The Katie Halper Show

This was supposed to be a bonus episode, but it's too good to not be available for all! We talk to the Trillbillies Workers' Party about their podcast, one of the top ten Left podcasts to come out of Appalachia. Based out of Whitesburg, KY, Trillbillies Tanya Turner, Tom Sexton, and Tarence Ray blow J.D. Vance and his "Hillbillies Elegy" book out of the... coal mine... We talk to them about the white privilege that protects coal miners from the Black Lung which kills them, a homecoming welfare Queen AND King!, sex ed, pervie Marxist professors, and that one time Tom worked at the Clinton Foundation and had a heart to heart with Hillary Clinton's brother. Before that, Gabe and I go over the news, the Roger Stone documentary, and the time I saw Roger Stone, but didn't notice because I was too distracted by Alex Jones, who was waddling behind him. As you will see, there is a lot of REM in this episode. Coming soon: bonus content from this ep, which includes a discussion about J.D. Vance and the stupid racism vs. economic anxiety false dichotomy.

On this episode, we talk to khalid kamau, the 1st ever #BlackLivesMatter organizer elected to office! A member of DSA(Democratic Socialists of America), kamau worked for the Bernie Sanders campaign and was endorsed by Sanders and Our Revolution. Councilman kamau (South Fulton, Georgia City Council District 6)talks to us about the walk out he organized as a 12-year-old, Hillary Clinton's hot sauce, Bernie Sanders' messaging, why we need Black & Brown candidates, & why he can't tell the difference between Neil Diamond & Paul Simon.

We talk to Angela Nagle about her forthcoming book "Kill All Normies: Online culture wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the alt-right" about how liberals kinda sorta emboldened the Alt Right by being so grating. OK. My words, not Angela's. She's smarter and more nuanced, of course. Make sure you look out for the RIchard Spencer Corky St. Clair mashup. They may or may not be the same person. Also, something kind of meta is that I CANNOT tag RIchard Spencer in this soundcloud.

We talk to Rashad Robinson, the executive director of Color of Change about how they got Bill O'Reilly fired (finally!). Rashad also talks about organizing under Trump and finds the perfect movie analogy for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. But first Gabe and I talk about abortion, the death penalty and everything in between. We also bring some bad news to the people pushing the Bernie Bro myth and have a special report form Carl Beijer! Make sure you come for the bonus content in which I share my story about meeting Sean Hannity and Sarah Jaffe breaks down the hypocrisy of the Democrats and mainstream feminists when it comes to abortion. Trigger warning: she criticizes Bernie, too.

I talk to Rania Khalek the day before she heads back to the Middle East to report from Lebanon, Iraq and Syria. Rania talks about what nobody wants to say about Syria, the efforts to ban her from speaking, and the claim that she has a "generic Druze position," which she uses trickery to conceal. We also talk to Ben Norton about the 5 best (or worst) hype men for the Syrian War (a bunch are at The New York Times), and we talk to Nando Vila about Brian Williams & how little we've learned from Iraq.

Dating While Socialist Bonus Ep https://www.patreon.com/posts/8888812 On this episode, Gabe Pacheco and I talk to Erin Neff of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) about how Bernie Sanders AND Trump helped socialism grow: "Bernie planted the seeds and then Trump sh*t on them." Plus, how woke is Trump? How political is The Wizard of Oz? How helpful are dogs to homeless people? Then Erin and break down Susan Bordo's piece "The Destruction of Hillary Clinton," paragraph by paragraph. It's a good time.

Subscribe to Patreon for bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/posts/8635065 DOCTOR Adam Gaffney (MD!!)explains why single payer health care is, in fact, doable, feasible, affordable and the only option. We talk to Adam about his pieces (from this week) in The Guardian and Jacobin, the difference between Trumpcare and Obamacare, the most persistent myths used against single payer, and the two types of people who spread them. Also, Gabe and I do a deep dive (for about 5 minutes) into Iron Fist.

Bonus: extra interview with Allegra Love https://www.patreon.com/posts/8554342 On this episode we talk to immigration lawyer Allegra Love about what undocumented workers can do and what we can do to support them. Then we talk to Christine Henderson of Equal Justice USA, about Rick Scott's unprecedented removal of a state attorney who won't be seeking the penalty. She happens to be the first African American state attorney in Florida's history. At the very same time, another state attorney, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, is still in power after deciding not to prosecute a single person involved in the death of a schizophrenic African American inmate who was burned to death in a shower whose temperature was caused by guards. It turns out Rundle has two loser sons with multiple arrests. They're alive, however, and one is even a lawyer. I go over Rundle's pathetic and dishonest q & a on why she won't prosecute anyone. Plus Gorsuch's demon mother and demon voice.

I make guest co-host Jesse Myerson very uncomfortable through my analysis of the film Get Out. Then guest Matt Bruenig talks about why liberals are like conservatives but without the coherence. Also, check out our bonus ep with Nando Vila in which we talk about the #BernieAllIn Town Hall with coal miners in Kentucky & #MaddowGate https://www.patreon.com/posts/8465126

Tithi Bhattacharya & Kate D Griffiths talk about what inspired the #womenstrike & respond to think pieces written by privileged white women criticizing the strike for being only for privileged white women without bothering to talk to anyone striking or organizing it.

On this episode Gabe and i talk to Jane F. McAlevey who has been an organizer in the environmental and labor movements for over 20 years. She A Post Doctoral Fellow in the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and the author "Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement." We talk to Jane about her latest book, "No Short cuts: organizing for power in the New Guilded Age." She even tells us something she has never said before! After the interview, Gabe and I talk about identity politics, DNC chair race and some surprisingly racists things Garrison Keeler said. Then we get into some not at all surprisingly racist things that renowned bigot Alan Dershowitz said. And as a bonus, I talk to Nomiki Konst, a reporter at the Young Turks, who has done the best and most thorough reporting on the conflicts of interest rampant at the DNC and the DNC chair race. This was going to be patreon premium content but it's too important for me not to share part of it with everyone. But to hear the rest of the interview with Nomiki Konst, go to patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow https://www.patreon.com/posts/8346121. And major shout out to Kathleen Hancock who answered the call I put out on twitter and Facebook asking for a bumper we could use at the beginning and end of videos we make out of our some of our shows. She's extremely talented and donated her talent and time to us.

Guest host Jesse Myerson and I talk to Becky Bond about concrete ways to organize against Trump, what big organizing means and why the Revolution will be neither staffed nor exploitative. We also go over the role of podcast hosts and whether I can some how subsidize good organizations fighting against Trump by fighting with shills on Twitter. And then we talk about the #DNCchair race and how it reveals the utter stupidity of some establishment dems (my words not Becky's). We have great bonus content coming up tomorrow, which consists of my reading the best and worst tweets of the week, thoughts on Sally Albright and Jen Palmieri and a bonus interview with Sarah Jaffe. But we have a freebie bonus at the end of the episode in which Sarah shares her thoughts on the #DNCchair race.

On this episode, we talk to former State Senator Nina Turner on why the Democrats need to apologize and confess their sins and how Democrats can actually win elections. She also tells us how the #DNCChair race will be a litmus test for whether the party want the reform it so desperately needs. Then we talk to former Sanders digital organizer Melissa Byrne on why she's running for DNC chair.

We talk to Nelini Stamp, organizer of #ResistTrumpTuesdays & Working Families Party national membership director and Sarah Jaffe, writer, journalist and author of "Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt."

On this very exciting episode of the Katie Halper Show, Gabe Pacheco and I talk about the Trump administration's decision to omit the words "Jews" and"antisemitism" from its Holocaust Memorial Day statement. While the administration seriously pretends they did so because they have an intersectional understand of the Holocaust and want to honor all victims, we're pretty sure it's because they're Nazi-courting. Then we talk to journalist Eoin Higgins about why he called for a general strike. We bring in journalists Natasha Lennard and Arun Gupta to debate the if, when, why and how of a general strike and what opposition to Trump can and will look like. Check out the bonus debate between Gupta and Lennard over the role of black block, violence and Nazi-punching in organizing against Trump. https://www.patreon.com/posts/7982160