The Michael Moore Podcast

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Progressive fury with a working plan.

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The Michael Moore Podcast turns current politics into urgent, emotional argument. Its episodes move from election dread to comic outrage, from Gaza and Trump to Catholic childhood memories and hard-nosed encouragement for progressives.

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About The Michael Moore Podcast

The Michael Moore Podcast is a progressive political commentary show driven by Michael Moore’s conversational urgency. It does not pretend to float above the news. It takes sides. Recent episodes center on the election, Kamala Harris, Trump, Gaza, Israel, women voters, House Republican infighting, and the long work of organizing in conservative places. The show often begins with anxiety, anger, or disbelief. Then it pushes toward action. Moore speaks to listeners who are already worried, already watching the polls, and already trying to decide what useful work still remains. His register is plainspoken and emotional, with jokes landing beside grief and tactical advice beside moral accusation. One episode can move from fear of authoritarian politics to hope in a wave of women voters. Another can linger on Gaza, Arab and Muslim voters in Michigan, and the demand for Democratic leaders to separate Jewish safety from support for right-wing governments. The show also has room for cultural detours. Scott Z. Burns appears in an episode about Extrapolations, Contagion, The Report, and climate storytelling on television. Other segments draw comedy from congressional disorder or from memories of Catholic school, confession, nuns, and priests. The format is often closer to a spoken essay than an interview show. It favors conviction over balance, momentum over polish, and personal witness over panel chatter. Its political worldview is clear: anti-Trump, pro-labor, pro-choice, suspicious of concentrated wealth, and impatient with official excuses for war. For progressive listeners, the appeal is not just agreement. It is the feeling of being argued back into motion when the news has become exhausting.

Made for: This show is for progressive listeners who want emotional, activist-minded political commentary tied to elections, organizing, war, and Democratic accountability. It especially suits people who prefer moral clarity and personal storytelling over neutral punditry.

What sets it apart: The show stands apart by mixing election strategy, grief, humor, Catholic memory, and direct pressure on political leaders inside one extended spoken argument. It feels less like a panel show than a dispatch from someone trying to keep a movement awake.

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Academy Award-winning filmmaker and political provocateur Michael Moore offers his subversive and humorous take on the issues of the day and talks to a wide range of people from comedians and politicians to the people who’ve tried to kill him. Plus various mischief with Mike’s friends, family and the neighbors who don’t work for the NSA.

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Michael Moore connects electoral strategy, moral conviction and personal experience in urgent, openly partisan political commentary.

Michael Moore builds episodes as personal political arguments, moving from memories and family conversations into direct appeals about the 2024 election, Trump, Kamala Harris, Israel and Gaza.

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Michael Moore turns election-season panic into a kitchen-table pep talk you may argue with.

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a blunt political case that refuses to treat Gaza as an electoral footnote
your election nerves met with personal stories and the occasional Catholic-school detour

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election anxietyKamala Harris and Democratic strategyTrump and authoritarian politicsGaza and Israelwomen voters and reproductive rightsred-state organizingHouse Republican chaosCatholic upbringing and memory

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Ep. 287: EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM — Democracy Suspended in Tennessee

Ep. 328: “I’M NOT JOE BIDEN” Prove it. Please.

Ep. 327: Trump Is the American Bibi. The World Does Not Need a Double Bibi.

Ep. 326: Does Trump Think That All Sharks Are Catholic?

Ep. 325: First Gaza, Then the West Bank, Israel Expands the Ethnic Cleansing

Ep. 324: Michael Moore is Feeling Pretty Damn Good

Ep. 323: HERE IS THE PLAN TO REMOVE TRUMP, ELECT HARRIS. Steps 1, 2, and 3

Ep. 322: Now, We Crush Trump: 100 Days to a Better World

Ep. 321: “Elder Abuse” is Refusing to Give the President a Neurological Exam — and Instead PUSHING Him to “Soldier On”

Ep. 320: Making Sure Louisiana Posts God’s NEW 10 Commandments in Every Classroom

Ep. 319: The Trump Crime Family Reckoning

Ep. 318: Alito Flies a Treason Flag, Gov. Abbott Pardons and Frees the Killer of a Black Lives Protester, and College Students Get the Last Word

Ep. 317: President Biden’s Political Science Theater 3000 (a running commentary on free speech and the “rule of law”)

Ep. 316: The Protest was Peaceful. Then the Violent Police Showed Up. (Part 2: Voices of a New Generation)

Ep. 315: The Genie That Will Never Go Back in the Bottle (Part 1: Voices of a New Generation)

Ep. 314: The Union Revolution Takes a Massive Turn Forward. Plus — College Students Rise Up Against Apartheid, Genocide

Ep. 313: Eve of Destruction

Ep. 312: This Podcast and Palestine Before October 7th

Ep. 311: Down is Up, War Is Peace, Ignorance is Strength — or, There Is No Such Thing as Abdominal Surgery, and Why You’re Afraid Trump Could Win.

Ep. 310: Biden Must Save Biden From Himself. It's the Only Way to Ensure Trump Never Sets Foot in the Oval Office Again.

Ep. 309: In Michigan Tuesday, We Ask the President to Listen to Michigan

Ep. 308: The True Number of Trump’s Fines ($650M!); Only Trump Gets to Prosecute the Prosecutor; Is Biden Trying to Throw the Election to Trump by Funding the Slaughter in Gaza?

Ep. 307: So Long Old Year, Hello New Year

Ep. 306: A White Flag, a New Impeachment, and Me and Clinton outside the Port-O-John

Ep. 305: A Message for All to Hear

Ep. 304: War No More (Pt. 2)

Ep. 303: War No More (Pt. 1)

Ep. 299: GOP-RIP, Thank You Fani, Help/No help, for Maui, Traitors, T**** and the 14th Amendment

Ep. 298: EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM — INDICTED! RACKETEERING!! It Turns Out Trump Really Is a Mobster.

Ep. 297: From Maui to Ohio, It’s a Wildfire of Immense Intensity

Ep. 295: I Already Forgot that the Hottest Day in 100,000 Years Was 12 Days Ago

Ep. 294: The Scoundrel Court

Ep. 293: Striking and Bingeing

Ep. 292: Daniel Ellsberg, 1931-2023

Ep. 291: Approval Ratings? Nobody Approves!

Ep. 290: 199 Mass Shootings in 128 Days

Ep. 329: The Tables Are Turning and It's About Time

Ep. 286: Is it possible that every Republican president since Ike has had treason in their heart?

Ep. 285: Blue Continues to Crush Red in 2023

Ep. 284: February Ends

Ep. 283: Random Thoughts On A Dark & Cold February Night

Ep. 281: The Execution of Tyre Nichols: Another Cover-Up From The Lying Machine

Ep. 280: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 12: Goodbye Red. Hello Blue!

Ep. 279: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 11: The Ballot Proposal. Yes, you can pass a law.

Ep. 278: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 10: Recruit and Run a Beloved Blue Winner

Ep. 277: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 9: Red States Need a Blue Sister City or Two

Ep. 276: Madness and Pandemonium Consume House Republicans as Their Party Enters Its Final Year(s)

Ep. 275: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 8: Start Your Own Local Online Paper

Ep. 274: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 7: Michael Moore’s 2023 New Year’s Resolutions: “More Democracy!”

Ep. 273: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 6: Our Civic Duty — WE Must Attend!

Ep. 272: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 5: “Need Help? Call the Democrats!”

Ep. 271: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 4: It’s Time to Form Your Own Local Democratic Party!

Ep. 270: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 3: They Are More Blue Than You — Or They — Know

Ep. 269: "Blue Dots in a Red Sea" Part 2: You Are Not Alone. There Is Blue All Around.

Ep. 262: Growing Up Female

Ep. 261: Benedict Arnold Still on the Loose

Ep. 263: The Victorious Blue Tsunami You Made Happen

Ep. 260: People I Thank on This Thanksgiving Day

Ep. 259: We Have Full Control of the House and Senate for 40+ Days! Let’s Pass these Laws!

Ep. 258: I’ve Been High

Ep. 257: I have Covid. It doesn't have me.

Ep. 253: My Mar-a-Lago Raid

Ep. 252: The Cost of Trying to Be Smart in a Country That Wants You to Stay Dumb

Ep. 250: Popes of Genocides Past and Present

Ep. 249: "Oh Congressman! Come out, come out wherever you are!"

Ep. 248: Forget Me Not

Ep. 247: "If I Wanted The Gov't in My Womb, I'd F*** a Senator" Women and Girls in My Small Michigan Town Are In Revolt. Listen here (uncensored)

Ep. 246: EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM — Millions Must Respond. Abort. The. Court.

Ep. 245: Lift Every Voice: Thoughts from a Juneteenth Holiday

Ep. 244: Repeal the Second Amendment

Ep. 243: My Protector

Ep. 242: I Know There's a Number