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Unauthorized Disclosure

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/unauthorized-disclosure/subscribe "Unauthorized Disclosure" is a weekly podcast hosted by Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola. It focuses on issues and topics that are overlooked or pushed aside by the more mainstream media. The hosts champion adversarial journalism. Guests featured are often rarely heard or unheard voices. Or they are voices who we think can benefit from a space to have conversations, which allow for dissent and the unpacking of unpopular

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S6: Episode 39 - Max Blumenthal

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2019/11/10

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola welcome journalist Max Blumenthal back to the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast. Max is the editor of The Grayzone and co-host of the "Moderate Rebels" podcast. In the first part of the interview, Max recounts how he was arrested by D.C. police essentially out of the blue. He was shackled and in jail for around two days before he was arraigned. He faces a charge of "simple assault" stemming from a baseless allegation from around five months ago when the

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S6: Episode 38 - Renato Velez

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2019/11/03

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by Renato Velez, a leftist academic in Chile. He has been involved in the protests and talks with us about how they were sparked. Renato addresses the way in which the military police cracked down on demonstrations and highlights the ties that President Sebastian Pinera's administration has to the regime of Augusto Pinochet. "This is the first time since the end of the dictatorship that the military has been involved in cracking down on protest. We

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01:12:56

S5: Episode 37 - Rania Khalek Reports On Lebanon...

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2019/10/27

In the first half of the show, Rania Khalek reports on the protests in Lebanon. She describes what sparked them and highlights what she has seen in the streets of Beirut. Khalek also addresses the false idea in the press that somehow Hezbollah might turn the protests violent. Later in the show, Kevin Gosztola provides an update on Julian Assange and Rania and Kevin discuss how Hillary Clinton attacked Tulsi Gabbard by labeling her a Russian asset.

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01:15:42

S6: Episode 36 - Matt Taibbi

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2019/10/20

For this week's episode, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola interviewed Matt Taibbi, a Rolling Stone reporter and author of the recently released , Hate Inc: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another. Taibbi is also a host of the new hit podcast from Rolling Stone called "Useful Idiots." He co-hosts the show with Katie Halper, and it often has more listeners (per week) than "Pod Save America." He starts by describing some of his experience in journalism and what led him to write this insightful

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S6: Episode 35 - Carl Zha

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2019/10/13

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola welcome Carl Zha, the host of "," which is a weekly podcast on the history, culture, and current events of China and the Silk Road. Zha provides a primer on what has unfolded with the protests in Hong Kong. He describes how they started, the role an extradition bill has played, the poverty and inequality fueling protests, and the protesters' demands. He also provides a thumbnail history of the colonial history around China and Hong Kong. He goes on to

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00:45:58

S6: Episode 34 - Rania Khalek On Her Trip To Damascus

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2019/10/06

Rania Khalek is back after a break. She talks about her trip to Damascus and the backlash that ensued. We name names, and Rania pointedly replies to some of the worst attacks against her. Many of these were spread with the intent to make further toxic to publications and isolate her so she cannot make a living doing journalism. Rania grapples with what it is like to endure this vitriol from the left. It is much harder when it comes from people who should be on our side. This is highly destructive to

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00:52:50

S6: Episode 33 - John Kiriakou

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2019/09/29

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola welcome CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou to the podcast. He is a writer and the host of the "Loud and Clear" radio show. Kiriakou briefly recounts how he blew the whistle on the Bush administration's use of waterboarding and was the target of a leak prosecution. He was in prison for nearly two years. He addresses some of the whistleblower's allegations, as well as whether it actually shows that President Donald Trump wouldn't provide military aid to Ukraine if

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00:36:54

S6: Rania Goes On Reporting Trip To Damascus,...

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2019/09/12

Host Rania Khalek, along with journalists Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil, were condemned for traveling to Damascus, Syria, to report on recent developments in the country. Both Rania and Max have been targeted before by these individuals who have forced or attempted to force the cancellation of their speaking events. They have rendered them toxic to publishers so their journalism does not reach a wider audience. Previously, on "Unauthorized Disclosure" we've talked about this relentless

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01:08:46

S6: Episode 32 - Patron Q&A

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2019/09/08

For this week's episode, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola spend the episode answering questions and discussing comments from patrons. The show's hosts begin by talking about books. They share some of their favorites and talk a bit about what they they're reading currently. They get into whether it matters if you get your analysis of issues or politics from books or podcasts. Later in the show, they discuss how Twitter has impacted their work as radical independent journalists. Rania responds to a

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01:08:00

S6: Episode 31 - Our Burning Planet, Bernie's Media...

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2019/09/01

*The episode was made available early for patrons. Thank you for making this show possible. The backdrop for this week's episode is especially grim. Forests are burning throughout the global south from the Amazon to the Congo basin. Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss our burning planet. But the episode is far from depressing. In the latter part of the episode, they discuss the media plan put out by Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, which gives them hope because the collapse of

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01:16:19

S6: Episode 30 - Jamie Kilstein

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2019/08/25

For this week's show, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola welcome Jamie Kilstein, a stand-up comedian and host of "The Jamie Kilstein Podcast," to the show. Jamie is a prominent performer and longtime friend of the show's hosts. He recently returned to comedy and podcasting after going through a transformation personally. We talk to him about what led to this dramatic change. We have a wide-ranging discussion about identity politics and cancel culture, as it manifests itself within left-wing discussions

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S6: Episode 29 - Todd Miller On 'Empire Of Borders'

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2019/08/18

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola spend the hour with journalist Todd Miller, whose book, Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World, was released this month. Miller's is an exceptional and revealing work of journalism. He traveled to various border zones, particularly where security regimes are influenced by the United States, and he describes what he found over the past several years. The United States government has developed a multi-layered border strategy that

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S6: Episode 28 - White Supremacist Violence, Food...

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2019/08/12

For this week's show, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss the massacres in El Paso and Dayton, and Rania describes how the raids by ICE in Mississippi made her very angry. She also shares the rage she felt when she learned about this terrible story of a man's to Iraq, which resulted in his death. Rania highlights the seizure of a food shipment in the Panama Canal due to the United States' blockade of Venezuela. Kevin provides an update on Chelsea Manning. A federal judge refused to reconsider

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S6: Episode 27 - Katie Halper Returns

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2019/08/04

For this week, we have a crossover episode with "." In our main episode, Katie joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss how the centrist Democrats were encouraged to gang up on Bernie Sanders by CNN. We highlight how Sanders and Elizabeth Warren stood their ground. Katie shares some of media bias against Sanders. Kevin highlights parts of his at Medium, "A Guide To Bad Faith Arguments Against Bernie Sanders." We discuss how questions were addressed to candidates and share some general

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00:55:42

S6: Episode 26 - Jeremy Kuzmarov

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2019/07/28

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by author Jeremy Kuzmarov, who discusses his forthcoming book, Obama's Unending Wars: Fronting the Foreign Policy Of The Permanent Warfare State. Kuzmarov highlights how President Barack Obama developed a brand and came up with a story that could be marketed to the masses to help him rise to prominence in politics. As Kuzmarov argues, "Obama was especially perfect for an age when diversity was being celebrated as an exemplification of American

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S6: Episode 25 - Charlotte Kates

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2019/07/23

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola interview Charlotte Kates, who is the international coordinator for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. She's American and Canadian, and she lives in Germany. Her husband, Khaled Barakat, was by German authorities from giving a speech on President Donald Trump's so-called "deal of the century," as well as the Arab and Palestinian responses to this proposal. Barakat received an eight-page document that informed him he was not "allowed to give

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S6: Episode 24 - U.S. Media Seemingly Discovers...

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2019/07/14

This week, hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss the new charges brought against Jeffrey Epstein, a former financial manager who socialized with prominent figures, like Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Larry Summers, and Woody Allen. Both address how the U.S. establishment press should have been more diligent in covering this case, especially as the #MeToo movement spread in 2017. Even though the Miami Herald published a major feature on disgraced former labor secretary Alex

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S6: Episode 23 - Katie Halper On First Democratic...

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2019/06/28

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by Katie Halper of "The Katie Halper Show." She is a writer and contributor to FAIR. Her work has appeared at various outlets like The Nation, New York Magazine, etc. During the show, Katie, Rania, and Kevin cover many of the highlights from the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate—and then some moments that have gone under-reported and have not been discussed. They critique the . format. Katie gets into the media bias on display against Bernie

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S6: Episode 22 - Gareth Porter

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2019/06/23

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by Gareth Porter, an award-winning journalist whose work has been published at Salon, The Nation, and Consortium News. He is the author of "Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story Of the Iran Nuclear Scare," which was published in 2014. Gareth talks with the hosts about what we know about the incident that allegedly occurred against a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, which President Donald Trump's administration says was attacked by Iran. He outlines what

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S6: Episode 21 - Oakley Shelton-Anderson On "Fracking...

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2019/06/16

For this week's episode, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola interview a researcher for Food and Water Watch named Oakley Shelton-Thomas. He worked on the organization's recent , "Fracking Endgame: Locked Into Plastics, Pollution, and Climate Chaos." The report describes how fossil fuel companies are building a "wave of new gas-fired power plants" and relying on the proliferation of plastics plants to prop up business. Industry is propping up the fracking industry. "Our latest research shows that

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