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How AIPAC and AI Spent Their Money This Midterm Election

It’s a superlative achieved again and again: The current election cycle is the most expensive on record, according to AdImpact, likely to be...

26:10Oct 30, 2026

Robert Reich and Akela Lacy Break Down the Most Pressing Issues of the Midterm Elections

Democrats may be ahead in the polls. But can they withstand billions in campaign spending by Elon Musk and other MAGA oligarchs? Will the el...

41:19Oct 27, 2026

The Stakes of Brazil’s Presidential Election

Brazilians will head to the polls on Sunday in one of the most consequential presidential elections of the last decade. The run-off election...

46:32Oct 23, 2026

DHS Was Designed as a Weapon

A fresh wave of outrage over the Trump administration’s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has surged after two high-profile events...

43:30Oct 16, 2026

Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms

As so-called prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket embed themselves in every aspect of our daily lives, from elections to sports and...

32:53Oct 9, 2026

Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”

Three years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the U.S. government is still targeting pro-Palestine student activists. Even before federal immi...

46:50Oct 2, 2026

The Blueprint for Democrats to Win Back Voters

It’s the year of the democratic socialist. But the group that helped start the earthquake currently transforming the Democratic Party almost...

39:47Sep 25, 2026

Apocalypse Now: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Investigate the End-Timers Alliance

The fight over the future is rapidly unfolding before our eyes. With debates roiling Washington over calls to rein in artificial intelligenc...

46:39Sep 18, 2026

The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable

Local police departments use Flock cameras to track license plates. ICE uses Palantir software to track and round up immigrants. Defense Sec...

49:45Sep 14, 2026

25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat

RSVP for The Intercept and 404 Media Live Podcast, September 10 in LA: https://interc.pt/livepodcast Show Description: A quarter century aft...

42:45Sep 4, 2026

Right-Wing Trans Hate Comes for the WNBA

The WNBA is having a moment. Viewership is up. Attendance for this year’s WNBA All-Star Game surpassed the NBA’s All-Star Game. Games and ev...

33:37Aug 28, 2026

What American Doctors Saw in Gaza

It’s been nearly three years into Israel's genocidal war on Palestinians, and still no step closer to its end. Since the latest “ceasefire”...

34:07Aug 21, 2026

Has the Left Really Met Its Limit?

The stunning momentum of the insurgent left hit a roadblock this week when democratic socialist Francesca Hong narrowly lost her primary rac...

30:31Aug 14, 2026

The Most Expensive Democratic Senate Primary Has a Winner

Over the course of Donald Trump's second term, Democratic voters have expressed dissatisfaction with their party over what many view as an i...

34:52Aug 5, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed on The Intercept Briefing

On Tuesday, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., will face off in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary. The race is the next bi...

48:19Jul 31, 2026

Trump’s National Killer Police Force

Within the span of a week, federal immigration agents shot and killed two people in Maine and Texas, and another was hit by a truck and kill...

43:41Jul 24, 2026

Trump’s Formula for Forever Wars

President Donald Trump blew up the temporary ceasefire after the U.S. launched a series of airstrikes against Iran over the weekend. The two...

38:19Jul 17, 2026

INTRODUCING: First America by Rebecca Nagle

The Intercept Briefing is happy to share the first episode of journalist Rebecca Nagle's new podcast series, First America . Episode Descrip...

36:04Jul 11, 2026

Rebecca Nagle on the Boomerang of Empire

Last spring, President Donald Trump issued the “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order, taking aim at federal parks...

40:11Jul 11, 2026

The People Who Stood By Graham Platner — Until He Was Accused of Rape

The Democratic Party is once again in upheaval as Graham Platner, its unconventional nominee to knock out longtime Republican Sen. Susan Col...

26:08Jul 7, 2026