The Muckrake Political Podcast

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman welcome to the show Will Bunch, National Opinion Columnist for the Phildelphia Inquirer and author of the upcoming book RESENT U, to discuss how the educational system created the political firestorm we’re in today.  To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrak...

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Jared Yates Sexton joined journalist Michael Cohen to discuss the events on January 6th for his substack "Truth And Consequences."

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hausleman discuss Trump's hurt feelings after getting booed by his own crowd when discussing the vaccines, as well as analyzing what it means for Manchin to stop the BBB Act in its tracks.  To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss this seminal David Fincher film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton and its impact and reflection on the culture from which it sprang. 

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman are pleased to welcome on the show author Wajahat Ali, whose new book "Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American" is available or presale on Amazon now, discusses his experiences growing up as a Muslim in America, plus offers his insights into where the right is going in its bigotry and intolerance.

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman hosted a rollicking good time last night, as tons of our members showed up to share in a great discussion on the history of the War On Christmas. Plus, Nick tries dipping french fries into a...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the explosive revelations that Mark Meadows had plenty of advanced knowledge of the events that took place on January 6th.  To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss Matt Gaetz's batshit crazy appearance on Steve Bannon's podcast, and break down what Dan Crenshaw was really saying when he torched the Freedom Caucus. 

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman welcome politics writer for Salon Chauncey DeVega on the show to discuss a wide range of topics including the media's coverage of Biden, the Democrats' poor messaging, and what is happening to our democracy.  To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast...

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman take a DEEP dive into the career of Alex Jones, how he started in local access TV, grew into a social media titan, and how his latest endeavor might be the beginning of the end for our societ...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the breaking news that suddenly, having been a mouthpiece for QAnon for years, Michael Flynn is caught on tape calling it crazy and a CIA psy-op.  Also: Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Lecturing Fellow at Duke University, discusses the exploitation of college athletes and how it relates to a bigger picture of what's wrong with our society and the value it...

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman go in depth on the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, including their own unique theories on what really happened in Dallas in 1963.   

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss how the Rittenhouse verdict was decided and the ramifications it has on society going forward, specifically if it's a dot on the timeline from George Zimmerman to something inherently worse and more violent. To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrake...

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman hosted a live show with the Muckrake faithful last night, and the conversation ranged across a broad spectrum of topics, including taking questions on the state of our democracy and our favor...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton & Nick Hauselman discuss Steven Bennon turning himself in to the FBI briefly before holding a press conference to threaten Democratic leadership.  To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the rare sighting of an accused murderer taking the stand at his own trial and how this fits into the larger context of our government and society. Plus, priests are "weighing in" on...

While co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman herald the new infrastructure bill and all the good it will cause, they also dig deep into the announcement that a group of ostracized conservative academics are launching Austin University, dedicated to the elimination of safe spaces and promoting hate speech.  To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender ep...

This is an abbreviated version of our weekly Patreon show. To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Jared and Nick have a jam-packed show, with a discussion ranging from how bad a candidate Terry McCauliffe was, to Jenna Ryan's sentence for being part of the insurrection, and the evils of automation and AI algorithms. 

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman dissect the question and answer posed at the Critical Racism Tour hosted by Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk, and how so much of the Republicans' wink-wink, nudge-nudge will end up being a call for violence. Plus, Jared does a deep dive into the propaganda around China's supposed thirst for war as published in the Atlantic. To support the show and acc...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss whether the progressives in the Democratic Party will ultimately allow the establishment to completely strip the reconciliation bill of all its forward-thinking initiatives.  To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the explosive revelations that several Republican members of congress held meetings with the insurrections ahead of January 6th, and then they welcome Nick Carmody on the show to offer his unique perspective as a psychiatrist and a "Poli-Psych" analyst. To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode,...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss Joe Manchin possibly leaving the Democratic Party and how it's basically ground Joe Biden's agenda to a halt. Why are Democrats so bad at this? To access the full-episode and support the pod, head on over to http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

With the news that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died due to complications from covid, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss in depth his legacy - with mostly memorable moments of historical importance framed around one huge mistake he made in selling the Iraq War to the UN Security Council. They then pull apart more of what motivates Joe Manchin to behave more like a...

Nick Hauselman is out and about, leaving Jared Yates Sexton to fly solo once more. For this Patron-exclusive episode, Jared uses the Right Wing "war on tech" to explore the history of civic society and how authoritarians are salivating over the prospect of using the internet to retake power and institute a neo-feudal state wherein they control power without challenge.   To access the full-episode...

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the revelation that AT&T, in all its corporate wisdom, decided to create one of the most radical right wing news stations. They also dive into the psyche of the anti-vaccine, anti-mask, anti-everything right wing to understand what motivates them. To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become...