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Latest Episodes

Jessica Mason Pieklo on Abortion Rights, Preston Mitchum on Reproductive Justice
July 15, 2022

This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court’s reversal on abortion rights is so actually and potentially devastating that it’s hard to know where to look. It’s worth tracing things back—Katherine Stew

‘Whether You’re on the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Depend on How Many People You Give Your Phone Number to’ - CounterSpin interview with Adele Stan and Elliot Mincberg on John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court
July 14, 2022

"That kind of legal philosophy could seriously endanger not just the environment, but the ability of Congress to pass all sorts of laws protecting the environment, health, safety and civil rights."

Did Public TV Doc Promote Peaceful Coexistence—or the UAE? 
July 09, 2022

A film that offers an entirely uncritical and glowing portrait of the UAE ought to make PBS take a closer look at the film's funding.

Adele Stan & Elliot Mincberg on John Roberts, Chip Gibbons on Why Assange Matters
July 08, 2022

A Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts has gutted multiple legally and societally established precedents.

Dave Zirin on Football Prayer Ruling, Howard Bryant on Black Athletes & Social Change
July 01, 2022

  This week on CounterSpin: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion on Kennedy v. Bremerton that “the Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and to

Raed Jarrar on Biden’s Saudi Trip, Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon
June 24, 2022

It's hard to parse corporate media coverage of Biden's Saudi visit, because that coverage obscures rather than illuminates what's going on.

Helen Zia on Vincent Chin Legacy, Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin Recall
June 17, 2022

It's 40 years since Vincent Chin's murder, with a depressingly resonant context of anti-Asian hatred and scapegoating,

Politico Paints Gen X as ‘Trumpiest Generation’—on Flimsiest Evidence 
June 10, 2022

On Biden’s and Trump’s favorable ratings, Gen Xers find themselves mostly in the middle among generations.

Lori Wallach on Vaccine Equity, Steffie Woolhandler on Insurance & Covid
June 10, 2022

There are people and policies, with names, preventing developing countries from accessing life-saving Covid vaccines.

Liliana Segura on Supreme Court v. Innocence
June 03, 2022

While alternative media are up in arms about the Supreme Court's ruling, corporate news media don't seem to think there's much to see there.