The Real News Podcast

Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, roughly 20% of the Ukrainian territory remains occupied by Russian troops. Before the invasion, there were 41 million people living in Ukraine; today, the UN Refugee Agency estimates that 3.7 million people still in Ukraine have been displaced from their homes, while almost 7 million refugees had to flee abroad. The war has severely...

As we cross the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia has launched its largest drone attack in Ukraine to date, and Israeli tanks are rolling into the Occupied West Bank for the first time in decades. US President Donald Trump has issued repeated threats to “take over” and “own” Gaza, “buy” Greenland, and “absorb” Canada as the “51st state.” Even the fiction of...

In 2019 Venezuela, U.S. sanctions are wreaking havoc. Broken cars sit along roadsides, because there are no parts to fix them. Water systems are failing, because replacement parts can’t be purchased from abroad. Health supplies are hard to find. In particular, medicine. But neighbors in one Caracas commune are standing up for each other. They’ve created a community pharmacy. They get the medicine...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, February 24, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue pr...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, February 21, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue pr...

We kick off the new season of Working People with another crucial installment of our ongoing series where we speak with the people living, working, and fighting for justice in America’s “sacrifice zones.” In this episode, TRNN editor-in-chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with a panel of guests about the ongoing public health crises in East Palestine, OH, where a Norfolk Southern train derailment in...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, February 20, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, February 19, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue...

The view from inside the United States has many wondering if the days of democracy are numbered, but that's not the story everywhere. In spite of a global surge in far-right politics, many countries are still making progressive strides and demonstrating the problems facing the US have real, proven solutions. Natasha Hakimi Zapata , author of  Another World is Possible , joins  The Marc Steiner   S...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, February 18, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue p...

In the Caribbean jungles of Quintana Roo, two Mayan brothers lived. They were fierce warriors. And they are still defending their land, in the forest of present-day Mexico. This is the fifth episode of Stories of Resistance. Stories of Resistance is a new project, co-produced by  The Real News  and  Global Exchange . Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, February 14, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue pr...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, February 13, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, February 12, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, February 11, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue p...

In the early days of COVID, when the disease spreads like wildfire, and ICU units overflow capacity, there are few places as bad as Brazil. But Brazilian Indigenous communities take action. They set up roadblocks in the entrances into their territories. They block unwanted visitors, test temperatures, and distribute masks. They also turn to their ancestral medicine—their native plants, and share t...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, February 10, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue pr...

Trump’s threats of tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico have wreaked havoc on US relations with its closest trade partners. While the tariffs against Canada and Mexico have been deferred by a month, lasting damage has likely been done to US relations with the only countries with which it shares land borders. The fallout of the trade spat is already remaking Canadian politics, with many wondering w...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, February 6, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue p...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, February 6, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue p...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, February 5, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, February 4, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue pr...

They were building not just any basement. It was to house printing machines that would make books and leaflets. Flyers and pamphlets. Materials for the cause. And not just any printing press. The largest clandestine printing press in the country—the social media of the 1970s. This is the third episode of Stories of Resistance.  Stories of Resistance is a new project, co-produced by The Real News a...

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, February 3, 2025. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide. Find more headlines from  Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed . Help us continue pro...

From the attempt to broadly freeze federal grants and loans to high-profile firings at the National Labor Relations Board, TRNN Reporter Mel Buer and Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez break down this week’s chaotic directives from the Trump administration and what they will mean for working people and the labor movement. Mel and Max also lay out what we know about the tragic collision of a US Ar...