The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

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Trump’s Phony $5,000 Bribe | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, September 12, 2026

Friends, I’m taking the day off, and Heather, Kamau, and Michael are taking the reins. As you’ll see, they keep our klatch as lively, informative, and enjoyable as ever.

Sep 12
44 min

The Biggest Loser in the World | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, September 5, 2026

Friends, Today, W. Kamau Bell and Michael Lahanas Calderón join me to take a deep dive into the economy on this Labor Day weekend — which marks the start of the midterm

Sep 5
44 min

Trump’s War on Iran, Canada, and Us | The Coffee Klatch for August 29, 2026

Friends, Today Heather and I examine what Trump is doing as his war on Iran — which he promised would be over in “four to five weeks” — now exceeds six months, with no e

Aug 29
59 min

In Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

Friends, Here’s my conversation today with Heather Cox Richardson, in which we examine the origins of Trumpism. Professor Richardson is, of course, a major resource to a

Aug 25
35 min

My Feud with Trump’s Brainless Treasury Secretary | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 22, 2026

Friends, Today Heather and I take a deep dive into the wacko views and decisions of Trump’s treasury secretary, Scott Bessent — whose attempts to reduce long-term intere

Aug 22
49 min

How to Dump the Trump | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 15, 2026

Friends, Today I’m taking a vacation. (It’s the second Klatch I’ve missed out of 230 since Heather and I began them on March 19, 2022.) But I’ve left you in good hands!

Aug 15
47 min

Big Money Loses | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 8, 2026

Friends, Today, Heather and I take a deep dive into the so-called “civil war” inside the Democratic Party, between corporate Dems who keep spending enormous sums on prim

Aug 8
38 min

It's Still The Economy, Stupid | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 1, 2026

Friends, Today, Michael and I delve into Trump’s plummeting approval ratings and ask whether they’re due to the economy, Trump’s war (which obviously affects the econom

Aug 1
50 min

What the Hell Is Trump Doing in Iran? | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 25, 2026

Friends, Today, Heather and I take a dive into the muck of Trump, 101 days before the midterm elections. His war in Iran is worsening, with no end in sight. His economy

Jul 25
37 min

Trump's Midterm Election Plot | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 18, 2026

Friends, Today, Michael and I take a close look at the sharp contrasts between artificial problems dreamed up by Trump (such as voter fraud) and real problems the nation

Jul 18
49 min

Trump's Downward Escalator | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 11, 2026

Friends, Welcome back to our 250th-plus-one-week anniversary edition! Hope you have had a good week, despite the cacophony out of Washington. Today, Heather and I try

Jul 11
48 min

Reading the Declaration of Independence on America's 250th

I appreciate the active vocal participation of my neighbors, the organizing ability of Sally Baack, and excellent filming by Tia Liddell Ivery. RR This is a public

Jul 6
8 min

The Truth About America at 250 Years | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 4th, 2026

Friends, Today marks 250 years since we declared our independence from a vile, arbitrary, impulsive, capricious, greedy, selfish, narcissistic authoritarian. Oh, wait. S

Jul 4
44 min

Trump's Strait of Warm Ooze | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 27, 2026

Friends, Today, Heather and I examine all sorts of things that went wrong this week for Trump, starting with Iran’s attack on an oil tanker moving through the Strait of

Jun 27
40 min

President CHUMP! | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 20, 2026

Friends, On today’s episode of the Coffee Klatch, Heather and I discuss Trump’s outright surrender to Iran, his algae-infested Reflecting Pool, Democrats’ plan to tackle

Jun 20
32 min

Live w/ Robert Reich

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

Jun 15
24 min

Trillionaire Testosterone | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 13, 2026

Friends, Today Heather and I take a deep dive into Elon Musk’s new status as America’s first trillionaire — worth one thousand billion dollars — and its meaning for the

Jun 13
44 min

Trump Gets Screwwormed | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 6, 2026

Friends, Today’s weather is so beautiful that Heather and I decided to have our coffee klatch outside on the Berkeley campus. Much to talk about — including the giant in

Jun 6
42 min

Trump's Department of Injustice | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, May 30, 2026

Friends, Heather is back (after a grueling week; we wish her mother a speedy recovery). Today we take a deep dive into Trump’s Department of Injustice, now headed by A

May 30
46 min

Trump's Gush of Slush | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, May 23, 2026. A bit late this morning!

Friends, Sorry for being a bit late this morning. Today Michael and I take a deep dive into Trump’s corruption — beginning with CBS’s merger deal with Skydance that wa

May 23
38 min

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keeping up with the craziness without going bonkers-/ this podcast wil provide intelligent, rational analysis of current events w/o making you want to jump out the window !

kimmieok · Jan 2026

I’ve enjoyed and looked forward to each episode. Today’s was especially uplifting. I loved hearing Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter’s insights and her defense of civil service workers.

dblrainbow2 · Mar 2025

Thank you so much for all of your insight! I wanted to share 5calls.org as a great way to contact congresspeople and senators according to where you live. They have list of issues & scripts along with contact information. Using our voices is empowering to stand up for our institutions.

Standing up on the outside · Feb 2025

Imagine having the honor to listen to one of finest minds speaking freely while having coffee. This brilliant former top federal executive official warned us about “Citizens United” a Supreme Court decision that turned our democracy into a oligarchy. Robert Reich bravely opposed trade policies that wasn’t in our best interests. My respect for him is beyond my ability to verbalise.

Zed_55 · Aug 2023

I love Reich, I appreciate him in every way, but I’m getting very, very tired of the refusal to admit genocide and instead call it large-scale starvation and use other sanitized language about something that is indefensible. Many of us listening to Reich of course also are aware that the American media’s consensus—even it’s more definitively Democrat papers—are presenting a somewhat falsified and sanitized version of what’s happening in Gaza and the West Bank. We don’t need to hear it repeated by good people any further.

Citizenry3 · Aug 2025

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