Joy-Ann Reid

The Joy Reid Show

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A three times weekly dose of Joy-Ann Reid's takes and analysis of the news, politics and culture. If it's hot and happening, and matters to you, it's here.

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Jul 11, 2026

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How the Oligarchs Ate America | The Joy Reid Show 05.05.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, sometimes shows and movie are shockingly prescient. When Star Wars Episode 3 was released we had no idea that our own Emperor Palpatine would someday rise to power, and yet the parallels sure are eerie, aren't they? GUEST SOCIALS: Melissa Murray: IG: @profmmurray Grab a copy of her book here: https://shop.thejoyreidshow.com/products/the-u-s-constitution-a-comprehensiv...

May Day! May Day, America! | The Joy Reid Show LiVE! 02.05.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, May day, May day! The country is going down. And the Republican majority Supreme Court is the Iceberg that's sinking the ship. GUEST SOCIALS: Clayton Weimers: X: @RSF_en https://www.rsf.org/en Justin Pearson: IG: @justinpearson X: @Justinjpearson Campaign Website: https://www.votejustinj.com Jasmine Burney-Clark: Twitter/X: @EqualGroundFL Facebook: EqualGroundFL Websi...

No King, Rotten Court | The Joy Reid Show 30.04.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, Donald Trump, who fancies himself a king, spent the last two days hobnobbing with the actual king of England. While that was going on, his lackeys in the Supreme Court further gutted the Voting Rights Act to ensure that this corrupt administration never has to give up its power. It's Post-Reconstruction 2: Electric Boogaloo, y'all. Strap in. GUEST SOCIALS: Joyce Vance...

Does Anyone Believe Trump’s White House Correspondents Tale? | The Joy Reid Show Live! 28.04.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show, another day another supposed assassination attempt. It seems though, that the American public ain't buying it. Do you? GUEST SOCIALS: Ben Collins: Bluesky: bencollins.bsky.social Be sure to visit: membership.theonion.com Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: X: @wilsonhartgrove FB: @jonathan.wilsonhartgrove Substack: https://substack.com/@jonathanwilsonhartgrove Web...

No Justice, No Jokes! | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 25.04.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show, Sleepy Don's White House Correspondence clown show is tomorrow. As such it's time to reflect on all of the things that are happening during his administration. You know, things like attacking civil rights orgs, and ousting the Navy Secretary to replace him with a witch believing, racist nut job. War profiteering and, of course, taking a nice nap in the mi...

Is Anti-MAGA a False Flag? | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 23.04.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid show, MAGA's staunchest supporters are starting to jump ship. But are they really having a come to Jesus moment? Or, is something else at play? GUEST SOCIALS: Wajahat Ali: X: @WajahatAli IG: @intawajahat https://thelefthook.substack.com/ Anthony Scaramucci: All Socials: @scaramucci Lev Parnas: All Socials: @levparnas Substack: levremembers.substack.com Campaign...

Trump's Strait of Hor-MESS | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 21.04.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, it's Schrödinger's Strait of Hormuz. Both open and closed depending on what the latest lie is by the Trumpstein Regime. GUEST SOCIALS: Dr. Roger A. Mitchell, Jr Website: www.nmanet.org On all Platforms: @nationalmedassn Dina Doll On all Platforms: @askdinadoll Christopher Farley Instagram: @christopherjohnfarley Facebook: christopher.j.farley TikTok: @christopherfarle...

Trump Is Desperate to End the War He and Bibi Started | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 18.04.2026

Tonight on TJRS, while the United States loses the war in Iran, we are also losing the war... of memes. GUEST SOCIALS: Toure: IG: @toureshow Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@touretube Akbar: X: @AkbarSAhmed Oliver Larkin: Campaign Website: Oliverforcongress.com X: @OliverALarkin IG: @oliveradamslarkin Tiktok: @oliveralarkin https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ofcjr (fundraising site) The Suited Rac...

A Bad Week for the AI Epstein Class | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 16.04.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, happy tax day! Hope you all managed to file in time. But you know who didn't file or pay any taxes today? The ultra wealthy who make up the AI "Broligarchy" Epstein Class. Let's talk about it. GUEST SOCIALS: Wajahat AliX: @WajahatAli IG: @intawajahat https://thelefthook.substack.com/ Aya Ibrahim: IG, TikTok & Substack: @theayaibrahim Rep. Jim Pearson: Campaign Website...

Trump Cosplays as Jesus While Sending the World to Hell | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 14.04.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show, Trump fancies himself to be a god. But, on this here Moral Monday, we're taking his ass to church! GUEST SOCIALS: Angela Rye: IG @angelarye Nii-Quartelai Quartey: All socials: @drniiquartelai And pick up a copy of his book here: https://shop.thejoyreidshow.com/products/kamala-the-motherland-and-me Jeffrey Sachs: Youtube: @JeffreyDSachsOfficial Bishop Barb...

Trump's Diagnosis Is IN | The Joy Reid Show Live! 11.04.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, our friend Dr. John Gartner places Trump in the psychiatrist's chair. And speaking of Freud, what was up with that Melania press conference? Lev Parnas has a few ideas and you're gonna want to hear them. GUEST SOCIALS: Rep. Yassamin Ansari: All Socials: @repyassansari Tommy Christopher: X: @TommyXtopher Substack: https://tommyxtopher.substack.com/ Lev Parnas: All Soci...

Trump Humiliated on Iran & Cenk Joins the Show! | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 09.04.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show, Trump backs down from his threats against Iran. Is any one surprised? Anyone? Our special guest Cenk Uygur joins us to talk about the war and the mess that our TACO in chief has thrown us into to. GUEST SOCIALS: Rep. Pramila Jayapal IG: @repjayapal Jason Green IG: @jasongerardgreen Grab a copy of his book here: https://shop.thejoyreidshow.com/products/too...

Trump’s War Lies and California Chaos | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 07.04.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, the Lunatic in Chief gets even loonier! When he isn't making unhinged threats to Iran via his "Temu Twitter," Trump can be found wandering aimlessly on the White House grounds carrying a print out of his "Arc Du Trump." Can someone check on grandpa please? Meanwhile the gubernatorial race in California gets a little chaotic, with countless democratic hopefuls vying fo...

Trump Is Losing The War and The Country | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 04.04.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show, Bondi is out, conversion therapy has returned from the depths of hell, and the war on Iran gets worse by the second as an American pilot is missing in action. Oh my. GUEST SOCIALS: Lev Parnas: Substack: levremembers.substack.com Bluesky: levparnas.bsky.com IG/X/Threads: @levparnas Campaign Website: https://levparnas.org/ Melanie Sloan: BlueSky: @accountab...

BREAKING NEWS: Bondi FIRED | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 04.04.2026

So Trump fired Pam Bondi from his exceedingly corrupt Department of Injustice ... but surprise, surprise... that's not the real story.  @LevParnas-ua  joins Joy to break down the distraction techniques, the lies, and the real story behind Bondi's "Venezuela ouster." Follow Lev at Lev Remembers on Substack https://levremembers.substack.com/ Find Lev's congressional campaign here: https://levparnas....

Trump’s Iran TACO, Noem’s Booby Prize, and Who’s Really a Citizen? | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 02.04.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show, bombs, boobs, and birthright citizenship. No this isn't an April Fools joke, we just live in a news cycle straight out of an article from "The Onion". But, luckily our guests of the night: Mehdi Hasan, Maya Wiley, Krystal Ball, and Uncle Luke are here to help us wade through the chaos! Krystal Ball: X: @Krystalball IG: @krystalmball Maya Wiley: IG: @maya4...

The “Epstein Class” Warmongers Are Running/Ruining the World | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 31.03.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show, Big Brother is watching. While 50,000 U.S. troops are being deployed to Iran to fight a fake war on behalf of Bibi the Butcher, another war is raging here at home. That war? The war for your data. The AI "broligarchy" is creating a mass surveillance state that grows larger and more pervasive everyday. And no, that isn't conspiratorial thinking, but the ve...

Stop the War, Save the First Amendment | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 28.03.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, happy No King's Day Eve! As we watch our country devolve deeper and deeper into autocracy, it has become more vital than ever that we raise our voices loudly. End the war, end the attacks on our rights, and release those damn Epstein Files! But maybe you aren't terribly convinced of the value of events such as No Kings. Well if you'll indulge us, Joy and our guests gi...

Trump's War on Travel, Immigrants, Muslims and Iran | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 26.03.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show: ICE is in our airports, AI surveillance tech is in our... everything, and the SAVE (Republicans' Jobs) act is still under consideration in our Senate. But do not fall to despair just yet Our guests for tonight are fired up and ready fight, and you should be too. GUEST SOCIALS: Senator Ed Markey: X: @senmarkey IG: @edmarkey Nana Gyamfi: IG: @attorneynana B...

Thank You For Flying ICE Air | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 24.03.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, ICE is being deployed in 13 major airports across the US. This, as TSA workers are still not being paid. This move alongside the push by republicans to privatize the TSA spells out worrying signs for anyone traveling into, or out of the United States. But hey! At least the likes of Peter Theil can get richer. GUEST SOCIALS: Mark Hertling: Bluesky: @markhertling.bsky.s...

Iran Foolery, and Don’t Mess with AfroMan! | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 21.03.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, Bibi wants boots on the ground. American boots to be exact. And since the United States seems to have taken on the mantle of Israel's personal errand boy, things may just escalate to that point. In our second hour, though, we cover a rare bit of good news. A win for the First Amendment as AfroMan, of "But I Got High" fame, won the defamation case filed against him by...

Trump & Bibi's Iran Holy War Has Already FAILED | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 19.03.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, we break down Trump's failing war in Iran as well as his plans to take over Cuba. Then it is time for the next installment of our monthly series: Countering Christian White Nationalism. GUEST SOCIALS: Daniel Levy: Website: https://www.usmep.us/ Fernand Amandi: X: @AmandiOnAir Robby Jones: Substack: https://www.whitetoolong.net/ Katherine Stewart: Bluesky: @katherinest...

Are We Still Boycotting Target and WTF Is Going on With Iran? | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 17.03.2026

Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, we try and parse through the confusion surrounding the Target boycotts. We also sit down with friend of the show Dave Zirin to discuss the war in Iran. GUEST SOCIALS: Georgia Fort: Website: georgiafort.com Nina Turner: X: @ninaturner IG: @ninaturnerohio Tamika Mallory: IG: @tamikadmallory Be sure to pick up a copy of Tamika's book here on our shop: https://shop.thejoy...

Bibi & Donald’s Iran War Gets More Inhumane and Un-Human | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 14.03.2026

On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show: war, death, and robots. While the regime continues to be cagey about what exactly is happening on the ground in Iran, the tech-broligarchy paints a dystopian vision of the future should AI continue to worm it's way into every vestige of American life. GUEST SOCIALS: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: IG & X: @CongressmanRaja Website: https://krishnamoorthi.house.g...

Regime Lies On Epstein, Iran, Come Home To Roost | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! 12.03.2026

Trump and Bibi lie and innocent men, women, and children in Iran and Lebanon die. The war crimes taking place in the Middle East continue to escalate in their depravity, all while here at home Hegseth and the DoD spend our tax payer dollars on lobster, pianos, and stickers... Yes, seriously. GUEST SOCIALS: Rep. Melanie Stansbury: IG: @melanieinthe505 X: @MelanieforNM Website: https://www.melaniefo...

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