Best The Dope Science Show Podcast Podcasts (2025)

In this News Brief, we are joined by Ashley Bohrer and Ben Teller of Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago to discuss media indifference to the US and Israel-imposed starvation of Palestinians, how sectarianism is central to the ADL's strategy, and why six JVP activists have decided to hunger strike to draw more attention to the Israeli and US-made famine…

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Episode 848: Starved in Jail 49:18

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Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

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News Brief: Pundits Speed-Run 15 Months of Iraq War Propaganda for Iran in Five Day 32:09

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In this News Brief, we break down the insta-talking points to sell war with Iran––from Ticking Time Bomb '24' plots to cherry-picked, dubious anecdotes of Iranians supposedly begging for Israeli bombs.

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Episode 847: Chemtrails and Biden Clones 1:01:32

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News Brief: US Media, Top Dems Assist Trump and Israel's Unprovoked Attack on Iran 30:21

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In this public News Brief, we detail how the NYT, Washington Post, and CNN reinforce every faulty premise of Israel's attack and how top Democrats in Congress and former Harris aides either ignore Trump and Israel's massive escalation or openly support it, showing once again the scope of debate in our politics and media ranges all the way from A to…

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Episode 846: Naked 5K and Jell-O Shots 44:45

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Ep. 223: The Empire Strikes First, Part II — ‘Abundance’ Pablum as Counter to Left Populism 1:25:52

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“Can Democrats Learn to Dream Big Again?,” wonders Samuel Moyn in the New York Times. “The Democrats Are Finally Landing on a New Buzzword. It’s Actually Compelling,” argues Slate staff writer Henry Grabar. “Do Democrats Need to Learn How to Build?,” asks Benjamin Wallace-Wells in The New Yorker. For the past few months, news and editorial rooms ha…

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Episode 845: The Oligarch Scuffle 1:05:51

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Ep 222 - The Empire Strikes First Part I: Party Elites Who Lost to Trump (Twice) Blame Everyone But Themselves 1:21:29

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In Ep. 222, "The Empire Strikes First Part I: Party Elites Who Lost to Trump (Twice) Blame Everyone But Themselves," we detail how our media allows the same party flacks who got the Dems into this mess, control over the narrative of how to get them out. With guest UC-Berkeley professor Jake Grumbach.…

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Episode 844: Musk's Exit, Big Beautiful Bill 1:08:49

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Episode 221: Anti-Science Mugging on the Right and the Ascent of American Anti-Intellectualism 1:08:10

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In this episode we detail demagogues' favorite faux populist schtick of taking scientific studies out of context and mocking them, often with help from mainstream media. with guest Brenda Ekwurzel, director of climate science for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Episode 843: Jonathan Jarry - Joseph Mercola and His Medium 1:00:43

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News Brief: NPR Asks Starving Palestinian Living On Rubble to Denounce Hamas, Co-Sign His Own Ethnic Cleansing 23:08

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In this News Brief, we we break down an object lesson in racist US-Israeli national security state toadyism, double standards, and runaway condescension.

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Episode 842: Creek Swimmin' with RFK 1:10:39

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Mental Illness Pt. 2 - Doped Up and Kicked Out: The 60-Day Mental Health Shuffle 27:39

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The pharmaceutical industry makes billions while mental health patients suffer through an ineffective revolving door system of short-term care. When examining how mental health institutions operate, a disturbing pattern emerges—patients cycle through 60-day stays where they're heavily medicated, then released back into society regardless of their a…

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Episode 841: RFK vs Chemtrails 1:02:18

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Episode 840: I Should Have Seen This Coming - David Brooks 44:06

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A Broken Mental Health System: Medicate, Release, Repeat 8:47

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The mental healthcare crisis in America demands our immediate attention. We're witnessing a disturbing pattern where individuals with documented histories of serious mental illness cycle through brief institutional stays, only to be released back into society without adequate support systems—often with devastating consequences. Common reasons for i…

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News Brief: Baltimore Uprising 10 Years on: PR Co-option vs Genuine Reform 36:49

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In this News Brief we are joined by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of The Real News Network to discuss their new documentary, "Freddie Gray: A Decade of Struggle" about the lessons, pitfalls and genuine reforms stemming from the 2015 Baltimore Uprisings. You can watch the documentary here: therealnews.com/freddie-gray-the-…ng-10-years-later…

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Episode 839: Calibri Knuckles 1:04:55

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Episode 838: Robot Overlords and Gay Bears 42:29

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Episode 220: The Power of Thought-Terminating Bad Guy Labels 1:21:06

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"American Extremists Aiding Radicals Across Border," trumpeted the Detroit Free Press in 1919. "707 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Checkpoint Crackdown," reported the Los Angeles Times in 1987. "87 Bronx gang members responsible for nine years of murders and drug-dealing charged in largest takedown in NYC history," announced the New York Daily News in …

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Episode 837: Popes and Dopes 1:11:44

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Ep 219: How Elites Concern Troll 'Waste' to Gut Social Welfare and Divide the Working Class 1:15:34

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"Poverty plan hit for fraud, waste," reported the Associated Press in 1966. "Study says government waste is unbelievable,” insisted United Press International in 1983. "Beneath Trump’s Chaotic Spending Freeze: An Idea That Crosses Party Lines," announced The New York Times in January of this year. It’s an argument that dates back decades, even cent…

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Episode 836: Maine and Harvard Stand Up to Trump 1:08:33

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Episode 835: Emergency Boobs! 47:30

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Ep 218: The Siren Song of Rallying Around a 'Common Enemy' to Promote Progressive Causes 1:13:21

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"Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China," trumpeted The New York Times in 2021. "A New Economic Patriotism Can Help Unite Our Divided Congress," argued Newsweek in 2023. "US cedes ground to China with ‘self-inflicted wound’ of USAid shutdown, analysts say," cautioned The Guardian in 2025. In recent years, we’ve been expose…

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Episode 834: Tariff Hokey Pokey 1:05:00

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Episode 833: NSA Gmail, Brain Drain and Tariffs 55:53

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Mark your calendars for a CAN Fundraising livestream - starting at 6pm EST April 25th:

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Episode 832: Measles, Vitamin A ,and RFK 1:02:48

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News Brief: Dem Leaders, 'Free Speech' Warriors Mostly Shrug as Trump Disappears Political Dissidents 28:09

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In this public News Brief, we discuss the media and high-profile Democratic Party leaders and 'Free Speech' crowd's muted—or, in many cases, completely silent—response to the greatest attack on free speech in recent memory: Trump's kidnapping and disappearing of Palestinian solidarity students.

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Episode 831: Signal Gate 52:57

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Episode 217: A.I. Mysticism as Responsibility-Evasion PR Tactic 1:03:20

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“Israel built an ‘AI factory’ for war. It unleashed it in Gaza,” laments the Washington Post. “Hospitals Are Reporting More Insurance Denials. Is AI Driving Them?,” reports Newsweek. “AI Raising the Rent? San Francisco Could Be the First City to Ban the Practice,” announces San Francisco’s KQED. Within the last few years, and particularly the last …

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Episode 830: Turnstile Dems and Autopen Shenanigans 1:03:54

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News Brief: Trump's Hollow Working Class Aesthetics and How Unions Can Lead a Real Resistance 33:11

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In this Citations Needed News Brief interview, we're joined by Rutgers professor Eric Blanc to discuss his new book "We Are The Union," and lay out how any meaningful resistance to Trump and Trumpism has to be grounded in a growing, strong, confrontational labor movement.

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News Brief: Israel Kills Over 400 in 12 Hrs, Media Unsure if This Counts as Violating the 'Ceasefire' 19:35

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In this News Brief, we detail the struggle to continue framing Israel as a reluctant, defensive peace-seeking party despite its openly genocidal rhetoric and acts.

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Episode 829: Transgenic Mice and Rich People Lose 200 Billion 1:09:43

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Confronting Betrayal part 2: Behind Closed Doors: A Marriage Betrayal 36:16

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Episode 828: The Psychedelic Miracle 43:11

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News Brief: The Disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil and the Phony 'Campus Safety' Panic 34:15

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In this News Brief, we detail how Center-Left institutions and media have cynically wielded "lived experience" claptrap to assist Trump's overtly fascistic crackdown on dissenting speech.

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Episode 216: Sunday Morning News Shows and the Problem With 'Agenda Setting' Court Stenography 57:53

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“It’s fair to call the deteriorating situation at the US/Mexican border a crisis,” declared NBC’s Meet the Press in 2021. “[CNN anchor Dana] Bash presses Netanyahu on Gaza death toll: 'Is Israel doing everything possible to... avoid civilian casualties?',” boasted CNN’s State of the Union in 2023. “Principle over party… The latest high-profile Repu…

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Episode 827: Zelenskyy Visits Whitehouse 1:04:09

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Episode 826: Tesla Tanks and Plump Beavers 48:46

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Citations Needed Live Show Beg-a-Thon: Ancient Rome and the False Histories Inspiring Musk & the MAGA World 1:06:10

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In this Beg-a-Thon live show, "Ancient Rome and the False Histories Inspiring Musk & the MAGA World," with guest Dr. Sarah E. Bond, we discuss Sarah's new book, Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire, and how Elon Musk and everyone in his MAGA orbit appropriate the aesthetics of Rome while understanding almost nothing about the h…