This week, we kick off the show with veteran journo David Cay Johnston, who has been covering Donald Trump since the 1980s. David helps us sort out what last week's raft of convictions, guilty pleas and revelations about members of Trump's inner circle being immunized by prosecutors can tell us about what's likely to come of all this.
Then we're joined by Stephan Lewandowsky, chair in cognitive psychology at the University of Bristol, to talk about new data suggesting that a belief in creationism is linked to a greater tendency to buy into kooky conspiracy theories.
Finally, we catch up with Cliff Albright, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, on a three-day bus tour he and his colleagues took through the Deep South to help register voters and support local community groups. You can find out more about the group or support their efforts here.
Playlist:
George Ezra: "Shotgun"
Rancid: "Life Won't Wait"
Rolling Stones: "She Smiled Sweetly"
John Lurie National Orchestra: "Let's Get Ready to Rumba"
Elon Musk is on a collision course with reality
How Dems forced Europe into a ’race to the top’ on climate
You won’t believe how extreme some red states’ new anti-trans bills are
Far-right opponents of democracy thwarted again in Brazil
Here’s what ’shocked’ David Cay Johnston in Trump’s long-awaited tax returns
The American right has traded normal politics for moral panics
Proud Boys Jan. 6 trial set to expose ’extensive’ criminal conspiracy
Republican propagandists have backed their party into an impossible corner
Gun-toting becomes a ’reasonable option’ for LGBTQ+ after Colorado massacre
Our forgotten history: North America once featured thousands of pyramids
Elon Musk’s short journey from libertarian geek to far-right troll
From Putin to Tucker Carlson, the far-right’s assaults on trans people are relentless
Revealed: Trump’s feds went fully fascist in response to Portland BLM protests
Iranian regime shaken by the latest chapter in 100-year revolution
Luke Harding: Why Putin’s imperial war is unraveling
Filmmaker finds MAGA voters rejecting Trump: ’He is what the Bible warns against’
Putin, deep in a hole, keeps digging
Ignore the copaganda--expert says bail reform’s a ’smashing success’
Newly elected Rep Pat Ryan on how to counter the GOP’s ’authoritarian playbook’
When propaganda is the point and the cruelty is just a perk
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