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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
Gaslit NationTeaser - Does the Mainstream Media Want a Civil War?
Obviously we discuss the Trump indictment in this week's bonus episode. We also discuss whether the mainstream media wants and would profit from a civil war in…
Gaslit NationAccountability Theater
In a classic American road trip tale, Sarah went on vacation hearing that indictments for Trump were imminent, turned off the news for a week, and came back to…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Does Putin Have a Body Double?
Does Putin have a body double? This debate matters as it reveals a growing civil war among Russia's elite. We answer this and more questions from our listeners…
Gaslit NationThe Save Democracy Challenge
Dictators and aspiring tyrants want us to be demoralized, to be bullied psychologically into submission. Bullies are always surprised when people resist and…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Putin Indicted...Trump Next?
Mass-murdering genocidal maniac and proud Russian imperialist and cult of Stalin worshipper Vladimir Putin has been indicted by the International Criminal…
Gaslit NationPeter Thiel's Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Dreams
It looks like the Libertarians of Silicon Valley suddenly love government when they need the government to bail them out. Socialism for the mega-rich, taxes…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Will Russia Invade Moldova to Seize Ukraine?
This is an excerpt of our Gaslit Nation bonus episode where we answer questions submitted by our listeners. To submit your own questions and to get access to…
Gaslit NationAgainst National Divorce
This week Gaslit Nation is running an audiobook excerpt from Sarah's book THEY KNEW: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent. We are running this…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Russia and China: The Best of Frienemies
This is an excerpt of this week's bonus episode where we explain how there's no honor among thieves, especially when they're jointly furthering the imperialist…
Gaslit NationArtificial Intelligence and the Information Void
Every now and again you need to step back and look at the big picture, and then you see that the big picture is a mirror reflecting a void with a mirror…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Saving the DOJ
In this week's Gaslit Nation bonus episode, we answer questions from our listeners at the Democracy Defender level and higher, including how to save the DOJ in…
Gaslit NationRussia's Total War on Ukraine: One Year Later
It has been one year since Russia launched its escalated invasion of Ukraine that has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of Ukrainians…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Bad Actors Hijacking Legitimate Causes
Our Gaslit Nation Q&A is back! This week we answer questions from listeners at the Democracy Defender level and higher about the Norfolk Southern train…
Gaslit NationEast Palestine, Ohio
This week's episode is dedicated to the environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio and its political causes and ramifications. As you have heard – or…
Gaslit NationTeaser - UFOs!
We discuss one of our favorite topics: UFOs! What are the mystery objects shot down by NORAD? We have some ideas...You can get access to this bonus and every…
Gaslit NationTeaser - The State of the Union and What Comes Next
This is an excerpt of this week's bonus episode where we discuss Biden's State of the Union and the GOP troll factory in the House and what comes next for the…
Gaslit NationTrump Lost, But the Coup Won
We at Gaslit Nation like to think big picture, so like a pair of melting clocks in a desert wasteland we shall force your memory to persist! This week, we look…
Gaslit NationA Book Deal Isn't Justice
Hey DOJ – quit writing and start indicting! This week we discuss the ongoing grotesque trend of former officials writing books about all the crimes they didn't…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Elizabeth Warren's Plan for DC Corruption
Welcome to the Gaslit Nation Q&A! We answer questions from our listeners subscribed at the Democracy Defender level and higher on Patreon. To access this and…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Mafia State Enablers
Welcome to the Gaslit Nation Q&A! We answer questions from our listeners subscribed at the Democracy Defender level and higher on Patreon. To access this and…
Gaslit NationTraitors in the FBI
Gaslit Nation has been studying Russian oligarch-aiding FBI traitors since our podcast launched in 2018, and what did we get for our diligent efforts? Yet…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Florida Super Special (Part 1)
Welcome to a series we're now doing called the Florida Super Special. Since the state of Florida has had such a big impact on the hellscape we now find…
Gaslit NationThe Real Story of the Biden Documents
Join Gaslit Nation for a live taping January 24 at 12pm EST and stay for the live Q&A. Get tickets by supporting the show at the Democracy Defender ($10) or…
Gaslit NationThe Reality TV Congress
America has a new leading export – sedition! Globe-trotting unpunished coup-plotter Steve Bannon and his elite operatives have moved their operation to Brazil…
Gaslit NationBrazil and Bannon
Our opening clip is from a November 2022 video of Steve Bannon, serial violent coup-plotter. It was put out by Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of defeated former…
Gaslit NationTeaser - January 6 Anniversary Special
This is an excerpt of our January 6 anniversary special. For the full discussion, which includes the GOP chaos in the House of Representatives and our usual…
Gaslit NationFollow the Money and You Won't Lose the Plot!
Welcome back to the fifth year of Gaslit Nation and the fiftieth year of the quest for Donald Trump's tax returns! This week we discuss a panoply of government…
Gaslit NationLast Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Deborah Cohen Interview
The 1930s are back! But this time, we're fighting dictators, wannabe dictators, and their propagandists on cable TV and social media platforms. Since the 1930s…
Gaslit NationTeaser - TV on the Radio
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Gaslit NationOn Tyranny Revisited: The Timothy Snyder Interview
How does the world stop a genocide? How will Russia's war in Ukraine end? Why should Americans, or anyone around the world, care about Ukraine today? Historian…
Gaslit NationTeaser - How Do We Stop Book Banning?
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Gaslit NationThe Merchant of Death Rides Again
It's the most wonderful time of the year! There'll be scary ghost stories, and tales of the glories of war criminals from long, long ago! This week's Gaslit…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Alpha Males Are Gross
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Gaslit NationTeaser - Merrick Garland's Gangster Paradise
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Gaslit NationCosa Nostra Grover Cleveland
Important call to action: Contact your rep in the U.S. House and your two Senators in Congress to demand that they urgently pass financial support for Ukraine…
Gaslit NationAll Hands on Deck for Reverend Warnock
We're doubling your chances to receive a signed copy of Sarah's latest book They Knew and a Mr. Jones film poster. Join us for our final phone bank of 2022 as…
Gaslit NationUkraine Beyond the Headlines: The Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon Interview
Important reminder! We're phone banking with our friends at Indivisible for Reverend Raphael Warnock who we need to keep in the Senate, because he's a good…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Here Comes Moore v. Harper
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Gaslit NationIndefensible: The Jena Friedman Interview
Important reminder! We're phone banking with our friends at Indivisible for Reverend Raphael Warnock who we need to keep in the Senate, because he's a good…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Silicon Valley's Fascist Kleptocrats
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Gaslit NationElection Breakdown
Important announcement! We're phone banking with our friends at Indivisible for Reverend Raphael Warnock who we need to keep in the Senate, because he's a good…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Where Do We Go From Here?
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Gaslit NationAmerica's Cry for Help
By the time you read this, the polls will have closed, but the election will not have ended – and our battle for a free and sovereign United States of America…
Gaslit NationWill the Youth Vote Save Us?
If you have a young person in your life, take them to vote, and if they're voting for the first time do something special to mark the big occasion. That's the…
Gaslit NationA Message to Our Community About Twitter
Important reminder! Come join our phone bank Monday November 7th -- election eve! -- at 4pm EST with Indisvible for Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin…
Gaslit NationJoin Gaslit Nation and Mandela Barnes
We're very excited to announce that Mandela Barnes is going to speak at our phone bank for his U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin on Monday November 7th -- election…
Gaslit NationWe've Been Through This Such a Long, Long Time
It's November – the beginning of the end, the end of the beginning. We at Gaslit Nation have been through this such a long long time, just trying to kill the…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Elon Musk Owns Twitter. What's Next?
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Gaslit NationJoin Gaslit Nation and Christy Smith
In the spirit of Ted Lasso, we're leaving it all on the field this make it or break it election for our democracy. The polls are within the Margin of Effort…
Gaslit NationRadio Play - You Are Who We've Been Waiting For
Welcome to the Gaslit Nation 2022 Halloween Extravaganza! Thank you to all who entered our radio play contest. For future consideration, we're keeping your…
Gaslit NationSomething Wicked This Way Comes
Join Gaslit Nation to Get Out the Vote (GOTV)! Trainings included, helping democracy guaranteed! Let's plant seeds of hope together! At each event, we're…
Gaslit NationTeaser - It's Go Time!
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Gaslit NationNorth Carolina and the Fate of Our Democracy
In this special interview with Gaby Goldstein, a co-founder of Sister District, we discuss the Supreme Court case Moore v. Harper, which the court agreed to…
Gaslit NationKanye. Elon. Trump.
Imagine: the year is 2005. The Apprentice dominates the airwaves, Kanye West dominates the charts, and you are told that in seventeen years, you will be…
Gaslit NationTeaser - The Useful Idiots Strike Back
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Gaslit NationPutin's Nuclear War Tourist Trap
Putin relies on making subtle and not so subtle nuclear war threats and has done so for years. Currently, it's his way of making his war crimes and ethnic…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Elon Musk, Putin's Little Helper
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Gaslit NationLaboratories of Autocracy: The David Pepper Interview
David Pepper has witnessed Ohio devolve into an electoral autocracy where extreme Republican gerrymandering ensures that the results of the state elections are…
Gaslit NationTeaser - Trump is Kompromat
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Gaslit NationDefiance
This week we kick off by examining a country that is technically a democracy on paper but is actually ruled by an unelected supreme court of theocrats who…