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 4 minutes
episode 31: How the U.S. Makes Its Wars Invisible
Norman Solomon, a longtime peace activist, explains America’s magician’s trick.
episode 32: How a Leaked Cable Upended Pakistani Politics — And Exposed U.S. Meddling
Journalists Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain discuss their reporting on a leaked cable showing how the U.S. contributed to Pakistan’s political crisis.
episode 33: Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiations Advance
Alex Lawson and Ryan Grim discuss the decadeslong struggle against Big Pharma to lower drug prices.
episode 34: Inside the Lefty Congressional Delegation to Latin America
Rep. Greg Casar gives a rundown of a recent trip he, AOC, and a handful of other Democratic lawmakers took to leftist-run Latin American nations.
episode 35: Naomi Klein on Conspiracy Culture and “the Mirror World”
Naomi Klein unpacks the world of conspiracy theories, rising fascism, and her new book, “Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World.”
episode 36: Inside Biden’s Secret Arms Deal
Leaked documents show how the U.S. helped Pakistan get a bailout from the International Monetary Fund through a secret arms deal to Ukraine.
episode 37: The Feds Take Big Tech to Court
The FTC launch a antitrust lawsuit against Amazon while the DOJ’s trial against Google is underway.
episode 38: Hijacked Hope: Why a Decade of Mass Protest Backfired
Vincent Bevins discusses his new book, “If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution,” and the global protest movements of the 2010s.
episode 39: Fog of War: The Media and the Israel–Palestine Conflict
Horrific unverified claims about the conflict spread like wildfire by news outlets and on social media, rapidly fueling tensions and violence.
episode 40: Unraveling Democracy: The Corporate Takeover
A new book highlights the power multinational corporations have — and how they strong-arm nations into submission.