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The Breach

Step into The Breach as we expose and explore abuses of power in our government. Part of the Rewire News Group podcast network.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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In the Shadow of Putin with Sarah Kendzior

In the Shadow of Putin with Sarah Kendzior

President Donald Trump regularly flatters Vladimir Putin and has promised warmer relations between the United States and... Read more

11 Apr 2017

34mins

Ranked #2

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Sarah Kendzior on the ‘Oligarch Envy’ Haunting President Trump

Sarah Kendzior on the ‘Oligarch Envy’ Haunting President Trump

Journalist Sarah Kendzior returns to shine a light on the surprisingly coherent, and wholly anti-democratic, philosophy ... Read more

28 Nov 2017

30mins

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Interrogating the Emoluments Clause with Zephyr Teachout

Interrogating the Emoluments Clause with Zephyr Teachout

This week on The Breach, we take a closer look at those 49 words that mean so much: the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the... Read more

4 Apr 2017

28mins

Ranked #4

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The Symbiosis of Donald Trump and The Worst People in America

The Symbiosis of Donald Trump and The Worst People in America

Author and professor Jared Yates Sexton joins Lindsay to dissect the way President Donald Trump’s brand of cognitive dis... Read more

5 Sep 2017

30mins

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Ranked #5

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The Weaponization of 'Fake News'

The Weaponization of 'Fake News'

In the latest episode of The Breach, host Lindsay Beyerstein is joined by award-winning journalist Brooke Binkowski, the... Read more

29 Aug 2017

29mins

Ranked #6

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How the United States Is Poisoning Native American Communities

How the United States Is Poisoning Native American Communities

Award-winning journalist Suzette Brewer discusses the issues facing Native American communities in the era of President ... Read more

12 Dec 2017

38mins

Ranked #7

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How Our Looming Constitutional Crisis Could Play Out

How Our Looming Constitutional Crisis Could Play Out

From his hesitation in denouncing Nazis in Charlottesville to his attacks on the free press, Donald Trump is governing l... Read more

15 Aug 2017

24mins

Ranked #8

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Jeff Sessions and His Brutal Vision for the Department of Justice

Jeff Sessions and His Brutal Vision for the Department of Justice

In our season finale of The Breach, Adam Serwer of the Atlantic joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss Attorney Genera... Read more

6 Jun 2017

27mins

Ranked #9

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What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Opioid Crisis

What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Opioid Crisis

President Trump is expected to declare a national state of emergency for opioids this week. Sanho Tree of the Institute ... Read more

24 Oct 2017

28mins

Ranked #10

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Coming April 4th: The Breach Episode #1!

Coming April 4th: The Breach Episode #1!

Welcome to the new series from Rewire Radio, The Breach! Listen to this short promo to hear more about the show from hos... Read more

27 Mar 2017

Ranked #11

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The Breach: Rebecca Traister on the ‘Harvey Weinstein Effect’

The Breach: Rebecca Traister on the ‘Harvey Weinstein Effect’

Rebecca Traister, award-winning journalist and writer at large for New York magazine, joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to d... Read more

21 Nov 2017

34mins

Ranked #12

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Does President Trump Suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

Does President Trump Suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

It’s no secret that Donald J. Trump is possessed of an outsized ego. Some psychiatrists speculate that he suffers from a... Read more

9 May 2017

30mins

Ranked #13

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America’s B.S. Artist-in-Chief

America’s B.S. Artist-in-Chief

Jeet Heer is a senior editor at the New Republic, an award-winning author, and one of Canada’s foremost public intellect... Read more

2 May 2017

31mins

Ranked #14

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Gutting Medicaid to Spite the Poor

Gutting Medicaid to Spite the Poor

President Trump's budget would cut Medicaid spending nearly in half and slash nearly $13 billion from the U.S. Departmen... Read more

30 May 2017

30mins

Ranked #15

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The Breach: Indicting Trump’s Inner Circle

The Breach: Indicting Trump’s Inner Circle

Andy Wright, a law professor and former associate counsel to President Obama, joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss w... Read more

14 Nov 2017

34mins

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