https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reality-asserts-itself-with-paul-jay--3510420enNewsCopyright The Real News Network (TRNN)https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2cfc590ca66c917e294e47a17c39a600.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reality-asserts-itself-with-paul-jay--3510420Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:28:06 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)The Real News Network (TRNN)feeds@spreaker.comOn Reality Asserts Itself I talk to leading thinkers and activists, and find out what were the formative experiences that shaped their political worldview. It's also a place to explore the major issues of our times with a sense of history, and a...falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rana-foroohar-the-rise-of-finance-and-the-fall-of-american-business--17808097https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808097Thu, 02 May 2019 00:26:26 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Foroohar says financialization delivers stagnant wages, inequality and economic crisis; the Financial Times columnist and author of “Makers and Takers” says the financial sector represents only 7 percent of the U.S....4434falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gabriel-byrne-from-priesthood-to-actor-to-activist--17808093https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808093Thu, 02 May 2019 00:26:22 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, actor and climate activist Gabriel Byrne speaks of growing up in a working class family that was religious, Irish nationalist and where joining a seminary made parents proud. He came to understand the injustice of the life...5295falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nina-turner-the-democratic-party-can-t-just-whisper-sweet-nothings-anymore--17808121https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808121Thu, 02 May 2019 00:26:15 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Nina Turner, former Ohio State Senator and leading Bernie Sanders surrogate during the primary, tells host Paul Jay that she grew up poor, believing in the Democratic Party and the Clintons but she came to understand the...3570falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/roger-waters-the-occupation-of-the-american-mind--17808117https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808117Thu, 02 May 2019 00:26:11 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Legendary musician Roger Waters and Sut Jhally discuss their new film about the Israeli public relations campaign to influence U.S. public opinion3561falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-drake-from-9-11-to-mass-surveillance-the-man-who-knew-too-much-pt-2--17808113https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808113Thu, 02 May 2019 00:26:03 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Drake, a former Senior Executive at the National Security Agency, says he was targeted by the NSA because he exposed that the agency had intel that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks and because he blew the whistle on...3509falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-drake-from-9-11-to-mass-surveillance-the-man-who-knew-too-much-pt-1--17808105https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808105Thu, 02 May 2019 00:25:58 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Drake, a former Senior Executive at the National Security Agency, says he was targeted by the NSA because he exposed that the agency had intel that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks and because he blew the whistle on...3507falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sen-bob-graham-investigating-the-saudi-government-s-9-11-connection-and-the-path-to-disillusionment--17808100https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808100Thu, 02 May 2019 00:25:47 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On RAI with Paul Jay, Senator Bob Graham explains why he persists in making the case that facts directly connect the Saudi government with 9/11 conspirators – a REPLAY of a 2013 interview by Paul Jay3538falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-kiriakou-i-believed-america-could-do-no-wrong-pt-4--17808095https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808095Thu, 02 May 2019 00:25:39 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Kiriakou was the first U.S. government official to confirm that waterboarding was official policy. He spent 23 months in prison after being convicted of passing classified information to a reporter. He speaks to Paul Jay while still under house arrest2419falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-kiriakou-i-believed-america-could-do-no-wrong-pt-3--17808122https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808122Thu, 02 May 2019 00:25:33 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Kiriakou was the first U.S. government official to confirm that waterboarding was official policy. He spent 23 months in prison after being convicted of passing classified information to a reporter. He speaks to Paul Jay while still under house arrest3418falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-kiriakou-i-believed-america-could-do-no-wrong-pt-2--17808123https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808123Thu, 02 May 2019 00:25:29 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Kiriakou was the first U.S. government official to confirm that waterboarding was official policy. He spent 23 months in prison after being convicted of passing classified information to a reporter. He speaks to Paul Jay while still under house arrest2950falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-kiriakou-i-believed-america-could-do-no-wrong-pt-1--17808102https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808102Thu, 02 May 2019 00:25:19 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Kiriakou was the first U.S. government official to confirm that waterboarding was official policy. He spent 23 months in prison after being convicted of passing classified information to a reporter. He speaks to Paul Jay while still under house arrest2887falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-frank-corporate-democrats-have-a-vested-interest-in-not-listening-to-workers--17808107https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808107Thu, 02 May 2019 00:25:11 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Thomas Frank, author of "What's the Matter with Kansas" and "Listen, Liberal", tells host Paul Jay that the Democratic Party serves the professional class and the top 10% and no longer cares about the poor or working class3289falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-swanson-lies-and-war--17808120https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808120Thu, 02 May 2019 00:25:00 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On RAI with Paul Jay, David Swanson, author of "War is a Lie", talks about becoming a full time activist for peace3247falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catarina-principe-revolutionary-expectations-and-the-fight-against-austerity-pt-2--17808111https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808111Thu, 02 May 2019 00:24:54 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Principe talks about growing up in Portugal expecting the promise of the social state to be fulfilled, and becoming an activist in the fight against forces dismantling the achievements of the Portuguese revolution2914falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catarina-principe-revolutionary-expectations-and-the-fight-against-austerity-pt-1--17808114https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808114Thu, 02 May 2019 00:24:47 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Principe talks about growing up in Portugal expecting the promise of the social state to be fulfilled, and becoming an activist in the fight against forces dismantling the achievements of the Portuguese revolution3171falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eddie-conway-44-years-in-prison-still-a-revolutionary-pt-3--17808108https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808108Thu, 02 May 2019 00:24:39 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Conway, a former member of the Baltimore Black Panther chapter, says as a child he didn't understand politics, but he did understand oppression3545falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eddie-conway-44-years-in-prison-still-a-revolutionary-pt-2--17808096https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808096Thu, 02 May 2019 00:24:32 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Conway, a former member of the Baltimore Black Panther chapter, says as a child he didn't understand politics, but he did understand oppression3570falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eddie-conway-44-years-in-prison-still-a-revolutionary-pt-1--17808119https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808119Thu, 02 May 2019 00:24:25 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Conway, a former member of the Baltimore Black Panther chapter, says as a child he didn't understand politics, but he did understand oppression3571falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/glen-ford-growing-up-black-in-american-apartheid--17808106https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808106Thu, 02 May 2019 00:24:04 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay: Glen Ford, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, tells his story as a red-diaper baby, growing up facing racism in the North living with his white activist mother, and living in the Deep South with his black...3427falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-cay-johnston-taking-from-the-many-to-give-to-the-few--17808101https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808101Thu, 02 May 2019 00:23:55 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Johnston, a renowned investigative journalist, says he used to believe if you worked hard you would prosper, but now, there is a completely different environment3558falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gareth-porter-i-grew-up-believing-in-time-magazine-s-version-of-america--17808110https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808110Thu, 02 May 2019 00:23:42 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Porter tells Paul Jay that by the end of the Vietnam War, he understood the US government and military could do terrible things3215falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marisela-gomez-hopkins-trained-doctor-fights-hopkins-expansion-plans-in-baltimore--17808104https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808104Thu, 02 May 2019 00:23:34 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Marisela Gomez, a doctor and community activist, says one can't arrive in the Hopkins community and not see the huge disparity between this institution, and surrounding it a community that's been completely...3486falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/phil-donahue-the-radicalization-of-phil-donahue--17808118https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808118Thu, 02 May 2019 00:23:26 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Donahue says he believed he was blessed, living in the greatest country on earth - but through hosting his show, speaking to people like Chomsky and the Black Panthers, he came to question what he had thought was true3546falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/michael-ratner-the-vietnam-war-was-a-seminal-event-for-me-pt-2--17808109https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808109Thu, 02 May 2019 00:23:15 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Ratner, President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights, tells Paul Jay that the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War transformed him from a "good liberal kid" into an activist questioning the role of America in the world3566falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/michael-ratner-the-vietnam-war-was-a-seminal-event-for-me-pt-1--17808103https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808103Thu, 02 May 2019 00:23:07 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)Mr. Ratner, President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights, tells Paul Jay that the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War transformed him from a "good liberal kid" into an activist questioning the role of America in the world3555falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christian-appy-america-does-bad-things-for-good-reasons-pt-2--17808115https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808115Thu, 02 May 2019 00:22:49 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy, author of "American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity", discusses how before direct American military involvement in Vietnam, the US financed almost 80 percent of the cost, so, in effect, France...3420falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christian-appy-america-does-bad-things-for-good-reasons-pt-1--17808112https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808112Thu, 02 May 2019 00:22:43 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy, author of "American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity", discusses how before direct American military involvement in Vietnam, the US financed almost 80 percent of the cost, so, in effect, France...2454falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trita-parsi-us-refuses-to-accept-iran-as-a-regional-power--17808116https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808116Thu, 02 May 2019 00:22:37 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)From Afghanistan to Iraq, the Trump administration, leading Democrats and much of the foreign policy and military establishment believe the U.S. should be more aggressive towards Iran. That's a very dangerous situation that can lead to war, noted Iran...3570falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-early-liberty-and-justice-for-some-people--17808099https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808099Thu, 02 May 2019 00:22:24 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)James Early talks about American identity and growing up African-American facing the deep racism of the South3562falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sabah-alnasseri-a-personal-take-on-the-modern-history-of-iraq-pt-2--17808098https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808098Thu, 02 May 2019 00:22:08 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Prof. Alnasseri tells the story of his militant working class family, class struggle in Iraq and the sectarian conflict created by the U.S. invasion3425falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sabah-alnasseri-a-personal-take-on-the-modern-history-of-iraq-pt-1--17808091https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808091Thu, 02 May 2019 00:21:54 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, Prof. Alnasseri tells the story of his militant working class family, class struggle in Iraq and the sectarian conflict created by the U.S. invasion3476falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alan-robock-global-warming-theory-based-on-evidence-not-belief--17808092https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808092Thu, 02 May 2019 00:21:40 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)On Reality Asserts Itself, climatologist and IPCC lead author Alan Robock tells Paul Jay that he's a skeptic who tries to be critical and make conclusions based on the evidence3566falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/danny-schechter-activism-in-my-dna--17808094https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17808094Thu, 02 May 2019 00:21:31 +0000The Real News Network (TRNN)In this RAI he tells Paul Jay about the fight against apartheid and meeting and chronicling Mandela in South Africa.2714falsefull