Mehdi Hasan, founder and editor-in-chief of Zeteo, joins us to talk about his recent column in The Guardian, “Blue Maga: We need to talk about the cult-like turn of the Democratic party.” We discuss the push for Biden to step aside, JD Vance’s extreme anti-abortion stances, and what a Kamala Harris candidacy and potentially presidency would look li…

Comedian Dave Anthony, host of The Dollop, joins us again to recap a big news weekend that includes Donald Trump’s ear being shot (or was it glass?) in a failed assassination attempt, the latest on the push to replace Joe Biden on the ticket, and JD Vance being picked as Trump’s VP candidate. You can follow Dave on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/pr…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Comedian Dave Anthony, host of The Dollop, joins us again to recap a big news weekend that includes Donald Trump’s ear being shot (or was it glass?) in a failed assassination attempt, the latest on the push to replace Joe Biden on the ticket, and JD Vance being pick…

Comedian Kate Willett joins us to talk about the latest developments in the ~Will Joe Biden Step Aside?~ saga. We go over the George Clooney op-ed, more members of Congress calling on Biden to step aside, disastrous polling reflecting a majority of voters think he should step aside and more. You can follow Kate here: https://x.com/katewillett/ Be s…

Comedian Kate Willett joins us to talk about the latest developments in the ~Will Joe Biden Step Aside?~ saga. We go over the George Clooney op-ed, more members of Congress calling on Biden to step aside, disastrous polling reflecting a majority of voters think he should step aside and more. You can follow Kate here: https://x.com/katewillett/ | Be…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com It’s been a week full of leaks, strange bedfellows and double-downs. Joe Biden refuses to step aside as fears he may throw the election to Trump grow. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel for episode videos, shorts, breakdowns and much more. Watch: Joe Biden Tri…

It’s been a week full of leaks, strange bedfellows and double-downs. Joe Biden refuses to step aside as fears he may throw the election to Trump grow. We update you on the French & UK elections. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel for episode videos, shorts, breakdowns and much more. Watch: Joe Biden Tries To Save His Campaign Why Joe Biden Sh…

NOTE: In lieu of a free episode this week, and given the holiday, we’re unlocking this conversation with David Sirota from earlier in the week. If you enjoy this episode, please consider subscribing: https://www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe | A portion of the conversation is available on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/t8ooAuFi98A Additionally, Jorda…

NOTE: In lieu of a free episode this week, and given the holiday, we’re unlocking this conversation with David Sirota from earlier in the week. If you enjoy this episode, please consider subscribing: https://www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe A portion of the conversation is available on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/t8ooAuFi98A Additionally, Jordan …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com David Sirota, editor in chief of The Lever, joins Jordan to talk about Biden’s poor debate performance which triggered calls from members of the media, political figures and even some of his most loyal supporters for him to step aside and let someone else take his p…

David Sirota, editor in chief of The Lever, joins Jordan to talk about Biden’s poor debate performance which triggered calls from members of the media, political figures and even some of his most loyal supporters for him to step aside and let someone else take his place at the top of the ticket. We also talk about the Supreme Court’s rulings on Tru…

Jack Crosbie returns to the show to talk about what we can expect from the first Trump/Biden debate. He also updates us on his reporting on the ground in Ohio, where he’s covering Sherrod Brown’s Senate race. Brown is the only Dem to win in Ohio statewide in years, but can he pull it off again this year? The outcome of that race could determine con…

Jack Crosbie returns to the show to talk about what we can expect from the first Trump/Biden debate. He also updates us on his reporting on the ground in Ohio, where he’s covering Sherrod Brown’s Senate race. Brown is the only Dem to win in Ohio statewide in years, but can he pull it off again this year? The outcome of that race could determine con…

Progressive incumbent Jamaal Bowman lost his primary in NY-16 last night to Westchester County executive George Latimer. AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group spent over $14 million to unseat Bowman, but Bryan Metzger, political reporter with Business Insider, joined us to explain how that’s not the whole story. Signs of Bowman’s vulnerability were …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Progressive incumbent Jamaal Bowman lost his primary in NY-16 last night to Westchester County executive George Latimer. AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group spent over $14 million to unseat Bowman, but Bryan Metzger, political reporter with Business Insider, joined…

Twitch streamer and returning guest LucidFoxx joins Rob for a discussion on reactionary youtube Star Wars culture critics, the heat wave, Stonehenge, the afterthought election and the creeping cynicism that we can ever hope to make anything better. Follow Lucid on twitter here and twitch here. Subscribe to the show by clicking this button: Subscrib…

Twitch streamer and returning guest LucidFoxx joins Rob for a discussion on reactionary youtube Star Wars culture critics, the heat wave, Stonehenge, the afterthought election and the creeping cynicism that we can ever hope to make anything better. Follow Lucid on twitter here and twitch here. Subscribe to the show by clicking this button: This is …

A recent column in the Washington Post argues that in order for Joe Biden to turn his campaign around, he should replace Kamala Harris with Hillary Clinton. We explore what that would look like, and whether the “competency” criticism toward Kamala Harris is fair. We also talk about Benjamin Netanyahu’s video calling out Biden for delaying or blocki…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com A recent column in the Washington Post argues that in order for Joe Biden to turn his campaign around, he should replace Kamala Harris with Hillary Clinton. We explore what that would look like, and whether the “competency” criticism toward Kamala Harris is fair. We…

Watch the full interview with Chris on our YouTube channel: Chris Geidner of Law Dork joins Jordan to talk about the Supreme Court's opinion rejecting the efforts to ban the abortion pill Mifepristone. Chris explains the reason why all 9 justices decided unanimously and how the case got to SCOTUS in the first place. We also discuss the looming Trum…

Watch the full interview with Chris on our YouTube channel: Chris Geidner of Law Dork joins Jordan to talk about the Supreme Court's opinion rejecting the efforts to ban the abortion pill Mifepristone. Chris explains the reason why all 9 justices decided unanimously and how the case got to SCOTUS in the first place. We also discuss the looming Trum…

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com You can watch a preview of this episode and much more over on our YouTube channel. Conflicting reports over the terms of a ceasefire deal in Gaza have left people confused about its current status, who has approved the terms and ultimately who put it forward. We’re …

Jessica Burbank, economist and host of The Hill's "Rising" joins us to explain why the economy isn't as good as the Biden administration claims. We also talk about Nvidia's $3 billion market cap, the Wall Street Journal article about Biden's "slips" and much more. You can watch our full interview with Jessica on our YouTube channel: Become a subscr…

Jessica Burbank, economist and host of The Hill's "Rising" joins us to explain why the economy isn't as good as the Biden administration claims. We also talk about Nvidia's $3 billion market cap, the Wall Street Journal article about Biden's "slips" and much more. You can watch our full interview with Jessica on our YouTube channel. Become a subscr…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Note: Full episodes, clips, and videos can now be found on our YouTube channel! We talk about Biden’s new immigration executive order, the “Israeli” proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza and how Netanyahu is undermining it, and Pat McAfee’s comments about Caitlin Clark.…

Note: Full episodes, clips, and videos can now be found on our YouTube channel! We talk about Biden’s new immigration executive order, the “Israeli” proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza and how Netanyahu is undermining it, and Pat McAfee’s comments about Caitlin Clark. Read more

Note: You can watch a segment of the interview on YouTube here. Eva Borgwardt of If Not Now is back on the show to talk about the viral AI “All Eyes on Rafah” image that has been shared over 47 million times on Instagram. We talk about how to encourage your friends who shared it to take an additional step and demand a ceasefire, write their legisla…

Note: You can watch a segment of the interview on YouTube here. Eva Borgwardt of If Not Now is back on the show to talk about the viral AI “All Eyes on Rafah” image that has been shared over 47 million times on Instagram. We talk about how to encourage your friends who shared it to take an additional step and demand a ceasefire, write their legisla…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Israel’s attacks on Rafah led to increased pressure from the media on Biden’s purported “red lines” in Gaza, but will anything come from it? We also take a look at a Vox piece trying to decipher Biden’s poor polling numbers with younger people and why their “distrus…

Israel’s attacks on Rafah led to increased pressure from the media on Biden’s purported “red lines” in Gaza, but will anything come from it? We also take a look at a Vox piece trying to decipher Biden’s poor polling numbers with younger people and why their “distrust in institutions” reasoning misses the mark. If you haven’t yet, join us over on Yo…

You can watch the full episode on our YouTube channel here: Matt Lieb, host of Bad Hasbara, joins us to talk about Alan Dershowitz attacking Jewish studies departments, the continued fallout from the ICC’s announcement it’s seeking arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, Norway, Spain and Ireland recognizing a Palestinia…

You can watch the full episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/bhmCbZg_BLQ Matt Lieb, host of Bad Hasbara, joins us to talk about Alan Dershowitz attacking Jewish studies departments, the continued fallout from the ICC’s announcement it’s seeking arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, Norway, Spain and Ire…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Spencer Ackerman, who writes Forever Wars, joined us to talk about the ICC’s announcement that it plans to indict Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli and Hamas officials for war crimes. Spencer explains why the US rushed to denounce the ICC’s move, why very little …

Spencer Ackerman, who writes Forever Wars, joined us to talk about the ICC’s announcement that it plans to indict Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli and Hamas officials for war crimes. Spencer explains why the US rushed to denounce the ICC’s move, why very little will likely come of this and, ultimately, why the “rules based international order” …

Alex Ptak and Jeremy Kaplowitz join us for a very fun conversation guided by questions and responses found on Quora. They come prepared with insights they’ve made on the Q&A platform to help us better ourselves and address problems in our own lives. Their show, Quorators, is great and you can check it out here. Become a subscriber to the podcast to…

Alex Ptak and Jeremy Kaplowitz join us for a very fun conversation guided by questions and responses found on Quora. They come prepared with insights they’ve made on the Q&A platform to help us better ourselves and address problems in our own lives. Their show, Quorators, is great and you can check it out here. Become a subscriber to the podcast to…

No guest today. Just Ron and Jorban. We talk about the coverage of Trump’s hush money trial, how it ranks among his many other legal woes, and the latest poll numbers that show Trump is beating Biden in most of the key battleground states with young voters in particular souring on the current President. Read more…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com No guest today. Just Ron and Jorban. We talk about the coverage of Trump’s hush money trial, how it ranks among his many other legal woes, and the latest poll numbers that show Trump is beating Biden in most of the key battleground states with young voters in partic…

I talked to Alex, also known as twitter’s Barbarism Critic, about a few viral moments from Joe Biden this week as he continued to suggest that pro-Palestine encampments were violent hives of anti-semitism, the alternate reality that our ruling classes is demanding we live in, his bogus Rafah red line and whether it’s still possible to be a liberal …

I talked to Alex, also known as twitter’s Barbarism Critic, about a few viral moments from Joe Biden this week as he continued to suggest that pro-Palestine encampments were violent hives of anti-semitism, the alternate reality that our ruling classes is demanding we live in, his bogus Rafah red line and whether it’s still possible to be a liberal …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Emma Vigeland returns to the show to talk about Israel rejecting a ceasefire and it’s invasion of Rafah. We also talk about the NBA & NHL playoffs and the Kendrick & Drake beef.Rob couldn’t make it, he’s at the Met Gala. Also, sorry I’m losing my voice but the show …

No guest today. Just Rob and Jordan chopping it up about the NBA playoffs, campus protests and the joys of grilling. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribeBy Jordan Uhl, Rob Rousseau, and The Insurgents

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Kat Abughazaleh joined us this week to talk about the student encampment in DC, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and whether Seinfeld could get made today???????? | You can follow Kat here: https://www.tiktok.com/@katmabu…

Jay Willis, editor in chief of Balls & Strikes, joined Jordan to talk about Trump’s Supreme Court case regarding a president’s purported total immunity. The hypotheticals offered by the judges were as absurd as the arguments offered by Trump’s legal team, but Jay shows us what Trump’s ultimate motivation was in this case. You can follow Jay here: h…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com The protests at Columbia University continue to capture the media’s attention, so we take a closer look at who some of the people driving the narratives around it are and what their motives could be.We open, however, with some chatter on the landslide vote at VW Cha…

Barry Williams for New York Daily News Over the last six months as Israel has carried out its genocidal ethnic-cleansing campaign in Gaza, American political and media figures have been more obsessed and fixated than ever before on the dangerous threat being posed by pro-Palestine protests, particularly on college and university campuses. This tens…

Amir Cohen/REUTERS There’s been a lot of speculation about how Iran was going to respond to Israel bombing their consulate on April 1st. We got our answer this weekend and the response took the form of a very deliberate barrage of missiles and drones, telegraphed days in advance, on military targets in Israel that, according to who you ask, was eit…

Arvin Alaigh, a political activist and PhD student at the University of Cambridge, joined Jordan to talk about his new piece in The Nation about New Jersey’s “county line” ballot design that helps protects incumbents, preserve power in the party machine and block out insurgent and outsider candidates. But, that ballot design could go away soon than…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Matt Lech, producer of The Majority Report and host of Left Reckoning joined us to talk about the eclipse, how Fox claimed cartels and migrants would use it to cross the border and whether or not the eclipse is woke. We also talk about Elon’s investigation in Brazil…