The Muckrake Political Podcast

Nick Hauselman is on vacation, but Jared Yates Sexton's here to hold down the store as he discusses the ongoing struggle between the White House and the GOP on voting rights, the history of federal versus state authority, and the need for definitive, courageous action. To support the show and unlock exclusive content, including the additional weekly "Weekender" episode, become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 

*This is the first 15 minutes of our weekly Patreon series The Weekender* To access the full episode, additional content, and support the podcast, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast  Jared and Nick watched Paul Verhoeven's seminal '80s action flick "Robocop" to trace the subversive political statements throughout the film. Set in the Reagan era, Robocop was incredibly prescient as it predicted the militarization and privatization of our police forces, while capturing the evil corporate ethos that has been super charged in the subsequent decades.

In a jam packed show, hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the Frito Lay strike and how it relates to the historical attacks we've seen in this country on unions themselves. The Delta variant has covid on the rise, with Fox News actually taking it seriously now that they see potential crashes in the stock market because of it. And how on earth will Joe Biden get anything done if he's not willing to twist arms? To support the show and unlock exclusive content, including the additional weekly "Weekender" episode, become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 

*This is the first 15 minutes of our weekly Patreon series The Weekender* To access the full episode, additional content, and support the podcast, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast  With new revelations that shed even more light on how close the country came to an insurrection, led by Donald Trump, Jared and Nick discuss the veracity of the reporting, why General Milley didn't say anything at the time, and Trump's ridiculous, comma strewn, response.

Texas Democrats have walked out of the state capitol, intent on making a stand for democracy as we know it, as co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss how we got to this point and whether Tucker Carlson's influence has won over enough Americans to drive us deeper into an anti-democracy. To support the show and unlock exclusive content, including the additional weekly "Weekender" episode, become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 

*This is the first 15 minutes of our weekly Patreon series The Weekender* To access the full episode, additional content, and support the podcast, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast  Jared had a chance to sit down with Author and veteran Brynn Tannehill to discuss her new book "American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy."

As the conservative right wingers bristled at NPR's literal quoting of the Declaration of Independence in a twitter thread, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton & Nick Hauselman examine the document's words as they lay out a stark warning about King George III that could easily be applied to Donald Trump. Plus, Jared interviews Chauncey Devega, politics writer for Salon, as they discuss the perilous precipice that our democracy balances on. To support the show and unlock exclusive content, including the additional weekly "Weekender" episode, become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 

*This is the first 15 minutes of our weekly Patreon series The Weekender* To access the full episode, additional content, and support the podcast, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast  Re-Listen to last night's live show, as Jared and Nick discuss two big decisions handed down from the ultra-conservative Supreme Court. They shift to the mafia-stylings of the Trump Organization and what the indictment of Alan Weiselberg means to Donald Trump. To finish off the show, they take a bunch of questions from the live audience. 

Hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss OAN's call for a firing squad on the nice people of Arizona who helped run the very legitimate 2020 presidential election. Then Tucker Carlson comes up as he has been revealed as a confidential source for many mainstream media news outlets. That leads to the main event: Pete Dominick joins Jared and Nick to lead a lengthy discourse into the republicans who have rejected trump and where the right went wrong.  To support the show and unlock exclusive content, including the additional weekly "Weekender" episode, become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 

*This is the first 15 minutes of our weekly Patreon series The Weekender* To access the full episode, additional content, and support the podcast, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast  In this episode of Jared and Nick's Weekender show, they discuss the appearance of Charles Murray (author of the hyper racist "The Bell Curve") on Tucker Carlson and how they're angling for a Race War, but will be sure to blame Progressives for it.