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Focusing on issues, not tweets, Joshua Holland talks politics and culture with newsmakers, journalists and academics.... more
FAQs about We've Got Issues:How many episodes does We've Got Issues have?The podcast currently has 204 episodes available.
November 18, 2022Elon Musk's short journey from libertarian geek to far-right trollJoshua Holland is joined by Business Insider's Linette Lopez to discuss Elon Musk's disastrous early stewardship of Twitter. And then we recap the midterms and talk to Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch....more1h 8minPlay
November 11, 2022From Putin to Tucker Carlson, the assaults on trans people are relentlessJoshua Holland is joined by Parker Molloy, who writes The Present Age newsletter, to talk about what it's like for transgender people who are just trying to live their lives at a time when their very existence has become a right-wing moral panic....more1h 5minPlay
November 04, 2022Revealed: Trump's feds went fully fascist in response to Portland BLM protestsJoshua Holland is joined by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick to talk about her new book, Lady Justice, and the new challenges journalists face covering today's Supreme Court. Then we speak with Oregon Public Radio reporter Jonathan Levinson about the blatantly political and often violent response to Portland racial justice protests in 2020 by federal law enforcement....more47minPlay
October 28, 2022Iranian regime shaken by the latest chapter in 100-year revolutionJoshua Holland is joined by Assal Rad, research director for the National Iranian American Council and author of State of Resistance: Politics, Culture & Identity in Modern Iran, to talk about the popular uprising that has spread across Iran....more46minPlay
October 21, 2022Luke Harding: Why Putin's imperial war is unravelingJoshua Holland is joined by The Guardian's Luke Harding to talk to us about why Russia's stunning invasion of its neighbor appears likely to end in defeat. And then we're joined by Salon's Amanda Marcotte to discuss Kanye West's jaw-dropping anti-semitism and the "misogyny-to-fascism pipeline" that may have sent the artist into the right-wing fever swamps....more46minPlay
October 07, 2022Filmmaker finds MAGA voters rejecting Trump: 'He is what the Bible warns against’Joshua Holland is by Melissa Jo Peltier, who has a new film out about erstwhile Trump supporters who at some point, and for varied reasons, came to reject Trump. And then journalist Ben Lorber tells us about the rise of a neofascist movement....more52minPlay
September 30, 2022Putin, deep in a hole, keeps diggingJoshua Holland is joined by University of Sheffield professor Ilya Yablokov to talk about how Putin's "partial mobilization" is changing the way Russians see the Ukrainian conflict. Then we catch up with Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief Susan Demas to get some insights into the race for Michigan governor....more44minPlay
September 23, 2022Ignore the copaganda — expert says bail reform's a 'smashing success'Joshua Holland is joined by veteran public defender Scott Hechinger to sort fact from fiction in the debate over cash bail reform. Then we talk midterms with Salon columnist and OG blogger Heather "Digby" Parton....more1h 8minPlay
September 16, 2022Newly elected Rep. Pat Ryan on how to counter the GOP's 'authoritarian playbook'Pat Ryan (D-NY) joins Joshua Holland to talk about how Democrats can take back the mantle of freedom. Then messaging guru Anat Shenker-Osorio talks to us about how to cut through right-wing propaganda....more54minPlay
September 02, 2022When propaganda is the point and the cruelty is just a perkJoshua Holland is joined by Greg Sargent from The Washington Post to discuss the latest courtroom drama over the search of Mar-a-Lago. Then Slate's Mark Joseph Stern will talk about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's election police squad....more1h 4minPlay
FAQs about We've Got Issues:How many episodes does We've Got Issues have?The podcast currently has 204 episodes available.