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The Contrarian Pod — 133 episodes

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DOGE has Destroyed Fair Housing Grants

2

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

3

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

4

Why SCOTUS Needs Ethics Reform

5

How MAGA Weaponizes History and a Historic SCOTUS Win

6

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

7

Trump's Troubling Health & Mamdani the Kingmaker?

8

MAGA's Latest Scheme to Disrupt the Midterms

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

ICE's Secret, Inhumane Web of Charter Flights

13

Where Does Sen. Tommy Tuberville Actually Live?

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

Pope Leo, AI vs. Humanity, and Peter Thiel

18

Ezra Levin on Activism and Organizing Beyond Marches and Protests

19

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

20

Dan Pfeiffer's Advice to Dem Candidates

21

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Journalist Aaron Parnas

22

Andrew Weissmann Has a Plan to Save America

23

The Road to Winning the Midterms, 2028, and Beyond

24

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

25

SCOTUS Has Dismantled the Voting Rights Act

26

How Callais Is Already Changing Elections

27

'We Have Power, When We Use It'

28

Meet Two Candidates Fighting for Montana

29

'Up Like a Rocket, Down Like a Feather'

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

The Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon is Getting Worse

34

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

35

How Will the War with Iran End?

36

Republicans Cave (Yet Again) on the War with Iran

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

Pam Bondi's Firing & Repairing A Broken Justice System

43

On the Ground from SCOTUS' Hearings on Birthright Citizenship

44

This Middle East Negotiator Breaks Down Trump's Impulsive War

45

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

46

How Trump is Attacking Your Right to Vote

47

'We're Spending Two Billion Dollars A Day'

48

Sen. Chris Coons and Where We Go Next in Iran

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

Why Donald Trump Went to War

54

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

55

Dems' Big Night, GOP's Rough Path Forward

56

Trump's Avoidable, Deadly, Costly War with Iran

57

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

58

Reclaiming Faith for Democracy

59

How Religion is Being Weaponized in American Elections

60

What's Next After Trump's L on Tariffs. Rep. Bennie Thompson on SOTU, ICE & more

61

Talarico's Colbert Moment, MAGA Eats their Own and Previewing the Midterms

62

We Can Fight Back Against White Supremacy

63

Pam Bondi's Epstein Cover-Up & How AIPAC Hurts Jewish Americans

64

How Democrats Can Flip Back Latino and Rural Voters

65

Gov. Josh Shapiro on ICE, Israel, Fair Elections and more

66

Rep. Jeffries on Reforming ICE. Georgia Fort's Disgraceful Arrest

67

The Fight over DHS Funding & Protecting Fair Elections

68

NFL Owners in the Epstein Files & Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Moment

69

These Two Candidates are Running to Stand Up for Democracy

70

Jim Acosta on the Failures of Legacy Media and Why Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached

71

'We Need to Confront This Immorality'

72

Sen. Whitehouse on DHS Funding, Greenland, and more

73

Fear and Faith in Minnesota

74

DOJ Officials are Resigning Over ICE's Actions

75

The historic inflection point we now live in

76

Global Instability, and Trump’s Ten Steps to Authoritarianism

77

Breaking down the legal battles against the Trump Administration

78

Trump's Dictator Playbook & Standing Up to ICE

79

Venezuela, January 6th, and the Threat to Global Order

80

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on the future in Venezuela and more

81

Rep. Jim Himes on the Trump Administration's March Toward War

82

Susan Rice Describes 2025 in One Word: 'Abomination'

83

Red States Deserve Better Elected Officials. Here are Two Running in 2026

84

There are Ways to Prevent Gun Violence

85

Cautious Optimism, Possible Disaster: Justin Wolfers and the Economy in 2026

86

The Republican Coalition Is In Trouble Heading Into 2026

87

What Rep. Adam Smith heard during the 'boat strike' hearings

88

Pelosi's Former Chief of Staff looks back at life next to the Speaker

89

Our troops are in a morally untenable position

90

How to fight back against online extremism

91

Senate Hopeful Mallory McMorrow & Why You Should 'Run for Something'

92

Why Escalating Rhetoric and Abuses of Justice Put Us All At Risk

93

Two People Have Figured Out How to Win Pivotal Elections

94

Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein on the untold stories of 'The American Revolution'

95

Health care costs will get worse & Why Tom Malinowski wants to head back to Congress

96

What's in the latest Epstein emails?

97

What did Dems get in the shutdown fight?

98

The career of Nancy Pelosi, in the words of those who knew her best

99

The fight against authoritarianism isn't over after election night

100

Tariff trouble, the unstable job market & is AI in a bubble?

101

MAGA is weaponizing hunger by cutting off food for seniors, the disabled, veterans, and children

102

Equal Voting Rights are under attack in the courts and in North Carolina

103

The Teetering Healthcare System & Tracking Trump's $1.8 Billion Grift

104

The sticking power of 'cultural identity' and other findings from the American Values Survey

105

The Shutdown threatens Affordable Health Care & how 'We Can Be Brave'

106

Why limiting visas hurts the economy and more with Justin Wolfers

107

Where James Comey's Trial Goes Next

108

Trump's Fundamentally Anti-Democratic Immigration Strategy

109

Leader Jeffries on the shutdown & what's at stake next week in SCOTUS

110

Trump's Brazen Takeover of the DOJ, Portland, and the Military

111

Comey's Indictment is the 'Break Glass' Moment

112

The Trump Administration's systemic violation of public trust

113

The GOP can't keep government open & 'Why Fascists Fear Teachers'

114

The Authoritarian Playbook, Drones in Poland & a Gen-Z Revolt in Nepal

115

Political violence in America. And an imminent government shutdown

116

RFK Jr.'s 'disastrous hearing' and protecting voting rights

117

The Trump Family's Crypto Empire. And the Battle over the Epstein Files

118

RFK Jr.'s CDC is in disarray. And fighting election denial in Georgia

119

20 years after Katrina and the future of unions

120

Why Trump is targeting the Fed with Justin Wolfers & Paul Krugman

121

How Trump weaponizes law with Abbe Lowell and Pastor Jamal Bryant

122

What's next for Ukraine with Tom Malinowski

123

Trump's troops takeover with Gov. Wes Moore & Andrew Weissmann

124

Voting rights are under attack with Rick Hasen & Collin Allred

125

The power grab in Texas with Rep. Chris Turner, Ari Berman, & Mimi Marziani

126

MAGA's takeover of the DOJ and BLS

127

Why the Epstein case could go much deeper with Julie Brown

128

Healthcare is staring down a big, ugly cliff with Larry Levitt & Bruce Siegel

129

The Epstein files, with E. Jean Carroll, Rep. Jamie Raskin & Tom Joscelyn

130

The state of men with Pasha Dashtgard

131

The attack on education with Randi Weingarten & Arne Duncan

132

Tariffs, inflation, and more with Justin Wolfers, Jared Bernstein, & Ernie Tedeschi

133

Our First Episode: E. Jean Carroll