Gaslit Nation

We cover the admission by the Department of Homeland Security that there are violent extremists within their ranks, and the new loose gun laws that may be put into effect by the Supreme Court, fulfill...

28 Apr 202158min

Sarah is sick so we're using this week for spring cleaning and self-care. There will be a bonus episode for Patreon supporters at the Truth-teller level and higher later this week so look out for that...

21 Apr 20217min

This week we take on the new mascot of obstructionism and excuse for legislative inaction -- Joe Manchin! This human barrier to democracy has not received the level of investigation he deserves, so we...

14 Apr 20211h 3min

Gaslit Nation welcomes a special guest whose incredible life story captures the complex, often misunderstood region of the Middle East, the topic of this week's discussion. Iyad el-Baghdadi, whom some...

7 Apr 20211h 4min

We describe the uneasy interim period of the early Biden era and what's to come when the covid crisis ends – and predict that it's going to look a lot like what happened after the end of the 1918 Span...

31 Mars 202157min

This week Gaslit Nation welcomes Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) who gives us an inside view on the Capitol attack, what steps need to be taken to hold the perpetrators accountable, how the Bid...

24 Mars 202155min

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present, explains all the ways Trump and Republican leaders rely on the dictator's playbook to weaken our democracy and consolidate...

17 Mars 20211h 11min

Wow, something good happened! This week on Gaslit Nation we give credit to (and criticism of!) the American Rescue Plan Act, which begins the process of digging this country out of the giant hellhole ...

10 Mars 20211h 16min