Pod Damn America

Anders talks to Racket MN's Jay Boller and Minneapolis Unite Here organizer, Sheigh Freeberg about Alex Pretti's murder and how Minnesotans are resisting ICE's occupation. UNITE Here mutual aid fund: https://workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/uniteherelocal17 Racket: https://racketmn.com/

I talk about monster trucks, Anders talks about Mother Theresa. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

NYU History professor Nikhil Pal Singh joins us to talk about his new piece on Trump's whole nativist neo imperialist era thing he's doing right now. NIHKIL PAL SINGH @nikhil_palsingh https://www.equator.org/articles/homeland-empire-trump-ICE LA SHOW https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-woke-mob-tickets-1980730835248?aff=oddtdtcreator MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Anders tells Jake the story of Justin C. Ravitz, 1970s Detroit's marxist judge. SOURCE: Detroit: I Do Mind Dying from Haymarket Books FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Anders returns to the show and we talk about ICE's 2000 pig siege on Minnesota. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

I further explore Venezuela's past and present through undead symbolism in two right wing Venezuelan films. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

I drink your diet coke, drink it up. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

This episode is a cross examination of Dostoevsky's seminal work The Brothers Karamazov and Satoshi Kon's slept on brilliant anime holiday film Tokyo Godfathers. Happy New Year. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Tony Boswell from WordIsBondTV joins us to figure out whether 2025 was Fine Shyt or Chopped. TONY BOSWELL@WordIsBond @WordIsBondTV on IG wordisbondtv.com MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the episode of the simpsons where Krusty becomes a truth teller comic and then we talk about the state of comedy in the year of our lord 2025. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Filmmaker Alex Megaro joins us to talk about his film WTO/99, an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization. Also it's Christmas. WTO/99 https://www.wto99doc.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpV0V3aniDY WHITE ELEPHANT SHOW IN MINNEAPOLIS https://www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/white-elephant MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the 2003 failed coup of Venezuela's left wing then-president Hugo Chavez. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Holiday music, Orwell, Chile, and the FBI's new arch enemy. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Anders explains the trotskyist group that took over Liverpuddlian politics in the 1980's plus we talk about why people from Liverpool are called that. Also ghosts. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDMANAMERICA

We discuss the venture-capital-funded for-profit-city in Honduras where the grandchildren of history's greatest monsters gather to undergo body modification surgery. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the UK's new left wing political party that for some reason is called Your Party and also some innovative new street fighting techniques. PAID PROTEST NYC bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTDEC MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the greater meaning of gooning. It's a thanksgiving miracle.https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

This week in Mexican Rev history, the Porfiriato's American consuls chase down the Magonistas. But first, something strang happens. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the 1954 CIA backed coup of the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala and the far right regime that replaced him... for no particular reason FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We talk with lecturer, tour guide and organizer Asad Dandia about the history of Muslims in NYC and the significance of Zohran Mamdani's Mayoralty. But first, Anders recaps Katie Wilson's victory in Seattle and we simply cannot ignore the latest Epstein revelations involving "Bubba." Come to one of Asad's tours: https://www.newyorknarratives.com/our-tours Paid Protest 11/20: https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest?event=2025-11-20T21%3A00%3A00 Help Leslie's family cover funeral costs: https://www.gofundme.com/f/lleeiii?lang=en_US&ts=1746753610