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Cut through the noise with The Intercept’s reporters as they tackle the most urgent issues of the moment. The Briefing is a weekly podcast delivering news, incisive political analysis and deep investigative reporting, hosted by The Intercept’s journalists and contributors including Jessica Washington, Akela Lacy, and Jordan Uhl.

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S3 · E44
Friday · 43 min
DHS Was Designed as a Weapon
Rep. Delia Ramirez and writers Rozina Ali and Will Sommer discuss the ICE raid on Ilhan Omar and the years of “counterterror” surveillance that paved the way for the Trump administration’s abuses.
S3 · E43
October 9 · 32 min
Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms
As Kalshi and Polymarket dodge state regulations, prediction markets are upping the ante on next month’s elections.
S3 · E42
October 2 · 46 min
Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”
Taken by ICE last year for protesting Israel, Khalil speaks on how his fight is bigger than whether he gets to stay in this country.
S3 · E41
September 25 · 39 min
The Blueprint for Democrats to Win Back Voters
After suffering major losses last election cycle, Justice Democrats resurrected itself, helping put democratic socialism on the map. So what changed?
S3 · E40
September 18 · 46 min
Apocalypse Now: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Investigate the End-Timers Alliance
What’s driving religious fundamentalists, tech accelerationists, and anti-immigrant ethnonationalists to bring about the end of the world?
S3 · E39
September 14 · 49 min
The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable
Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.
S3 · E38
September 4 · 42 min
25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat
Rozina Ali on the rise of Islamophobia in America and the vague terrorism laws now being wielded against dissidents like the Prairieland protesters.
S3 · E37
August 28 · 33 min
Right-Wing Trans Hate Comes for the WNBA
How the right’s attacks on trans people have infiltrated a sports league with no trans women.
S3 · E36
August 21 · 34 min
What American Doctors Saw in Gaza
A new documentary follows three physicians facing the odds: limited medical supplies, Israeli bombing, and upon returning home, media bias and indifference.
S3 · E35
August 14 · 30 min
Has the Left Really Met Its Limit?
David Sirota on Francesca Hong’s defeat, what it means for the insurgent left, and how the American presidency has consolidated king-like power.
S3 · E34
August 5 · 34 min
The Most Expensive Democratic Senate Primary Has a Winner
Intercept reporters break down progressives’ wins and losses in Michigan and Missouri.
S3 · E33
July 31 · 48 min
Abdul El-Sayed on The Intercept Briefing
The Michigan Senate primary is the next biggest test for the direction of the Democratic Party.
S3 · E32
July 24 · 43 min
Trump’s National Killer Police Force
ICE and Border Patrol’s purviews have transformed from immigration enforcement to being a political tool of the White House — all under the pretext of public safety.
S3 · E31
July 17 · 38 min
Trump’s Formula for Forever Wars
Spencer Ackerman on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s warmongering legacy and next U.S. forever war in Iran.
July 11 · 36 min
INTRODUCING: First America by Rebecca Nagle
The Intercept Briefing is happy to share the first episode of journalist Rebecca Nagle's new podcast series, First America. Episode Description: We’ve all been told the American Revolution was fought over taxation and representation. But that’s not what the Declaration of Independence says. According to our founders, in their own words, what they were most upset about was Native Americans. How did we all miss that? Rebecca sits down with historian Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) to talk about how hunger for Indigenous land drove the Revolution. Welcome to First America, the true story of how the United States came to be, and how our current political moment was 250 years in the making. Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning advocate and writer focused on advancing Native rights and ending violence against Native women. Nagle is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and a two spirit/queer woman. Nagle is the host of the podcast This Land focused on treaty rights and tribal sovereignty in Oklahoma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 · E30
July 11 · 40 min
Rebecca Nagle on the Boomerang of Empire
“What we’re seeing in this moment is those arms of our government that we thought could be authoritarian towards some people coming back home and coming back to impact everybody.”
S3 · E29
July 7 · 26 min
The People Who Stood By Graham Platner — Until He Was Accused of Rape
Democratic strategist Adam Carlson backed Platner through all his other scandals. He says he shares the blame, but that people are learning the wrong lessons.
S3 · E28
July 3 · 38 min
Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as Terrorists
Matt Sledge, who was at the sentencing for the Prairieland defendants, and Mark Bray, author of “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,” on the timeworn government strategies to stifle dissent.
S3 · E27
June 25 · 36 min
The Democratic Party Gets Its Populist Takeover
How democratic socialists, boosted by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, swept the Democratic establishment in Tuesday’s primaries.
S3 · E26
June 19 · 45 min
The Performative Ceasefire in Gaza
As Iran and the U.S. reach a deal to supposedly end this cycle of war, Tariq Kenney-Shawa and Jonah Valdez discuss what’s happened since Israel’s October 2025 “pseudo-ceasefire” in Gaza.

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