‘Incomprehensible Brutality’: Israel’s Mass Torture of Palestinian Prisoners
Basil Farraj, Assistant Professor at Birzeit University in Palestine, joins the show to discuss how Israel is set to release 602 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, bringing the total freed to 1,737 as part of the ceasefire deal. Farraj discusses the brutal conditions of Israeli detention, where systematic torture, starvation, and abuse have left many prisoners […]
Rwandan Genocide Survivor: ‘Rwanda Behaves Like Israel’ in the DR Congo
Claude Gatebuke, Rwandan genocide survivor, co-author of Survivors Uncensored, and Executive Director of the African Great Lakes Action Network (AGLAN), joins the show to discuss Rwanda’s backing of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He explains how Rwanda and Uganda are waging a brutal proxy war—using mass murder, rape, and displacement—to […]
Modi in Trump’s Chains: BJP Silences Critics, But Dissent Only Grows Louder
Abdul Rahman, a reporter with People’s Dispatch, joins the show to unpack the meeting between Donald Trump and India’s far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where Modi pushed a so-called “mega partnership” between the two countries. Rahman sheds light on the growing grassroots resistance across India—from student-led movements to massive farmer protests—as people mobilize against Modi’s […]
‘I Had to Do Something’ for Gaza and Sudan: Why I Protested the Super Bowl
Zül-Qarnaįn Nantambu, the dancer who made global headlines for unfurling the Palestinian and Sudanese flags during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show, joins the show to discuss his bold act of protest. “At first, I was trying to get into the Super Bowl for free, but then I realized this is a big stage.” Nantambu […]
California’s Billionaire Water Hoarders Kicked Us Off Of Their Beverly Hills Mansion
We got kicked out of the Resnick’s Beverly Hills mansion. BT’s Kei Pritsker went to the home of California’s billionaire pistachio magnates to try to clear up the accusation that they are hoarding water. They didn’t seem to want to talk.
Report: Billionaires Now Making Up To $100 Million a Day
The world’s billionaire class is now worth more than every single country on Earth with the exception of the US and China. A new report from Oxfam details how billionaire wealth has accelerated in the last year and also how the vast majority of it is “largely unmerited.” BT’s Kei Pritsker goes over the new […]
The Fight Against ICE: Trump Raids Galvanize Immigrant Defense Networks Nationwide
Jorge Torres, the National Organizing Director for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), joins the show to discuss how immigrant communities are mobilizing to resist Trump’s promised raids and mass deportations. Despite widespread fear, Torres discusses the growing spirit of resistance, with communities realizing that “institutions are not going to save us.” Torres highlights […]
DeepSeek Sends Panic Across Silicon Valley: Is China the Future of AI?
Panic erupted across Silicon Valley and Wall Street this week as DeepSeek, a Chinese tech company, released its AI model and sent U.S. tech stocks plummeting, with Nvidia losing $588 billion in value in just one day. Amanda and KJ talk to geopolitical analyst Cyrus Jannsen about how DeepSeek has disrupted the U.S. tech industry, […]