The Michael Moore Podcast

Eddie Glaude Jr. is one of America's preeminent scholars and the author of a new book about the work of James Baldwin and how it relates to the perilous times we live in today. He and Michael discuss race, capitalism, despair, hope, Baldwin, and how to ensure that changes in society are not just superficial marketing exercises, but real and substantive. ***************** Read Eddie's new...

We are in the middle of a perfect storm of white supremacy, fascism, a police killing spree, an uprising against it, the Coronavirus pandemic, and a mad genius who will be willing to fake his own vaccine shot just to get re-elected in an election he has no intention of holding. If Tulsa taught him anything it was that he cannot trust the poor redneck racists to come out for him. So he’s alrea...

Dr. Steven Reisner is a psychologist and political activist who brilliantly uses his study of the human mind to understand and explain our political reality. He reveals what all of the armchair psycho-analyses of Donald Trump gets wrong and provides us with a new framework for how to confront Trump and Trumpism. He's launched a new podcast "Madness" which is where "psychology and ca...

Two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was supposed to have freed the slaves, news of the war ending — and that Lincoln had freed the slaves back in 1863 — finally made it to Galveston, Texas, on June 19th, 1965. So Texas, against its will, finally re-joined the rest of the Union, all slaves were freed and Juneteenth is now the holiday truly commemorating...

Six months, 92 episodes and more than 11 million downloads later, Michael has conversations with our 5 millionth listener and our two 10 millionth listeners. First, we hear from Ann Krake of Portland, Oregon. Ann and Michael discuss some interesting coincidences in their backgrounds and the amazing reason why Ann has been hard to track down for the past two months. Next, we hear from our co-10 mil...

In some much needed great news, the conservative U.S. Supreme Court, with the majority opinion written by Trump appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch, ruled today to protect the rights of LGBTQ Americans in the workplace and prevent them from being discriminated against. This followed the terrible news this weekend of the death of Rayshard Brooks, another Black American man killed while ru...

The idea of police "reform" has been tried and has failed. Rather than call for milquetoast reforms that leave the structure of U.S. law enforcement in place, many of the protestors are calling to "defund the police." Michael is joined by Alex S. Vitale, author of "The End of Policing" to explain what this means, how this works, any why settling for half-measures will result in more police violenc...

Weeks after rebellions have sprung up across America in the wake of the police killing George Floyd, small ripples of change keep occurring, including in popular culture. The show "Cops," which has perpetuated racist stereotypes of Black Americans for three decades, was finally cancelled, and Nascar just announced they were forbidding the Confederate flag from being displayed at their events. Mich...

At a time of massive, ground-shifting change in American culture and politics, a new show looks at the life and impact of someone who has been at the forefront of progressive change and the liberation of women in America and around the world -- Gloria Steinem. On Friday, June 26th, PBS will be airing a Great Performances presentation of the theatrical production "Gloria: A Life," starring Oscar, E...

The filmmakers behind one of the most-watched and talked-about documentaries of the year, Planet of the Humans, are fighting back after the film was removed from YouTube after a coordinated censorship campaign. The film had posted over 8.3 million views on Michael Moore’s Rumble Media YouTube channel in just over four weeks since its premiere on April 21, the eve of the 50th Earth Day. Director Je...

Michael Moore shares his thoughts after another night of rebellion across America.  He shares his ideas on how to demilitarize, defund and reform America's police forces and discusses why the uprisings must continue.

Michael Moore shares his thoughts on the citizen rebellion taking place in Minneapolis after the police murder of George Floyd.

Darrick Hamilton is professor of public policy, economics, sociology, and African American studies at Ohio State University and the executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at OSU. He was a supporter and advisor for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign and has been selected to join the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force on economic issues. He joins Michael t...

Briahna Joy Gray was the National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign and is one of the most thoughtful communicators in politics. She joined Michael to discuss her experience on the campaign, how the pandemic will effect the election, intra-left policy disagreements, being attacked endlessly on Twitter and what Joe Biden's campaign must do to win over skeptical voters (and non-vo...

Roger Waters is a founding member and the creative force behind Pink Floyd, one of the most influential, popular and enduring bands of all-time. Waters is also a forceful and fearless advocate for international human rights and a controversial political activist. He joins Michael for a wide-ranging discussion about life under pandemic and learning to enjoy solitude, socialism, Roger's "This Is Not...

Jeff Garlin is one of America's most beloved comedians and a star and Executive Producer of one of the greatest TV shows ever, "Curb Your Enthusiasm."  He joined Michael to discuss life during the pandemic, when Hollywood might get back to work, doing stand-up post-Covid 19 and whether "Curb" will come back for another season. Watch Jeff's Netflix special, "Jeff Garlin: Our Man In Chicago" https:/...

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is the former Obama White House Health Policy Adviser, a longtime public health official at the National Institutes of Health and the Vice Provost of Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania. He's been a blunt truth-teller from the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, refusing to sugarcoat his commentary. He joins Michael to assess where we've succeeded, where we've fai...

On Mother's Day under self-quarantine, Michael Moore shares his memories of his late mother Veronica Wall Moore.

Michael Moore lays out the stakes of the extinction level event we are currently facing, the failures of the eco-capitalist movement and why we must change course. To read Michael's written piece, "We Are In A Planetary Emergency" visit his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10156865580936857? For information about "Planet of the Humans" visit here: https://planetofthehumans.com...

On the 6th anniversary of the start of the Flint Water catastrophe, Michael Moore is joined by with pediatrician who first exposed the high levels of lead in Flint's children, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Dr. Mona is a pediatrician at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, a professor at Michigan State University and the author of  "What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an A...

On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Michael is joined again by Jeff Gibbs and Ozzie Zehner, the team behind the new film, "Planet of the Humans." They discuss what Earth Day means to them, the explosive first day of the film's release, and where we go from here. Join the "Planet of the Humans" Livestream Discussion TONIGHT (April 22nd) at 10pm ET/7pm PT! https://youtu.be/HBGcEK8FD3w Watch "Plane...

Michael Moore announced today that he is releasing a brand new documentary film and is offering it as a gift, free of charge, in the midst of the global pandemic. Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — se...

Dr. Cornel West is one of the great thinkers and public intellectuals of our time. In the wake of Bernie Sanders' exit from the Presidential race, and in the midst of the global pandemic, he joins Michael to discuss choosing sides between milquetoast neoliberals and vicious neofascists, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jim Clyburn and wrestling with despair. *************** SPECIAL OFFER FOR RUMBLE LISTENERS...

When Michael Moore made the Oscar-nominated film SiCKO about America's health care system, Wendell Potter was a Vice President and "chief propagandist" at health insurance giant Cigna. He and his colleagues devised a plan to "push Michael Moore off a cliff" due to fear that the film would expose the corruption of their industry. Potter's role was to fly to Michigan, infiltrate the premie...

If satire is the art of taking reality to the absurd extreme, then what is a satirist to do when the absurd extreme becomes a daily reality? Michael is joined by one of the great satirists of our time, cartoonist Dan Perkins. Under the pseudonym Tom Tomorrow, Perkins created a strip called This Modern World which has ridiculed the corporate, political and media power structures for almost 30 years...