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Empire Files

The podcast version of a documentary & interview series on war and inequality from the heart of Empire hosted by Abby Martin. Empire Files is donor-funded, independent and add free. Help kee...

Episodes

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Coked-Up Executioners in the Pentagon's Secret Army w/ Seth Harp

Seth Harp, author of the new book THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL joins Abby & Mike to discuss this explosive story about America's most elite troops...

01:06:59Aug 7, 2025

Emergency Broadcast: US-Israeli War on Iran w/ Séamus Malekafzali

All we know about the US-Israeli war of aggression launched last night on the Iranian people, featuring Séamus Malekafzali. Read work by Séa...

00:43:04Jun 13, 2025

LIVE Interview From Gaza Flotilla as Threats Escalate

WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/OC1CfZut6o8?si=LZxuTopscPrJNYmU Abby Martin speaks with Thiago De Ávila, steering c...

00:20:06Jun 6, 2025

Israel’s Gaza Trap: Starve, Lure, Kill—Jeremy Scahill Exposes “Final Phase” of Genocide

WATCH the video of this interview: https://youtu.be/NDtwwSdur5I?si=y-RxBak_KvUqZR4T Abby Martin speaks with investigative journalist Jeremy...

00:41:21May 23, 2025

Luigi Trial In Focus w/ Jordan Chariton

Abby and Mike talk to Jordan Chariton, journalist at Status Coup and author of "We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Coverup", about hi...

00:49:13May 19, 2025

Trump's Naked Imperialism & How the British Empire Never Died w/ Matt Kennard

WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/G9ao_vRwvL0?si=O2rvPqgFWFcOOxXG Abby Martin talks to investigative journalist Matt...

00:53:08May 12, 2025

The Settlers, Israel Bombs Aid Ship, MAGA’s Pentagon

FULL EPISODE only on Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/posts/settlers-israel-128411910 Abby and Mike are back to discuss the latest updates o...

00:54:32May 8, 2025

Tim & Abby Awesome Show

WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/eRB2X5aBCkM?si=CPPjp81FXGJmYi0J Abby Martin talks to legendary actor and comedian T...

00:59:04Apr 9, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil & the Coup Against Democratic Rights w/ Attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard

WATCH the video of this interview at https://youtu.be/6y3KH7jhXeE?si=edpS7vjOMoUiPU7G Constitutional lawyer Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executi...

00:17:05Mar 13, 2025

Abby Martin & Mohammed El-Kurd on the Politics of Appeal

WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/dpZu11yE0XQ?si=ax3wTJ7BGNyceZgr Abby Martin interviews Palestinian writer Mohammed...

00:38:59Feb 21, 2025

Global South ‘Hague Group’ Challenges Israel’s Impunity

WATCH THE VIDEO of this interview here: https://youtu.be/Lc58gE0FpPs?si=696B_DTU5_y0b935 Abby Martin interviews Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, C...

00:30:44Feb 13, 2025

Gaza Journalist Abubaker Abed on Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Threat

WATCH the video of this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/D0LaSJqnI-I Abby Martin speaks with Abubaker Abed in Gaza City, a Palestinian...

00:31:04Feb 9, 2025

CEO Lives Matter: The Media Freakout w/ Taylor Lorenz & Abby Martin

WATCH this interview at: https://youtu.be/8uHuPgFkhxQ?si=5gckMIYWfpsZ-lcU Abby Martin talks to journalist Taylor Lorenz about the latest med...

01:06:20Dec 19, 2024

Roger Waters & Abby Martin: Voices of Reason in a Time of Genocide

WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/aTVsVUqjjDo?si=6BTS2tyka41Tiyut Legendary artist Roger Waters talks to Abby Martin...

00:45:20Nov 27, 2024

Israeli Youth Targeted Over ‘Gaza Fights For Freedom’ Screening

WATCH the video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/F6huCGHTtsI Anti-Zionist Jewish Israelis tried to organize a local screening of...

00:41:07Nov 20, 2024

The Democrats Deliver Trump

Abby Martin & Mike Prysner review the election results to see what was really behind the catastrophic failure of the Harris campaign, and ho...

01:20:37Nov 8, 2024

Empire Files LIVE on Election Night 2024 [TEASER]

FULL 2hr episode only on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115500220

00:07:21Nov 5, 2024

Pro-Palestine Journalist Raided for “Supporting Terrorism”

WATCH the video version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/_yu_O-1BM0E?si=uF8z3bq5nhVqs7yB Journalist Asa Winstanley was raided by pol...

00:41:35Oct 26, 2024

US-Israeli Rampage in the Middle East: Barreling Towards WWIII

WATCH the video version here: https://youtu.be/p68fbA0EgJY?si=nbDmszjy_funKAVj Journalist Séamus Malekafzali joins Abby Martin to talk about...

00:59:48Oct 1, 2024

VP Foreign Policy Debate Play-By-Play [Preview]

Full 60min episode only on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/vp-foreign-play-113232231?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&ut...

00:05:29Sep 29, 2024