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Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation provides a deep dive on the news, skipping outrage to deliver analysis, history, context, and sharp insight on global affairs. Hosted by journalist and filmmaker Andrea Chalupa, an expert on authoritarian states who warned America about Russia and election hacking before the 2016 election.
Episodes
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Our January 6 Anniversary Special
We'll discuss Merrick Garland's press conference in next week's episode. For today's somber one year anniversary of Trump's attempted coup, we're sharing with…
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Mob Mentality
Welcome to the first Gaslit Nation episode of 2022! Just think, one year ago we were all sitting around in a plague waiting for an attempted coup to happen…
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The Save Democracy Challenge
Meet the patriots of the Gaslit Nation 2020 Save Democracy Challenge! We speak to superheroes who organized, stayed engaged, and did what they could wherever…
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Countdown to a Coup
Since the start of Gaslit Nation, we've warned of Trump's determination to use violence to consolidate power and stay in power. The 2016 election was the…
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Tis the Season to Prosecute Treason
Like a sleigh ride on a mobius strip through hell, this week's Gaslit Nation takes you on a journey back in time to the many acts of treason committed over the…
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Time to Clean House
This week we look at Biden's big anti-corruption plan – and wonder if anyone will actually implement it! The Biden admin has put out a kleptocracy battle…
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Tyranny and Mutation
We've got a brand-new coup plot and a brand-new plague variant – and a brand-new Gaslit Nation to examine the nexus of the crisis and the origin of the storm!…
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DeJoy of Crooking
Ron Bloom, a sleazeball DeJoy Defender who works for the company that helped bail out Jared Kushner's debt in a dirty deal under congressional investigation…
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The Infrastructure of Autocracy
Welcome to month ten of post-Capitol attack America in which no elite operatives have been punished for the worst attack on the Capitol since 1812! This…
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"Yes, Virginia, There Is a Transnational Crime Syndicate!"
Welcome to the Gaslit Nation election aftermath hellhole special! We look at two big factors in Posh Trump Glenn Youngkin's win: 1) how the GOP's elite…
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Sorry Not Sorry: The Alyssa Milano Interview
There's a lot going on, but Sarah isn't feeling well and lost her voice. We plan to cover the major news events next week, like the elections and what they can…
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Virginia, We Have an Emergency
This is a special extra urgent Gaslit Nation news bulletin for anyone anywhere around the world who has friends, family, co-workers, acquaintances, old flames…
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Beware the Savvy Set
Welcome to the Gaslit Nation Halloween Special! At Gaslit Nation, it is forever Halloween AND Groundhog's Day, so we revisit some familiar villains – Mark…
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The Polonium Tea Party
This week's Gaslit Nation explores narrative warfare, from Russia's Stalinist revisionism (now including an attack on Andrea's film Mr Jones!) to the…
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Running Out the Clock
It has now been over nine months since the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and none of the key perpetrators – Trump, Bannon, Flynn, Stone, etc – have been…
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The Sociopath Network
The US government may have avoided a shutdown, but Facebook did not! On Monday everyone's least favorite data-mining, genocide-abetting tech behemoth had the…
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Morally AND Literally Bankrupt!
The government may be shutting down – again! Thanks to fatuous GOP concern about the debt ceiling, the government may be shutting down and the Treasury may be…
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Parliamentarian Fu*kadelic
Today we examine the most powerful person in the United States -- Elizabeth MacDonough! Who, you might ask? Why, the Senate Parliamentarian, of course! You…
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Quid Pro Joe
Remember back in April when we described Joe Manchin as a "an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a lot of money"? Well, the Dem's most annoying kleptocrat…
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FURY
This week's episode is devoted to the Texas state attack on reproductive rights and civil rights and its ramifications – not just for Texans, but for all…
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The Chance for Peace
On August 31, the War in Afghanistan – a war that has been going on for nearly our entire adult lives – came to an end, at least officially. We discuss the…
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Merkel Betrays Navalny, the Congress Steps Up, and More!
This week we discuss Angela Merkel's recent trips to Russia and Ukraine while getting played by Putin and his merry band of Western blood money lobbyists…
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Hold Onto Your Humanity
We break down myths about "the unvaccinated" vs the anti-vaxxer propagandists and discuss the institutional distrust that have made a diverse crowd of…
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Run for Something: The Amanda Litman Interview
The corruption in our broken and abusive systems won't change until we change them ourselves. That's why we need you -- yes, you -- to serioiusly consider…
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All We Can Save: The Katharine Wilkinson Interview
With so much ominous news about the climate crisis heralding the man-made apocolypse, we need leaders like the women highlighted in the must-read book All We…
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Art Matters: The Nelson George Interview
Nelson George set off to become the greatest music writer in the world. Given his strange relationship with Prince who summoned him to listen to new music…
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Red Notice: The Full Bill Browder Interview
In this eye-opening discussion to kick off the Gaslit Nation Summer Reading Series: Essential Conversations with Leading Experts on How to Protect Our…
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Prince of Darkness
After examining the latest voter suppression situation in the United States, we do a deep dive into mercenary Erik Prince. After committing war crimes in Iraq…
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The United States of Exxon
Welcome to a Gaslit Nation blazing with the fury of an ocean oil spill fire! In today's episode, we discuss the corrupt politicians selling what's left of our…
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Why Are the Democrats Keeping Louis DeJoy?
Of the many mysteries surrounding the failure of the Democrats to enforce accountability, none is more confounding than the continued tenure of mail-destroyer…
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Voter Suppression Emergency: The Ari Berman Interview
Ari Berman, senior reporter for Mother Jones, closely documents the voter suppression emergency fueled by dark money as Republicans pass state laws based on…
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Stop Trying to Make the Russian Reset Happen
This week we take a look at Joe Biden's world tour which culminates in the long-dreaded "summit" with mass-murdering dictator Vladimir Putin. For our instant…
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Stop Trying to Make the Russian Reset Happen
This week we take a look at Joe Biden's world tour which culminates in the long-dreaded "summit" with mass-murdering dictator Vladimir Putin. For our instant…
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Red State Resistance: The Lindsey Simmons Interview
Welcome to the "red state" resistance! This week Sarah interviews fellow Missourian Lindsey Simmons, a former Democratic nominee for Missouri's gerrymandered…
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Merrick Garland's Eyes Wide Shut
Guess what everybody? It's still a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government! This week we discuss the unprosecuted crimes of the Trump admin…
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GOP to America: "You Don't Live in a Democracy"
Welcome back to another newscast of the apocalypse – maybe literally! This week we discuss the multitude of fanatics and kleptocrats descending upon Israel…
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Putin's Number One Enemy: The Bill Browder Interview (Preview)
In this eye-opening discussion, a preview of the Gaslit Nation Summer Reading Series: Essential Conversations with Leading Experts on How to Protect Our…
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If You Listen to Fools, The Mob Rules!
It's a fiery week at Gaslit Nation as we have had it with the excuses, lies, and cowardice that is preventing our country from receiving the justice and…
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Indicted Criminal Netanyahu Starts a War to Cling to Power
We review the wag-the-dog war launched by Netanyahu, including attacks on Palestinians at Al Aqsa, violence in ethnically mixed cities in Israel, the Israeli…
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Where Do We Go From Here?: The Isikoff and Klaidman Interview
Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman of Yahoo's Skullduggery Podcast join Gaslit Nation. Isikoff is the author of Uncovering Clinton; Hubris, about the selling…
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Save Baby Dima: A Story of Hope from Ukraine
As Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visits Ukraine, showing American support as Putin continues to ramp up aggression, including 80,000 troops still on the…
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Giuliani and The Unholy Trinity
We begin the episode by discussing the attempt of Kremlin-linked oligarchs to intimidate Catherine Belton, the author of the critically acclaimed book Putin's…
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GOP Death Wish
We cover the admission by the Department of Homeland Security that there are violent extremists within their ranks, and the new loose gun laws that may be put…
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Gaslit Nation Self-Care Challenge
Sarah is sick so we're using this week for spring cleaning and self-care. There will be a bonus episode for Patreon supporters at the Truth-teller level and…
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Joe Manchin Gaslights America
This week we take on the new mascot of obstructionism and excuse for legislative inaction -- Joe Manchin! This human barrier to democracy has not received the…
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The Middle East Crisis Factory: The Iyad El-Baghdadi Interview
Gaslit Nation welcomes a special guest whose incredible life story captures the complex, often misunderstood region of the Middle East, the topic of this…
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Sleeper Cells
We describe the uneasy interim period of the early Biden era and what's to come when the covid crisis ends – and predict that it's going to look a lot like…
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The Siege Revisited: The Rep. Gwen Moore Interview
This week Gaslit Nation welcomes Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) who gives us an inside view on the Capitol attack, what steps need to be taken to hold…
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Electoral Autocracy: The Ruth Ben-Ghiat Interview
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present, explains all the ways Trump and Republican leaders rely on the dictator's…
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Why Does the GOP Vote to Hurt Their Own Base?
Wow, something good happened! This week on Gaslit Nation we give credit to (and criticism of!) the American Rescue Plan Act, which begins the process of…
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Kill the Filibuster: The Adam Jentleson Interview
The Democrats have taken the House, the Senate, and the Presidency – yet they are still claiming that they can't pass the policies Americans desperately need…
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Texas Republican Massacre
This year we've already had a plague, a violent insurrectionist attack, and an unrepentant mafioso president running free. Apparently that wasn't enough so…
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Where's Christopher Wray?
In this episode, we tackle some of the remaining questions left over from the violent attack on the Capitol and the Senate hearings. Why were Trump's elite…
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TRAITORS
It's Impeachment Week on Gaslit Nation – again! We are covering the (second) Senate impeachment trial of ex-president and eternal traitor Donald Trump both in…
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Fight for the Vulnerable: The Eliza Orlins Interview
We look forward to bringing you our coverage of the Second Trump Impeachment Trial which starts next week, including discussing the most vulnerable Republican…
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Investigations Now!
Welcome to the first Gaslit Nation episode held in the Biden eras! The Trump administration is no longer a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a…
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Moral Courage
Welcome to the final Gaslit Nation episode recorded during the Trump administration! Wow, does that feel good to write. Unfortunately, the conclusion of the…
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Clear Intent
This two-hour special is the longest Gaslit Nation episode we have ever done, and the most serious. We break down the attack on the Capitol by domestic…
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Traitors and Patriots
Happy New Year, everyone -- the hellscape of 2020 is finally over and we've got a whole new hellscape to explore! We take stock of Trump's ongoing coup attempt…
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All the President's Crimes: The Jennifer Taub Interview
In the second part of this interview with Jennifer Taub, the author of Big Dirty Money, we talk about the legal liability of Trump, Ivanka and Jared, Manafort…