The Katie Halper Show

https://zephyrforny.com/ Legal scholar, activist, and Berniecrat Zephyr Teachout shocked the NY and the country when she came close to defeating Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for governor of New York. Now she's running for Attorney General. And she plans to sue Donald Trump over his conflict of interest as a business man. Zephyr also talks about neoliberalism, why the Dems need to be...

Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/aaron-mate-on-19418558 Aaron Maté talks to me about Trump's collusion... with Israel, why there isn't an #IsraelGate, why everything you thought you knew about #Russiagate is wrong, how the Russiagate narrative emboldens Trump, undermines #TheTheResistance and protects the privileges of the political elites. Plus what's the deal with Robert Mueller&...

I spoke to Kara Eastman the day after she won her primary against Blue Dog Democrat Brad Ashford in Nebraska's congressional second district. Ashford, a former Republican who likes to "govern from the Center" and has an anti-choice record, was endorsed by The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). What's more surprising, kinda, is that Kara Eastman, who is openly pro-c...

Journalist Rania Khalek talks about Syria, being smeared as an Assadist, and the weakening and silencing of the anti-war Left. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

To hear the rest of my chat with James, go https://www.patreon.com/posts/18505673 I talk to stand up comedian and amazing impersonator James Adomian about being quarter Armenian, growing up conservative and religious, his self-designed major, finding the Left, coming out, and the birth of Trump vs. Bernie Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/...

I talk to Kaniela Ing Democratic member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives, who is running for Congress, is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and taking on the modern day colonialism of Mark Zuckerberg. Ing talks to me about his family, Hawaiian history, and how the death of his father politicized him. Plus, Gabe and I talk about how veganism can be deadly, and talk about...

We talk to Bryan Quinby & Brett Payne, the co-hosts of Street radio, about their origin stories, small business tyrants, & how their show turned into a hotline for labor issues. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Extended interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/18141530 In this free bonus, Adam Johnson goes over how NPR misrepresents the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in general and the latest Israeli attack on Palestinian protestors in particular. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode writer Michael Graham makes the racial justice case for a progressive platform (single payer, #fightForFifteen, & #SinglePayer), & health care writer Natalie Schure makes the feminist case for #MedicareForAll in particular. Michael also talks about the "swiftboating" of Bernie Sanders, the importance of class solidarity, the talent of Nina Turner, & the racism o...

Bonus: the rest of my Phyllis interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/17870986 Phyllis Bennis, of the Institute for Policy Studies talks about debating John Bolton, that time he helped the Iraq War happen, the undeserved rehabilitation of George Bush, and the problem with the way people talk about Syria. Quote of the ep: "There are Syrians who are calling for US intervention just as there were...

Mini bonus & show notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17793385 Gabe & I talk about Iraq, Vietnam, Irish twins, horror films, Colin Powell's Yiddish, Mike Pence's social life and Danzig. Then I talk to Huffington Post journalist Paul Blumenthal about Sally Albright's network of bots, Shareblue, Correct the record and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Pri...

bonus ep: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17463481 Comedian and talk show host Jimmy Dore becomes the interviewee and not the interviewer on this episode of the Katie Halper Show. We talk about nelibs, libs, CIA tools, Mother Jones, Rachel Maddow, Russiagate, PEPs (Progressive Except on Palestine), McCarthyism, & Trump. We also cite Phil Ochs' and I cut in his epic song "Love me I'm...

Bonus: Peter Doau's "Get Out." https://www.patreon.com/posts/17365352 Gabe & I talk about the handful of Academy Award nominated films we actually got around to see. Gabe saw one. But that doesn't stop us from being major authorities on the subject. We take a stroll down memory lane and revisit the very scary lessons of Forrest Gump. Then I talk to writer Aditi Natasha Kini abo...

show notes & extended interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17180025 Journalist Max Blumenthal talks to us about the #Russiagate hysteria and why he's more hopeless than he's ever been about the world. We talk about hot dog vending and how on earth people are managing to "f*** up the resistance to Trump"? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out:...

We talk to Alex Vitale about his book The End of Policing. For the rest of our interview, go to Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/17039729 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

BONUS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/16902912 Media critic Adam Johnson sheds light on United States of Care, the shadowy organization whose board members include health industry execs and right wing ex-Senator Bill Frist. Adam breaks down the mission statement's language & reveals how and why the organization takes the wind out of Medicare for All's sails. In our bonus we finish our c...

Bonus with Juanita Broaddrick: https://www.patreon.com/posts/16748644 My NY Magazine interview: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/what-juanita-broaddrick-wants-you-to-know.html Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bonus with Gerald Horne https://www.patreon.com/posts/16584864 A funny thing happened on the way to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I tweeted out a post I'd written a few years ago which was a listacle of "The 11 most anti-capitalist quotes from Martin Luther King Jr." I had no idea people on Twitter would accuse me of "whitesplaining," Martin Luther King and cherry picking his wor...

Bonus: standup from Kath Barbadoro, Gabe Pacheco & me https://www.patreon.com/posts/16245374 Comedy & sexual harassment! What's the deal? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Erica Garner spoke to me about why she became a Bernie Sanders surrogate, loved Nina Turner and respected Ja'Mal Green. First of the interview is here https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/erica-garner And my written interview for New York Mag is here http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/erica-garner-never-stopped-fighting.html Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

Here' my oped on this: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/mayor-de-blasio-not-late-honor-erica-garner-legacy-article-1.3761825 I interviewed Erica Garner a few weeks ago and was planning to release her interview next week or the week after. But on December 24, I learned that Erica had been hospitalized and put into a medically induced coma after suffering a heart attack. She's 27 and has...

Bonus chat with Adam Johnson: https://www.patreon.com/posts/16057461 We talk to investigative journalist Alex Kotch about the stories he and his colleagues David Sirota & Josh Keefe are breaking at IBT about the senators benefiting from the last minute real estate provision added to the tax bill. A great endorsement of their work is that it's been attacked by the very Republicans who will...

Bonus extended interview with Alex Press: https://www.patreon.com/posts/15631574 We have an amazing chat with socialist feminist Jacobin editor DSA member Alex Press about sexual harassment and the Left. See her & Judah Fridlander & Kath Barbadoro live Dec 7. https://www.facebook.com/events/732784816915044/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redc...

Bonus: Norman Finkelstein & Todd Gitlin debate free speech. We talk to journalist Rula Jebreal about her school for young Syrian women, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, why Trump, Netanyahu & Berlusconi may be the same person and hummus. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bonus: We talk to journalist Norman Solomon about the report he co-authored, "Autopsy: The Democratic Party in Crisis." Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy