The Michael Moore Podcast

Michael Moore discusses two of the most recent acts of terror in the United States: Anthony Q. Warner's suicide bombing in Nashville, Tennessee and Army Green Beret Duke Webb's shooting and killing of three people at a bowling alley in Rockford, Illinois. Mike also addresses the Wounded Knee Massacre which occurred 130 years ago today, part of America's genocide of the native inhabitants, and the beginning of a long line of violence which continues today. All that, plus more holiday cheer and vaccinations! Mike's Facebook post on Wounded Knee: https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10157462496551857 Music in the episode: "Downtown" - Petula Clark https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZQ6ckgerHYM5mOUxTl99Q

On Christmas 2020, Michael Moore plays some of his favorite “Christmas” music as he recalls past Christmases, reads a Christmas Eve letter from a friend, and offers solace to those struggling during this holiday season. Santa, trying to enter the US by air from Great Britain without a 14-day quarantine, makes no appearance on RUMBLE this year. Music in the episode: "Space Christmas" - Allo Darlin' https://open.spotify.com/track/2NjSceaQxxKGV414BorznZ "Have Yourself A Very Little Christmas" - Judy Garland https://open.spotify.com/track/3KfvWNzfjr4e86DaJOaqJU "The Rebel Jesus" - Jackson Browne https://open.spotify.com/track/0G4eOezzbJfaESK1Bhvzax "When God Made Me" - Neil Young https://open.spotify.com/track/20s3Btm8x5A0C8RlkVx1PE

On the one-year anniversary of the launch of Rumble with Michael Moore, Michael let's you inside of his mind about this moment in history we are all living through, why Rumble was created, and what role we (and you) must play moving forward. After 147 episodes in the last 365 days, Mike is on fire after this year of 2020 — and ready to do more, create more and do it together with all of you. Music in the episode: "Anniversary" - Tony! Toni! Toné! https://open.spotify.com/track/6PViGgcsQhLPSkMxgoRWLl

As Donald Trump's attempts to steal the election in the courts continue to falter, and as his legal team humiliates themselves at every turn, are we becoming too content in laughing it off and too comfortable in thinking our institutions are now stable? Historian and author Ruth Ben-Ghiat appeared in Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 11/9" to help warn of the fascist threat posed by Trump, and she joins Michael now to share her most recent ideas about the danger we are currently in and how leaders like Trump help us become our worst selves. She's written a new book looking back at fascists from Mussolini to the present day and finds many similarities between these leaders' use of propaganda, their endorsements of violence, and their projection of virility and masculinity to appeal to male and female supporters alike. Read Ruth's book, "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present" https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781324001546 Watch Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 11/9" on Prime! https://amzn.to/2Lrfoah Special offer for Rumble Listeners! Get 20% off of Raycon Wireless Earbuds! BuyRaycon.com/rumble

The year 2020 has featured a series of monumental events: a once-in-a-century pandemic, historic protests in the aftermath of more police killings of Black Americans and a Donald Trump presidency and re-election campaign. In this time of massive unrest, despair, and darkness, might we be on the verge of something profound, positive and hopeful? Marc Lamont Hill is a scholar, author and activist, and he joins Michael to discuss the necessity and possibility for radical change in America, Marc's bout with COVID-19, and his unceremonious firing from CNN for daring to speak out for Palestinian human rights. Read Marc Lamont Hill's books: "We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility" https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781642594539 You can pre-order his upcoming book, "Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics" https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781620975923 Listen to Marc's podcast "Coffee and Books" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coffee-and-books/id1522592619 Visit Marc's Bookstore in Philadelphia "Uncle Bobbie's" https://www.unclebobbies.com/ GEORGIA! December 7th Is The Last Day To Register For The January 6th Run-off Election! Check Your Status Here: https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/

Warner Bros. (which is now owned by AT&T, which also owns CNN, HBO, the Turner Networks, etc.) announced this week that all of it's 2021 films will be streamed immediately on it's new HBO Max streaming platform, bypassing the usual "window" that movie theaters get to run films first. While streaming all films is obviously necessary during the pandemic, this move is rightfully being interpreted as a death blow to movie theaters that movie studios (particularly ones owned by wireless phones companies) have been inevitably heading towards regardless of COVID-19. What is AT&T/Warner Bros. trying to accomplish with this move? What might it mean for the future of our streaming bills (and internet bills and phones bills)? And what does this mean for the future of movies? Michael Moore, whose debut film "Roger & Me" was distributed by Warner Bros. in 1989, and who runs two non-profit movie theaters in Traverse City, Michigan, shares his thoughts on this latest blow to the art of cinema. You can share your thoughts to Michael at: mike@michaelmoore.com

Thomas Frank is a historian and author behind classic books such as "What's that Matter With Kansas?" and "Listen, Liberal." His work has exposed the cynicism and corruption behind the conservative movement and Republican party, the cataclysmic failures of the liberal establishment and the Democratic party, along with the corporate elite that they all serve. He joins Michael to discuss the necessary defeat of Trump, what to expect from the Democrats, and how our only hope for real, positive change is through mass, democratic, citizen-led movements and not through the current political system or the Democratic party. The people must lead the politicians, not the other way around. Recent Thomas Frank articles: Ding-dong, the jerk is gone. But read this before you sing the Hallelujah Chorus https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/07/trump-defeat-election We need to reclaim populism from the right. It has a long, proud leftwing history ‘Populist’ has become shorthand for racist authoritarianism. But the first populists were progressive labor activists who fought for democracy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/12/we-need-to-reclaim-populism-from-the-right-it-has-a-long-proud-leftwing-history Read his books! The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781250798480 Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781250118134 What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780805077742 Music in the episode: "This Land Is Your Land" - Woody Guthrie https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZjrfGcb3A2PMGA1vRNgSk "This Land Is Your Land" @OccupyLA - Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman) https://youtu.be/E1ImQ7Ylvdo

Michael Moore extends a hand to the 73 million Americans who voted for four more years of Donald Trump with a simple, heartfelt message - "I don't want you to die." As the COVID-19 pandemic rages and reaches its most deadly period, and with a vaccine on the horizon, Mike begs those who disagree with him politically to literally live to fight another day. Please don't become another COVID statistic. Don't give up. Don't give in. Let's unite behind ending this pandemic so we can go back to fighting each other (non-violently) in the battle of ideas. Email Mike at: mike@michaelmoore.com Music in the Episode: "Whiskey Lullaby" - Alison Krauss & Brad Paisley https://open.spotify.com/track/0f7OHfUNNs5DGTijGFPalp Special offer for Rumble Listeners! Get 20% off of Raycon Wireless Earbuds! BuyRaycon.com/rumble

In the aftermath of Max Blumenthal's explosive investigative piece about the green billionaires and their allies who tried to suppress "Planet of the Humans," Michael Moore welcomes back director Jeff Gibbs and producer Ozzie Zehner for their first reactions to this bombshell report. They also discuss why we have been unable to cut our reliance on fossil fuels, how economic growth is killing us, and why climate change is a negative symptom of a larger environmental crisis that we've been failing to address with a holistic approach due to our society's addiction to the profit motive. Additionally, they discuss how a Biden administration should address our planetary emergency, how to improve and expand upon the current Green New Deals that have been proposed and why growth, consumption and capitalism are at the heart of the “climate” problem. Go to the Planet of the Humans official website: https://planetofthehumans.com/ You can still watch "Planet of the Humans" for free on our RUMBLE YouTube channel until Wednesday, November 18th at 11:59pm ET! https://youtu.be/Zk11vI-7czE Own a "Planet of the Humans" DVD! https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Humans-Jeff-Gibbs/dp/B08HTG6HRW? The big Max Blumenthal investigation in The Grayzone: ‘Green’ billionaires behind professional activist network that led suppression of ‘Planet of the Humans’ documentary The Michael Moore-produced ‘Planet of the Humans’ faced a coordinated suppression campaign led by professional climate activists backed by the same ‘green’ billionaires, Wall Street investors, industry insiders and family foundations skewered in the film. https://thegrayzone.com/2020/09/07/green-billionaires-planet-of-the-humans/ Music in the episode: "(Nothing But) Flowers" - Talking Heads https://open.spotify.com/track/3NNatBZ65onPjc4eeWhwNm

Michael Moore shares your voicemails in the wake of Joe Biden's election victory, Michael's open letter to the President-Elect, and Donald Trump's refusal to concede. You'll get to hear a sampling of the thousands of messages fellow Rumblers have left for Mike, mixing joy, relief, anxiety, gratitude, fear, and a host of other emotions, questions and ideas during this unique moment in our history that we're all living through together. ICYMI: Michael Moore's Open Letter to Joe Biden https://medium.com/@MMFlint/an-open-letter-to-joe-biden-a34afb3a2508 If you prefer to listen, here's the podcast version of Michael Moore's open letter to Joe Biden https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-138-open-letter-from-michael-moore-to-president/id1490354763?i=1000498075593 Georgia Voters! Request your mail ballot for the January 5th runoff election now! https://ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov Michael Moore on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUgUWx5VBeo Michael Moore on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwHzTYPR0Lg Music in the episode: "P.S. I Love You" - The Beatles https://open.spotify.com/track/7Msq9qojB7yORuJvz49iUy Try Gabi to check if you've been overpaying for home and auto insurance. It's free! http://www.gabi.com/rumble