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The Mother Jones Podcast

Summary: Each episode will go deep on a big story you’ll definitely want to hear more about. We’ll share with you our best investigations (think private prisons, electoral skullduggery, Dark Money, and Trump's Russia connections), and informative interviews with our reporters and newsmakers. We're hoping to make your week more informed with the stories that really matter, told by us, the folks you trust for smart, fearless reporting.

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Podcasts:

 We've Never Seen a Primary Season Quite Like This | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:00

All the latest drop-outs, drama, and dirty laundry from the campaign trail.

 Trump's Stealth Attack on Skilled Migration | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:21

President Trump says he wants skilled immigrants. So why is his administration making it harder for them to stay?

 Trump Is Winning the Border Wars. For Now. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:48

We examine the colossal impact of the Trump administration policies that have become the "new normal" at the border.

 The Republican Conspiracy Frenzy Can Only Protect Trump for So Long | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:41

How Trump and his diehard defenders are weaponizing disinformation to intimidate and incriminate impeachment foes.

 A Fearless Pop Superstar Navigates Hong Kong’s Violent Stand-Off | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:02

Hong Kong pop superstar-turned activist Denise Ho talks about the deteriorating stand-off between protesters and police, and what's next for the democracy movement.

 We Got 8 Presidential Candidates to Confront the World's Biggest Threat | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:45

We preview a different kind of TV climate debate. “2020: Race to Save the Planet,” which airs Thursday night on The Weather Channel, produced in partnership with Climate Desk.

 Ronan Farrow on How NBC Almost Derailed #MeToo Before It Began | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:54

Ronan Farrow speaks to Mother Jones about his new book, "Catch and Kill," an explosive tell-all about Harvey Weinstein, and how a major news corporation was hell-bent on killing a story that earned a Pulitzer and helped spark a global movement.

 Inside the US Marshals' Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:59

They’re supposed to safeguard pre-trial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty.

 Trump's Reckless Gift to ISIS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:22

Trump's recklessness gives the green light to a Turkish invasion of Syria and all hell breaks loose.

 Naomi Klein’s Blistering Warning: Fight for Your Lives. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:37

Naomi Klein issues a dire warning: failing to act against the climate crisis will be catastrophic. But it's not too late to fight.

 Trump's Unexplained $50 Million Loan. Is It Tax Fraud? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:25

A Mother Jones investigation has uncovered new information about a puzzling Trump deal.

 History Comes Knocking for Donald Trump | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:43

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces historic impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump.

 I'm Racist. You're Racist. The System Is Racist. Now What? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:31

In "How to Be An Antiracist," author and professor Ibram X. Kendi combines searing autobiography with pointed analysis to show just how deeply racism is woven into our national—and global—fabric.

 Searing 9/11 Stories from the Day that Changed Everything | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:29

On the 18th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, a new book recasts one of America's darkest days in strikingly personal terms by weaving together survival stories in minute-by-minute detail.

 “Our President Is Unstable”: A Senator Tears into Trump's Reckless Racism | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:11

Senator Jeff Merkley was one of the first national politicians to blow the whistle on the Trump administration's detention of unaccompanied migrant children on the southern border.

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