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Rising: May 25, 2022 Full Show

Briahna Joy Gray, and Robby Soave react to yesterday’s horrific Texas school massacre that saw 19 fourth-graders and two teachers shot to death. Briahna Joy Gray makes the case against accepting the status quo in light of yesterday’s Texas school shooting. Kim Iversen breaks down the WHO pandemic […]

Daily News Digest: May 19, 2022 The Week

Harold  Maass Why do mass shootings keep happening? Grayson  Quay Meet the man who defeated Madison Cawthorn Peter  Weber Russian military analyst slams Ukraine invasion on state TV Advertisement from Wisebread Best Cash Back Bonus Cards of 2022 Brigid  Kennedy Biden cheers Finland and Sweden’s NATO applications Catherine  […]

Daily News Update: May 15, 2022 The Week

Brigid  Kennedy Would cameras in the Supreme Court help build trust? Brendan  Morrow Why Mario Batali was acquitted in his sexual misconduct trial William  Falk The next Prohibition Advertisement from Wisebread Insanely High Paying Cash Back Cards With No Annual Fee The Week  Staff Abortion: Should corporations take […]

What can the pro-choice movement do now?

By Brigid Kennedy The Week The Supreme Court appears imminently poised to overturn the national right to an abortion as protected by landmark ruling Roe v. Wade (1973). Assuming that happens (and it seems that it will), what’s next for liberals and the pro-choice movement? ‘My body, my choice’ […]

David J. Theroux 1949-2022

The Independent Institute David Theroux will remain a living presence through his many publications and media creations, through the ongoing dynamism of the Independent Institute, and through his beloved family. * * * David launched the Independent Institute, an academic non-profit, public policy, research and educational organization, as […]

The Individual in Community

By Adam Ormes, Nowhere News (Original version delivered as a speech in Porto on February 15th, 2020.) “I would not encourage in your minds that delusion which you must carefully foster in the minds of your human victims. I mean the delusion that the fate of nations is […]

The Populist Delusion

By Neema Parvini, Imperium Press The 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump unleashed a wave of populism not seen in America since the Nixon era, which carried him into the presidency. Seen widely as a vindication of the people over elites, his failure to bring about any meaningful […]

Introducing the World System

By Christopher Sandbatch, Sorry for the technical delay, folks. A lot has happened since we last tuned in…we think the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. People have also been talking about nationalism and imperialism as though these things are somehow opposed. Sometimes they are, but they […]

Rising: 3/21/2022 Full Show

Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the state of peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Robby Soave commends a recent op-ed from the New York Times editorial board. Ryan Grim calls out Dr. Peter McCullough and financier Edward Dowd for misrepresenting data regarding excess deaths in 2021. | […]

The Neocons Are Back

The American Conservative The war drums are beating in Washington, as our bipartisan establishment looks to get the country involved in rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Emile, Sohrab, Micah, and Helen unpack the return of the neocons. Plus, the hosts assess Glenn Youngkin’s war against mask mandates […]

13,000 Pounds at 118 Miles Per Hour It was the deadliest wreck in years. And the man behind it was one of the FBI’s most notorious informants.

By Ben Ryder Howe New York Magazine On September 4, 2018, Nauman Hussain, a 28-year-old professional paintball player, was working at his family’s business when a state inspector arrived for a routine visit. Nauman’s father owned Prestige Limousine, a small company touting “modern, classy vehicles” for “exquisite wedding, […]

David Graeber’s Possible Worlds

By Molly Fischer, Intelligencer The Dawn of Everything author left behind countless fans and a belief society could still change for the better. Lately it has seemed possible that everything must change. Basic fixtures of American life, rules and institutions that had come to feel inevitable — in […]

In Defense of Littering

By Drew Hornbein, Medium To throw trash away is to hide a truth from ourselves. When we throw trash into designated bins, we cast a veil over our choices. We cannot throw trash away, because there is no “away.” There is only this world, our home. When a […]