Best Adam Fishman Podcasts (2025)

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2255 - Mamdani Wins! Good Riddance Cuomo! The Skrmetti Ruling w/ David Weigel and Chase Strangio 1:12:08

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Happy Wednesday from the soon to be Sharia Anarcho Communist Caliphate of New York City. ZOHRAN MAMDANI HAS WON THE NYC PRIMARY! BYE CUOMO! The show kicks off by spending some time appreciating Zohran's masterful campaign and its potential impact on the national scale. David Weigel from Semafor joins us to recount his coverage of the NYC primary an…

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Carnegie's Tong Zhao on the Expansion of China's Nuclear Arsenal 1:10:21

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This week on Sinica, in a show taped in early June in Washington, Kaiser chats with Tong Zhao (赵通) of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a leading expert on Chinese nuclear doctrine, about why the PRC has, in recent years, significantly increased the size of its nuclear arsenal. Zhao offers a master class in the practice of strategic e…

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Inside Colombier II’s $197M GrabAGun Deal 27:40

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CEO Marc Nemati and Colombier II’s Omeed Malik break down the deal, timing, and the strategy. Despite its moniker as the “the everything store” you can’t buy everything on Amazon, and firearms are one of those things. But, GrabAGun has spent years building a platform for regulated online firearms purchases, and soon, consumers will be able to buy G…

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2254 - NYC Primaries, Trump's Not So Ceased-Cease Fire, w/ Leah Litman 1:16:17

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It’s Tuesday News Day, not there’s a lot news to discuss these days. We open with the NYC Mayoral Democratic Primaries and discuss Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander’s appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and the strange direction taken by the host. Then we bring on the great Leah Litman to discuss her new book, LAWLESS and the Supreme Cour…

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2253 - Trump Bombs Iran, Mamdani Surges in New Poll w/ Matt Duss, Eskander Sadeghi, Anthony Conwright 1:46:48

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It’s Monday, and everything is fine... On today's show It's the NYC Primary Election Eve and an Emerson College Poll shows Zohran Mamdani winning in round 8 of the rank choice voting. We talk to Matt Duss over the conflict in Iran. Check out his podcast Undiplomatic and his work at the Center for International Policy Also joining us is Professor Es…

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Podcast EP 204: “Use your experience to build something new.” w/ Devin Melnyk 48:04

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This week’s guest is Devin Melnyk. With over 25 years of hands-on experience in the cannabis industry and eight years steering operations in Canada’s legal market, Devin Melnyk brings unmatched expertise and insight to HiNote AI. As a key player in building Pure Sunfarms, one of Canada’s premier cannabis cultivators, Devin has a proven track record…

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Han Ong Reads “Happy Days” 1:02:08

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Han Ong reads his story “Happy Days,” from the June 30, 2025, issue of the magazine. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Berlin Prize, Ong is the author of more than a dozen plays and two novels, “Fixer Chao” and “The Disinherited.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices…

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2522 - We Forgot the Lessons of Iraq and the ’08 Recession in One Week w/ David Dayen 1:29:54

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It’s casual Friday. Today in studio for the first hour is writer and editor of the American Prospect, David Dayen. Sam and David dive deep into the SENR Bill, the Genius Act and the Big Beautiful Bill. Of course we check in with the looming potential American invasion of Iran. And we close out the first half with the NYC Mayoral primaries. If you l…

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2521 - Trump Goes Full NeoCon & Massive Public Land Sell Off w/ Michael Carroll 1:05:33

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It’s Emancipation Thursday. On today’s show we watch archival news footage covering the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and discuss the deterioration of that landmark legislation. Meanwhile, the Iran war drums beat louder. Trump does a 180 on his supposed “anti-war” position as the same old Military Industrial Complex arguments used for Ira…

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The Portfolio Career That Made Him a Better Parent | Ben Erez (Dad of 1, PM Coach/Product Advisor) 56:55

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Ben Erez is a former founder and product leader turned solopreneur and instructor. He teaches a popular Maven course for aspiring product managers, hosts the podcast Supra Insider, and is a proud girl dad living in Brooklyn. In this episode, Ben shares what it’s like raising a daughter while building a portfolio career on his own terms. We discusse…

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2520 - Israel's West Bank Annexation; Trump's ICE Gestapo w/ Jasper Nathaniel, Brad Lander 1:25:10

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Another busy day in the derailed circus train that is Trump's administration. On today's show, Tucker Carlson humiliates Ted Cruz into admitting that the US is involved in Israel’s war in Iran. Broken clock, etc. We talk to Jasper Nathanial about his piece for The Baffler titled “The Annexation of the West Bank is Complete”. Check his other work at…

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The Strange Afterlife of an American Football Story from China 45:20

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In 2014, the writer Christopher Beam published a humorous, heartwarming story in The New Republic about an unlikely team of American football enthusiasts in Chongqing who went on to defeat their archrivals in Shanghai to win a championship. The piece was optioned by Sony Pictures, and had some big names attached, but was ultimately never made — not…

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2519 - Mike Lee Melts Down, Iran Tensions Rise, NYC Comptroller Arrested by ICE, CA Sues Feds w/ Rob Bonta 1:07:13

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It’s Tuesday News Day. Today’s show opens with rising tensions between Israel and Iran and a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Trump’s awkward G7 exit. Sen. Mike Lee comes under fire for a callous tweet following a Democratic lawmaker’s assassination in Minnesota. An interview with California AG Rob Bonta, who details multiple lawsuits against…

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2519 - Trump's Military Parade, Protests & Political Violence + Israel's Attack On Iran w/ Stephen Wertheim 1:08:13

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Veeeeery busy day for us at the Majority Report today, with a new front of Israel's military rampage opening up with Iran, Donald Trump holding what turned out to be a rinky dinky military parade, political assassinations in Minnesota, No Kings protests across the country, and AOC and Zohran holding a joint rally in NYC. We get to all of that today…

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Yiyun Li Reads “Any Human Heart” 52:08

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Yiyun Li reads her story “Any Human Heart,” from the June 23, 2025, issue of the magazine. Li is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novels “Must I Go” and “The Book of Goose,” and the story collection “Wednesday’s Child,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2024. A new nonfiction book, “Things in Nature Merely Grow,” was…

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T.O.S. EP #203 “What did we get right? What did we get wrong? What can we change?” W/Kevin Drolet 55:29

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This week’s guest is Kevin Drolet, a business strategist, storyteller, and advocate focused on accelerating impact-driven innovation. He’s the Founder of Climate Hive, a collective of experts dedicated to supporting tech companies with the tools they need to scale, from marketing strategy and business development to fractional C-suite support. Kevi…

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2518 - Trump Administration Thuggery & The Coopting of the Military w/ Jeet Heer 1:41:45

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It's Casual Friday, and it is so casual that we have pre-taped today's show Thursday evening in order to attend Emma's wedding. Sam starts off by discussing the implications of Senator Alex Padilla being man-handled and handcuffed by federal agents while trying to ask DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. He gets further into that and Donald Trump's propensit…

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2517 - Trump's Showdown With SCOTUS And Protesters w/ Mark Joseph Stern 1:06:31

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It's a Matt-jority top of the show today, with Sam joining a little later with an interview with Slate's Mark Joseph Stern about the goings on at the Supreme Court. The Trump administration is taking it's assault on democracy to the court, and there are several important cases we all need to be keeping an eye on. Check out Mark's reporting here: ht…

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Me, Me, and We Nights: Keeping Identity as Parents | Jeff Okita & Jamie Lee (Parents of 1, Tilt & JME Labs) 1:02:45

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Jamie Lee is the Founder of JME Labs, a consulting business supporting startups and small businesses. Her husband, Jeff Okita, is the VP of Product at Tilt, a leave management platform. Together, they’re raising their 14-month-old daughter while managing demanding careers and a shared vision of parenting. We talked about: Building a strong support …

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2516 - How Gaza Exposed The West’s Moral Rot; NYC’s Left-Wing Uprising w/ Omar El Akkad, Chi Ossé 1:25:20

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It's an Emmajority Wednesday (I know, we're as confused as you are) and we have two great guests for you today. First, we cover Donald Trump's ominous threats to protesters who are upset about ICE raids in Los Angeles and around the country. After that, Emma talks to journalist and author Omar El Akkad about his new book "One Day Everyone Will Have…

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The Raider: China and the Life of Evans Carlson, with Historian Stephen Platt 1:22:06

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Stephen Platt, historian at UMass Amherst and author, most recently, of the book The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II. Like his previous works, Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom and Imperial Twilight, it offers a compelling narrative history of an overlo…

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2515 - Marines Deployed to LA to Defend Trump's Immigration Crackdown 1:10:15

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It's Newsday Tuesday™ with the MR crew and we'll be digging into the Trump administration's deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles amid protests over ICE raids there. Pete Hegseth tries to justify why federal troops are in LA during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing by pushing falsehoods about both the situation on the ground, the st…

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Industrial Policy, "Overcapacity," and U.S.-China Trade: A Conversation with Cambridge's Jostein Hauge 1:08:02

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Jostein Hauge, political economist and an Assistant Professor in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, based at the Centre of Development Studies and the Department of Politics and International Studies, and author of the book The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing Industrialization. 3:…

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2514 - How The US Weaponized Global Economics w/ Eddie Fishman 1:18:29

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It's Monday! At the top of the show we discuss the Trump administration's deployment of the national guard to LA amid protests over ICE raids there. After that, Sam and Emma welcome Eddie Fishman to discuss his book author Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare. Get your copy of his book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…

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Jim Shepard Reads “The Queen of Bad Influences” 39:13

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Jim Shepard reads his story “The Queen of Bad Influences,” from the June 16, 2025, issue of the magazine. Shepard, a winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story, is the author of thirteen books of fiction, including the novels “The Book of Aron” and “Phase Six” and the story collection “The World to Come.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.…

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T.O.S. EP #202 "Building a greener tomorrow while building capital." W/Matthew Mead 46:05

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My guest this week is Matthew Mead. Mattie Mead is a Sun Valley, Idaho based entrepreneur who has a passion for reenvisioning the materials used in construction and beyond. In 2016, he was a TEDx speaker on the topic of "Building a Better World." As the CEO and Founder of Hempitecture, he is dedicated to seeing the use of sustainable, healthy build…

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2513 - Trump & Elon Musk's Big Beautiful Breakup w/ Heather 'Digby' Parton 1:39:02

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It's Casual Friday my friends, and boy do we have a lot to celebrate. Elon Musk and Donald Trump are having an ugly public break up and we are here for it. Bit what does all this mean for Trump's Big Beautiful Bill? Heather "Digby" Parton is here to help us break it all down. Check out Digby's column at Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/heather_d…

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2512 - AOC Endorses Zohran; Neocons Disrupt Trump's Iran Talks w/ Trita Parsi 1:07:14

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Happy Emmajority Report Thursday to all who celebrate! As if that wasn't enough, it's also AOC endorses Zohran Day, which comes the day after Zohran wipes the floor with Andrew Cuomo Day. We needed to bask in the glory at the top of the show and damn it felt good. After that, Emma talks to Trita Parsi, the executive vice president of the Quincy Ins…

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Selected Novels | Joanne McNeil on J.G. Ballard 46:51

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On this episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to the novelist and cultural critic Joanne McNeil about J.G. Ballard’s Concrete Island. Want more from The Point? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate.By The Point Magazine

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This Founder Started A Company To Save His Son's Life | David Apple (Dad of 2, Shark Tooth Biotech) 51:56

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David Apple is the Founder of Shark Tooth Biotech, a company focused on developing treatments for CMT 1A, a rare genetic disease affecting his oldest son. Previously an executive at Typeform, Notion, and Zingtree, David stepped away from startup life to become his son’s full-time advocate. He’s also a father of two, a board member of the CMTA, and …

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2511 - Palantir's Role in Government Surveillance & Activists Disrupting ICE w/ Makena Kelly & Roberto Camacho 1:15:27

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It's an Sam Solo Wednesday, and we have the latest on the Big Beautiful Bill inching its way through Congress. Some of the cuts will impact federally-backed science institutions, including weather monitoring. Florida meteorologist John Morales tells his viewers on air that he doesn't think he'll be able to predict the paths of hurricanes this seaso…

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Seeking the Next DeepSeek: the Chinese Generative AI Algorithm Registry, with Kendra Schaefer 1:03:57

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This week on Sinica, I speak with Kendra Schaefer, the partner at Trivium China who heads their tech practice. She recently published a fascinating paper looking at the Cyberspace Administration of China's comprehensive database of generative AI tools released in China, and she shares the insights and big takeaways from her research on that databas…

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2510 - Senate Rushes to Meet TACO Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Deadline 1:14:15

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It's Newsday Tuesday™ folks. We've got the latest Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, as well as Chuck Schumer's efforts to fight it. Wait, no, Chuck Schumer seems instead focused on goading Trump into a war with Iran. Go figure. He also opposed the Obama nuclear deal when it was being negotiated back in 2015, despite that it was arguably the Democratic pr…

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Springboard 2025 Keynote Preview with Adam Contos, Partner of Area 15 Ventures 57:18

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In this episode, Zack chats with Adam Contos, Partner of Area 15 Ventures and former CEO of RE/MAX on theory of everything. Between his background, his business philosophies, his perspective on the real estate market, his investment thesis at Area 15 Ventures and what he has learned from his mentor, RE/MAX Co-Founder Dave Liniger, there was lots to…

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2509 - The Dystopian Future Being Pushed by Right-Wing Tech Oligarchs w/ Adam Becker 1:12:24

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Welcome to the week people. Republican leaders are still trying to jam major cuts to Medicare, food stamps and other vital programs down our throats in the form of the Big Beautiful Bill, some GOP members have had to face tough questions from their constituents about how those cuts will effect them. But after being called out last week for making c…

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Louise Erdrich Reads “Love of My Days” 28:32

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Louise Erdrich reads her story “Love of My Days,” from the June 2, 2025, issue of the magazine. Erdrich is the author of more than two dozen works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including the novels “The Round House,” which won the National Book Award in 2012, “The Night Watchman,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021, and “The Mighty Red,” wh…