Borderlands (w/ Ken Salazar)

Borderlands (w/ Ken Salazar)

This one’s a little different. Aaron, Matt, and Jonathan talk with Ken Salazar—former U.S. Senator from Colorado, Secretary of the Interior under Obama, and Ambassador to Mexico under Biden—about why Democrats need to rethink their approach to the U.S.-Mexico border and start treating immigration not as a liability to be managed, but a genuine opportunity to be seized. We also discuss the politics of Mexico and Ken’s experiences with AMLO, Mexico’s former insanely popular populist president, and Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s current insanely popular populist president. Aaron even tries to get a little feisty with Ken about his climate record, but fails spectacularly due to Ken’s kind grandpa demeanor. Oh well! Check out Ken Salazar’s new book, Borderlands: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Borderlands/Ken-Salazar/9798902680215 Fighting Fascism Podcast is produced by Nik Damants in collaboration with The Nation.   Intro song and music by Horse Radish.   Follow us!  Instagram @FightFascismPod [https://www.instagram.com/fightfascismpod] BlueSky @FightingFascismPod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/fightingfascismpod.bsky.social] Twitter @FightFascismPod [https://x.com/FightFascismPod]

Dope Popes (w/ Matt Sitman)

Back in May, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas” — a surprisingly forceful call-out of dehumanizing technology, Big Tech oligarchs, and an economic order that casts the few as gods and the many as disposable. To talk about this work (and Aaron’s growing Catholicism-envy, and the utterly pathetic “faith” of J.D. Vance), we invited Matthew Sitman, co-host of the great Know Your Enemy Podcast and official Catholic sage of the erudite left, to walk us through this era of moral leadership from the Catholic Church. This is a good one. We swear, so help us God! Fighting Fascism Podcast is produced by Nik Damants in collaboration with The Nation.   Intro song and music by Horse Radish.   Follow us!  Instagram @FightFascismPod [https://www.instagram.com/fightfascismpod] BlueSky @FightingFascismPod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/fightingfascismpod.bsky.social] Twitter @FightFascismPod [https://x.com/FightFascismPod]

Founding Myths (w/ Tad Stoermer)

To celebrate the 250th, we’re looking back at the founding with Tad Stoermer, author of the NYTimes bestseller “A Resistance History of the United States.” Why did the same people who kicked off the American Revolution actively oppose the adoption of the Constitution? Was Rhode Island always a mob state? What can we learn from the musical 1776, starring Mr. Feeny? All this and more on this special 4th (well, 6th) of July episode of Fighting Fascism. Check out Tad’s book here: https://www.tadstoermer.com/ Fighting Fascism Podcast is produced by Nik Damants in collaboration with The Nation.   Intro song and music by Horse Radish.   Follow us!  Instagram @FightFascismPod [https://www.instagram.com/fightfascismpod] BlueSky @FightingFascismPod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/fightingfascismpod.bsky.social] Twitter @FightFascismPod [https://x.com/FightFascismPod]

For the Union Makes Us Strong (w/ Sara Nelson)

Sara Nelson is the President of the Association of Flight Attendants, and one of the most badass leaders in the labor movement today. But that doesn’t mean we didn’t do a hard-hitting, critical interview with her. Well, actually, that’s exactly what it means. Hear Sara lay out the challenges and opportunities that unions face right now and the role of organized labor in fighting fascism. And hear us just kinda fan-boy nod along to everything she says! Fighting Fascism Podcast is produced by Nik Damants in collaboration with The Nation.   Intro song and music by Horse Radish.   Follow us!  Instagram @FightFascismPod [https://www.instagram.com/fightfascismpod] BlueSky @FightingFascismPod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/fightingfascismpod.bsky.social] Twitter @FightFascismPod [https://x.com/FightFascismPod]

How to Mess with Big Tech Oligarchs (w/ Cory Doctorow)

Cory Doctorow, guy who coined the term enshittification, has been eviscerating Big Tech oligarchs for many years. He’s now turning his razor-sharp mind onto one of our most/least favorite topics: AI. His new book, “The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI,” is in many ways a practical guide for how to resist (actually resist, not just feel-good resist) the biggest financial scam in human history. Cory joins us to discuss what we should really be protesting when we protest AI. (And, at the end, we make sure to touch on his idea that Democrats should start preparing to prosecute the fascists who have so desperately got it coming, a.k.a., the Nuremberg Caucus.) Check out Cory's blog Pluralistic [https://pluralistic.net/]. Buy his new book "The Reverse-Centaur's Guide to Life After AI." [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai/] Fighting Fascism Podcast is produced by Nik Damants in collaboration with The Nation.   Intro song and music by Horse Radish.   Follow us!  Instagram @FightFascismPod [https://www.instagram.com/fightfascismpod] BlueSky @FightingFascismPod.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/fightingfascismpod.bsky.social] Twitter @FightFascismPod [https://x.com/FightFascismPod]