The Gedunk Show

Ohio’s upcoming vote to protect abortion rights will have dramatic implications for the nation. Dr. Amanda Weinstein and Ken Harbaugh discuss what is at stake.

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Credits:

Producer and Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

Tommy Tuberville’s Republican colleagues in the Senate have lost their patience. With hundreds of military promotions still being blocked by the Alabama Senator, Joni Ernst, Lyndsey Graham and others took to the floor of the chamber to denounce their fellow Republican.

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Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

During a recent campaign appearance, Former President Trump doubled-down on his threat to abandon America’s NATO allies. Ken Harbaugh explains the strategic implications of this betrayal.

Subscribe to the Against All Enemies podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-all-enemies/id1696526687

Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

On stage in New Hampshire this week, Donald Trump appeared to reveal sensitive information about an American missile defense system. Army combat vet and former intel officer Mike Breen discusses the implications with Ken Harbaugh. Years ago, Mike was approached foreign intelligence agents attempting to recruit him. And while Mike reported the incident to the FBI, these same agents successfully gained access to Mar-a-Lago and penetrated former President Trump’s inner circle. 

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Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

Even though efforts to ban books are spreading, they are driven by a small minority of extremists. Dr. Amanda Weinstein joins Ken to explain the chilling effect of these extremist policies on educators across the country.

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Support Amanda Gorman and Pen America in fighting against book bans here: https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/

Subscribe to the Against All Enemies podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-all-enemies/id1696526687

Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

Jim Jordan is a handful of votes away from becoming Speaker of the House, which would put him two heartbeats away from the presidency. On today’s episode, Ken Harbaugh speaks with fellow veteran and Ohioan Jeff Sites, who is running against Jim Jordan for Congress. Jeff shares his unique perspective on what makes a potential Jim Jordan speakership so dangerous. 

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Subscribe to the Against All Enemies podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-all-enemies/id1696526687

Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

Dr. Amanda Weinstein is an Air Force Academy graduate and co-host of The Suburban Women Problem podcast and YouTube series. She and Ken Harbaugh discuss the concerted and organized efforts by GOP extremists to pursue extremist agendas in statehouses and on school boards across the nation.

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Subscribe to the Against All Enemies podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-all-enemies/id1696526687

Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

Donald Trump just amplified a key piece of Nazi ideology during an anti-immigrant diatribe, in which he responded to an interview question by saying that immigration is "poisoning the blood of our country.” That is a direct lift from Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler’s prison manifesto. Ken Harbaugh interviews Dr. Kathleen Belew about the impact of such rhetoric in our politics. 

Buy Kathleen Belew’s book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/bring-the-war-home-the-white-power-movement-and-paramilitary-america-kathleen-belew/17984302?ean=9780674237698

Subscribe to the Against All Enemies podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-all-enemies/id1696526687

Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

In the wake of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as Speaker of the House, Liz Cheney delivered a remarkable address at the University of Minnesota, backing Democrats’ decision not to support McCarthy's continued speakership. She also reminded attendees that Jim Jordan, now the frontrunner to inherit the Speaker’s gavel, is an immediate threat to democracy.

Subscribe to the Against All Enemies podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-all-enemies/id1696526687

Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino

Today’s Republican Party, led by Donald Trump, has lost all understanding of what the words “traitor” and “treason” really mean. Host and Navy veteran Ken Harbaugh shows how the GOP has become obsessed with enforcing tribal loyalty, accusing its own members of treason and abandoning any pretense of preserving democracy.

Subscribe to the Against All Enemies podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-all-enemies/id1696526687

Credits:

Producer and Co-Host, Ken Harbaugh

Producer, Mikel Ellcessor

Associate Producer, Isabel Robertson

Theme music by Stephanie Kowal & Seowon Hyun

Theme music produced by Tony Morales

Motion Designer, Joe Vaccarino