Surviving Trump. Saving America
Navigating the chaos of today’s politics can be overwhelming —this show helps make sense of it all. In about 30 minutes each week, host Bella Goode breaks down the players, policies, and threats facing democracy — in plain language and straight talk. Your crash course in today’s politics
Surviving Trump. Saving America
Latest Episodes
THE SURVEILLANCE STATE How Palantir and Silicon Valley Are Building the Infrastructure of Authoritarian Control
Surviving Trump • Episode 34 • Series 4: Corporate Power and ControlIt was 5:30 in the morning on October 30, 2025, still dark, when ICE agents began watching an apartment complex in Woodburn, Oregon. An AI targeting app ...
MUSK UNTETHERED How Elon Musk Accumulated More Unchecked Power Than Anyone in American History — And What He Intends to Do With It
Surviving Trump • Episode 33 • Series 4: Corporate Power and ControlOn October 27, 2022, Elon Musk walked into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters carrying a bathroom sink. He posted a video. The caption read: “Entering ...
A Privileged Few: The Six Family Dynasties Funding Project 2025 — and the Government They’re Buying
In 2009, Peter Thiel published an essay in which he wrote: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” He was not alone in thinking it. He was just one of the few willing to say it publicly.This episode is about what...
CNN on the Block: The Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery Merger and What It Means for Democracy
Surviving Trump • Episode 31 • Series 4 Hatice Cengiz was supposed to be getting married.On October 2, 2018, she waited outside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul while her fiancé Jamal Khashoggi went insi...
How the Ellisons Acquired CBS: The Deal that Gave Trump Control of the Message and the Ellisons a Media Empire
On March 13, 2026, Pete Hegseth stood at a Pentagon press briefing and blurted out a secret. He said he couldn't wait for David Ellison to take over CNN. In one unscripted moment, the Secretary of Defense revealed what this administration has b...
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Hi, Bella! I just met you at the Bernie rally in SLC, I’m Brittni, the teacher that had the referendum table nearby. I shared this with my mother in law in Wyoming and we are both here to listen! Keep up the great work in Steamboat!
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