The Michael Brooks Show

TMBS 65 aired on November 16th, 2018. Episode summary: Facebook, Amazon, Walmart, benefit from our government while attacking working Americans, we need to stop it. Shoutout to Stacey Abrams for refusing to accept a stolen election. During the GEM segment, David warns us that capitalism is coming for our beer. Natalie Wynn (@Contrapoints) calls in to talk about the attack on fighting Trump’s attacks on the trans* community and how she owned Ben Shapiro with facts and logic. We call Corey Pein (@coreypein) to talk about how terrible Silicon Valley still is. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts and on The Michael Brooks Show Youtube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS 

TMBS 64 aired on November 13th, 2018. Episode Summary: The Left must fight voter suppression and make clear the deficiencies of our system. Shoutout to Baltimore for taking a stand against water privatization. We premiere the first Global Brief, this week the crew breaks down recent events in Brazil and explains the damage caused by the sanctions on Iran. During the Griscom Economic Minute, David breaks down the disastrous Amazon deal in NYC and Virginia. Malaika Jabali (@MalaikaJabali) joins us in studio to talk about her new piece “The Color Of Economic Anxiety.” TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS Re-air edit by Danny Celentano https://www.patreon.com/BodyPolitic?f... IG/Twitter @Body Politic Media

TMBS 63 aired on October 30th, 2018. Episode summary: After the results in Brazil we talk about the importance of building an international movement to combat global fascism. Shoutout to students in Brazil for their work immediately confronting the fascist power of Bolsonaro Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) joins us to talk Beto’s barber shop visit and is Kanye back? Harvey J. Kaye (@harveyjkaye) joins us in studio to tell baseball stories and what it means to be an American. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcats and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

TMBS 62 aired on October 23rd, 2018. Episode summary: TMBS Michael talks about the importance of worker cooperatives Shoutout to Uruguay for protecting the rights of transfolk. We get an update on Brazil, Bolsonaro, and the WhatsApp scandal from Brian Mier editor (@BrasilWire) TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts or on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

Today's re-air is in honor of Glenn Brooks, Michael's father. Today marks one year since his passing. TMBS 61 aired on October 16th, 2018, episode summary: Michael explains the long term anti-democratic strategy of the radical-Right. Shoutout to the animal kingdom, gorillas in Rwanda have begun to tear down poacher’s traps. We are joined by crew Anoa Changa (@thewaywithanoa) Co-Managing Editor of the Progressive Army and host of The Way With Anoa, who calls in to talk about the upcoming election in Georgia and how the left can win in the South. During the GEM (Griscom Economic Minute) David breaks down the recent stock sell-off and reminds us the stock market is not the economy. Lech regulates rich people and their pissing dogs. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

TMBS 60 aired on Oct 9, 2018. Here is the episode summary: We break down the recent election in Brazil and the dangers of structureless moralism. Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for showing what a leftist foreign policy looks like. Lech regulates Steven Crowder's awful reading of history. Griscom updates us on the negotiations between Italy’s far-right party and the EU. Alex Pareene (@Pareene) joins us in studio to talk about what it would be like if the Democrats actually tried to win. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

TMBS aired on October 2nd, 2018, episode summary: We talk about the ways the climate crisis will affect working people. Shoutout to Kyrie Irving for coming clean and the crew talks about conspiracy theories that pulled us in. Union organizer perfectly explains all the reasons Kavanaugh is a class enemy. Lech regulates conservatives who get upset about double standards. Griscom breaks down the student loan crisis. Daniel Bessner (@dbssner) author of “Democracy of Exile” joins us in studio to talk about the rise of think-tanks and what a leftist foreign policy will look like. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts and on the The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

TMBS 58 aired on September 25th, 2018: Michael stresses the importance of thinking about politics structurally and not getting carried away with idealist and moralistic criticisms. Shoutout to Norway for banning deforestation. Brazilian political scientist Alberto Almeida (@AlbertoCalmeida) calls in to talk to about the upcoming Brazilian elections. Matt Lech regulates Trump consultant Rick Wilson. Griscom breaks down the ongoing trade war with China. Matt Taibbi joins us in studio to talk about his new book The Fairway and what it is like a decade out of the financial crisis. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcast and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS 

TMBS 56 aired on September 11th, 2018. Episode summary: Michael talks about the shameful history of drone strikes in the US. Shoutout to indigenous groups and environmental activists in Canada for their work fighting pipeline expansion in Canada. Michael gives us an update on the situation in Brazil. Doug Lain (@Zer0books) publisher of Zero Books calls in to talk Marx and the political imagination. We throw ghoul John Bolton into the gulag. Lech Regulates lazy human Boris Epshteyn and drops an LBJ track. During the Griscom Economic Minute David breaks down Trump's boasting about the economy, the structural history of the financial crisis, and how we should understand Obama's economic legacy. Michael talks about the shameful history of drone strikes in the US. Shoutout to indigenous groups and environmental activists in Canada for their work fighting pipeline expansion in Canada. Michael gives us an update on the situation in Brazil. Doug Lain (@Zer0books) publisher of Zero Books calls in to talk Marx and the political imagination. We throw ghoul John Bolton into the gulag. Lech Regulates lazy human Boris Epshteyn and drops an LBJ track. During the Griscom Economic Minute David breaks down Trump's boasting about the economy, the structural history of the financial crisis, and how we should understand Obama's economic legacy. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

TMBS 55 aired on September 4th, 2018. Episode summary: Dying does not absolve you from spending your life advocating for empire and capital, and the Center needs to stop confusing style for substance. Shoutout to the DSA for reaching 50,000 members. Michael gives us an update on the situation in Brazil. Journalist Ken Klippenstein (@KenKlippenstein) joins us to talk about #ressistance grift and an exclusive on Saudi Arabia. We exile Malcolm Gladwell for his bad history and cheap thoughts. Matt Lech breaks down his new segment "Lech Regulates" on the fly. Griscom talks about lackluster wage growth, the misery that is the engine of capitalism cannot be a part of our socialist project. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts and on The Michael Brooks Show Channel YouTube channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS Re-air