Mark and Walker talk to Evan Greer, director of the nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future, about online censorship, net neutrality, the battle against disinformation, and punk rock. Greer is a longtime digital privacy rights activist, writer, and musician based in Boston, Massachusetts. This full episode is free. Most Gilded Age episodes ar…

Alex and Walker talk with Tom Scocca, the editor-in-chief of POPULA and former editor at Slate, Gawker, and Deadspin, about the new Star Wars series Andor. This "Star Wars for adults" show was surprisingly good, offering complex characters, an eerie look at the banality of evil behind the fascistic Empire, an exploration of class and exploitation, …

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) joins the Gilded Boys to discuss the recent midterm elections, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, COVID-19, and Elon Musk's destruction of Twitter. What are the key takeaways from the midterms? Has the Biden administration heeded Khanna's call to use diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine? Have Democrats done enough to protect us…

Is Democracy over in the U.S.? It sure might be. Alex and Walker talk with David Daley, the author of the national best-seller on partisan gerrymandering "Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count" and "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy," about how colossally f*cked we'll be when the GOP gerrymanders congressional and state l…

In this episode, the Gilded Boys speak with author, scholar, and holistic justice activist Dr. Sara Kamali about her new book, Homegrown Hate: Why White Nationalists and Militant Islamists Are Waging War against the United States. "Holistic justice moves beyond anti-racism to anti-oppression in order to address militant white nationalism and end th…

Epidemiologist, geneticist, and Ph.D. Deepti Gurdasani, a senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, joins Gilded Age to debunk myths about Covid-19, including some spread by health experts and governments, and answer questions about health and safety precautions. Follow Dr. Gurdasani on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1 Please cons…

Epidemiologist and Harvard fellow Justin Feldman talks with the Gilded Boys about the United States' mishandling of Covid-19 and whether, or if, the pandemic will end. Follow Dr. Feldman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jfeldman_epi Read Dr. Feldman's Jacobin article on the coronavirus: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/covid-19-business-work-publi…

Mark and Walker have a wide-ranging discussion with author and former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson about the corporate oligarchy that dominates the U.S., spirituality, Covid-19, and lots more. Read Williamson's latest op-ed, "The United States of Oligarchy" https://www.newsweek.com/united-states-oligarchy-opinion-1575266 Follow Willia…

The Gilded Boys chat with Eoin Higgins about demilitarizing the police, especially how it relates to the Jan. 6 insurrection. We also discuss the controversy surrounding those $2,000—er, $1,400—checks that Biden's pushing for. Follow Eoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_ Read Eoin's recent op-ed about demilitarization: https://www.busin…

New York State Rep. Ron Kim joins the Gilded Boys to talk about the dire circumstances in his state due to COVID-19 and the governor's refusal to raise taxes on billionaires to fund relief efforts. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/DxvaT_BQXJM Follow Rep. Kim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rontkim Please subscribe to our Patreon. We apprec…

The Gilded Boys talk with foreign affairs journalist Derek Davison about Joe Biden's pick to lead the Defense Department as well as other highly conflicted or unqualified administration picks. Follow Derek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwdavison Check out Derek's news site, Foreign Exchanges: https://fx.substack.com/ ...and this great collective …

Manhattan borough president candidate Lindsey Boylan joins Walker and Alex to set the record straight about Joe Biden's statement that people "don't want a handout" during a devastating pandemic and resulting economic recession. We respond to questions from the live chat. Please subscribe to our Patreon. We appreciate it. https://www.patreon.com/gi…

Alex and Walker talk about the election and Democratic Party down-ballot failures with journalist Malaika Jabali. We recorded this the day after Election Day. Support Gilded Age on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gildedage Malaika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MalaikaJabali Malaika's 2018 Current Affairs article: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2…

The Gilded Boys speak with academic, author, and PhD Sara Kamali about white nationalist militancy in the United States—how it originates, and what we can do to stop it. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/gildedage Find Dr. Sara Kamali on the web: Site: sarakamali.com Instagram: @sarakamali.phd Twitter: @sarakamali Preorder "Homegrown Hate: Why Whi…

The Gilded Boys take you through the Bay of Pigs and several other close shaves with nuclear annihilation. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gildedage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gildedage/support

Walker and Alex talk with extremism reporter Jason Wilson, who lives in Portland, Oregon, about the killings at protests, white vigilantes working alongside the cops, and the sensational rightwing media that are all part of Trump's fascist campaign strategy. Follow Jason on Twitter https://twitter.com/jason_a_w Check out his website https://jasonwi…

The Gilded Boys review Republicans' "anti-anti-racism" platform and the failure of the The Democrats™ to meet fascism with substance. The second half of our discussion will be released later this week for our premium members. Support Gilded Age on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gildedage Follow Gilded Age on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gildedage…

Mark and Walker discuss how precariously perched we are on a cliff overlooking nuclear catastrophe. Support Gilded Age on Patreon so we can continue bringing you these episodes about how and why we're f*cked: https://www.patreon.com/gildedage Follow Gilded Age on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gildedagepod Audio editing by Alex Kotch. Original theme …

At last, we know who Joe Biden's running mate is. The Gilded Boys review Kamala Harris' history of being "tough on crime" and evaluate Biden's pick in a time of mass protest against police brutality and a draconian criminal justice system. Mark and Walker's 2019 article on Harris' failed "Back on Track" program: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/09/k…

Former Bernie Sanders surrogate Nomiki Konst and Democratic National Committee member Brent Welder join the Gilded Boys to discuss the DNC's horrendous platform votes against a ban on corporate lobbyists, Medicare for All, legalizing pot, and many more no-brainers. Audio editing by Alex Kotch. Original theme music by Direwolf. Published by OptOut N…

Author, professor, and war veteran Roy Scranton comes on the pod to talk about how the climate, and the fate of human civilization, has changed since publishing his 2015 book, Learning to Die in the Anthropocene. Sponsored by Chevron®. Buy Dr. Scranton's books: http://royscranton.com/books Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoyScranton Gild…

In Part One of Climate Deadline, Walker, Mark, and Alex discuss just how supremely f*cked the planet is in the context of three important books on climate change. Plus, birds are freaking dinosaurs!! Support Gilded Age on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/gildedage Follow Gilded Age on Twitter https://twitter.com/gildedagepod Books discussed: Learnin…

In this premium episode for our patrons, the Gilded Boys sit down with journalist and photographer Jack Crosbie of the new Discourse Blog to discuss the media's useless 'thinkfluence' industry. Huge charities like the Knight Foundation have billions of dollars, but are they using them effectively? Support us on Patreon to hear the full episode and …

Documentary filmmaker and environmental activist Josh Fox joins the Gilded Boys to talk about how to get us off of fossil fuels, pipeline protests, environmental racism, and other important topics. Follow Josh on Twitter https://twitter.com/joshfoxfilm. Check out his work: http://joshfoxfilm.com. Watch his new TYT show: https://tyt.com/shows/stayin…

In this premium episode for our patrons, Alex and Walker sit down with extremism reporter Jared Holt to discuss how prominent white nationalists are finally being kicked off of social media platforms. Plus, racist tweets from Turning Point USA Diaper Boy Caleb Hull! To hear the full episode, become a Gilded Age supporter on Patreon: https://www.pat…

Should Facebook censor its users' posts? What do we do about hate speech online? Is Mark Zuckerberg actually Godzilla? Alex, Mark, and Walker discuss speech and liability issues, the ills of giant social media companies, and potential solutions. We don't run corporate ads. Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gildedage Follow us on…

In this premium episode, Sludge co-founder David Moore joins Gilded Age to explain how the New York state government approved public campaign financing, and why it hasn't been implemented yet. Read David's recent Sludge article, "Grassroots NY Challengers Take on the Pandemic and the Big Money Machine." Follow David on Twitter. Support Sludge! Beco…

Akela Lacy, politics reporter at The Intercept, analyzes four exciting congressional primaries in New York that take place on Tuesday, June 23, including the heated race between hawkish incumbent Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel and surging progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman. We discuss the House contests in New York's 9th, 12th, 16th, and 17th District…

Alex, Mark, and Walker dissect the ills of the corporate media and its utter failure to produce accurate and independent reporting in the time of the Movement for Black Lives and Donald Trump. Popula founder Maria Bustillos joins the Gilded Boys in the second half to examine why The New York Times and other mainstream outlets cover for violent cops…

Alex, Mark, and Walker explain how a 1976 Supreme Court decision, Buckley v. Valeo, set the stage for a corporate takeover of U.S. elections. Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) joins us for an interview at the end of the episode. Black Lives Matter. Original theme music by Direwolf. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show…

The Gilded Boys discuss the Biden Boys, relics from the Clinton-era past who are catastrophically advising the presumptive Democratic nominee. Follow hosts @WalkerBragman, @alexkotch, and @MarkColangelo on Twitter. Original theme music by Direwolf. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gildedage/support…