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Insurgent conversations with the dissident thinkers, scientists, and activists shaping tomorrow. The people Ezra Klein won’t interview. Expect turbulence. Veteran activist & strategist David Fenton's podcast challenging the conventional, insider conversations of mainstream media. The Fenton Forecast asks: what future will we choose? AI-driven mass unemployment… or shared abundance? Climate collapse… or a livable planet? Billionaire control… or democracy? Media platforms of falsehood… or honest journalism? A sick health system… or regenerative agriculture and medicine? The Fenton Forecast is the anti-establishment podcast. It features leading dissidents and doers, not the usual pundits.
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Faiz Shakir: Bernie Is the Most Popular Elected Official
Six years ago, Bernie Sanders was deemed too radical to nominate. Now his ideas are winning more primaries than ever. Faiz Shakir ran Bernie’s 2020 campaign. He walks us through the 2026 midterm map and explains how authenticity and working-class politics are winning. 00:00 The Year Money Started Losing05:46 The Cabinet Bernie Never Got to Name09:32 If Cooper Loses, It's a Long Night11:40 Fifteen People Got a Vote on Every Sentence14:55 Michigan: The Loudest Race in the Country28:19 She Won Spending Fifty Thousand Dollars33:08 Where We Disagree About Climate37:26 Inside the Club That Runs the Party40:30 Bernie-Style Is Worth Twenty Points46:54 A Trillion Dollars Is 32,000 Years51:12 Most Media Treats People as Dumb54:24 Pass the Torch
- 1 weeks ago54 min
Gil Durán: The Tech Cult That Wants to End Democracy
Billionaire Peter Thiel wrote in 2009 that he no longer believed freedom and democracy were compatible. Gil Durán has spent years documenting what the tech circle built once they stopped believing in voting. The result is The Nerd Reich — reported almost entirely from what these men have said out loud.
- 2 weeks ago43 min
Meetali Jain: The Lawyer Suing AI for a Child's Suicide
Silicon Valley is trying to get AI chatbots classified as having free speech rights. One lawyer is fighting to stop it in court. Meetali Jain's nonprofit now has over a dozen active cases against AI companies, including a Texas lawsuit in which a chatbot told a teenage boy it understood why kids kill their parents.Trigger warning: this episode discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
- 3 weeks ago42 min
Emmanuel Saez: Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rates Than Their Assistants
Economist Emmanuel Saez wrote California's first-ever billionaire wealth tax. The Berkeley economist behind Prop 40 explains why a 1% wealth tax could raise $20 billion a year — and why Google's co-founders are spending millions to stop it.
- Aug 18, 202647 min
Joy Reid: Fired from MSNBC for Calling Gaza a Genocide
David Fenton sits down with journalist Joy Reid, fired from MSNBC in 2025 after her outspoken coverage of Gaza. Now independent and "unfiltered," this is an unsparing conversation about censorship, tech oligarchy, and what independent media needs to survive.Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode! fentonforecast.com00:00 — Joy Reid02:44 — The Real Reason She Got Fired From MSNBC07:53 — Is It Genocide? Netanyahu, October 7, and Amalek11:31 — Life After the Bubble: What "Unfiltered" Really Means14:09 — Why the Democrats Need Their Own Tea Party22:08 — Is Criticizing Mamdani Islamophobia?26:30 — Objectivity Was Never Real31:46 — The Deaths Nobody's Investigating35:44 — Silicon Valley's Plantation Economy40:07 — Can Independent Media Survive?43:44 — Pass the Torch
- Jul 27, 202657 min
The Hidden Truth Behind Israel's War Machine: Palestinian Journalist, Rula Jebreal's Banned Perspective
Palestinian-Israeli journalist Rula Jebreal exposes the disturbing realities of Israel's expansionist agenda and its control over American foreign policy. Banned from major US networks for her critical reporting, Jebreal reveals how religious extremism, corruption, and potential blackmail operations have hijacked Middle East policy.Connect with David on his website: https://www.fentonforecast.comTune in every Tuesday for a new episode of The Fenton Forecast. Subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and never miss an episode!
- Jul 21, 202652 min
AI and the Human Movement with Tristan Harris
Former Google engineer and "conscience of Silicon Valley" Tristan Harris warns we're at a critical crossroads with AI development. As co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and featured expert in the new documentary "The AI Doc," Harris argues this may be our last moment to ensure AI serves humanity rather than replacing it. The conversation explores how to build a human movement to steer AI toward a beneficial future before tech feudalism becomes irreversible.Connect with David on his website: https://www.fentonforecast.comTune in every Tuesday for a new episode of The Fenton Forecast. Subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and never miss an episode!
- Jul 13, 20261h 1m
American Midnight: How History Shows We Can Overcome Today's Authoritarianism with Adam Hochschild
Historian and journalist Adam Hochschild joins David Fenton to explore how America's darkest periods of repression and corruption mirror today's challenges. From Woodrow Wilson's mass arrests to immigration crackdowns that contributed to the Holocaust, Hochschild reveals how we've survived authoritarianism before and offers hope for resistance movements today.Connect with David on his website: https://www.fentonforecast.comTune in every Tuesday for a new episode of The Fenton Forecast. Subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and never miss an episode!
About Agitation Nation: A Podcast From The Fenton Forecast
Insurgent conversations with the dissident thinkers, scientists, and activists shaping tomorrow. The people Ezra Klein won’t interview. Expect turbulence. Veteran activist & strategist David Fenton's podcast challenging the conventional, insider conversations of mainstream media. The Fenton Forecast asks: what future will we choose? AI-driven mass unemployment… or shared abundance? Climate collapse… or a livable planet? Billionaire control… or democracy? Media platforms of falsehood… or honest journalism? A sick health system… or regenerative agriculture and medicine? The Fenton Forecast is the anti-establishment podcast. It features leading dissidents and doers, not the usual pundits.
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