On this edition of the Sams Report, Microsoft shares new numbers, Xbox crosses the horizon, and Surface announces new hardware.Por Brad Sams

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Musk’s full takeover of the Treasury payment systems and closure of USAID, Trump’s targeting of the DOE amid, another judicial restraining order on Trump’s impoundment attempts, Democratic inaction over Trump’s funding freeze, Bessent…

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Nathan Tankus, proprietor of the Notes on the Crises newsletter, to discuss the reporting that Elon Musk and his associates have taken over crucial payment controls in the Treasury Department. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s shutdown of USAID, tariffs on México, Canada, and China, Trump’s fun…

Happy Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Ryan Grim, reporter at and co-founder of Drop Site News, co-host of Counter Points, to round up the week in news. Sam and Emma run through updates on Elon Musk’s takeover of the US Treasury, Paramount’s multi-million dollar payoff to Trump, Trump’s attempt to blame a recent plane crash on desegregation, Trump’s…

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Erik Baker, professor of the history of science & labor at Harvard University, to discuss his recent book Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America. Then, she speaks with Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers (UFW), to discuss the Trump administrations's…

It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with Jackie Flynn Mogensen, reporter covering science and health at Mother Jones, to discuss her recent reporting on the Trump administration's actions towards the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Then, he speaks with Elie Mystal, justice correspondent at The Nation, to discuss his recent piece on the Trump administrat…

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. First, they run through updates on Trump’s illegal freezing of government funds, firing of an NLRB commissioner, mass ICE raids, Hegseth’s confirmation, Bird Flu, the gutting of consumer protections, Trump’s DOJ, labor action among Whole Foods and Delta, Trump’s ban or…

Happy Monday! Emma speaks with Ståle Holgersen, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Stockholm University, to discuss his recent book Against The Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World. Then, she's joined by Hanno Hauenstein, independent journalist based in Berlin, to discuss the upcoming German elections and Elon Musk's increasing influen…

It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Krystal Ball, co-host of Krystal, Kyle, & Friends and Breaking Points, to round up the week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump’s assault on civil servants, his attempt to overturn birthright citizenship, the arrival of federal troops to the southern border, Trump’s dangerous empower…

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Jason Koebler of 404 Media to discuss big tech's influence on the Trump administration and efforts to decentralize social media. Then, she speaks with Nayna Gupta, policy director at the American Immigration Council, to discuss the Trump administration's executive orders on immigration, as well as…

On this edition of the Sams report, Xbox goes direct while Microsoft shuffles the leadership board.Por Brad Sams

It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Jacob Silverman, author of the upcoming book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley and co-writer of the AM Quickie newsletter, to discuss his recent piece in the Baffler entitled "Mr. Grift Goes To Washington." Then, they speak with Usamah Andrabi, communications director & spokespers…

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam breaks down the biggest headlines out of the long weekend and discuss all the big moments from Trump's inauguration. First, he runs through updates on Trump’s expansive list of Day 1 executive orders hitting on seemingly everything from environmental and public health deregulation to major anti-immigrant and anti-trans fe…

Happy Martin Luther King Day! MR's compilation of MLK-related audio returns! Excerpts include: -A previously unheard speech from MLK on reparations, white economic anxiety and guaranteed income -Dr. King’s first TV “interview” from the show “The Open Mind – The New Negro” in 1957, hosted by Professor Richard D. Hefner. -"Beyond Vietnam", the speech…