Bad Fait‪h‬ Briahna Joy Gray & Virgil Texas

In Bad Faith's 50th episode spectacular, Brie and Virgil ask California Rep. Ro Khanna the tough questions: Does the $15 minimum wage debacle prove again that the "inside" game doesn't work? Why don't the policy priorities of Democratic congress members reflect the policy priorities of Democratic voters? Why haven't House progressives worked toward a replacement for Nancy Pelosi? What's the timeline for Medicare for All? Why do you support capitalism?

Did Bernie do enough to win the Black vote? Is the left doing enough to push back against the narratives spun by Black figureheads and media figures who fatally impacted Bernie's chances in South Carolina? What opportunities does the "Black voter block" present to a left looking for leverage with the Democratic Party? How do we contend with the weaponization of identity?

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Brie speaks to Martin Luther King III about how to hold the Democratic Party accountable to the "base" it largely ignores between campaign season. In particular, Brie asks about Joe Biden's leaked call with civil rights leaders, and what to do about Jim Clyburn, whose policy preferences often align more with Clyburn's donor base than the party's base.

Professor, author, and activist Marc Lamont Hill and his co-author ReThining Foreign Policy's Mitchell Plitnick join us to discuss their new book Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics and explain why positions like BDS and human rights for Palestinians remain a third rail in American politics -- even on the left.

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Virgil & Brie talk to poet, sex worker, and true romantic Rachel Rabbit White about her acclaimed book of poetry, Porn Carnival, long-distance dating in the age of COVID, whether tragedy is at the heart of romance, and her silver-screen worthy relationship with author bank robber Nico Walker, whose novel Cherry has been made into a film dropping later this month.

Katie Halper, Leslie Lee III, and Nathan J. Robinson join today's panel to discuss the rise and maybe fall of three historic posters: former think tank head-turned-OMB nominee and "loathsome ambassador for Bidenism" Neera Tanden; former President-turned-insurrectionist Donald J. Trump; and former Guardian columnist-turned-podcast panelist Nathan Robinson, fired over innocuous tweets.

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