Rumble with Michael Moore

Briahna Joy Gray was the National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign and is one of the most thoughtful communicators in politics. She joined Michael to discuss her experience on the campaign, how the pandemic will effect the election, intra-left policy disagreements, being attacked endlessly on Twitter and what Joe Biden's campaign must do to win over skeptical voters (and non-voters).

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Coronavirus has disproportionally hurt poor and black Americans, in addition to the elderly. Michigan's 13th congressional district is the 3rd poorest in America and is 60 percent African-American. For decades, it was represented by the legendary congressman John Conyers Jr. and now, it is represented by first-term congresswoman Rashida Tlaib...

Darrick Hamilton is professor of public policy, economics, sociology, and African American studies at Ohio State University and the executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at OSU. He was a supporter and advisor for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign and has been selected to join the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force on economic issues...

Michael Moore shares his thoughts on the citizen rebellion taking place in Minneapolis after the police murder of George Floyd.

Michael Moore shares his thoughts after another night of rebellion across America.  He shares his ideas on how to demilitarize, defund and reform America's police forces and discusses why the uprisings must continue.

The filmmakers behind one of the most-watched and talked-about documentaries of the year, Planet of the Humans, are fighting back after the film was removed from YouTube after a coordinated censorship campaign. The film had posted over 8.3 million views on Michael Moore’s Rumble Media YouTube channel in just over four weeks since its premiere on April 21, the eve of the 50th Earth Day...

Michael Moore reflects on a week of rebellion, unrest and state violence.  He shares his idea that the Academy should recognize 17 year-old Darnella Frazier for courageously filming the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, instantly becoming the most important documentary footage in a long time.

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Music In Episode:

They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson

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At a time of massive, ground-shifting change in American culture and politics, a new show looks at the life and impact of someone who has been at the forefront of progressive change and the liberation of women in America and around the world -- Gloria Steinem. On Friday, June 26th, PBS will be airing a Great Performances presentation of the theatrical production "Gloria: A Life," starring Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Christine Lahti as Gloria Steinem...

Weeks after rebellions have sprung up across America in the wake of the police killing George Floyd, small ripples of change keep occurring, including in popular culture. The show "Cops," which has perpetuated racist stereotypes of Black Americans for three decades, was finally cancelled, and Nascar just announced they were forbidding the Confederate flag from being displayed at their events...

The idea of police "reform" has been tried and has failed. Rather than call for milquetoast reforms that leave the structure of U.S. law enforcement in place, many of the protestors are calling to "defund the police." Michael is joined by Alex S. Vitale, author of "The End of Policing" to explain what this means, how this works, any why settling for half-measures will result in more police violence against Black Americans...