The Katie Halper Show

Bonus: Liza reads for piece & talks Bernie & more! https://www.patreon.com/posts/22644724 Liza Featherstone talks to me and Gabe about focus groups and how they're ruining politics. We discuss her latest book "Divining Desire: the Culture of Consultation," her latest piece in The Baffler "Sorry to Bother You," and the midterms. Plus I report back from Alexandria Ocasio...

Bonus https://www.patreon.com/posts/leslie-lee-on-in-22464009 on this spooky episode, we celebrate Halloween with Leslie Lee by chatting about scary movies and the greatest horror story of all, which would be Hillary Clinton running for president in 2020. Leslie talks to us about being a black raver, knowing white ravers who dressed up as stereotypes of "ghetto" Black people for Halloween...

Bonus: Roger Waters on Brazil's election https://www.patreon.com/posts/22343702 Mariana Simoes talks about the elections in Brazil and why and how someone like Jair Bolsonaro, who openly praises torture and the country's military dictatorship, could become president of the largest country in Latin America. She tells me about the rise in hate crimes and violence that has been spurred by Bol...

We talk to standup comedian and Pod Damn America host Jake Flores about his personal political revolution, how his anarchist ancestor rose (no pun intended) up against Porfirio Diaz, and that time he got visited by Homeland Security for a tweet about cultural appropriation and ICE. Plus we all talk about Amsterdam, the lie that is the cliche about how something is like "riding a bike," sex...

Hear the rest here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/22089232 This is a free teaser of our bonus episode with Nathan Robinson. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/22089232 Gabe and Katie go on their first movie outing. We talk about the popcorn but leave you in suspense about the movie. Then we talk to Nathan Robinson, editor of the magazine Current Affairs, about why the Democrats should vote to impeach Kavanaugh even if they won't be able to get the majority required to actually succeed. Plus how ridiculous it is t...

I talk to Rep Ro Khanna (CA-D) about the STOP BEZOS Act, which encouraged Jeff Bezos to raise the minimum wage he's paying Amazon workers in the U.S. We also talk about Rep. Khanna's fellow Yale Law School alum Brett Kavanaugh and how the Dems can defeat Trump and Trumpism. Then Nathan Robinson talks about his piece "How we Know Trump is Lying," which he wrote for Current Affairs,...

Here's a teaser of our bonus episode, which you can access in its entirety here. https://www.patreon.com/posts/law-prof-ian-on-21703637 I continue my chat with law professor Ian Samuel, and ask him how a socialist wound up clerking for Antonin Scalia, and how he shaped some of his decisions. He also tells me how he wound up going to law school, and, more importantly, if *I* should go to law sc...

Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/law-prof-ian-on-21703637 We talk to #KTHSLC (Katie Halper Show Legal Correspondent) Ian Samuel about Brett Kavanaugh, his virgin/ catholic/ calendar excuse, packing the courts from the Left, Clarence Thomas and "no chalance." Ian talks about the similarities and differences between Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford. Advertising Inquiries: https://red...

Julia Balcon and a sex worker who goes by "Eve," talk to me about how state senator Julia Salazar became the first candidate in U.S. history to win a state race as a very public sex worker advocate. Plus we talk to Julia on why and how she chose to incorporate sex work decriminalization into her platform. And Julia shares her thoughts on the Democratic Primaries. Advertising Inquiries: htt...

I talk to Katie Unger of The Jewish Vote about who they're endorsing (which happens to be who the Katie Halper Show is endorsing), Cuomo's dishonest & disgusting smear against Cynthia Nixon, how you don't have to be Jewish to get the Jewish Vote's endorsement. Then I talk to Sam Adler Bell and Georgia Kromrei about Martin Dilan's lies and Julia Salazar's campaign. Adver...

Bonus chat with Julia on her political evolution https://www.patreon.com/posts/21319406 I talk to Julia Salazar, a DSA candidate running against Martin Dilan, the state senator in New York's 18th District. Salazar has been compared to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortéz for being a young, Latina, DSA member and first time candidate taking on the Democratic Machine. Julia talks to me about the difference...

Bonus with Matt Bruenig https://www.patreon.com/posts/21259124This free bonus is a blast from the past! We revisit the election of Alabama Senator Doug Jones, given that Jones hasn't decided whether he will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. Gabe and I talk about how Doug Jones should go full "Bullworth," and why he can't. Then I play an inte...

Bonus here https://www.patreon.com/posts/21147662 Asad Haider talks about Identity Politics and his book "Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump." Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Bonus: #BelieveWhichWomen, Keith Ellison, Alex Jones https://www.patreon.com/posts/keith-ellison-20882230 Gabe and I talk about what we learned about the service industry from "Saved by the Bell" and what we learned about Salvadoran death squads from "21 Jump Street." Then we talk to comedian and journalist Travis Irvine who's seeking the Libertarian Party's nomination to r...

Brent Welder and James Thompson: What's (hopefully not) the matter with Kansas by Katie Halper Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20353124 Gable Pacheco and I talk to Thomas Frank at a live taping of the Katie Halper Show. Frank, the author of "What's the Matter with Kansas" and "Listen Liberal," whose writing appears in The Guardian and Harpers has just come out with "Rendezvous with Oblivion," a collection of essays. Thomas talks to us about how Hillary Clint...

Bonus: Ro Khanna on dual endorsing Ocasio-Cortez and Joe Crowley and Julia Salazar and Matt Stoller on the significance of Ocasio-Cortez's victory https://www.patreon.com/posts/20176305. I talk to Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-D) about how we can block the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. As a fellow Yale law grad, Khanna "knows the type" of person Kavanaugh is: "he's a partisan hack, car...

Bonus on Catalan independence & dating a professional Spanish soccer player: https://www.patreon.com/posts/nando-vila-on-on-19868254 Gabe Pacheco and I talk about reformist self-care and what happens when you can't pronounce the Spanish ñ (spoiler alert: you may say anus instead of year). Then I talk to Nando Vila, host of the World Cup podcast We Came to Win and the show Soccer Gods about...

Virgil Texas, Alex Press, Sean McElwee, Jabari Brisport, Emma Vigeland, Jake Flores and even Thomas Frank (for 10 seconds) on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez win and some fo the worst take aways on it. Hear more from Thomas Frank tonight! http://caveat.nyc/event/the-katie-halper-show-with-gabe-pacheco-special-guest-thomas-frank/ Hear my interview with Ocasio-Cortez (which I did BEFORE she won) here https...

I talk to Phoenix Calida and William Jackson, co-hosts of The Black Podcast about sex why they don't celebrate pride and how SESTA and FOSTA is killing sex workers, Check out #BlackPodcast https://twitter.com/uppittynegress & https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-black-podcast-with-wine-cellar-media/id581644025 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https:...

Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/19613514 I talk to Christine Ahn Founder & International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, an organization of women mobilizing for peace in Korea about the North Korea Summit, what it means, and what the media is getting wrong about it. Then I talk to Emma Vigeland about Trump's immigration policy, how it's similar to and different from Obama's le...

On this breaking news-ish campaign free bonus ep, I talk to Ben Spielberg about the very important Initiative 77, which requires employers in Washington DC to pay their workers the full minimum wage PLUS TIPS. As of now, tipped workers don't get the minimum wage that non-tipped workers get. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bonus chat: https://www.patreon.com/posts/19476905 I talk to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about why she's running for Congress, how her personal story as a child of Puerto Rican parents influenced her politics, what she's running for and why her opponent, who writes op-eds about his Irish America pride, accuses her of making the election "about race." Plus she talks about the amazing c...