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Strange days have found us…Political commentator and electoral polling guru Fernand Amandi leads this weekly roundtable discussion about news, politics and culture. Frequent guests include prominent national reporters, former and current elected officials, opinion makers, filmmakers, and anyone else…

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    Latest episodes from Strange Days with Fernand Amandi

    The Admiral's Admiral

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 48:00


    Admiral Jim Stavridis & Tiffany Cross

    Lucky Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 50:43


    Amie Parnes & Johnathan Allen

    How to Prepare for Climate Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 76:53


    David Pogue & Frank Schaeffer

    DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 66:34


    Chris Lu & Malcolm Nance

    Confederate Offspring

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 76:08


    Jared Yates Sexton & Tim Wise

    The Attack on American Democracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 65:31


    Ruth Ben-Ghiat & Sarah Kendzior

    How To Throw A Punch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 55:37


    Adam Jentleson

    Scorched Earth Sabotage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 68:14


    Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and Maria Hinojosa

    306 - 232

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 49:17


    Frank Figliuzzi and Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

    Vote for Biden

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 65:21


    Rolf Mowatt-Larssen + Sarah Kendzior

    Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 74:15


    Frank Figliuzzi and Leonard Pitts Jr.

    The Plot to Steal the Election

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 55:27


    Malcolm Nance & Elie Mystal

    Deja News: Sarah Kendzior + Rolf Mowatt-Larssen Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 63:30


    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.

    It Was All A Lie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 62:18


    It Was All A Lie by Fernand Amandi

    Make a Plan Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 64:05


    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.

    The Unraveling of America

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 48:35


    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.

    Democracy Is On The Ballot

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 73:56


    Democracy Is On The Ballot by Fernand Amandi

    The Madman's Theory to Stealing the Election

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 64:03


    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.

    Your Money AND Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 57:20


    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!

    The Intelligence Briefing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 60:48


    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.

    This Is Who They Are

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 60:04


    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

    The Most Dangerous Branch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 55:42


    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

    The Post-Policy Imposters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 62:20


    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

    The Pirate Ship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 61:49


    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!

    In Women We Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 63:05


    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.

    Bill Browder's Warning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 45:11


    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

    We All Clearly Saw It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 51:35


    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.

    Trumpocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 68:30


    David Frum & Amie Parnes

    The Coming Chaos

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 70:04


    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 Trump Wins?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 67:19


    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.

    The Trump Cult is a Death Cult

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 72:40


    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.

    The President of Disinformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 67:54


    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.

    Are your policies black?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 57:37


    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

    Hiding In Plain Sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 81:05


    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.

    The New New Stimulus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 62:34


    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.

    No Normalizing Preventable Deaths!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 70:02


    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.

    Help Me, Help You

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 57:09


    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.

    #Don'tBeASpreader

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 57:03


    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!

    Go Joe!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 54:01


    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.

    A Nation In Revolt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 68:16


    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 VERY (UN)STABLE (NON)GENIUS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 63:08


    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.

    Words Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 61:41


    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.

    American Dictatorship

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 79:07


    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.

    Authoritarian Democracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 57:21


    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.

    (202) 224-3121

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 67:19


    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.

    Unmaking the Presidency

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 89:02


    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.

    Running Against the Devil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 61:01


    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. Buy RUNNING AGAINST THE DEVIL: https://amzn.to/2RxpyWe Buy THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH: https://amzn.to/2RuPZfb

    Wagging the Iranian Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 49:44


    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!

    How To Raise A Reader

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 61:43


    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.

    Merry Impeachmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 67:14


    They impeached him, now what? 2019’s last #StrangeDaysPodcast features AEI’s Norm Ornstein + Washington Post’s Greg Sargent analyzing impeachment next steps.

    If We Can Keep It

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 68:33


    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...

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