Rumble with Michael Moore

This is the fourth part of a series of EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM episodes on Trump's war on Portland. In this episode, we will hear from independent journalist Robert Evans who has reported from warzones in Iraq and Ukraine. He's now covering a warzone in his adopted hometown of Portland, Oregon...

This is the third part of a series of EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM Rumble episodes on Trump's war on Portland. In this episode, we will hear from a longtime Black Lives Matter activist and the founder of "Don't Shoot Portland," Teressa Raiford. Long before the recent uprising, Teressa has been at the forefront of the resistance against state power and fighting for the liberation of Black Americans...

This is the second part of a series of EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM episodes on Trump's war on Portland. In this episode, we will hear from "Wall of Moms" founder Bev Barnum. Bev tells her story of how a shocking online video of an unmarked van snatching someone off a Portland street is what prompted her to launch Wall of Moms on Facebook, and how it quickly ignited a movement of first-time political activists. Bev had never attended a demonstration until last week...

What happens when a neo-fascist President and his thuggish Attorney General send armed federal agents and combat troops to one of the most progressive, politically active and creative American cities? We're watching it take place in Portland, Oregon: citizens using leaf blowers to successfully redirect tear gas back at the Feds; a Wall of Moms "dressed like they're going to Target" and wearing bike helmets, putting their bodies on the line to protect the protestors; a "Naked...

During an episode of “Finding Your Roots” on PBS with Henry Louis Gates Jr., a search through Michael’s family history unearthed a shocking revelation: Michael Moore is related to America’s 31st President, 1929-1933, Republican Herbert Hoover...

Dr. Irwin Redlener is a nationally-renowned pediatrician, scholar, longtime advocate for children's health and a top expert on disaster preparedness who directs the Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He has been serving the American public blunt truths about the coronavirus pandemic from the very beginning, and he shares some frightening new assessments about where we might soon land: One million new cases EVERY DAY — and 800,000 to 1...

Since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Laurie Garrett has been the most blunt and forthright analyst warning the public about how destructive the virus will be. She has been sounding the alarm on our lack of preparedness for a pandemic since her 1994 book, "The Coming Plague." Her warnings were not heeded. The United States has now bungled it's response and we are hitting record-high numbers of new cases...

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar represents the district where Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, and where an uprising against injustice was sparked in the wake of his death. She joins Michael to discuss the Floyd Rebellion, the recent death of her father due to complications with Covid-19, Israel’s planned illegal annexation of more Palestinian land, and Prince — who always knew the Revolution was in Minneapolis.

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Eddie Glaude Jr. is one of America's preeminent scholars and the author of a new book about the work of James Baldwin and how it relates to the perilous times we live in today. He and Michael discuss race, capitalism, despair, hope, Baldwin, and how to ensure that changes in society are not just superficial marketing exercises, but real and substantive...

We are in the middle of a perfect storm of white supremacy, fascism, a police killing spree, an uprising against it, the Coronavirus pandemic, and a mad genius who will be willing to fake his own vaccine shot just to get re-elected in an election he has no intention of holding. If Tulsa taught him anything it was that he cannot trust the poor redneck racists to come out for him. So he’s already on to Plan Z while we’re wondering what B is...