Washington Babylon

This week Ken is off reporting in parts unknown! Never fear, Andrew is here with some great material you should enjoy! We chat with Providence media legend Rudy Cheeks about his hilarious years of writing about the tomfoolery of local politicians. Dr. Tony Monteiro and Black Agenda Report host Glen Ford critique the Left's resistance to Trump. And Louis Proyect visits again with his take on DSA and the wider Left.

This week, Ken digs into the shady philanthropy of Ben Affleck. Then, Andrew interview Dr. Shawgi Tell about recent developments in Rochester and the struggle to preserve public education in a high-poverty municipality.

A special treat for our supporters on Patreon! As a parting gift before we transition to a different format of supporting our work that will include deletion of the current tier system, here is an extended discussion about The Intercept and its shady leadership by Ken Silverstein. There's some great belly laughs to be had here that you will genuinely enjoy.

This week, a special report from the Washington Babylon podcast about The Intercept. Ken has made the argument this week, based on his reporting and that of Tim Shorrock, that the popular news website is in fact backed by the Deep State and their purpose at founding was not to support whistleblowers but instead to entrap them. Featuring interviews with Barrett Brown and Billie Winner-Davis, mother of Reality Winner, this is a piece of audio journalism you won't want to miss! Special thanks to Eric Draitser at Counterpunch Radio for permission to syndicate his interview with Ms. Winner-Davis, be sure to check out his work and consider becoming a supporter at

We're back and our audio product is fresh! We start with a chat about Venezuela's amazing sights and Ken's run-in with the Sandalistas at The Grayzone Project. Then Louis Proyect explains his take on Democratic Socialists of America and the Jacobin Magazine crowd. Then Ken sits down for an extended conversation with Washington DC artist Kevon Williams.

Sydney Leathers, adult film star and the woman made famous from the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal talks about Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump.

On this episode of the Washington Babylon Podcast. David Slavick  of the Luscious Lefties Podcast interviews Ken Silverstein about his 2015 piece in Harper's "Shaky Foundations: The Clintons’ so-called charitable enterprise has served as a vehicle to launder money and to enrich family friends."  One passage from Ken's must read Harper's piece stands out in light of given the Trump Justice Department has launched a new inquiry into the Clinton Foundation:If the Justice Department and law enforcement agencies do their jobs, the foundation will be closed and its current and past trustees, who include Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton, will be indicted. That’s because their so-called charitable enterprise has served as a vehicle to launder money and to enrich Clinton family friends.We talk about what may happen next and what everyone should know about the Clinton Foundation's shady accounting and the real impact of the Foundation's work in places like Columbia. Also on this episode Ken talks to  government watchdog Tom Anderson about congressional corruption and we play the game of guess the Congressmen.

On this episode of Washington Babylon David Slavick interviews Ken Silverstein about the Trump/Stormy Daniels payoff scandal. Ken talks to Mary Angela Perna about her piece “Resist Oprah: If Her History On Education Is Any Guide, She’s Bad News.” Government Watchdog Tom Anderson talks to Ken Silverstein about Congressional corruption and we play “Guess the Congress Crook.”