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4 SET 2026 · This is the first bonus episode of The Battle for Free Speech. Today, host Michael Fox speaks with Fara Dabhoiwala. He is a professor of History at Princeton University. And he’s the author of the book, https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674987319.
That book was published in 2025 by Penguin Random House and Harvard University Press. His book, in many ways, challenges the status quo about our understanding of free speech.
Professor Dabhoiwala has a wealth of knowledge on the subject of free speech and he appeared throughout this podcast series. But there were many questions we weren’t able to fit into the series, in particular about the beginnings of what we understand as free speech in the United States, and the difference between free speech in the US and abroad.
So today, we’re bringing you Michael’s conversation with him in its entirety. They spoke last fall.
The Battle for Free Speech Podcast is a production of The Real News Network. Hosted by Michael Fox and Marc Steiner.
Guest
- https://dabhoiwala.com/
Resources
- You can check out the full Battle for Free Speech podcast series, https://therealnews.com/the-battle-for-free-speech.
Many thanks to everyone who has supported this show.
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Support Michael Fox's reporting at http://patreon.com/mfox.
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3 SET 2026 · This week marks the 1-year anniversary of Trump’s boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans. On September 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced the first air strike on a boat in the Caribbean. Trump said the boat allegedly carried drugs off the coast of Venezuela. It marked the beginning of a hostile U.S. foreign policy that has seen the U.S. invade Venezuela, unleash a devastating oil blockade on Cuba, and justify it all under a renewed Monroe Doctrine, which the President is calling his Donroe Doctrine.
Meanwhile, the boat strikes have continued until today, even though Trump administration officials say they have not actually decreased the amount of drugs arriving on U.S. soil. As of this week, the U.S. government has attacked at least 68 boats over the last year, killing more than 220 people.
The Trump administration is now using his foreign policy to attack progressive opponents at home, labelling them pawns of Cuba, and "one of the single largest, most sophisticated and dangerous vectors for hostile foreign influence in modern American history."
In this episode, Michael Fox walks through the anniversary of the boat strikes. He dissects a new Cuban report published by the State Department to attack dissidents at home, and then looks at the regional resistance to Trump at the Panamerican Congress, which was held in August in Montevideo, Uruguay.
This is Episode 13 of https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow, Season 2.
https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught on Latin America.
Follow Under the Shadow on https://open.spotify.com/show/6himo5Ut5LtLx88A2ldpA5?si=d525ac7c55ff4c01 and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-shadow/id1708093945
Hosted by Latin America-based journalist https://www.patreon.com/mfox.
This podcast is produced in partnership between https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow and https://nacla.org/under-shadow.
It is supported, in part, by https://globalexchange.org/.
Theme music by Michael Fox’s band, https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nexDyQCZI89JH8zsYu5wa. Monte Perdido's 2024 album Ofrenda is available on https://open.spotify.com/album/1THq4wHHqkY8yydUMJRmWj, https://www.deezer.com/pt/album/587476202, https://music.apple.com/za/album/ofrenda/1746696244, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1lCcdFJEQczm-VSiraOuUpGcbzLxnRXs or wherever you listen to music.
Other music from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.
Script editing by https://www.heathergies.com/.
Hosted, written, produced, mixed, and edited by https://www.patreon.com/mfox.
Guests:
- https://cepr.net/people/alexander-main/
- https://cepr.net/people/jake-johnston/
Resources:
- Belly of the Beast is a U.S-based independent media outlet, reporting from Havana.
- Many thanks for their incredible ongoing work. You can visit their site here: http://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/
- Below are links to the video clips used in today’s episode:
“Helping” Cuba While Destroying Its Economyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TRYNU9-h5A
This History Professor Graded Marco Rubio's Cuba Report. He Got an F.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8hqJI4kOWc
- Many thanks to Alex Main and Jake Johnston from the https://cepr.net/ for taking the time to speak with me and for their excellent analysis and insight.
- You can visit CEPR’s https://cepr.net/publications/americas-live-updates/.
- You can check out https://www.patreon.com/c/mfox.
- More background…
- https://therealnews.com/the-beginning-monroe-and-migration-under-the-shadow-episode-1
- https://therealnews.com/panama-us-invasion-under-the-shadow-episode-13
- https://therealnews.com/he-legacy-of-monroe-under-the-shadow-bonus-episode-4
Support Under the Shadow: Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: http://patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.
You can subscribe to Michael Fox's new free speech podcast, The Battle for Free Speech
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2 SET 2026 · The 20th-century days of vinyl records, tape decks, CDs, Tower Records, and MTV have given way to our 21st-century age of MP3s and music streaming, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, TikTok, and Ticketmaster. While certain people and certain companies in the music industry are making more money than ever, working musicians are finding it increasingly impossible to pay the bills and make a living from their art. In this episode of Working People, we speak with all four members of veteran Chicago rock band The Empty Pockets about the work that goes into being a professional musician, and the realities of working and trying to make a living in the music industry today.
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- The Empty Pockets https://theemptypockets.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo6B9UiNGGEDFA8MgytrQNmUIc_OoLmLvxTbeJKV0kXQ50omhCN, https://facebook.com/theemptypockets, http://instagram.com/theemptypockets, https://www.youtube.com/theemptypockets, and https://open.spotify.com/artist/0rh5QYyYGojMDMJE0EXiUv?si=e-ppesq1RIyHjwAkWHJ7lw
- Josh Solomon, Hypebot, “https://www.hypebot.com/we-stopped-waiting-to-be-chosen-and-mailed-100-000-cds-instead/”
- Jules Taylor Music https://www.julestaylormusic.com/, https://www.facebook.com/julestaylormusic, http://www.instagram.com/julestaylormusic, https://www.youtube.com/@julestaylor6088, and https://open.spotify.com/artist/21K8cR338fSRpvKANVqyUc?si=FXr9LId9Tsui7tQz3SLPzQ
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- Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song
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1 SET 2026 · Author and community organizer Dominque Conway has transformed a house at the epicenter of the 2015 Baltimore uprising into "Eddie’s Front Porch," a people’s museum dedicated to preserving the remarkable legacy of her late husband, Eddie Conway. To mark the opening of the museum, this special episode of Rattling the Bars features host Mansa Musa sitting down with Dominque to discuss the project and Eddie's enduring impact.
The conversation also highlights perspectives from formerly incarcerated organizers who worked alongside Eddie inside Maryland prisons and are now building community power on the ground in West Baltimore. Together, they share powerful stories celebrating the man, the myth, and the legend behind the movement.
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- Production: Maximillian Alvarez
- Post-production: Cameron Granadino Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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28 AGO 2026 · On August 8th at the Real News Studio, a screening of the new documentary Beyond the Wire—directed by filmmaker Dr. S. Rasheem—was followed by a panel discussion featuring seasoned conflict mediation organizers from the film. The participants explored their grassroots efforts to challenge the corporate media establishment’s heavy emphasis on crime—which drives city policy and the local economy—and redefine Baltimore’s historical present as a city of abolition.
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- Videographer: Cameron Granadino/David Hebden
- Editor: Cameron Granadino Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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27 AGO 2026 · David Sirota joins Taya Graham and Stephen Janis to expose the enormous financial incentives shaping Democratic politics and why political consultants can accumulate “generational wealth” even when their candidates lose. David Sirota explains how consultants profit from massive television-ad purchases, how billionaire-funded super PACs influence the candidates and policies voters are offered, and how the language of “moderation” and “electability” is used to undermine progressive and populist challengers.
We examine the consequences of legalized political corruption: Washington’s silence on America’s healthcare crisis, the widening gulf between voters and their representatives, and the 50-year campaign to transform elections into auctions while concentrating power in the presidency.
David Sirota is the founder of the investigative news organization The Lever, a former speechwriter for Bernie Sanders, an Oscar-nominated co-creator of the story for the movie Don’t Look Up, and the producer of the podcast series Master Plan.
Additional links/info:
- David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher co-authored book, https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-the-hidden-plot-to-legalize-corruption-in-america/
- The Lever's https://www.levernews.com/, https://www.instagram.com/levernews/, and https://the.levernews.com/master-plan/
Credits:
- Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham
- Written by: Stephen Janis
- Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
- Post-Production: Stephen Janis, David Hebden Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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24 AGO 2026 · After a deadly “derecho” storm and flash floods slammed the midwest in early August, downing trees and power lines, tens of thousands of residents in and around Gary, Indiana have been surviving without power for 12 days and counting. According to the Associated Press, “Northern Indiana Public Service Co. said 68,000 customers were still without power as of Thursday morning, the majority of them in Lake County beside the Illinois border. The utility said it has restored power to 306,500 others since Aug. 11. But power is not expected to be fully restored until Tuesday [Aug. 25] in some places, including Gary.” In this urgent episode of Working People, we speak with a panel of residents and community leaders about the ongoing blackout in Gary and the conditions that led to this avoidable national tragedy. Panelists include: GlenEva Dunham, president of the Gary Teachers Union, AFT Local 4; Freida Graves, Project Director at the faith-based nonprofit Families Anchored in Total Harmony (FAITH) CDC; and Reverend John Jackson, Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ.
Additional links/info:
- FAITH CDC https://faithcdcgary.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/faithcdc/
- Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) https://www.facebook.com/garyadvocates?rdid=R9Chnxp1qbXslrdT&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14mA9QcmByq
- Tilly Robinson, Indianapolis Star, “https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/22/gary-blackout-hits-11th-day-braun-tells-nipsco-to-speed-up-repairs/91422531007/”
- Javonte Anderson, Capital B Gary, “https://gary.capitalbnews.org/gary-power-outage-personal-essay/”
- Belly of the Beast, “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boObfm1LUto”
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- Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song
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20 AGO 2026 · Today, we are pleased to share with you an episode from the podcast Scene on Radio. It’s hosted by longtime journalist John Biewen, with co-host journalism professor Chenjerai Kumanyika. It’s a series from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and distributed by PRX.
This episode is Season 8, Episode 6, of Scene on Radio: What Could Have Been?
Ever thought about whether America's overwhelmingly corporate, for-profit news system is working as it should? It didn't have to be this way. In the 20th century, reformers fought for a more democratic and more accountable news media in the United States. They won victories, including the creation of the nation's public broadcasting system. What happened next?
By John Biewen, with co-host Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with John Lowery, Dan Schiller, Victor Pickard, and Mark Lloyd.
Story editor: Diane Hodson. Assistant Producer, Arlene Arevalo. Fact-checking by Anna Pujol Mazzini. Music by Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Michelle Osis, Lili Haydn, Alex Weston, James Nathan Jones, and Jason Hill. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.
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Their website - https://sceneonradio.org/
Latest season - https://sceneonradio.org/the-news/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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19 AGO 2026 · In her 2001 masterwork Nickel and Dimed, the late Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover to report on the daily realities working people in America face trying to get by on minimum-wage. After working as a housekeeper, a nursing aide, a home cleaner, a server, and more, Ehrenreich wrote that “The first thing I discovered is that no job, no matter how lowly, is truly ‘unskilled.’” It is difficult to overstate the impact that Ehrenreich’s book and body of work have had on US culture and working-class politics over the last 25 years, and the enduring relevance of her work today. In this special episode of Working People, we commemorate the anniversary of Nickel and Dimed and celebrate the life and legacy of Ehrenreich by speaking with a panel of guests who are carrying on that legacy today.
Panelists include: https://www.motherjones.com/, coauthor of three books with Barbara Ehrenreich, former editor in chief of https://www.motherjones.com/, and a former director of the Magazine Center at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley; https://x.com/lisquart, editorial director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and author of seven books, most recently https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bootstrapped-alissa-quart?variant=41080739135522; and https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078857503361, author of https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cleanup-on-Aisle-Five/Ann-Larson/9781668094501 and a fellow with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
Additional links/info:
- Barbara Ehrenreich, Metropolitan Books, https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250808318/nickelanddimed/
- Alissa Quart, Deirdre English, Ai-jen Poo, Ann Larson, & Bill Fletcher, The Nation, “https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nickel-dimed-forum/”
- Economic Hardship Reporting Project https://economichardship.org/, https://www.facebook.com/EconomicHardshipReporting, and https://www.instagram.com/economichardship/
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18 AGO 2026 · Effective public safety policy is founded on preventing crime and repairing harm, but these are not the foundations of America’s reactionary criminal justice establishment. This week on Rattling the Bars, we host a roundtable discussion about the DC Justice Lab’s 2026 Public Safety Policy Agenda, which has been endorsed by 30 progressive organizations working directly with system-impacted individuals, and about criminal justice reforms that would ensure safer communities through restorative justice, not draconian punishment.Additional links/info:
- DC Justice Lab https://dcjusticelab.org/, https://www.facebook.com/dcjusticelab/, https://twitter.com/DCJusticeLab, and https://www.instagram.com/dcjusticelab
- DC Justice Lab, https://dcjusticelab.org/publicsafetypolicyagenda/
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