The Nation Podcasts

Emergency Election Episode / Fighting Fascism

No, you're NOT seeing double. It's four F's this week as we release a bonus episode of Fighting Fascism to talk about Tuesday night's historic victories for Democrats. Ho

Our Historic Victories and How We Won / Start Making Sense

What we won this week, starting with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and James Talarico in Texas – John Nichols comments on the candidates and the issues. He’s The Nation’s Ex

How the Right Invented “Cultural Marxism” w/ A.J.A. Woods / American Prestige

Danny and Derek welcome intellectual historian A.J.A. Woods to the show to talk about the history of the "cultural Marxism" conspiracy theory. They discuss the Frankfurt

The Story of Justice Democrats w/ Usamah Andrabi / Fighting Fascism

We are officially almost at the end of the 2026 election. To reflect back on the crazy twists and turns and the major progressive successes of this cycle, we spoke with U

Reparations as a Climate Solution w/ Brea Baker / A People's Climate

“Those who own the land get to be decision makers over what happens to the land. They get to decide whether they're gonna frack and how much they’re going to pollute.” C

Lula Wins Fourth Term, Serbian Students Defeat Ruling Party, US Prepares to Escalate Iran War / American Prestige

Danny and Derek considered helping Flavio Bolsonaro mount a political comeback here in the States, but cut ties on the advice of Danny's psychic. In this week’s news: Isr

Why Communities Want to Stop Flock Cameras w/ Jason Koebler / Tech Won't Save Us

No one is comfortable with police surveillance in the US, which is why there’s a bipartisan backlash to Flock cameras. Jason Koebler joins Paris Marx to discuss the rise

Halloween Origins w/ Eleanor Janega and Luke Waters / American Prestige

Eleanor Janega and Luke Waters, co-hosts of the We’re Not So Different podcast and our collaborators on Welcome to the Crusades (Season 2 out now!) are on the show to hel

Defeating Trump’s Attacks on Voting, plus the Coming End of the Trump Era / Start Making Sense

Trump's efforts to interfere with voting, and with certification of the results, have not been successful. Rick Hasen of the UCLA Law School says “We're doing well on ele

Can Jane Kim Fix Insurance? w/ Jane Kim / Fighting Fascism

We haven’t had any political candidates on Fighting Fascism yet. But we decided to make an exception for Jane Kim, who is running to be the next insurance commissioner of

Building Power Against the State with Kamau Franklin / A People's Climate

“No one has a right to tell you how to organize, to free yourself, and to liberate yourself.” The fight over Cop City was never just about a police training center. In A

U.S. and Israel Plan Iran Strikes, Ansar Allah Hits Saudi Arabia, Mass Protests Sweep France / American Prestige

Neera Tanden has not yet posted a tirade about AP, and we’re starting to take it personally. In this week’s news: the U.S. and Israel prepare for renewed strikes against

Too Much Computer: Ingrid Burrington discusses Hyperscale with Paris Marx / Tech Won't Save Us

Hyperscale data centers are not an inevitable infrastructure, but a product of capitalist financialization pushing us further from a livable future. Ingrid Burrington int

Elon Musk and the Future of Capitalism w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff / American Prestige

It’s Tech Day here at AP, so Danny and Derek speak with Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University, and writer Ben Tarnoff, co-authors of Mu

Massive GOP Spending Hasn’t Slowed the Coming Blue Wave; plus The Cornell Rape Case / Start Making Sense

Republicans are spending hundreds of millions on the midterms, but their money hasn’t been able to counter the crisis of affordability, the disgust with Trump’s corruptio

Anti-Fascist Economics w/ Isabella Weber / Fighting Fascism

Dr. Isabella Weber’s new book is called Anti-Fascist Economics. As a native of Nuremberg, where the Nazis staged their famous mass rallies, there’s another term she also

Fighting for Our Lives in Fossil Fuel Country w/ John Beard Jr. / A People's Climate

“This is about life. And this extractive industry is not a giver of life, it is a taker of life.” On March 23, 2026, a massive explosion tore through the Valero refinery

Ethiopian Forces Near Eritrea, Israel Demolishes Southern Lebanon Towns, Two Commercial Ships Attacked Near Hormuz / American Prestige

Metallica says they stay out of politics, so Danny and Derek are reassessing their approach to the show. In this week’s news: Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize, ange

Taking Data Centers to Court w/ Martha Dark / Tech Won't Save Us

Data centers are being approved without proper oversight into their broader impacts, but there are organizations pushing back. Martha Dark joins Paris Marx to discuss her

The Political Power of Police Unions w/ Stuart Schrader / American Prestige

Danny and Derek speak with historian Stuart Schrader about the history and political power of police unions in the US. They discuss the rise of police unions in the 1960s