Podcasts
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Daniel Harper is a researcher who goes where few others can bear to go: he listens to what the reactionaries - from the IDW to the modern day Nazis - say to each other in *their* safe spaces! In this timely and shocking - but entertaining - anti-fascist podcast, Daniel tells his friend, online writer Jack Graham, all about it. Don't Speak German (libsyn.com)
The QAA Podcast covers the best conspiracy theories of the post-truth era. We explore online fever swamps and trip over deranged historical facts that make conspiracy theories sound sane. QAnon Anonomous Home (qanonanonymous.com)
Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist. Behind the Bastards | iHeart
Each episode, Dan and Jordan take a look at some clips from that day's Alex Jones Show and struggle to make sense of what they find. Knowledge Fight
Posting Through It is a bi-weekly podcast about our modern political disorder and tech dystopia. Each episode features host Jared Holt interviewing an expert guest. Posting Through It: Newsletter and Podcast by Jared Holt
Sounds Like Hate is a podcast from the Southern Poverty Law Center that tells the stories of people and communities grappling with hate and searching for solutions. You will meet people who have been personally impacted by hate, hear their voices and be immersed in the sounds of their world. And, you will learn about the power of people to change – or to succumb to their worst instincts. Sounds Like Hate was nominated for two People’s Voice Webby awards in 2022. Sounds Like Hate: Home - Sounds Like Hate | Sounds Like Hate
CounterPunch Radio is hosted and produced by Eric Draitser, you can follow him on Twitter @stopimperialism. CounterPunch Radio - podcasts Archives - CounterPunch.org
This twice-monthly podcast explores a wide range of anarchist ideas and action. In each episode, we take an in-depth look at a different topic, introducing various manifestations of the struggle for liberation, and round it off with news, reviews, profiles of current anarchist projects, upcoming events, and more. If you're curious about anarchist visions of freedom—or if you dream of a world off the clock. CrimethInc. : The Ex Worker : A Podcast Of Anarchist Ideas And Action For Everyone Who Dreams Of A Life Off The Clock.
Looking for hard-hitting analysis on the growing crisis? Searching for a revolutionary anarchist, anti-fascist, and autonomous anti-capitalist alternative to the far-Right and the neo-liberal center? Looking to learn more about grassroots revolt and social movements across North America? It’s Going Down Takes Over “It Could Happen Here” | It's Going Down (itsgoingdown.org)
Fifteen Minutes of Fascism is a sadly topical podcast covering the global rise of the radical right. Listen every Thursday for news, analysis, historical background, and celebrations of the deaths of right-wing figures throughout history. Fifteen Minutes of Fascism on Apple Podcasts
Kristin Rawls and Jeff Eaton unpack the history of Christian Fundamentalism in America. Learn how it shaped pop music and politics, how its culture came to be, and how its ideas contributed to America’s emerging authoritarian crisis. Christian Rightcast on Apple Podcasts
How do we build the new in the shell of the old? How do we tackle global warming and its associated crises? How do we make it easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of the world? Every week, Joey Ayoub and guests explore how to answer these questions and more. We get into everything from anti-fascism to Star Trek, degrowth to Solarpunk, genocide to mutual aid. From Syria to Taiwan, Ukraine to Bosnia, Ethiopia to Argentina.
The Fire These Times Project – The Fire These Times Project (thefirethisti.me)
Amplifying ukrainian voices and decolonizing ukraine conversations. We see millions of ukrainians with perfect english sharing their stories across all social media platforms. Yet, the conversations about ukraine are still dominated by foreign, mostly white, and mostly male folks. not only it continuously robs ukrainians of their agency, but it also perpetuates outdated, misleading, and false narratives about ukraine and ukrainians. We want to foster a relaxed, safe, and chill space for ukrainian voices to express themselves without needing to fit into foreign boxes. #UkrainianSpaces | Twitter, Instagram | Linktree
Interviews with disability activists and other disabled people in the disability community, on current disability issues, history and experiences. Barrier Free Futures (libsyn.com)
Down to the Struts is a podcast about disability, design, and intersectionality, where we uncover the building blocks for a more accessible, inclusive, and equitable world for all disabled people.
Polite Conversations: A podcast discussing, culture/'Culture Wars', religion, politics, sexuality...from a progressive, ex-muslim perspective. Polite Conversations on Apple Podcasts
The Global Feminisms Project podcasts were created with a generous project grant from the University of Michigan Humanities Collaboratory.
The Global Feminisms Project podcasts were created with a generous project grant from the University of Michigan Humanities Collaboratory.
Welcome to The Feminist Present, the first podcast from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. Hosts Adrian Daub and Laura Goode welcome a range of feminists from academia, journalism, activism and more. Please join us as we use the gift of feminism to figure out what’s going on right now. Podcast: The Feminist Present | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research (stanford.edu)
Blood and Terf is a podcast about the links between the “deology of TERFs- trans exclusionary radical feminists- and fascism, cults, pseudoscience, and other reactionary political phenomena, hosted by E and M. Blood and Terf Podcast (podbean.com)
Jaison Gardner and Dr. Kaila Story talk race, gender, and LGBTQ issues, from politics to pop culture. A new episode every week, from Louisville Public Media.
A Tradition of Violence is a podcast about deputy gangs that operate within the LA County Sheriff’s Department. Host Cerise Castle wrote the history of deputy gangs in LA for Knock LA, exposing their 50-year reign of terror and murder. A Tradition of Violence on Apple Podcasts
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights launched “Pod for the Cause” podcast to expand the conversation on critical civil and human rights challenges of our day: census, justice reform, policing, education, fighting hate & bias, judicial nominations, fair courts, voting rights, media & tech, economic security, immigration, and human rights. Through this expanded dialogue, we want to spur activism that drives change in our communities and country. S01 E00: Introducing "Pod for the Cause" Podcast - The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (civilrights.org)
Working People: A podcast by, for, and about the working class today (now in partnership with In These Times magazine and The Real News Network).Working People - In These Times
The pearl clutching about “cancel culture” and “censorship” has become louder and more absurd while also getting more and more play in the media. Journalists Katelyn Burns and Oliver-Ash Kleine see this panic for what it is though: a grift. Cancel Me, Daddy on Apple Podcasts
Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. MHI – Radio Free Humanity – Marxist-Humanist Initiative (marxisthumanistinitiative.org)