In a special episode featuring your two hosts, we discuss Trump’s long game for a regime: taking the so-called presidency again in ‘28 and continuing to wreak whatever havoc doesn’t fit into the next four years. (Not to be too doomer about it — don’t mourn, organize!) He’s got the usual cast of characters running amok, from Steve Bannon telling Chr…

Krystal and Kyle discuss Bannon’s recent remarks about Trump grabbing a third term.Door Krystal

Fair enough: Rep. Zohran Mamdani got pulled into a legislative session this week to fight for working people in the NY State House, but never fear — we have lots of content for you: the Gavin Newsom supervillain arc, making fun of Teslas and why some people are being mean to Tim Walz about it, plus The Horrors, from Social Security payments not goi…

This week’s guest, Robert Weissman, walks us through the current climate of grassroots and organizational pushback against our government’s current self-destruct modeDoor Krystal

This week’s guest, Robert Weissman, walks us through the current climate of grassroots and organizational pushback against our government’s current self-destruct mode. To make a long story short, it’s not looking easy on the ground — but essential victories prove that there’s a limit to the number of times Trump and his cronies can buy out justice …

Writer Luke Savage joins us to discuss Trump's disastrous trade war.Door Krystal

For Episode 216, we dive into the dumbest trade war ever with political writer Lule Savage. Trump has promised to go full steam ahead with tariffs that could devastate industries and cause massive job loss in Canada. Leveraging 25 percent tariffs on most exports would significantly affect the Canadian economy and destabilize the relationship betwee…

Welcome back to KK&F! We’ve had notable Jacobin columnist, podcast host and illustrious Canadian, Luke Savage, on the show before to talk about the Biden admin. Now, entering the current house of horrors that is American politics, we’ve brought Luke back on the show to talk Trump, tariffs, and our neighbors to the north. Watch below: Read more…

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) is on the show to talk about the Trump whirlwind hitting the Hill and share his insider info on what it’s like to be in government right now under President Musk.Door Krystal

As Krystal puts it in this week’s episode during a discussion of the latest in Elon Musk’s quest for world domination, Elon thinks he’s Ready Player One, and we’re all NPCs. Rep. Maxwell Frost joins us to assess the damage. As our conversation takes a deep dive into the insights Maxwell has to offer into the psyches of two billionaire egotists, we …

This week we get a bombshell report from reporter Greg Palast regarding voter suppression that changed the 2024 election results. In our exclusive interview with him, Greg alleges that the 2024 election results are not valid; without the gross Jim Crow-era abuses of voting rights that predominated during this election, Kamala would have gotten an e…

Greg Palast joins us to discuss the devastating impact of voter suppression in the 2024 election.Door Krystal

MoveOn director Rahna Epting responds to Hakeem Jeffries' criticism of progressive grassroots organizations.Door Krystal

We have arguably our most shocking, juicy story in KK&F history this week, courtesy of reporter Greg Palast. Greg’s work investigating voter suppression has led him to discover a once-in-a-lifetime bombshell at the heart of the 2024 election results, and we made him walk us through it — so you can hear it, too. Watch below: Read more…

We are releasing a special bonus episode this week in order to give the Director of MoveOn a chance to respond to reports that Democratic leaders are irritated by their grassroots activists demanding those leaders actually fight back against Trump. We will still have our normal episode out for everyone later this week. Subscribers receive that full…

Join us and special guest Judd Legum to discuss Judd’s watchdog reporting on Musk’s abuses and follies in (unelected) office, where he’s keeping tabs on how the richest man in the world has bought his way into Trump’s right-hand position.Door Krystal

With Judd Legum of Musk Watch, we review the highlights (lowlights?) of This Week in Musk and, given the trends in Musk’s escalating power, what a Next Week in Musk might look like. From the insane reveal that Grimes objects to her ex’s bringing their son to hang out with Trump to careful analyses of Musk’s attacks on the various branches of govern…

Gil Duran joins us to talk about the Musk coup.Door Krystal

Welcome to Episode 211 of KK&F, covering the Musk rampage against the federal government with journalist Gil Duran. Reporting on the first weeks of the Trump admin is basically reporting on the unfolding of a coup. Musk has gotten keys to the Treasury systems, and is rampaging through the government. In this episode with Gil, we cover the central i…

Ben Norton walks us through the impending economic crash.Door Krystal

The Humanist Report's Mike Figueredo walks us through the nightmare of Trump 2.0.Door Krystal

Krystal and Kyle look back over the Biden years as his administration comes to a close.Door Krystal

British journalist Owen Jones joins us to help make sense of what Elon is up to in Britain, whether his boost of the far right Reform Party will prove successful, and what to make of his falling out with Nigel Farage.Door Krystal

Pisco of Lib & Learn podcast joins us to discuss the current civil war hitting MAGA’s ranks and the future of the bromance between Trump and Elon (is it built to last?).Door Krystal

With this week’s guest, Matt Bruenig, we debunk the biggest misconceptions and lies about single-payer healthcare.Door Krystal

Ken Klippenstein takes us through his coverage of the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing, and the response of mainstream media outlets.Door Krystal

Journalist Michael Tracey joins us to discuss Trump’s cabinet picks.Door Krystal

Congressman Ro Khanna joins us to talk about Democrats' loss in the 2024 election and where the party is headed.Door Krystal

We talk to MSNBC regular turned critic Steve Schmidt about Morning Joe’s recent heel turn on Donald Trump.Door Krystal

For our two hundredth episode, we talk to Juan David Rojas about how AMLO, Mexico’s Bernie, won.Door Krystal

Ettingermentum joins us for 2024 Election Day analysis and helps us interpret what’s next under the coming four years of Trump.Door Krystal

Will Chamberlain joins us for a debate on Trump vs. Kamala.Door Krystal

Sam Butler joins the show to discuss his article for Drop Site News about Elon Musk’s plan to turn his immense capital into political power.Door Krystal

We're joined by fellow YouTubers Hutch and Pondering Politics to debate the pros and cons of Kamala's strategy of appealing to Republicans.Door Krystal

We talk to political analyst Omar Baddar about whether Israel is headed for World War III.Door Krystal

We talk to The Vanguard about the state of the presidential race, with the election just a month away.Door Krystal

We talk to journalist Sohrab Ahmari about what's missing from the Trump 2024 campaign.Door Krystal

Citations Needed's Adam Johnson is our guest this week, discussing JD Vance’s “blood libel media campaign” against Haitian immigrants and his strategy of doubling down.Door Krystal

David Sirota rejoins the show to discuss his new podcast, Master Plan, uncovering decades of government corruption.Door Krystal

Reporter Jordan Chariton joins the pod to discuss his new book on the Flint water crisis, We The Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover Up.Door Krystal

Joshua Reed Eakle of Project Liberal joins us to debate classical liberalism versus social democracy.Door Krystal

Former Governor of Minnesota and pro wrestler Jesse Ventura unleashes on Trump and defends Tim Walz from the current GOP smear campaigns.Door Krystal

We talked to your favorite Twitter account @ettingermentum to make some very strong predictions about who’s going to win it all in November.Door Krystal

Journalist Omar Baddar joins Kyle for a conversation on potential war between Israel and Iran/ Hezbollah. Is it inevitable? Will the US join on the side of Israel?Door Krystal

Presidential candidate Jill Stein rejoins the pod to talk about what justice for Palestine would look like after a ceasefire, the state of the 2024 presidential race, and more.Door Krystal

Cenk Uygur joins us to discuss Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.Door Krystal

We talk to Libertarian Party presidential candidate Chase Oliver about his campaign and the state of the 2024 presidential election.Door Krystal

Jeremy joins us to discuss Drop Site News, his and Ryan Grim's new independent media outlet.Door Krystal

Jen Perelman joins the show to talk about her campaign against Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 25th District.Door Krystal

Briahna Joy Gray joins us to discuss her recent firing from The Hill.Door Krystal