The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Dec 20 2024 25 ep. 79 mins 27.4k
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Entertaining Daily Politics, Award Winning Long-Form Interviews and Irreverent, Independent Analysis. For more info see Majority.FM

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2395 - Casual Friday! w/ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Ryan Grim

Dec 20 2024 99 mins  
It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Ryan Grim, reporter at and co-founder of Drop Site News, co-host of Counter Points, to round up the week in news before the holidays. First, Sam and Emma take a look at the spending fight on Capitol Hill after House Republicans failed to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government open. They take a look at CNN's Kaitlan Collins tr

2394 - Trudeau On The Ropes; US Sanctions & The War Machine w/ Luke Savage, Jeff Stein

Dec 19 2024 74 mins  
It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with writer Luke Savage, writer based in Toronto, author of The Dead Center: Reflections On Liberalism And Democracy After the End Of History, to discuss the current state of Canadian politics. Then, she speaks with Jeff Stein, White House economics reporter at The Washington Post, to discuss his recent multi-part series on economic sa

2393 - Union Made Parental Leave & Democrats As A Rudderless Ship w/ Madi Oates & Michelle Eisen; David Dayen

Dec 18 2024 86 mins  
It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with Madi Oates, shift supervisor and bargaining delegate for Starbucks Workers United (SWU), based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Michelle Eisen, organizing member of SWU, to discuss Starbucks recent update to its parental leave policy. And then, Sam is joined by David Dayen, executive editor at The American Prospect and co-host of the Organized Money podcast,

2392 - AOC, RFK Jr. & Archaeology As A Weapon In The West Bank w/ Jasper Nathaniel

Dec 17 2024 82 mins  
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Jasper Nathaniel, writer of the Infinite Jaz newsletter on SubStack, to discuss his recent piece in The Drift magazine entitled "In Ruins​: Archaeological Warfare in the West Bank." First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the GOP’s continuing struggle to get a continuing resolution, Pelosi blocking AOC’s run for Oversight chai

2391 - Reconciling Labor & Environmental Imperatives w/ Stefania Barca

Dec 16 2024 82 mins  
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Stefania Barca, distinguished researcher at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to discuss her recent book Workers Of The Earth: Labour, Ecology and Reproduction in the Age of Climate Change. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the GOP’s government shutdown, ABC’s inauguration plans, Social Security, Trump’s cabinet,

2390 - Resisting Trump’s Scam Artist Agenda; The Myth Of “Right-Wing Populism” w/ Kyle Kulinski

Dec 13 2024 75 mins  
It's Casual Friday! Emma speaks with Kyle Kulinski, co-host of the Kyle Kulinski Show & Krystal Kyle and Friends, to round up the week in news. First, Emma runs through updates on growing famine in Gaza as winter nears, Israel’s land grab in Syria, Trump’s threat to Iran, Trump’s advisors, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pelosi’s undermining of AOC’s Oversight committee

2389 -Minneapolis Policing; Fight For Public Renewables w/ Michelle S. Phelps, Gabriel Hetland

Dec 12 2024 75 mins  
It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Michelle Phelps, professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota, to discuss her recent book The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America. Then she speaks with Gabriel Hetland, associate professor of Latin American, Caribbean & Latino studies at SUNY Albany, to discuss his recent piece o

2388 - French Government Collapses; How Society Failed Jordan Neely w/ Cole Stangler, Katie Way

Dec 11 2024 65 mins  
It's Hump Day! Emma speaks with Cole Stangler, France-based journalist covering politics, housing, and labor, author of the book Paris Is Not Dead: Surviving Hypergentrification In The City Of Light, to discuss the recent developments in French politics after a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Bernier. Then, she speaks with Katie Way, writer & editor at Hell Gate, to di

2387 - Assad’s Regime Falls; National Tenant Union Emerging? w/ Gregory Brew, Thomas Birmingham

Dec 10 2024 75 mins  
It's News Day Tuesday! Emma speaks with Gregory Brew, analyst with the Eurasia Group's Energy, Climate, & Resources Team, to discuss the fluid situation in Syria now that rebels have taken control of Damascus. Then, she speaks with Thomas Birmingham, reporter and intern at The Nation based in New Haven, to discuss his recent piece entitled "In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their

2386 - The Path Forward For The Left w/ John Nichols

Dec 09 2024 74 mins  
Happy Monday! Sam speaks with John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, to discuss his recent interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the paths forward he sees for the Left after the 2024 election. First, Emma runs through updates on the acquittal of Daniel Penny, the potential detaining of the United Healthcare CEO killer, the fall of Assad in Syria and the impe