Day: August 24, 2025

Trump Rewrites His Epstein/Maxwell History as He Has Done With “Russiagate” and “Stop the Steal” But This Time Are the American People That Stupid?

We begin with Trump’s orchestrated campaign to rewrite his history with Epstein and Maxwell as he had done with Russia helping him win in 2016 and how he claims actually won the presidency in 2020. With the release of the transcripts of his former defense lawyer’s softball interview with Maxwell and the dribbling out of 1% of the Epstein files to a friendly House committee, we are being told by Trump that we are stupid and should believe the nonsense he is peddling as his followers in MAGAworld will surely do. Joining us is Nina Burleigh, a senior editor at The New Republic, best-selling author, documentary producer, and publisher of the Substack American Freakshow. A professor at New York University’s Arthur J. Carter Journalism Institute, she’s written seven books, the latest of which include Golden Handcuffs: The Secret History of Trump’s Women, and she has a novel, Zero Visibility Possible. She is the Producer of a documentary series on Apple TV, “Epstein’s Shadow” and has an article at her Substack, “The Plumbers of Epsteingate.”

Joining the Residents of Washington DC As They Demonstrate Against the Military Occupation of Our Nation’s Capital

Then we get an update on Saturday’s demonstrations by the residents of Washington DC against the military occupation of our nation’s capital. Joining us is James Fallows, an award-winning author and national correspondent for The Atlantic. He previously worked as President Carter’s chief speechwriter and was editor of US News & World Report. His books on media and politics include, Who Runs Congress, Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy, Blind into Baghdad: America’s War in Iraq, and China Airborne: The Test of China’s Future. His latest book co-authored with his wife Deborah Fallows is Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America and he blogs at his Substack Breaking the News where his latest article is “Which Side Are We On? Two questions and answers about this moment in our country’s history, and where we stand.”

Among the First to Warn About Global Warming, Bill McKibbon on His New Book Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

Then finally we speak with Bill McKibben, founder of the environmental organization 350.org as well as the founder of Third Act, a project organizing people over sixty for progressive change. Among the first to have warned of the dangers of global warming, he is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and the author of more than twenty books, including the bestsellers The End of Nature, Falter, and Deep Economy. We discuss his latest book, just out, Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization.