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The Real News Podcast
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They Killed a Man in Prison. This Is How They Covered it Up
New documents reveal how prison authorities tried to cover up the death of a man who died of dehydration in a jail cell. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Black Communities in Brazil Under Threat from US Satellite Deal
Dozens of traditional black communities, or Quilombos, in Northern Brazil are at risk of being removed from their ancestral land, due to an agreement that will…
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NFL’s Racism Runs Deep, All the Way to the Super Bowl
For example: Teams with racist names; only three Black coaches when 70% of players are Black; players like Kaepernick are sidelined for life; billionaire…
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10 Years After Earthquake, Massive Demonstrations Call for Haiti's President to Resign
Foreign state donors and Haitian elites have misappropriated and stolen billions that were meant to rebuild Haiti. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Lula's Foreign Minister on Iran Diplomacy and Brazil's Sharp Turn to the Right
Celso Amorim, who served as Brazil's foreign minister and as defense minister under President Lula da Silva, talks about the enormous effort Brazil put into…
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Corporate Democrats Target Sanders as his Popularity Rises
The Intercept's Akela Lacy says Sanders is being targeted by wealthy interests who would be damaged by his presidency Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Torture Is the Central Issue in the Guantanamo Trials
The CIA is hiding the names of those who ordered and carried out the torture of Guantanamo detainees. Even after years of legal battles, the United States is…
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Cop Charged For Shooting Handcuffed Man Seven Times
While waiting handcuffed in a police car after a traffic stop, a man was shot 7 times by Cpl Michael Owen from Prince Georges County, MD. The officer was not…
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Trump's 'Deal of the Century' Ensures Israeli Domination and Palestinian Oppression
Trump's Kushner Plan, also known as the 'Deal of the Century,' gives Israel control of Palestinian land, makes settlements part of Israel, ensures endless…
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Philippines Prepares for the Rise of Sea Levels
As sea levels rise, people living in coastal regions will see floods. Most of this will take place in Asia. In the Philippines, climate change is no longer an…
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Brexit Won't Deliver What Conservatives Promised
The Johnson government said leaving the EU would allow the UK to regain its sovereignty so it can apply higher labor and environmental standards, but that was…
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Students Say the Cost of Underfunding Schools Is Too High
200 Baltimore students and their allies ask why there’s always money to fund police and the military, but never any for public schools. Become a supporter of…
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Democrats Load Platform Committee to Stop Progressive Movement
DNC Chair Tom Perez is stacking party committees to sideline Sanders and to push a corporate agenda that kills progressive ideas and campaigns. Become a…
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Economic Update: Military Spending and Debt
Updates on France's successful mass uprisings (Yellow Vests in 2019; mass union strikes in 2020) that forced the French government to back down on changes…
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Exclusive: Drug Lobbyist Caught Heading Prescription Affordability Board
TRNN confronted the head of the country's only prescription affordability board about his past ties to a lobbying firm that represented a major pharmaceutical…
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How Israel Exploits the Holocaust to Justify War Crimes Against Palestinians
On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu asked world leaders to condemn the International Criminal Court for…
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Peru's Congressional Elections Spark Little Enthusiasm
Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra sparked controversy when he dissolved Congress in September 2019. Though many Peruvians supported his decision, they are…
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Exclusive: Body Cam Shows Cop Planting Gun on Innocent Man
Body cam footage obtained by the Police Accountability Report shows how a Baltimore police officer was caught lying about what he saw when he testified in…
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American College of Physicians Prescribes Single Payer Healthcare
The second largest American medical association analyzed the ailing U.S. healthcare system and prescribed public health insurance as the remedy. We discuss the…
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Progressives Want to Beat Corporate Dems, Not Just Trump
While the media focuses on the Sanders/Warren spat, Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party and Jennifer Epps-Addison of the Center for Popular…
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200,000 Canadian Teachers Strike to Defend Public Education
Ontario teachers have joined the front lines in the worldwide battle against austerity. Public school workers organized rolling strikes against the…
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Brazil's Right-Wing Bolsonaro Regime Attacks Leading Critic Glenn Greenwald
Brazil's government faces near unanimous condemnation over its attempt to punish journalist Glenn Greenwald for revealing its corrupt investigation practices…
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Impeachment Trial Won't Be Impartial and Won't Convict Trump
Legal scholar Marjorie Cohn says 'Vichy Republicans' are making a mockery of the constitutionally mandated impeachment process. Become a supporter of this…
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Climate Change Will Alter Sports Forever
Australian Open competitors had to fight through wildfire smoke in their qualifying rounds. Political sportswriter Dave Zirin says we're about to see how the…
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'Our House Is Still on Fire,' Warns Greta Thunberg at Davos
Youth climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Bipartisan NAFTA 2.0 Is Still Fatally Flawed
Congress passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) almost unanimously. It contains improvements over the original NAFTA, but still puts corporate…
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Climate Activists Sound Alarm on Mediterranean Natural Gas Pipelines
Activists say the environmental risks of natural gas drilling are being ignored in the rush to challenge Russia's control of the European energy market. Become…
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The Barber and the Rev
This is the first in a series of short documentaries exploring Martin Luther King through a different lens. Nelson Malden was King’s barber from the moment…
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Phase One of US-China Trade Deal Is Mostly Symbolic
President Trump says his just-signed trade deal with China is unprecedented, but it's mostly symbolic and has little to nothing to offer ordinary Americans…
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The Cruelty of US Justice System Exposed in a Single Video
A 19-year-old girl was punished with 9 months in a men's jail for spitting at an officer during a mental health crisis. Video reveals the extreme treatment she…
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Interest in its Natural Resources Is Tearing Libya Apart
Political writer Greg Shupak discusses the failed attempt in Moscow to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Libyan civil war, and the new attempt in Berlin. As…
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Turkey Cuts Deal with Russia, Intensifying the War for Gas in Libya
Turkey sent Syrian fighters to Libya to back the government and keep its control of offshore natural gas reserves. Egypt, Russia, ExxonMobil, Israel, and…
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What Really Happened With Venezuela's Parallel President?
Media reports and the Trump administration presented a very one-sided version of the election of Venezuela's National Assembly leadership, presenting it as a…
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Toronto Uber Drivers First in Canada to Hold Union Vote
After Uber refused to hear their concerns about income and conditions, Uber drivers held a union certification vote. If allowed, the move could be a watershed…
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Women Outnumber Men in the US Workforce--What Does it Mean
Katherine Moos discusses December's employment data, which shows that for the second time in history women outnumber men in the U.S. workforce. The first time…
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Report: Maryland's Governor Used Tax Dollars to Enrich Himself
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support. Help us continue producing radically independent…
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France's Strike: Another Symptom of Neoliberalism's Legitimation Crisis
France's public sector strike against pension reform is in its seventh week, the most serious such strike in French history. It fits very well in the context…
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CNN Attacks Sanders in Iowa Dem Debate
The Warren/Sanders feud is splitting progressives. Can Sanders unite the working class with anti-war policies and Medicare for All? Become a supporter of this…
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People Want a Wealth Tax, but Many Politicians Oppose It
Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are practically the only major politicians supporting a wealth tax to reduce inequality…
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Central American Caravan for the Disappeared Seeks to Reunite Families
A caravan of Hondurans, Guatemalans, and Nicaraguans, heads north towards Mexico looking for lost and disappeared loved ones. Become a supporter of this…
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US Commits Acts of War, But No One Is Asking the Hard Questions
Gen. Soleimani was an ally in the fight against ISIS, just as Saddam was an ally against Iran. Why did the U.S. turn against them? Become a supporter of this…
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Poverty Is the New Draft
The draft might be gone, but not everyone volunteers for the same reasons. Inconsistent access to education, healthcare, or housing means marginalized…
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Puerto Rico Earthquakes Set Hurricane Recovery Back as Trump Denies Aid
The U.S. territory was hit with two major earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks, but local and national politics are still getting in the way of real help…
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Who Profits when Iran and America Fight
We spoke to Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin after Thursday's War Powers resolution vote. Whose interests are driving the narrative around conflict with…
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Calling Bernie Sanders Anti-Semitic Is Islamophobic
Sahar Aziz discusses her article from The New Arab, “Accusing Bernie Sanders of anti-Semitism is nothing but thinly veiled Islamophobia." The accusation of…
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Turkey's Bounty on Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Reveals Web of Intrigue
Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan was involved in mercenary operations in Palestine and Yemen, and was expelled from Palestine's Fatah party. Evidence…
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War Powers Resolution on Iran Still Has Teeth
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to prevent Trump from engaging in further hostilities against Iran. It is a mistake to assume that the…
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The Liars that Led Us to War
Two Iraq war veterans explain why Congress has failed to stop the endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and say the United States needs to learn from its…
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Canada's Cops Were Ready to Shoot Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Activists
RCMP officers were instructed to use as much violence as they wanted at the blockade of the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline. Kanahus Manuel, an indigenous activist in…
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The Critical Role Auditing Plays in the Battle Against Police Surveillance
Auditors across the country are turning the tables on police surveillance. The Police Accountability Report spoke to an auditor who was arrested to understand…
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House Passes War Powers Resolution as Thousands Say 'No to War with Iran'
Progressive Democrats acknowledge the War Powers Resolutions don’t go far enough to truly prevent Trump from launching war with Iran. Become a supporter of…
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Australian Wildfires Prove Denying Climate Change Won't Save You From It
Climate scientist Michael Mann is in Australia, where the bushfire crisis is unfolding in real time. He says voters there need to look for 'climate hawks' who…
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International Criminal Court Prepares to Try Israelis over War Crimes
Shawan Jabarin of the Al-Haq human rights organization discusses the International Criminal Court decision to prepare a lawsuit against the state of Israel…
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The Trump Administration Is Repeating Iraq War Talking Points
Administration officials are repeating ideas that sound eerily similar to the justification used for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Become a supporter of this…
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How Soleimani's Assassination Violates International Law and Puts Peace Further Out of Reach
Phyllis Bennis says Congress must stop Trump from taking the U.S. to war without any justification or provocation. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Will Soleimani's Assassination Set Back Iraq's October Revolution_
Soleimani's killing could open a path for peace if cooler heads prevail, argues professor of Middle East politics Sabah Alnasseri. Become a supporter of this…
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$71 Million for More Cops; Not A Dime for Jobs and Healthcare
Operation Relentless Pursuit is a Department of Justice initiative to combat crime through a "surge in federal resources.” We talked with Brandon Walker of the…
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Iranian Americans Harassed and Detained at US Border
Dozens of people, including American citizens, faced hours of questioning at the Washington entry point. Jamal Abdi of the National Iranian American Council…
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The Year in Latin America: The Right Continues to Advance, but so do Popular Movements
2019 presented a complicated and mixed legacy for Latin America. Right-wing governments continued to make electoral in-roads, but popular uprisings against…
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Ralph Nader Radio Hour: The Self-Driving Car: Is It Safe?
Ralph gets the real story about the efficacy of autonomous vehicles from auto safety expert Joan Claybrook. And Harvey Wasserman joins us to talk about nuclear…