Each week The Intercept’s Washington, D.C. bureau brings you one important or overlooked story from the political world. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim and a rotating cast of journalists, politicians, academics and historians tell you what the rest of the media are missing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 19 hours 45 minutes
episode 6: Why Won’t the Media Discuss Trump’s Mental Instability?
There has never been a president like Trump: his all-caps tweets; his total lack of human empathy; his bragging and boasting; his childish point-scoring; his narcissism.
episode 5: The Truth About Islam and Democracy
Hundreds of millions of Muslims live in democracies of some shape or form, yet a narrative persists that Islam and democracy are incompatible.
episode 4: Who’s Really Afraid of Socialism?
Donald Trump says the U.S. “will never be a socialist country,” yet polls suggest the popularity of socialism is on the rise.
episode 3: Is It Time For Kamala Harris To Reckon With Her Right-Wing Past?
Will Sen. Harris’s record as a prosecutor hurt her presidential chances given the democratic base’s leftward shift on criminal justice and civil liberties?
Intercept Podcast Special: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The New York representative joins Ryan Grim and Briahna Joy Gray for an in-depth conversation about her new life on Capitol Hill.
episode 2: What You Can't Say About Israel (with Marc Lamont Hill)
There are signs that U.S. opinion might be shifting on Israel and Palestine, but defenders of the Israeli government aren’t backing down. What’s the price of criticizing Israel in the U.S.?
episode 1: When Do We “Impeach the Motherf*cker”? (with Rashida Tlaib)
Rep. Tlaib is among a crop of progressive congressional newcomers threatening to shakeup the Democratic Party status quo.
episode 16: Is This the Democrat Who Can Beat Trump in the Rust Belt in 2020?
Could Sen. Sherrod Brown, a left-wing, pro-labor Ohio senator, be the Democrats’ answer to Donald Trump in 2020?
episode 15: George H.W. Bush: The Inconvenient Truth
Mehdi Hasan and Glenn Greenwald unpack the darker side of George H.W. Bush’s legacy.