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Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich exposes where power lies in our system — and how it's used and abused.
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- Yesterday50 min
He’s Out of His Gourd | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, September 19, 2026
Friends,Today, Heather and I take a deep dive into the debate over AI, why Trump is so against regulating it, and whether the CEOs of giant AI corporations who have called for regulation are sincere or seeking cover for the crises to come. We also look at Trump’s increasingly berserk behavior, his $2.8 billion arm’s sale to Israel, the worsening U.S. economy, and the latest on the midterm elections.Please pull up a chair, grab a cuppa, and join in the conversation. As mentioned in today’s Klatch, I’m relaunching my “Wealth and Poverty” course here on Substack this coming Monday, September 21. I’ll kick it off with a live “watch-along” of the first class, right here on Substack, on Monday, September 21 at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET. You can use this link to sign up to receive an email when we go live — and the same link will work to watch the live class come Monday.To see Inequality Media’s new film produced by Heather, The Work in Progress, visit our website here: www.theworkinprogressfilm.com. New theaters are added to the list each week. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
- 1 weeks ago44 min
Trump’s Phony $5,000 Bribe | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, September 12, 2026
Friends,I’m taking the day off, and Heather, Kamau, and Michael are taking the reins. As you’ll see, they keep our klatch as lively, informative, and enjoyable as ever. They ask, among other things: How excited are you for that $5,000 Trump check? What the Flock is up with the surveillance state? And with gas prices off the charts, just how pissed are voters going to be ahead of the midterms?Btw, for Kamau’s stand-up dates: https://www.wkamaubell.com. To preorder Kamau’s new children’s book, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Cheese: here. And to catch a screening of our new film: www.theworkinprogressfilm.comSee you next Saturday.Robert ReichP.S. If you live in New York City, or know someone who does, we just found out that The Work in Progress film has been extended at the Quad Cinema until Thursday. Tickets here. Thanks to all who are seeing the film; your early support encourages theaters around the country to bring it to their audiences. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
- 2 weeks ago44 min
The Biggest Loser in the World | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, September 5, 2026
Friends,Today, W. Kamau Bell and Michael Lahanas Calderón join me to take a deep dive into the economy on this Labor Day weekend — which marks the start of the midterm elections. We look at what’s on the minds of voters in terms of jobs, wages, prices, and affordability and ask what all this is likely to mean for the outcome of the upcoming midterms as well as the well-being of the typical American family. Heather is in New York for a screening of our new film, “The Work in Progress” (you can find out more about it here). Kamau has a new children’s book coming out soon called Rock Paper Scissors Cheese (more on it here) and a fabulous Substack, “Who’s With Me?” which you can find here.Thanks for joining us. Have a good, safe, relaxing weekend.RR This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago59 min
Trump’s War on Iran, Canada, and Us | The Coffee Klatch for August 29, 2026
Friends,Today Heather and I examine what Trump is doing as his war on Iran — which he promised would be over in “four to five weeks” — now exceeds six months, with no end in sight. Eager to show that he can still dominate and bully, he’s declared a nonsensical trade war on Canada. And he’s escalated his war on human rights here in the United States. It’s pathetic and also dangerous. Please pull up a chair, grab a cuppa, and join the conversation.RR This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago35 min
In Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson
Friends,Here’s my conversation today with Heather Cox Richardson, in which we examine the origins of Trumpism. Professor Richardson is, of course, a major resource to all of us on substack. She’s also an historian who has specialized in 19th-century United States history, with a primary focus on American politics and economics. We talk about the decline of FDR’s Democratic Party as a party of American workers, starting with Lewis Powell’s memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1971, the Supreme Court’s first money-in-politics case Buckley vs. Valeo in 1976, the House Democrat’s embrace of corporate money in the early 1980s, and my frustrations in dealing with the corporate (“moderate”) Democrats in the 1990s when I was secretary of labor (as well as my speech to the Democratic Leadership Council in 1994, warning about a two-tiered society that would lead to a demagogue). Now, finally FDR’s working-class Democratic Party is coming back. We also talk about how the demonization of women by rightwing Republicans has been utilized as a means of aggregating power. My thanks to Heather Cox Richardson for joining me. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
- 4 weeks ago49 min
My Feud with Trump’s Brainless Treasury Secretary | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 22, 2026
Friends,Today Heather and I take a deep dive into the wacko views and decisions of Trump’s treasury secretary, Scott Bessent — whose attempts to reduce long-term interest rates before the midterm elections have failed miserably, who believes that inequality is not widening in the United States, and who’s been opening the I.R.S. to Trump’s bonkers vindictiveness. (Oh, and he’s also been attacking me with colossally vapid ad hominem arguments.)So please pull up a chair, grab a cuppa, and join in the conversation.RR This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
- Aug 15, 202647 min
How to Dump the Trump | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 15, 2026
Friends,Today I’m taking a vacation. (It’s the second Klatch I’ve missed out of 230 since Heather and I began them on March 19, 2022.) But I’ve left you in good hands! Our good friend Kamau Bell is sitting in, and today he and Heather take a deep dive into how America can dump the Trump before he dumps America. So please pull up a chair, grab a cuppa, and join in the discussion. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
- Aug 8, 202638 min
Big Money Loses | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 8, 2026
Friends,Today, Heather and I take a deep dive into the so-called “civil war” inside the Democratic Party, between corporate Dems who keep spending enormous sums on primary races and progressives who keep winning them. We also look at the latest jobs report and the Trump’s “trickle-down” economy, which continues to worsen. And we ponder why Anthony Fauci, of all people, has become the Republican’s latest nemesis. So grab a cuppa, pull up a chair, and join in the discussion. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe
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