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Bad Faith

Briahna Joy Gray 100 episodes Latest Jun 4, 2026

Bad Faith is a political podcast hosted by Briahna Joy Gray, former National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. The show offers progressive commentary on current events, media criticism, and interviews with activists, journalists, and politicians. It aims to challenge mainstream narratives and provide a leftist perspective on American politics.

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Episode 583 - Debate: Should Democrats Campaign on Climate Change Anymore? (W/ Matt Huber & Aaron Regunberg) Jun 11, 2026 01:36:24 A few weeks ago, we had an all star panel to discuss AI data centers and the pivot in both liberal and left publications away from embracing climate change as an issue. One of those articles was written in the New York Times by Syracuse professor Matt Huber, who teachers in the geography and environment department. Today, Huber joins the podcast with AI panelist Aaron Reguberg to push back on how
Promo - Episode 582 Debunking the Rape Hoax Redux (w/ Ali Abunimah) Jun 8, 2026 07:44 Executive director of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, returns to Bad Faith to break down the latest attempt by Zionists to push the "mass rape" narrative that has greased the runway for Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, but stays to debate the role Tucker Carlson should play in advancing the lefts anti war and anti imperialist aims. A fascinating exploration of ethnics, media, and progress
Episode 581 - Sick Saad World (w/ Matt McManus) Jun 4, 2026 01:41:45 Spelman College professor and author of The Political Right & Equality, & The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism, returns to Bad Faith to to discuss his recent article on the Gad Saad, the poor man's Jordan Peterson, his case against "suicidal empathy," and what it shows about the status of the conservative movement. But first, we cover the latest Graham Platner sexting scandal, the NYC Israel
Promo Episode 580 - A.I. Sore (w/ Dr. Margo Paez & Jae Holzman) Jun 1, 2026 07:28 Dr. Margo Paez, an expert on climate change modeling & water resources & fellow at the Bitcoin policy institute, joins with Jae Holzman, a journalist reporting on climate change for Heatmap news, for a surprising conversation about AI data centers and how they're being litigated across the political identity spectrum. Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to listen in full. Subscribe to Bad Faith on Y
Episode 579 - On The Potential of Art & The Limits of Tucker Carlson (w/ Saul Williams) May 28, 2026 02:04:17 Poet, musician, actor, & writer Saul Williams joins Bad Faith podcast for the first time to talk about how art can help feed this revolutionary moment and expand our understanding of our potential as a global community. But also, Briahna is still hyper-fixated on the prominent role the Israel-critical right is playing in the anti-war space, and what the implications are for building a left, anti w
Episode 578 Promo - The Finale (w/ Ron Placone) May 25, 2026 08:07 Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to listen to this episode in full. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). California-based leftist comedian median & film maker Ron Placone joins Bad Faith to help us laugh through what feels like America's curtain call. We cover the DNC autopsy report which was, fittingly, dead on arrival, the California mayoral and gubernatorial e
Episode 577 - Where Are All The Eco-Terrorists? (w/ Yasha Levine, Edward Ongweso Jr., & Aaron Regunberg) May 21, 2026 01:46:25 We've assembled an all-star panel of journalists to break down the controversy around the AI data centers being built across the country. We start with a discussion of the curious & controversial Jacobin piece by Holly Buck in which she opposes Bernie Sanders' data center moratorium. Why would a left publication advance a take that so obviously benefits big AI? Journalists Levine, Ongweso & Regunb
Episode 576 - Canceled, Not Silenced (w/ Rami Elghandour) May 18, 2026 08:28 Biotech entrepreneur and producer of The Voice of Hind Rajab, Rami Elghandour, was scheduled to speak at his alma mater, Rutgers University, but two weeks before graduation his appearance was canceled -- apparently due to complaints from a small number of students on campus. Though never given a clear explanation, some have pointed to Israel-critical social media posts relating to Nicholas Kristof
Episode 575 - Israel vs The Truth (w/ Sana Saeed) May 14, 2026 02:07:36 Independent journalist, formerly of Al Jazeera, Sana Saeed returns to Bad Faith to break down Benjamin Netanyahu's 60 Minutes interview on Bari Weiss's CBS, the New York Times finally covering Israel's mass rape of Palestinian hostages in an opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof, & the internecine debate on the left about AOC's feud with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the utility of acknowledging that so
Episode 574 Promo -Green Wave UK: How They Did It (w/ Ash Sarkar) May 11, 2026 08:18 British journalist and Senior Editor at Novara media, Ash Sarkar, joins Bad Faith to unpack the UK Green Party's huge successes last week under the new leadership of Zack Polanski. After winning big, Polanski declared that Britain's two party politics are "dead and buried," and that Green vs Reform has replaced the old Labor vs Conservatives dynamic. What techniques might translate into lessons fo
Episode 573 - In Defense of Litmus Tests (w/ Natalie Wynn aka ContraPoints) May 7, 2026 02:39:15 Prolific YouTube video essayist, & political commentator, Natalie Wynn, returns to Bad Faith after five years to discuss her critiques of the left & backlash to said critiques. Infamous for saying the left doesn't want power, but wants to endlessly critique power, Briahna pushes Natalie on her own theory of change, and whether it is in fact, the left, that misunderstands power. The pair also discu
Episode 572 Promo - The Gerontocracy is Killing Us (w/ Samuel Moyn) May 4, 2026 08:15 Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Yale Law Professor Samuel Moyn joins Bad Faith to discuss the Supreme Court's attack on the Voting Rights Act, and how the Democratic Party's commitment to the gerontocracy has led to the degradation of our courts and our democracy as a whole. Professor Moyn

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