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The Real News Podcast
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New Abortion Laws 'Go Against Common Sense'
Conservatives have launched a new attack on abortion rights, which go against both medical science and common sense, says Anoa Changa, but the point is to…
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Trump's 2020 Military Budget Is $500 Billion More Than He Claims
If all the hidden parts are added together, the true military budget would be close to $1.25 trillion, says William Hartung of the Center for International…
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Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Is Being Pushed By 'Islamophobia Industry'
Civil rights lawyer and activist Arjun Singh Sethi says, "Even the CIA actually came out and said it would be a mistake, because in many ways the Muslim…
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Climate Change Hits Southern Mexico Hard; Farmers Develop New Ways of Coping
The town of Yukuyoko, in the Mixteca region of Southern Mexico, is developing innovative ways of confronting drought. Laura Carlsen reports from Yukuyoko for…
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Trump's Huawei Ban Confirms 'Telecommunications Are Geopolitical Weapons'
As Trump warns of the surveillance danger of Huawei, the real concern of consumers should be the fact they are being surveilled by the U.S. government and all…
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US Public Education Still Segregated 65 Years After Brown
Sixty-five years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, a new report published by Pennsylvania State University reveals the persistent racial…
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Baltimore Considers Income-Based Water Billing
Residents testified in support of the bill, but the Department of Public Works is not on board—they have a different affordability measure in mind Become a…
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New Poverty Measurement Exposes Turkeys Inequality Within Households
Hasan Tekguc and Bengi Akbulut discuss their research on the gender gap in poverty in Turkey. When comparing household income, it is impossible to know about…
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German Parliament Criminalizes Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
Germany becomes the first country in the world to criminalize the BDS movement. Shir Hever, TRNN Correspondent in Germany and expert on Palestine-Israel…
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Health Insurance Abuses Continue in Spite of ACA - RAI with Wendell Potter (5/7)
We revisit Wendell Potter's whistleblowing testimony that exposed how the insurance industry is more interested in pleasing Wall Street than in people's care…
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What Would US Socialism Look Like? with Bhaskar Sunkara (2/2)
Bhaskar Sunkara, founder of Jacobin and author of The Socialist Manifesto, explains what socialism could actually look like in the United States Become a…
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How Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide Will Help All Americans
The racial wealth gap has grown in the last three decades—Dedrick Muhammad puts solutions on the table that help all Americans Become a supporter of this…
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Trump Admin Breaks and Enters Venezuelas Embassy, Arrests Activists
After more than a month of living in the Venezuelan embassy, DC police and secret service broke open the doors to arrest for activists who had been staying in…
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Chelsea Manning Back in Prison After Refusing to Testify
Freed eight days ago, Manning was subpoenaed before a new grand jury investigating Assange. Despite grave danger to her health, she refused to testify, saying…
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Bolsonaro's Education Austerity Mobilizes Hundreds of Thousands Across Brazil
Hundreds of thousands of students and educators took to the streets across Brazil in protest against President Jair Bolsonaro's draconian neoliberal attack on…
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The Real News - May 16, 2019
Featured Stories: --Fight Against Voter Suppression Continues in Georgia --Why Socialism? With Bhaskar Sunkara --Does Baltimore Need a Green New Deal?…
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Ocasio-Cortez & Sanders Introduce Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 15%
They call it Loan Shark Prevention, which would allow post offices to act as banks for poor working people, but credit companies claim it will hurt the poor…
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Why Socialism? With Bhaskar Sunkara
Most people know capitalism is unjust. Jacobin founder Bhaskar Sunkara says he wrote The Socialist Manifesto to lay out an alternative. Become a supporter of…
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Toronto Residents Face Off Against Google over Waterfront 'Smart City'
A subsidiary of Google wants to build a 'Smart City' on Toronto's Waterfront. But with billions of dollars in real estate and infrastructure at play, residents…
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Fight Against Voter Suppression Continues in Georgia
Plaintiffs argue before the GA Supreme Court that malfunctioning voting machines caused tens of thousands of missing votes in the Georgia Lt. Gov. race. What…
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Does Baltimore Need a Green New Deal?
The Sunrise Movement's Baltimore hub held a town hall on how a federal Green New Deal could help Baltimore—especially Baltimore's most vulnerable residents…
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The Real News - May 15, 2019
Featured Stories: --AOC & Bernie Join Sunrise Movement in DC Town Hall (0:32) --Medical Insurance Companies Can Decide Who Lives and Dies (6:27) --Why Many…
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Medical Insurance Companies Can Decide Who Lives and Dies - RAI with Wendell Potter (4/7)
Whistleblower Wendell Potter says the death of a young woman denied care by the insurance company he worked for was a turning point in his life; he says these…
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Why Many Venezuelans Are Still Chavistas
Despite the dramatic economic crisis and the constant political conflict in Venezuela, there still is a significant proportion of the population that consider…
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Eurovision Artist Boycott Curbed by Qatari Aid
As’ad Abukhalil discusses the role which Qatar plays in the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Qatar has saved the Palestinian Authority from financial…
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Guaidó Calls for US Military Cooperation, but few Venezuelans Support the Move
Parallel president and opposition leader Juan Guaidó says he would like to coordinate with the US military, but following his failed April 30th coup attempt…
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AOC & Bernie Join Sunrise Movement in DC Town Hall
At the town hall, the Sunrise Movement launched the next phase of their Green New Deal campaign: making three demands of Democratic presidential contenders…
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The Real News - May 14, 2019
Featured Stories --Brazil's Bolsonaro: 'Exterminator of the Future' --The MMT Debate With Dean Baker & Randall Wray --How the Mainstream Media Ignores the…
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Trump Provokes Iran With Intensified Economic War
Trump and Bolton’s strategy is to bait Iran into a war Bolton’s wanted for twenty years - says Trita Parsi, President of the NIAC Become a supporter of this…
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Brazil's Bolsonaro: 'Exterminator of the Future'
Alexander Zaitchik discusses the environmental policies of Brazilian president's first four months in office as former Brazilian Ministers of Environment warn…
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The Real News - May 13, 2019
Featured Stories --Can Biden 'Make America Moral Again'? --Can We Reach 100% Renewable Energy? --Trump's New Policies to Limit Asylum Become a supporter of…
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The MMT Debate With Dean Baker & Randall Wray
We continue our series of discussions about Modern Money Theory and funding the Green New Deal with host Paul Jay Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Can Biden 'Make America Moral Again'?
Biden is countering Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan with “Make America Moral Again.” But bipartisan deals with Strom Thurmond, the crime bill, Anita…
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Can We Reach 100% Renewable Energy?
Movements pushing for 100% renewables are gaining momentum. Stanford's Mark Z. Jacobson says we have the technology to get there Become a supporter of this…
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How the Mainstream Media Ignores the Climate Change Crisis
The climate change crisis is real: more powerful storms, droughts, floods, and rising sea levels. However, mainstream media continues to ignore the crisis. A…
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Trump's New Policies to Limit Asylum
Having failed to force the courts to bend to his will, Trump has now resorted to backdoor and covert measures outside of legislation to keep asylum seekers…
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Venezuela's Maduro Government Not Near Collapse
Andrej Hunko, a member of Germany's parliament recently visited with President Maduro and parallel president Juan Guaidó. Hunko discussed the importance of a…
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Florida Activists Fight Against Bill Preventing Former Felons from Voting
Last year Florida voters approved a ballot measure called Amendment 4 which restored voting rights of an estimated 1.5 million former felons. To counteract…
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Ralph Nader Radio Hour: Can We Limit Greed?
We talk to Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin about progress on the minimum wage, the environment, corporate power, Medicare for All and the possibility of…
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Denying Impact of Venezuela Sanctions is 'Like Climate Denial'
CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot responds to Guaidó economic advisors' dismissal of the U.S. sanctions' effects on Venezuela Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Government Targeting of Black Activists Reminiscent of COINTELPRO
In October 2017, a leaked memo entitled, "Black Identity Extremist Intelligent Assessment" revealed a government surveillance program targeting black activist…
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Privatization of Public Assets: A Recipe for Corruption
The roots of Baltimore's current corruption scandal lie in the ongoing effort to transform public entities into sources of profit for private interests Become…
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How To Fix Baltimore's Broken System
In the wake of former Mayor Pugh's Healthy Holly scandal, we look at how to reform a strong mayor system Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Manufactured Iranian Threat in the Persian Gulf
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf, claiming there is an unspecified threat from Iran, but this has no basis other than…
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The Making of a Medical Insurance Spin Doctor - RAI with Wendell Potter (3/7)
Wendell Potter, author of ‘Deadly Spin: How Corporate PR is Killing Healthcare and Deceiving Americans’, traces his life from growing up poor and Republican in…
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Trump Up in Polls; Who Benefits From Economic Growth?
GDP growth up, stock market up, will the economic expansion continue and who are the winners? Dean Baker and Randall Wray join host Paul Jay Become a supporter…
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Dozens of Migrants Drown After Boat Sinks off Tunisian Coast
At least 35 people have drowned after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Tunisia. The country has become the preferred jumping off point for desperate…
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Sudan Protests Intensify Demands for Civilian Government
Khalid Medani speaks to Eddie Conway about Sudanese opposition to al-Bashir and the sit-in that continues through Ramadan Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Col. Wilkerson: US Would Face a Unified Venezuelan Military in an Armed Intervention
Col. Larry Wilkerson describes the limits of a 'gringo invasion' and warns of repeating the failures of Vietnam and Iraq Become a supporter of this podcast…
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State Capture Crisis Grips South African Elections
Widespread corruption, unemployment, inequity and disillusionment hovers over South African elections. We must have higher expectations from a national…
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Trump's China Tariffs: A Misplaced Strategy for the US Economy
Instead of imposing additional tariffs, which will hurt the Chinese and U.S. economies, the U.S. should have its own research and development strategy, says…
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Trump and Kushner Middle East Peace Deal Is a Trojan Horse for Further Occupation
Phyllis Bennis discusses the recent Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the real nature of Kushner's supposed "deal of the century" Become a supporter of…
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Anya Parampil from Inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C.
"The Real News Network will be interviewing Anya Parampil, a journalist with The Grayzone, live from the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C. where activists…
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The Real News - May 8, 2019
Featured Stories --Trump and Mnuchin Break the Law By Refusing to Release President's Tax Records --Russia-China Alignment Challenges U.S. Hegemony --Pentagon…
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Fear Mongering and Capitalism: A Recipe for Fascism? (2/2)
Progressives have been notoriously bad a countering the right-wing fear/security narrative, says Charles Derber. The trick is to address the real dangers, of…
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Fear Mongering and Capitalism: A Recipe for Fascism? (1/2)
The effort to sell security to the people of the US is based on stoking irrational fears, something Trump has taken to new extremes, but which Democrats are…
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Russia-China Alignment Challenges U.S. Hegemony
Trump's China tariffs and aggressive military build up is pushing Russia and China to seek a closer relationship which serves China's growing global influence…
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Trump and Mnuchin Break the Law By Refusing to Release President's Tax Records
White collar criminologist Bill Black explains how the administration's stance on Trump'’ taxes is illegal and what the possible consequences could be—or…
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The Real News - May 7, 2019
Featured Stories: --Citizenship Question Could Invalidate 2020 Census --One Million Species Face Extinction, UN Report Finds --Does Bernie Sanders Really Have…
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Real Talk Tho Episode 2
Since the early '90s Baltimore has shuttered over 60 rec centers, while funding for police has more than doubled. Meanwhile, a new fund set up by the city that…