Episodes
Brian interviews voting rights reporter Ari Berman about the national popular vote interstate compact and whether it can be enacted, and the ways in which Republicans have come to rely on minority rule.
Published 06/16/24
Published 06/16/24
Brian interviews Vice President Kamala Harris about Trump’s conviction, Senate Republicans blocking a vote to guarantee access to contraception, and her reaction to Byron Donalds yearning for the Jim Crow era.
Published 06/09/24
Brian interviews former Ethics Czar under President Obama and CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen about the likelihood of a prison sentence for Trump, what it was like in the courtroom the moment the verdict was handed down, and whether he thinks this conviction makes subsequent convictions more likely.
Published 06/02/24
Brian interviews RFK Jr. about why Trump’s biggest donor is also funding his campaign, whether he would sign a nationwide abortion ban, and the dangers of vaccine skepticism.
Published 05/26/24
Brian interviews Congressman Daniel Goldman about why Trump is so desperate to have Republican lawmakers violate the gag order on his behalf, whether he’s worried about a sleeper Trump supporter on the jury, and what to do about the corruption on this Supreme Court.
Published 05/19/24
Brian interviews the host of Strict Scrutiny, Leah Litman, about all of the cases that Trump is contending with right now – from NY to Georgia to Florida – as well as the Supreme Court looking into the question of presidential immunity.
Published 05/12/24
Brian interviews Senator Bernie Sanders about his message to young people and progressives who may be moving away from Biden, his thoughts on the Republican slate of millionaire out-of-state candidates running for the Senate, and whether he thinks Marjorie Taylor Greene is losing influence in the GOP.
Published 05/05/24
Brian interviews Pod Save America host Tommy Vietor about the passage of foreign aid, how it’s impacted Marjorie Taylor Greene’s standing, and the implications of TikTok’s possible ban in the US.
Published 04/28/24
Brian interviews the nation’s premiere voting rights attorney and my co-host for my YouTube series, Democracy Watch, Marc Elias, about the Supreme Court right now hearing a case that may serve as a gift to Trump and the January 6 insurrectionists.
Published 04/21/24
Brian interviews Tim Miller as part of his new YouTuber series, Inside the Right, about the Arizona Supreme Court allowing an 1864 abortion ban to stand and US Senate candidate Kari Lake’s attempt to flip flop on the issue.
Published 04/14/24
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who’s running for the US Senate in Florida against Rick Scott, joins to discuss the bombshell state Supreme Court ruling both allowing a 6-week abortion ban to take effect AND allowing the question of codifying abortion rights to appear on the ballot in November.
Published 04/07/24
Brian interviews newly-elected member of the Alabama state House, Marilyn Lands, who flipped a Republican-held seat by 25 points by running a campaign based on protecting abortion rights and IVF.
Published 03/31/24
Brian interviews Congressman Jared Moskowitz about his challenge to Jim Jordan and James Comer, the likelihood of foreign aid passing Congress, and his tour with the Vice President of his old high school, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida.
Published 03/24/24
Brian interviews Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett about the disastrous Robert Hur testimony that proved his lies about Joe Biden, whether the Biden impeachment effort is officially dead, and her thoughts on Katie Britt’s disastrous State of the Union response.
Published 03/17/24
Brian interviews Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s SOTU stunt, how dangerous the issue of IVF is going to be for the right, and some major wins that he’s overseen on the infrastructure front.
Published 03/10/24
Brian interviews former Obama speechwriter and Pod Save America host Jon Favreau about how our strategy should change given the Supreme Court’s decision, the warning signs for Trump in the Republican primary contests, and what to look for as we await Biden's State of the Union address.
Published 03/03/24
Brian interviews PAC attorney Joe Birkenstock to discuss whether it’s acceptable for Trump's PAC to spend money on legal expenses and whether he has an obligation to disclose how the funds are going to be used when soliciting donations.
Published 02/25/24
Brian interviews Congressman Jared Moskowitz about the Republicans’ star whistleblower getting indicted by the DOJ for making false statements and the likelihood of Ukraine aid getting passed by this Congress.
Published 02/18/24
Brian interviews Senator Chris Murphy, who helped author the border bill, about whether that bill is now dead, if we’re still going to see any Ukraine aid, and whether there exists any incentive for even good faith Republicans to seek any compromise with Democrats.
Published 02/11/24
Brian interviews FOX LA’s Elex Michaelson about Republicans refusing to take "yes" for an answer on the border, whether Americans are starting to feel the effects of a strong economy, and what the right’s meltdown over Taylor Swift is saying.
Published 02/04/24
Brian interviews longtime Republican adviser and host of the Hacks on Tap podcast, Mike Murphy, about Trump’s attempt at ending Nikki Haley’s campaign backfiring, whether her supporters may defect to Joe Biden in November, and his thoughts on the US Senate race in California.
Published 01/28/24
Brian is joined by one of the three hosts of the new MSNBC show, The Weekend, Symone Sanders-Townsend, about what we should look out for in the New Hampshire primary, what she thinks about the warning signs regarding Trump’s performance in Iowa, and her reaction as a longtime campaign official to low Biden polling right now.
Published 01/21/24
Brian interviews Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett, who’s latest moment at the House Oversight Committee’s Hunter Biden hearing went viral, about what Republicans are saying behind the scenes about their circus of a hearing, and her response to Hunter walking out on Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Published 01/14/24
Brian interviews former CNN host Brian Stelter about the future of Fox News, Tucker Carlson, and whether covering the right has ever impacted his own safety.
Published 01/07/24