The Mother Jones Podcast

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 Jan 22, 2020
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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.


Episode Date
A Special Announcement
Dec 03, 2021
Today It’s Critical Race Theory. 200 Years Ago It Was Abolitionist Literature.
Oct 29, 2021
Are These Black Leaders on the Cusp of a New National Movement?
Oct 21, 2021
The Nightmare of Getting an Abortion in the South
Oct 09, 2021
Ammon Bundy Is Running to Be Idaho’s Next Governor
Sep 16, 2021
How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID
Sep 01, 2021
The Afghan Refugee Crisis Has Only Just Begun
Aug 18, 2021
The Metamorphosis of Kyrsten Sinema
Aug 04, 2021
CNN’s Jake Tapper Says the Media Must Confront Republicans’ Big Lie
Jul 28, 2021
Escape From the Billionaire Meme Mogul
Jul 21, 2021
Everything You're Getting Wrong About the Culture Wars
Jul 07, 2021
Garry Trudeau on Lampooning Trump and Other Lessons from 5 Decades of Doonesbury
Jul 02, 2021
Can America’s Problems Be Fixed By a President Who Loves Jon Meacham?
Jun 23, 2021
A Special Summer Announcement from the Podcast Team
Jun 09, 2021
The Insurrection Was a Giant Recruitment Exercise for Extremists
Jun 02, 2021
Doctor, Lawyer, Insurrectionist: The Radicalization of Simone Gold
May 26, 2021
Leaked Video: How a Dark Money Group Is Trying to Rig Our Elections
May 19, 2021
“We’re Torn Apart”: Inside India’s Worsening COVID Nightmare
May 12, 2021
“Queen Sugar” Author Natalie Baszile: Black Farmers Can Help Save the Planet
May 05, 2021
The Black Farmer Movement Battling History to Return to the Land
Apr 28, 2021
The Oscar-Nominated Writers of Judas and the Black Messiah Make History
Apr 24, 2021
Derek Chauvin Is Guilty. The Fight for Real Justice Is Far From Over.
Apr 21, 2021
How America's Super-Rich Tax Evaders Are Hurting Everyone
Apr 14, 2021
The Hidden Influence of Lady Bird Johnson
Apr 07, 2021
Hope and Fear: The Dangerous New COVID Phase, Explained
Mar 31, 2021
Stop the COVID Shaming!
Mar 26, 2021
A Post-Trump Guide to Stopping the Lies and Healing Our Politics
Mar 25, 2021
What Happened in Jackson, Mississippi, Was a Catastrophe—and a Warning Sign
Mar 24, 2021
All Hail Pop Queen Selena, Who Showed Us How to Belong
Mar 17, 2021
Stacey Abrams Is Hellbent on Stopping the GOP's "Jim Crow 2.0"
Mar 10, 2021
Roxane Gay Says Cancel Culture Does Not Exist
Mar 05, 2021
The Vaccine Rollout Is Racist. We Can Do Something About That.
Mar 03, 2021
Biden Can't Make Trump's Immigration Cruelty Vanish Overnight
Feb 24, 2021
What the Hell Is “Truth and Reconciliation”, Anyway?
Feb 17, 2021
Impeachment Trial Day One: The Damning Case Against Donald Trump
Feb 10, 2021
Biden Confronts Our Climate Crisis Head On
Feb 03, 2021
Dr. Seema Yasmin Grew Up Believing Conspiracies. Now She Fights Them.
Jan 27, 2021
The Post-Trump Era Is Here: Inside Joe Biden's Historic Inauguration
Jan 20, 2021
Twice Impeached: Trump’s Name Will Live Forever in Shame and Infamy
Jan 14, 2021
Trump's Terror Tactics and America's History of Racist Violence
Jan 13, 2021
I Watched the Capitol Siege Begin. I Was Threatened For Being a Reporter.
Jan 08, 2021
BREAKING: Goodbye, Mitch. Democrats Win the Senate.
Jan 06, 2021
Trump Won't Stop Lying, Extorting, and Cheating, Even If It Kills the GOP
Jan 06, 2021
2020 Needs Its Own History Book. Here’s Our First Draft.
Dec 30, 2020
“He Won’t Get Played:” Biden’s Biographer on Lessons from the Obama White House
Dec 23, 2020
Prayer and Politics: On the Campaign Trail in Georgia with Raphael Warnock
Dec 16, 2020
Georgia’s Runoff Races Are Usually Disasters for Dems. This Time Is Different.
Dec 09, 2020
Will Biden Finally Fix America's Crippling Student Debt Crisis?
Dec 02, 2020
The Safest Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving, According to Science
Nov 25, 2020
Surge Shock: Top Coronavirus Experts Share Fixes for Our Broken System
Nov 18, 2020
Biden Won. Now He Needs to Save the Planet.
Nov 11, 2020
Live Podcast Special: How Biden Banished Trump
Nov 07, 2020
No Clear Outcome. No Clear Rejection of Trump. Now We Wait.
Nov 04, 2020
Staying Sane During America's Coming Constitutional Firestorm
Oct 30, 2020
Live Special: How to Survive Election Night (and Beyond)
Oct 28, 2020
How Biden Can Pull Off the Once-Unthinkable: Win Arizona
Oct 21, 2020
Trump, Guns, and 2020: One Hunting Family Tackles America's Biggest Debates
Oct 14, 2020
Trump’s Biggest Florida Influencer: A Cuban YouTuber with a Pet Monkey
Oct 07, 2020
Trump's Trashy Debate Performance Proved Biden's Point: This Choice Is Stark
Sep 30, 2020
After RBG: Our Fight for Democracy Just Got More Desperate
Sep 23, 2020
CNN's Brian Stelter: Inside the Toxic Trump-Fox Feedback Loop
Sep 16, 2020
Young. Black. Gay. Heading to Congress. Meet the Ascendant Mondaire Jones.
Sep 09, 2020
QAnon Is Infecting Congress. How the Wild Conspiracy Theory Went Mainstream.
Sep 02, 2020
Progressive Prosecutors Are Frontline Fighters in the New Culture War
Aug 26, 2020
The Biggest Night of Kamala Harris's Life
Aug 19, 2020
"We Know How to Lead." Rep. Barbara Lee on Kamala Harris and the Unifying Power of Black Women
Aug 14, 2020
I'm a New Dad Freaking Out About Pandemic Day Care. So I Called the Expert.
Aug 12, 2020
An Unhinged President Declares War on Protesters. (No, Not Trump.)
Aug 05, 2020
Samantha Bee: What Using the C-Word Taught Me About Trump-Era Comedy
Jul 29, 2020
Debbie Harry on Blondie, Bowie, and Bees
Jul 22, 2020
John Leguizamo on Trump, Dirty Jokes, and Whitewashing Latinx History
Jul 15, 2020
Screaming and Christmas Trees: A Beloved Rehab's Dark Side
Jul 08, 2020
"Our Job Is to Unlearn All That Shit": Actor Diane Guerrero Reckons With Whiteness in Hollywood and Beyond
Jul 01, 2020
Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. How Much More Can America Take, Mr. President?
Jun 24, 2020
Defunding the Police Is Only the Beginning
Jun 17, 2020
"Bigotry Is a Lethal Weapon": Ibram X. Kendi's Guide to Fighting Racism
Jun 10, 2020
This Summer Will Be Long, Violent, and Necessary
Jun 03, 2020
The Unprecedented Challenge of Grieving 100,000 Americans
May 27, 2020
Celebrate Pandemic Workers. Then Fight Like Hell for Their Rights.
May 20, 2020
Exclusive: Stacey Abrams on Trump's Existential Threat to Voting
May 13, 2020
Fight Trump with Science. Fight Trump with Data. Fight Trump with Facts.
May 06, 2020
Trump's 100 Days of Deadly Coronavirus Denial
Apr 29, 2020
ICE Detainees Got Pepper-Sprayed After Demanding Coronavirus Help
Apr 22, 2020
Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiffs' Urgent Plans to Investigate Trump’s Coronavirus Disaster
Apr 15, 2020
Online Learning During the Pandemic Is Extra Tough Where Wifi Is Illegal
Apr 08, 2020
I Beat COVID-19. But I Can’t Donate My Blood for Research Because I’m Gay.
Apr 01, 2020
Doctors on the Pandemic Frontlines Speak Out
Mar 25, 2020
Many Restaurants May Never Re-Open After Coronavirus
Mar 18, 2020
Surviving Trump’s Border Crossing is Just the Beginning. Here’s What Happens Next.
Mar 13, 2020
I’m Self-Quarantined for Coronavirus After Attending Trump's Big GOP Love-in
Mar 11, 2020
Sci-Fi Genius William Gibson's Trump-Free Alternate Reality
Mar 06, 2020
Super Tuesday Special: Biden's Big Night. Bernie's Long Fight.
Mar 04, 2020
Pramila Jayapal on Bernie's Historic Candidacy and Trump's Toxic Presidency
Feb 28, 2020
How the QAnon Conspiracy is Adapting to Help Trump in 2020
Feb 26, 2020
She Killed Her 3 Kids. Does She Belong in Prison?
Feb 19, 2020
How Bernie Sanders Won New Hampshire
Feb 12, 2020
What the Iowa Caucus Data Debacle Means
Feb 04, 2020
Trump Is Going to Get Off Scot-free. Or Is He?
Jan 29, 2020
Van Jones: Liberals Can Work With Trump to Make America Better
Jan 22, 2020
Trump Is an "Existential" Threat: Ilana Glazer, Eric Holder, and 2020
Jan 15, 2020
My Brother Fled Australia's Climate-Fueled Inferno: "It Was a War Zone"
Jan 08, 2020
The Political Fight that Will Shape 2020—and Beyond
Jan 01, 2020
How to Burst Your Reality Bubble and Embrace Lasting Solutions
Dec 25, 2019
Trump's Name Will Be Stained By Impeachment Forever
Dec 19, 2019
They Made a Killing on the Mortgage Crisis. Now They Run Trump's America.
Dec 18, 2019
We've Never Seen a Primary Season Quite Like This
Dec 11, 2019
Trump's Stealth Attack on Skilled Migration
Dec 04, 2019
Trump Is Winning the Border Wars. For Now.
Nov 27, 2019
The Republican Conspiracy Frenzy Can Only Protect Trump for So Long
Nov 20, 2019
A Fearless Pop Superstar Navigates Hong Kong’s Violent Stand-Off
Nov 13, 2019
We Got 8 Presidential Candidates to Confront the World's Biggest Threat
Nov 06, 2019
Ronan Farrow on How NBC Almost Derailed #MeToo Before It Began
Oct 30, 2019
Inside the US Marshals' Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire
Oct 23, 2019
Trump's Reckless Gift to ISIS
Oct 16, 2019
Naomi Klein’s Blistering Warning: Fight for Your Lives.
Oct 09, 2019
Trump's Unexplained $50 Million Loan. Is It Tax Fraud?
Oct 02, 2019
History Comes Knocking for Donald Trump
Sep 25, 2019
I'm Racist. You're Racist. The System Is Racist. Now What?
Sep 18, 2019
Searing 9/11 Stories from the Day that Changed Everything
Sep 11, 2019
“Our President Is Unstable”: A Senator Tears into Trump's Reckless Racism
Sep 04, 2019
Rapsody’s Newest Album Is a Rapturous Celebration of Black Womanhood
Aug 28, 2019
A Radical Idea for Reclaiming Our Toxic Reality
Aug 21, 2019
Epstein, QAnon, and the Conspiracist in Chief
Aug 14, 2019
El Paso’s Nightmare Is America’s New Normal
Aug 07, 2019
Trump Killed the Era of Great American Diplomacy
Jul 31, 2019
Gun-Safety Activist Shannon Watts on How to Fight Like a Mom and Beat the NRA
Jul 24, 2019
Critic Emily Nussbaum Says You Should Never Feel Shame for Loving that TV Show
Jul 17, 2019
An Unaccompanied Minor's Online Detective Work Is Giving Hope to Others
Jul 10, 2019
"Intentional Cruelty": AOC Tells Us What She Saw Inside a Migrant Detention Center
Jul 03, 2019
Tennessee Is Accelerating Executions. I Went to See Why.
Jul 03, 2019
Betrayal. Torture. Escape. An American ISIS Wife’s Exclusive Tell-All.
Jun 26, 2019
Inside an ISIS Prison
Jun 19, 2019
My Secret Journey to the War America Can't Escape
Jun 12, 2019
Happy Pride. Here’s What We’re Fighting For.
Jun 05, 2019
The Only State Lawmaker Who Lives on the Border
May 29, 2019
Women Are Under Attack and Fighting Back
May 22, 2019
Julián Castro's Anti-Trump Border Battle
May 15, 2019
Trump Is Rigging the Census
May 08, 2019
Want Access? Pay Your Way to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
May 01, 2019
Doug Jones Explains How to Win in the South
Apr 24, 2019
The Mueller Report Is the Opposite of an Exoneration
Apr 18, 2019
Columbine Changed Everything
Apr 17, 2019
How One Border Town Beat Extremist Vigilantes
Apr 10, 2019
Mayor Pete’s Plan to Beat Trump
Apr 03, 2019
Donald Trump Should Probably Stop Dancing in the Street
Mar 27, 2019
Mueller Is Done. Trump Is About To Go Nuclear.
Mar 22, 2019
How Tech Giants Gave the NZ Shooter More Firepower
Mar 20, 2019
Now Is the Time to Freak Out
Mar 13, 2019
The Real Border Crisis Trump’s Not Talking About
Mar 06, 2019
Rehabs Are Targeting and Trapping Opioid Users
Feb 27, 2019
How to Finally Reboot the Oscars
Feb 20, 2019
So Many Candidates. Who Can Beat Trump?
Feb 13, 2019
The Maddening Fight for 6-Year-Old Moira Ermentrout
Feb 06, 2019
Everyone Hates the State of the Union Address
Jan 30, 2019
Breaking News Edition: Why Roger Stone's Arrest Should Scare Don Jr.
Jan 25, 2019
The Painful Reality of Surviving Trump’s Shutdown
Jan 23, 2019
Mr. President, Have You Ever Worked for Russia?
Jan 16, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Biggest Fight
Jan 09, 2019
He Was Dying. Then Doctors Tried Some Forgotten Viruses.
Jan 02, 2019
Be a Better You: How to Break Political Tribalism
Dec 26, 2018
DeRay Mckesson on How to Turn Outrage into Hope
Dec 19, 2018
"Broad City" Star Ilana Glazer Takes Over the Podcast
Dec 12, 2018
David Byrne Rode His Bike to Our Office and Talked About Everything
Dec 05, 2018
Trump Put a Target on Our Backs: Trans Americans Fight Back
Nov 28, 2018
How the Trump-Addicted Media Blew Another Election
Nov 21, 2018
Lie, Block, Betray: Trump After the Blue Wave
Nov 14, 2018
Breaking News Edition: Trump Goes Full Mob Boss
Nov 07, 2018
Trump Wakes Up Shaking
Nov 07, 2018
Trump Ate the GOP. Now He’s Digesting It.
Oct 31, 2018
It’s Finally Time to Talk About the Polls
Oct 24, 2018
Road Trip Through the Battleground States
Oct 17, 2018
The Argument for Rage
Oct 10, 2018
The Conservative Case for Destroying the GOP
Oct 03, 2018
Breaking News Edition: Ford’s Bravery, Kavanaugh's Fury
Sep 28, 2018
A Constitutional Crisis Is Just a Tweet Away
Sep 26, 2018
Voting Has Never Been Harder—or More Important
Sep 19, 2018
The Viruses That Could Save Us All
Sep 12, 2018
The Mind-Boggling Private Prison Comeback
Sep 05, 2018
America's Rage-Inducing Student Debt Machine
Aug 29, 2018
Cohen, Guilty. Manafort, Guilty. Now What?
Aug 22, 2018
Parkland Teens Are Throwing Everything at the Midterms
Aug 15, 2018
Putin Is Hacking America on Trump's Watch
Aug 08, 2018
Ben Carson’s War on Fair Housing
Aug 01, 2018
#MeToo Heads to Church
Jul 25, 2018
Rev. William Barber Is Fighting Like Hell for Democracy
Jul 18, 2018
Can Violent Racists Kick Their Addiction to Hate?
Jul 11, 2018
Who Gets to Make America
Jul 04, 2018
Nightmare at the Border
Jun 27, 2018
Dan Pfeiffer Tries to Save America
Jun 20, 2018
Strippers, Guns, and Cash: Selling Painkillers in America
Jun 13, 2018
Torn Apart by Trump's Travel Ban
Jun 06, 2018
Make America Toxic Again
May 30, 2018
Primary Season in America
May 23, 2018
Coming Soon: The Mother Jones Podcast
May 17, 2018