The Michael Moore Podcast

Michael Moore addresses the end of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign and invites you to look into the future - a future which has been created because of the battles fought, the progress made and the movements ignited by his candidacy. America has changed, and the majority of us will not want a return to what the owners call “normal,” to the ways of the past. Bernie showed everyone a different way, and that way will be our future very soon. *********** Music Credit: "Everybody Knows" - Leonard Cohen https://music.apple.com/us/album/everybody-knows/192677178?i=192678729

Jane McAlevey is a lifetime agitator and shitkicker. So why haven’t you seen her on TV? Why don’t we ever see any of our brightest thinkers and doers in the mainstream media? This is one of reasons I started RUMBLE — to bring brilliant voices like hers to you. Jane and I discuss how we can start creating 2021 now — the world we want to live in, the things we want to change. Aggressive organizing, including strikes, will be necessary regardless of who wins the 2020 election. And, surprise, surprise — we can end up as the real winners once we realize we’re the ones who truly hold the power. ********** Read Jane's new book, "A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy" A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780062908599 or https://amzn.to/3bYr8Ja Read Jane's previous books! No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780190868659 or https://amzn.to/2UT9CAl Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781781683156 or https://amzn.to/3b47NGc

During the last Emergency Podcast, Michael put out a call for your ideas on how to combat the coronavirus pandemic and, as urgently, the massive societal and federal government failures to prepare and respond to the crisis. After receiving thousands of voicemails, social media posts and emails from all over the world (including from a member of the Danish Parliament!) Michael shares the actual voicemails and responds to your ideas. 

New York is days away from the massive manslaughter of thousands of innocent souls whose only crime was to be living in the time of Trump. Instead of a few hundred that might have otherwise died from an errant virus, thousands are now at death’s door because the profit motive is keeping the gear they desperately need away from them. And because we’ve now learned that the President chose to do little or nothing to help — initially blaming the “hoax” on the Democrats and the media, and then being clueless as to how to order, gather and ship the needed materials. As of this posting, nearly three 9/11’s-worth of Americans have died, and many more are about to join them. This time, though, Americans were killed by a different type of terrorist. There will be no memorial built to honor them, no country to invade to avenge their deaths (Mar-a-Lago is not a country). Michael Moore issues an urgent appeal to his listeners on this special emergency edition of RUMBLE to immediately share their ideas with him as to how we can beat back two monsters at once — the war profiteers and the war president. Email Michael at: mike@michaelmoore.com Tweet at Michael here: https://twitter.com/MMFlint Comment on his Facebook post here: https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10156759453911857 Comment on his Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/michaelfmoore/

After a brief update on all the latest pandemic homicide news, Michael is joined by one of his favorite millennial writers, Nathan Robinson, the founder and editor of the brilliant magazine, Current Affairs. They discuss why older people don't like Bernie Sanders, why political half measures are killing us, and why  Americans are so afraid of the “S” word. ******** Buy Nathan's book, "Why YOU Should Be A Socialist" from: Bookshop! https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781250200860 Or, if you insist on Amazon, buy it here: Hardcover: https://amzn.to/3bNkLIs Kindle: https://amzn.to/2JyDueP Audio Book: https://amzn.to/3dTdDft Check out and subscribe to Current Affairs! https://www.currentaffairs.org/ Here's the piece Nathan wrote in February of 2016 saying that Trump will win (unless the Democrats nominate Bernie Sanders): https://static.currentaffairs.org/2016/02/unless-the-democrats-nominate-sanders-a-trump-nomination-means-a-trump-presidency

It’s Day 23 of the Mike-entine. It’s his mother’s birthday. Trump has blood on his hands. And who doesn’t need a little lullaby ‘bout now? That’s how we do Episode 60. ******** To share a message with Michael, leave a voicemail through Anchor (link at bottom) or email him at: mike@michaelmoore.com ******** The articles that Michael mentioned: Exclusive: The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks, and hospital beds The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-military-shortage-pandemic/ A president unfit for a pandemic Much of the suffering and death coming was preventable. The president has blood on his hands. Boston Globe Editorial https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/30/opinion/president-unfit-pandemic/

What would a Great Depression/World War II-like mobilization of American society look like if we were to attempt to fix our country and society today in the midst of the pandemic? Do we, as Americans, have the will, the ideas, the courage or the leadership to care for the sick, protect the vulnerable, and then, revitalize our economy and fix the ugly aspects of our society that Covid-19 has exposed? Michael discusses these big issues with James K. Galbraith, a scholar, author and one of the pre-eminent economists of our time. Generations ago, when America faced the fallout of the Great Depression and World War II, James' father, John Kenneth Galbraith was the legendary economic thinker who Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy turned to help steer America and and re-shape the post-war society.  ************** 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 ************** During the discussion, the work James' children are doing was mentioned.  The music for this episode is a song called "Sicilienne," by Eve Galbraith  https://soundcloud.com/user-479110316/sicilienne Eli Galbraith his wife Krista are the couple in Brattleboro, Vermont that have converted their tailoring shop for the transgender community,  Shapeshifters Ltd, to medical mask-making to supply the local hospitals. Visit them here: https://twitter.com/ShapeshiftersCB/status/1243336310221344772 Doug Galbraith is a cook in Portland, and has thrown himself into  fundraising to get food money out to unemployed service workers in his  city.  The link is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-food-chain *************** Check out some of James Galbraith's books here: https://bookshop.org/lists/rumble-with-michael-moore-guest-books

The U.S. Senate is on the brink of passing a massive corporate giveaway that will be yet another transfer of wealth from the American people to the wealthy. It was described by HuffPost's Zach Carter like this: "It is not an economic rescue package, but a sentence of unprecedented economic inequality and corporate control over our politics that will resonate for a generation. It represents a transfer of wealth and power to the super rich from the rest of us, with the support of both political parties ― a damning statement about the condition of American democracy." We all must act now to STOP THIS! Light up the switchboards on Capitol Hill! Call your U.S. Senators: 202-225-3121 Call your U.S. Rep: 202-224-3121 Read Zach Carter's piece in HuffPost: Democrats Are Handing Donald Trump The Keys To The Country https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-donald-trump-coronavirus-bill_n_5e7b77a6c5b62a1870d62d83

One of the great studies on the history of pandemics is John M. Barry's 2004 book "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History," a study of the 1918 flu pandemic. In addition to being a journalist and author, Barry is also a Professor at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Prior to becoming a writer, Barry coached football at the high school and college levels. Using his expertise in both pandemics and football, Barry joins Michael to put the coronavirus pandemic in historical context and to share his game plan of discipline, teamwork, and doing our jumping jacks the right way. *************** 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. *************** Read John Barry's recent NYT op-ed: The Single Most Important Lesson From the 1918 Influenza Containment — the attempt to limit spread of a virus and even eliminate it — has failed. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-1918-spanish-flu.html? Order John's award-winning book on the 1918 flu epidemic, "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History" from BookShop: https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780143036494 If you prefer to buy "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History" from Amazon, go here:: https://amzn.to/2R41qLa

The coronavirus pandemic and all of the economic and social crises that it has exposed has politicians of all stripes calling for massive government intervention. And, funny enough, no pundit or politician is whining about how “WE CAN’T AFFORD THIS!” But just as in 2008, corporations and lobbyists are salivating at the opportunity to milk this crisis for as much government money as they can get their hands on. This is why we MUST use this moment to massively reshape our economic and healthcare systems and immediately get money in the hands of all Americans. Michael discusses what action must be taken with economist and professor Stephanie Kelton, former economist with the Senate Budget Committee and author of the forthcoming book, "The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy." ************* Call your U.S. Senators: 202-225-3121 Call your U.S. Rep: 202-224-3121 ************* Pre-order Stephanie's book "The Deficit Myth" from BookShop: https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781541736184 Or, if you prefer Amazon, pre-order it here: https://amzn.to/2UUvrOH FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights scene from "Capitalism: A Love Story": https://vimeo.com/32647556 Stephanie's op-ed in NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/opinion/-coronavirus-stimulus-trillion.html