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Robbie is joined on Media Roots Radio by Nellie McKay, Broadway performer, actress, song-writer musician and political activist involved in a multitude of humanitarian and animal rights issues. Nellie's most recent album is called 'Bagatelles' and she has most recently starred in the Ethan Coen stage play 'A Play is a Poem'. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donati...

Abby and Robbie Martin interview journalist Yasha Levine about his new project that explores the US empire's weaponization of nationalism and immigrant communities on Media Roots Radio. Check out Yasha Levine's series at https://yasha.substack.com Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW //...

In this urgent edition of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie are joined by Iraq war veteran Mike Prysner to talk about the Trump administration's unprecedented act of war with the brazen assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. In the second half of the episode, Abby and Robbie harcken back to the George W. Bush administration's propaganda war drive against Iran during the height of the I...

Abby and Robbie wrap up 2019 by talking about the UK election, Trump's executive order criminalizing anti-Zionism, corporate media smears against Cenk Uygur, updates with all the 2020 candidates, and the argument for impeachment on Media Roots Radio. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW...

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the ongoing saga of California private power company PG&E and how they held two million California customers hostage by deliberately turning off their power to avoid liability costs for potential wild fires during high wind events. Robbie personally had his power shut off for 48 hours at a time by PG&E in October and November, and talks about his own experience and r...

Tom Secker of Spyculture joins Robbie Martin to discuss American electoral political shenanigans in the first hour. In the second hour Tom shares his thorough research about the Amazon series 'Jack Ryan', Tom Clancy and the slippery relationship between the CIA and the Jack Ryan character over time. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on...

Abby and Robbie Martin go over headlines from the last month, including the civil war unfolding at Fox News as hearings continue for Trump’s impeachment, the latest Israeli pre-crime bombing attack on Gaza, Elizabeth Warren’s flip flop on Medicare For All and confusing rollout of her healthcare plan, the devastating protests in Iraq that have killed more than 300 unarmed protesters and Stephen Mil...

Independent journalist and former director of TeleSUR English, Pablo Vivanco, talks to Abby and Robbie Martin about the mass movement mounting in Chile against Pinochet's legacy of neoliberalism, the recent protests against austerity in Ecuador and Lenin Moreno's betrayal of the left on Media Roots Radio. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Ra...

Abby and Robbie talk about USAID giving $54 million to the Venezuelan opposition, the latest videos coming out of Hong Kong, and then address all the updates with the military coup in Bolivia that outed Evo Morales: allegations of election fraud, breakdowns of the opposition, the violence being perpetrated by the fascist coup mongers, and the direct evidence of the US role in the coup. Thanks for...

Abby and Robbie dispel some of the hype around the Joker movie and give a review of the politically charged Watchmen series. Mike Prysner from Eyes Left joins the show to go over the scandal in the latest Call of Duty depicting the "Highway of Death" as a Russian war crime. They then go over the timeline of Trump's "troop withdrawal" from Syria, which was really just a rerouting of forces to the p...

"Did the U.S. really “save the world” in World War II? Should black athletes stop protesting and show more gratitude for what America has done for them? Are wars fought to spread freedom and democracy? Or is this all fake news? American Exceptionalism and American Innocence examines the stories we’re told that lead us to think that the U.S. is a force for good in the world, regardless of slavery,...

Abby and Robbie talk about the Gaza Fights For Freedom tour she was just on before they catch up on headlines over the last month. They cover all the latest escalations in the Trump impeachment inquiry, the blood in the water at FOX news, the GOP's glitchy talking points, and where this could all be heading. Gaza Fights For Freedom DVD: http://bit.ly/2NsdfIB Gaza Fights For Freedom Score: http://b...

WARNING: Spoilers for Phantasm IV: Oblivion @ 1:02:00 - 1:04:00 Media Roots Radio's very first Halloween themed episode with special guest Mike Jackman. Mike Jackman is a political activist, podcast host and comedian who happens to do an amazing spot-on impersonation of Alex Jones (which you can get a taste of later in the episode). The episode opens with a discussion about Mike's political backgr...

Abby Martin and Robbie Martin speak with Party for Socialism and Liberation organizer Sheila Xiao about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. They discuss the roots of the tensions, the legacy of British colonialism, Western media distortions and the missing context of US imperialism on the latest Media Roots Radio. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media...

While Abby is off touring the country to screen her new film 'Gaza Fights for Freedom' Robbie holds down the fort and brings on special guest Leslie Lee III from the Struggle Session podcast to have a wide ranging discussion on Disney's 'woke points', the sagging Marvel Cinematic Universe and their betrayal of Star Wars creator George Lucas (who called Disney 'white slavers'). The last third of th...

Robbie Martin brings Pearse Redmond onto the show to discuss the shocking announcement from house speaker Nancy Pelosi that they are officially opening an impeachment inquiry into President Trump over a situation involving allegations of a quid pro quo phone-call exchange between him and the Ukrainian president. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media R...

*This episode was recorded shortly before Trump announced troop deployments to Saudi Arabia and before the Pelosi impeachment announcement. Abby and Robbie discuss her film ‘Gaza Fights For Freedom’ and what Israeli elections mean for the average Palestinian, the unanswered questions that remain about 9/11 on the 18th anniversary of the attacks, the alleged Houthi attack on Saudi oil fields and wh...

Robbie and Abby Martin bring on Whitney Webb from Mint Press News to discuss her 4-part bombshell investigative series about Epstein's powerful network that has its tentacles into almost every form of Deep State shenanigans imaginable. Whitney goes over the first iterations of sexual blackmail operations by the mafia in the 1920s and then later by figures like Roy Cohn, eventually the larger bipar...

Robbie Martin interviews Peter Andrey Smith about his trip to Tasmania investigating opium poppy farmers who supply the licit aka legal pharmaceutical opioid market in the United States. This DEA sanctioned legal opium market is largely dominated by Johnson & Johnson, using a subsidiary company Tasmanian Alkaloids, that produces large quantities of opium poppies (over 80% of the market) potent in...

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the death of billionaire child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, and unravel all the bizarre threads in the sex trafficking scandal that implicates everyone from US presidents to media moguls to British princes. NY Mag article: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/jeffrey-epstein-high-society-contacts.html Correction: Robbie said Adan Khashoggi had no relation to Jamal Khas...

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the 74th anniversary of the US atrocity of dropping nuclear bombs on civilian cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the mainstreaming of the QAnon conspiracy theory by the president and his fanatical legion, and the roots of the uniquely American phenomenon of mass shootings. Note: This was recorded before Jeffrey Epstein's death. Abby & Robbie Visit Hiroshima: http://bit.l...

Abby and Robbie discuss Trump's racist attacks on women of color in Congress and Omar's brave introduction of a pro-BDS measure in the wake of a House resolution condemning BDS. In the second half of the episode, Abby goes in depth about every major Democratic contender's true policy position on Palestine and Israel. Abby's thread on 2020 candidates' policy on Palestine: http://bit.ly/2ygKojo Mari...

Abby and Robbie discuss the month's headlines, including the antifa "concrete milkshake" disinformation campaign, the earthquakes in Southern California, Trump's unsettling fascist air show on the fourth of July and the bizarre media summit he hosted about media censorship for a cadre of Islamophobic, racist conspiracists and conservative clickbait grifters at the White House. Thanks for listening...

Abby and Robbie Martin go over the headlines from the last month, including the FBI infiltrating 8Chan to promote Russia Gate, Oakland decriminalizing psychedelics, the draconian border policies escalating migrant deaths, the narratives surrounding the Trump administration's increasingly precarious Iran war build-up. Abby's new film: http://GazaFightsForFreedom.com Abby and Robbie on Michael Jacks...

Abby and Robbie Martin give a blow-by-blow account of the first two nights of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate debates. They discuss how Tulsi Gabbard and Bernie Sanders were specifically targeted with adversarial questions, the unequal time given to Elizabeth Warren/Joe Biden and how candidates like Pete Buttigieg/Kamala Harris/Bill Deblasio were attempting to siphon energy from Sanders...