Punch Out

The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday through Friday, 5pm ET. Subscribe here. Almost every major economic commentator is now predicting a recession in the United States in the second half of the year —...

The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday through Friday, 5pm ET. Subscribe here. It’s the story that has been burning up local news, Fox News, conservative radio, gentrified community listservs and even the press conferences...

A recording has been produced of Minneapolis police officers laughing about the suppression of peaceful protests and saying they were planning to “hunt” protestors. Although this took place last year in the mass uprising after the brutal murder of George Floyd, the audio is from body camera footage in the...

Amid the fallout from the January 6th storming of the Capitol by the far-right, there has been renewed scrutiny of the ties between the ultra-right and various police forces in the country. A leak of records from the far-right group the Oath Keepers, examined by WNYC and the Gothamist, shed...

The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday through Friday, 5pm ET. Subscribe here. It barely caused a ripple in mainstream news but over the weekend the oil business in Sudan ground to a halt as...

The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday through Friday, 5pm ET. Subscribe here. On Monday, Indian farmers and their supporters engaged in a “bharat bandh” — akin to a general strike — with a range...

Julian Assange was back in court, with Washington continuing to ramp up its campaign to have him extradited to face trial on US soil. Kevin Gosztola, one of the top reporters on whistleblowers, sheds light on the latest events, and what we can expect going forward.