Join Mike and Shannyn for their take on this week's politics and news. Hear new takes on student loan forgiveness, students standing up speaking out, and the discrimination one student faced at graduation for, wait for it...his shoe style. They also chat about progressive business, including a payout years after a pledge was made. And, no shocker, the insurrectionists from the January 6th attack are still being arrested. Join us for The Raw Story Podcast.

In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with the podcast, Donald Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, chats with Mike and Shannyn. Cohen offered his predictions for the Trump family and the disgraced, one-term, ex-president's inner circle…. and they are not pretty. Speaking with the podcast while under house arrest, Cohen shared he believes indictments will be issued against senior leaders of the Trump Organization. The long-time member of Trump's inner circle, who served time in federal prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations, tax fraud, and bank fraud, said "I really do believe like within the next 30 to 60 days, you're going to start seeing some of the -- we'll call them low hanging fruit -- indictments, you know, like…" before listing those he thinks would be indicted in the coming weeks. Cohen also shares Donald Trump's real opinion of the Central Park 5, the LGBT community, and the travel ban implemented at the start of Trump's one term in office.

"After listening to 4,000,000 words spoken by Richard Nixon, did you ever dream of Richard Nixon?" That's one of the unconventional questions Shannyn and Mike ask John Dean, White House counsel during the height of Watergate. Dean talks about the long term effects of Watergate and his experience transcribing thousands of hours of Nixon's surreptitiously recorded Oval Office meetings. Mike and Shannyn are sure to cover other stories of the day, including a new bill signed by President Biden, and Donald Trump's growing enemies list.

The GOP continued its war on truth by canceling Liz Cheney from GOP leadership in the House. (To think we thought it was the GOP who had a problem with canceling. In other news, we're joined by Moms Demand Action's Shannon Watts to talk about a Texas judge's ruling to cancel the NRA's bankruptcy case in Texas, meaning the group will be held responsible for its actions. A big week in cancellations all around. Despite the GOP's meltdown, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats passed passing one of the most important voting rights laws in history. Will the Senate step up and do the same? Mike and Shannyn welcome back the Communications Workers of America's Shane Larson about the growing efforts to push Democrats to move beyond the GOP's continued efforts to destroy democracy. Mike and Shannyn also cover important stories of the day from a new -- and laugh filled -perspective.

Blogging we mean. Well, not really, but for one person the 1990s and early 2000s platform is chic again. We're talking, of course about From the "Desk of Donald J. Trump," the new blog of the disgraced, one-term, former president. Mike and Shannyn review the blog and also cover gossip moms who end up landing their kids in jail, and new voter restrictions by the GOP. We also talk about the lynching of Mikayla Miller, hidden from the public for weeks.

Welcome to the Raw Story Podcast! This week we welcome the man who keeps Marjorie Taylor Greene awake at night. Military veteran Marcus Flowers served in the US Army, spending time in Iraq and Afghanistan... And when he had enough of Greene's shenanigan's that he quit his job and focused on bringing sense back to the 14th district of Georgia. Mike and Shannyn talk about big stories of the day and share the Word of the Week.

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It's The Raw Story Podcast's first debate. We welcome to the show Matthew Karchner, author of "Straight," in which he shares that by "finding Jesus" he learned to repress and not act on his gay feelings. Countering Matthew is Wayne Besen, founder and executive director Of Truth Wins Out, an organization. dedicated to monitoring and ending "ex-gay" conversion programs, while working to eliminate anti-LGBTQ prejudice and discrimination. Listen in to hear the debate along with Mike and Shannyn's take on the week's news and an important Florida update.

We're not really canceling the show, but Shannyn and Mike bring their unique -- and comedic -- look at the week's news including the cancellation issue. We also update on the latest crazy activities of the Three Congressional Stooges: Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley). Also on the agenda: Will California have a transgender Republican in the governer's slot? And should sports include politics?

If news was a bucket, this week would be overflowing enough to fill a backed up Suez Canal. The Derek Chauvin murder trial in Minneapolis takes front state, and Mike and Shannyn chat about Matt Gaetz's latest legal problems, modern day slavery in the college sports system, and the politics of football, vaccines, and COVID's place on 2021's cause of death list.