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Please consider supporting Media Roots Radio on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio 17 years ago, less than one month after the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001, weaponized anthrax was sent through the mail in a biological attack that stunned an already traumatized nation. The first American died from anthrax infection on October 5th. During the weeks that followed, letters sen...

Robbie and Abby Martin chat about Michael Moore's new movie "Fahrenheit 11/9" and his film trajectory tip toeing around hard critique of Democrats. They also discuss Israeli social media psyops, the upcoming midterm elections in California on November 6, including proposition 10 for affordable housing, and give an empire update on the 17-year-long Afghanistan War, US special ops in Tunisia and a n...

Abby Martin discusses what the media missed during the spectacle of the disgraced Kavanaugh hearings, belligerent neocon Nikki Haley's sudden departure, 800 Facebook pages banned in the latest tech purge of dissident voices, police efforts to dox activists and treat nonviolent protests as "terrorism" on a solo Media Roots Radio. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider don...

Abby Martin interviews Max Blumenthal and Camilo Mejia about the history of CIA interference in Nicaragua and the role of US civil society groups to meddle in the country's democratic processes. They go into detail about the latest insurrection, allegedly over pension hikes, that resulted in 300 people being killed and a call for Ortega to hold early elections. They also discuss the opposition vio...

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the Likudnik tendencies of the Trump administration and how he's actually accelerating neoconservatism and Zionism in ways that even George W. Bush wasn't willing to do. They go into the bizarre cover story by Dallas police to excuse the 'accidental' murder by one of their officers of Black immigrant, Botham Jean, in his own apartment. The beginning of the podcast fo...

Abby and Robbie talk about John McCain's legacy waging wars of aggression that cost millions of lives, the DC blob mourning him as a symbol of US empire, how Sarah Palin was groomed by neoconservatives and Steve Bannon as the proto-Trump, the claim Iranian 'bots' are 'sowing discord' online to influence US elections and the new black list that names Abby and others as 'Assadists'. Thanks for liste...

Robbie Martin interviews John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski, authors of "The Watchdogs Didn't Bark", a new book revealing the massive national security failures allowing the 9/11 attacks, and the national security state fire sale that followed. Building off their previous works "9/11: Press for Truth" and "Who is Rich Blee", John and Ray tackle 9/11 and its aftermath in exquisite detail, providing a r...

Abby and Robbie Martin interview Iraq War veteran Mike Prysner and Afghanistan War veteran Spenser Rapone about their experiences that turned them from patriotic soldiers into anti-imperialist socialists. They also talk about their new project @EyesLeft, a podcast encouraging rebellion within the ranks of the war machine. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating t...

Abby and Robbie talk about the implications of Michael Cohen's guilty plea, the school bus bombing in Yemen, history of Saudi internal repression and oil relationship with the US Empire, updates on the ongoing Israeli massacre of unarmed protesters in the Great March of Return, the evidence pointing to US/Colombian involvement of the assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Madur...

During the first hour of the show, Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the Omarosa secret tape scandal, Trevor Noah the corporate shill, how CIA spooks and FBI cops are being heralded as "Resistance" leaders and showered with cash by liberal elites. In the last thirty minutes, Abby and Robbie cover the lead-up to censorship of left dissidents and alternative media, the coordinated ban of Alex Jones, te...

Robbie and Abby talk about hospital attacks in Yemen, the assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Maduro, the Patriot Prayer rally and conservative hijacking of "free speech" as a political issue, Facebook shutting down 32 Facebook pages it deems part of a Russian meddling operation, QAnon going critical mass and the Trump administration dogwhistling to his conspiracy base. Thanks for l...

Abby and Robbie talk about the latest regime-change plot against Venezuela, the significance of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's victory in the Mexican election, Israel funding neo-nazis in Ukraine, Justice Kennedy's departure from the Supreme Court and Kavanaugh's nomination, the dangers facing Roe v. Wade, Eugene Debs and the dictatorship of courts that have always existed to serve corporations. 25...

Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the latest Mueller indictment of 12 alleged Russian intelligence (GRU) agents in relation to the alleged Russian state-sponsored hacking of the DNC and 'meddling' in the 2016 US presidential election. Robbie breaks down the charges and why the indictments aren't meant to actually bring anybody to justice but are instead meant to paint a 'visual narrative' for publ...

Abby and Robbie Martin talk about Ed Shultz's legacy, Bay Area attacks against homeless people, Elon Musk's PR stunts, Trump's bizarre stand-up comedy at campaign rallies, the pardoning of the Bundy militia, the devastating refugee crisis where 1,000 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean so far in 2018, DSA's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shock win against establishment Democrats, and the secret e...

Robbie and Abby Martin interview investigative journalist Barrett Brown about his body of work fighting the cyber-industrial complex and promoting the idea of open source collaboration. They discuss how his reporting on the Stratfor leak made him a target of the US empire and sent him to prison for five years, the trajectory of Wikileaks and Julian Assange, Reality Winner and the Pursuance Project...

Abby and Robbie discuss Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy and dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric, the lawlessness of gestapo police force ICE, the corporate media's manufactured outrage about the family separation crisis, how we got here: from NAFTA to the DHS to 'Deporter-In-Chief' Obama, the cognitive dissonance from Americans to not connect how US foreign policy bred the refugee and i...

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss Charles Krauthammer's legacy as an Iraq War architect and propagandist, broken windows policing and the murder of Antwon Rose, Jordan Peterson's defamation lawsuit, Dave Rubin's bizarre argument to deregulate building safety codes, Alex Jones' (beard) and unhinged threats to Joe Rogan, Trump's plan to militarize space in violation of international law and an update o...

Robbie Martin interviews activist/journalist/researcher Jon Gold about his new (free) book 'We Were Lied to About 9/11', a compilation of interviews with various experts, researchers as well as figures who played a role in the 9/11 story itself. Robbie and Jon reflect on Jon's discussions with Bob Mcilvaine whose son died in the world trade center, Paul Thompson the creator of the Complete 9/11 Ti...

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss Trump's legal strategy having Giuliani make him look bad, the media lambasting the Korea summit and lobbying against peace with Kim Jong-un, the terrible tragedy of 5,000 deaths in the aftermath of Puerto Rico hurricane (more than Katrina and 9/11 combined), Cambridge Analytica working in Yemen and Saudi Arabia to condition the masses and an update on the continued b...

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the Ukraine 'crisis actor' staging his own death, the Skripal victims' resurrection, the Alt Right rage and grift train of media personalities under Trump, the abandonment of Julian Assange, Roseanne's show getting canceled for a racist tweet, and the abysmal failure of the California primary election with the victory of Dianne Feinstein. Thanks for listening! If you...

Abby and Robbie Martin interview Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk about why he differentiates himself from New Atheists like Sam Harris, Trump conning the Alt Right, Russia Gate censoring progressive voices and the implosion of the DNC on Media Roots Radio. Kyle is one of the only commentators keeping us sane in the Trump era, so please support his work! Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podc...

New solo Media Roots Radio hosted by Robbie Martin about Trump screwing up the North Korea summit and pulling out of the Iran deal, deep state actor Rudy Giuiani's bad advice to Trump and how the click-bait charlatans pushing the 'QAnon' conspiracy are losing control over the narrative. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon: www....

Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the attacks against Abby from John Stossel, Bari Weiss and hasbara operation Stand With Us since appearing on the Joe Rogan show; the horrifying bloodletting in Gaza, where Israeli snipers shot 1,320 Palestinians with live ammunition and executed 62 unarmed protesters in cold blood––including 7 children, and the subsequent media cover up; VICE's whitewashing of Is...

Abby and Robbie Martin talk to Anoa Changa, a progressive Black activist, attorney and host of "The Way with Anoa", about the NPR hit piece insinuating she is a Russian stooge, simply because she promoted her views on socialist radio shows hosted by Sputnik. They discuss Bernie Sanders, the Russiagate hysteria leading to the demonization of the left, and why the Alt Right need to be marginalized a...

Abby and Robbie Martin talk about Kanye West's endorsement of Trump, the Michael Cohen raid, Trump as the arms-dealer-in-chief, Giuliani/Scooter Libby/John Bolton insanity, the propaganda and counter narratives surrounding the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria on the latest Media Roots Radio. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on...