The Muckrake Political Podcast

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss how the far right ideology is winning elections in Europe as French president Emmanuel Macron has called for a snap election as he fears he'll lose control of the parliament. Next, they analyze why Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the United States to speak in front of congress. Then, Teddy Wilson, who is a researcher of the Extreme Right, write...

This is a preview episode of The Muckrake Podcast's Patreon show that happens every Friday. To unlock the full show and a host of other great things, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the delay in Trump's Georgia case - a self inflicted gaffe by Fulton County DA Fani Willis. They then pull apart a New York TImes article that interviewed...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss more of the fallout from Trump's conviction in his NY case. Alex Jones was on a bender as he claimed he was about to be raided by the Feds and turned it into a telethon. Then they tackle the latest firing from the Washington Post and what it means for journalism writ large. To gain access to a bonus episode every Friday, as well as exclusive l...

This is the full episode you'd normally get only through our Patreon at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast so if you enjoy it, please head over there and become a member of our thriving community. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the ramifications of Donald Trump becoming a convicted felon - from the possibility of jail time to the affect it will have on the polls. They also...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman begin the show discussing the polls and how Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg think they're all wrong. They move to Trump's appearance in front of a raucous Libertarian crowd that went terribly wrong before finishing on troubling news out of Missouri that the Attorney General there wants access to people's private medical records. To gain access t...

This is a preview episode of The Muckrake Podcast's Patreon show that happens every Friday. To unlock the full show and a host of other great things, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman have a jam packed show where they discuss more problematic flag waving from Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito. Then they run down a veritable grab bag of GOP rid...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the helicopter crash that cost the life of Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran and whether it was an accident or not. Meanwhile Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito revealed details into why there was upside down American Flag flown in front of his house immediately after the January 6th insurrection. They finish with a story about disgraced former...

This is a preview episode of The Muckrake Podcast's Patreon show that happens every Friday. To unlock the full show and a host of other great things, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the sudden announcement of two debates between the presidential candidates. They're much earlier than normal, they cut out the middle man, and it's... som...

Jared had the chance to sit down with the one and only Sarah Kendzior. Here they discuss the current state of American politics, the clashes over Gaza, growing authoritarianism, and more. Sarah's book They Knew: How A Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent is now out in paperback. You can find her writings on her Substack.

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman go over the latest polling in some battleground states, none of which look good for Biden. They discuss how Donald Trump has unleashed surrogates to appear at his trial in New York and then help him violate his gag order. JD Vance has been the most vocal of these surrogates as he hopes to get picked for Vice President. They dissect what it means that...

This is a preview episode of The Muckrake Podcast's Patreon show that happens every Friday. To unlock the full show and a host of other great things, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the President Joe Biden's announcement to not draw a red line and stop sending arms to Israel if they make an incursion into Rafah. They then have to talk...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss Mitt Romney saying the quiet part out loud: Congress was motivated to force TikTok to sell because they didn't like how they couldn't control the media narrative. They then welcome on the show Dr. Roberto J. Gonzalez of San Jose State University, who is the author of War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict t...

This is a preview episode of The Muckrake Podcast's Patreon show that happens every Friday. To unlock the full show and a host of other great things, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the latest escalation of college campus protests and the use of police force to break up encampments. Joe Biden finally weighed in and it's about as tepid...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman can't believe what they heard from former Attorney General Bill Barr, who has explicitly stated why Trump is not fit to be President, yet will gladly vote for him again this year. They discuss what a prison term would be like for our former president before shifting to our friend Ted Cruz, who's under investigation for violating campaign finance laws...

This is a preview episode of The Muckrake Podcast's Patreon show that happens every Friday. To unlock the full show and a host of other great things, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast As more and more protests happen across the country on college campuses, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss where this is all headed. They pivot to an interesting discussion about a feud be...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the pro Palestinian protests on the campus of Columbia University and the poor response by the administration, including sending in the NYPD to arrest people. They shift to the impending House bill brought forth by speaker Mike Johnson and how it could lead to the end of his reign, before talking about the Comstock Act and what it means to pro...

This is a preview episode of The Muckrake Podcast's Patreon show that happens every Friday. To unlock the full show and a host of other great things, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss Tom Cotton's call for violence against protesters in Arkansas, while Mike Johnson fights for his job as he moves to put funding for Ukraine to the floor f...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman get into a discussion about the Iranian attack on Israel, what prompted it, and what Netanyahu might do in response. They shift gears to the Trump trials as they are set to begin if Trump can actually stay awake during the proceedings. And they finish on the most recent David Brook Op-Ed in the New York Times celebrating the managerial class. To gain...

This is a preview episode of The Muckrake Podcast's Patreon show that happens every Friday. To unlock the full show and a host of other great things, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the death of OJ Simpson and what his place was in our culture. They shift to the Supreme Court of Arizona's ruling that allows an 1864 law on abortion to...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the latest speech Donald Trump gave that appears to moderate his stance on abortion, if you believe that. They then move to the war in Ukraine and what the possible end game is for both countries, before analyzing the situation in Israel as it gets more and more dire. To gain access to a bonus episode every Friday, as well as exclusive live ep...

Both of the boys are in studio this week, and thank god, it's a big ol' show. Donald Trump gets bailed out of his bail-bond by a billionaire who made his bones on sub-prime car loans. Because of course he is. Then, the Right is reacting in a totally normal and not-at-all weird way to the solar eclipse, AI is here to save fast-food, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer chimes in with an ode...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman comment on the new horse race as the media loves when these things get close, despite more and more erratic behavior from Donald Trump. They then discuss how far Matt Taibbi has fallen and what the cause of his about face was, before analyzing an op-ed in defense of John Eastman written by none other than... his kids. To gain access to a bonus episode...

Nick Hauselman is still out and about, leaving Jared Yates Sexton to tackle some recent stories, including the revelation that Donald Trump was likely bought off by a TikTok investor, RFK Jr. naming his chief donor his running-mate, NYC deploying AI surveillance, and a deep-dive into a truly wild Ross Douthat column wrestling with "the liberal sex crisis." This is a preview of the subscriber-exclu...

Nick Hauselman is out and about, leaving Jared Yates Sexton to talk with Danielle Moodie, host of Woke AF and co-host of Democracy-ish and The New Abnormal. They discuss how our court and political systems continue to aid wealthy, white men like Donald Trump and the many things holding America back. To gain access to a bonus episode every Friday, as well as exclusive live episodes and electoral an...

This is Nick and Jared's first Muckrake Podcast live episode, broadcasting from Pete Dominick's Pod Jam. We get into Donald Trump's money problems, willingness to be bought off by foreign countries, general GOP debauchery, and then we take questions from our listeners. If you want to hear the whole thing and get access to every Weekender episode, as well as exclusive 2024 Campaign coverage, head o...