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The PoliticsGirl Podcast

The Corruption is Endless. A Conversation with Robert Reich

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

As today’s guest, Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor, wrote in his substack “Brace yourselves. The economy is heading into very bad weather.” That while prices and unemployment are going up. Everything else is going down. This is, of course, the polar opposite of what President Trump campaigned on, and exactly we, the president’s opposition said he would do. If anything good is going to emerge from this nightmare, it’s going to take the majority of us uniting to collectively demand it. That we can’t just be AGAINST this hideous, lawless, authoritarian version of America, where our President is a corrupt grifter surrounded by other grifters, we have to be FOR something better. That perhaps the silver lining of this horror will be the coalitions being built to fight the regime finding common ground on which to build something that finally works for all of us.  As always, if you find worth in what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free and it, and the the rants delivered directly to your inbox so even if we’re shut out of social media, you’ll still get access to the most highly researched, factual information available. Independent media needs your support now more than ever.   Go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest social: https://robertreich.org/ Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com Inequality Media LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/inequalitymedia Twitter:         @RBReich                             @InequalityMedia                As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl   This episode is sponsored by… https://calm.com/politicsgirl https://SundaysforDogs.com/politicsgirl code: PoliticsGirl https://rocketmoney.com/politicsgirl code: PoliticsGirl https://oneskin.co code: PoliticsGirl https://honeylove.com/politicsgirl

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0:00.0

What tariffs really do for him is they give him what?

0:04.2

They give him bargaining leverage, Trump.

0:06.8

They make him more powerful.

0:09.1

They allow Trump to make even more deals.

0:13.4

And they get foreign governments and foreigners to buy his meme coin.

0:17.2

You know, meme coin.

0:30.3

Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast.

0:31.6

I'm your host Lee McGowan.

0:32.7

Let's get into it.

0:36.0

As today's guest, Robert Reich, wrote in his substack,

0:39.7

Brace yourselves, the economy is heading into very bad weather.

0:42.6

That while prices and unemployment are heading up,

0:44.6

everything else is heading down,

0:48.2

which is, of course, the polar opposite of what this president campaigned on,

0:51.9

and exactly what we, the president's opposition, said he would do.

0:55.7

So today we're going to talk to Professor Reich, Dartmouth, Oxford, and Yale grad, who teaches public policy at UC Berkeley and is a senior fellow at the Bloom

1:00.7

Center for Developing Economies. Professor Reich served in three national administrations,

1:05.9

including as Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, is the author of 18 books,

1:10.7

the creator of the Netflix

1:11.7

documentary Saving Capitalism, and the critically acclaimed film, Inequality for All. He is also the co-founder

1:18.0

of Inequality Media, the Economic Policy Institute, and the co-founding editor of the American

1:23.0

prospect. This is a man who understands what's going on with our economy under this president and

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