The Real News Podcast

The Real News Podcast


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'Whitewashing genocide': How Democrats & the media kept Gaza out of the DNC
August 31, 2024

From rumors that Beyonce was going to perform to Uncommitted delegatesstaging an all-night sit-in outside the United Center to demand that a Palestinian voice be given time to speak on the main stage

Union leaders explain why they're demanding an end to US aid to Israel
August 29, 2024

The death toll in Gaza continues to climb, with conservative estimates putting the numbers of dead around 40,000, but a recent report in the British medical journalThe Lancetestimates the actual dea

Remembering the Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War
August 27, 2024

On August 29, 1970, the Chicano Moratorium Against the Viet Nam War mobilized the largest Chicano protest and the largest anti-war protest led by a community of color at the time. Combining a critique

Bill Ayers on the Chicago DNC | The Marc Steiner Show
August 20, 2024

It's a presidential election year, and a deeply divisive imperialist war has split the public. As the Democratic National Convention gathers in Chicago, anti-war organizers vow to be in the streets to

Will the next president free more prisoners? w/Andrea James | Rattling the Bars
August 19, 2024

The issue of mass incarceration has been far less central to the 2024 election thus far in comparison to the 2020 presidential race. However, that doesn't make the matter any less pressing for incarce

Better Work, Better Pay, Better Patient Outcomes: Keck-USC Healthcare Workers Fight for a Fair Contract
August 15, 2024

Since the start of the pandemic (and really, before that), frontline healthcare workers have been rightfully lauded for the tireless work that they have done to keep the healthcare system from crateri

Celebrating 300 episodes of 'Working People'
August 14, 2024

In 2024,Working Peopleofficially crossed the 300 episode mark! Since we published our first episode back in 2018, the show has grown in ways we never could have imagined, and the world itself has ch

J.D. Vance, MAGA don't represent Appalachia w/Beth Howard & Hy Thurman | The Marc Steiner Show
August 13, 2024

J.D. Vance's rise to the GOP ticket has opened up scrutiny into the junior senator's past and roots. Before he entered politics, Vance entered the public spotlight as the author of a best-selling memo

It's been 10 years. When will we get justice for Michael Brown? | Rattling the Bars
August 13, 2024

On Aug. 9, 2014, Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. Police leftBrown's lifeless body in the hot sun for four hours, plainly demonstrating the contempt of law enforce

The Legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4
August 13, 2024

In December 1823, US president James Monroe delivered his State of the Union address in which he coined what would become known as the Monroe Doctrine. It was a framework that would later be used to l