The Katie Halper Show

Bonus with Dennis Mora, who went to jail for three years for refusing to go to Vietnam https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-dennis-on-23917536 We speak to David Parsons, a historian, professor, host of The Nostalgia Trap podcast and author of "Dangerous Grounds: Antiwar Coffeehouses and Military Dissent in the Vietnam Era." David talks to us about his research, things you probably don't know about Jane Fonda and what the anti-war movement can teach us about today.

First, I tell Gabe about seeing a Joan Baez concert with the Clintons in the audience, which gets kind of awkward when Baez sings a song about a rape survivor killing her rapist. Speaking of which, we're in the midst of the 20 year anniversary of the impeachment of Bill Clinton, which was sparked by Paula Jones' sexual harassment allegations and wound up exposing Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky and bringing Juanita Broaddrick out of the woodwork. While Lewinsky's case has been re-examined through the #MeToo lens, Broaddrick, who alleges that Bill Clinton raped her, remains ignored or smeared and lied about. I spoke to journalist Joshua Kendall about Bill Clinton's treatment of women and the multiple allegations of rape made by women we haven't even heard of.

Bonus interview with David https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-david-on-23551019 award-winning journalist David Sirota finally admits that he's biased towards saving the planet. We chat about the backlash he provoked with a factual tweet about Beto O'Rourke, antisemitic criticism of Sanders, and the media's fear of issues-driven politics.

Roseann DeMoro on ageism, Abdul El-Sayed on empathy, Maria Svart on socialist feminism by Katie Halper

As the Senate gets ready to vote on #SJRes54, the resolution to stop US support of Saudi bombing of Yemen, we talk to Walker Bragman, whose @opdesanitize #opdesanitize twitter account publishes graphic photos from war zones the US is involved in--mainly Yemen, which has been blocked by Twitter. Then I speak to Yemeni-American activist Rabyaah Althaibani. #coveryemen

Here's a teaser of my bonus interview with Naomi Klein. I interview Roseann DeMoro on the same episode. Both of them were done at The Sanders institute gathering. To access the full episode, go to https://www.patreon.com/posts/naomi-klein-on-23210628 And to hear my interview with Bernie Sanders listen here https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/burlington-woke-factory-naomi-klein-gus-newport

Bonus! Naomi Klein & Roeseann DeMoro https://www.patreon.com/posts/23210628 I report back from the Sanders Institute Gathering in Burlington VT, where I spoke to... wait for it... Senator Bernie Sanders himself! I also interview Naomi Klein, 83 year old former Mayor Gus Newport, 28 year old current Mayor Michael Tubbs and hotel security guard who moved from Louisiana. Plus I bring you clips from panels with Nina Turner, Ben Jealous, Jim Zogby, Susan Sarandon, Roseann DeMoro and the call for the #ProgressiveInternational from Yanis Varoufakis. #sandersinstitute #sandersgathering

I spoke to Ro Khanna whose own Yemen legislation was killed by Paul Ryan about the Yemen resolution that just passed. Also, during our interview ge responded to the breaking news that Hakeem Jeffries had defeated Barbara Lee in the race for Democratic Caucus Chair, which "broke his heart."

This is one of the most important episodes we've done! Nathan Robinson goes through why Sanders is the best person to run against Donald Trump. He goes through the weaknesses of every other potential candidate like Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, & Joe Biden. I challenge anyone who doesn't think Sanders is the best option to respond to this.

We speak to The Intercept's Jon Schwarz about his latest piece "This Thanksgiving, I’m Grateful for Donald Trump, America’s Most Honest President." Jon also goes over why Thanksgiving is the second most important day every year, after Columbus Day, and how Hitler drew inspiration from the slaughter of Native Americans.

Here's a teaser of an excellent interview I did with historian and Jacobin writer Matt Karp. His Jacobin piece on the Democratic Party's victories went viral, so I made him talk to me. He shares his mixed emotions of relief and pessimism about the midterms Hear the rest on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/historian-matt-22789917

TEASER: Matt Christman on being an adolescent Civil War history nerd by Katie Halper

bonus: Matt talks about being an "insufferable" Civil War History nerd when he was in middle school. https://www.patreon.com/posts/22742080 Related bonus: Matt Karp, who will be joining Matt Christman for our live taping Civil War History-themed Katie Halper Show (date, TBD)talks to me about why the Dems are "handcuffing themselves before the battle". Matt talks about fascism, pseudo-woke gatekeepers, how and why Chapo appeals to the audience it does, and how the Left can maybe win. He also trashes some really stupid and counterproductive liberal hot takes like "economic anxiety doesn't influence people's politics," universal and class-based programs are only good for white people etc. He posits that for fascism to be here, we'd need a more robust Left, which we don't have at the moment. We also reminisce about the live Katie Halper Show taping with Chapo Trap House, which was the first time Matt met Felix in person, and which Matt still considers "one of the best" times of his life.

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Stand by for more with Matt, but for now, here's a little nugget of Matt sharing his thoughts on the midterms. We'll be posting a full episode with him this week, where he talks to us about fascism, history, politics and his nerdy youth this week!