza
Listen on Youtube. Read the Transcript. Episode 210 This episode features interviews from the past two intense weeks… first Sam discusses recent events and updates from the intensifying situation in the US. Then, we share two interviews: first with Aziza Ahmed to discuss the implications of two years without Roe and recent SCOTUS […]