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The Mother Jones Podcast

Each episode will go deep on a big story you’ll definitely want to hear more about. We’ll share with you our best investigations (think private prisons, electoral skullduggery, Dark Money, and Trump's... Read more

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Mr. President, Have You Ever Worked for Russia?

Mr. President, Have You Ever Worked for Russia?

This is how far things have come. Try to imagine this scene taking place in normal times: The president of the United St... Read more

16 Jan 2019

27mins

Ranked #2

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Epstein, QAnon, and the Conspiracist in Chief

Epstein, QAnon, and the Conspiracist in Chief

Just hours after financier Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent death by suicide, President Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy th... Read more

14 Aug 2019

20mins

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The Mueller Report Is the Opposite of an Exoneration

The Mueller Report Is the Opposite of an Exoneration

The long-awaited report by special counsel Robert Mueller confirms what we already knew: that Donald Trump and his campa... Read more

18 Apr 2019

16mins

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"Broad City" Star Ilana Glazer Takes Over the Podcast

"Broad City" Star Ilana Glazer Takes Over the Podcast

On this week's show, host Jamilah King hands over interviewing duties to a surprise guest: Co-creator and star of the Co... Read more

12 Dec 2018

29mins

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So Many Candidates. Who Can Beat Trump?

So Many Candidates. Who Can Beat Trump?

As each new Democratic party candidate declares a bid for the presidency—and there have been a lot—there's a new surge o... Read more

13 Feb 2019

29mins

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Parkland Teens Are Throwing Everything at the Midterms

Parkland Teens Are Throwing Everything at the Midterms

Six months ago, a group of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, changed the way Amer... Read more

15 Aug 2018

33mins

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Breaking News Edition: Trump Goes Full Mob Boss

Breaking News Edition: Trump Goes Full Mob Boss

It happened: The Attorney General of the United States has been fired. This news came with a giant Trumpian thump Wednes... Read more

7 Nov 2018

9mins

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The Mind-Boggling Private Prison Comeback

The Mind-Boggling Private Prison Comeback

On this week's episode, Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer reports on the surging profits of the private prison in... Read more

5 Sep 2018

25mins

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America's Rage-Inducing Student Debt Machine

America's Rage-Inducing Student Debt Machine

On this week’s show: How the nation’s flagship loan forgiveness program is failing the very people it’s supposed to help... Read more

29 Aug 2018

22mins

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Critic Emily Nussbaum Says You Should Never Feel Shame for Loving that TV Show

Critic Emily Nussbaum Says You Should Never Feel Shame for Loving that TV Show

On today’s show, we interview one of our favorite writers and thinkers, Emily Nussbaum, the Pulitzer prize-winning TV cr... Read more

17 Jul 2019

23mins

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Everyone Hates the State of the Union Address

Everyone Hates the State of the Union Address

The State of the Union address: What exactly is the point? On the one hand, Pelosi's Shutdown Smackdown put Trump in a c... Read more

30 Jan 2019

12mins

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Donald Trump Should Probably Stop Dancing in the Street

Donald Trump Should Probably Stop Dancing in the Street

We all craved a clear resolution after special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William B... Read more

27 Mar 2019

27mins

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Trump Wakes Up Shaking

Trump Wakes Up Shaking

On this late-breaking episode: How to understand this historic night as the political makeup of the country is being wri... Read more

7 Nov 2018

22mins

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The Republican Conspiracy Frenzy Can Only Protect Trump for So Long

The Republican Conspiracy Frenzy Can Only Protect Trump for So Long

On our first big impeachment podcast show, Mother Jones Washington D.C. Bureau Chief David Corn gives you the latest new... Read more

20 Nov 2019

27mins

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Mayor Pete’s Plan to Beat Trump

Mayor Pete’s Plan to Beat Trump

Can an openly gay war-veteran millennial become president in 2020? This week’s guest is presidential hopeful Pete Buttig... Read more

3 Apr 2019

53mins

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Ronan Farrow on How NBC Almost Derailed #MeToo Before It Began

Ronan Farrow on How NBC Almost Derailed #MeToo Before It Began

Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein’s serial predatory behavior has earned a Pulitzer Prize. But in the months ... Read more

30 Oct 2019

24mins

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The Real Border Crisis Trump’s Not Talking About

The Real Border Crisis Trump’s Not Talking About

This week, we take a deeper look at what’s happening at the border. You'll go inside a Tijuana shelter where teenaged mi... Read more

6 Mar 2019

33mins

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The Argument for Rage

The Argument for Rage

This week: We’re in the home stretch—only 27 days to go until the midterms. As Brett Kavanaugh gets to work, rockstar fe... Read more

10 Oct 2018

30mins

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He Was Dying. Then Doctors Tried Some Forgotten Viruses.

He Was Dying. Then Doctors Tried Some Forgotten Viruses.

Happy New Year! This week, as the podcast team gears up for a brand new 2019 season, we’re revisiting two of our most ta... Read more

2 Jan 2019

26mins

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A Constitutional Crisis Is Just a Tweet Away

A Constitutional Crisis Is Just a Tweet Away

On this week's episode, inside the fight for Medicaid expansion at the polls in November. The fate of Obamacare is on th... Read more

26 Sep 2018

30mins

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