The Insurgents

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Comedian Gianmarco Soresi joins us to talk about Paramount ending The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the problem late night show hosts are finding themselves in—trying to weigh in on politics but without alienating their core audience—and the South Park episode that casts some doubt on the idea that Paramount scrapped the Late Show to ensure its merger…

Love him or hate him (and judging from the reactions to his death at the age of 71, most people chose option B) Hulk Hogan was a genuine American icon. We brought back our official pro wrestling correspondent Josephine Riesman, author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, to talk about Hogan’s career, his status as a figure of American nationalist propaganda, union busting, his association with Peter Thiel and Donald Trump and much more.

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It was a banner week for truly terrible podcast content. From Netanyahu on Full Send, to Mehdi Hasan’s debates with deranged right-wingers on Jubilee, to Hunter Biden’s cope on Channel 5. We talk about some of the most notable moments from these shows and how we just can’t stand it. Yes, this is a podcast. And we’re talking about how other podcasts are …

The Wall Street Journal published a bombshell story revealing a deeper link between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. We talk about Trump’s hilarious denials, the Trump administration’s overall efforts to remake the media and also Zohran Mamdani’s comments on how he’ll urge people not to say “globalize the intifada” anymore. Our most recent premium episode for paid subscribers is available here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-389-grok-waifu-mode

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Superman is accused of hating Israel. Grok has a waifu mode. Andrew Cuomo has tried nothing and he’s all out of ideas. And much more.

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In this episode, we talk about a new piece in the New Yorker that, for the first time, has us feeling optimistic about our climate future. You won’t want to miss this.

We also talk about ~woke~ Superman and the latest in the Epstein documents fallout on the right. Our full episode on the Epstein documents memo is available for subscribers here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-387-nothing-to-see-here

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The Trump Justice Department and FBI just dropped a bombshell announcement that apparently, there is no “Epstein client list”, he did not blackmail powerful figures, and did, in fact, commit suicide. Guess we can close the book on that one!

How are the President’s most fervent online supporters, who have been insisting for years that his associates were …

Eric Hovagim joins us to talk about the passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” Zohran Mamdani’s win (and the reactions), and the UN report about corporations profiting from the genocide in Gaza.You can follow Eric on Twitter here and on his other accounts here.

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It’s been a week since Zohran Mamdani’s resounding, decisive victory in New York City’s mayoral primary and people across the political spectrum are not handling it well. Isn’t an inspiring political candidate who rallies legions of young people to vote for and support his campaign the exact thing Democrats have been hand-wringing about for the last six months? Apparently, not so much.

Akela Lacey joins us to to discuss this, how Zohran’s campaign and what was said on stage at the Glastonbury music festival grabs major headlines while the ongoing crimes of Israel are given a pass, and much more.

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We take a closer look at the events over the weekend in Iran, with Trump launching an illegal strike and the administration lying about the result. We also talk about the NYC mayoral race, and note that we recorded this before polls closed. You can watch Zohran’s full victory speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPSS9TlLkl4&list=PL1Y5pn4Gvkw4UVN…