The Marianne Williamson Podcast

Marianne speaks with Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) about his new book "DIGNITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: Making Tech Work for All of Us," other progressive issues, and also the war in Ukraine.   For more information visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

Williamson discusses the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings with Harvard historian Annette-Gordon Reed.   To learn more visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

Status Coup’s Jordan Chariton can be found at some of the most important events of the last decade. His on-the-ground reporting from Flint, Standing Rock and the 2020 BLM protests among others brings us the in-depth coverage the corporate media ignores. So why is his material being suppressed? Jordan and Marianne sit-down to discuss the state of the news media, how big tech squashes independent outlets while propping up corporate behemoths and the importance of independent media. Read more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Follow Jordan and Status Coup Status Coup YouTube Status Coup Membership Status Coup Twitter Status Coup Instagram Status Coup Substack

According to journalist Andrew Cockburn in his latest book, The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine, our bloated $778 billion defense budget doesn’t necessarily provide for our safety. Cockburn, the Washington editor of Harper’s, has spent decades covering the Pentagon and defense industry and says money and power - not legitimate security concerns - is what drives our ballooning military budget. Our podcast conversation details how we got here. According to Cockburn, “The US defense complex is best thought of not as an organization, but as a living, insatiable, creature, dedicated only to its own defense and power.” With our government so held hostage by the defense industry, it’s we the people who are going to have to change that. Read more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com  

Routing the Taliban from Afghanistan was a successful exercise in brute force. But keeping them out - and helping the Afghans keep them out - was something that required skills not currently in America’s tool box. If anything, we proved the ultimate futility of endless violence. We succeeded at waging war, but we failed miserably at providing the conditions of a sustainable post-war state of peace.  THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: An Effort to More Deeply Understand, is compiled from interviews that provide meaningful reflections on the war. The individual interviews can be found here: https://mariannewilliamson.substack.com/s/reflections-on-afghanistan On Afghanistan, as on so many issues, it’s imperative that we push against the grain of shallow and ultimately meaningless narrative that dominates our politics. This podcast was produced by Jon Ehrens, with interviews from Sarah Chayes, Laura Jedeed, Zainab Salbi, Tom Freston, Joe Cirincione, and Obaidullah Baheer. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

REFLECTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN: A lecturer of conflict resolution at the American University in Afghanistan, Obaidulluh Baheer decided to stay in Kabul when many were trying to escape during the US evacuation. His family history made him feel he could have a unique role to play in helping the country make a palatable transition to Taliban rule.   Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: https://mariannewilliamson.substack.com/   Follow Obaidulluh Baheer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObaidullaBaheer   Follow Marianne on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson

REFLECTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN: My guest for this episode of Conversations with Marianne is Joe Cirincione, a distinguished fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington DC. Previously Joe worked for the US House of Representatives on the Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Government Operations.   In our conversation we talk about Afghanistan, the military industrial complex, President Biden, Pakistan, China, and more. The only way we’re going to transform the world is if we stop farming out our thinking, and our conscience. Don’t think these subjects are things other people should think about, but not you. That’s the kind of thinking that got us here. Let’s change our thinking about the power of citizenship so that citizens can change the world.   Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: www.MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Follow Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cirincione Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson  

Subscribe to Marianne’s Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com In part 2 of Transforming Capitalism, we continue our examination of the ways in which modern American capitalism fails to adequately provide for the majority of Americans. We discuss some concrete policies that would ease the financial oppression that burdens so many of our citizens, and how a financially secure populace benefits us all. We hear about some hopeful signs that the tides might be turning against the entrenched orthodoxy of neoliberalism. OUR GUESTS ARE: Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) Nina Turner (@ninaturner) Richard Wolff (@profwolff) Peter Joseph (@zeitgeistfilm) Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) Robert Kuttner (@rkuttnerwrites) Marshall Steinbaum (@Econ_Marshall) Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarianneWilliamson Podcast produced by Jon Ehrens and Lauren Selsky

Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com REFLECTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN: Having lived there originally in the 1970’s, Tom Freston was excited to go back again after the fall of the Taliban, this time as a successful American media executive who would play a major role in establishing Afghanistan’s first television and radio stations.  Freston talks with Marianne about his time spent living and working in Afghanistan, and what he sees for the future of the country and its people. Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson  

Williamson in discussion with Zainab Salbi. Salbi is founder of Women for Women International, a humanitarian organization that invests in rebuilding the lives of female victims of war. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Learn more about Zainab: http://zainabsalbi.com/ Learn more about Women For Women International: https://www.womenforwomen.org Follow Marianne on Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson

Williamson and Chayes discuss Chayes' article “The Ides of August,” about her experiences working as a reporter and special counsellor to the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the war in Afghanistan. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/6rPjZBNBPrY Learn more about Sarah: https://www.sarahchayes.org/ Read "The Ides of August" https://www.sarahchayes.org/post/the-ides-of-august  

Williamson and Joseph discuss the economic and social systems prevailing in the world today and what is needed to heal society. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Learn more about Peter Joseph: https://www.peterjoseph.info Read Peter's Book: The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781942952657 

Economist and Professor Richard Wolff analyzes the deficiencies of modern capitalism, articulating the benefits of a socialist system and the road to a more equitable society. He promotes not a radical shift in economic system, but a gradual transformation involving a shift in consciousness from profits before people to people above all else. Listen to the full TRANSFORMING Capitalism Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3BjzGai Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Follow Richard Wolff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profwolff Learn more about Richard Wolff: https://www.rdwolff.com Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson

This is Part One of our exploration of modern American capitalism. Our current economic model serves a small group of people at the expense of the economic security of the vast majority of Americans. Why is that true and how can we change it? Our podcast presents a rundown of how the United States has historically attempted to balance public and private interests, and how we have arrived in our current moment of wealth inequality and rampant economic injustice. The voices you hear in this episode include: - Stephanie Kelton: Stonybrook professor of economics and author of The Deficit Myth (@stephaniekelton) - Matt Stoller: Research Director for the American Economic Liberties Project, and author of Goliath: The 100 Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy (@matthewstoller) - Richard Wolff: Professor of Economics at The University of Massachusetts Amherst and host of Economic Update (@profwolff) - Marshall Steinbaum: Assistant Professor of Economics at The University of Utah (@Econ_Marshall) - Nina Turner: Former Ohio State Senator and co-chair of Bernie Sanders 2020 Presidential campaign. (@ninaturner) - Peter Joseph: Activist, filmmaker, and author (@zeitgeistfilm) Learn more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

John Adams said that he hoped that every July 4th, Americans would revisit its first principles. Those principles are found in the Declaration of Independence and today we celebrate the 245th anniversary of its signing.  I sat down with author and progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann, to discuss those first principles, how our democracy is being threatened and the steps needed to save it… Let this year’s July 4th celebration be mindful rather than mindless. What should we celebrate, and what should we beware of? Thom's Website: https://www.thomhartmann.com Follow Thom on Social Media  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thom_hartmann YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann   Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MarianneWilliamson