Is Trump a fascist? Is MAGA a fascist movement? Give a listen to the first half of this two-parter and decide for yourself.In the 1990s, Umberto Eco published the essay "Ur-Fascism," which explored fourteen common points of fascist movements and

Its been a minute since Alyssas been hereshes been on a vacation and doing some really cool stuff in the entertainment world, but Im sure you all miss her. After all, you dont tune in to Ben Jackson Sorry Not Sorry! Well, a few times over the years,

In recent weeks, Jeffrey Epstein has burst from the grave and back into the news. Trump made much of his campaign identity about releasing the Epstein files and promised to release thema promise on which he has since reneged. Trump had a longstanding fri

A couple of weeks ago, Alyssa and Ben had a conversation about the challenges of creativity in times like were living in. Since ts the last week of our summer vacation, we thought wed take a little break from the full-on politics and social issues of t

Its Bastille Day - the "Fte Nationale" in France. Its a day of liberation, of revolution, of oppressive systems coming down and liberation rising. With that in mind, were looking back at some powerful guests from the past year who have revolutionary wa

Well, its been a month. June has seen so much happeningthe protests across the country, Trump deploying the national guard, big supreme court cases, a mayoral primary in New York, the political assassination of Democrats in Minnesotaoh, and we bombed a

The rule of law is the foundation of our society, and yet the Trump regime is shamelessly trying to undermine that rule at every turn. We've seen a united states senator thrown to the ground and handcuffed for asking a question, a New York Mayoral can

This episode was recorded on June 12, 2025.It has been 236 years, 3 months, and one week since the United States Constitution came into effect on March 4th, 1789. The President of the United States has federalized the state militia of California and deplo

Its been nearly three years since the Dobbs decision, which the Supreme Court used to strip women of the right to control our own bodies. In that decisionand frequently presented across the ideological spectrum as an alternative to abortionadoption has

Memorial Day is past us, and were barrelling into Summer. So much has been happening over the past month, and so much is going to happen in the near future. This week, Ben and I are going to round up some of the big stories in the news and think a bit ab