Strange Days with Fernand Amandi: Recent Episodes
Fernand Amandi
Strange days have found us…Political commentator and electoral polling expert Fernand Amandi leads this discussion about news, politics, and culture. Frequent guests include prominent national reporters, former and current elected officials, opinion makers, filmmakers, and anyone else with their finger on the pulse of our nation during these unprecedented times in the age of Trump. A new episode every week coming to you from our studio in South Florida.
Strange Days is produced by Hannah Artman and Daniela Ferrera.
Ready for the coming impact of climate change?
Fear not as CBS Sunday science expert David Pogue tells #StrangeDaysPodcast how to get ready + Frank Schaeffer warns how radicalized evangelical Christians threaten Biden’s agenda & democracy.
How should President Biden spend his hard fought political capital?
Brilliant Biden transition advisor Chris Lu + MSNBC National Security superstar Malcolm Nance tell #StrangeDaysPodcast what POTUS’s domestic & foreign policy priorities should be!
Will the domestic terrorist attack on our US Capitol by pro-Trump white supremacists spark a Second Civil War?
Experts, Tim Wise and Jared Yates Sexton, who long ago predicted these events would come to pass, explain to #StrangeDaysPodcast what happens next.
Was the attack on the US Capitol the end or the launch of the insurrectionist danger we now face?
Authoritarian scholars Ruth Ben-Ghiat + Sarah Kendzior break down the attempted coup by pro-Trump terrorists on #StrangeDaysPodcast & warn of what comes next.
Should the Biden White House ignore or appease Mitch McConnell?
One of the wisest minds in Democratic politics, Adam Jentleson, author of the new book, #KillSwitch joins the #StrangeDaysPodcast with sage advice on how to confront an obstructionist GOP.
In times of trouble, #StrangeDaysPodcast turns to trusted voices to explain the way forward, as does this week’s episode featuring MSNBC contributor Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of #BeginAgain + NPR Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa on her new memoir, #OnceIWasYou.
Will Donald Trump’s coup attempt to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden be successful?
Ex FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi + Ex CIA officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen explain why we must be vigilant on a must-hear #StrangeDaysPodcast
On the last #StrangeDaysPodcast before the most vitally important election in American history, the super duo of Sarah Kendzior & ex CIA Officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen + a surprise guest, prepare us for what we must do. #VoteForBiden
Is the FBI prepared for ‘worst case scenarios’ if Trump incites post-election violence?
Ex FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi explains the contingencies to #StrangeDaysPodcast + Miami Herald's Leonard Pitts Jr. on why Biden must play hardball if he wins.
Are we sufficiently prepared to stop Trump’s transparent efforts to steal the election?
MSNBC national security analyst Malcolm Nance + #SCOTUS legal expert Elie Mystal explore the scary scenarios to #StrangeDaysPodcast on a must-listen episode.
Are we approaching the brink of a full-on American dictatorship?
HidingInPlainSight author and Gaslit Nation's Sarah Kendzior + ex-CIA officer
officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, join #StrangeDaysPodcast for an urgent and sobering discussion.
Has the GOP been acting in bad faith for decades, and not just in the Trump era?
Famed Project Lincoln strategist Stuart Stevens, the mastermind behind the Romney 2012 campaign, tells #StrangeDaysPodcast + Mike Grunwald how Republicans lost their way.
Fascism expert Timothy Snyder returns to #StrangeDaysPodcast, offering urgent advice on how to best resist if Trump refuses to leave + MSNBC reporter & #Separated author Jacob Soboroff exposes how our government horrifically caged migrant children.
Does our response to #COVID19 signal the end of the American era?
Wade Davis, whose viral Rolling Stone piece makes a wistful + compelling case for that premise, explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast how we got here in a must-listen episode.
Will fascism + white supremacy be the new normal if Joe Biden loses the election?
Jason Stanley explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast, How Fascism Works + Robert P. Jones unpacks why American Christianity has been #WhiteTooLong
Is Donald Trump really a madman or is his ‘madman act’ a tactic to consolidate power? CNN’s Jim Sciutto explains his take on #TheMadmanTheory while election security expert Jennifer Cohn tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why we must plan for a stolen election.
Can a Democrat really defeat an incumbent GOP President?
Legendary Democratic strategist Paul Begala, author of #YoureFired is one of the few to have ever done it and he tells #StrangeDaysPodcast how to get it done and beat one, in a must-listen episode!
How dangerous to our American democracy is the prospect of #TrumpsGestapo?
VERY, according to MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance + ex CIA officer/Belfer Center’s Rolf Mowatt-Larssen in this sobering #StrangeDaysPodcast must-hear Headphone episode.
Are authoritarianism experts feeling better about the Presidential election, given Joe Biden’s polling lead?
Two of America’s most prescient scholars on autocracy & fascism, Ruth Ben-Ghiat + Sarah Kendzior, sound the alarm on a must-hear #StrangeDaysPodcast
Does your stomach churn when you see Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s name trending?
SCOTUS expert David Kaplan explains why today’s Supreme Court is #TheMostDangerousBranch + Katherine Stewart warns of the rise of religious nationalism in a sobering #StrangeDaysPodcast
If the current polling holds, will an epic GOP electoral defeat forever alter American politics?
Maddow show producer Steve Benen, author of #TheImpostors, explains why to #StrangeDaysPodcast + MSNBC’s Zerlina Maxwell proclaims #TheEndOfWhitePolitics
If Joe Biden wins, do anti-Trump ad makers like Project Lincoln + Meidas Touch deserve some of the credit?
StrangeDaysPodcast talks to the creative geniuses behind both groups:
Rick Wilson and Reed Galen + the Meiselas brothers in a MUST LISTEN episode!
Will it ultimately be the women of America who salvage the republic?
Amee Vanderpool tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why sheroes will save the day + Daryle Lamont Jenkins explains why closeted racists must be outed and subjected to public shaming.
Has anything been done to make the 2020 elections safer from Putin’s meddling?
Magnitsky Act mastermind + Putin’s greatest foe Bill Browder tells #StrangeDaysPodcast what’s changed + brilliant ex FSU Football star Dr. Myron Rolle on #BlackLivesMatter
America is broken. Can we fix it?
Writer, thinker & activist, Toure explains why #GeorgeFloydProtests are galvanizing the world + MSNBC legal analyst Barb McQuade tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why America’s most dangerous man, AG Barr is lying about Antifa.
Can we restore American democracy regardless of Donald Trump winning or losing reelection?
Trumpocalypse author David Frum charts the course forward + The Hill's
Amie Parnes takes us in the Biden + Trump 2020 camps on a must hear #StrangeDaysPodcast
Why is Frank Figliuzzi so concerned about the coming chaos?
Listen to the ex FBI Asst. Director tell #StrangeDaysPodcast why things have taken a darker turn + Miami Herald’s Leonard Pitts Jr. explains why it may be hard to forgive our fellow citizens.
What if Donald Trump wins?
As disturbing a thought as it is, we explore the nightmarish question w/ Washington Monthly’s Paul Glastris + Mother Jones’s David Corn tells #StrangeDaysPodcast his assessment of Robert Muller a year after his investigation.
Are we underplaying the dangerous domestic threat the white terrorist Trump death cult means for America?
Author Jared Yates Sexton paints a disturbing picture and Cult Expert Steven Hassan explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast how #TheCultOfTrump acts like a death cult.
Is Donald Trump’s catastrophic response to the #coronavirus an active measure?
Legendary ex-CIA intelligence officer John Sipher offers his take to #StrangeDaysPodcast + Author & Johns Hopkins Professor Thomas Rid explains the history of disinformation.
Who should be Joe Biden’s VP pick?
Kennedy School Fellow and author of #SayItLouder, Tiffany Cross tells #StrangeDaysPodcast who she’d take + Fletcher School Professor Dan Drezner explains why Trump should be called #ToddlerInChief
This week Donald Trump declared himself a dictator, so now what?
Gaslit Nation host and New York Times bestselling #HidingInPlainSight author Sarah Kendzior explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast + Pastor John Pavlovitz foresees a reckoning for Trump evangelicals.
Has the #coronavirus economy forever widened the gap between rich & poor?...or can the new federal stimulus bills prevent that?
Two brilliant thinkers, Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer + Politico's Mike Grunwald share their insights on #StrangeDaysPodcast.
Is the media normalizing Donald Trump during the #coronavirus as they did in 2016? Playboy White House Correspondent Brian Karem takes #StrangeDaysPodcast inside the briefing room + #DirtyRubles author Greg Olear explains why Trump is the #TeflonDon.
In a panic over your finances & 401(k) thanks to the #CoronavirusPandemic?
StrangeDaysPodcast has you covered w/ CNBC financial guru Ron Insana offering his best advice + PoliSci expert Dr. Jason Johnson grades how politicians have responded to #coronavirus.
Freaked out about the #coronavirus?
Fear not, #StrangeDaysPodcast is here to guide you by the hand w/ #WorldWarZ creator/mastermind, Max Brooks + the brilliant religious scholar Reza Aslan.
Kick back with a cold one & tune in, but #DontBeASpreader!
Now that Joe Biden will be the Dem nominee, will more Republicans vote for Joe over Trump? #NeverTrump Washington Post columnist Max Boot opines + political scientist Marcus H. Johnson explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast WHY black voters saved Joe’s campaign.
Is race still at the heart of what the 2020 election is truly about? And has Joe Biden now vanquished Bernie Sanders?Anti-racism scholar Timothy Wise and legendary Democratic pollster wise-man Stanley Greenberg offer answers to both on this #StrangeDaysPodcast!
A must hear #StrangeDaysPodcast as Washington Post Pulitzer Prize duo Carol Leonnig & Philip Rucker paint a disturbing picture of what they found in their book A Very Stable Genius + author Anne Nelson describes the Shadow Network super-powering the radical right.
Are the #DemDebates helping or hurting The Democrats chances against beating Donald Trump? Legendary Democratic wiseman Joe Lockhart shares hard truths w/#StrangeDaysPodcast + star GOP pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson reveals how the other side sees it.
Is the United States now a dictatorship?
2016 #NeverTrump Presidential candidate & StandUpRepublic head Evan McMullin weighs in + Political scientist Rachel Bitecofer tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why the data says Trump has NO CHANCE to win in November.
On one of our nation’s darkest days, I URGE you to listen to one the most important, enthralling interviews ever conducted on #StrangeDaysPodcast between Sarah Kendzior + former CIA Senior Officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen.
Miss the Impeachment Trial coverage this week?
Have no fear, #StrangeDaysPodcast is here with Elie Mystal & Jennifer Taub telling us what to expect after the Senate GOP acquits + polling guru Mark Mellman forecasts the Iowa Caucuses & the Dem field.
How much irreparable harm has Donald Trump done to the Presidency? "Unmaking the Presidency" authors Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes assess the damage. Later, Allan Lichtman, predictor of 9 past elections, tells Strange Days Podcast whether Trump wins again.
Will The Democrats blow the most important election in history?
Not if Rick Wilson can help it, as he tells #StrangeDaysPodcast what they must do to stop Trumpocalypse 2.0 + New York Magazine climate change author David Wallace Wells warns of #TheUninhabitableEarth.
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Did Donald Trump order the #Soliemani killing to #WagTheDog?
MSNBC Analyst & US Navy combat vet, Malcolm Nance explains the #IranCrisis to #StrangeDaysPodcast + The Atlantic's James and Deborah Fallows take us inside #OurTowns across America!
Happy 2020!
For the first #StrangeDaysPodcast of the new year and new decade, hear New York Times Books editor Pamela Paul share secrets of #HowToRaiseAReader and New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer reveals #TheFirstConspiracy, targeting George Washington.
They impeached him, now what? 2019’s last #StrangeDaysPodcast features AEI’s Norm Ornstein + Washington Post’s Greg Sargent analyzing impeachment next steps.
Are we at America's end?
The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky untangles what imperiled the republic & assesses If We Can Keep It & Social Security expert & Sha Na Na legend Jon "Bowzer" Bauman tells the #StrangeDaysPodcast why Social Security Works and why Grease is still the word...
An action packed, must-listen #StrangeDaysPodcast features Joel Stein making a strong case in Defense of Elitism, Eleanor Randolph, revealing “The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg” + Jonathan Safran Foer explaining why “We Are the Weather”
Surprise! We're hitting your playlists early this Thanksgiving week with two special interviews from the Miami Book Fair with Leonard Pitts Jr. and Kevin Kruse & Julian Zelizer.
Listen, subscribe, leave a review, and enjoy the holiday!
What do we do now when it’s painfully obvious that they don’t represent us? Harvard scholar Larry Lessig outlines a pathway forward to #StrangeDaysPodcast + Author Tom LoBianco who has covered Mike Pence’s entire career explains what really drives him.
Just because Barack Obama isn’t President, doesn’t mean his influence has faded. Administration alum Chris Lu tells #StrangeDaysPodcast why he’s still hopeful + Obama Foundation CEO David Simas reveals how the Obamas are inspiring America’s next leaders.
Are progressive purity tests undermining The Democrats ability to win elections and govern?
Signal Boost Show host and CNN commentator Jess McIntosh tackles the question and Think Progress founder Judd Legum tells #StrangeDaysPodcast how we got in and get out of the Trump era.
Happy Halloween, #StrangeDaysPodcast listeners!!! In this SPOOKY episode of the podcast we discuss one of the scariest topics of all: The Cult of Trump, with author Steven Hassan. A little later in the podcast, editor-in-chief of The Bulwark and prominent #NeverTrumper, Charlie Sykes gives us some Scary Advice on How to Survive Our Impeachment Nightmare.
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May Day, May Day, May Day! Yes folks, it's still October, but we're sending out a distress call out for the state of America. POLITICO's National Security Correspondent, Natasha Bertrand joins us to discuss the nightmare of the current administration and the Ukraine-gate impeachment probe. Later in the podcast, we talk to the great Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, about national security issues and all the ghouls and goblins in the Trump White House.
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Buckle up, #StrangeDaysPodcast listeners, because you're in for a ride! This week, we discussed impeachment and the fourth Democratic debate with one of the most ferocious political voices in the twitterverse, Democratic strategist, Peter Daou. Later in the podcast... You've heard of "fake news", but what about fake charts and graphs? Alberto Cairo, author of How Charts Lie, joins us to discuss how data can be manipulated and how you can learn to cut through the data deceit.
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“BE WARNED: IF TRUMP IS IMPEACHED OR LOSES IN 2020, EVANGELICAL LEADERS ARE CALLING FOR THE OVERTHROW OF THE U.S GOVERNMENT” says our latest #StrangeDaysPodcast guest, Frank Schaeffer, son of the late theologian Francis Schaeffer, and author of Letter to Lucy: A Manifesto of Creative Redemption - In the Age of Trump, Fascism and Lies, and writer.
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Confused and overwhelmed by the deluge of impeachment news? Well you’re in luck, because Sarah Kendzior is here to break it all down on the #StrangeDayPodcast. Later on the podcast, we talk to the foremost experts on all things Koch with Professor Nancy MacLean and Kochland author, Christopher Leonard.
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Are billionaire philanthropists change-agents or do they actually help preserve the plutocracy class? Winners Take All author Anand Giridharadas shares his provocative take on #StrangeDaysPodcast and Brian Rosenwald explains why conservatives dominate Talk Radio's America.
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Adam Jentleson and Julia Davis
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Dean Haycock and Simon Rosenberg
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Host of MSNBC's AM Joy and the author of the new Morrow / Harper Collins book, The Man Who Sold America
Michael Wolff, Olga Lautman, and The Children's Trust of Miami-Dade.
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Phil Mudd and Michael Chertoff.
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Cheri Jacobus and Julie Zebrak.
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Former FBI Counter Intelligence Deputy, MSNBC's Frank Figliuzzi and Former FBI Counter Terrorism Deputy, CNN's Philip Mudd -both of whom worked closely for years with Special Counsel Robert Mueller - discuss their thoughts on the release of the redacted Mueller report.
Surprise! We just couldn't wait til Thursday to get something out. Following the conclusion of the Mueller report, Fernand talks with MSNBC's Malcolm Nance and CNN's Phil Mudd about their reactions to Barr's summary of the report. After that, we bring on write Valerie Plame Wilson to talk about U.S. government agencies during the age of Trump. Enjoy and make sure to leave a review!
Dr. Bandy X. Lee, mental health expert, discusses the second edition of "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" and elections expert Jennifer Cohn weighs in on the our election security in this week’s episode of #StrangeDaysPodcast. Please enjoy and leave a review!
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Author and scholar Sarah Kendzior graces us with her presence again this week along with Watergate prosecutor and MSNBC legal analyst Nick Akerman. Enjoy and leave a review!
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Hey, hey, hey! Natasha Bertrand of the Atlantic Magazine and former Ambassador to Panama John D. Feeley join us this week on the #StrangeDaysPodcast. Enjoy and leave a review!
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Yes, the #CohenHearing was lit💥🔥💥, as #NeverTrumper Tim Miller explains on today's episode. Then we are joined by Camelot's End author Jon Ward and legendary Democratic wisemen Bob Shrum and Mike Abrams who share their hard earned lessons from the Carter vs. Kennedy 1980 Democratic Primary and how to avoid those mistakes in 2020. 👇Enjoy and leave a review!
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Amie Parnes, Senior Political Correspondent for The Hill, and Sarah Kendzior, author of The View from Flyover Country join us on this week’s femme-powered episode of #StrangeDaysPodcast. Enjoy, and leave a review!
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Franklin Foer of the Atlantic Magazine, and CNN Legal Analyst Jennifer Taub join us this week on a special edition #ValentinesDay episode of #StrangeDaysPodcast. But we don’t stop there; we wrap the show with Fernand’s special valentine, the lovely Chenell Tannure, with some V-Day trivia. Stay tuned for a special guest appearance at the very end! Enjoy, and leave a review!
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Join us this week on the Strange Days Podcast when we speak to Steven Lee Myers of the New York Times, based in Beijing, and Jonah Goldberg of the National Review, author of “Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Nationalism, Populism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy.” Listen! Enjoy! Tell a friend and leave a review if you like the show!
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This week on #StrangeDays, we cover the crisis in Venezuela with WLRN (South Florida NPR station) Americas Editor Tim Padgett, who covers Latin America and the Caribbean, and Venezuelan-born South Florida political consultant Maurizio Passariello. After that, we return to our fascinating interviews from the #MiamiBookFair with Thomas Frank, author of Rendezvous from Oblivion, and Ben Fountain, author of Beautiful Country Burn Again. But WAIT! There’s more… David Cay Johnston, author of “It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America” rounds out our show. Buckle up and enjoy!
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Playboy political writer and CNN analyst Brian Karem joins us, along with Washington Post op-ed columnist Greg Sargent, for a blazing new episode of the #StrangeDaysPodcast. Enjoy and leave a review!
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Malcolm Nance and David French, Billy Corben and Grant Stern.
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Fmr Rep. Carlos Curbelo join the M&M boys: Marc Caputo, Mike Grunwald, and finish with Dan Partland, director of the upcoming Kickstarter funded documentary "#UNFIT: Malignant Narcissism Comes to Washington D.C." Enjoy.
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We kick off 2019 with Simon Rosenberg, founder of the New Democratic Network, and former Congressman Steve Israel, author of “Big Guns”. Enjoy!
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Conservative author, consultant, and editorialist Max Boot ("Corrosion of Conservatism") joins us, followed by former Obama senior advisor and co-host of "Pod Save America" Dan Pfeiffer ("Yes We (Still) Can". Enjoy!
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Authors Rebecca Traister ("Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger") and Michael Beschloss ("Presidents of War") join us from the Miami Book Fair. Enjoy!
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THE Rick Wilson joins us to discuss Everything Trump Touches Dies and more, as well as an insightful discussion with Ian Bassin and Ben Berwick of Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting attacks, from at home and abroad, on our right to free, fair, and fully informed self-government. Enjoy!
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What happens when you get POLITICO's Michael Grunwald & Marc Caputo + MSNBC legal analyst Katie Phang cross-examining Donald J. Trump confidant Roger Stone on Michael Cohen's guilty plea?
You get the latest episode🔥of the #StrangeDaysPodcast
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This weekend we had the pleasure of attending the Miami Book Fair and spoke to some of the brightest authors around, including David Corn and Michael Isikoff, authors of "Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donal Trump", as well as Sarah Kendzior "The View from Flyover Country". Enjoy, and leave a review!
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Boy do we have a doozie for you! We welcome back a friend of the show, Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Leonard Pitts Jr., to recap the midterms and commemorate the late Stan Lee. We end with author Bradley Tusk, to discuss his book, "The Fixer", about startups, politics, and more. Enjoy, and leave a review!
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Phew! We breathe a sigh of relief with Malcolm Nance and digest what happened yesterday. Enjoy!
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Filmmaker Jack Bryan joins our LIVE recording of #StrangeDays from #Politicon. Enjoy and leave a review!
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Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton discuss their book, The Best Team Wins: The New Science of High Performance.
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Happy Tuesday podcasters! Check out my interview with Ron Stallworth and Leonard Pitts, Jr. + special guest and good friend Anthony Williams.
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CBS Chief White House Correspondent Major Garret and U.S. Congressional Candidate for Florida's 25th District Mary Barzee Flores. Enjoy!
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Political scientist and Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas, and The Atlantic writer Franklin Foer. Enjoy!
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This week we speak with General Michael Hayden as well as the guys behind the #KremlinAnnex protests, Adam Parkhomenko, John Aravosis, joined by Jeff Crile. If you like the show, leave us a review! Enjoy and see you next week.
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This week on #StrangeDays, THE Rick Wilson talks to us about his new book, "Everything Trump Touches Dies" and iconic punk rocker Henry Rollins to discuss Trump and where we go from here. If you like the show leave a review!
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MSNBC National Security Contributor Malcolm Nance, Nevada Independent's Jon Ralston, Author Tom Oliphant.
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Are you out there? Still holding on? I know you hear me say it often, but I do not exaggerate when I say each week gets stranger and stranger. This week was no different. This week we talk cybersecurity and Russian interference with former FBI agent Clint Watts, author of Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News. Next, we talk Mueller investigation with former federal prosecutor in the Watergate scandal, Nick Akerman, who offers some juicy predictions of who is next to be indicted. Finally, we wrap with author Dan Kaufman, to talk about his new book, The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics. Hope you enjoy!
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Hi folks, welcome back to #StrangeDays! This week we’re bringing you a variety of compelling conversations. First, we start with a world that I come from, the world of progressive talk radio. Dean Obeidallah joins us to talk to us about what it’s like covering the everyday absurdity that is the Trump presidency. Following that, we have a conversation with a dear friend of mine, MAMA Stephanie Miller, to get her take on the talk radio in these strange days we find ourselves in. Moving onto a more serious note and a topic that is near and dear to not only me, but to the city and country that I love, immigration. We invited ACLU Deputy Director of Florida, Melba Pearson, and Juan Calderon, organizer for the Florida Immigration Coalition, to discuss the continued and not forgotten saga of Trump's zero-tolerance policy on separating families at the border. You don’t want to miss this one folks. Enjoy the show.
I'm baaack! I know it's been two weeks since our last show so I hope you didn't miss me too much. After the long holiday, we had to bring back both of the M & M boys to catch up on infrastructure week under the Trump administration, as well as the latest SCOTUS pick. After that. Marc joins us as we continue our coverage on the Florida gubernatorial race with Orlando businessman and Democratic candidate for governor Chris King.
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This week we're bringing you another interview with a candidate for what I would say is one of the most important races in the country. That is the Florida gubernatorial race, and we brought on democratic candidate Andrew Gillum, Mayor of Tallahassee FAMU Rattler alllll the way. Of course we had to bring the heat with the M&M boys(Marc Caputo of POLITICO Florida and Michael Grunwald of POLITICO Magazine). Enjoy!
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Welcome back Strange Days listeners! This week, prepare for a rollercoaster of emotions - we start with the matriarch of comedy and mayor of zero f**ksville, Kathy Griffin as she recounts her last year and why she is not sorry about the photo seen 'round the world. We end on a somber note this week as we discuss the recent passing of the brilliant Anthony Bourdain. Friends of the show Billy Corben from Rakontur and Marc Caputo of POLITICO Florida join us to remember the legend, and to talk a little politics. Thank you for listening, and please remember, if you or someone you know needs help, call the suicide prevention hotline 1-800-273-8255, there is a solution.
Miami Herald 's Leonard Pitts Jr utters the once unthinkable, National Review's brilliant David French reveals if he’ll run against Trump & Matthew Polly unveils the man behind the legend in his new Bruce Lee biography.
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Buenas tardes mis amigos! This week on the #StrangeDaysPodcast, we shine a light on the Democratic party. First we talk big picture with Thomas B. Reston, author of SOUL OF A DEMOCRAT: The Seven Core Ideals That Made Our Party – And Our Country – Great. After that we speak with a Democrat looking to unseat a 25-year Congressional incumbent and fellow... [checks notes] Democrat? That’s right. We speak with Suraj Patel, running for NY District 12, about the change he wants to bring to Congress, New York City, and politics. Enjoy!
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On this episode of #StrangeDaysPodcast, we talk to Putin’s worst nightmare & #MagnitskyAct mastermind Bill Browder about #TrumpRussia+ Best Buddies founder Anthony Shriver on his mom Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World w/ Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eileen McNamara.
A #StrangeDaysPodcast EXCLUSIVE! For the first time ever, we brought together MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance and Phil Mudd, for an important conversation with an incredible panel featuring none other than POLITICO Florida's Marc Caputo and Miami Book Fair's Mitchell Kaplan. We're talking Mueller investigation, James Comey, newly-appointed CIA Director Gina Haspel, and more. LIVE from Books & Books in Coral Gables, FL. This conversation is not one to miss folks.
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Welcome back Strange Days loyalists! The upcoming 2018 election may be our most important yet, and for this episode we were joined by the M&M boys (POLITICO Florida's Marc Caputo and POLITICO Magazine's Michael Grunwald) and Florida gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham to discuss, among other things, why Grunwald thinks she may be the anti-Trump. And an #AskAmandi Q&A to wrap the show. Enjoy
On the newest episode of Strange Days, one of the most important (and disturbing) interviews we've ever done with Yale Professor & author of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century", Timothy D. Snyder. After that we have IAVA head Lieutenant Paul Rieckhoff weigh in on the chaos surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs. And finally, we brought back another segment of AskAmandi Q&A!
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Weirder and weirder it gets folks. This week has been no different. One of my mantras is “country over party” and for the installment we brought on someone who embodies this. David Frum joins us to discuss his new book “Trumpocracy: the Corruption of the American Republic” and his thoughts on how Republicans should act in the Trump age. For the second week in a row, we are joined by MSNBC contributor and fellow podcaster Touré, as he reflects on the recent incident at a Starbucks in Philadelphia and how he would respond if he was CEO of the coffee corporation. We wrap this week’s episode with a new interactive segment we call, “Ask Amandi”, where our listeners get a chance to ask me the questions that have been on the top of their minds. It’s sure to get strange, don’t say I didn’t warn ya.Enjoy!
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! Strange Days is back and this week we cover it all. We start our episode by talking with a fellow podcaster and Miamian Roben Farzad, discussing his fascinating new book, “Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami”, as well as what it’s like to be an Iranian-American. After that...the boys are back in town! POLITICO’s own Marc Caputo and Michael Grunwald are back, and they are joined by a new friend of the podcast, Lance Dixon of The New Tropic, as we discuss the Trump administration, Obama’s legacy, and the exodus of Republicans from Congress (Adios Paul Ryan!). And of course, we got a round of red hot Rapid Fire. Lastly, we continue our Flip that Seat series with Dr. Hiral Tipirneni, a medical professional running for Arizona’s 8th District. Enjoy!
You know what time it is. It’s time to open your ears and your mind, because Strange Days is back and this week’s episode is sure to leave you astounded. Do you remember reading George Orwell’s “1984” in school? Did you ever think, this can never happen in America? It’s time to rethink that because we ARE in Oceania right now. We have to address the news that Sinclair Broadcast Group forced their nearly 200 stations across the country to air their dog whistle propaganda and we found the rare opportunity to speak with an employee of Sinclair, keeping their identity hidden of course. As always, we continue to follow the Trump administration closely by speaking with David Corn, chief of the Washington bureau for Mother Jones, and author of the new book, “Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump”. WAIT! You thought that was it? Oh no. To wrap up our show, we turn back the clocks to the days of jailhouse rock and blue suede shoes. We’re speaking of course about The King, Elvis Presley. We were humbled to speak with a member of the original Memphis Gang, Jerry Schilling, in anticipation of the new HBO documentary, “Elvis Presley: The Searcher”, that Schilling executive produced, airing April 14th. Enjoy!
Bienvenidos Strange Days faithful! This episode is sure to be a treat. A lot has happened since we last spoke. Trump’s lawyer called it quits (I don’t blame him), Mueller and the investigation have been repeatedly attacked, and the army of women seeking justice against Trump gained victories. If you feel over your head in trying to comprehend everything that’s happened, you are not alone. So we will attempt to sort through it all with our friend and CNN legal expert Katie Phang, joined by the fearless journalist Marc Caputo of POLITICO Florida. We continue with our “Flip That Seat” series this week, speaking with the former prosecutor and man who is determined to replace Devin Nunes in Congress, Andrew Janz of the 22nd District of California. So take out your handy pocket-sized copy of the Constitution because it's about to get real. Enjoy!
This week in Strange Days brought us a very strange call from Trump to Putin, congratulating him on his election win. Huh?! It really does get stranger and stranger. We cover all the developments in the Trump-Russia saga with Steven Lee Myers, author of "The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin". Do you like books with pictures in it? Because we have two very interesting interviews with some graphic novelists, one Shannon Wheeler, author of "Sh*t My President Says", and another Khalil Bendib, author of "Verax: The True History of Whistleblowers, Drone Warfare, and Mass Surveillance". Enjoy!
The Resistance Strikes Back! Congrats to Conor Lamb on your win in a district Trump won by 20 points. This week has seen even more shake-ups in the White House, believe it or not. Rex Tillerson is out and Mike Pompeo is in. Who better to analyze this move than former CIA Deputy Director Philip Mudd, who happened to work with Gina Haspel, the woman set to take over as CIA Director? And how could we leave out the M&M boys? Marc Caputo and Michael Grunwald of POLITICO join us in the studio to discuss many things, including the #Gunshine state of Florida, which surprisingly adopted a gun reform bill right before the session ended. We stay with the world of clandestine behavior, speaking with Daniel Golden, author of "Spy Schools", a book about how the intelligence agencies recruit young people from right under our noses. Enjoy the episode and subscribe to the show however you listen to podcasts.
Happy Thursday Strange Days listeners! This week, we take a bird's eye view of foreign policy, corruption, and conflict in the Middle East with the brilliant Rula Jebreal, a Middle East Policy analyst, journalist, screenwriter, and university professor. Then we have "Thanks Obama" author David Litt share what it was like working at his dream job as a speech writer in The White House during the Obama years. And finally, as part of our “Flip that Seat” series, we interview veteran and West Virginia State Senator Richard Ojeda, who once survived a brutal beating two days before his primary, and recovered to become a Democratic State Senator in the heart of Trump country and is now on the warpath to represent his district in Washington. Enjoy!
Strange Days have found us again my friends. This week made our heads spin, so we tried to break it all down with the help of the brilliant Allan Lichtman, author of The Case for Impeachment. Then we speak to Frank Sharry, founder of America’s Voice, to discuss immigration under the Trump administration and the future of DACA along with our intern, Dreamer Maryajosé Zubillaga Sanchez. And of course, we had to bring in a Strange Days favorite, POLITICO's Michael Grunwald, to talk typical Trumplandia and why he's the next John Muir. Enjoy!
Newly-minted PBS News Hour White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor explains why the Stoneman Douglas students are revolutionizing the gun reform debate, the lovely Chenell tackles the existential threat of sea-level rise and global climate change with authors Ashley Dawson and Jeff Goodell, and not to be missed, a must-listen discussion with The Atlantic's Franklin Foer who warns us about how our insidious reliance on big technology is creating a World Without Mind.
Welcome back Strange Days podcasters, today Phillip Mudd joins us again this week to share reactions to yet another heartbreaking school shooting. Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala also weighs in as we discuss what gun violence means for the future on public health in our country. We debut a new segment, "Flip This Seat: A Swing District Spotlight" with Congressional candidate Pam Keith. Finally, we close today with our Mueller experts, Garrett Graff and Phillip Mudd. Enjoy!
Welcome back loyal Strange Day listeners, you’re about to hear a whopper of an episode. We begin with filmmaker Jen Senko as she breaks down how the right-wing media brainwashed her father in her 2016 film, “The Brainwashing of My Dad”. Next, we got GOP strategist and ‘Never Trumper’ Rick Wilson on the line, joined by former Congressman Patrick Murphy, and stranger to the podcast, Marc Caputo of POLITICO Florida, to talk Democratic Party strategy, memo wars, and Trumplandia. Finally, we wrap with a fuego round of rapid-fire.
The FBI has "grave concerns" about the release of the now infamous Nunes memo and who better to explain the implications of what its release might mean than the ex-Deputy Director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, former Mueller deputy, CNN contributor and 'proud shitholer,' Philip Mudd, and former chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, Richard Painter, to discuss the most recent updates in the Mueller investigation. In light of Super Bowl Sunday, we just had to have on former NFL-star and renaissance man Donté Stallworth to further our discussion from last week regarding the intersection of sports and politics. Oh, and half of M&M Politico Florida's Marc Caputo dropped in to raise a little hell - Caputo style. Enjoy!
Sorry I’m late! I barely made it back in time for my own show, and what a strange week it's been. Remember when Donald Trump declared war on the NFL? “Son’s of b**ches” if I recall correctly. Well, we get a player’s perspective of that debacle from none other than Super Bowl Champ Jonathan Vilma, joined by fellow UM alumni and 30-for-30 documentary filmmaker Billy Corben. Unfortunately, those pesky M&M boys (Marc Caputo and Michael Grunwald) crashed the party and joined us for quite a round of political football.
How long has it been? 5 years? 10 years? An eternity?! No, it’s only been one year but damn if it doesn’t feel like longer since Trump took the oath of office. Today, we take a look back at the previous year and digest the lowlights and lowest lights of Trump: Year 1. We begin the show with the eloquent, Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Leonard Pitts, to get his perspective on the roller-coaster of a year. Then we move onto business-whiz CNBC contributor Ron Insana, and from there we go to the resistance with Scott Dworkin, leader of the Democratic Coalition against Trump. Finally we are graced famed actor and activist Ron Perlman, and no, he didn’t ride in on a Harley and break my legs… Start your engines and lets ride!
Welcome back to the next installment of Strange Days. We bring back the M&M boys (Marc Caputo and Michael Grunwald of POLITICO) for their first episode of the new year, to discuss the Fire & Fury coming from the Trump presidency, as well as the oil-drilling episode that played out between Trump and Governor Rick Scott. Then, we're joined by two of the great legal minds, former U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey alongside NBC legal contributor and our friend Katie Phang, to discuss the progress of the Mueller investigation. We wrap the show with a white hot round of rapid fire questions. Hope you can handle the heat!
Happy new year gang, it's the return of the swamp! In our first episode of 2018, we'll be talking to Simon Rosenberg, President of the New Democratic Network, to get his take on the "bomb cyclone" enrapturing Steve Bannon (aka Darth Vader) and the WH. Next, Chenell sparks up conversation with Ben Cort, author of "Weed, Inc. The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry". Finally, we peek behind the curtains of Congress with former United States Congressman Joe Garcia.
After one of the most tumultuous and historic years in American history, let’s end it on a positive note, and this episode is sure to inspire some confidence in you. First we'll dive into the mind of the notorious Russian leader with Steven Lee Myers, author of The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin. The lovely Chenell then addresses issues of race and policing with Michael Eric Dyson, whose new book Tears We Cannot Stop is a must-read. Finally, possibly the greatest interview I've had the pleasure of conducting, I speak with Khizr Khan to discuss his book, An American Family. Happy holidays my friends, and we’ll see you in the new year.
Phew! That was a close one wasn’t it? Congrats to Doug Jones and welcome to the #Resistance. We brought in Teen Vogue’s Lauren Duca to discuss the defeat of Roy Moore and what it spells for Donald Trump’s presidency, as well as the sexism directed at Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Our old pal Michael Grunwald comes by to gloat about his Jones prediction and discuss what he thinks it means for the GOP. Speaking of which, my favorite conservative David French makes his debut on the podcast to explain why the New South beat the Old South this week. Take a listen, follow, and share!
Fernand chats with Norm Ornstein at the Miami Book Fair about his latest book, One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported. Next up, former Health & Human Services Secretary and former University of Miami President Dr. Donna Shalala drops in to discuss the future of healthcare in America. Finally, our favorite dynamic duo, POLITICO Florida's Marc Caputo and POLITICO Magazine's Mike Grunwald stop in to talk and close out the show with a round of rapid fire.
Join the Coalition of Thinkers this week when Fernand kicks off the program with former conservative radio talkshow host, Charlie Sykes to talk about his book How the Right Lost its Mind. Next, the lovely Chenell talks race in America with Angela Davis, here to discuss her anthology Policing the Black Man. Finally, Jared Yates Sexton joins to discuss 'Rage' in America. Fernand pays a special tribute to a musical legend at the end of the program before heading on home.
Our 6th installment of Strange Days has arrived in time for the holidays! This week we come to you from the 34th annual Miami Book Fair. MSNBC’s Katy Tur talks about her book, Unbelievable, detailing her experience on one of the strangest campaign trails to date. Next up, we have the man who tried to warn us of Russian interference into our election, Malcolm Nance, author of The Plot to Hack America. And finally, we speak with the producers of The Man Who Invented Christmas, premiering in theaters this week. We hope you enjoy the show!
Turn up the heat because we’re cookin’ with grease! First we stir the pot with Donna Brazile and the controversy around her new tell-all book, Hacks. Next we separate the ingredients that make up Trump supporters with POLITICO Magazine’s Michael Grunwald and POLITICO’s Michael Kruse. Finally we feast inside the mind of the most powerful man in the world – the mind of Robert Mueller with one of the men that knows him best, Garrett Graff, author of The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's FBI. There’s a special sweet cherry surprise guest on top, who will preview our coverage of the Miami Book Fair in town this weekend. Stay tuned!
Title credit to the witty and talented Michael Grunwald from POLITICO Magazine, who joins us to talk about Trump’s Swamp a year after the election. Simon Rosenberg from the NDN phones in to discuss the hostile ‘shirts vs. skins’ nature of Fox News in the Trumpian era, and artist Billie Grace Lynn pays us a visit to talk about the national controversy surrounding her latest 'American Mask' exhibition.
Fernand talks politics of Puerto Rico with The Miami Herald's Patricia Mazzei and Bendixen & Amandi's Anthony Williams, how the Weinstein scandal has impacted the world of politics with NBC News legal expert Katie Phang, and closes out the show with #TrumpRussia experts Grant Stern and Scott Dworkin.
Strange Days with Fernand Amandi's debut podcast. Featuring POLITICO Magazine's Michael Grunwald, POLITICO Florida's Marc Caputo, and former U.S. Congressmen Republican David Jolly and Democrat Patrick Murphy.