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DSR's Words Matter — 463 episodes
Lickspittles on Parade
Trump’s Biggest War is Against the American People
What to Do When Trump Tries to Steal the Next Election
Dead or Alive, Mitch McConnell is a Bad Man
America at a Crossroads for Our 250th Birthday
Now Playing! Donald Trump and the Impeachables
Breaking News: It Matters if the President is a Psychopath
Meeting Trump’s Twisted Deviancy Halfway Is NOT The Answer for Dems
Mary Trump: Donald is Losing it Fast
The One and Only Way to Truly Defeat the Trump Crime Family
Is Trump America’s Greatest Criminal Mastermind?
Gerrymandermaxxing: Can Dems Still Win in November?
The Disease that is Killing the Justice Department... and Much of DC
It Is a Make or Break Moment for America
We Need More Scorched Earth Dems!
The Man Who Collects Raccoon Private Parts is Not the Biggest Loon in Trumpworld
A Confederacy of Nutlicks
Depravity as Far as the Eye Can See
Top House Dem: Trump’s Got No Good Options in Iran
A Fiasco Wrapped In A Disaster Inside a Catastrophe
Kleptocracy, Kakistocracy, Nihilocracy, Schemeocracy! This is a F**ckedupocracy
Trump’s Mental Meltdown (feat. Mary Trump)
Our Chances for Restoring Our Democracy are Hanging by a Thread
Special Edition: Why the SCOTUS Tariff Decision May Lead to More Abuses of Power by Trump
American Democracy at a Point of No Return
Surveying the Devastation of the Past Week of Business as Usual Under Trump
Don't Believe the BS That Trump & His Goons Are Changing Tactics
The One Big Thing We Need to Do to Save the Country
The Steps We Must Take to Stop Trump's American Gestapo
We Are Living in a Horror Movie...and the Monsters are in Charge
In Search of Optimism About 2026
Reflecting on Rob Reiner and his Legacy
MAGApocalypse Now
MAGA is Coming Apart at the Seams
A Curmudgeon's Guide to What to Be Thankful For
How Much Worse Can It Get? (Spoiler Alert: Way Worse)
The Cruelty Is The Point
We Moved a Step Closer to the End of MAGA This Week
Crazier Craziness from Trump Lies Ahead
Searching Through the Rubble of the White House for One Little Bit of Positive News
The Government's War on Democracy is a War on You
The Big Reason Trump and MAGA Must Be Held to Account
Welcome to a Government Shutdown Only A Mussolini Could Love
“Budgets? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Budgets!"
Freedom of Speech in America is on Life Support
Post-9/11 We Tried to Unite, Following the Kirk Shooting it’s the Opposite
It's Time for an End to the Bland Leading the Bland in the Democratic Party
Remember Voting? Those Were the Good Old Days!
From Arby’s to Subway - a Week in Review
Cartman is the New Walter Cronkite
DSR: Hard Truths About the Hell of Gaza
What Do the Kids from South Park Know About America Today That the Rest of Us Need to Learn?
Never Mind Being Blind, Right Now Justice in the US is Near Death
A Prescription for Saving the Country
How to Celebrate This Independence Day
Iran and Trump: Triumph or Fiasco?
Trump's Violent Cult and What to Do About It
Stop Waiting for Us to Become an Autocracy. We're Already There.
They Are Monsters
Lawless: How The Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
A Bad Week for Norms (Except Our Norm)
The Existential Political Issue Most Democrats Aren't Focusing On Yet
Why Having an American Pope May Be Bad News for Trump
Special DSR-Words Matter Mash Up Edition: The Last Waltz
Lessons in Kakistocracy
Who Knew You Could Dismantle Democracy in America This Quickly?
Oy Gevalt
Time for Dems to Channel Nancy Reagan: Just Say No
Pulling the Stefanik Nomination is a Sign MAGA is Scared
Three Bullets to the Heart of the Constitution
American Pain
How Do Dems Fight Back Effectively?
Time For Dems to Stand Up — And We Mean it This Time
It’s Worse Than You Think - What You Can Do About It
Where Are the Leaders This Moment Demands?
Screw Your Feelings, Time to Figure Out How to Fix This Mess
Hearings, Hypocrisy, and the Inauguration
Get Ready for a Totally Turbulent 2025
What Fresh Hell Is This? A Preview of the New Congress
2024 Ends, Another Trump Term Begins
Transitions, Nominations, Resignations
Preparing for the Transition
Where Do We Go From Here?
The 2024 Election and Trump’s Future America
October Spooks and Surprises: the Final Days of the Race
Nervously Optimistic, Neurotically Confused
Hurricanes, Hypocrisy, Healthcare and More
Headlines Matter - the Jack Smith Report
Last Week on the Campaign Trail
The Language of the Campaigns
Debate Day and Beyond
After the Convention High, the Question Will Be: Will Your Vote Count?
The Paris Olympics, Chicago Convention Special
Inside the First Days of the Harris Campaign
From Pennsylvania to Milwaukee - Last Week in the Trump Campaign
Dealing with the Backlash - the Democratic Party and Biden’s Future
Justices are Blind
Special Three Alarm Emergency Debate Episode
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
Walking the Fine Line of Media Accountability
The Fire Sale at the Supreme Court
Trump is Guilty… So What Happens Now?
An All-You-Can-Listen Political Buffet
Trump’s Cronies are Out in Full Force
Can Trump Handle the Truth?
Untangling the University Protests
What Happens When Leaders Don’t Lead
Accountability is Gone but Not Forgotten in the Senate
Republicans are Reaching New Levels of Ineptitude
Joe Biden’s Israel Problem is Going from Bad to Worse
How is the Supreme Court Still Surprising Us?
If It’s Broke, Fix It - Why Congress Needs Reforms
Reflecting on Four Years of COVID
Trump’s Potemkin Village
Alabama’s Twisted ‘Family Values’ aren’t very Small Government
Courting Disaster
The Impending Border Battle
Is it Time to Panic Yet?
Does the Trump Train Have Brakes?
Political Prognostications for the New Year
Dr. Ornstein's Political Prescriptions for Smart Democrats
The Fight for Abortion in Texas and Senate Skullduggery
The First Rule of Congressional Fight Club
Should We Be Worried About 2024 Polls?
Managing Mental Health with Dr. Ben Miller
Words Matter - So Close and Yet So Far: The Search for a Speaker
A Little Bit of Everything with Laurie Garrett
The Speaker Has Left the Building
R.I.P GOP: A Political Party is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Rantapalooza: Norm and David are Triggered
Is It Time For a New Generation? The Narrative Around Joe Biden
Georgia’s Special Grand Jury Is On My Mind
Back to School Special: Trials and Tribulations
Special Edition: After a Lightweight Debate on to Weightier Issues
Best Of - On the Fringe No Longer: Republicans Mainstream the Extreme
Will Legal Drama Actually Empower Trump?
Breaking Down the January 6th Indictment
If You Can’t Take the Heat… Talking Climate, the Border, and More
The Republicans' Race to the Bottom with Mary Trump
The Economy Under Biden is Great; Why Don’t We Act Like It?
How the Biden Administration Can Fix the Agencies Trump Broke
Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action
Supreme Court Rules On Biden’s Immigration Guidelines, Justice Alito and More
Check Your Blood Pressure Before You Listen to this Episode
We Have a Debt Ceiling Deal!
DeSantis Announces Candidacy
Words Matter: Have We Turned the Corner on the Debt Ceiling Negotiations?
Justice is Being Served
EThe Latest on the Debt Ceiling, Trump's Legal Woes, Clarence Thomas Payments, The Proud Boys Convictions
Too Numerous To Count (TNTC)
Could the US Default on its Debt?
Why Does the Judiciary Branch Wield So Much Power?
Why Can't We Have an "Operation Indictment Warpspeed?"
Sue the Gunmakers, Tax the Bullets, Just Do Something!
The Politics of Justice
Bail outs for thee but not for me?
Our Two Speed Country
Lab Leaks and Committees Speak
East Palestine's toxic plume and America's toxic politics
Nikki Haley Jumps In
The State of Our Union Is....
Modernizing Congress with Rep. Derek Kilmer
What to do when the government does nothing about guns
America at the (debt) limit
A House Divided Against Itself
Seeking a Speaker
Best Of: Walker, Oz, and What Happens if They Win?
Best Of: New York, Florida, and Dark Money Matters
Best Of: Midterm Madness
Best Of: The IRA Under the Microscope
Best Of: Views from the Road: Liz Cheney, John Fetterman, and Chautauqua
Holiday Mailbag
The Final Days of the 117th Congress
Senator Warnock (D-GA) and Senator Sinema (I-AZ)
The Lame Duck Congress
Best Of: The January 6th Hearings and the Ongoing Coup
Midterm Reflections
The Last One Before The Midterms
A Woman, Her Doctor, and the Debate Between Oz and Fetterman
Debating Debates
The Elections Up And Down The Ballot
Walker, Oz, and What Happens if They Win?
The polls and polling with Anna Greenberg
Political Stunts and Immigration Policy
Freight and Foreign Policy
The State of Labor on Labor Day
The IRA Under the Microscope
New York, Florida, and Dark Money Matters
Views from the Road: Liz Cheney, John Fetterman, and Chautauqua
Midterm Madness
Political Potpourri: Biden's Messaging Problem, Abortion in Idaho and Kansas, and January 6th
It's the Economy, Stupid!
On the Fringe No Longer: Republicans Mainstream the Extreme
It's All Healthcare: COVID, MonkeyPox, and Abortion
The Bill of Rights and the Continued Fight for Freedom
Supreme Injustices
The January 6th Hearings and the Ongoing Coup
Guns: What Are They Good For?
Votes Matter: Counting to Nine on Abortion Rights
American's Mission Statement read by Senator John F. Kennedy
Barack Obama's Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney
American History Tellers -- Lindsay Graham Interview
President John F. Kennedy on Civil Rights
ENCORE: Hill Women - with Cassie Chambers
ENCORE: FDR on Democracy with Professor Harvey Kaye - Part 2
SpyTalk: Shots in the Dark
ENCORE: FDR on Democracy with Professor Harvey Kaye - Part 1
SpyTalk: A CIA Spy in Syria, and US Responses to Russian, Chinese and Other Adversary Hacking
A Tribute to Walter Mondale
Deep State Radio: A Tale of Two COVIDS
Columbine - 22 years Later
"Good Trouble" with John Lewis
Deep State Radio: It's Not Too Early to Predict What Biden Era Politics Will Be Like
Preview: SPY AFFAIR from Wondery
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - "I've Been to the Mountain Top"
Deep State Radio: One-on-one with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Why It is So Important to Tell the Stories of Heroic Women
Preview: SPY AFFAIR from Wondery
Preview: SPY AFFAIR from Wondery
Preview: SPY AFFAIR from Wondery
Geraldine Ferraro Becomes the First Woman on a National Ticket
Deep State Radio: When Can We Go To War and Who Decides?
Maya Angelou at Spelman College
Angela Davis and the Importance of Academic Freedom
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Deep State Radio: Washington Got You Pissed Off? Us Too!
Shirley Chisholm - Black Feminist Pioneer
Deep State Radio: The Accountability Conundrum: How Do We Form Commissions to Investigate 1/6 or COVID in the Current Political Environment?
Malcolm X - "The Ballot or the Bullet"
Deep State Radio: On January 6, the Noose Was for Mike Pence...Now a Legal Noose Is Tightening Around Trump
Senate Chaplain, Rear Admiral (Ret.) Barry C. Black
Deep State Radio: When is an Open and Shut Case Not an Open and Shut Case?
The Legendary Barbara Jordan on Impeachment
Deep State Radio: In Search of the Republican "Taliban We Can Work With"
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Impeachment
Deep State Radio: Was Trump's Coup Attempt on January 6th the Start of Something Much Worse?
INAUGURATION SPECIAL: Amanda Gorman, Lady Gaga & Joe Biden
Deep State Radio: Three Wednesdays - Storming the Capitol, Impeachment & Inauguration...Where Does It Leave the Average American?
In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King - "A Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Deep State Radio: Ask the Experts - How Do We Make January 6 a Positive Turning Point for America?
ENCORE: Stacey Abrams
Deep State Radio: The Trump Coup - A Week in Washington Like No Other
Deep State Radio: Why Having the Most Diverse Cabinet in History Matters
FDR on Democracy with Professor Harvey Kaye - Part 2
ENCORE: His Very Best with Jonathan Alter
FDR on Democracy with Professor Harvey Kaye - Part 1
The intersection of Wall Street & Washington with William D. Cohan
Deep State Radio: Trump's Endgame: How Bad Can it Get?
Deep State Radio: The One in Which They Scare the Shit Out of You
Fox News "Hoax" with Brian Stelter
Make America RADICAL Again with Harvey Kaye
Deep State Radio: Megashocker - A Normal Conversation About Policy and Politics
How to Connect Across the Political Divide with Tania Israel
Deep State Radio: Are We Entering What Will Be the Least Festive Holiday Season in Our Lifetimes?
His Very Best with Jonathan Alter
Deep State Radio: After the Past Four Years, Do We Have Enough Energy to Celebrate Properly?
She the People with Aimee Allison
"Our Voices, Our Vote" with Wesley Lowery
Deep State Radio: Can We Get There From Here: The Precarious Path to "The Third Reconstruction"
Deep State Radio: The View from Inside the Trump White House: It Ain’t Pretty
The Debate about Debates - with Susan Page
Deep State Radio: A Song of Fire and Ice...and Cyber and Terrorists and Lawyers
SCOTUS on the Hot Seat
DSR: The 3 a.m. Call is Coming from Inside the White House
Spot the Troll: Social Media & the 2020 Campaign
October Surprises - What's Next?
Deep State Radio: Our Unfolding Democratic Emergency: The Red Lights are Already Flashing
Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, & the Fracturing of America
Deep State Radio: Have We Already Seen the October Surprise?
The Ginsburg Tapes - In Memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"HOAX" with Brian Stelter
"If you don't know, now you know - with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries
The Barlow Group: "Rainbows & Rainclouds" with Jen Psaki and Paul Begala
Trump's "Magic Dust" with Michael Steele
Governor Terry McAuliffe
"The Austin Powers Candidate" with Doug Sosnik
An Interview with Rod Rosenstein
Katie and Joe Return
Presidential Words Matter: FDR at the 1936 Democratic Convention
Presidential Words Matter: Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster
America's Mission Statement - Read by John F. Kennedy
Preview - GURU: The Dark Side of Enlightenment
Presidential Words Matter: Bill Clinton "Time for Healing" - Oklahoma City, 1995
Presidential Words Matter: Barack Obama's Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney
Presidential Words Matter: LBJ 1965 Howard University Commencement Address
ENCORE: President John F. Kennedy on Civil Rights
Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Presidential Words Matter: George W. Bush at the National Cathedral
Presidential Words Matter: John F. Kennedy on Civil Rights
Preview: The Daily Smile
Presidential Words Matter: Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address
ENCORE: The 2020 Political Landscape with Doug Sosnik
SPECIAL: A Tribute to Tim Russert
Presidential Words Matter: FDR 1936 Democratic Convention
ENCORE: Cindi Leive - Former Editor in Chief, Glamour
American Scandal Preview
ENCORE: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff
ENCORE: The Contenders with Walter Mondale
How To Save Your Soul In America - with R. Eric Thomas
Hill Women - with Cassie Chambers
The Contenders: Michael Dukakis
The Contenders: Howard Dean
Stacey Abrams
The Presidency & Pandemics
The 2020 Political Landscape with Doug Sosnik
New Hampshire and Trouble at Justice with Dana Milbank
The Primaries Begin with Jen Psaki
The Impeachment Non-Trial with Elie Honig
Words Matter Library: WeCrashed Preview
Impeachment Trial Continues
Words Matter Library: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American Visionary
Senate Impeachment Trial Begins with Nina Totenberg
A World in Disarray with Richard Haass
Words Matter Library: Era of Ignition by Amber Tamblyn
Welcome to 2020!
Best of Words Matter Library: The Ginsburg Files
The Professionals Pilot
Words Matter Library: Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
The Pelosi Gambit
SPECIAL Rick Wilson
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff
Words Matter Library: If you cannot believe the President, who can you believe?
Supreme Ambition with Ruth Marcus
Words Matter Library: Election Ride Home with Chris Higgins
Moving Forward with Karine Jean-Pierre
Words Matter Library: Today Explained
Impeachment Continues with Elie Honig
Words Matter Library: China's Vision of Victory with Dr. Jonathan Ward
The History of Impeachment with Professor Douglas Brinkley
Words Matter Library: American History Tellers with Lindsay Graham
Fox News & Impeachment with Gabe Sherman
Words Matter Library: Verify by Joelle Charbonneau
SPECIAL Impeachment 2.0 Update
Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America
Words Matter Library: Make America Radical Again
LIVE from Politicon - Governor Bill Weld
SPECIAL: Impeachment Update
The Trump Doctrine with Max Boot
Words Matter Library: Cokie Roberts Tribute
Next Big Idea Preview
Impeachment & the Press with Margaret Sullivan
Words Matter Library: The Moth -- Impeachment Day
American Elections: Wicked Game Preview
High Crimes & Misdemeanors with Elie Honig
Words Matter Library: The Whistleblower Complaint
The First Steps of Impeachment with Carrie Cordero
SPECIAL - Impeachment Begins
ICYMI: Barbara Jordan on Impeachment
Politico's Anna Palmer & Jake Sherman
Words Matter Library: Eleanor Roosevelt at the United Nations
The View From Capitol Hill
EWords Matter Library: The Vagina Bible
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
Summer Wrap 2019
SPECIAL The Contenders with Walter Mondale
Words Matter Library: 56th Anniversary of the March on Washington
ICYMI - How Russian Hackers & Trolls Helped Elect a President
Words Matter Library: Battle for the Marble Palace
Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley
Final Word: Toni Morrison
The Threat of White Nationalist Terrorism
ICYMI: Shannon Watts "Fight Like a Mother"
Can Racism Win in 2020?
Words Matter Library: The Ginsburg Tapes
The Russia Attack and the FBI with James Baker
Special: ICYMI - Mueller Preview with Jeremy Bash
Race and Immigration in Trump's America
Final Word: Barbara Jordan on Impeachment
Mueller Testimony Preview with Jeremy Bash
Words Matter Library: Four Friends by William D. Cohan
The Latest from Trumpistan
SPECIAL The Declaration of Independence - Read by John F. Kennedy
SPECIAL Democratic Debate Wrap-up
Cindi Leive - Former Editor in Chief, Glamour
SPECIAL: Democratic Debate Preview
Peter Baker - New York Times Chief White House Correspondent
SPECIAL: The Legacy of Sarah Sanders
The Changing Media Landscape - Margaret Sullivan
Words Matter Library: Shannon Watts
Trump Family's Excellent Adventure 2019 World Tour
Special Final Word: 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Cyberwar - How Russian Hackers & Trolls Helped Elect a President
Special Preview: Cyberwar - Russian Hackers & the 2016 Election
Contempt of Congress (with Anne Milgram)
Special Final Word: 65th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education
How Dangerous is Donald Trump? (with Tony Schwartz)
Shadow White House Press Briefing
BONUS: Shadow White House Briefing (Preview)
Asymmetrical Constitutional Warfare (with Ron Klain)
SPECIAL: A Nation in (Constitutional) Crisis
Preview: Mimi Rocah-Constitutional Crisis
Mark Leibovich
Words Matter Library: Max Boot - Why I Left the Right
The Post Mueller Landscape
SPECIAL: The Great Impeachment Debate - Round 1
EFinal Word: Columbine 20 Years Later
The (Redacted) Mueller Report -- Now What?
SPECIAL: How to Read the (Redacted) Mueller Report
Margaret Sullivan
Words Matter Library: Zucked by Roger McNamee
Welcome Joe Lockhart
Words Matter Library: 'Madam Speaker - Nancy Pelosi’s Life, Times and Rise to Power'
Nina Totenberg -- Legendary Supreme Court Journalist
Words Matter Library: Daniel Patrick Moynihan - A Portrait in Letters
Final Word - Linda Brown
What Happens Next?
Words Matter Library: We Say #NeverAgain
Meet Joe Lockhart
Special Final Word - Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart
Words Matter Library: Power Wars by Charlie Savage
Charlie Savage of the New York Times
Meet Katie Barlow
Vanity Fair's William D. Cohan
Words Matter Library: "Why Wall Street Matters" by William D. Cohan
The Show Goes On - Max Boot Interview
Steve's Final Episode
EApril Ryan - "Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House"
Words Matter Library - "Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House" by April Ryan
Shutdown Fallout
Words Matter Library Special State the Union Edition
Trumpistan in Chaos
Words Matter Library: 'A Letter from Birmingham Jail' & 'Where do we go from Here?' By Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr. on Race in America
Words Matter Library: 'Democracy in Black' by Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr.
Welcome to 2019!
Words Matter Library: 'Madam Speaker - Nancy Pelosi’s Life, Times and Rise to Power'
2018 Words Matter Library Review
Words Matter Library: "Profiles in Courage" by John F. Kennedy
Roger Ailes & Trump State TV - an interview with Gabe Sherman
Words Matter Library: 'The Loudest Voice in the Room' by Gabriel Sherman
'Swamp Chronicles' - by Adam Davidson of the New Yorker.
Words Matter Library: 'TrumpNation - The Art of Being Donald Trump' by Tim O’Brien
Remembering 41
Words Matter Library: '41 - A Portrait of My Father' By George W. Bush
Mississippi Smoldering
Words Matter Library – 'Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-year fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It' by Steven Brill
'How to Get Rid of a President' - An Interview with author and former CIA officer David Priess
Words Matter Library: ‘How to Get Rid of a President' by David Priess
LBJ and Reagan - An interview with Jonathan Darman author of 'Landslide'
Words Matter Library: 'Landslide' by Jonathan Darman
"It ain't over 'til it's over" - Midterm Election Wrap up
The Gathering Storm of Constitutional Crisis
Midterm Election Preview
Words Matter Library: "Columbine" by David Cullen
Rob Reiner - Words Matter Interview
Words Matter Library: "Profiles in Courage" by John F. Kennedy
Lord Ashcroft - Words Matter Interview
Vanity Fair’s Emily Jane Fox, author of "Born Trump" - Words Matter Interview
Words Matter Library: "Born Trump" by Vanity Fair's Emily Jane Fox
Post-SCOTUS Nomination Wrap Up
Words Matter Library: Thomas E. Ricks’ “Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom”
Steve Kornacki, author of “The Red and The Blue" - Words Matter Interview
Words Matter Library: Steve Kornacki’s "The Red and The Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism."
Preet Bharara: LIVE from the 92nd Street Y - Words Matter Interview
US Senate candidate Mike Espy - Words Matter Interview
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson - Words Matter Interview
The Life and Legacy of Senator John McCain
Tim O’Brien, author of "TrumpNation" - Words Matter Interview
Omarosa and "All the best people" - Elise's Final Word
A Political Expat's Journey
Elise Reflects on the 1st Anniversary of Charlottesville
Margaret Hoover, host of "Firing Line" - Words Matter Interview
Welcome To 'Words Matter'