The Muckrake Political Podcast

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the legacy of a person who is arguably the most responsible for the current morass in polit...

With Jared Yates Sexton off today, Nick Hauselman focused on the Ken Paxton Impeachment trial and his subsequent acquittal despite massive bipartisan support for his removal in the Texas House. Brad Johnson, senior reporter for The Texan, and Ryan Chandler, statewide capitol correspondent for NBC Austin, join Nick to discuss in detail how Paxton survived accusations of corruption, abuse of office,...

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss why Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has been forced to open an impeachment Inquiry of J...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the department of Justice's case against Google and whether this behemoth has gotten too all-powerful. They then do a deep dive on Chile as it recognizes it's 50 year anniversary of of the US backed coup that saw General Pinochet lead a reign of terror for decades. And pour one out for Chuck Todd as he ended his 9 year run hosting Meet The Pre...

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss how Elon Musk is trying to blame the ADL for his business failures, the abuse of power in G...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman examine what Jimmy Buffett truly represented in American culture and how he disguised neoliberal capitalism as takin' it easy on the beach. They pivot to the inability of Democrats to convince people that Bidenomics is working before moving on to the sad state of affairs surrounding Mitch McConnell. They finish on a fascinating tale of police work uti...

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman have a feel good pod for y'all, as they go over the important push by Joe Biden to negotiate drug p...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman go over the clown show that is Vivek Ramaswamy as he makes his way around the talk shows. They then discuss Kevin McCarthy's unenviable position as Speaker of the House, as he's made a lot of promises he can't keep including the impeachment of Joe Biden. They finish up with more outrage over yet another mass shooting, made worse due to the influence o...

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman provide some more thoughts on the ridiculousness of the first GOP Presidential Debate, then share a...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the upcoming debate- DON'T MISS our live show immediately afterwards, only available to Patreon subscribers at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast. Jared then does an interview with Liv Agar from the QAnon Anonymous Podcast to discuss why people just love talking about politics in this modern moment.

Jared and Nick discuss the Georgia indictment and how the Republicans continue to shift the goalposts in order to defend the indefensible. They then take a number of great questions from the Muckrake Hotline that range from Bill Barr's involvement in all of this to whether people are too afraid to protest due to potential violence.

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the latest round of charges in Georgia filed by Fani Willis, including how dumb some of the plots were to overthrow the government. They move on to Iowa, where Ron DeSantis was having. a heckuva time overcoming the Trump trolls, before focusing on a retaliatory police raid in Kansas of a local newspaper.

Nick Hauselman is still off and sailing and Jared Yates Sexton is here to talk about the landslide win in Ohio and take a whole bunch of questions from listeners, including whether Donald Trump might hightail it to a foreign country and what exactly the "anti-trafficking" Republicans are up to. This is a free preview of the WEEKENDER show. If you haven't already, head over to Patreon and become a...

Nick Hauselman is somewhere in a boat, heading toward Alaska, so Jared Yates Sexton is left to pilot this ship. Luckily, he's got Sarah Kendzior along for the ride. The author of THEY KNEW: HOW A CULTURE OF CONSPIRACY KEEPS AMERICA COMPLACENT and co-host of GASLIT NATION talks with Jared about the recent indictment of Donald Trump, the system of corruption that continues to grow, and what the next...

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the things that stood out to them from Trump's latest indictment, including the fact that t...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss a bombshell report that proves the Trump campaign isn't using the millions its raising on the campaign - rather for Trump's myriad indictments to the tune of $56 million and counting. They move over to Israel, where Benjamin Netenyahu is folliwng the Trump playbook by attempting to pass a law that would essentially castrate the Supreme Court -...

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the court filing by Rudy Giuliani that admits he lied about voter fraud in Georgia as it re...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman had to break down why the new curriculum in Florida that requires teachers to explain how slaves benefitted from slavery is racist, and speaking of which: Alabama refuses to follow the Supreme Court's ruling to create two districts with majority Black voters. In another example of how capitalism wreaks havoc on society, Nick and Jared discuss a New Yo...

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-host Jared Yates Sexton is on the road and joins Nick Hauselman from his car to discuss the revelation, from Trump no less, that he is official...

With Jared Yates Sexton off today, Nick Hauselman hosts the show and welcomes Jason Neidleman, political science professor at the University of La Verne, and author of the upcoming book “Frameworks of Time In Rousseau," to discuss how Donald Trump's campaign is openly discussing how they want to de-construct the government in such a way that would clearly lead to authoritarianism. They draw some h...

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. C0-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss how Rupert Murdoch is ready to abandon his once great hope of toppling Donald Trump, while...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman welcome Friend of the Muckrake Danielle Moodie of the daily pod Woke AF, co-host of The New Abnormal and co-host of Democracyish podcasts. They talk about what's happening with the GOP in Michigan as they're fighting amongst themselves and DeSantis versus Trump on a National stage.

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman hosted a live show on Thursday evening to discuss Trump doxxing Obama, the rise of Threads to take...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman analyze the latest attack ad from Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis by breaking it down shot for shot. They also discuss the meltdown of Twitter as well as a new era of Fourth of July celebration using drones instead of fireworks.

This is a preview of the full Weekender Friday episode. To unlock the full 50+ minute show, and all future episodes, head over to patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and become a subscriber. You'll gain access to more content, as well as live tapings, and more. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss in depth the ramifications of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down college's use of...