Living in the USA

Talking about politics, thinking about the Left. Hosted by Jon Wiener, co-author of "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," contributing editor at The Nation, and broadcast live at KPFK 90.7FM in LA Thursdays at 4.

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The GOP Repeal-and-Replace Fiasco

Living in the USA

03/24/17 • 44 min

The House GOP postponed its vote to repeal Obamacare and replace it with TrumpCare, I mean RyanCare. On ”Trump Watch” we have comment from John Nichols of The Nation. Also: Why do many white workers who voted for Trump still support him? The Nation sent D.D. Guttenplan to the rust belt to find out— he’s returned now with his report. Plus: The City of LA has expanded its sanctuary policy – but the County sheriff is pulling back from the crucial question of the jails. We’ll speak about it with Ahilan Arulanantham, legal director of the ACLU of southern California.

Hillary's 'What Happened' DD Guttenplan Reports; David Dayen on DeVos & Harold Meyerson on Obamacare

Living in the USA

09/22/17 • 58 min

Hillary’s book about what happened in her loss to Donald Trump – it’s called ‘What Happened,” and D.D. Guttenplan of The Nation says she really doesn’t understand what happened. Plus: the horrible Betsy DeVos – billionaire opponent of public schools, and now Trump’s Secretary of Education: David Dayen will explain. Plus, the Republicans’ final attempt to repeal Obamacare is underway; Harold Meyerson will report.

Rick Perlstein: Another Bad Day for Donald Trump--plus Jonathan Lethem on Dylan & Larry Tye on RFK

Living in the USA

06/16/17 • 49 min

Every day seems to be a bad news day for the President -- today, yesterday, the day before. . . Rick Perlstein comments. plus Jonathan Lethem on Bob Dylan's Nobel speech and "Great American Writing on Rock" and Larry Tye on "Bobby Kennedy: The making of a liberal icon"

Trump is a Cornered Maniac: Sasha Abramsky

Living in the USA

06/09/17 • 29 min

As things get worse for Donald Trump, he's likely to become more irrational and dangerous, says Sasha Abramsky of The Nation. Also--Trump is NOT like Nixon--that's what Rick Perlstein says. He wrote the classic "Nixonland."

Will Ivanka Save Us?

Living in the USA

02/24/17 • 27 min

Amy Wilentz reviews recent reports that Ivanka has checked her father's worst impulses -- Amy's cover story about Ivanka appeared in The Nation last week. And John Nichols reviews Trump's first month -- and answers the question, 'What is Trump's biggest achievement thus far?'

Tom Frank on Hillary's "What Happened" plus Joan Walsh on Pence & Harold Meyerson on Bernie

Living in the USA

09/15/17 • 58 min

Hillary's book about 'What Happened' has a clear message, Tom Frank says: "don't blame me." Also: Is Pence Worse? Do we really want Trump out? Joan Walsh says 'yes' to both. And Harold Meyerson comments on the Medicare-for-all bill introduced in Congress yesterday by our man Bernie. He says it’s not only necessary, it’s “strategically savvy.”

Rachel Kushner on Palestinian refugees, Adam Shatz on Edward Said, Viet Nguyen on immigrants

Living in the USA

11/16/23 • 58 min

Today we have two segments from the archives about Palestinians; neither is about the current war—and one about Trump and refugees.

Rachel Kushner reports on her visit to a Palestinian refugee camp in 2016;

Adam Shatz talks about Edward Said, the leading voice of Palestinians in the US before he died in 2003.

And later in the show: One of the defining features of Trump’s politics has been the way he’s appealed to hatred and fear of refugees and immigrants. Pulitzer-prize winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen says “call me a refugee, not an immigrant.”

Actors on Strike: Harold Meyerson; The Supremes in 2023: David Cole; Cornel West: D.D. Guttenplan

Living in the USA

07/14/23 • 58 min

130,000 actors are joining 12,500 screenwriters in the biggest Hollywood strike since 1960. Harold Meyerson reports.

Also: the Supreme Court in 2023 wasn't all bad -- David Cole explains.

Plus: D.D. Guttenplan argues that Cornel West should run, not as the Green Party candidate, but in the Democratic primaries.

How to Fight Trump in the Red States: Jane Kleeb, plus Amy Wilentz: Don Junior Writes a Best-Seller

Living in the USA

02/20/20 • 37 min

LA County's Progressive Alternative to Trump: Sheila Kuehl Explains

Living in the USA

03/17/17 • 53 min

Sheila Kuehl talks about all the ways Los Angeles county has taken a stand against Trump. LA County is bigger than 44 states; Sheila is one of five elected members of the Board of Supervisors. Also: The endless war in Afghanistan: now it's Trump's. Andrew Bacevich comments. Plus: Harold Meyerson talks about Trump's bad week: a budget facing lots of opposition, a health care "plan" facing lots of opposition, and a second Muslim travel ban that's been blocked by the courts.

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How many episodes does Living in the USA have?

Living in the USA currently has 633 episodes available.

What topics does Living in the USA cover?

The podcast is about News, News Commentary, Podcasts and Politics.

What is the most popular episode on Living in the USA?

The episode title 'Impeachment: Harold Meyerson; History: Eric Foner; “MLK/JFK”: Ella Taylor; Trump & Golf: Bob Lipsyte' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Living in the USA?

The average episode length on Living in the USA is 52 minutes.

How often are episodes of Living in the USA released?

Episodes of Living in the USA are typically released every 6 days, 15 hours.

When was the first episode of Living in the USA?

The first episode of Living in the USA was released on Jan 31, 2017.

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