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The Real News Podcast
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Episodes
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The Laura Flanders Show: Trump's Wall and the End of the American Frontier
Historian Greg Grandin talks about his new book, "The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America." Will the wall finally…
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The Implications of the South Carolina Black Vote for Bernie and Biden
Marcus Ferrell, a former Sanders operative, takes us from the last Democratic debate, to the eve of South Carolina's primary, to the upcoming Democratic…
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Joe Biden Was Instrumental in Launching the Iraq War
A new documentary detailing Joe Biden's pivotal role in launching the Iraq War exposes just how far he's trying to distance himself from his war vote. We speak…
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International Banks and Law Firms Are at the Heart of South Africa's Corruption
In South Africa, corruption is called state capture. A new report by Shadow World Investigations reveals how world bankers, lawyers, and accountants manipulate…
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Unreported Opposition Violence Continues in Venezuela
Venezuela’s opposition has a long history of burning government buildings, health clinics, and the local headquarters of the country's social missions. The…
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Police Arrest Man for Holding a Sign, But That Was Just the Beginning
The arrest of an auditor for holding a sign was just the first in a series of questionable charges that raise fundamental questions about the true imperative…
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Ilhan Omar's 'Pathway to Peace' Would Revolutionize US Foreign Policy
The seven bills would steer US foreign policy towards international norms and remove support for human rights violators. While the chances are slim that these…
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War Criminal Omar Bashir Faces Trial in the Hague as Sudan Aligns Itself with the West
Sudan has been through a revolution, but it's unclear what former President Bashir's extradition to the ICC indicates for the future of the country. Has Sudan…
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Trump's New Rule Favors Pollution Over US Waterways
Trump's years of dogged attacks on the Clean Water Rule have finally succeeded, and big ag and fossil fuel industries are rejoicing. Become a supporter of this…
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Human Rights Lawyer Jennifer Robinson on the Dangers of Extraditing Julian Assange
Human rights lawyer and barrister for Assange's legal team Jennifer Robinson highlights the dangers that Julian Assange's extradition poses to press freedom…
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The Neoliberal 'New' Deal_ The Rich Drink for Free While the Poor Pay More
A water billing scandal in one of the country's poorest cities reveals an overarching truism: Neoliberalism is a conduit for rampant inequality. Become a…
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How the Diversity Industry is Failing and What We Can Do to Fix It
In an era when companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity and inclusion programs, the proportion of African Americans in tech, media, and…
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Canada Sees a 'Watershed Moment' in the Struggle for Indigenous Rights
Indigenous lawyer Pamela Palmater says ongoing solidarity protests show Canadians grasp more than ever how their government is violating indigenous rights…
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Tariq Ali speaks out on Assange's case and U.S. wars
In this Feb. 4 speech at a public event for Julian Assange at the Royal National Hotel in London, author, writer, filmmaker, and public intellectual Tariq Ali…
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Cornel West: Elites Underestimate the Power of the People
Scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West says Bernie Sanders will take on corporate power and implement a just foreign policy, and that former Mayor Michael…
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US-Philippine Relations Worsen Despite Perceived Trump-Duterte Friendship
The Philippines ended the Visiting Forces Agreement, which allows the US military to operate within the Philippines and grants access to the South China Sea…
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Coronavirus: Is the Climate Plague Here?
Journalists Bryn Nelson and Jane C. Hu talk about how the climate crisis means we could see more deadly outbreaks, plus the rise of xenophobia as the virus…
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Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution, Upsetting Trump
In yet another rebuke to Trump, the Senate passed a binding resolution to prevent Trump from going to war with Iran. Even though Trump will veto it, after it…
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Sanders Campaign Co-Chair: New Hampshire Win Shows Bernie Beats Trump
Rep. Ro Khanna says Bernie Sanders is building a multi-racial coalition that will win the nomination and beat Donald Trump. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Neoliberalism, Nike, and the Need to Organize a Movement
What do resistance to Obama's presidential library project in Southside Chicago, Nike's $5 million donation to it, and the giant shoe company's relationship…
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Nikhil Goyal: Sanders Will Expose Trump's Lies and Betrayal of the Working Class
"Trump wants to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and Sanders wants to expand Social Security and guarantee Medicare for All. Trump wants to send…
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Danny Glover and Eddie Conway on the 50th Anniversary of MLK Assassination
TRNN Replay from 2018: Actor and activist Danny Glover and TRNN Executive Producer Eddie Conway talk about how Martin Luther King Jr. worked to build a…
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Presidential Campaigns Begin in Bolivia Despite Ongoing Repression
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First Amendment Activist Hospitalized After Brutal Arrest
An activist known as Blind Justice was arrested after trying to film a state facility to check compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The…
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Bloomberg's Stop and Frisk Past Comes Back to Haunt Him
Mainstream media is trying to gloss over Bloomberg's racist record, and they're willing to discredit independent journalists to do it. Become a supporter of…
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700,000 Displaced as Syria and Turkey Descend into War
Syria and Turkey are fighting each other in the rebel-controlled Idlib region, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee for their lives as the bombings intensify…
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Trump's Latest Immigration Policy: No More Africans or Muslims
The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban. It now prevents nearly a quarter of Africa from getting immigration visas. Become a supporter of this…
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Trump's War Budget Slashes Support for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
Trump promised he would not touch Social Security and Medicare. He lied. Now we have deficit spending with no social benefits and Democrats fooled into a…
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Economic Update: Capitalism's Uneven Development
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El Salvador's President Militarizes Legislature to Strengthen Police Force
President Nayyib Bukele tried to intimidate lawmakers into approving his national security plan, which is supposed to bring down El Salvador's sky-high crime…
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'Parasite' Is a Class-Conscious Climate Parable
Audiences are used to thinking of apocalyptic stories as fantasy. But "Parasite" resonates because it merges themes of class warfare and climate crisis to show…
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Sanders Wins New Hampshire
Bernie Sanders won a close contest in New Hampshire, and his supporters say this victory will help him secure the Democratic nomination and beat Trump in…
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In New Hampshire, the Working Families Party Endorses Elizabeth Warren
Nelini Stamp says Warren addresses race, gender, and class like no other candidate does. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Nils Melzer - United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture - examines the case of Julian Assange
In this speech, Nils Melzer, a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Professor of international law at the University of Glasgow, talks about the…
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'Bernie Beats Trump' Rally Draws Thousands on Eve of New Hampshire Primary
Sanders supporters remain confident he can win on Tuesday, that he's best positioned to beat Donald Trump, and that he can implement a vision that values the…
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Activists Demand Public Control of Presidential Debates
Corporate media moderators focus debates on corporate interests and fail to represent public concerns, said protesters outside ABC News. They say control of…
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Sanders' Path to Victory Relies on Turning Out New Voters
Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Mark Pocan argues Sanders is electable because he won states like Wisconsin in the 2016 primary. Become a supporter of this…
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Michael Moore: It's Disqualifying to be Funded by Billionaires
Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore responds to the Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Sex Workers Are Organizing, and Voters Are With Them
Grassroots organizing is giving the movement to decriminalize sex work unexpected traction this election cycle. Focus on specific policies instead of data…
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Warren Makes Final Pitch in New Hampshire
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who vows to tax the rich to pay for social programs, says New Hampshire isn't 'do or die' for her campaign. Become a supporter of this…
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US Sanctions Venezuela Again to Prove Socialism Doesn't Work
Shortly after Venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaidó got a standing ovation at Trump's State of the Union address, United States…
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Nina Turner: Politicians Shouldn’t Answer to the Billionaire Class, they Should Answer to the People
Former Ohio Sen. Nina Turner says there are oligarchs influencing the government in the United States, but Sen. Bernie Sanders definitely isn't one of them…
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US Gov't Attempts to Railroad Venezuelan Embassy Protectors
Prosecutors convinced the presiding judge not to allow political considerations in a highly politicized trial against four defendants who attempted to prevent…
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Irish Left Set to Win General Election, But Still Shut Out of Governing
For the first time in 100 years neither of Ireland's two historically dominant parties will win a plurality of the vote, providing an opening to Sinn Fein and…
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Fighting for Housing Rights in Brazil’s Largest City
Despite cuts to the state housing budget and the criminalization of housing movements in Sao Paulo, thousands of poor Brazilians remain in occupied buildings…
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Exxon to Congress: Lift Cyprus Arms Embargo, There’s Gas Nearby
TRNN's Steve Horn and The Intercept's Lee Fang say a bill to lift the arms embargo on Cyprus and promote offshore gas in the region received lobbying support…
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Body Cam Shows Brutal Arrest of Man for Exercising 1st Amendment Rights Rights
FacebookTwitterRedditEmailShare A recent arrest of a man playing guitar on a public sidewalk raises deeper questions about the power of American policing and…
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In 2000 We Had Hanging Chads, Now We Have Hanging Apps
The caucuses raised a lot of questions: Should Iowa continue to be first? Who is the Shadow company that developed the failing app? Are the Democrats…
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Is Trump's Impeachment Merely a Fight Within the US Ruling Class?
Once we understand how Trump and Trumpism came about, as a reaction to capitalism's global crisis, we can see how the impeachment battle is really a battle for…
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Baltimore Explores Safe Consumption Sites
Safe consumption sites have been used around the world for decades, and advocates hope they could help Baltimore decrease its overdose death rate--one of the…
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Democrats Must Bring Optimism and Truth to Counter Trump's Message of Lies and Distortions
The State of the Union speech was the opening of Trump's 2020 Presidential campaign. It was Hucksterism at its best, altering truths about the economy and…
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How Capitalism's Structural and Ideological Crisis Gives Rise to Neo-Fascism
Globalization sociologist William I. Robinson explains how global capitalism has been mired in a structural crisis since the 1970s, but especially since 2008…
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Trump's Peace Plan Is a 'Galvanizing Shock' for Palestinians
Donald Trump says his Deal of the Century is a new basis for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But ironically, he's driving hopelessly divided factions…
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State Sen. Jill Carter 'Was the Squad Before the Squad'
Elijah Cummings' death left a hole difficult to fill. From impeachment to racial justice and the future of America, we explore with the candidates for…
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Trump Claims Credit for Life Expectancy Rise, Introduces Medicaid Cutback
Life expectancy in the US rose for the first time in four years because of a drop in opioid overdose deaths. Trump claimed credit, even though he's done…
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Higginbotham: Expanding ACA Is the 'Most Efficient Approach' to Health Insurance
Elijah Cummings' death left a hole difficult to fill. From impeachment to racial justice and the future of America, we explore with the candidates for…
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Touretteshero Does Beckett
In this episode, Laura interviews British comedian and activist Jess Thom about her performance of Samuel Beckett’s play “Not I”. Thom’s work reveals how…
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Trump Will Be Acquitted but the Political Struggle Has Just Begun
When McConnell opened his mouth it was done; but impeachment revealed a lot: most Americans want him convicted and the possibility of a Giuliani indictment…
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Brexit Sparks Renewed Calls for Scottish Independence
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Detroit's Land Bank Holds More Trouble for City's Remaining Homeowners
What happens to the remaining homeowners, their properties, and their neighborhoods in Detroit after the foreclosure crisis created a glut of abandoned…