We are closing the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast with a brief rant on the ongoing saga of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. We also reflect on our time working on the podcast, as well as the current state of politics.

Episode 40: The Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Sep 18th, 2018 1h 5m

On this episode of the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast, we discuss Hurricane Florence, and Trump’s denial of the official death toll in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, Paul Manafort’s agreement to cooperate with the Mueller investigation, an

Episode 39: Trump & Trade

Sep 4th, 2018 1h 7m

On the podcast this week, we discuss some of the commentary made during John McCain's memorial service aimed at Donald Trump, Trump's latest immigration crackdown against Latinos that are US citizens living on the US-Mexico border, and finally

Episode 38: Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Aug 28th, 2018 1h 8m

There was an insane amount of important news this past week. This episode, we cover the passing of Senator John McCain, and take an honest look at his legacy. We also discuss the new energy policy released by Trump's EPA, and dive into the news

Episode 37: Freedom of the Press

Aug 21st, 2018 1h 25m

This week, we discuss the implications of Trump revoking John Brennan's security clearance (with a small tangent about Omarosa), the several new child sex abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church, and our updated analysis of the 2018 midterm

Episode 36: Primary Election Results & Other News

Aug 14th, 2018 24m 5s

This week's podcast episode is a solo episode covering some of the major news topics of last week since several of our podcasters are out of town. This week, we discuss the primary and special election results from last Tuesday, Canada's diplom

Episode 35: Religious Liberty

Aug 7th, 2018 1h 7m

On the podcast this week, we cover the financial troubles of the NRA, the assassination attempt on the Venezuelan president, Trump's feud with LeBron James, and recent losses by the Trump administration in the courts on the issue of immigration

Episode 34: Election in Pakistan

Jul 31st, 2018 1h 6m

This week on the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast, we discuss the new discourse on racism in Germany in light of Mesut Ozil's resignation from the German national team, Michael Cohen's ongoing conflict with his former client, Donald Trump, the evacu

Episode 33: The Student Loan Debt Crisis

Jul 25th, 2018 1h

This week on the podcast, we discuss the White House communication nightmare in the fallout of the Helsinki summit, and then the arrest of Maria Butina, the 29 year-old Russian agent that infiltrated the NRA. For our main story, we discuss the

Episode 32: Russia, the World Cup & Human Rights

Jul 17th, 2018 57m 21s

In this week's episode of the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast, we cover the UK's Brexit drama, Trump's visit to Europe and his disastrous meeting with NATO, Trump's even more disastrous meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and ongoing unrest in

Episode 31: Elections in Turkey

Jul 3rd, 2018 1h 15m

After a pretty rough week, we dedicate much of this episode breaking down to suite of terrible Supreme Court-related news that has come up this past week. We also discuss some much needed points of optimism with a few major progressive primary

Episode 30: MS-13

Jun 27th, 2018 1h 5m

In this week's episode of the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast, we discuss Trump's new executive order rescinding his administration's policy of separating families as they cross the southern border, the Supreme Court's decision supporting Texas's r

Episode 29: DOJ IG Report, Trump-Kim Summit, and Family Separations

Jun 20th, 2018 35m 42s

This week's episode of the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast is a solo one as we're still undergoing some transitional issues, and some of us are still moving around. In this episode, we talk about the Department of Justice Inspector General's report

Episode 28: Executive Authority

Jun 12th, 2018 53m 53s

On this episode of the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast, we discuss the ongoing science drain that is taking place in the White House, Austria's expulsion of a number of Muslim imams from the country, new indictments against Paul Manafort by Robert

Episode 27: State of the Transatlantic Relationship

Jun 7th, 2018 1h

This week on the podcast, we discuss the results of the recent wave of primary elections, more updates (again!) on the North Korea summit, as well as the Mueller investigations, and the Supreme Court ruling on a prominent LGBTQ rights case. For

Episode 26: Immigration Enforcement Under Trump

May 29th, 2018 58m 53s

This week on the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast, we discuss the flip flopping of the administration on talks with North Korea, ongoing economic sanctions against Venezuela, the Irish referendum ending the ban on abortion, and updates on the status

Episode 25: Violence in Gaza

May 22nd, 2018 52m 36s

This week on the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast, we discuss the recent shooting at a high school in Texas, some new examples of congressional bravery, the confirmation of Gina Haspel to CIA Director, and new revelations that Don Jr. met with emiss

Episode 24: The #MeToo Movement

May 15th, 2018 1h 17m

This week on the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast, we provide an update on developments with regards to the Iran Nuclear Deal since Trump withdrew from the agreement last week, the ongoing problems of Michael Cohen, further diplomatic developments w

Episode 23: Iran Nuclear Deal

May 8th, 2018 41m 41s

We've got another short episode this week because we just finished writing our master's thesis a few days ago. This episode we discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal, which Donald Trump just announced the United States will withdraw from. We provide a b

Episode 22: Racial Injustice

Apr 24th, 2018 1h 6m

On the podcast this week, we cover the DNC's new lawsuit against the Trump campaign, Russia and WikiLeaks, concessions made by North Korea ahead of the Trump-Kim summit, the bombing of a voter registration center in Afghanistan, and outrage ove

Episode 21: Minipod - Major Political News Coverage

Apr 17th, 2018 28m 45s

This week's podcast episode is a bit shorter as all of us are embroiled in graduate school work, conferences, and travel outside of Germany. However, we could never just leave you hanging, and so we have a discussion of the major news stories t

Episode 20: Public Education in the US

Apr 10th, 2018 58m 16s

In this week's podcast episode, we breakdown the very many scandals that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is now caught up in, the resignation of Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold, Trump's insane reaction to a caravan of asylum-seekers from Cent

Episode 19: Russia

Apr 3rd, 2018 1h 10m

In Trump's America, a slow news week still includes the firing of a Cabinet Secretary. So this week we cover the ouster of VA Secretary David Shulkin and we dive into the shooting of Stephon Clark and the continued problem of police violence ag

Episode 18: Financial Regulation

Mar 27th, 2018 1h 17m

Following another big news week, this episode of the Radical Bureaucrats Podcast covers the passage of the omnibus spending bill, HR McMaster's replacement with John Bolton as National Security Adviser, the situation surrounding Cambridge Analy

Bonus Podcast: Interview with Howard Botwinick

Mar 21st, 2018 1h 4m

For our episode last week on Janus v. AFSCME, we were supposed to include an interview with Howard Botwinick, a professor of economics at SUNY Cortland. Unfortunately, Howard got sick at the last moment, so we decided to rescheduled the intervi