The Michael Brooks Show

TMBS 54 aired on August 24th, 2018. Episode summary: We investigate white nationalist attempts to undermine the destruction of the apartheid system in South Africa. Shoutout to Lula for continuing to fight and rise in polls for the coming Brazilian Presidential election despite the ongoing coup attempt. Steven Pinker's prayers and misleading arguments. For the Griscom economic update we talk about the ongoing prison strike and the conditions that lead to their exploitation. In a TMBS first, we take phone calls in the public show. We have to talk about the nonsense in WaPo calling for the reintroduction of an anti-Communist CIA program. Roundtable, gulag section. 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 53 first aired on August 21st, 2018. Episode summary: We talk about the attacks on the right to vote in Georgia. We talk about the cynical way that the Right has been attacking candidates with debt. The legacy of Kofi Annan. Shoutout to Vic Mensa for helping out the community while highlighting the dystopian hell-word we live in. David Griscom breaks down Elon Musk's meltdown and explains why the market-oriented politics of the US create plenty of contradictions. We throw fact-checkers and Jake Tapper into the gulag. Sam Seder (@SamSeder) joins us in the studio to talk Manafort, morons in Arizona, and the Greens. 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 52 aired on August 14th, 2018. Episode summary: Michael breaks down why the idea of the West is a myth and not a very good one. Then, we explain why we support Lula Livre and why you should too. Our Shoutout goes to Rashida Tlaib, the Democratic Congressional Candidate looking to replace John Conyers in his Michigan district. From the start of her campaign she has promoted a progressive critique of the Democratic Party establishment. We throw a Queen's landlord in the Gulag. Sam Esposito of Ozone Park has been on a hunger strike to protest a homeless shelter being built in his neighborhood. And during Griscom economic minute we revisit footage of an altercation that happened in Queens bar and David talks about the growing pessimism of the investor class. Finally, Trevor Beaulieu (@rickyrawls) host of Champagne Sharks (@ChampagneSharks) is in studio to talk about the Ben Shapiro and AOC "debate" fiasco. 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 51 aired on August 7th, 2018. Episode summary: We break down the viral wildcat strike video and what we will need to do build union power in the US. Shoutout to ATU 689 for refusing to participate in WMATA's bizarre proposal to give special cars to white nationalists. Michael has a message for the alt-right crybabies. Derek Davison (@dwdavision9318) calls in to talk about Trump's dream of "WORLD PEACE,” the reality of the devastations sanctions Trump is imposing on Iran, and the drone attack on Maduro. We throw the California Correction Department into the gulag for being insensitive pricks. For the Griscom Economic Minute David talks about the housing crisis and its causes. TMBS ReAirs come out every 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 50 aired on July 31st, 2018. Episode summary: Michael breaks down the failures of the third way idea is dead. Shoutout to King James for speaking denying Trump's nonsense. Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) host/producer of The Young Turks calls in and destroys Dave Rubin. Griscom talks about supercommuters, rising housing costs, and why tech-UBI isn't going to save you. We throw Joe Lieberman into the gulag for his attacks on AOC and being a weirdo in general. Crew and senior politics editor at The Intercept Briahna Joy Gray joins us in studio (@briebriejoy) to talk about Boot Riley's great new movie "Sorry to Bother You." TMBS ReAirs 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 Re-air edit by Danny Celentano https://www.patreon.com/BodyPolitic?f... IG/Twitter @Body Politic Media

TMBS 49 aired on July 24th, 2018. Episode summary: We talk about Israel’s history of apartheid and how the recent law passed in Israel enshrines its apartheid character. Shoutout to Tahirah Amatul-Wadud (@tahirahaw) a progressive candidate campaigning on Medicare for All, who is running for Massachusetts First Congressional District. Also, shoutout to Kaniela Ing (@KanielaIng) a DSA member who is running for Congress in Hawaii and challenging Mark Zuckerberg’s nonsense. Author of The Color Of Money, Mehrsa Baradaran (@MehrsaBaradaran) calls in to talk about how the American financial system became wealthy from America’s history of racism and slavery. For harping on the most tired talking points about socialism Megan McCain goes to the gulag. For this week’s Economic Update, David Griscom investigates the upcoming yield curve inversion and how the recent economic recovery has come at the expense of an indebted working class. Michael and the crew give our thoughts on Russia and the sanctions regime against Iran. 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

TMBS 48 aired on July 17th, 2018. Episode summary: Michael breaks down Obama’s address honoring Nelson Mandela and the common values that we align ourselves with centrists Shoutout to Julia Salazar who is running in for NY State Senate in District 18 for running a campaign based on empowering the working class and opposing the real estate developers who are making her district unaffordable. For the Griscom Economic Update David talks about FANG and the potential opportunities that are presented by global capitalism concentrating power to labor activists. We throw our least favorite narcissist Elon Musk into the gulag. Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) journalist at the Rolling Stone, joins us in studio to talk Eric Garner, Russia, and why centrism isn’t sexy. 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 47 aired on July 10th, 2018. Episode summary: Michael breaks down the events in Brazil, the Pink Tide in South America, and the crew examines the importance of an international Left-movement. Shoutout to the UK who celebrated 70 years of the NHS and Jeremy Corbyn as he hopefully prepares a challenge for 10 Downing Street. We throw Chuck Schumer and Akil Amar gulag for failing to understand what to do in this moment. For the Griscom economic minute David talks about Trump’s trade war and who really benefits from a protracted struggle with China. Harvey Kaye (@harveyjkaye) author of “The Fight For The Four Freedoms,” joins us in studio to talk about Thomas Paine and FDR’s 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 46 aired on July 3rd, 2018. Episode summary: We break down the meaning of Mexico’s presidential election and the embarrassing way John Oliver covers Latin America. Shoutout to all of the mobilizations last week against ICE. Chris Maisano contributing writer at Jacobin calls in to talk about the effects of the Janus decision on labor organizing in the US. We throw the pathetic and delusional attempt by a Morgan Stanley lawyer to create a third way bankers party into the gulag. David Griscom takes a look at corporate buybacks and the structural weakness of the economy in the Economic Minute. Crew and senior politics editor at The Intercept Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) is in studio to talk about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory. Comedian and host of Pod Damn American Jake Flores (@feraljokes) joins us in studio to talk about his run-in with ICE. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts and on The Michael Brooks Show 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