The Michael Moore Podcast

On Mother's Day under self-quarantine, Michael Moore shares his memories of his late mother Veronica Wall Moore.

On May 4, 1970, four unarmed college students at Kent State University were murdered by the Ohio National Guard during a peaceful protest of the United States' illegal invasion of Cambodia. Nine other students were wounded, as twenty-eight National Guard soldiers fired approximately 67 rounds in a brazen act of state violence against citizens assembling peaceably. Among the dead was 19-year-old Allison Krause, who was killed by an American soldiers' bullet through the chest. On the 50th anniversary of the Kent State massacre, Michael is joined by Allison's sister, Laurel, to reflect on the impact of that day and the 50 year quest for justice and accountability. Visit the Kent State Truth Tribunal site here: https://www.truthtribunal.org/ John Paul Filo's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph in the aftermath of the Kent State massacre: http://100photos.time.com/photos/john-paul-filo-kent-state-shootings Footage of the Kent State massacre: https://youtu.be/Lmd6CHah7Wg

Michael Moore lays out the stakes of the extinction level event we are currently facing, the failures of the eco-capitalist movement and why we must change course. To read Michael's written piece, "We Are In A Planetary Emergency" visit his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10156865580936857? For information about "Planet of the Humans" visit here: https://planetofthehumans.com/

On the 6th anniversary of the start of the Flint Water catastrophe, Michael Moore is joined by with pediatrician who first exposed the high levels of lead in Flint's children, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Dr. Mona is a pediatrician at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, a professor at Michigan State University and the author of  "What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City." Dr. Mona, who was recently diagnosed with Covid-19, gives an update on where things stand in Flint and makes the connection between what happened in Flint and what is now happening with the coronavirus pandemic. ********************** Read Dr. Mona's book, "What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City." https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780399590856 or https://amzn.to/2SdesXo To help the children of Flint, Dr. Mona suggests visiting: http://flintkids.org/

On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Michael is joined again by Jeff Gibbs and Ozzie Zehner, the team behind the new film, "Planet of the Humans." They discuss what Earth Day means to them, the explosive first day of the film's release, and where we go from here. Join the "Planet of the Humans" Livestream Discussion TONIGHT (April 22nd) at 10pm ET/7pm PT! https://youtu.be/HBGcEK8FD3w Watch "Planet of the Humans" here: https://youtu.be/Zk11vI-7czE

Michael Moore announced today that he is releasing a brand new documentary film and is offering it as a gift, free of charge, in the midst of the global pandemic. Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America. This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event, the environmental movement’s answer is to push for techno-fixes and band-aids. It's too little, too late. On this special episode of RUMBLE, Michael is joined by the director of the film, Jeff Gibbs, and producer Ozzie Zehner. Watch the full movie "Planet of the Humans" here! https://youtu.be/Zk11vI-7czE Visit the official Planet of the Humans website here: https://planetofthehumans.com/ Read Ozzie Zehner's important book "Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism" https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780803237759 or https://amzn.to/2ziN1ov ************** Protect Your Online Privacy with ExpressVPN! Get 3 extra months free with 12-month plan (Limited-time offer for Rumble with Michael Moore listeners) https://www.expressvpn.com/rumble **************

Dr. Cornel West is one of the great thinkers and public intellectuals of our time. In the wake of Bernie Sanders' exit from the Presidential race, and in the midst of the global pandemic, he joins Michael to discuss choosing sides between milquetoast neoliberals and vicious neofascists, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jim Clyburn and wrestling with despair. *************** SPECIAL OFFER FOR RUMBLE LISTENERS: Get a one-month free trial of Audible! Go to http://audible.com/rumble OR text "RUMBLE" to 500-500. ***************

When Michael Moore made the Oscar-nominated film SiCKO about America's health care system, Wendell Potter was a Vice President and "chief propagandist" at health insurance giant Cigna. He and his colleagues devised a plan to "push Michael Moore off a cliff" due to fear that the film would expose the corruption of their industry. Potter's role was to fly to Michigan, infiltrate the premiere of the film, and and spy on and discredit Moore. Not long after watching the film, Potter experienced a crisis of conscience and could no longer continue lying on behalf of America's health insurers. He became a whistleblower, spilled the beans about how his former business operates and is now a vocal advocate for a true, government-backed, universal health care system in America. He joins Michael to recount their bizarre first meeting, expose the lie that Americans love their private health insurance and figure out health care in America post-coronavirus pandemic. *********** Watch Michael Moore's 2007 classic SiCKO here: https://youtu.be/YbEQ7acb0IE or here: https://vimeo.com/76646445 *********** Read Wendell Potter's books! Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans Paperback: https://amzn.to/2XySkKI Kindle: https://amzn.to/3ch9dO4 Nation On The Take Kindle: https://amzn.to/2V55MnE Paperback: https://amzn.to/34Arfbp Hardcover: https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781632861092 Visit Tarbell, the investigative journalism site Potter founded: https://tarbell.org/

If satire is the art of taking reality to the absurd extreme, then what is a satirist to do when the absurd extreme becomes a daily reality? Michael is joined by one of the great satirists of our time, cartoonist Dan Perkins. Under the pseudonym Tom Tomorrow, Perkins created a strip called This Modern World which has ridiculed the corporate, political and media power structures for almost 30 years. He and Michael discuss the absurdities of living in the age of coronavirus, the Trump virus and the capitalism virus. His most recent cartoon, "The Death Cult" can be seen here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/13/1936455/-Cartoon-The-death-cult Visit Tom Tomorrow's website: https://thismodernworld.com/ Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomtomorrow Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realtomtomorrow/

Here’s part two of your letters to Mike about what we need to do, now and post-pandemic. He’s in Day 32 of his self-imposed apartment exile and he loves reading the mail. A lot of people are stuck inside, and you know what happens with idle minds — they plot what we’re going to do in the post-pandemic America! Oh-oh. PLUS: A clip from Mike’s appearance in Amy Schumer’s podcast. Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0bqBNBz6EuPO7mfJeDjuYh