The Good, Bad, and the Ugly of the SCOTUS Grand Finale

The Good, Bad, and the Ugly of the SCOTUS Grand Finale

This time, John talks about the Supreme Court officially concluding its October 2025 term with a wave of major rulings on birthright citizenship, executive power, transgender athletes, and campaign finance. They spiked the rights of transgender youth and they barely preserved birthright citizenship. Then, he interviews Josh Fox who's best known as the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning writer/director of GasLand. He is also internationally recognized as a spokesperson and leader on the issue of and climate change. They discuss his latest documentary THE WELCOME TABLE which is out now on HBO. Next, John speaks with Ida Susser. She has conducted ethnographic research in the U.S., Southern Africa and Puerto Rico, France and Spain with respect to urban social movements and the urban commons, gender, the global AIDS epidemic and environmental movements. They talk about her upcoming book, THE YELLOW VESTS AND THE BATTLE FOR DEMOCRACY, in which Susser offers the first in-depth examination of a movement that defies easy classification and challenges us to reimagine politics. Then lastly, comedian Keith Price returns to joke with John and listeners on pop culture and the ever imploding world of Trump.

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