Topic: Poisonous rhetoric and media coverage of immigration issues like the caravan. People: Bill, Rachel, and Nate. Recorded: Nov 25th 2018. Episode 250 (29 min): AFD 250 Related links – AFD 250 Links and Notes (PDF) Subscribe RSS Feed: Arsenal for Democracy Feedburner iTunes Store Link: “Arsenal for Democracy by … Read more

Topic: Part two of our recap of the 2018 elections, focusing primarily on Georgia, but also West Virginia and Kansas. People: Bill, Maria Jackson, and Paul Blest. Recorded: Nov 17th and 19th, 2018. Episode 249 (28 min): AFD 249 Related links – AFD 249 Links and Notes (PDF) Subscribe RSS … Read more

Topic: Part one of our recap of the 2018 US elections (focusing primarily on Texas). People: Bill, Nate, and Texas political journalist Chris Hooks. Recorded: Nov 11th, 2018. Episode 248 (28 min): AFD 248 Related links – AFD 248 Links and Notes (PDF) Subscribe RSS Feed: Arsenal for Democracy Feedburner … Read more

Topic: The Trump White House report decrying the purported evils of socialism. People: Bill, Sarah, Nate. Recorded: Oct 28th, 2018. Episode 247 (28 min): AFD 247 Reminder: No episode next week on election day, as is true every November. Related links – AFD 247 Links and Notes (PDF) Subscribe RSS … Read more

Topic: Brazil has a fascist poised to become president and destroy the environment, and we recap the country’s past few years. People: Bill, Rachel, Nate. Recorded: Oct 21st, 2018. Episode 246 (27 min): AFD 246 Related links – AFD 246 Links and Notes (PDF) Subscribe RSS Feed: Arsenal for Democracy … Read more

Topic: Hurricane Michael and the new IPCC report on limiting climate change to below 2 degrees. People: Bill, Rachel, Sarah. Recorded: Oct 14th, 2018. Episode 245 (29 min): AFD 245 Related links – AFD 245 Links and Notes (PDF) Subscribe RSS Feed: Arsenal for Democracy Feedburner iTunes Store Link: “Arsenal … Read more

Topic: Supreme Court history from the early US to Redemption to Lochner to FDR and to present day, including new discussions of court-packing and impeachments. People: Bill, Rachel, Nate. Recorded: Sept 30th, 2018. Episode 244 (29 min): AFD 244 Related links – AFD 244 Links and Notes (PDF) Subscribe RSS … Read more

Topics: The recent defense spending bill and attached public health spending. People: Bill, Rachel, Nate.

Topic: Recapping the 2018 Prison Strike and the impact of the recent hurricane on prisoners. People: Bill, Rachel.

Topics: Lessons from the recent Massachusetts and Delaware primary elections. People: Bill, Jonathan Cohn, Paul Blest.