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Joshua 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.

Joshua 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.

Joshua 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.

Joshua 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.

Joshua 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.

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.

Joshua 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.

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.

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.

Joshua 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.