Mon, 31 December 2018
Today, an interview with historian Anna-Lisa Cox on her new book, “The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America’s Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality.” Cox uncovers the early history of America’s black frontiersman in the late 18th century, and what happened to what was once the largest area on earth set aside for equality in the NW territory (Ohio, Indiana, etc). Why white supremacist movements of the early 19th century were a response to black success and not black failure on the frontier. What America might look like had laws coded to privilege whites not destroyed the black frontier. The co-ed, interracial boarding schools of Indiana in the 1840s, started by African-American famers, and later burned down. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Check out today’s sponsors! Quip: Quip is an electric toothbrush that packs premium vibration and timer features into an ultra slim design that’s half the cost of bulkier brushes. Quip starts at just $25 and if you go to GETQUIP.com/MAJORITY right now, you can get your first refill pack for FREE. Calm: We're excited to partner with Calm, the #1 app to help you meditate, sleep and relax. For a limited time, Majority Report listeners get 25% off a Calm premium subscription at CALM.COM/MAJORITY Check out the Majority Report Good Reads page! Get 10% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate with coupon code "Majority" at justcoffee.coop! The Michael Brooks Show live! @ The Bell House, February 1st 2019, Pre-order tickets here Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn June 22 Dave Rubin Foolishly Tells Oxford 'Structural Racism' is Imaginary June 23 Libertarianism May Never Recover From Dave Rubin's Epic Stupidity June 30 FDR Calls The Show To Cheer Us All Up |
Fri, 28 December 2018
August 30, 2018 Emily Ogden talks to us about her book ‘Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism.’ Franz Mesmer’s animal magnetism as a “scientific” kind of folk magic. The relationship between mesmerists and debunkers. The parallels in “rationality as totemic device” between the mesmerists and the New Atheists. What to make of the dupes? Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Check out today's sponsors: Skillshare is a vibrant online learning community that offers courses on everything from design, to video editing, photography, business, technology, cooking, meditation… and everything in between. Get TWO whole months of totally free access to Skillshare’s entire library of courses and tutorials at https://skl.sh/majority Human Rights Watch: if human rights are important to you, visit HRW.org/majority to make a donation and support its vital work around the world. When you do, not only is your gift tax-deductible, it will be matched dollar for dollar until 2019! Check out the Majority Report Good Reads page! Get 10% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate with coupon code "Majority" at justcoffee.coop! The Michael Brooks Show live! @ The Bell House, February 1st 2019, Pre-order tickets here Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn Franz Mesmer’s animal magnetism as a “scientific” for of folk magic. The relationship between mesmerists and debunkers. The parallels in “rationality as totemic device” between the mesmerists and the New Atheists. What to make of the dupes? June 1 How A Comedian Was Targeted By Feds For Joking About ICE June 15 Dave Rubin's Nonsense Brings Joe Rogan's Show To A Screeching Halt |
Thu, 27 December 2018
June 26, 2018 Dr. Henry Giroux, writer, cultural critic, and professor at McMaster University joins us to discuss his latest book, American Nightmare: Facing the Challenge of Fascism, a collection of essays that reckons with the swell of white-supremacy, anti-immigrant policy, and everyday-racism that has taken hold and prospered in our highest offices and permeated our mass culture. Giroux questions what it would take for Americans to stand up to such injustices and what we’re willing to give up before our democracy is rendered unrecognizable. Giroux details how fascism grows incrementally, with people living their daily lives until their basic liberties are taken away. If violence becomes the only resolution to our set of social problems, our neoliberal political landscape becomes inoperable. Our political language is more codified than ever, it’s a language that maintains power for political elites in Washington (hence Trump). Power is not just about domination, it’s about resistance. Operating at the local level is the beginning of political education. Bobby DeNiro calling Trump a jerk does nothing to change our politics. Younger generations have lived the consequences of Ronald Reagan’s conservatism and their ability to communicate via social media has given hope to an alternative to neoliberalism. The younger generations are offering community spaces and opportunities as tonics to endless capitalism and profit-making. Reforms are limited, but in the most immediate sense, they can save peoples’ lives. Check out today's sponsors: Honeybook is an all-in-one business management platform for creative small businesses. Get started at Honeybook.com today, and use promo code MAJORITY for 50% off your first year. Grove: Whether it's cranberry sauce drops or your uncle's smelly socks, nothing cleans holiday messes like Mrs. Meyer's holiday scents. For a limited time, MR listeners will get Mrs. Meyer's holiday products, a 60-day VIP membership, and a surprise bonus gift FREE when you sign up and place an order of $20 or more. Visit Grove.co/TMR to claim this offer! Check out the Majority Report Good Reads page! Get 10% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate with coupon code "Majority" at justcoffee.coop! The Michael Brooks Show live! @ The Bell House, February 1st 2019, Pre-order tickets here Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn April 11 Sam Harris Lights Career On Fire In Ezra Klein Debate May 3 Caller's Epic Laundry List Of Majority Report Thank Yous May 17 Alex Jones Hilariously Runs Away from His Own Insane Fan |
Wed, 26 December 2018
4/6 Julie Wilson is an Associate Professor of Communication Arts at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. She joins us today to discuss her new textbook, ‘Neoliberalism.’ What “neoliberalism” is and how it differs from classical liberalism. The role of the state in promoting neoliberalism via policy that privileges “free markets.” The different versions of neoliberalism advanced by Democrats and Republicans. The rise of neoliberalism in the late ’70s and early ’80s and how every president since Reagan has advanced it. The four D’s: dispossession, dis-imagination, de-democratization, and disposability. How social media and austerity train kids to think of themselves as market commodities who must compete with one other. How neoliberalism used the individualistic 1960s counter-culture for its own nefarious ends. How neoliberalism seeps into every aspect of our lives while simultaneously rendering itself invisible. The privatization of politics and what it means to be a neoliberal citizen. What we can do to resist neoliberalism in our everyday lives and become more communal and less alienated. Jan 8 Republican Responds To Harassment Allegations In The WORST Way Possible Feb 8 Jordan Peterson's Countdown To Total Meltdown Begins On Fox and Friends March 6 Friend Of The Show Jordan Peterson Calls In
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Mon, 24 December 2018
Alex Pareene joins the show to reflect on 2018, a very normal year. Sam has a conspiracy theory on why Trump was able to get by for so long before this despite doing blatant crimes. Alex, Sam, Michael, and Matt all bet on whether Bernie will run. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Skillshare is a vibrant online learning community that offers courses on everything from design, to video editing, photography, business, technology, cooking, meditation… and everything in between. Get TWO whole months of totally free access to Skillshare’s entire library of courses and tutorials at https://skl.sh/majority Check out the Majority Report Good Reads page! Get 10% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate with coupon code "Majority" at justcoffee.coop! The Michael Brooks Show live! @ The Bell House, February 1st 2019, Pre-order tickets here Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn |
Fri, 21 December 2018
Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon), Judy Gold (@JewdyGold), Film Guy Matthew Weiss (@langdonboom) and Isabel Gillies (@isabelgillies) join us for the final Casual Friday of 2018! On today's show: GoFundMe wall man says the wall is in our constitution. Benjamin P. Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon), of Progressive Army and The North Star, joins us to discuss the latest news from Washington: Mattis resigns, Trump pulls out of Syria, and more. Stephen Miller goes full Stormfront (w/o spray hair), asks "how many people have to die?" before we build the wall. Judy Gold (@JewdyGold) joins us to wish this year good riddance. Trump explains why he needs wall funding in the spending budget: we'll be overrun by literal coyotes. Film Guy Matthew (@langdonboom) and Isabel Gillies (@isabelgillies) join us to give us some movie recommendations for the break, including: Roma, Ozark, and Amour. The crew also recommends Thomas Sunkara documentary Land of Upright Men, Narcos, Escape at Dannemora, and late capitalist masterpiece Spring Breakers. On the fun half: David Cicilline criticizes Kirstjen Nielsen for not knowing how many children have been separated at the border. Ted Lieu explains that immigrants commit less crime than native-born Americans. Louie Gohmert defends family separation, says it's what Mueller is doing to Manafort. Brian Kilmeade says Trump is "refounding ISIS." Plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Check out today's sponsors: Human Rights Watch: if human rights are important to you, visit HRW.org/majority to make a donation and support its vital work around the world• When you do, not only is your gift tax-deductible, it will be matched dollar for dollar until 2019! Skillshare is a vibrant online learning community that offers courses on everything from design, to video editing, photography, business, technology, cooking, meditation… and everything in between. Get TWO whole months of totally free access to Skillshare’s entire library of courses and tutorials at https://skl.sh/majority Check out the Majority Report Good Reads page! Get 10% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate with coupon code "Majority" at justcoffee.coop! The Michael Brooks Show live! @ The Bell House, February 1st 2019, Pre-order tickets here Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn
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Thu, 20 December 2018
Joining Michael Brooks on today's program is Kelly Weill from the Daily Beast to discuss her latest deep dive into the alt-right, "How YouTube Built a Radicalization Machine for the Far-Right." While YouTube's algorithm can be a great tool to learn how to hang shelves or paint a wall properly, it can also radicalize gamer teens and draw them into far-right ideas before they even know it. And there's no way out of YouTube's algorithm--there is no opt-out. Weill's reporting delves into the company's business model and explains how the far right online community perpetuates and builds up an echo-chamber via the YouTube algorithm. Some of the subjects interviewed were teens when they began watching Call of Duty videos which led to atheism video and eventually from there to race science and ethno-nationalist content. Weill posits that YouTube's problem is not primarily its content, but rather how its algorithm promotes content--the most radical videos will keep you watching, and that's all the algorithm objective, to keep you online. Michael and Kelly then open up the conversation to regulating the digital media and social media spaces. How do we effectively regulate these monopolies? Nationalize them? Break them up? Government oversight? Finally, Michael and Kelly contemplate how platforms like YouTube have brought back certain questions that some time ago were exorcized from society. How do we draw the line between disengaging from these questions so as to not lend them credence while making sure that the vulnerable do not fall into the traps created by those with hateful ideologies? And in the Fun Half: forecasting the inevitable 2019 UK general election, Brian Kilmeade: Middle East Foreign Policy Expert, the Texas English curriculum, the challenges of deplatforming and the first amendment, Paul Ryan says Trump is rejecting the Senate's short term spending bill, an update on Lula's imprisonment, Steven Pinker loves the Niskanen centrist plan of action, Elon Musk's Boring Loop lives up to its name, Jordan Peterson cried after eating his cousin in a dream, plus your lovely calls and IMs! Become a member of the Majority Report today! Majority Report LIVE @ THE BK PODFEST, 2:30 PM January 13th, 2019: Now sold out! The Michael Brooks Show live! @ The Bell House, February 1st 2019, Pre-order tickets here Check out today's sponsors: Privacy.com is a totally free service that lets you buy anything online WITHOUT having to give out your credit card number, and lets you PREVENT companies from overcharging you. You can find out more and get 100% free and unlimited access by going to https://privacy.com/majority Get 30% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate all month long at justcoffee.coop! Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn Members watch the full episode here. |
Wed, 19 December 2018
On today's show: Sam teases his debate with Brandon Straka of #WalkAway. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says we'll build the wall by taking funds from other departments. Fox and Friends guest Michael Goodwin suggests Trump voters crowdfund the wall. Jared Kushner gets behind federal prison reform because his dad is in federal prison. Ex-Republican explains why he walked away from the racist GOP. Elizabeth Warren introduces proposal to have the government make prescription drugs. On the fun half: Simone Sanders explains how the "crisis at the border" is right wing talking point. John from San Antonio shares a personal experience with the US healthcare system. The connection between the criminalization of migration, NAFTA, and declining wages. Mother Jones EIC Clara Jeffery spreads lies to undermine Bernie. Tucker Carlson defends his show as advertisers flee; should anyone on the left care about "slippery slope" arguments re: speech? Mollie Hemingway says there was no collusion in Russia because Trump has no business there...now here's CNN's Chris Cuomo with a copy of a Moscow Tower letter of intent with Trump's signature. Judge Jeanine praises Flynn's judge. Plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Majority Report LIVE @ THE BK PODFEST, 2:30 PM January 13th, 2019: Now sold out! The Michael Brooks Show live! @ The Bell House, February 1st 2019, Pre-order tickets here Check out today's sponsors: Skillshare is a vibrant online learning community that offers courses on everything from design, to video editing, photography, business, technology, cooking, meditation… and everything in between. Get TWO whole months of totally free access to Skillshare’s entire library of courses and tutorials at https://skl.sh/majority Privacy.com is a totally free service that lets you buy anything online WITHOUT having to give out your credit card number, and lets you PREVENT companies from overcharging you. You can find out more and get 100% free and unlimited access by going to https://privacy.com/majority Get 30% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate all month long at justcoffee.coop! Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn |
Tue, 18 December 2018
Journalist and author Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) joins us to discuss her latest book, 'Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger.' In this book, Traister traces the influence of female anger throughout US history. From the early suffragettes who marched on the White House, to the Lowell mill girls who contributed greatly to the US labor movement, to the #metoo movement and the Women's March, Traister traces how woman's anger has made a positive impact on US politics and society, despite being dismissed and delegitimized by a patriarchal culture. On the fun half: A roundtable discussion of de-platforming as a tool to fight fascism. Dave Rubin interviews self-hating Imam Mohammad Tawhidi. Joe Biden says billionaires aren't all bad guys...they're just as patriotic as the working class. Should Angela Nagle be shunned by the left for her terrible immigration take? Anand Giriharadas calls out EY for sponsoring Saudi Davos in the desert after Khashoggi killing. Plus your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Human Rights Watch: 2018 has been a difficult year for human rights. If human rights are important to you, visit HRW.org/majority to make a donation and support its vital work around the world. StoryWorth makes it easy and fun for your loved ones to share their stories, so you can get to know them in a whole new way with questions you’ve never thought to ask. For $20 off, visit storyworth.com/MAJORITY Get 30% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate all month long at justcoffee.coop! Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn |
Mon, 17 December 2018
Andrew Delbanco, professor of American Studies at Columbia University, joins us to discuss his book, The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul From the Revolution to the Civil War. On today's show: Giuliani has many gaffes...and here's a compilation of them! Judge Napolitano says Flynn was trapped, not entrapped. Andrew Delbanco, professor of American Studies at Columbia University, joins us to discuss his book, The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul From the Revolution to the Civil War. In this book, Delbanco tracks how fugitive slaves forced the northern states to recognize their role in the brutal institution of slavery. From the writing of the constitution onward, federal statutes contained many compromises and omissions where slavery was concerned. With the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, the north was forced to play a more active role in keeping people in chains, ultimately catalyzing wider opposition to slavery and hastening the dissolution of the union. On the fun half: Outgoing WI governor Scott Walker uses a nonsensical Venn diagram to justify the GOP's power grab. Stephen Miller says the ACA is unconstitutional...but not as unconstitutional as his goofy, spray-on hair. "Big, big victory": Trump reacts to judge ruling ACA unconstitutional. Amy Klobuchar explains why the GOP ACA lawsuit is bad for Americans, still won't come out in favor of Medicare-for-all. Stephen Miller says Trump would be happy to shut down the government for border wall, falsely invokes "the working class." TX elementary school speech pathologist fired for refusing to sign pro-Israel oath. NYC city council member asks Amazon reps why they need $3 billion tax incentive, helipad. Plus your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Majority Report LIVE @ THE BK PODFEST, 2:30 PM January 13th, 2019: Now sold out! The Michael Brooks Show live! @ The Bell House, February 1st 2019, Pre-order tickets here Check out today's sponsors: Skillshare is a vibrant online learning community that offers courses on everything from design, to video editing, photography, business, technology, cooking, meditation… and everything in between. Get TWO whole months of totally free access to Skillshare’s entire library of courses and tutorials at https://skl.sh/majority Privacy.com is a totally free service that lets you buy anything online WITHOUT having to give out your credit card number, and lets you PREVENT companies from overcharging you. You can find out more and get 100% free and unlimited access by going to Privacy.com/Majority Get 30% off fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate all month long at justcoffee.coop! Check out The Michael Brooks Show at patreon.com/tmbs, and the new TMBS YouTube channel for all short TMBS clips Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover or on iTunes Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at youtube.com/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @majorityfm @SamSeder @_michaelbrooks @MattLech @jamie_elizabeth @Bf1nn |
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