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Prevail with Greg Olearinactive

Publisher |: MSW Media

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Interview,; News & Politics,; USA

Categories Via RSS |: News,; Politics

PREVAIL is Greg Olear's weekly podcast about politics, history, national security, foreign affairs, organized crime, dirty money, global corruption, and the fight for democracy. The traitors are easy to spot. PREVAIL shows you how, every Friday.

People |: Greg Olear (@gregolear)
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: NY
Premiere Date |: 2021-02-10
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: No

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106 Available Episodes (106 Total) / Average duration: 01:15:00

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106 Available Episodes (106 Total)Average duration: 01:15:00

Apr 21, 2023

00:58:35

Greg Olear is joined by the immigration attorney Samira Ghaderi, who talks about the protests in Iran that started in September, prompted by the death of Jina Amini in police custody. They discuss the brutal incident that started the protests, the significance of Amini being Kurdish, the crimes committed by the Khamenei regime, the fracturing of the movement, and the future of Iran. Plus: help from our friends.

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Apr 14, 2023

01:15:57

Greg Olear is joined by Max Fawcett, the lead columnist for Canada’s National Observer and the host of the podcast “Maxed Out with Max Fawcett.” They discuss Justin Trudeau’s standing, when Canada might hold another election, opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, the state of Canadian fascism, UCP in Alberta, Alberta separatism, the Han Dong scandal, disinformation in the media, Joe Biden’s visit to Canada, and the best Canadian musicians. Plus: a new record label.

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https://twitter.com/maxfawcett

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https://www.nationalobserver.com/u/max-fawcett

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Mar 31, 2023

01:07:53

Greg Olear is joined by the ethnobotanist Mark J. Plotkin, president of the Amazon Conservation Team, author of “Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice” and “The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know,” and the host of “The Plants of the Gods.” They discuss his career as an ethnobotanist studying the Amazon, the medicinal properties of plants and animals found there, “The Last of Us,” wine, beer, opium, psychedelics, and climate change. Plus: on top of spaghetti.

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https://twitter.com/DocMarkPlotkin

Listen to his podcast:

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https://markplotkin.com/

Buy his books:

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Mar 24, 2023

01:22:14

Greg Olear is joined by Aja Raden, author of “The Truth About Lies” and “Stoned,” to talk about “Nothing Lasts Forever,” the new documentary about the diamond industry in which she appears. They also discuss “peak crazy,” the banking crisis, Elon Musk and the future of Twitter, the protests in Israel, the benefits of the two-party system, fascism, incels, and the difference between silicon and diamonds when making computer chips. Plus: a little dance number.

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Watch the trailer for the documentary:

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Mar 17, 2023

01:14:24

Greg Olear is joined by the pseudonymous Nia Molinari, the retired stripper, screenwriter, mob watcher, and PREVAIL contributor, who tells her epic “F*ck Giuliani” story. They also discuss Tucker Carlson’s strange relationship with dead pimp Dennis Hof, an obscure Serbian crime lord now in police custody, the strip club landscape in 1999 NYC and how it correlated to the politics of the various crime families, and Rudy’s shady dealings over the last four decades. Plus: a bank you KNOW ain’t woke.

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Mar 10, 2023

01:24:37

Greg Olear is joined by consultant, commentator & writer Cliff Schecter, of the Blue Amp Channel. They discuss the current political climate, Nazis in Ohio, why the Dems would be crazy to not run Joe Biden again in ‘24, and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. Plus: Evita Without Charisma.

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Mar 03, 2023

01:05:54

Kat Abughazaleh’s job at Media Matters For America, as she puts it in her Twitter bio, is to watch Tucker Carlson so we don’t have to. Greg Olear talks to her about MMFA’s mission, how she found herself watching many hours of primetime Fox News, what makes good content for the network, how Fox News coverage has changed since J6, all things Tucker Carlson, and Mike Huckabee’s Christofascist children’s books. Plus: a new song about a bad guy.

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https://twitter.com/abughazalehkat

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https://www.tiktok.com/@katmabu

On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@katmabu

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Feb 24, 2023

01:19:26

Bernie Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history – and he ran it for decades before finally getting caught. Greg Olear talks to Jim Campbell, author of “Madoff Talks,” about how he got access to Bernie and his family, his contribution to the Netflix docu-series “Madoff: Monster of Wall Street,” the complexity of the Madoff scheme, the failure of the regulatory agencies to identify and stop the fraud, and the similarities and differences between Bernie Madoff and Sam Bankman-Fried. Plus: a new get-out-of-jail-free card.

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https://www.amazon.com/Madoff-Talks-Uncovering-Biggest-History/dp/126045617X

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Feb 17, 2023

01:11:32

Can the U.S. survive another pandemic? In the Season 5 Premiere, Greg Olear talks to Vanity Fair contributing editor Katherine Eban about the perils of the generic drug boom, her 2020 reporting on Jared Kushner and the botched pandemic response, and her current reporting on our preparedness to a potential new coronavirus outbreak.

Follow Katherine Eban:

https://twitter.com/KatherineEban

Read her reporting:

https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/katherine-eban

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https://www.amazon.com/Bottle-Lies-Inside-Story-Generic/dp/0062338781

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Feb 10, 2023

01:07:22

Fascism is on the rise in the United States. Greg Olear talks to Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history, expert on authoritarianism, and author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,” about Mussolini & Hitler, Putin & Trump, and the dictator’s “tools of rule.” Plus: a song about the new covid cure.

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Apr 21 | 00:58:35

"Jin, Jiyan, Azadî!" | Protests in Iran (with Samira Ghaderi)

Apr 14 | 01:15:57