Our Future on the Line 2024: WPKN Election Podcasts

Nov 04 2024 35 ep. 24 mins 1
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Bridging in a Purple Town, Featuring john a. powell by Isabelle Barbour

Nov 04 2024 28 mins  
What do you do when you are in a town that is politically polarized? Join Isabelle as she navigates bridging in a purple town. john a. powell, director of the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, provides sage advice to help Isabelle along.

If Kamala Wins, Trump-GOP Have a Plan to Subvert Election Outcome

Oct 31 2024 15 mins  
Interview with Teddy Wilson, a journalist and researcher on the U.S. radical right, conducted by Scott Harris.Teddy Wilson discusses the threat posed to the 2024 presidential election by Republican operatives, including the American First Legal Foundation, which are filing multiple lawsuits and laying the groundwork to challenge county and state election outcomes if Trump loses, as

New Book ‘Vigilante Nation’ Describes MAGA’s State-Based Attack on Democracy

Oct 31 2024 21 mins  
Interview with David Noll, associate dean for faculty research and development and a professor of law at Rutgers University, conducted by Scott HarrisDavid Noll discusses his new book, “Vigilante Nation: How State- Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy,” co-written with UCLA professor of law Jon Michaels, which examines Trump/Republican election denialism, xenophobia and emb

Michelle Obama Powerfully Addresses What’s at Stake for Reproductive Rights in U.S. Election An excerpt of former first lady Michelle Obama's speech delivered in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Oct. 26

Oct 31 2024 14 mins  
An excerpt of former first lady Michelle Obama's speech delivered in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Oct. 26th, 2024.Michelle Obama powerfully spoke about the issue of reproductive rights and what’s at stake in the 2024 election, directly addressing the urgency of the issue for men, whose wives, sisters, mothers, cousins, aunts and girlfriends’ lives are jeopardized by Trump’s abortio

Media’s Credulous Coverage of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice

Oct 31 2024 26 mins  
Interview with Chris Lehmann, DC Bureau chief for The Nation magazine and a contributing editor at The Baffler, conducted by Scott HarrisChris Lehmann discusses his recent article, “The Press Needs to Start Taking Trump Literally,” addressing the media’s coverage of Trump’s unhinged and dangerous comments pronouncing Jan. 6 as “a day of love,” calls to use the U.S. mili

Physician Canvassing for Harris in Philly Suburbs While Opposing U.S. Gaza Policy

Oct 24 2024 5 mins  
Interview with Dr. Kate Sugarman, a family physician and election canvass volunteer with Seed the Vote, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

As Wider Middle East War Looms, Most Voters Support US Arms Cutoff to Israel

Oct 24 2024 18 mins  
Interview with Josh Ruebner, adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University's Justice and Peace Studies program and author of "Shattered Hopes: Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace," conducted by Scott Harris.Ruebner discusses the ramifications of Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the rising death toll in Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, Biden/Harris adminis

Jason Stanley, Author of "How Fascism Works," on Trump’s Fascist Threats Increase as 2024 Campaign Nears End

Oct 24 2024 23 mins  
Interview with Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of "How Fascism Works," conducted by Scott Harris. Professor Stanley talks about his newest book, “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite The Past To Control The Future,” and the threat posed to democracy by Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the 2024 election and beyond.

If Kamala wins, how can we make her more progressive?

Oct 23 2024 48 mins  
Neil Meyer, contributing writer to Jacobin Magazine, discusses his recent article spelling out a strategy for progressives to steer a Harris-Walz administration to the left should they win on Nov. 5 (jacobin.com/2024/09/harris-sand…-labor-dsa-strategy).Neil also co-edits The Left Noes Newsletter (www.left-notes.com/).Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard HillSept.

New Book Provides a Guide to the Nuts & Bolts of Progressive Electoral Success

Oct 21 2024 17 mins  
Interview with Robert Creamer, a veteran political organizer and strategist, conducted by Scott Harris.Robert Creamer talks about his new book, “Nuts and Bolts: The Formula for Progressive Electoral Success,” a step-by-step field manual for how progressives can win electoral campaigns and a textbook for anyone who wants to know how electoral politics really works. Creamer has b