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All Episodes

FAIR — 267 episodes

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1

Jessica Gonzalez on Paramount Merger, Isabel MacDonald and Steve Rendall (2008) on Islamophobia

2

Gina Plata-Nino & Crystal FitzSimons (2025) on Food Aid Cuts

3

Vincent Southerland on Black Voting Barriers

4

Dorothee Benz on Prairieland Protest Case

5

Lauren Bonds on ICE Murders

6

Phyllis Bennis on Iran War Costs

7

Mia Ives-Rublee on Disability Directive

8

Seth Stern on Criminalizing Dissent

9

Dean Baker on the AI Bubble

10

Silky Shah on ICE Detention, Vanessa Maria Graber on Delaney Hall Reporting

11

Melissa Garriga on Data Centers

12

Annelle Sheline on Iran War Questions

13

Karma Chávez on Academic Freedom, Alex Main on War on Cuba?

14

Jules Boykoff on World Cup and ‘Sportswashing’

15

Angelo Carusone on Media Matters v. FTC, Rachel K. Jones (2023) on Mifepristone

16

Derek Kravitz on Dynamic Pricing

17

Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana

18

Sarah Anderson on Poverty Wages, Lia Holland on the Wayback Machine

19

Sina Toossi on War on Iran, Chip Gibbons on Impeaching Trump

20

Shannon Minter on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ruling, Alex Frandsen on Local News Day

21

Arlene Martinez on Sunshine Week

22

Jim Naureckas on MAGA vs. 1st Amendment, Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Justice

23

A History of Iran Propaganda

24

Gregory Shupak on the US War on Iran

25

Naomi Bethune on Anti-Black History Month?

26

Reed Lindsay on the War on Cuba

27

Ari Berman on Attacks on Voting

28

Rayan El Amine on Voices From Gaza

29

Jenna Ruddock on DHS Domestic Surveillance

30

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on State of the Dream 2026

31

Setareh Ghandehari on ICE Violence, Jon Schleuss on Pittsburgh Paper Shutdown

32

Michelle Ellner on Venezuela Invasion

33

Best of CounterSpin 2025

34

Kimberle Crenshaw on Anti-Blackness

35

Derek Seidman on Starbucks Strike, Mitch Jones on AI vs. Environment

36

Judd Legum and Adam Johnson on Gambling on the News

37

Alex Main on Honduran Election

38

Jean Su on Challenging COP30 Narratives

39

Crystal FitzSimons on SNAP and Public Understanding

40

Gene Slater (2022), Richard Rothstein (2015) and George Lipsitz (2024) on Housing and Media

41

Madiba Dennie on Voting Rights Act in Danger

42

Rachel Cleetus on Climate Culpability, Dean Baker on Trumponomics

43

Jeffrey Stein on Trump’s Boat Attacks, Katya Schwenk on AI Surveillance Pricing

44

Chip Gibbons on Trump’s Blueprint to Crush the Left, Cara Brumfield on Erasing Federal Data

45

Gregory Shupak on Gaza Genocide Denial

46

Jai Dulani and Vivek Bharathan on Data Center Opposition, Keith McHenry (2024) on Homeless Policy

47

Matthew Cunningham-Cook on Criminalizing Witness, Tim Karr on Media Compliance

48

Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault

49

Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health

50

Cathy Cowan Becker on Insurance and Climate Disasters, Aviva Chomsky (2016) on Workers’ Voices

51

Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism

52

Ari Berman on Voting Rights Erasure

53

Raeghn Draper on Tipped Workers, Pete Tucker on DC Stadium

54

‘The Fact That It’s Happening Shouldn’t Be a Surprise’:  CounterSpin interview with Ari Paul on genocide in Gaza

55

‘Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It’:  CounterSpin interview with Scout Katovich on criminalizing poverty

56

Ari Paul on Genocide in Gaza, Scout Katovich on Criminalizing Poverty

57

Thom Hartmann on Epstein & MAGA, Han Shan (2009) on Ken Saro-Wiwa

58

Iman Abid on the Economy of Genocide, Victor Pickard on Paramount Settlement

59

Silky Shah on Mass Deportation

60

Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon on Mamdani and the Democrats

61

Adam Johnson on Media in War Mode

62

Michael Galant on Sanctions & Immigration, LaToya Parker on Budget’s Racial Impacts

63

Chip Gibbons on Freeing Mahmoud Khalil, Farrah Hassen on Criminalizing Homelessness

64

Jeff Hauser on DOGE After Musk, Katya Schwenk on Boeing Deal

65

Tom Morello on Music as Protest

66

Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care ‘Questions’

67

Mara Kronenfeld on Israel’s Aid Blockade

68

Bartlett Naylor on Meme Coin Grift, Ashley Nunes on Public Land Selloff

69

Tanya Clay House on Freedom to Learn, Danaka Katovich on Attacks on Activists

70

Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen Distortions

71

Dara Lind on Criminalizing Immigrants

72

Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and Measles, Jessica González on Trump’s FCC

73

Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback

74

Nancy Altman on Social Security Attacks

75

David Perry on MAGA & Disability, Kehsi Iman Wilson (2023) on ADA

76

Eric Blanc on Worker-to-Worker Organizing

77

Kirk Herbertson on Big Oil’s Lawsuit Against Environmentalism

78

Gregory Shupak on Palestine Ethnic Cleansing, Portia Allen-Kyle on Tax Unfairness

79

Luke Charles Harris on Critical Race Theory (2021)

80

Ezra Young on Trans Rights Law, Anne Sosin on RFK Jr. and Rural Health

81

David Kass on Billionaire Election-Buying

82

Silky Shah on the Attack on Immigrants

83

Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate (2024); Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights (2024)

84

Dean Baker on China Trade Policy

85

Sonali Kolhatkar & Laura Flanders on Independent Media and the Year Ahead

86

The Best of CounterSpin 2024

87

Yanni Chen on TikTok Ban, Richard Mendel on Youth and Crime

88

Iman Abid on Israeli Genocide

89

Arlene Martinez on Amazon Misconduct, Neil deMause (2019) on Amazon HQ Fight

90

Katherine Gallagher on Abu Ghraib Verdict

91

Amos Barshad on Legalized Sports Betting

92

Adam Johnson on Charlottesville March (2017), Jacinta Gonzalez on Criminalizing Immigration (2018)

93

Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on Placing Blame for Trump

94

Nicole Foy on Immigration and Labor

95

Shawn Musgrave, Orion Danjuma on Vote Fraud Hoax as Voter Suppression

96

Chip Gibbons on Gaza First Amendment Alert

97

George Lipsitz on the Impacts of Housing Discrimination

98

Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate, Insha Rahman on Immigration Conversation

99

Mohamad Bazzi on Israeli Terror Attacks

100

Jen Senko on The Brainwashing of My Dad

101

Gregory Shupak on Palestinian Genocide, Robert Spitzer on Gun Rights and Rules

102

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Algernon Austin on the Black Economy

103

Freddy Brewster on Supermarket Megamerger

104

Steve Macek on Dark Money

105

Emily Sanders on Criminalizing Pipeline Protest, Victoria St. Martin on Suing Fossil Fuel Companies

106

Lee Hepner on Google Monopoly, Shayana Kadidal on Guantanamo Plea Deal

107

Tim Wise on ‘DEI Hires,’ Keith McHenry on Criminalizing the Unhoused

108

Ari Berman on Minority Rule

109

Phyllis Bennis on Israel’s War on Palestinians

110

Shelby Green & Selah Goodson Bell on Utility Profiteering, Jane McAlevey on #MeToo & Labor

111

Hatim Rahman on Algorithms’ ‘Invisible Cage’

112

David Himmelstein on Medicare Dis-Advantage, Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Equity

113

Saru Jayaraman on Tipped Wages

114

Jim Naureckas on Secret Alito Tape, Kennedy Smith on Dollar Store Invasion

115

Matt Gertz on Trump Trial Verdict, Kandi Mossett on Dakota Access Struggle

116

Katherine Li on Corporations’ First Amendment Dodge

117

Ellen Schrecker on the Attack on Academic Freedom

118

Steven Rosenfeld on Election Transparency, Ian Vandewalker on Small Donors

119

Ahmad Abuznaid on Rafah Invasion

120

Joseph Torres & Collette Watson on Media for Racial Justice

121

Sam on Students for Justice in Palestine, Sally Dworak-Fisher on Delivery Workers

122

Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Lawsuit, Dave Lindorff on Spy for No Country

123

Chris Bernadel on Haiti

124

Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation, Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone

125

Phyllis Bennis on Gaza Ceasefire Resolution, Robert Weissman on Boeing Scandal

126

Evlondo Cooper on Climate Coverage, Rick Goldsmith on Stripped for Parts

127

Gay Gordon-Byrne on Right to Repair, Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Ex-President Conviction

128

Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Trump Protection, Alfredo Lopez on Radical Elders

129

Victor Pickard on the Crisis of Journalism

130

Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault

131

Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights

132

Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation

133

Aron Thorn on Texas Border Standoff

134

Monifa Bandele on Reimagining Public Safety, Svante Myrick on Roadblocks to Voting

135

Gregory Shupak on Gaza and Genocide

136

Sebastian Martinez Hickey on Minimum Wage, Saru Jayaraman on History of Tipping

137

Chip Gibbons on the Right to Protest

138

Best of CounterSpin 2023

139

Wadie Said on the New McCarthyism

140

Richard Wiles & Matthew Cunningham-Cook on Climate Disruption Filtered Through Corporate Media

141

Sonya Meyerson-Knox on Jewish Voice for Peace

142

Melissa Gira Grant on Abortion Rights & Politics

143

Mark Weisbrot on Argentina’s Javier Milei

144

Scott Burris on US v. Rahimi

145

Jamil Dakwar on US & Human Rights, Matt Gertz on Mike Johnson

146

Raed Jarrar on Biden & Saudi Arabia, Joe Torres on Tulsa Massacre

147

Peter Maybarduk on Paxlovid, Maya Schenwar on Grassroots Journalism

148

Christopher Bosso on Food Assistance, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters

149

Phyllis Bennis on Gaza

150

Rodrigo Camarena on Wage Theft

151

Stephen Zunes on Menendez Indictment

152

Lisa Xu on Auto Workers Strike

153

Maha Hilal on Innocent Until Proven Muslim

154

Amanda Yee on Korean Travel Ban, Hyun Lee on Korea History

155

Alfie Kohn, Diane Ravitch and Kevin Kumashiro on Education

156

Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disabilities Act

157

Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit, Thomas Germain on Online History Destruction

158

Shankar Narayan on Facial Misrecognition, Braxton Brewington on Student Debt Abolition

159

Teddy Ostrow on UPS/Teamsters Agreement, Matthew Cunningham-Cook on GOP Climate Sabotage

160

Melissa Crow on Asylum Restrictions, Dave Zirin on NYT’s Vanishing Sports Section

161

Kevin Minofu on Say Her Name

162

Arlene Martínez on Corporate Subsidies, Florín Nájera-Uresti on Journalism Preservation

163

Emily Sanders on How Not to Interview an Oil CEO, Kaufman & Bozuwa on Fighting Climate Disrupters

164

Taryn Abbassian and Others on Dobbs One Year Later

165

Nancy Altman on GOP Social Security Attack, Daniel Ellsberg Revisited

166

Sonali Kolhatkar on the Power of Narrative

167

Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Justice, Evan Greer on Kids Online Safety Act

168

Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action

169

Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers’ Strike

170

Cody Bloomfield on Anti-Activist Terrorism Charges

171

Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Corruption

172

Chris Lehmann on Debt Ceiling Myths, Kyle Wiens on Right to Repair’s Moment

173

Jen Senko on the Cost of Hate Talk

174

Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone, Donna Murch on Rutgers Labor Action

175

Taxes: Who Pays and What For?

176

Saurav Sarkar on Starbucks Organizing

177

Silky Shah on Detention Center Fire, Eagan Kemp on Medicare Advantage

178

Norman Solomon on the Iraq Invasion, 20 Years Later

179

Kamau Franklin on Cop City Protests

180

Kim Knackstedt on Disability Policy, Algernon Austin on Unemployment & Race

181

Makani Themba on Jackson Crisis

182

Ellen Schrecker on the New McCarthyism

183

Maritza Perez Medina on Fentanyl, Nancy Altman on Social Security

184

Evan Greer on the Fight for the FCC

185

Shelby Green and Selah Goodson Bell on Utility Shutoffs & Profiteering

186

Michael Mechanic on Underfunding the IRS

187

Maurice Carney on Patrice Lumumba

188

David Sirota on Accountability Journalism

189

Paul Hudson on Airline Meltdown, Melissa Crow on Asylum Policy

190

Best of CounterSpin 2022

191

Lisa Gilbert on the January 6 Report

192

Jen Deerinwater on Indian Child Welfare Act

193

Nelson Lichtenstein on UC Strike, Marjorie Cohn on Evangelicals’ Supreme Court Lobbying

194

Milton Allimadi on Media in Africa

195

Brian Mier on Lula Election Victory

196

Gene Slater on Housing Crisis, Rakeen Mabud on Inflation Coverage

197

Jake Johnston on Haiti Intervention, Jeannie Park on Harvard Affirmative Action

198

Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia Abu-Jamal Update

199

Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on 2022 Midterms

200

Ahmad Abuznaid on Israeli Human Rights Crackdown, Sohale Mortazavi on Cryptocurrency

201

John Logan on Amazon & Starbucks Organizing

202

Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico Colonialism, Guerline Jozef on Haitian Refugee Abuse

203

Alicia Bell and Collette Watson on Media Reparations

204

Sumayyah Waheed on CNN’s Copaganda Hire, Chris Becker on Inflation Coverage

205

Matt Gertz and Eric K Ward on White ‘Replacement’ Theory

206

Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso on Indigenous Resistance, Alex Vitale on the End of Policing

207

Ahmad Abuznaid on Palestine Human Rights Crackdown, Andrew Perez on Dark Money Donation

208

Azadeh Shahshahani on Central America Plan, Jon Lloyd on Facebook Disinformation

209

Angelo Carusone on Alex Jones Trial, Karl Grossman on Nuclear War

210

Luke Harris and Joe Torres on America’s Racist Legacy

211

Vivek Shandas on Climate Disruption & Heat Waves, Jamie Kalven on Laquan McDonald Coverup

212

Nora Benavidez on Post-Roe Data Privacy, Dorothee Benz on January 6 Insurrection

213

Jessica Mason Pieklo on Abortion Rights, Preston Mitchum on Reproductive Justice

214

Adele Stan & Elliot Mincberg on John Roberts, Chip Gibbons on Why Assange Matters

215

Dave Zirin on Football Prayer Ruling, Howard Bryant on Black Athletes & Social Change

216

Raed Jarrar on Biden’s Saudi Trip, Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon

217

Helen Zia on Vincent Chin Legacy, Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin Recall

218

Lori Wallach on Vaccine Equity, Steffie Woolhandler on Insurance & Covid

219

Liliana Segura on Supreme Court v. Innocence

220

Igor Volsky on Ending Gun Violence, Pat Elder on Junior ROTC

221

Matt Gertz, Eric K. Ward on the Buffalo Massacre & ‘Replacement Theory’

222

Julie Hollar on Roe Reversal, Tesnim Zekeria on Baby Formula Shortage

223

Chris Lehmann on Multi-Racial Democracy, Mike Rispoli on Funding Local News

224

Josmar Trujillo on Hyper-Policing

225

Dorothy A. Brown and Dean Baker on Tax Policy

226

Layla A. Jones on ‘Lights. Camera. Crime’

227

Marjorie Cohn on Prosecuting Trump, Mike Liszewski on Marijuana Justice

228

Sarah Lipton-Lubet on Ginni Thomas Conflict, Dave Maass on Transparency and Journalism

229

Carol Anderson on History, Race and Democracy

230

Shireen Al-Adeimi on Yemen, David Arkush on Fed Climate Veto

231

Khury Petersen-Smith on Economic Sanctions, Greg LeRoy on Amazon Subsidies

232

Braxton Brewington on Student Loan Debt, Andy Marra on Trans Youth Rights

233

Joseph Torres on Tulsa Massacre

234

Bryce Greene on Ukraine

235

Rakeen Mabud on Supply Chain Breakdown

236

Steven Rosenfeld on Arizona ‘Audit,’ Sohale Mortazavi on Cryptocurrency

237

Natalia Renta on Puerto Rico Debt Deal

238

Jordan Chariton on Flint Water Crisis, Maurice Carney on Lumumba Assassination

239

Pardiss Kebriaei on Guantánamo Prisoners

240

Craig Aaron on Local Journalism, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters

241

Best of CounterSpin 2021

242

Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Election

243

Caleb Nichols on Defending Public Libraries

244

Ralph Nader on Journalism and the Public Interest

245

Dorothee Benz on January 6 Insurrection, Vera Eidelman on Anti-Protest Laws

246

Carol Anderson on White Supremacy vs. Democracy

247

Jon Schwarz on Inflation, Enrique Armijo on Alex Jones

248

Peter Maybarduk on Moderna Patent, Tracy Rosenberg on Aaron Swartz Day

249

Michael K. Dorsey on Climate Summit, Nekessa Opoti on Haitian Refugees

250

Karen Dolan on Build Back Better, Tim Karr on Changing Facebook

251

Paul Paz y Miño on Chevron v. Steven Donziger

252

Bobby Lewis on One America News, Jean Su on People vs. Fossil Fuels

253

Lisa Graves on the Fight for the Post Office, Stevana Sims on Defending Anti-Racist Education

254

Alec Karakatsanis on ‘Crime Surge’ Copaganda, Jane Manning on Gender-Based Crime

255

David Moore on Manchin’s Conflict, Jim Naureckas on Covid and Media

256

Milton Allimadi on US Media’s Africa Reporting

257

Marjorie Cohn on Texas Abortion Law, Kimberly Inez McGuire on Abortion Realities

258

Rick Claypool on OxyContin Bankruptcy, Dean Baker on Economic Disconnects

259

James Loewen on Lies Historians Tell Us

260

Phyllis Bennis and Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan Withdrawal

261

Jeff Cohen on FAIR’s Beginnings

262

James Early on Cuban Embargo, David Cooper on ‘We All Quit’

263

Luke Harris on Critical Race Theory, Cindy Cohn on Pegasus Spyware

264

Bianca Nozaki-Nasser on Anti-Asian Bias

265

Chris Bernadel on Haitian Assassination, Michael Carome on FDA Alzheimer’s Investigation

266

William Dodge on Nestle Slave Labor, Michael Ratner on Donald Rumsfeld

267

Vera Eidelman on Fourth of July Freedoms, Vivek Shandas on Addressing Climate Change