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Joshua Holland is joined by USA Today reporter Will Carless to talk about the Not F--king Around Coalition, a black militia that grabbed headlines during the summer of 2020. Then we speak with George Washington University political scientist Ethan Porter about the effectiveness of fact-checking in an era of hyper-polarized, "post-truth" politics.

Joshua Holland is joined by Nation contributor Zoë Carpenter, who wrote about the right's relentless propaganda against Portland, Oregon. And then we are joined by Greg Sargent of the Washington Post to talk about Democratic attempts to thread the needle within their own caucus and get Joe Biden's agenda passed.

Joshua Holland is joined by Lili Loofbourow to talk about the growing popularity and moral ambiguity of the Herman Cain Awards, which chronicle the Covid deaths of hardcore anti-vaxxers. Then veteran border reporter Melissa del Bosque joins us to explain how Border Patrol officials work with right-wing media outlets.

Joshua Holland speaks with HuffPost Senior Reporter Jennifer Bendery about the Biden Administration's early successes making the federal judiciary more reflective of America. Then we are joined by Cerin Lindgrensavage, an attorney with the advocacy group Protect Democracy, to talk about how Trump's egregious abuses of executive power may have created a rare opportunity for Congress.

Joshua Holland is joined by HuffPost reporter Travis Waldron to talk about the growing ties between key figures in the MAGA movement and their allies in Brazil. Then Democratic strategist Dante Atkins tells us about what lessons we should take away from California Governor Gavin Newsom's landslide victory in this week's recall vote.

Joshua Holland is joined by Will Wilkinson to talk about how America's growing urban-rural divide--and rural America's embrace of Southern Culture--are redrawing our ideological battle lines from their traditional North-South axis.

Joshua Holland is joined by Imani Gandy, Rewire News Group's senior legal editor, to talk about how Texas Republicans are effectively banning abortion. Then we speak with TruthOrFiction.com Managing Editor Brooke Binkowski, who explains why you might notice the same belligerent right-wing activists shouting about masks and CRT at multiple school board meetings.

Joshua Holland is joined by Dr. Stephanie Langel from Duke University's Center for Human Systems Immunology to talk about what people who take Covid seriously should know about this new phase of the pandemic. Then we welcome Eric Boehlert back to the show to talk about why ostensibly neutral journalists feel so comfortable offering their own, often poorly informed opinions about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Joshua Holland welcomes Stephen Miles of Win Without War to have a very different conversation about Afghanistan than they're having over on the cable news networks.

Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief Susan Demas joins Joshua Holland to talk about how responsible Americans are losing their patience with the anti-vaxxers. Then author Sarah Posner discusses the religious right's infatuation with autocratic leaders in the former Soviet states.