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All Episodes

FAIR — 260 episodes

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1

Seth Stern on Criminalizing Dissent

2

Dean Baker on the AI Bubble

3

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

4

Melissa Garriga on Data Centers

5

Annelle Sheline on Iran War Questions

6

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

7

Jules Boykoff on World Cup and ‘Sportswashing’

8

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

9

Derek Kravitz on Dynamic Pricing

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

Arlene Martinez on Sunshine Week

15

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

16

A History of Iran Propaganda

17

Gregory Shupak on the US War on Iran

18

Naomi Bethune on Anti-Black History Month?

19

Reed Lindsay on the War on Cuba

20

Ari Berman on Attacks on Voting

21

Rayan El Amine on Voices From Gaza

22

Jenna Ruddock on DHS Domestic Surveillance

23

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on State of the Dream 2026

24

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

25

Michelle Ellner on Venezuela Invasion

26

Best of CounterSpin 2025

27

Kimberle Crenshaw on Anti-Blackness

28

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

29

Judd Legum and Adam Johnson on Gambling on the News

30

Alex Main on Honduran Election

31

Jean Su on Challenging COP30 Narratives

32

Crystal FitzSimons on SNAP and Public Understanding

33

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

34

Madiba Dennie on Voting Rights Act in Danger

35

Rachel Cleetus on Climate Culpability, Dean Baker on Trumponomics

36

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

37

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

38

Gregory Shupak on Gaza Genocide Denial

39

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

40

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

41

Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault

42

Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health

43

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

44

Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism

45

Ari Berman on Voting Rights Erasure

46

Raeghn Draper on Tipped Workers, Pete Tucker on DC Stadium

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

Silky Shah on Mass Deportation

53

Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon on Mamdani and the Democrats

54

Adam Johnson on Media in War Mode

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

Tom Morello on Music as Protest

59

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

60

Mara Kronenfeld on Israel’s Aid Blockade

61

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

62

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

63

Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen Distortions

64

Dara Lind on Criminalizing Immigrants

65

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

66

Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback

67

Nancy Altman on Social Security Attacks

68

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

69

Eric Blanc on Worker-to-Worker Organizing

70

Kirk Herbertson on Big Oil’s Lawsuit Against Environmentalism

71

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

72

Luke Charles Harris on Critical Race Theory (2021)

73

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

74

David Kass on Billionaire Election-Buying

75

Silky Shah on the Attack on Immigrants

76

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

77

Dean Baker on China Trade Policy

78

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

79

The Best of CounterSpin 2024

80

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

81

Iman Abid on Israeli Genocide

82

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

83

Katherine Gallagher on Abu Ghraib Verdict

84

Amos Barshad on Legalized Sports Betting

85

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

86

Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on Placing Blame for Trump

87

Nicole Foy on Immigration and Labor

88

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

89

Chip Gibbons on Gaza First Amendment Alert

90

George Lipsitz on the Impacts of Housing Discrimination

91

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

92

Mohamad Bazzi on Israeli Terror Attacks

93

Jen Senko on The Brainwashing of My Dad

94

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

95

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Algernon Austin on the Black Economy

96

Freddy Brewster on Supermarket Megamerger

97

Steve Macek on Dark Money

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

Ari Berman on Minority Rule

102

Phyllis Bennis on Israel’s War on Palestinians

103

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

104

Hatim Rahman on Algorithms’ ‘Invisible Cage’

105

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

106

Saru Jayaraman on Tipped Wages

107

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

108

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

109

Katherine Li on Corporations’ First Amendment Dodge

110

Ellen Schrecker on the Attack on Academic Freedom

111

Steven Rosenfeld on Election Transparency, Ian Vandewalker on Small Donors

112

Ahmad Abuznaid on Rafah Invasion

113

Joseph Torres & Collette Watson on Media for Racial Justice

114

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

115

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

116

Chris Bernadel on Haiti

117

Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation, Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

Victor Pickard on the Crisis of Journalism

123

Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault

124

Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights

125

Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation

126

Aron Thorn on Texas Border Standoff

127

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

128

Gregory Shupak on Gaza and Genocide

129

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

130

Chip Gibbons on the Right to Protest

131

Best of CounterSpin 2023

132

Wadie Said on the New McCarthyism

133

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

134

Sonya Meyerson-Knox on Jewish Voice for Peace

135

Melissa Gira Grant on Abortion Rights & Politics

136

Mark Weisbrot on Argentina’s Javier Milei

137

Scott Burris on US v. Rahimi

138

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

139

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

140

Peter Maybarduk on Paxlovid, Maya Schenwar on Grassroots Journalism

141

Christopher Bosso on Food Assistance, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters

142

Phyllis Bennis on Gaza

143

Rodrigo Camarena on Wage Theft

144

Stephen Zunes on Menendez Indictment

145

Lisa Xu on Auto Workers Strike

146

Maha Hilal on Innocent Until Proven Muslim

147

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

148

Alfie Kohn, Diane Ravitch and Kevin Kumashiro on Education

149

Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disabilities Act

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

Kevin Minofu on Say Her Name

155

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

156

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

157

Taryn Abbassian and Others on Dobbs One Year Later

158

Nancy Altman on GOP Social Security Attack, Daniel Ellsberg Revisited

159

Sonali Kolhatkar on the Power of Narrative

160

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

161

Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action

162

Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers’ Strike

163

Cody Bloomfield on Anti-Activist Terrorism Charges

164

Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Corruption

165

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

166

Jen Senko on the Cost of Hate Talk

167

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

168

Taxes: Who Pays and What For?

169

Saurav Sarkar on Starbucks Organizing

170

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

171

Norman Solomon on the Iraq Invasion, 20 Years Later

172

Kamau Franklin on Cop City Protests

173

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

174

Makani Themba on Jackson Crisis

175

Ellen Schrecker on the New McCarthyism

176

Maritza Perez Medina on Fentanyl, Nancy Altman on Social Security

177

Evan Greer on the Fight for the FCC

178

Shelby Green and Selah Goodson Bell on Utility Shutoffs & Profiteering

179

Michael Mechanic on Underfunding the IRS

180

Maurice Carney on Patrice Lumumba

181

David Sirota on Accountability Journalism

182

Paul Hudson on Airline Meltdown, Melissa Crow on Asylum Policy

183

Best of CounterSpin 2022

184

Lisa Gilbert on the January 6 Report

185

Jen Deerinwater on Indian Child Welfare Act

186

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

187

Milton Allimadi on Media in Africa

188

Brian Mier on Lula Election Victory

189

Gene Slater on Housing Crisis, Rakeen Mabud on Inflation Coverage

190

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

191

Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia Abu-Jamal Update

192

Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on 2022 Midterms

193

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

194

John Logan on Amazon & Starbucks Organizing

195

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

196

Alicia Bell and Collette Watson on Media Reparations

197

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

198

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

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

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

203

Luke Harris and Joe Torres on America’s Racist Legacy

204

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

205

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

206

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

207

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

208

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

209

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

210

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

211

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

212

Liliana Segura on Supreme Court v. Innocence

213

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

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

Josmar Trujillo on Hyper-Policing

218

Dorothy A. Brown and Dean Baker on Tax Policy

219

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

220

Marjorie Cohn on Prosecuting Trump, Mike Liszewski on Marijuana Justice

221

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

222

Carol Anderson on History, Race and Democracy

223

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

224

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

225

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

226

Joseph Torres on Tulsa Massacre

227

Bryce Greene on Ukraine

228

Rakeen Mabud on Supply Chain Breakdown

229

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

230

Natalia Renta on Puerto Rico Debt Deal

231

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

232

Pardiss Kebriaei on Guantánamo Prisoners

233

Craig Aaron on Local Journalism, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters

234

Best of CounterSpin 2021

235

Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Election

236

Caleb Nichols on Defending Public Libraries

237

Ralph Nader on Journalism and the Public Interest

238

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

239

Carol Anderson on White Supremacy vs. Democracy

240

Jon Schwarz on Inflation, Enrique Armijo on Alex Jones

241

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

242

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

243

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

244

Paul Paz y Miño on Chevron v. Steven Donziger

245

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

246

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

247

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

248

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

249

Milton Allimadi on US Media’s Africa Reporting

250

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

251

Rick Claypool on OxyContin Bankruptcy, Dean Baker on Economic Disconnects

252

James Loewen on Lies Historians Tell Us

253

Phyllis Bennis and Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan Withdrawal

254

Jeff Cohen on FAIR’s Beginnings

255

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

256

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

257

Bianca Nozaki-Nasser on Anti-Asian Bias

258

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

259

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

260

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