The Muckrake Political Podcast

Kamala Harris has only been the Democratic Vice-President candidate for a few short days and already the Right Wing is calling into question her race and questioning whether she is constitutionally eligible for office. Co-hosts Nick Hauselman and Jared Yates Sexton discuss the virulent racism, the Right's history of othering people of color, and how Donald Trump will stop at nothing to maintain power.

Co-host Jared Yates Sexton comes in hot over the decline of the United States and its failure to contain the pandemic and continued insistence on settling for mediocrity. This leads to a discussion with Nick Hauselman about the many tiers of opportunists within the Republican Movement, including Christian fascists, middle-managers, and Trumpists looking to recapture a mythical moment in the country's history.

The Attorney-General of New York has exposed the National Rifle Association as the crooks we all knew they were, so co-hosts Nick Hauselman and Jared Yates Sexton dive deep into the history of the NRA, how the Republican Party partnered with them to sell white paranoia for profit and votes, and the longterm damage done to American culture and democracy itself.

With news that Jared Kushner cobbled together a nationwide pandemic strategy that was scrapped to harm blue states, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman wrestle with the implication that the Trump Administration carried out willful genocide. Also, higher education expert John Warner joins the show to discuss his upcoming book "Sustainable. Resilient. Free.: The Future of Public Higher Education," the mess that is American public education, and the looming disaster as students are set to return to school.

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss what Donald Trump means when he suggested delaying the election in November. Jared warns that there's a very significant fear of violence if Trump loses and his supporters won't accept the results. And while William Barr and Trump get called out for their lies, it doesn't seem to have any effect.

With covid-19 interrupting Major League Baseball and ravaging America, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the role of the myth of American Exceptionalism in exacerbating the crisis, as well as the authoritarian fascists in the country looking to take advantage of the problem. In an exclusive interview, Nick gets to talk with Erwin Chemerisnky, Dean of UC-Berkeley's Dean of the Law School, about the legality of President Donald Trump's actions.

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the future of the Muckrake Podcast, the authoritarian nature of Donald Trump dispatching federal troops to U.S. cities, and welcome poli-sci professor Dr. Jason Neidleman to talk about the illegality of Trump's plan and the long term consequences. To subscribe to the Muckrake Podcast’s mailing list, send a note to muckrakepodcast@gmail.com

The Trump Administration has federal agents brutalizing protesters and violating their constitutional rights in Portland, and has just announced plans to roll them out in major cities around the country. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss this authoritarian overreach and sound the alarms. Also, they welcome artist Nate Powell to discuss his comic "About Face" that examines militarism, popular culture, and growing fascism.

Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp voids mask requirements in the state and co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman take him to task, deconstruct the descent of the Republican Party, and welcome on Brooke Binkowski to talk about misinformation, surf Nazis, and battling fascists online.

It's almost impossible at this point to keep up with Donald Trump's lies and corruption, but co-hosts Nick Hauselman and Jared Yates Sexton do their best. Trump has commuted Roger Stone's sentence while Secretary of Betsy DeVos is pushing kids back into school without proper precautions. Also, author Katherine Stewart stops by to talk about her book The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism and the threat posed by members of the administration and weaponized religion.