Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Julian Assange as a right-wing hero, and Steve Mnuchin's ties to foreclosures

Jan. 04, 2017

Picture courtesy of David G Silvers

From this Episode:

Julian Assange: Hero of the right wing?

We look at how the Wikileaks founder went from villain to hero for Donald Trump and his supporters.

9 min

Bank headed by Treasury Secretary nominee allegedly broke foreclosure laws

A leaked memo from the state attorney general’s office says OneWest Bank, which Steven Mnuchin ran, may have broken state laws during the foreclosure crisis.

8 min

Sports roundup: Trojans, Rams, and Ronda Rousey

We discuss USC’s Rose Bowl win on Monday over Penn State; The Rams’ new $2.5 billion stadium; and Ronda Rousey’s loss to Amanda Nunes.

9 min

Where the new civil rights movement goes from here

Reporter Wesley Lowery talks about being on the endless police shootings beat and his new book, They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s...

16 min

If Jack-in-the-Box tacos are so gross, why do we keep eating them?

They’ve been described as a wet envelope of cat food, so why do Americans gobble up more than 500 million of these tacos a year?

6 min

Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy