Briahna speaks with writer and professor Norman Finkelstein about the latest scandal involving famed “anti-racism” advocate Ibram X Kendi. Financial mismanagement at BU is just the tip of the iceberg as Finkelstein applies his close reading of Kendi’s work to the current crisis. As interesting as “what’s going on” is the question of how did Kendi even get to a place where he was considered a leading scholar? Does his scholarship have anything to offer? And is “Wokeness” at the root of this?
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Party for Socialism and Liberation 2024 presidential candidate Claudia De La Cruz joins Briahna to weigh in on why it’s important to have a socialist in the race, the third party debate, the failures of AOC & the squad, and what a movement to dismantle capitalism really looks like.
Cornel West’s new campaign manager Peter Daou joins Bad Faith to discuss his journey from Jill Stein 2012 supporter to Hillary booster to the Marianne campaign and West 2024. He weighs in on whether he’s really the best option to lead Dr. West’s campaign, what it takes to manage a campaign, and why the left should trust his commitment to the issues that motivate us.
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Tiffany Williams Roberts, Director of the Public Policy Unit at the Southern Center for Human Rights, joins Bad Faith along with Community Movement Builders, Inc. founder and #stopcopcity activist Kamau Franklin to weigh in on the state criminalization of protest that’s been happening around the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta.
Breakthrough News' Rania Khalek joins Bad Faith to talk two new interviews with AOC, the public reaction to my debate with Krystal & Kyle, Pod Save America’s take on Biden’s age and bad poll numbers, and the future of third party politics. This sit-down with Rania is long overdue, and this episode is action-packed.
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock the full subscriber-only video of our debate and the full uncut version of this episode along with our entire premium video and audio library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast It was a thrill to join two of my favorite left political commentators -- Krystal Ball & Kyle Kulinski, of Krystal Kyle & Friends -- in a spicy debate about the core issue occupying much of the leftist discourse today: What is the value of voting in Democratic elections? Does voting third party support the growth of an opponent to the corporate duopoly? Or do the possible gains -- stronger third parties, a boost for ranked choice voting -- not outweigh the costs of helping Trump to get reelected? This discussion went on for over 90 min. You can find the first hour here for free. Subscribe at patreon.com/badfaithpodcast to for the entire debate. We go strong until the end: you wont want to miss it.
This week, author, political theorist, and professor of political science Corey Robin joins Bad Faith to unpack his recent article about how AI is disrupting how writing is taught across the country. The tech has gotten so good that it's nearly undetectable, and the temptation to cheat on at-home essays is making many teachers consider whether all essay writing should happen in class. But the trade-offs are obvious: Should limited class time be taken up by in-class essays? Is the pedological benefit of at-home essays worth losing dynamic, Socratic in-class learning? What are we trying to teach kids with longform writing assignments anyway? Should we lean in to technological help in writing the way we've all become accustomed to spellcheck? Didn't Captain Kirk teach us that rigging technology to help you ace a test isn't actually cheating at all? Is writing obsolete? Listen to this podcast instead of reading something to find out.
The Grayzone's Anya Parampil joins Bad Faith fresh from her trip to South Africa for last month's BRICS summit. She weighs in on what Victoria Nuland was surprised she found there, and what it means for Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, & United Arab Emirates to have joined the economic alliance. She also applies her foreign policy chops to Vivek Ramaswamy's recent takes on Taiwan/China, and the state of the 2024 primary post-RFJ Jr.s Palestine plummet.
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Conservative commentator Shermichael Singleton joins Bad Faith to weigh in on the GOP debates. Who were the winners and losers? Are we made into losers as Harvard Man Vivek Ramaswamy asks very-important-questions™ about climate change? Did Nikki Haley surprise us all? And will these debates get any of the candidates any closer to matching Trump's numbers?
