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We talk about recent reporting about Dem leaders being upset with their base for expecting them to do anything right now. We also respond to some listener feedback about a recent episode and talk a bit about the hollow “DEI” cries now being hurled at yet another airline tragedy.

Donald Trump upset Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European leaders and hawks in the United States by discussing a potential ceasefire agreement for Ukraine with Russian president Valdimir Putin. Erik Sperling, executive director of Just Foreign Policy, joins us to explain the latest developments, why this phone call rankled people around the world and why people should consider diplomacy rather than staying in the fight.We also discuss Trump’s picks for DNI, Tulsi Gabbard, and Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth.You can follow Erik here: https://x.com/eriksperlingOur most recent premium episode for paid subscribers is with Prem Thakker, who joined us to discuss the imploding ceasefire deal in Gaza. You can get access to that episode (and an additional episode every week) by subscribing: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-349-ceasefire-deal-implodes-ft

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Prem Thakker is back to talk about Elon Musk’s attacks on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and how Netanyahu and Israel are already violating the ceasefire agreement with Hamas and how Trump’s comments on wanting to kick all remaining Palestinians out so he can develop beachfront property is causing outrage in the Middle East. You can follow Prem…

Labor journalist Kim Kelly joins us to talk about the plans by the Trump administration, more specifically Elon Musk’s DOGE, for the Department of Labor. As DOGE and the Department of Labor leaders met this week, what should we expect next? And what should we make of Trump’s purportedly pro-labor Secretary of Labor nominee, Lori Chavez-DeRemer? WIth her confirmation hearing on February 12, will Republicans (and even Democrats) confirm her?You can follow Kim here: https://x.com/GrimKim

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Ken Klippenstein (still banned from the show) joins us to talk about Elon Musk’s cadre of zoomers who are going department to department to assess where cuts can be made to the government, the Trump administration shuttering USAID and other parts of the federal government and the tariff fight between US/Mexico and Canda.You can subscribe to Ken’s newsle…

Eoin Higgins returns to the show to discuss his new book “Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices On the Left.” We talk about how tech and Silicon Valley figures like Peter Thiel, Marc Andreesen and Elon Musk have used their vast wealth and influence to sway the political and ideological leanings of prominent independent writers. You can pre-order the book here. Our most recent premium episode for paid subscribers examines DeepSeek and the race for AI. Kylie Robison of the Verge was a great guest and we confirmed that she is, in fact, a gamer. That episode is available here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-345-what-is-deepseek-ft-kylie

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Kylie Robison of The Verge joins us to talk about DeepSeek, the new AI LLM that, its developers claim, was built for just a fraction of the cost compared to its US-based competitors. We analyze those claims, talk about the competing interests trying to “win” the AI race, examine the harm and risks associated with rapid and unchecked AI development and, …

Jared Holt, extremism researcher, joins us to talk about the Nashville high school shooting that has left many confused and bewildered over the shooter’s professed ideology and motives. Jared helps provide some clarity and offers a bleak look into the furthest corners of the internet where this type of radicalization occurs. Our most recent premium episode on the flurry of Trump Executive Orders and Elon’s “salute” is available for subscribers here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-343-an-awkward-gesture

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Trump is back in office, kicking off his second term with a flurry of executive orders. We dig into several of them, specifically around immigration, the border, his J6 pardons and the reinstatement of TikTok. We also talk about Elon’s “awkward gesture” on inauguration day. Curious!

Prof. Kurt Gray, director of the Deepest Beliefs Lab at UNC and author of the new book “Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground,” joins Jordan to talk about why Americans are deeply divided over issues of morality, how to think about people on the other side and how to find common ground in conversations. They explore the roots of fear and security in our minds, how that evolved into moral codes, how protecting the vulnerable is consistent in most of our minds but who falls into the “vulnerable” category varies, and best practices for talking to people with different politics.

You can pick up a copy of Outraged here.Our most recent premium episode for paid subscribers about the tech billionaires attending Trump’s inauguration and Mark Zuckerberg’s apparent rightward shift is available here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-341-our-billionaire-overlords

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