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:
Grammy-nominated rapper Rapsody joins host Jamilah King to discuss art, politics, and what keeps her going in these turbulent political times.
Science journalist Ziya Tong joins Mother Jones D.C. Bureau Chief David Corn to explain how, despite the many wonders of the human brain, we suffer from "scale blindness", a dangerous state that hardwires us to melt in the face of vast global problems. Her new book, "The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World," is about our many in-built inabilities to combat complex issues like climate change—and what we can do to bust out of the powerful systems we take for granted. “I want to start from scratch," Tong tells Corn. "I want to start thinking about things in a way that is a little bit more focused and clear-headed—once you're able to see through the reality bubble, that is.”
The Mother Jones Podcast talks to writer Anna Merlan about why sinister conspiracy theories have become even more dangerous and destructive thanks to President Donald Trump.
In the wake of twin shooting tragedies that killed 31 people over the weekend, Mother Jones takes you to El Paso.
Mother Jones Editor-in-Chief Clara Jeffery sits down with award-winning journalist George Packer, whose new book, "Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century," chronicles the life of an American foreign policy giant.
One-on-one with gun control advocate Shannon Watts, on how to fight like a mom, and take on the NRA.
An interview with one of our favorite writers and thinkers, the Pulitzer prize-winning TV critic for the New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum.
We bring you his story of Carlos, who came to America as an unaccompanied minor, and how he turned to Facebook to make a family of his own.
Exclusive interview: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to Mother Jones about conditions inside three highly fortified migrant detention facilities.
We take you deep inside the system that sustains the world’s harshest punishment.
An American woman says she was tortured by ISIS, survived the US-led assault on Raqqa, and escaped the Islamic State. Now she faces a terror trial.
In this installment of our “Behind the Lines” podcast series, Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer tours an abandoned ISIS prison with a former inmate who recounts the atrocities that happened there.
From an abandoned ISIS prison to the frontlines of a proxy war fueled by oil, Shane Bauer’s exclusive, on-the-ground reporting in Syria presents America's role in one of the 21st century's bloodiest conflicts.
Happy Pride. Let's go to the beach.
There are more than 7,000 state legislators in the US, and many of them, it seems, want to do something about the border. But there’s only one state lawmaker who actually lives there.
