Deconstructed
Each week The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim unpacks the most consequential news event of the week, while challenging the mainstream media’s tired takes. Grim gives a refreshingly provocative perspective on the ups and downs of American and global politics. New episodes weekly. New to podcasting? Click here.
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Cluster Bomb Fight in the House
Friday afternoon, the House narrowly passed a defense bill full of Republican culture war priorities. Hopeful efforts earlier in the week to rein in U.S. foreign policy fizzled out by week’s end, including an amendment to block the transfer of…
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Price Controls: An Inflation Solution That Doesn’t Screw Workers
Centrist and right-wing economists continue to advocate for laying off workers and engineering a recession to address inflation. But why not set price controls instead? This week on Deconstructed, Ryan Grim is joined by James K. Galbraith, a professor of…
Lever Time with David Sirota Presents: The Supreme Court Has A Billionaire Problem
Today, we’re sharing an episode of the podcast Lever Time with David Sirota from our friends at the investigative news site The Lever. David and The Lever’s Andrew Perez are joined by ProPublica journalist Justin Elliott, who recently co-authored an…