Podcasts

5-4

5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. Hosted by Peter Shamshiri, Michael Liroff, and Rhiannon Hamam, produced by Rachel Ward, and presented by Slow Burn co-creator Leon Neyfakh.

American Prestige

American Prestige takes a comprehensive look at U.S. foreign policy and int’l affairs, providing listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.

Best of the Left

A podcast that curates the best of the liberal and progressive media on a wide variety of political and cultural topics, producing a thoughtful, nuanced, award-winning podcast in a world of hot takes. The show is not only informative, but also serves as an ongoing, audible ‘museum’ of our modern political discourse—each episode a virtual exhibition for our listeners.

The Bitchuation Room

A weekly caucus of progressive comics, activists and thinkers hosted by Francesca Fiorentini.

The Bradcast

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio’s KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast.

The Breach

An independent media outlet producing critical journalism to help map a just, viable future. We provide a platform for voices you won’t often find in the establishment media and investigations, analysis and video content about the crises of racism, inequality, colonialism, and climate breakdown.

Canadaland

Canadaland is an audience-supported, independent news and podcast company that consistently produces some of the best audio journalism in Canada. Through the ongoing support of a growing community of over 10,000 supporters, we provide more than 10 million listeners a year with free, high-quality audio content focused on media, news, current affairs, politics, culture, and original investigations.

Citations Needed

Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.

Congressional Dish

The podcast exposing what Congress does with our money and in our names.

Conspirituality

Investigating the intersection of conspiracy theories and spiritual influence to uncover cults, pseudoscience, and authoritarian extremism.

The David Pakman Show

A daily internationally syndicated politics and news talk show airing on radio, television, and the internet, and on Free Speech TV via DirecTV and DISH Network. The program first aired in August 2005.

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues.

Democracy Paradox

Episodes have explored concepts as broad as civil resistance, Russian conservatism, populism, and direct democracy. Guests have ranged from Ivy League professors to former elected officials. Many episodes have featured scholars from around the world including Israel, Greece, and Germany. Episodes regularly integrate big picture concepts with current events and history to make difficult ideas come alive.

The Dig

The Dig is Daniel Denvir’s Jacobin podcast on politics, history, and economics everywhere.

Doomed with Matt Binder

QAnon, white supremacists, Proud Boys, the alt-right...host Matt Binder guides you through all the conspiracy theories, far right groups, fake news, misinformation, reactionary movements, and more on DOOMED, a leftist politics and culture show for our terrible times.

Economic Update with Richard Wolff

A weekly nationally syndicated program produced by Democracy at Work and hosted by Richard D. Wolff. The program explores complex economic issues and empowers listeners with information to analyze not only their own financial situation but the economy at large.

Gaslit Nation

Gaslit Nation provides a deep dive on the news, skipping outrage to deliver analysis, history, context, and sharp insight on global affairs. Hosted by journalist and filmmaker Andrea Chalupa, an expert on authoritarian states who warned America about Russia and election hacking before the 2016 election.

Know Your Enemy

A leftist’s guide to the conservative movement, one podcast episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell.

Knowledge Fight

A progressive podcast that deconstructs and fact-checks Alex Jones and other conspiracy theorists. Hosted by Dan Friesen and Jordan Holmes, providing critical analysis of far-right media and misinformation with thorough research and humor.

The Intercept Briefing

Cut through the noise with The Intercept’s reporters as they tackle the most urgent issues of the moment. The Briefing is a new weekly podcast delivering incisive political analysis and deep investigative reporting, hosted by The Intercept’s journalists and contributors including Jessica Washington, Akela Lacy, and Jordan Uhl.

Is This Democracy

Is This Democracy. The podcast where we discuss the ongoing conflict over how much democracy, and for whom, there should be in America. Hosted by Lilliana Mason and Thomas Zimmer.

This one is a referral from Unf*cker John R. who wrote: “Wanted to turn you on to another podcast I discovered recently. It’s called ‘Is this Democracy’ and it examines the state of American democracy past and present and examines the American experiment in terms of addressing the question of ‘how much democracy and for whom?’ It’s a fascinating deep dive into the nature of small-d democracy by two academics and one working journalist and it definitely scratches my itch for deep intellectual history.”

Laura Flanders & Friends

Uncensored history meets bold voices with Laura Flanders, award winning journalist and author. The show explores actionable models for creating a better world by reporting on the people and movements driving systemic change. They spotlight the solutions of tomorrow, today.

Let’s Talk Native with John Kane

Friend of UNFTR and longtime voice of indigenous communities, John Kane tackles a range of Native issues from school mascots to Supreme Court decisions.

Lever Time

The Lever is a nonpartisan, reader-supported investigative news outlet that holds accountable the people and corporations manipulating the levers of power. The organization was founded in 2020 by David Sirota, an award-winning journalist and Oscar-nominated writer who served as the presidential campaign speechwriter for Bernie Sanders.

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

The Majority Report is a daily, political talk show. Their 5x award-winning, daily program brings you progressive news commentary and longform conversations.

Marxist Voice

Marxist Voice is the podcast of Socialist Appeal, bringing you weekly episodes on Marxist theory, revolutionary history, and current events.

Media Roots Radio

Sister/Brother duo Abby and Robbie Martin produce this pod. Media Roots is a citizen journalism project that reports the news from outside of party lines while providing a collaborative forum for conscious citizens, artists and activists to unite.

The Muckrake Podcast

Political analysts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman host the weekly Muckrake Podcast to address the news of the day while moving past the headlines and tired narratives to deliver extensive historical and societal context. New episodes drop every Tuesday and Friday with emergency podcasts, exclusive coverage, and relevant interviews as needed.

Native America Calling

Native America Calling is a daily, interactive program connecting listeners with soul-stirring and thought-provoking conversations about Native and Indigenous communities.

News Beat

A social justice podcast combining hard-hitting journalism and interviews with hip-hop music and original lyrics from independent artists.

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen

No Lie covers the most important and breaking political stories of the week, hosted by progressive commentator Brian Tyler Cohen. He sits down with major players in the world of politics, bringing you right into the heart of the action.

Outrage & Optimism

We explore the stories behind the headlines on climate change, talking to the change-makers turning challenges into opportunities. We delight in progress, question greenwash and get to grips with the difficult issues – sharing it all with our listeners along the way.

Owen Jones

Owen Jones, journalist, author of Chavs and The Establishment, or “that left-wing idiot off the telly,” is fed up with the establishment media. After all, it punches down, not up, blames minorities for all the problems in society, and, let’s face it, often just parrots the government line. So this podcast is offering something different: speaking truth to power, giving the marginalised a voice, offering hope—and having a laugh along the way.

Pitchfork Economics

Join venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and some of the world’s leading economic and political thinkers in an exploration of who gets what and why. Turns out, everything you learned about economics is wrong. And if we don’t do something about rising inequality, the pitchforks are coming.

The Professional Left

Award-winning progressive podcast featuring bloggers Driftglass and Blue Gal skewering right-wing politics with razor-sharp wit. Unapologetically progressive commentary that dismantles conservative talking points and elevates overlooked stories.

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.

Revolutionary Left Radio

Educational podcast exploring revolutionary theory, history, and current events from Marxist and anarchist perspectives. Hosted by Breht O’Shea, featuring in-depth discussions on leftist theory, anti-imperialism, and revolutionary movements.

Straight White American Jesus

A podcast on religion and politics hosted by Daniel Miller and Bradley Onishi, ex-ministers who are now scholars of religion.

The Thom Hartmann Program

Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host whose shows are available in over a half-billion homes worldwide.