Fighting Fascism Podcast

Aaron Regunberg, Jonathan Smucker, Matt DaSilva

fightingfascismpod@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This interview-led political podcast examines fascism, authoritarianism, democratic resistance, and organizing, with recurring external guests including prominent authors, labor leaders, and public intellectuals. Credible pitches include political historians, anti-authoritarian organizers, union leaders, democracy researchers, and authors with substantive work on resistance or technology policy; booking difficulty is high because the show is affiliated with The Nation and has already featured nationally recognized guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 17

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

fightingfascismpod@gmail.com

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Host

Aaron Regunberg - Long-time political organizer focused on resisting authoritarianism and building democratic movements.

Jonathan Smucker - Long-time political organizer and writer focused on political movements, democratic resistance, and organizing strategy.

Matt DaSilva - Co-host who brings a non-specialist perspective to discussions of fascism, authoritarianism, and resistance.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Prominent authors, labor leaders, political organizers, technology or democracy experts, and public intellectuals with established expertise and a clear record of work related to authoritarianism, resistance, or organizing.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, National media or public-profile recognition, Leadership of major labor or political organizations, Established expertise in technology, democracy, or resistance movements

Recent Guest Discussions

Tad Stoermer - American Founding Myths, Resistance History, The Constitution, And Lessons From Early American Political Conflict.

Sara Nelson - Challenges And Opportunities Facing Unions, Organized Labor, And Labor's Role In Resisting Fascism.

Cory Doctorow - Big Tech Oligarchs, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Policy, Effective Resistance, And Political Accountability.

Recent Topics

Fascism, Authoritarianism, Political Organizing, Resistance Movements, Labor

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Fighting Fascism Podcast
:

Dope Popes (w/ Matt Sitman)

July 13, 2026

Back in May, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas” — a surprisingly forceful call-out of dehumanizing technology, Big Tech oligarchs, and an economic order that casts the few as gods and the many as disposable. To talk about this work (and Aaron’s growing Catholicism-envy, and the utterly pathetic “faith” of J.D. Vance), we invited Matthew Sitman, co-host of the great Know Your Enemy Podcast and official Catholic sage of the erudite left, to walk us through this er...

Founding Myths (w/ Tad Stoermer)

July 06, 2026

To celebrate the 250th, we’re looking back at the founding with Tad Stoermer, author of the NYTimes bestseller “A Resistance History of the United States.” Why did the same people who kicked off the American Revolution actively oppose the adoption of the Constitution? Was Rhode Island always a mob state? What can we learn from the musical 1776, starring Mr. Feeny? All this and more on this special 4th (well, 6th) of July episode of Fighting Fascism. Check out Tad’s book here: https://www.tads...

For the Union Makes Us Strong (w/ Sara Nelson)

June 29, 2026

Sara Nelson is the President of the Association of Flight Attendants, and one of the most badass leaders in the labor movement today. But that doesn’t mean we didn’t do a hard-hitting, critical interview with her. Well, actually, that’s exactly what it means. Hear Sara lay out the challenges and opportunities that unions face right now and the role of organized labor in fighting fascism. And hear us just kinda fan-boy nod along to everything she says! Fighting Fascism Podcast is produced by N...

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