Ken Harbaugh breaks down the historic defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary — the authoritarian leader who served as a blueprint for MAGA — and what it means for Ukraine, NATO, and the future of liberal democracy. He's joined by Kremlin influence expert Olga Lautman to examine the lessons for America as the midterms approach.

Ken Harbaugh sits down with Daniel Biss — mathematician, former state legislator, and mayor of Evanston — fresh off a bruising 15-candidate primary to claim the seat Jan Schakowsky held for nearly three decades, to talk about what it will actually take to convert historic Democratic enthusiasm into margins too large to manipulate.

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Retired Commander Bobby Jones sits down with James Martin — fourth-generation Floridian, former Coast Guard lieutenant commander, and the Democrat taking on five-term Republican incumbent Brian Mast in Florida's 21st Congressional District. Martin isn't your typical challenger. His teams seized over 200 tons of narcotics worth $3.5 billion. He commanded cutters in the Persian Gulf. He served as Chief of Staff for National Security Affairs in the Office of the Vice President across two administrations. And now he's bringing that record to a district Republicans have owned for years.

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Ken Harbaugh breaks down why the U.S.-Iran ceasefire may be less a diplomatic triumph than a strategic defeat — with Iran retaining its nuclear program, its missiles, and new leverage over the Strait of Hormuz — and speaks with Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith about what this war has cost the troops who bore its consequences.

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Ken Harbaugh sits down with conspiracy theory expert Will Sommer to trace how the right-wing media machine distorts, invents, and amplifies — from its origins in fringe forums to its current stranglehold on Republican politics — just as Trump posted his most apocalyptic threat yet, live, minutes before they hit record.

Ken Harbaugh welcomes Scott MacFarlane — a 25-year veteran of legacy media who walked away from CBS to join MeidasTouch — to discuss the collapse of institutional journalism, what's driving serious reporters out of the newsrooms they built their careers in, and what independent media can offer that legacy outlets no longer can.

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Ken Harbaugh takes viewers inside the MeidasTouch and VALOR Media tribute concert in Minneapolis honoring Alex Pretti and Renee Good — murdered by the Trump regime — featuring Dropkick Murphys, conversations with veterans, Mayor Jacob Frey, and congressional candidate Jason Knapp, as Trump's Truth Social attack on Bruce Springsteen only underscores why artists and activists are refusing to stay silent.

Ken Harbaugh examines the Marine Corps' official notice announcing the stationing of ICE agents at Parris Island to screen the families of graduating recruits — and what it reveals about an administration willing to target immigrant military families in the name of enforcement theater. Then, Army veteran and Veterans Fighting Fascism founder Kris Goldsmith joins to break down why this story hit a nerve, and what it means for the troops this administration claims to support.

Ken Harbaugh sits down with Dr. Adam Hamawy — the combat surgeon who saved Senator Tammy Duckworth's life in Iraq and later volunteered in Gaza — to examine what Pete Hegseth's gleeful embrace of bombing really means to those who've seen its consequences firsthand. From Christian Nationalist tattoos to a Pentagon worship service, this episode asks what it costs a military when its civilian leadership treats killing as something to celebrate.

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Ken Harbaugh examines the Trump administration's unprecedented information blackout surrounding the U.S.-Iran war, from Pete Hegseth's systematic dismantling of Pentagon press access to the absence of any coherent military strategy — and what it means when a government keeps its own people in the dark during wartime. He's joined by Iraq war combat veteran and Veterans Fighting Fascism founder Kris Goldsmith.

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