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The Contrarian Pod — 100 episodes

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1

What Does the Constitution Actually Say Anyway?

2

How MAGA Is Codifying Voting Oppression

3

How the ACLU Is Safeguarding Immigrants and Elections

4

The View From Texas: Winning the Latino Vote and ICE Brutality

5

‘Notes on a Blacklash’ Reflects On Decades of White House Journalism

6

Everything You Knew About Menopause and Estrogen Replacement Is Wrong

7

Two Congressional Candidates Fighting for Affordability and Against Corruption

8

Trump’s Illegal Campaign Ad and Senate Races to Watch

9

‘Third-Country Removals’ Leave Immigrants Facing Unknown Futures

10

Which Midterm Governor Races Could Decide the 2028 Election?

11

Trump’s Threats to Iran and the Upcoming Trump/Xi Meeting

12

When Will Diesel Prices and Interest Rates Stop Rising?

13

‘Not Trump’ Is Not Enough to Win the Midterms

14

SCOTUS Protects Mail-In Voting, but the Fight Isn't Over

15

The Three Keys to the Midterms: Affordability, Affordability, Affordability

16

The FCC's Failures and Fetterman's RNC Debut

17

Protect Voting Rights, Protect Democracy on October 17th

18

‘The Economy Is Doing Well, Except for Most of the People in It’

19

Rep. Angie Nixon Talks McConnell’s Whereabouts, Haitians Losing TPS Status

20

How Senate Candidate Troy Jackson Is Standing Up for Maine

21

Trump’s Latest L’s in Court and a Guide to Fighting Back

22

The Legacy of the March on Washington

23

The Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger Will Harm Vulnerable Communities

24

Dr. Annie Andrews Wants to Flip South Carolina

25

Contrarians Fight Trump in Court, and Who is Natalie Harp?

26

Dems Are Assembling a Big Tent in Florida

27

Detention Deaths and Shock Gloves: ICE Violence Continues to Escalate

28

The FDA, RFK, MAHA, and Reality TV

29

How Progressive Economic Policy Can Win Over Voters and the Future of Tariff Refunds

30

Trump's Many Distractions from the Epstein Files

31

Democratic Candidate Jessica Killin Wants to Flip Colorado's 5th District

32

Todd Blanche’s Confirmation Will Cause Irreparable Harm

33

What's Next for Todd Blanche's Attorney General Chances

34

Epstein Survivors Speak up for Transparency

35

Why Todd Blanche Is Unfit For Attorney General

36

Mamdani's Groceries Plan, Tariffs, and Rising Healthcare Costs

37

Trump Withdraws NYT Subpoenas and Georgia's Midterm Battle

38

Maggie Haberman on 'Regime Change,' the Definitive Account of Trump's Second Term

39

ICE's Shootings in Maine and Texas Aren't Getting Enough Attention

40

Brian Tyler Cohen On His New Book, The Day After

41

Renewed Strikes on Iran, June Jobs Report, and AI's Impact on the Workforce

42

What's Next for Dems in Maine's Senate Race?

43

Todd Blanche’s Upcoming Senate Hearings and ICE Kills a Man on His Way to Work

44

DOGE has Destroyed Fair Housing Grants

45

Trump Heads to NATO Summit, White Nationalists March on D.C., and World Cup Fever

46

America's Legacy: Beacon of Freedom or White Republic?

47

Why SCOTUS Needs Ethics Reform

48

How MAGA Weaponizes History and a Historic SCOTUS Win

49

SCOTUS' Anti-Immigrant Rulings, Why Trump Derailed Affordable Housing, and Unbiased AI

50

Trump's Troubling Health & Mamdani the Kingmaker?

51

MAGA's Latest Scheme to Disrupt the Midterms

52

How a Controversial Spying Tool and Trump's Pick for DNI Create a National Security Risk

53

'We’re Worse Off Than Before Trump Started the War'

54

Inflation Numbers, Oil Prices, Social Security, and the World's First Trillionaire

55

ICE's Secret, Inhumane Web of Charter Flights

56

Where Does Sen. Tommy Tuberville Actually Live?

57

'Bari Weiss Is Trying to Fix Something That Isn't Broken'

58

Jim Acosta on CBS's Turmoil and Isaiah Martin Explains How Dems Can Fight Fire with Fire

59

Takeaways from California's Big Primary Night and Scott Pelley's Firing from CBS

60

Pope Leo, AI vs. Humanity, and Peter Thiel

61

Ezra Levin on Activism and Organizing Beyond Marches and Protests

62

Sen. Chris Murphy Is Looking for 'Meaning and Connection in a Broken America'

63

Dan Pfeiffer's Advice to Dem Candidates

64

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Journalist Aaron Parnas

65

Andrew Weissmann Has a Plan to Save America

66

The Road to Winning the Midterms, 2028, and Beyond

67

Why 'All Roads Lead to the South' with Rep. Figures and Rep. Sewell

68

SCOTUS Has Dismantled the Voting Rights Act

69

How Callais Is Already Changing Elections

70

'We Have Power, When We Use It'

71

Meet Two Candidates Fighting for Montana

72

'Up Like a Rocket, Down Like a Feather'

73

Kevin Warsh's Nomination for Fed Chair Is a 'Profound Problem'

74

Why SCOTUS's Callais Decision Is a Gigantic Step Back for Fair Voting Rights

75

Why Is the White House More Concerned with Building a Ballroom than Protecting Americans?

76

The Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon is Getting Worse

77

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Wants to Take Back Big Oil's Big Profits

78

How Will the War with Iran End?

79

Republicans Cave (Yet Again) on the War with Iran

80

What the Polls Tell Us About Iran, California, and the Midterms

81

Hungary After Orbán & Why Is Trump Obsessed with The Pope?

82

Trump's Budget: $1.5 Trillion More for War, Nothing More for Child Care or Health Care

83

Toxic Religious Rhetoric & Why a Ceasefire in Iran Isn't Enough

84

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Iran & Who Will Be the Next Attorney General?

85

Pam Bondi's Firing & Repairing A Broken Justice System

86

On the Ground from SCOTUS' Hearings on Birthright Citizenship

87

This Middle East Negotiator Breaks Down Trump's Impulsive War

88

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump's Endgame in Iran. And No Kings Day 3 Is Saturday!

89

How Trump is Attacking Your Right to Vote

90

'We're Spending Two Billion Dollars A Day'

91

Sen. Chris Coons and Where We Go Next in Iran

92

A Big Legal Win Against Trump, the SAVE Act Hits the Senate, & Illinois Primaries

93

Trump’s Middle East Disaster, AIPAC's Dark Money Meddling Continues and more

94

How an Aspiring Senator and Current Congressman are Fighting Trump’s Corruption

95

The Cost of War, an Unsteady Job Market, and the Labor Impacts of AI

96

Why Donald Trump Went to War

97

Sen. Jeff Merkley Wants to Stop Pouring More Money into Trump's War with Iran

98

Dems' Big Night, GOP's Rough Path Forward

99

Trump's Avoidable, Deadly, Costly War with Iran

100

Justin Wolfers on Tariffs, the Myth of Job Growth, the Reality of Racism