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After five years of incredible conversations, the curtain is coming down on "Cape Up." But that doesn't mean Jonathan is going away. Tune in for a special announcement.See more from Jonathan Capehart Read more from Washington Post OpinionsListen to the new Post Opinions podcast: Please, Go On

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Paul sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jonathan Capehart to talk about being black, gay, finding the gray, and the day when America was as close as it ever was to realizing its national ideals.Jonathan Capehart is anchor of “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” on MSNBC. He is also an opinion writer and editorial board member of The Washington Post, where he hosts the “Cape Up” podcast and anchors Washington Post Live's “First Look,” and a commentator on “The PBS Newshour.”Follow Jonathan Capehart on Instagram: @CapehartJFollow Jonathan Capehart on Twitter: @CapehartJVisit The Sunday Show with Jonathan CapehartVisit The PBS News Hour - Brooks and CapehartListen to Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart Host: Paul ChamberlainGuest: Jonathan CapehartProduced by: Cerebral Itch LabsEngineered & Edited by: April Winchell 

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Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls. Starting at 3:35 Christian Finnegan  is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. Finnegan is perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever and as Chad, the only white roommate in the “Mad Real World” sketch on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. Additional television appearances as himself or performing stand up have included “Conan”, “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, "Would You Rather...with Graham Norton", “Good Afternoon America” and multiple times on The Today Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and on History's I Love the 1880s. He hosted TV Land's game show "Game Time". As an actor, Finnegan portrayed the supporting role of "Carl" in the film Eden Court, a ticket agent in "Knight and Day" and several guest roles including a talk show host on "The Good Wife". In October 2006, Finnegan's debut stand up comedy CD titled Two For Flinching was released by Comedy Central Records, with a follow-up national tour of college campuses from January to April 2007. “Au Contraire!” was released by Warner Bros. Records in 2009. His third special "The Fun Part" was filmed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on April 4, 2013 and debuted on Netflix on April 15, 2014. Starting at 41 minutes:  Rachel Bitecofer is a nationally-recognized election forecaster, analyst you can follow her research at The Cycle-On Substack where you can also find her podcast The Election Whisperer. Her innovative theory of elections, known as the negative partisanship model, successfully predicted the outcomes of the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election months in advance, arguing that in the polarized era, election outcomes are determined by the partisan composition of the electorate, which itself is determined by voter turnout motivated by negative partisanship. Rachel is now running STRIKE PAC which modernizes Democratic messaging & electioneering. We have one ideology: winning Democratic elections. Strike Back with STRIKE PAC Rachel delivers her innovative election forecasting analysis on her media website The Cycle as well as on The Election Whisperer, where she analyzed the 2020 cycle and interviewed political headline-makers such as The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson, former Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke, and other political heavy-hitters like Congressman Joaquin Castro, Mary Trump and Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action. She also serves as a senior adviser to The Lincoln Project. Her fresh voice, backed by the power of data and a deep understanding of contemporary political behavior and psychology has made her a regular contributor to MSNBC, Sky News, CBC, The BBC, and Realtime with Bill Maher. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Guardian, and MarketWatch. She's also been a guest on prominent and diverse podcasts that include The Michael Steele Podcast, Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart, The New Yorker, and The Bulwark Podcast. Responding to her exciting appearances and presentations, audiences have declared, “I have a new Rachel in my life! We're so grateful she's added her inimitable spirit and formidable database to our show.” Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

LGBT+ police officers have been banned from marching in uniform in the NYC Pride Parade. The organizers say it's about making participants of color feel safe. Others say it's needlessly divisive. On Today's Show:Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, hosts the “Cape Up” podcast the Washington Post Live's First Look and host of The Sunday Show on MSNBC, talks about the decision to block uniformed police officers from NYC's Pride March.

Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, hosts the “Cape Up” podcast the Washington Post Live's First Look and host of The Sunday Show on MSNBC, talks about the decision to block uniformed police officers from NYC's Pride March. Plus, where the infrastructure and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act bills stand in Congress, and more national political news.

Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, hosts the “Cape Up” podcast the Washington Post Live's First Look and host of The Sunday Show on MSNBC, reviews this week in national politics, including the conclusion of Derek Chauvin's conviction for the murder of George Floyd, Biden's record on race and the future of police reform.

The Democratic candidates in Georgia are hoping to unseat Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Late last year, Ossoff and Warnock were both guests on “Cape Up.” This episode reprises highlights from those conversations.

Tochi & Zell notice a trend. They discuss how black people in Philly and the ATL are keeping this country from falling apart.This episode was recorded on 11/6/20, before the state of PA was called for Joe Biden.Email: InnerCitizens@gmail.comTake care. Love yourselves. Love each other.

It is no secret that Jerome's favorite holiday is Halloween. So today we're doing a deep dive: the definitive Halloween candy bracket, the twins in the hallway movie, Costume Creation 101. Also, Lil Pump? See me with them PEZ, girl. Brittney Cooper explains why Trump is polling historically well with Black men: Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qkcRo70NdxJIlIIvZ8CkL?si=w1gR5DefT9K215Hm1iRglA Megan Thee Stallion: Why I Speak Up for Black Women: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/opinion/megan-thee-stallion-black-women.html I Put A Spell On You - Bette Midler - Hocus Pocus 1993 - HD edited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaC-WDrvmUQ Fact Chequé: Marnie Piper, the lead character of the Halloweentown franchise, was played first by Kimberly J. Brown, and later by Sara Paxton, but never by Danielle Panabaker. The fourth movie was titled Return to Halloweentown. For two witches who love to bring up Halloweentown, these queens do not seem to remember much about it. Episode 23 Playlist: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5HS61fl6XJixY0LJemWOGN?si=lBfdGOA9QvuUGH8ngsLTIQ Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/episode-23/pl.u-9N9LvDJC7BGm84

Produced by KSQD 90.7FM (edited to delete pledge drive pitches) What is The Election Whisperer's forecast for the 2020 Presidential Election? The Electoral College? Will Trump win? Will Biden win? Will democracy live or die? Donald Trump has one formidable asset that could impact his reelection prospects: political polarization and hyper-partisanship, which even in the face of a recession and potential fallout from COVID19 management will likely provide him with a steady and reliable base of support. However, Democrats are fired up in a way they were not in 2016 because of negative partisanship powered by a backlash to Trump and thus would increase their turnout significantly and be less likely to defect to third-party candidates. What is The Election Whisperer's forecast for Congress? Will democrats retain the majority in the House of Representatives? Can they win the uphill battle by overwhelming the Republican gerrymandered district advantage to take the majority in the Senate? Our future and our American democracy hang in the balance. Interview Guest: Rachel Bitecofer is a nationally recognized election forecaster and a senior fellow at The Niskanen Center in Washington D.C. where she conducts pro-democracy research. Her 2020 presidential forecast can be viewed here and her forecast for Congress here. Her voter file analysis in The New Republic shows that despite conventional wisdom that Democratic House gains in the 2018 Midterms were powered by disaffected Republicans in the suburbs, these districts flipped because of the turnout surges her 2018 forecasting work anticipated months before Election Day manifested due to negative partisanship powered by backlash to Donald Trump. Rachel's work appears in a variety of the nation's leading media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Guardian, MSNBC, and Realtime w Bill Maher, and she's been guests on several prominent podcasts including Rumble with Michael Moore, The Michael Steele Podcast, and Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart, to name just a few. She is the host of The Election Whisperer.

In I Have Something to Tell You, Chasten Buttigieg, the former middle-school teacher and husband of Pete Buttigieg, recounts his journey from growing up as a gay man in a small Midwestern town to finding acceptance and embracing his true self while inspiring others to do the same. In conversation with Jonathan Capehart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, member of The Washington Post editorial board, host of the “Cape Up” podcast, and MSNBC contributor. This program was held on September 3, 2020. 

Air Date 9/8/2020 Today we take a look at the dynamics of the white nationalist movement, authoritarian psychology, the legacy of Richard Nixon and the uncertainty of a peaceful election. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 Transcript MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) Support us on PodHero Support us on Flattr EPISODE SPONSORS: Clean Choice Energy IF YOU’RE GOING TO SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: White Rage, Trump and Americas Race War with Tim Wise - The Truth Report with Chauncey DeVega - Air Date 8-1-19 Chauncey and Tim Wise discuss the rise of white supremacy and fascism in America. Ch. 2: Derek Black was groomed to be the new face of white nationalism. Now he's working against it. - Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart - Air Date 7-28-20 Black grew up in a family of white nationalists, with David Duke as his godfather. But he renounced those views in college and recently has been involved in Black Lives Matter protests. "Everyone has a moral choice to decide," he says. Ch. 3: Trump Caravans and the Threat of Sectarian Violence Part 1 - The Muckrake Podcast - Air Date 9-1-20 Right Wing vigilantism turns to roving bands of MAGA supporters driving into cities and doling out violence. Ch. 4: Can We Stop Trump From Playing Dictator? - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 8-11-20 The single most consistent defining characteristic of an emerging dictatorship in a country that started as a democracy is that the dictator regularly holds elections and always wins, because he uses the instruments of government to make sure he wins. Ch. 5: Voting is Not Enough - Get Involved In The Ground Game NOW - Best of the Left Take action! Click the title and/or scroll down for quick links and resources from this segment. For more, visit Bestoftheleft.com/2020Action. Ch. 6: “Authoritarian Nightmare” John Dean Helped Bring Down Nixon over Watergate. He Says Trump Is Worse - Democracy Now! - Air Date 8-27-20 As President Trump is set to accept the Republican Party's formal renomination for president amid ongoing scandals and multiple crises, we speak with John Dean, who served as the White House counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1970 to 1973. Ch. 7: Trump Caravans and the Threat of Sectarian Violence Part 2 - The Muckrake Podcast - Air Date 9-1-20 Right Wing vigilantism turns to roving bands of MAGA supporters driving into cities and doling out violence. Ch. 8: Democracy Is On The Ballot - Strange Days with Fernand Amandi - Air Date 8-21-20 Will fascism + white supremacy be the new normal if Joe Biden loses the election? Jason Stanley explains to #StrangeDaysPodcast, How Fascism Works. FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on the debate between voting emotionally or as a tool toward a theory of change TAKE ACTION! GOTV! Grab some friends & get involved with: Swing Left Indivisible Vote Forward Field Team 6 Move On Progressive Turn Out Project Biden-Harris campaign NAACP's Black Voices Changes Lives SuperMajority EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE The pandemic is forcing Democrats to ask: How important is door-knocking, anyway? (Vox) The Shocking Upset That Shows How Democrats Can Crush Trump (Daily Beast) NAACP Launches An Unprecedented "Black Voices Change Lives" Campaign to Activate Infrequent Black Voters in Critical Battleground States (NAACP) It’s a lot harder to get out the vote during a pandemic (Marketplace) Swing Left: The 2020 Super States (Swing Left) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman  MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  The Envelope - Aeronaut Turning to You - Landsman Duets Chilvat - Lillehammer Hickory Shed - Onesuch Village This fickle world - Theo Bard One Dirty Sleeve - Wax Museum Vibrant Canopy - Origami Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Facebook!

Episode 157 - Rachel Bitecofer, PhD. Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Episode 157 - Rachel Bitecofer, PhD. Rachel Bitecofer is a nationally recognized election forecaster and a senior fellow at The Niskanen Center in Washington D.C. where in addition to her groundbreaking election analysis and election forecasting research on the presidential and congressional elections, she conducts pro-democracy research. Rachel's work appears in a variety of the nation's leading media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, MarketWatch, The Guardian, The BBC, MSNBC, Sky News, CBC, and Realtime w Bill Maher. She's been a guest on prominent and diverse podcasts including Rumble with Michael Moore, The Michael Steele Podcast, Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart, The New Yorker, and the The Bulwark Podcast, to name just a few. She is the host of The Election Whisperer, a data-based politics & elections show she describes as an “election nerd Disneyland for wonks with a good sense of humor” and serves as a senior adviser to The Lincoln Project. https://twitter.com/rachelbitecofer https://twitter.com/electionwsphr https://www.niskanencenter.org/author/rachel-bitecofer/ http://amciv.com/electionwhisperer https://www.270towin.com/maps/niskanen-center-electoral-college-predictions https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/06/rachel-bitecofer-profile-election-forecasting-new-theory-108944 https://newrepublic.com/article/156402/hate-ballot Note: Guests create their own bio description for each episode. The Curiosity Hour Podcast is hosted and produced by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund. Please visit our website for more information: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com The Curiosity Hour Podcast is listener supported! To donate, click here: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com/donate/ Please visit this page for information where you can listen to our podcast: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com/listen/ Disclaimers: The Curiosity Hour Podcast may contain content not suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion advised. The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are solely those of the guest(s). These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of The Curiosity Hour Podcast. This podcast may contain explicit language. The Public Service Announcement near the beginning of the episode solely represents the views of Tommy and Dan and not our guests or our listeners.

Jonathan Capehart,a member of The Washington Post editorial board, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, breaks down highlights from the second night of the Republican National Convention, plus talks about the police shooting and protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board and op-ed columnist, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, breaks down highlights from the second night of the Democrats’ virtual convention.

Anyone who didn't know the Bidens before watching last night's convention events has now received a very thorough introduction. Did they like what they saw? What about after some of the nation's top military brass voiced their support? On Today's Show:Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board and op-ed columnist, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, breaks down highlights from the second night of the Democrats’ virtual convention.

Grab your bi-color cape, we're keeping soccer alive the best way we know how! Let the sickness continue so the league can live. Also, warning about possible inhalation of exercise farts...

Ambassador Susan Rice joins The Post to discuss U.S.-China tensions, President Trump’s relationship with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and the geopolitical impact of the coronavirus.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joins The Post to discuss her state's fight against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The late Rep. John Lewis was a powerhouse of civil rights activism, and a leader for justice among lawmakers. We dip into the archive and listen to the history of "Good Trouble" he lived. On Today's Episode:We hear a conversation Brian had with Rep. John Lewis on the day that President Obama became the first Black Democratic nominee for president, tape of C.T. Vivian, a top lieutenant of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who died on the same day as Lewis, standing up to a sheriff in Selma, Alabama to defend the right to register Black voters. Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, remembers John Lewis, and talks about his legacy in Washington today.

Today on Post Reports, Devlin Barrett and Marissa Lang explain why federal tactical units have been deployed to Portland, Ore. — over the protest of city officials. And Jonathan Capehart, on the life and legacy of John Lewis.Read more:Federal officials ignore city officials’ calls to leave Portland as clashes with protesters continue.Civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis died on Friday. Jonathan Capehart remembers the life and legacy of one of the original freedom fighters. Hear more from and about John Lewis on Post podcasts Cape Up and Constitutional.Tell us what you think of Post Reports, and all of The Washington Post’s audio projects.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, remembers the late civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis (as well as the late C.T. Vivian), and talks about the latest political news out of Washington.

Sen. Kamala Harris joined Washington Post Live for a live taping of Cape Up, a podcast hosted by Jonathan Capehart. She discussed the pandemic, police reform and the explosive allegation that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban for killing U.S. troops.

Harris, a Democratic senator from California, also discussed during a live taping of Cape Up the coronavirus pandemic and the explosive allegation that Russia was paying bounties to the Taliban for killing U.S. troops.

On the same day of the president's poorly attended in-person rally in Tulsa, the Poor People's Campaign held a highly attended virtual rally to set an agenda to address systemic injustices. On today's show: Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor.

Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, talks about the latest national political news, including the president's poorly attended in-person rally in Tulsa, and the highly attended Poor People's Campaign virtual rally, convened to set an agenda to address systemic injustices.  Plus Andrea Bernstein, WNYC reporter, co-host of WNYC's and ProPublica's podcast Trump Inc., talks about the firing of  U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, who had investigated people in the president's inner circle.  

Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, hosts the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, talks about the latest national political news, and takes calls on who Biden should pick for Vice President. 

In these dark times, will Democrats make the perfect the enemy of the good when it comes to selecting an opponent for Donald Trump. Michael talks with Jonathan Capehart about the choices. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Capehart is a member of The Washington Post editorial board, writes about politics and social issues, and hosts the “Cape Up” podcast. He is also an MSNBC Contributor, who regularly serves as a substitute anchor

At the Aspen Ideas Festival this summer, Valerie Jarrett joined a live "Cape Up" event to discuss her book "Finding My Voice," and to dole out a wealth of hard-earned life and career advice.

At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, Amy hosted back-to-back post-debate discussions with a panel of influential writers. We'll hear excerpts from the conversation, in an effort to provide analysis of the first Democratic debates of the 2020 presidential campaign. We also talk with two academics to discuss how their policy work could be used in tandem with politics to bring about change in areas of technology and inequality. Finally, Amy reflects on the LGBTQ movement, on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Guests: Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-founder of Echelon Insights and author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (and How Republicans Can Keep Up) Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for The Washington Post and a member of its editorial board; he also hosts the “Cape Up” podcast Raj Chetty, professor of economics at Harvard University, and the director of Opportunity Insights Ramesh Srinivasan, professor and director of the Digital Cultures Lab at UCLA Ilene Chaiken, co-creator of The L Word and executive producer of Empire

Jonathan Capehart is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and member of The Washington Post editorial board, focusing on politics, social issues, and cultural shifts nationally and globally. He is a regular contributor to the blog PostPartisan and hosts the podcast Cape Up. He is a periodic commentator on MSNBC and a moderator at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Center for American Progress, the Atlantic Dialogues conference, and the Brussels Forum. Earlier in his career, he was an editorial page editor and editorial board member for the New York Daily News, and he served as a national affairs columnist for Bloomberg News. He is a recipient of the Esteem Award, which honors individuals for their ongoing efforts to support the African American and LGBT communities in entertainment, media, civil rights, business, and art. He grew up in Newark, New Jersey, attended St. Benedict’s Preparatory School, and is a graduate of Carleton College.

Starting April 4, ‘Cape Up’ will be presenting a special series highlighting the voices of civil rights leaders. Some you know and some you may not. For the next two months, we’re going to hear their voices. Listen to their stories. And try to understand.

Interview editor Lucy Schmitz sits down with Washington Post columnist and GU Politics fellow Jonathan Capehart to discuss the role opinion writing can play during the Trump era. To hear more from Jonathan, check out his podcast, Cape Up, at www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/cape-up/, or check out his regular column in the post at www.washingtonpost.com. Senator Kamala Harris' book discussed and recommended by Capehart can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-We-Hold-American-Journey/dp/0525560718/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=truths+we+hold&qid=1552166278&s=gateway&sr=8-2 Theme music by Russell Lawrence. Check out his work here: https://soundcloud.com/taikunlofi

Hear congresswoman-elect Lucy McBath in an interview from 2016. Along with DeJuan Patterson, she talks about gun violence, the death of her son, and how she pushed forward.

An American by choice, Vargas came to the U.S. from the Philippines when he was twelve. He’s lived here for twenty-five years, but his status as undocumented has meant that he’s spent those years feeling unmoored and anxious. He knows no other home but this one, yet can’t feel fully at home in a place where he has to lie to get by. In this eloquent and passionate memoir, Vargas speaks out about the reality of living as an “illegal” immigrant in the U.S. today. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker, and founder and CEO of the nonprofit media advocacy organization Define American, Vargas makes the incontrovertible case that people should not be defined by their legal status, but by who they are. Vargas is in conversation with fellow Pulitzer recipient Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post’s editorial board, host of the“Cape Up” podcast, and MSNBC contributor.https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780062851352Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot has happened since US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in May a “zero tolerance” policy for illegal crossings at the southwest border. The family separation policy that contributed to dividing nearly 3,000 children from their guardians was halted and now the US government is working to reunite families. In this episode, Mimi Marziano, president of the Texas Civil Rights Project, talks about why she thinks the situation is a “horrendous human rights crisis” that’s far from over. Her organization is representing 381 of the families who have been affected by the separation policy. She speaks with Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post and host of the “Cape Up” podcast. Show Notes Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Email your comments to aspenideastogo@gmail.com. The views and opinions of the speakers in the podcast do not necessarily reflect those of the Aspen Institute.

Mark Hamill himself shares stories from Star Wars history. You can hear the full interview with Hamill on the Cape Up podcast with Jonathan Capehart.

The New York Times reported last week that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s lawyers broke off communication with President Trump's legal team. The move suggests that Flynn is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Flynn’s cooperation seems even more plausible in the wake of a new Washington Post piece detailing even more of Flynn’s unregistered work on behalf of Russian interests. Michael Kranish, one of the Post reporters who broke the story, joins us to talk about how Michael Flynn’s legal woes could now be even bigger. Michael Steele and guest co-host Jonathan Capehart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist and the host of the “Cape Up” podcast, discuss how they think Congressional Democratic leadership is falling short in its response to allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against Senator Al Franken and Congressman John Conyers.

In a recent op-ed for the Washington Post titled, "Stop being afraid of more government. It’s exactly what we need", CNN host Fareed Zakaria argues that more Americans should embrace the idea of big government. While Zakaria wrote it in the context of government giving relief to hurricane victims, he added, "We are living in an age of revolutions, natural and human, that are buffeting individuals and communities. We need government to be more than a passive observer of these trends and forces. It needs to actively shape and manage them."Michael Steele debates the role and scope of government with guest host Jonathan Capehart, an op-ed contributor for the Washington Post, MSNBC contributor and host of the "Cape UP" podcast. They also talk to Daily Beast special correspondent Michael Tomasky about whether Democratic leaders in Congress might or should cut a deal with President Trump on immigration where DACA gets codified into law in exchange for border wall funding.

Edition #1111 Today we take a look at the ways America is being left behind by the rest of the world in the future of energy production thanks to the climate denialism of the Republican party.  Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Donald Trump announces our pull-out from Paris agreement - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 6-1-17 Ch. 3: Song 1: ​Alone Too Long - Daryl Hall & John Oates Ch. 4: Act 2: Protesters Take to Streets in NYC, Enraged by Trump's Decision to Withdraw from Paris Climate Deal - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 06-02-17 Ch. 5: Song 2: ​Paris - Dido Ch. 6: Act 3: An official rebuttal to the false claim being made about the satellite temperature data - Quirks and Quarks - Air Date 6-2-17 Ch. 7: Song 3: ​Doing Business - The Rorschach Garden Ch. 8: Act 4: Richard Branson on Trump’s coal plans ‘I can’t think of anything more stupid’ - Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart - Air Date 5-2-17 Ch. 9: Song 4: ​Sunshine Goodtime - Minnutes Ch. 10: Act 5: Paris Agreement - @LastWeekTonight with @iamjohnoliver - Air Date 06-05-17 Ch. 11: Song 5: ​Backwards Blues - Adia Victoria Ch. 12: Act 6: The world response to the US announcing that we will leave the Paris agreement - @GreenNewsReport - Air Date 6-8-17 Voicemails Ch. 13: Tentatively excited about cap and dividend - Nick from California Ch. 14: In defense of free speech - Nathan from Vancouver, WA Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 15: Final comments on conservatives explaining how conservatives think Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!