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Caitlin M. Green and Trent R. Nelson interview experts who weigh in on current debates. In the process they seek not only to uncover answers to the questions of the day, but to explore why they are being asked in the first place. To understand the questions we ask, they believe, is half the answer.

  1. HACE 2 DÍAS

    Sharia Socialism in NYC, Or Just Smarter Governance? (with Ryan Cooper)

    What's happened in New York City since Zohran Mamdani became mayor in January? Has it become a Marxist-Islamic bastion, ruled by a soviet in the succeeding three months? Trent and Caitlin discuss the Sharia Socialism of NYC Mayor Mamdani, the naked vice signalling and stove-touching of the GOP with author Ryan Cooper. Resources https://bsky.app/profile/ryanlcooper.com https://prospect.org/ https://www.leftanchor.com/ https://gothamist.com/news/facing-historic-blizzard-mamdani-says-nyc-learned-lessons-from-last-snowstorm https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/congestion-pricing-nyc-subways-ridership-report-2025/ https://www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberalism-30-rethinking-international-trade/

    58 min

  2. 20 MAR

    DOGE Dunces, Depositions, DC Cops and Scoop Ethics (with Marisa Kabas)

    Trent and Caitlin achieve the coveted threepeat guest appearance with journalist Marisa Kabas of the Handbasket, fresh off her incredible legal win obtaining the body cam footage from the DC cops who assisted the DOGE boys in breaking into the USIP office in March 2025. They discuss the total disregard for life, law, and locked doors that was on display that day, as well as the frustrating events following Marisa's FOIA success. Resources https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/body-cam-footage-usip-doge-raid-mpd-lawsuit https://www.404media.co/the-removed-doge-deposition-videos-have-already-been-backed-up-across-the-internet/

    1 h 12 min

  3. 17 MAR

    Holding ICE and Border Patrol Accountable (with Joshua Erlich)

    Trent and Caitlin catch up with employment litigator Joshua Erlich about the difficulties of holding immigration and border patrol agents to account when they break the law. What happens when you can't be sure which individual attacked you? How can their actions be restricted, and what should Democrats do given their level of power in the government right now? Resources Joshua's bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaerlich.bsky.social Legal help for federal employees in the DMV: https://mwela.org/ Legal help for federal employees nationally: https://NELA.org/ Joshua's office: https://www.erlichlawoffice.com/lawyers/joshua-erlich/ Federal forces keep shooting people: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/26/ice-minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti Dems coalescing around five restrictions on ICE: https://newrepublic.com/article/205723/dem-senator-harsh-new-takedown-trump-hits-home-breaking-point Suozzi is sorry https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/democrats-ice-funding-vote-dhs.html

    1 h 8 min

  4. 13 MAR

    Political Polarization Across the U.S.A. and Europe (with Aurelien Mondon)

    Caitlin and Trent talk with Aurelien Mondon about his recent political science paper outlining the limitations of considering all politics through the lens of "polarization." They discuss the pitfalls of the term and the ways "polarizing" events and speech can be drastically different and sometimes even positive. Resources https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41296-025-00779-4 https://www.searchlightinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Searchlight-Memo-to-Interested-Parties_-Reform-and-Retrain-ICE-Dont-Abolish-It.pdf https://prospect.org/2026/01/19/author-dont-say-abolish-ice-memo-corporate-consultant-westexec/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/04/ice-minneapolis-287g-tom-homan-sanctuary/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-ice-masks-dhs-shutdown_n_69839db8e4b053ac3e17298d?origin=top-ad-recirc https://www.majorityleader.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5822 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/22/trump-millennial-supporters-washington-dc-218833/ https://www.npr.org/2025/11/14/nx-s1-5608204/white-house-dismisses-release-of-epstein-documents-as-a-distraction-from-democrats https://midutahradio.com/news/local-news/mike-johnson-calls-for-political-rhetoric-to-calm/ https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2012/02/10/146691773/euphemisms-concentration-camps-and-the-japanese-internment

    1 h 13 min

  5. 10 MAR

    Making America Sick Again: How MAGA is Hurting Healthcare & Science (with Walker Bragman)

    Trent and Caitlin reconnect with journalist Walker Bragman to hash out the current state of the NIH and HHS, the ideologies that drive people to promote eugenics and science denial, and the childish nature of fascism. Resources: https://www.importantcontext.news/ https://www.accountabilityjournalism.org/ https://bsky.app/profile/walkerbragman.bsky.social https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resources/us-measles-tracker https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-means-surgeon-general-congress-state-of-the-union-live-updates-rcna260120 https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/bhattacharya-urges-measles-vaccination-us-activity-increases https://www.brookings.edu/articles/audible-reckoning-how-top-political-podcasters-spread-unsubstantiated-and-false-claims/

    1 h 16 min

  6. 6 MAR

    America and Iran: Another Forever War? (with The Logical Leftist)

    Happy days are not here again, but at least Trent and Caitlin have Jeff Waldorf, the Logical Leftist, to hang out with while they process it all. The United States has dropped bombs on Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several of his top-ranking officials, civilians, and the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school, in which more than 160 little girls were killed. They talk through the conflicting, nonsensical, and sometimes straight-up Orwellian justifications provided by US politicians for initiating a war of aggression against another country in the Middle East. Resources https://www.youtube.com/@LogicallyLeftist https://www.facebook.com/JeffWaldorfShow/ https://www.instagram.com/logicalleftist/ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hv7pcnm6u7s544ycmf7xjatc https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-tells-congress-no-sign-that-iran-was-going-attack-us-first-sources-say-2026-03-02/ https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730203/iran-israel-trump-congress-strikes-reaction https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/nuclear-program-missiles-regime-change-trump-struggles-define-iran-war-rcna261309 https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-03-26 https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/g-s1-112151/iran-war-widens-threatens-to-engulf-lebanon https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730203/iran-israel-trump-congress-strikes-reaction https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-experts-deeply-disturbed-by-child-deaths-escalating-middle-east-conflict-2026-03-04/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/nyregion/merchant-iran-plot-assassination-trump.html

    1 h 10 min

  7. 3 MAR

    The WaPo Defenestration and ICE Flight Brutality (with Gillian Brockell)

    Trent and Caitlin check in with journalist Gillian Brockell after the release of her article on ICE air. They discuss the recent mass layoffs at the Washington Post, the abhorrent treatment of deportees, the justifications used to mistreat humans, and the importance of empathy and being a human. Resources: https://gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ https://bsky.app/profile/gbrockell.bsky.social https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-richer-and-stingier-than-ever-forbes-400-list-2021-10 https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/08/26/emmett-till-william-bradford-huie-carolyn-bryant-civil-rights/ https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/nx-s1-5705413/washington-post-ceo-resigns-will-lewis https://51st.news/ https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/17/court-hearings-lawsuit-alleging-ice-agents-racially-profiled-us-citizens-minnesota Ginsburg on Firing Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBpoZBhvBa4 https://discourses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Teun-A.-van-Dijk-2008-News-discourse-and-ideology.pdf http://brianb.freeshell.org/a/kddd.pdf https://bookshop.org/p/books/wild-faith-how-the-christian-right-is-taking-over-america-talia-lavin/1cf72a0d0396cdce?ean=9780306829192&next=t https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-trap-fascism-masquerading-as-care/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/omni-ice-deportations-charter-flight-stonepeak-private-equity/ https://newrepublic.com/article/206058/transcript-trump-ice-threats-take-darker-turn-maga-calls-blood https://www.baloproject.org/

    1 h 30 min

  8. 27 FEB

    What’s the deal with Concentration Camps? (with Andrea Pitzer)

    Trent and Caitlin talk with author and journalist Andrea Pitzer about the modern concentration camp model, its history and public perception, and the concentration camps the United States government is operating and hopes to open in the near future. Resources https://andreapitzer.com/ Andrea's newsletter: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/ Andrea's book on camps: https://bookshop.org/p/books/one-long-night-a-global-history-of-concentration-camps-andrea-pitzer/ea53c06c993f6ad0?ean=9780316303569&next=t Andrea's book on Nabokov: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-secret-history-of-vladimir-nabokov-andrea-pitzer/fe47f57e9a2b2a73?ean=9781639361182&next=t https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-buys-warehouses-immigration-detention/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/ice-warehouses-trump-voters.html https://bookshop.org/p/books/friendly-fascism-the-new-face-of-power-in-america-bertram-gross/414671ea6a34dd2c?ean=9781497689404&next=t https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/black-lives-matter-movement-not-covid-19-encouraged-voters-toward-biden-2020-election

    1 h 12 min
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Caitlin M. Green and Trent R. Nelson interview experts who weigh in on current debates. In the process they seek not only to uncover answers to the questions of the day, but to explore why they are being asked in the first place. To understand the questions we ask, they believe, is half the answer.

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    Liberal Currents
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