The Insurgents

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.comTesla’s share price fell 36% during Q1, demonstrating the success of the Tesla Takedown movement. In response, Trump, Elon and the GOP elite are trying to discredit the protest and boycott efforts, potentially even penalizing participants. We discuss that plus Trump’s team suggesting he can run for a third term, Marine Le Pen being banned from the ballo…

As much as it would be nice to never talk or think about Elon Musk ever again, he’s turned a major online communications network into a reactionary propaganda machine and has fully embedded himself into the US government, so unfortunately we have to keep doing it. To do so today, Rob spoke to Evan Loves Worf, one of his primary online antagonists, about when we realized this man was not the altrustic supergenius he was originally marketed as, his work with DOGE, and much more. We also talked quite a bit about Star Trek. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe

At the beginning of this century’s technological revolution, we were told that it would all result in a future world of luxury and convenience for everyone. A few decades later and it’s safe to say that is not what ended up happening. What went wrong, exactly? Mike Pepi, author of Against Platforms: Surviving Digital Utopia is here to talk to Jordan about it.Also, Rob talks about the currently-unfolding Trump admin Group Chat scandal and what we can learn from the way that people in the media and politics are talking about it, and updates listeners on the start of Canadian election season. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe

Eamon Whalen joins us to talk about his cover story in The Nation on the “problem with men” in America, some of the emerging thought leaders — and their critics — and how some are trying to create space for thoughtful dialogue on the left for people to think through how the left can win over young men in this country.You can read his piece in The Nation here: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/richard-reeves-profile/ Our most recent premium episode, for paid subscribers, is available here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-358-profiles-in-courage-20 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.comWe talk about Israel violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement during a bloody few days in Gaza, Chuck Schumer caving during budget bill talks, Trump ramping up attacks on Yemen to inch closer to a war with Iran, the JFK files, and signs we’re getting old.Photo: Victoria Pickering

Today Jordan sits down with two incredible guests.First, Katrina vanden Heuvel, publisher of The Nation, joins the show to talk about her latest piece in The Guardian regarding Jeff Bezos’ influence over the paper’s opinion section. From there, they talk about the ongoing peace talks between the US/Ukraine and US/Russia. She also warns about the Democratic party becoming a war party.Then, Serene Khader, the Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College and am Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, talks to Jordan about her new book Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop. They discuss the ways corporate feminism divides people based on class, how “self-care” has been coopted, and how the right exploits gains made by women to make men feel marginalized. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.comA few weeks ago it was easy to dismiss Trump’s talk of Canada being “The 51st State” as bluster or jokes, but three months into this thing, as the trade war between the two countries has started to really heat up, it’s become abundantly clear that he was not kidding. Meanwhile, Canada has a new incoming Prime Minister and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a bu…

It was long. It was boring. But there were some fireworks during Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress. Nikki McCann Ramirez joins Jordan to break it all down.You can follow Nikki on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/nikkimcr.bsky.socialEarlier this week, Jordan talked to Michael Edison Hayden about the Epstein document dump that left many on the right dissastisfied and much more: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-354-epstein-document-flop-ft-michael This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.comMichael Edison Hayden, investigative reporter and writer of Extreme Measures, joins Jordan to talk about a wild last week for the right. From influencers assembling at the White House to get their grubby paws on “the Epstein files,” only to find out it was a binder full of redacted documents that have already been public (and in unredacted form) for yea…

Jack Crobie of Discourse Blog joins Jordan to talk about his new piece, The Oligarchs Aren't Being Particularly Subtle Anymore. After Bezos’ influence over the paper’s opinion section became public, readers cancelled subscriptions and the opinion editor resigned. But are subscriber cancellations the best course of action? Jack explains.You can subscribe to Discourse Blog here: https://www.discourseblog.com/Our most recent premium episode for paid subscribers is with Assal Rad and explore’s Trump’s plans for Gaza and the AI slop video he posted depicting “Trump Gaza.”https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-352-trumps-plan-for-gaza-withPhoto by Daniel Oberhaus, 2019 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe