The Michael Moore Podcast

Here’s part two of your letters to Mike about what we need to do, now and post-pandemic. He’s in Day 32 of his self-imposed apartment exile and he loves reading the mail. A lot of people are stuck inside, and you know what happens with idle minds — they plot what we’re going to do in the post-pandemic America! Oh-oh. PLUS: A clip from Mike’s appearance in Amy Schumer’s podcast. Listen to the full...

Michael Moore addresses the end of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign and invites you to look into the future - a future which has been created because of the battles fought, the progress made and the movements ignited by his candidacy. America has changed, and the majority of us will not want a return to what the owners call “normal,” to the ways of the past. Bernie showed everyone a...

Jane McAlevey is a lifetime agitator and shitkicker. So why haven’t you seen her on TV? Why don’t we ever see any of our brightest thinkers and doers in the mainstream media? This is one of reasons I started RUMBLE — to bring brilliant voices like hers to you. Jane and I discuss how we can start creating 2021 now — the world we want to live in, the things we want to change. Aggressive organizing,...

During the last Emergency Podcast, Michael put out a call for your ideas on how to combat the coronavirus pandemic and, as urgently, the massive societal and federal government failures to prepare and respond to the crisis. After receiving thousands of voicemails, social media posts and emails from all over the world (including from a member of the Danish Parliament!) Michael shares the actual voi...

New York is days away from the massive manslaughter of thousands of innocent souls whose only crime was to be living in the time of Trump. Instead of a few hundred that might have otherwise died from an errant virus, thousands are now at death’s door because the profit motive is keeping the gear they desperately need away from them. And because we’ve now learned that the President chose to do litt...

After a brief update on all the latest pandemic homicide news, Michael is joined by one of his favorite millennial writers, Nathan Robinson, the founder and editor of the brilliant magazine, Current Affairs. They discuss why older people don't like Bernie Sanders, why political half measures are killing us, and why  Americans are so afraid of the “S” word. ******** Buy Nathan's book, "Why YOU...

It’s Day 23 of the Mike-entine. It’s his mother’s birthday. Trump has blood on his hands. And who doesn’t need a little lullaby ‘bout now? That’s how we do Episode 60. ******** To share a message with Michael, leave a voicemail through Anchor (link at bottom) or email him at: mike@michaelmoore.com ******** The articles that Michael mentioned: Exclusive: The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavir...

What would a Great Depression/World War II-like mobilization of American society look like if we were to attempt to fix our country and society today in the midst of the pandemic? Do we, as Americans, have the will, the ideas, the courage or the leadership to care for the sick, protect the vulnerable, and then, revitalize our economy and fix the ugly aspects of our society that Covid-19 has expose...

The U.S. Senate is on the brink of passing a massive corporate giveaway that will be yet another transfer of wealth from the American people to the wealthy. It was described by HuffPost's Zach Carter like this: "It is not an economic rescue package, but a sentence of unprecedented economic inequality and corporate control over our politics that will resonate for a generation. It represents a trans...

One of the great studies on the history of pandemics is John M. Barry's 2004 book "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History," a study of the 1918 flu pandemic. In addition to being a journalist and author, Barry is also a Professor at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Prior to becoming a writer, Barry coached football at the high sch...

The coronavirus pandemic and all of the economic and social crises that it has exposed has politicians of all stripes calling for massive government intervention. And, funny enough, no pundit or politician is whining about how “WE CAN’T AFFORD THIS!” But just as in 2008, corporations and lobbyists are salivating at the opportunity to milk this crisis for as much government money as they can get th...

In a modern, functioning, democratic society, how should a public health crisis be handled? And what would America's response to the coronavirus pandemic look like if we had a universal healthcare system such as Medicare For All? Michael discusses this with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a physician and epidemiologist and the former Health Commissioner in the City of Detroit. El-Sayed ran for Governor o...

Michael Moore reveals conversations he's had with public health and security experts, foreign journalists and government officials (plus one source directly in contact with President Trump) to share the awful truth: we may lose multiple times more Americans to coronavirus than the total number of American troops killed in World War II; this is the most serious pandemic since the 1918 flu;  Pr...

On the day of the Michigan primary, Michael Moore speaks directly to his fellow Michigan voters (along with voters in Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington, who will also be voting). He also reveals details of an intense and unexpected phone call he received from one of the most well-known Democratic power-brokers in America. ****** Music Credit: The Accidentals -  "Michig...

What if the sun rose on the West? What if, on Tuesday night at 8pm ET, the first Super Tuesday results had been announced from the largest and most diverse state in the country, California? ”Huge win for Bernie Sanders! A huge delegate lead!" An hour later, in conservative, Mormon, Utah, “the winner is....Bernie Sanders!” Then Colorado comes next… ”another victory for Bernie Sanders! And in a key...

The corporatist, centrist wing of the Democratic Party has gotten in formation. Joe Biden is their man. The mainstream media is endlessly promoting him and not hiding their bias. Sadly, many of them would rather have Donald Trump in the White House than Bernie Sanders. Michael Moore gives an impassioned plea to everyone who wants to defeat Trump and to defeat the system which gave us Trump to not...

In Part 3 or the RUMBLE Super Tuesday preview series, Michael wonders about the timing of Pete Buttigieg dropping out of the race and what role the coronavirus may play during campaign season.

The Democratic political, corporate and media establishment were giddy on Saturday night as the South Carolina election returns showed a big victory for Joe Biden. They appear to have found their candidate to take on Bernie Sanders. With Super Tuesday looming, Michael looks ahead to what might become a Biden vs. Bernie contest for the future of the Democratic Party and America.

Four days until Super Tuesday, Michael lays out the stakes of how important Tuesday's elections are what role coronavirus will play in shaping our views of this election.  We are only as safe as the human being who has no health insurance or access to medical care. A nation that has millions of people who are not insured or are under-insured means that millions of American's are encourag...

Ilana Glazer is a comedian who's work has brilliantly landed at the intersection of comedy and politics. She and Abbi Jacobson created the smash hit TV show "Broad City," which came to an end in 2019 and she most recently performed her first stand-up special, "The Planet Is Burning."  Ilana and her team have come up with a new way of encouraging civic engagement - hot, sweaty, dance parties....

Recorded backstage at the Sioux City Convention Center in Sioux City, Iowa last month after a Bernie Sanders for President rally, Michael is joined by John Gourley, Eric Howk and Zachary Carothers of the rock band Portugal. The Man. After speeches by Michael Moore, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, and a performance by PTM, Michael and the band discussed their frequent run-ins with Sara...

Senator Bernie Sanders issued a forceful statement on Friday against Russian attempts to meddle in the 2020 election, as he has done in the past. This came in response to a Washington Post story that Sanders was recently briefed by U.S. intelligence officials that Russia was meddling in the election and attempting to "help" his campaign in an unspecified way. This comes on the heels of the Sanders...

Michael Bloomberg’s commandeering of the 2020 Democratic party nomination campaign is a dangerous moment for the party and the country. If Democrats give in, it will have horrific consequences. Michael Moore lays out the truth of Bloomberg's record and how support for Bloomberg is an endorsement of the Trumpian values we claim to have been resisting. ****************** The Trumpian Liberalism of M...

Why do so many Democrats keep making the mistake of running to the so-called "middle" or apologizing for being Democrats every election cycle? And why do Republicans -  an unpopular political party that enacts awful and discredited policies, continue to win and hold onto power? Michael is joined by a political scientist who has studied the fallacy of focusing on "swing voters" and how, instea...

John Sayles is a writer, director and indie film legend behind such films as Return of the Secaucus Seven , The Brother from Another Planet , Passion Fish , Lone Star , Matewan and 8 Men Out . He joins Michael to discuss how movies get made, race, class and gender in the film industry and Sayles' new novel, Yellow Earth . ******************** Buy John Sayles’ new novel, “Yellow Earth” here: https:...