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The Mother Jones Podcast

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Mother Jones

Each episode will go deep on a big story you’ll definitely want to hear more about. We’ll share with you our best investigations (think private prisons, electoral skullduggery, Dark Money, and Trump's Russia connections), and informative interviews with our reporters and newsmakers. We're hoping to make your week more informed with the stories that really matter, told by us, the folks you trust for smart, fearless reporting.

#194

A Special Announcement

Things have been a bit quiet around these parts lately, huh? After a few months bringing y... more

03 Dec 2021

02 MINS

02:15

03 Dec 2021

#193

Today It’s Critical Race Theory. 200 Years Ago It Was Abolitionist Literature.

We bet you’ve heard one phrase more and more this year than ever before: Critical Race The... more

29 Oct 2021

14 MINS

14:02

29 Oct 2021

#192

Are These Black Leaders on the Cusp of a New National Movement?

With everything going on these days—we’ll spare you the list of existential crises we’re c... more

21 Oct 2021

55 MINS

55:07

21 Oct 2021

#191

The Nightmare of Getting an Abortion in the South

A week ago, thousands of people turned out for [Women's March rallies] (https://www.mother... more

09 Oct 2021

23 MINS

23:27

09 Oct 2021

#190

Ammon Bundy Is Running to Be Idaho’s Next Governor

Mother Jones reporter Stephanie Mencimer has been following Ammon Bundy for years. He's th... more

16 Sep 2021

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:16

16 Sep 2021

#189

How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID

As the Delta variant upended hope of returning to normal this summer, Mother Jones reporte... more

01 Sep 2021

39 MINS

39:47

01 Sep 2021

#188

The Afghan Refugee Crisis Has Only Just Begun

Towards the end of 2020, Mother Jones’s editorial director Ian Gordon wrote a deeply repor... more

18 Aug 2021

52 MINS

52:09

18 Aug 2021

#187

The Metamorphosis of Kyrsten Sinema

Every time you read the news lately, there she is: in conversations about bipartisanship, ... more

04 Aug 2021

50 MINS

50:33

04 Aug 2021

#186

CNN’s Jake Tapper Says the Media Must Confront Republicans’ Big Lie

Jake Tapper has drawn a line: no “Big Lie” proponents on-air. The CNN anchor and chief Was... more

28 Jul 2021

41 MINS

41:50

28 Jul 2021

#185

Escape From the Billionaire Meme Mogul

Sergey Grishin is a well-connected, billionaire mogul. Last August, he made headlines when... more

21 Jul 2021

56 MINS

56:58

21 Jul 2021

#184

Everything You're Getting Wrong About the Culture Wars

Everywhere you turned in the aftermath of the 2020 election, someone was arguing a hard li... more

07 Jul 2021

31 MINS

31:09

07 Jul 2021

#183

Garry Trudeau on Lampooning Trump and Other Lessons from 5 Decades of Doonesbury

For five decades, Garry Trudeau has been writing what is one of the most important—and ent... more

02 Jul 2021

28 MINS

28:16

02 Jul 2021

#182

Can America’s Problems Be Fixed By a President Who Loves Jon Meacham?

Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer who has spent the last two decades poun... more

23 Jun 2021

26 MINS

26:16

23 Jun 2021

#181

A Special Summer Announcement from the Podcast Team

After three years of weekly episodes—that’s 181 shows, if you’re counting—the Mother Jones... more

09 Jun 2021

06 MINS

06:01