The Katie Halper Show

Just wanted to make sure people knew that the last episode (https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/matt-taibbi-katrina-vanden-heuvel-on-ukraine) of The Katie Halper Show with Matt Taibbi & Katrina Van den Huevel was recorded on Tuesday evening before Russia's military actions. It's still incredibly useful, insightful and informative but letting people know to prevent confusion.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listen to the full interview with Katrina vanden Vuevel here https://www.patreon.com/posts/63015910. It starts at 24 minutes. This episode was recorded on Tuesday February 22, 2022, prior to the latest developments regarding Russian military operations. Matt Taibbi and Katrina vanden Heuvel talk about the latest news in Russia and Ukraine. Katrina vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019. She writes a weekly column for The Washington Post. A frequent commentator on US and international politics for ABC, MSNBC, CNN, and PBS, her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe. Vanden Heuvel is also the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in The Age of Obama, and co-author of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev’s Reformers. Vanden Heuvel has been recognized for her journalism and public service by organizations such as Planned Parenthood, the National Women’s Political Caucus, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Community Change, the Norman Mailer Center, the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, American Rights at Work, Progressive Congress, and more. Matt Taibbi is an award-winning author of several books including Hate Inc.: How, And Why, The Press Makes Us Hate One Another and The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing. He also co-hosts Useful Idiots with Katie. You can find his writing at his Substack TK Media.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Please join us on Patreon for the entire discussion, to help make the show possible as well as receive exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Join us on Callin with your questions, link to Callin broadcast with Adolph Reed: https://www.callin.com/room/adolph-reed-sZqwbUiGQZ Adolph Reed talks about his new book "The South" and his new podcast "Class Matters" and what people keep getting wrong about "white supremacy" and racism. Masuda Sultan and Medea Benjamin join the show to talk about Joe Biden's disgusting decision to divert Afghanistan's frozen funds to American families of 9/11 victims. Then Adolph Reed talks about his new book "The South," his new podcast "Class Matters" and what people keep getting wrong about "white supremacy" and racism. For the entire discussion, please join us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Adolph Reed is an American professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in studies of issues of racism and U.S. politics. He's the author of "The Jesse Jackson Phenomenon: The Crisis of Purpose in Afro-American Politic," "Renewing Black Intellectual History: The Ideological and Material Foundations of African American Thought," "Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene," and most recently "The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives." Masuda Sultan is an Afghan-American women’s rights activist who has worked with NGOs on Afghan women’s rights and as an advisor on economic reform with the Asian Development Bank. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Committee and the US-Afghan Women’s Council. Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange.She received numerous prizes, including: the Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Peace Prize by the US Peace Memorial, the Gandhi Peace Award, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Award. She is a former economist and nutritionist with the United Nations and World Health Organization.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Human Rights lawyer Steven Donziger has been locked up yet AGAIN! Amnesty International's Alli McCracken Jarrar and Amazon Watch's Paul Paz y Miño join the show to talk about the latest miscarriage of justice surrounding Donziger's case. Alli McCracken Jarrar is the Amnesty International Campaigner for North America. She’s an anti-imperialist feminist based in Washington DC. Paul Paz y Miño is Associate Director of @AmazonWatch, a Human Rights advocate and a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He has the honor of being sued, along with Steven Donziger, by Chevron for defending the Amazon and the people to whom it actually belongs. Also, please join us on Patreon to help make the show possible as well as receive exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershowAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson (https://mariannewilliamson.substack.com/) joins the show to talk about her thoughts on Biden, whether he should be primaried, and why it’s important to back non-corporate congressional candidates in the midterms. Plus congressional candidates Rebecca Parson (https://www.rebeccaparson.com/about) and Jason Call (https://www.callforcongress.com/about) talk about whether the Democrats can be reformed and the congressional candidates livestream they're joining hosted by Marianne, Katie, Briahna Joy Gray, Krystal Ball & Juliana Forlano. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsc8kcXjtuE) Join Katie for her program on the Callin App: https://www.callin.com/room/marianne-williamson-on-challenging-joe-biden-XlyoISBlPi Also, please join us on Patreon to help make the show possible as well as receive exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershowAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie Halper, Briahna Joy Gray and historian Daniel Bessner break down Whoopi Goldberg's recent comments about the Holocaust, Jews, race and more as well as her non-apology, which actually raises some interesting questions about race, racism, identity politics and more. Daniel Bessner is the co-host of the American Prestige podcast and Hanauer Honors Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington. Briahna Joy Gray co-hosts the podcast Bad Faith, she is the former National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders, as well as the former Senior Politics Editor for The Intercept.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hear the full interview with Gabor Mate at Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/posts/gabor-mate-free-61785859 Gabor Maté talks to Katie about how his experience as a Holocaust survivor turned him into a critic of Israel and a Free Palestine activist. Gabor Maté is a renowned speaker and best selling author who focuses on addiction, stress, childhood development and trauma. He is the author of "Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder," "When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress," "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction," and the forthcoming book "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture." He's a developer of the therapeutic approach compassionate inquiry, now studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians, counselors and others internationally.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

(Patreon-only interview with Gabor Mate https://www.patreon.com/posts/61785859) What better way to cover up ethnic cleansing than by literally planting trees over it? The Jewish National Fund, a non-profit founded in 1901 is doing just that through its afforestation projects. The latest one is on land used by Bedouin Palestinian communities for agriculture in Southern Israel. Ali Abunimah, of Electronic Intifada talks about Israel's latest assaults on Palestine and Palestinians and Ariel Gold, of CODEPINK talks about what her organization is doing about it. Ali Abunimah is director of The Electronic Intifada, an independent nonprofit publication focusing on Palestine. He is the author of "One Country, A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse" and "The Battle for Justice in Palestine." Ariel Gold is the national co-director of CODEPINK, a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. Before being banned from entering Israel in June 2018, Ariel used to travel to the West Bank one to two times per year to work with Palestinian individuals and organizations on the ground in their struggle for freedom and justice. To support the program as well as hear extended interviews, bonus content and more, please join us at: https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershowAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Who actually killed Martin Luther King Jr? The answer may surprise you. Author, journalist and activist Eugene Puryear fills us in. Eugene Puryear is the author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," a journalist at Breakthrough News and the host of the Punch Out podcast. Hear our patreon-only chat with Eugene about the latest in Ethiopia, what he learned when he went there, his father's role in the Civil Rights Movement, and the worst Happy MLK tweets here https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-with-khs-61390129Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Full chat with Richard Wolff is here (https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-richard-61093872) This episode of the Katie Halper show combines two interviews! One with Richard Wolff and one with Matt Bruenig. Richard Wolff is the host of #EconomicUpdate, Professor of Economics Emeritus at @UMassAmherst, visiting professor at The New School, founder of @democracyatwrk and the author of several books including Democracy at Work, Understanding Marxism, and Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It. He's been called "America's most prominent Marxist economist" by The New York Times. Matt Bruenig is the founder of the crowdfunded think tank the People's Policy Project, and the co-host of the podcast The Bruenigs with Elizabeth BruenigAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy