# The Contrarian Pod Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561.md RSS feed: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3719374/s/248202.rss Official site: https://www.contrariannews.org/s/the-contrarian-pod Author: The Contrarian Episodes: 12 ## Resource Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen bring you the best of The Contrarian's unflinching journalism to defend democracy—truthful, not neutral. Listen for political and legal analysis, uncompromising interviews, and steps for actionable resistance in defense of democracy. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-contrarian-pod-7410561 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561.md ## Episodes - [DOGE has Destroyed Fair Housing Grants](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/doge-has-destroyed-fair-housing-grants) — 2026-07-08T22:05:15+00:00 - [Trump Heads to NATO Summit, White Nationalists March on D.C., and World Cup Fever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/trump-heads-to-nato-summit-white-nationalists-march-on-d-c-and-world-cup-fever) — 2026-07-07T21:45:18+00:00 - [America's Legacy: Beacon of Freedom or White Republic?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/america-s-legacy-beacon-of-freedom-or-white-republic) — 2026-07-03T21:30:00+00:00 - [Why SCOTUS Needs Ethics Reform](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/why-scotus-needs-ethics-reform) — 2026-07-01T22:05:31+00:00 - [How MAGA Weaponizes History and a Historic SCOTUS Win](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/how-maga-weaponizes-history-and-a-historic-scotus-win) — 2026-06-30T22:16:55+00:00 - [SCOTUS' Anti-Immigrant Rulings, Why Trump Derailed Affordable Housing, and Unbiased AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/scotus-anti-immigrant-rulings-why-trump-derailed-affordable-housing-and-unbiased-ai) — 2026-06-26T21:42:22+00:00 - [Trump's Troubling Health & Mamdani the Kingmaker?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/trump-s-troubling-health-mamdani-the-kingmaker) — 2026-06-24T21:30:00+00:00 - [MAGA's Latest Scheme to Disrupt the Midterms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/maga-s-latest-scheme-to-disrupt-the-midterms) — 2026-06-23T22:05:32+00:00 - [How a Controversial Spying Tool and Trump's Pick for DNI Create a National Security Risk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/how-a-controversial-spying-tool-and-trump-s-pick-for-dni-create-a-national-security-risk) — 2026-06-19T20:30:00+00:00 - ['We’re Worse Off Than Before Trump Started the War'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/we-re-worse-off-than-before-trump-started-the-war) — 2026-06-17T21:30:12+00:00 - [Inflation Numbers, Oil Prices, Social Security, and the World's First Trillionaire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/inflation-numbers-oil-prices-social-security-and-the-world-s-first-trillionaire) — 2026-06-16T22:08:55+00:00 - [ICE's Secret, Inhumane Web of Charter Flights](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/ice-s-secret-inhumane-web-of-charter-flights) — 2026-06-12T21:56:47+00:00 - [Where Does Sen. Tommy Tuberville Actually Live?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/where-does-sen-tommy-tuberville-actually-live) — 2026-06-10T21:46:00+00:00 - ['Bari Weiss Is Trying to Fix Something That Isn't Broken'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/bari-weiss-is-trying-to-fix-something-that-isn-t-broken) — 2026-06-09T22:00:08+00:00 - [Jim Acosta on CBS's Turmoil and Isaiah Martin Explains How Dems Can Fight Fire with Fire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/jim-acosta-on-cbs-s-turmoil-and-isaiah-martin-explains-how-dems-can-fight-fire-with-fire) — 2026-06-05T21:30:46+00:00 - [Takeaways from California's Big Primary Night and Scott Pelley's Firing from CBS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/takeaways-from-california-s-big-primary-night-and-scott-pelley-s-firing-from-cbs) — 2026-06-03T21:55:36+00:00 - [Pope Leo, AI vs. Humanity, and Peter Thiel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/pope-leo-ai-vs-humanity-and-peter-thiel) — 2026-06-02T21:36:31+00:00 - [Ezra Levin on Activism and Organizing Beyond Marches and Protests](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/ezra-levin-on-activism-and-organizing-beyond-marches-and-protests) — 2026-05-29T20:54:19+00:00 - [Sen. Chris Murphy Is Looking for 'Meaning and Connection in a Broken America'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/sen-chris-murphy-is-looking-for-meaning-and-connection-in-a-broken-america) — 2026-05-27T20:45:07+00:00 - [Dan Pfeiffer's Advice to Dem Candidates](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/dan-pfeiffer-s-advice-to-dem-candidates) — 2026-05-26T21:35:30+00:00 - [Gov. Gavin Newsom and Journalist Aaron Parnas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/gov-gavin-newsom-and-journalist-aaron-parnas) — 2026-05-22T21:15:49+00:00 - [Andrew Weissmann Has a Plan to Save America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/andrew-weissmann-has-a-plan-to-save-america) — 2026-05-20T22:25:56+00:00 - [The Road to Winning the Midterms, 2028, and Beyond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/the-road-to-winning-the-midterms-2028-and-beyond) — 2026-05-19T21:27:33+00:00 - [Why 'All Roads Lead to the South' with Rep. Figures and Rep. Sewell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/why-all-roads-lead-to-the-south-with-rep-figures-and-rep-sewell) — 2026-05-15T22:37:39+00:00 - [SCOTUS Has Dismantled the Voting Rights Act](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/scotus-has-dismantled-the-voting-rights-act) — 2026-05-13T22:25:59+00:00 - [How Callais Is Already Changing Elections](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/how-callais-is-already-changing-elections) — 2026-05-12T22:10:58+00:00 - ['We Have Power, When We Use It'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/we-have-power-when-we-use-it) — 2026-05-08T21:17:06+00:00 - [Meet Two Candidates Fighting for Montana](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/meet-two-candidates-fighting-for-montana) — 2026-05-06T22:19:09+00:00 - ['Up Like a Rocket, Down Like a Feather'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/up-like-a-rocket-down-like-a-feather) — 2026-05-05T21:22:59+00:00 - [Kevin Warsh's Nomination for Fed Chair Is a 'Profound Problem'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/kevin-warsh-s-nomination-for-fed-chair-is-a-profound-problem) — 2026-05-01T21:40:45+00:00 - [Why SCOTUS's Callais Decision Is a Gigantic Step Back for Fair Voting Rights](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/why-scotus-s-callais-decision-is-a-gigantic-step-back-for-fair-voting-rights) — 2026-04-29T22:41:36+00:00 - [Why Is the White House More Concerned with Building a Ballroom than Protecting Americans?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/why-is-the-white-house-more-concerned-with-building-a-ballroom-than-protecting-americans) — 2026-04-28T21:29:38+00:00 - [The Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon is Getting Worse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/the-humanitarian-crisis-in-lebanon-is-getting-worse) — 2026-04-24T21:38:42+00:00 - [Sen. Whitehouse on DHS Funding, Greenland, and more](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/sen-whitehouse-on-dhs-funding-greenland-and-more) — 2026-01-23T22:15:00+00:00 - [Why Escalating Rhetoric and Abuses of Justice Put Us All At Risk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/why-escalating-rhetoric-and-abuses-of-justice-put-us-all-at-risk) — 2025-11-23T15:33:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.