The mainstream media environment may be contracting, but Amy Goodman points to those taking on the important work independently. @democracynow.org

“I call that the ‘Access of Evil’.” Jon and Amy Goodman look at what’s lost when journalists play nice for access to powerful people. @democracynow.org

Jon and Amy Goodman unpack the similarities between how administrations use the media in selling the Iraq and Iran Wars. @democracynow.org

🚨 New episode out on YouTube! 🚨 Jon and Amy Goodman of @democracynow.org! discuss ⬇️: >> Democracy Now! Please! >> Independent vs Dependent Media >> Journalistic Integrity >> Fun with Emojis 🎉 youtube.com/watch?v=fHonUeO_ePU&feature=youtu.be

As corporate consolidation threatens journalistic independence across the media landscape, @democracynow.org! has maintained a fiercely independent model. Amy Goodman explains how.

Amy Goodman reflects on the time Bill Clinton called into @democracynow.org! New podcast about the importance of independent journalism, out now!

As mainstream media fails to meet the moment, Jon welcomes @democracynow.org’s Amy Goodman to look at a a viable alternative. New The Weekly Show drops tomorrow!

Is Jared Kushner the only person who can negotiate an Iran peace deal?

As corporations move to automate everything and put more of everyone’s life into a subscription model, @grahamformaine.bsky.social says “we literally cannot let them win.”

Bringing actual lived experience to Washington to help shape policy is key to solving the persistent problems Americans face. @grahamformaine.bsky.social discusses how to bring some of that to the US Senate.

Systemic problems like healthcare and housing require big bold solutions. @grahamformaine.bsky.social sees a blueprint for what’s possible in FDR and the New Deal.

🚨 New episode out on YouTube! 🚨 Jon and @grahamformaine.bsky.social discuss ⬇️: >> Becoming a Candidate >> Politics of Humanity >> FDR-ing It >> Kushner’s Konflicts in Conflicts youtube.com/watch?v=-itNjgCJDxU&feature=youtu.be

Despite a 40-point lead, Maine Senate candidate @grahamformaine.bsky.social says he hasn’t heard from DNC leadership.

Jon and @grahamformaine.bsky.social, US Senate candidate for Maine, discuss the limits of “tax the rich” messaging without tangible results and the willingness to push for real change. New pod out now!

Tomorrow on an all-new episode Jon welcomes @grahamformaine.bsky.social, Mainer, Marine, Oyster Farmer and US Senate candidate for Maine to the podcast!

Is big tech’s agenda to own the operating system of our society? Jon, @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social discuss.

Tech companies are using the system to make money and then reinvesting that money to help protect their power. @dacemoglumit.bsky.social

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Jon, @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social discuss the promise of AI and the need to regulate it to avoid its biggest potential pitfalls.

Pro-worker artificial intelligence is possible, but it’s not currently something the industry is prioritizing. @davidautor.bsky.social @dacemoglumit.bsky.social

🚨 New episode out on YouTube! 🚨 Jon, @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social discuss ⬇️: >> AI & The Future of Work >> Pro-Worker vs Pro-Human >> Napster Era of AI >> Tech Bros youtube.com/watch…

AI is devouring centuries of human knowledge - but the humans behind the knowledge aren’t seeing royalties. MIT Economists @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social explain why that needs to change.

MIT economists @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social look at what can be done to assure that artificial intelligence does more than just automating human jobs. New pod out now!

When will the workforce begin to feel the full effects of AI? Jon welcomes MIT economists @davidautor.bsky.social and @dacemoglumit.bsky.social to discuss what the technology will do to work, learning, and our collective economic future. New pod out tomorrow!

Jon weighs in on TDS, the show vs. the syndrome.

The crypto industry has and will spend whatever it needs to in an effort to advance its interests in Washington DC. Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social discuss.

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Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social discuss the shaky grounds that crypto speculation has been built on our actual financially precarious system.

Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social think the crypto profiteering of oligarchs, arms dealers and corporate titans should be a bigger news story.

🚨New episode out on YouTube!🚨 Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social, director of "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" discuss ⬇️: >> “Welcome to Crypto, B*tch!” >> Cryptocurrency - The Bad & The Bad >> Ominously Anonymous Transactions? >> TDS vs. TDS youtube.com/watch?v=3fhLpauSInk&feature=youtu.be

@benmckenzie.bsky.social on how crypto helps criminals and hostile states evade sanctions — and how Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick profits from it.

“It’s a multi-level marketing scheme.” Getting to know the boom and bust world of crypto with @benmckenzie.bsky.social, whose new doc “Everyone Is Lying To You For Money” explores the harsh truths of the industry. New pod out now!

Trump’s meme coin was a classic grift - yet the crypto industry keeps cozying up to him. "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" director @benmckenzie.bsky.social breaks down all things crypto on tomorrow’s pod.

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What is the antidote to authoritarianism: morality or competence? @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social offers an answer.

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“It’s frankly embarrassing.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social discusses the ways the US has failed to keep pace with the world and what the future might look like.

Spring break! We’ll see you next week! Taking a brief spring break. New episode April 15th! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwX9...

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Does Jon miss the simpler days of QAnon?

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Imperialism and exploitation have historically always lead to revolutions. Jon and @hcrichardson.bsky.social discuss the limits of the system those in power have constructed.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social thinks Trump’s many failures may be an opportunity for regular people to reassert their will on politics.

“He is not mentally okay.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social makes sense of Trump’s senseless management of the country.

🚨 New episode out on YouTube! 🚨 Jon and @hcrichardson.bsky.social discuss ⬇️: >> Trump vs. History >> Organizing Anxiety >> Congress’s Cowardice >> Trump’s Name Game & QAnon youtube.com/watch?v=gwX9wC6Ov2Y&feature=youtu.be

“One of the things that I think we are seeing is the American people waking up and saying, well, hey, if you guys aren’t going to be using your power for us, we’d kind of like it back.” Understanding the Washington DC power dynamics under Trump with @hcrichardson.bsky.social.

Trump’s second term is a speed run of exploiting loopholes. On an all-new episode @hcrichardson.bsky.social joins us to look at how citizens can move past this moment. Out now!

What happens to everything Trump slapped his name on when he’s gone? Jon weighs in. All-new pod tomorrow with Heather Cox Richardson!

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