Interview with Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the Sunrise Movement, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

The Justice Department claims that the Sunrise Movement supports “Antifa-associated anarchist terrorists,” and the group is now under investigation along with the AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, Democratic Socialists of America, and Direct Action Minnesota. Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Shiney-Ajay about her group’s active campaigns and the pushback against Trump’s criminalization of free speech she’d like to see when Democrats take control of both the House and Senate in January.

Interview with Neil Abrams, The Detox Substack newsletter writer about dictators, imperialists, and war criminals, conducted by Scott Harris.

Neil Abrams talks about the need to reject the idea that the midterm results will be sufficient to blunt Trump and Vance’s authoritarian abuse of power, as discussed in his recent New Republic commentary, “If Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to Do.” Abrams is currently writing a book on how nonviolent rebellion can remove Trump and restore American democracy.

Interview with John Whitehouse, Media Matters for America's senior director and news director, conducted by Scott Harris.

John Whitehouse examines right-wing media’s reaction to Republican party midterm election losses—from Fox News hosts to podcasters and election deniers. MMFA’s recent studies detail post-election MAGA media infighting, scapegoating, and audience loss, while reviving anti-immigrant narratives and fear mongering just hours after the midterm results.

Interview with Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the Immigrant Justice Fund, conducted by Scott Harris.

Kica Matos shares her views on what the Democratic party agenda should prioritize to end the Trump-Stephen Miller ICE violent mass deportation operation, her priorities at the National Immigration Law Center, and how listeners can get active on these issues. Matos is a distinguished practitioner at Yale University’s Brady Johnson Program in Grand Strategy.

Interview with Norman Solomon, director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, and Jim Hightower, progressive political activist and syndicated columnist, conducted by Scott Harris.

Norman Solomon and Jim Hightower discuss what issues the Democratic party should prioritize when they take control of Congress in January regarding affordability, accountability, corporate power, and advocating for bold, transformational policy solutions to the nation’s longstanding problems. Hightower is also a radio commentator and last Democratic commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture from 1983 to 1991.

Interview with Marc Boom, senior director for public affairs with the Environmental Protection Network, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Marc Boom, who served as a senior advisor in the Office of Policy at the EPA and is now senior director for public affairs with the Environmental Protection Network. Here he talks about what needs to happen to restore the EPA no matter which party controls Congress after the election and the most important issues Congress needs to address in the lame duck period.

Interview with filmmaker and journalist Greg Palast, conducted by Scott Harris.

Greg Palast, author of several New York Times bestsellers including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, talks about his recent investigations into voter suppression, mass purges of eligible voters, GOP dirty tricks being employed in the 2026 midterm election campaign, & his hopes and fears about the U.S. election.

Interview with Lauren Miller Karalunas, senior counsel with the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, conducted by Scott Harris.

Here Lauren Miller Karalunas discusses growing concern and evidence that the Trump administration is employing a strategy to block states from certifying election winners in order to prevent Democrats from taking control of the House and/or Senate.