News from Nowhere

Podiversary (Free! Highlight Show) This is first free public show since we moved to a weekly subscription program, featuring clips from Corey’s interviews with Ken Silverstein (Washington Babylon), Klint Finley (Wired), Michael Brooks (Majority Report/TMBS), and Shane (Beast Coast). Subscribe on Patreon for weekly shows!

Camping Trip (with Andrea Pitzer) Corey talks concentration camps, from Auschwitz to Guantanamo, with Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Andrea’s website A Washingtonian magazine review of Andrea’s book

Fire and Fury (with Tim Shorrock and Jason Wilson) Corey Pein receives a report from Jason Wilson in Charlottesville, and speaks to Tim Shorrock about North Korea. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Jason’s articles at the Guardian Tim’s articles at The Nation

Media for the Apocalypse (with Jason Wilson and Michael Brooks) Corey talks to Jason Wilson about the far-right media landscape, from AmRen to Infowars, and to Michael Brooks about podcasts, persuasion, and power. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Jason’s articles at the Guardian Jason’s report from the AmRen 2017 conference in … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 15"

The Online Culture Wars Corey Pein chats with Angela Nagle about her new book “Kill All Normies.” Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Angela on Twitter Angela’s Baffler essay, The New Man of 4chan

The Secret Policeman at the Marathon Corey Pein talks about the Spanish Civil War with writer and historian Adam Hochschild. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Adam’s book Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 The Harper’s review of Adam’s book Adam’s faculty profile at the UC Berkeley … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 13"

Techies and Tankies Corey Pein discusses tankies with Michael Brooks and all things life-extending with Elmo Keep. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website Urban Dictionary entry for Tankies Elmo’s Smithsonian magazine piece on life extension Michael’s shows at majority.fm

Against the Fascist Creep Corey Pein traces the history of 20th century fascism with Alexander Reid Ross, the author of Against the Fascist Creep (AK Press, 2017). Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website A review of Alex’s book on Truthout Alex’s own work on Truthout Alex’s essay on the Portland killings and … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 11"

Hashtag Resistance Corey Pein talks to Michael Brooks about his Baffler piece, coauthored with David Slavick, on the failure of institutional centrism to provide adequate resistance to the far right. The piece was “No Time for a Negative Peace.” Corey also speaks to “Louise Mensch,” the former British Tory MP and current prolific Twitter influencer, … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 10"

Burn It Down We’re back! Corey Pein brings his ninth episode of News from Nowhere to The Baffler. Within he discusses David Attenborough’s Planet Earth series with Amber A’Lee Frost and Will Menaker, and whether the left should arm with Adrian Bonenberger. Notes And Links This podcast at The Baffler’s website The other Baffler podcast, … Continue reading "News From Nowhere Ep. 09"