Lush Left Media: Recent Episodes
Mary Angela Perna
Progressive politics, conversations with journalists and writers from every major outlet, top-tier candidates on the state and national level, wellness and justice, speakers, activists and more! Host: Mary Angela Perna
Dr. L. Benjamin Rolsky joins Mary Angela Perna to discuss his book, “The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond” and the politics and legacy of the great Norman Lear!
Sr. Editor for The Daily Beast, Anthony L. Fisher comes talks with Mary Angela Perna about his piece, “Why Do These Racists Keep Getting Hired by Us?’ —> https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-right-needs-to-ask-why-do-these-racists-keep-getting-hired-by-us —Anthony has a FAB Substack: https://anthonylfisher.substack.com/
The Daily Beast & MSNBC commentator, Matt Lewis joins Mary Angela Perna to discuss his fab new book, “Filthy Rich Politicians: The Swamp Creatures, Latte Libera Ruling-Class Elites Cashing in on America” & the current GOP primary & more! The book: Filthy Rich Politicians: The Swamp Creatures, Latte Liberals, and Ruling-Class Elites Cashing in on America https://a.co/d/7eaOnrO
Professor Boedy, of Univetsity of North Georgia has vast knowledge of all-things Charlie Kirk, his Turning Points USA & their network, Kirk’s impact and influence on the radical right. Check out his website detailing Charlie Kirk: https://medium.com/@mboedy
Freelance writer, Thor Benson sits down with me to discuss his piece: “A historian's view on the first indictment of a former POTUS” https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-manhattan-indictment-james-long-explained — Thor has bylines in WIRED, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone and more.
Freelance journalist, Noah Berlatsky returns to the pod for season 7! We discuss his piece “Burying the WhiteWorking ClassDefining the working class by whiteness serves the capitalists” — Noah’s writing is invaluable, particularly as we kick off the 2024 POTUS race and attempt to examine the electorate in America. https://open.substack.com/pub/noahberlatsky/p/burying-the-white-working-class?r=utry&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
The amazing, Minister Benjamin Perry of Middle Church sits down w/ mary angela perna to discuss their new book, “Cry Baby”. We discuss the transformative power of crying! https://www.benjaminjperry.com/book
Veteran freelance journalist, Noah Berlatsky joins Mary Angela Perna to discuss his piece, “Why does Clarence Thomas's billionaire benefactor own Nazi napkins?” & his piece on his Substack, “Our Problem Isn't Polarization. It's Fascism.” https://noahberlatsky.substack.com/p/our-problem-isnt-polarization-its 2nd piece. https://www.publicnotice.co/p/idaho-abortion-travel-ban
senior IT/cybersec reporter, Tom McKay shares his article for Rolling Stone & the ridiculousness of CPAC. figures on the MAGA right, Twitter nonsense & more!
Jay McKenzie, friend of the show returns to discuss Trump’s (possible) indictment in New York, Kevin McCarthy, and overall RW ridiculousness of the week! Follow his pod —> “Did Nothing Wrong Podcast” —> https://www.didnothingwrongpod.com/
Important conversation with psychotherapist Nick Carmody, insights regarding the far right wing, dealing with friends and family we disagree with in today’s political climate and more. Subscribe to Nick’s informative Patreon! —> https://www.patreon.com/NickCarmody
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We discuss the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. His 40 years reporting give him a vast wealth of knowledge! At Newsweek, Alter wrote more than 50 cover stories, which included everything from Bill Clinton’s first interview after leaving the presidency, to Barack Obama’s first-ever magazine cover, to Alter’s personal story of living with cancer. Beyond politics and media, he has written extensively over the years about foreign policy, education, fiscal policy, terrorism, anti-Semitism, at-risk children, national service and a wide variety of other issues. On this episode, we discuss Jonathan’s piece for “Washington Monthly” https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/02/27/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-was-a-dumb-move/ —- Jonathan’s substack: https://oldgoats.substack.com/p/putin-in-a-time-warp —- Jonathan’s latest book, “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life”
Columnist for Raw Story, Joshua Green joins Mary Angela Perna to discuss his piece, “The same far-right influencers behind the effort to overturn the election are pushing for a convoy on DC”& what’s happening in the overall far RW extremist movement.
Joshua’s knowledge of the right wing is extensive and his column is a must-read! https://www.rawstory.com/freedom-convoy-2656591373/
Nina Burleigh is the author of six books and a national journalist whose work has been published widely, including in Rolling Stone and The New York Times, to name a few outlets. She is also an executive producer on the docuseries Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell, streaming on Peacock and Sky. We discuss her piece published in The New Republic, The Rich Mothers of the Insurrection” —> https://newrepublic.com/article/161208/trump-women-capitol-riot-funding & more!
The great Dana Milbank of The Washington Post joins me to discuss Trump’s former director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought. A constant Bannon guest on Bannon’s podcast, like most Trump appointees, radical, unqualified. How the RW like Bannon are bringing Vought on shows to sabotage Biden’s progressive economic agenda—or attempting to. Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/31/russell-vought-trump-saboteur-undermine-biden-america/ We also discuss the piece Dana wrote giving a thoughtful critique on the state of the press and how the need to be “adversarial” is problematic. There’s no comparing the Trump admin verses the Biden admin, as if both parties are the same. At a time where only one of the major parties in America believes in liberal democracy, Dana’s piece is vital:
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Journalist, Heidt Cuda & award-winning immersive Entertainment producer, Jim Stewartson share their vast knowledge of the far RW with me on Lush Left Media! It’s vital we talk about rising fascism in America, the players and stay informed!
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Murtaza Hussain of The Intercept joins me to discuss his piece about how wealthy right wing families are funding measures to undermine our democracy, in the name of “voter integrity”. This impacts state legislatures, the right to vote & more! The piece: https://theintercept.com/2021/08/07/election-fraud-bradley-impact-fund-donors/
Award-winning journalist, Will Bredderman of The Daily Beast talks to me about a very weird building rented by Bannon’s latest biz partner, Miles Guo. A lot of very strange things around this situation! His piece: https://www.thedailybeast.com/eduardo-eurnekian-the-billionaire-behind-steve-bannons-fake-chinese-embassy
A. C. Thompson is a reporter and doc filmmaker of two vital docs on RW extremism, “American Insurrection” & “ DOCUMENTING HATE: NEW AMERICAN NAZIS” — both with Frontline PBS & ProBublica. We discuss the far right, RW groups emboldened and more.
The great reporter for Salon, Igor Derysh returns to Lush Left Media. We’re talking about his piece exploring what happened to former leftie, Kyrsten Sinema! With voting rights on the line, her objection to stopping the filibuster is astounding! Ppl in AZ feel betrayed! https://www.salon.com/2021/07/03/utter-betrayal-angry-activists-who-helped-elect-kyrsten-sinema-say-she-has-no-values/
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Jill Filipovic, a weekly columnist for CNN and a 2019 New America Future of War fellow, she is also a contributing writer to The New York Times and a former columnist for The Guardian. She’s also a yoga instructor! We talk democracy, yoga & more!
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Journalist, Sam Theilman returns to Lush Left Media to talk RW fuckery & more!
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Veteran music producer & now podcast producer of the wildly popular, The New Abnormal, Fever Dreams, Killed By Desk & more, Jesse Cannon sits down w/ me to dish on the music industry & political podcasting!
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Visiting Georgetown University professor, Thomas Zimmer, w/ a background in history & Transatlantic history & global health joins me to discuss RW authoritarianism both here in the U.S. —past, current & the future—also the rise of RW movements abroad.
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Staff writer at The Atlantic, Edward-Isaac Dovere joins me for a fab (& juicy!) convo regarding the 2020 Democratic Party primary—outlined in his new book, “Battle for the Soul INSIDE THE DEMOCRATS' CAMPAIGNS TO DEFEAT TRUMP”
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JENNIFER MERCIECA is professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Founding Fictions and coeditor of The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency, and Her latest published in July 2020, “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump” (very prescient!)
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Documentary filmmaker & now author, Jen Senko chats with me about RW media, her new book “Brainwashing of My Dad” & more!
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David Shor is a data scientist, Sr fellow at CAP Action Fund, Sr. data scientist w/ Civics Analytics — we discuss the 2020 election, the GOP, how the polls were wrong and what Dems can do to win in 2022.
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I sat down with journalist & writer of “Shadow Network”. We discuss the radical right, the Council for National Policy & the radical right’s 40 year plan to shape America. Through RW media, messaging, propaganda & so much more. Anne’s book is vital: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/46020029-shadow-network
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I sat down with Igor Derysh of Salon to go over his piece re the ultra RW family, the Mercers—read his piece “How one billionaire family bankrolled election lies, white nationalism — and the Capitol riot”: https://www.salon.com/2021/02/04/how-one-billionaire-family-bankrolled-election-lies-white-nationalism--and-the-capitol-riot/
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David Neiwert is a columnist for The Daily Kos, bylines in most major outlets, author of several books on the RW, including his latest: Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us (https://www.amazon.com/Red-Pill-Blue-Counteract-Conspiracy/dp/1633886263 ) — we discuss his latest piece, the state of the far RW & more. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/2/1/2013421/-Republicans-who-keep-a-finger-on-reality-are-finding-out-their-voters-have-gone-off-the-deep-end
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I sit down with journalist, Bill Scher (Politico, Real Clear Politics, Washington Monthly & more) —we discuss his piece, “Don't Squeeze the Manchin!” (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/01/dont_squeeze_the_manchin_145159.html ) — Biden’s Covid package, reconciliation, moderates like Joe Manchin & more!
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Meet an amazing candidate for the 42nd CD in California, Regina Marston. Fighting for climate, jobs & justice—she’s pragmatic, progressive and ready to help the people of her district. #CA42 https://reginamarston.com/
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Alexander, expert and writer on far right extremism, we go over his Daily Beast article “Inside the Alt-Right Meltdown After Failed Capitol Putsch”: https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-alt-right-meltdown-after-failed-capitol-putsch
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ICYMI, my interview with the fabulous speaker, Kay Richae. In the aftermath of #georgefloyd we talk about understands , healing and how we can respond.
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