Gaslit Nation

Sixteen year old Kalief Browder spent 700 days in solitary confinement over a backpack he didn't steal, and traitor to his country, former FBI agent Charles McGonigal, only got four years in prison fo...

17 Des 202326min

The Reagan Revolution and "greed is good" remain in full swing, ushering in a level of wealth inequality that surpasses the Gilded Age.  "Progressives, especially, must recognize that pres erving cons...

13 Des 202353min

This experiment brings to mind more recent ones in Russia, where there were deliberate efforts to breed both aggressive and docile rats. One Gaslit Nation listener wondered if Russian botfarms are del...

9 Des 20239min

The Supreme Court is at it again! This current season of the American Hunger Games, also known as a Supreme Court session, could be as disastrous for the American people and great for the far-right do...

6 Des 20231h 3min

Putin lost a longtime friend and confidant, the only American statesman he respected and admired. Why might these two have hit if off? War criminal Henry Kissinger, like Putin, was responsible for mil...

2 Des 202323min

Trump and McConnell, turbo-charged by the war chest of the Federalist Society, packed the Supreme Court, and put in place far-right idealogues across 28-percent of our federal courts, reshaping our ju...

29 Nov 202359min

As a special THANK YOU to our Patreon community that keeps the showing going through these tough times, Andrea shares her "hot sauce" for making art. The core spice is this: Don't be afraid to be inte...

25 Nov 202311min

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum is back on Gaslit Nation in Part II of a discussion that spans what comes after Putin, why it seems like Russia is behind so much destabilization around...

22 Nov 20231h 5min