The Nation Podcasts

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The Nation Podcasts

The Nation Magazine

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<p>Here&#39;s where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.</p>

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<p>American Prestige brand MREs use Argentinian beef, but don&#39;t worry, it&#39;s the good kind. In this week’s news: the US launches a new sanctions campaign against Iran (1:35); Iran and Oman nego...
Aug 28, 202638m
<p>Not long ago, tech jobs were sought after for their security, benefits, wages, and the progressive values promoted by Silicon Valley companies. But now workers are barely hanging on. Clarissa Redwi...
Aug 27, 202659m
<p>Danny and Derek speak with Jonathan Cheng, China bureau chief for <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, about the Christian origins of North Korea’s founding ideology and the subsequent personality cul...
Aug 26, 20261h 3m
<p>The Supreme Court is not a Trump court – at least not on several issues - but where do they stand on voting rights? And what exactly did the court say on Monday about the postal service cooperating...
Aug 26, 202645m
<p>We said we&#39;d talk about Graham Platner someday, and that day has arrived. We were all super excited about Platner. That excitement turned out to be misplaced. So what are the lessons we should ...
Aug 24, 202655m
<p><span>The current conflict in the Middle East might escalate on a new front. In recent weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjaman Netanyahu has been touting Turkey as a potential threat on par with Ira...
Aug 23, 202638m
<p>Danny and Derek must disclose that <a href="https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/8473663193" rel="nofollow">they have had Hasan Piker on this program</a>. They are listening and learning from h...
Aug 21, 202640m
<p>A cult of fascist ideology has gripped Silicon Valley, and the tech industrial complex is threatening US democracy. Gil Durán joins Paris Marx to discuss the radical billionaire cabal that is hellb...
Aug 20, 20261h 4m
<p>Danny and Derek welcome historian Lisandro Claudio back to the program to talk about how austerity, first imposed by the U.S. during its colonial rule of the Philippines, continues to influence the...
Aug 19, 202646m
<p>Indivisible’s 2,500 local volunteer-led groups are preparing for a rapid response to any threats to free and fair voting around election day, starting with plans to promote early voting, and includ...
Aug 19, 202633m
<p>“The first and crucial step to closing a camp is being against the camp. Not a camp, not that camp, not a newly proposed camp or this particularly atrocious camp. But against camp as concept, again...
Aug 17, 20261h 1m
<p><span>There’s an ongoing feud in the Trump administration between restrainers (advocates of a less hawkish foreign policy) and neoconservatives (advocates of militarism on multiple fronts). David K...
Aug 16, 202643m
<p>Danny and Derek bring you the headlines against their better judgment. In this week’s news: Western Europe and the U.S. set new temperature records (2:05); in Iran, the Islamic Republic demands rep...
Aug 14, 202640m
<p>Governments are prioritizing data centers and AI at the expense of communities and the planet, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Matt Haugen joins Paris Marx to discuss the AI First report, which...
Aug 12, 202652m
<p>Danny and Derek speak with artist and writer <a href="https://www.mollycrabapple.com/" rel="nofollow">Molly Crabapple</a> about her book on the history of the Jewish Labor Bund, <a href="https://bo...
Aug 12, 202644m
<p>The ACLU is organizing thousands of volunteers, preparing to respond to 25 different ways Trump could try to subvert or sabotage the midterms. Deirdre Schifeling explains—she’s the ACLU’s Chief Pol...
Aug 12, 202642m
<p>We all love making fun of fascists. But Dr. Bret Devereaux makes an art of it. Bret is a historian of antiquity and a Tolkien scholar, and he doesn’t suffer fools. He’s been going at it with the wo...
Aug 10, 20261h 23m
<p>The Michigan Democratic senate primary provided a test of the power of AIPAC and big money. John Nichols has our analysis.</p><p>Also: a rehearsal for the election protection groups: the California...
Aug 5, 202638m
<p>Canada has tech bros too, like Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke who has a new idea to link voting rights to how much income tax you paid. Rachel Gilmore joins Paris Marx to discuss how Canadian tech companie...
Aug 5, 202658m
<p>Derek welcomes back to the show his very own co-host, Danny Bessner, to talk about his new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/imperialist-realism-politics-and-culture-at-the-end-of-the-ame...
Aug 5, 202650m