Undercurrents

Click this link to learn more about PMI’s Q3 results https://www.pmi.com/progressBecome a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Emily talks to investigative reporter at The Daily Caller News Foundation, Emily Kopp, about her bombshell report revealing that US spy agencies were "cozying up" to Wuhan virologist Ralph Baric long before the pandemic. Kopp details how new documents show the ODNI and CIA consulted Baric—the "big cheese" of coronavirus engineering—as early as 2015, even approaching him for a project on "human adaptation" of coronaviruses. They discuss how these same agencies, including the CIA, then "lied about the pandemic" and suppressed internal intelligence pointing to a lab leak—dismissing their own analysts as "conspiracy theorists"—likely because the truth would "implicate the agency" in the dangerous research.Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/

Click this link to learn more about PMI’s Q3 results https://www.pmi.com/progressBecome a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Emily reacts to the MAGA backlash following Donald Trump's 50-year mortgage proposal, which has enraged allies like MTG and Savannah Hernandez who blasted it as "debt slavery", and examines whether this is a symptom of a larger trust deficit and growing exasperation on the right.Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/

Click this link to learn more about PMI’s Q3 results https://www.pmi.com/progressBecome a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Emily breaks down the end of the longest U.S. government shutdown and the backlash it sparked within the Democratic Party. She explains how rising progressive anger mirrors the GOP’s Tea Party revolt. Emily warns this moment may mark a shift in power toward the grassroots left.Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/

Click this link to learn more about PMI’s Q3 results https://www.pmi.com/progressBecome a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Emily talks with author Ben Freeman about his book 'The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home'... amid the backdrop of potential new wars in Venezuela and Nigeria. They break down how the "war machine" really works, how Marjorie Taylor Greene is fighting the machine, and explain the influence operations of countries like Qatar and Israel, as well as how Trump has opened the door for Big Tech to become the "brave new war machine."Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/

Click this link to learn more about PMI’s Q3 results https://www.pmi.com/progressBecome a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Emily reacts to news that Marjorie Taylor Greene is telling people she's "potentially interested" in a 2028 presidential run, with Tucker Carlson, who endorsed the idea, calling her "definite real MAGA". Could MTG launch a "Ron Paul style" campaign on affordability and foreign policy, even as she breaks with the GOP establishment?Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/

Click this link to learn more about PMI’s Q3 results https://www.pmi.com/progressBecome a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/The morning after a stunning Democratic sweep from coast to coast, Republicans are left grappling with what many are calling a political catastrophe. As figures like Vivek Ramaswamy and JD Vance urge the GOP to abandon culture-war politics and focus on affordability, the party faces a deep identity crisis. From Andrew Cuomo’s defeat by socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani to double-digit losses in Virginia and New Jersey, the results signal the possible end of the Trump “high.”Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/On this election day special, Emily breaks down the two most watched races in the country: the New York City mayoral election between Democratic Socialist Zoran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo, and the Virginia Attorney General race between Republican Jason Miyares and Democrat Jay Jones. Emily discusses how Mamdani's likely victory signals the ascendance of the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party, and unpacks the explosive Virginia AG race, where Jay Jones's candidacy has been plagued by leaked text messages wishing suffering on a political opponent's children and an alleged "puppy-kicking" incident, leading Republicans to frame the election as a battle for "decency" and character.Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Emily responds to CNN anchor Abby Phillip's hesitant admission on "The Breakfast Club" that her network is "probably center-left” and highlights a study showing Phillip's 127-to-3 interruption bias against conservatives, proving just why trust in media is collapsing.Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/