The Katie Halper Show

I talk to Kaniela Ing Democratic member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives, who is running for Congress, is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and taking on the modern day colonialism of Mark Zuckerberg. Ing talks to me about his family, Hawaiian history, and how the death of his father politicized him. Plus, Gabe and I talk about how veganism can be deadly, and talk about the movies "The Founder" and "The Social Network." Bonus ep coming this weekend but for now... bonus show notes are here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/18305177

We talk to Bryan Quinby & Brett Payne, the co-hosts of Street radio, about their origin stories, small business tyrants, & how their show turned into a hotline for labor issues.

Extended interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/18141530 In this free bonus, Adam Johnson goes over how NPR misrepresents the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in general and the latest Israeli attack on Palestinian protestors in particular.

On this episode writer Michael Graham makes the racial justice case for a progressive platform (single payer, #fightForFifteen, & #SinglePayer), & health care writer Natalie Schure makes the feminist case for #MedicareForAll in particular. Michael also talks about the "swiftboating" of Bernie Sanders, the importance of class solidarity, the talent of Nina Turner, & the racism of Hillary Clinton.

Bonus: the rest of my Phyllis interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/17870986 Phyllis Bennis, of the Institute for Policy Studies talks about debating John Bolton, that time he helped the Iraq War happen, the undeserved rehabilitation of George Bush, and the problem with the way people talk about Syria. Quote of the ep: "There are Syrians who are calling for US intervention just as there were some Libyans who were calling for NATO intervention. The problem is, they were wrong. And the fact that they were Libyans, the fact that there are currently Syrians saying it, that doesn't make it right. When people say we have to lift up Syrian voices, that's absolutely true. But Syria is a country of 24 million people. The Syrian voice doesn't exist. There are many Syrian voices. We need to hear Syrian voices but if the solution is just we need a Syrian voice to say what I believe, that's not the answer."

Mini bonus & show notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17793385 Gabe & I talk about Iraq, Vietnam, Irish twins, horror films, Colin Powell's Yiddish, Mike Pence's social life and Danzig. Then I talk to Huffington Post journalist Paul Blumenthal about Sally Albright's network of bots, Shareblue, Correct the record and more.

bonus ep: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17463481 Comedian and talk show host Jimmy Dore becomes the interviewee and not the interviewer on this episode of the Katie Halper Show. We talk about nelibs, libs, CIA tools, Mother Jones, Rachel Maddow, Russiagate, PEPs (Progressive Except on Palestine), McCarthyism, & Trump. We also cite Phil Ochs' and I cut in his epic song "Love me I'm a Liberal."

Bonus: Peter Doau's "Get Out." https://www.patreon.com/posts/17365352 Gabe & I talk about the handful of Academy Award nominated films we actually got around to see. Gabe saw one. But that doesn't stop us from being major authorities on the subject. We take a stroll down memory lane and revisit the very scary lessons of Forrest Gump. Then I talk to writer Aditi Natasha Kini about the "White Mediocrity of Lady Bird," and why "Get Out" is so good.

show notes & extended interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17180025 Journalist Max Blumenthal talks to us about the #Russiagate hysteria and why he's more hopeless than he's ever been about the world. We talk about hot dog vending and how on earth people are managing to "f*** up the resistance to Trump"?

We talk to Alex Vitale about his book The End of Policing. For the rest of our interview, go to Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/17039729

BONUS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/16902912 Media critic Adam Johnson sheds light on United States of Care, the shadowy organization whose board members include health industry execs and right wing ex-Senator Bill Frist. Adam breaks down the mission statement's language & reveals how and why the organization takes the wind out of Medicare for All's sails. In our bonus we finish our chat with Adam and hear from health care writer Tim Faust who determines that the organization is the... output of a certain mammal. Stand by for even more bonus from health care writer Natalie Shure and my appearances on Struggle Session & the Jimmy Dore show.

Bonus with Juanita Broaddrick: https://www.patreon.com/posts/16748644 My NY Magazine interview: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/what-juanita-broaddrick-wants-you-to-know.html

Bonus with Gerald Horne https://www.patreon.com/posts/16584864 A funny thing happened on the way to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I tweeted out a post I'd written a few years ago which was a listacle of "The 11 most anti-capitalist quotes from Martin Luther King Jr." I had no idea people on Twitter would accuse me of "whitesplaining," Martin Luther King and cherry picking his words and speeches in order to find the socialisty or capitalism-critiquing nuggets hidden in his free-market-praising rhetoric. I decided to talk to some experts: historian and comedian Justin Williams and historian and prolific, eminent, scholar, writer, radical Gerald Horne. Williams talks to us about Pan-Africanism, Ghanaian independence, and Fred Hampton. Horne talks to us about MLK and W. E. B. Du Bois. Stand by for the bonus on to multi-racial organize, or not to multi-racial organize: that is the question.

Bonus: standup from Kath Barbadoro, Gabe Pacheco & me https://www.patreon.com/posts/16245374 Comedy & sexual harassment! What's the deal?

Erica Garner spoke to me about why she became a Bernie Sanders surrogate, loved Nina Turner and respected Ja'Mal Green. First of the interview is here https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/erica-garner And my written interview for New York Mag is here http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/erica-garner-never-stopped-fighting.html