The podcast version of a documentary & interview series on war and inequality from the heart of Empire hosted by Abby Martin. Empire Files is donor-funded, independent and add free. Help keep us going by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/empirefiles. Follow: @EmpireFiles and @AbbyMartinLike: www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles
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Abby Martin hosts Empire Files, a news show with 213 episodes published.
ANTIFASCIST ARCHITECTURE - Empire Files LIVE at PSU
Jul 7, 20261h 21m
Mike speaks with the authors and illustrator of the new book ANTIFASCIST ARCHITECTURE in front of a live audience for the book launch event at Portland State University School of Architecture. BUY the book here: https://
The Cult Came Home To Roost: Why Tulsi Gabbard Resigned
Jun 23, 202652m
Mike Prysner takes Abby Martin through the explosive Washington Post article finally proving the level of control Gabbard received from cult leader Chris Butler through her entire career.
Coked-Up Executioners in the Pentagon's Secret Army w/ Seth Harp
Aug 7, 20251h 6m0
Seth Harp, author of the new book THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL joins Abby & Mike to discuss this explosive story about America's most elite troops killing each other, dealing drugs and more. ORDER the book here: https://www.pen
Emergency Broadcast: US-Israeli War on Iran w/ Séamus Malekafzali
Jun 13, 202543m0
All we know about the US-Israeli war of aggression launched last night on the Iranian people, featuring Séamus Malekafzali. Read work by Séamus at https://www.seamus-malekafzali.com/ and follow him at https://x.com/Seamu
LIVE Interview From Gaza Flotilla as Threats Escalate
Jun 6, 202520m0
WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/OC1CfZut6o8?si=LZxuTopscPrJNYmU Abby Martin speaks with Thiago De Ávila, steering committee of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition, as he sails to Gaza alongside G
WATCH the video of this interview: https://youtu.be/NDtwwSdur5I?si=y-RxBak_KvUqZR4T Abby Martin speaks with investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill about Israel's new offensive into Gaza that Netanyahu is calling the "fi
Abby and Mike talk to Jordan Chariton, journalist at Status Coup and author of "We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Coverup", about his on-the-ground coverage of the Luigi Mangione trials. SUBSCRIBE to Status Coup
Trump's Naked Imperialism & How the British Empire Never Died w/ Matt Kennard
May 12, 202553m0
WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/G9ao_vRwvL0?si=O2rvPqgFWFcOOxXG Abby Martin talks to investigative journalist Matt Kennard and author of The Racket, about the machinations of US Empire under Trum
The Settlers, Israel Bombs Aid Ship, MAGA’s Pentagon
May 8, 202554m0
FULL EPISODE only on Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/posts/settlers-israel-128411910 Abby and Mike are back to discuss the latest updates on Earth's Greatest Enemy, Louis Theroux's new documentary The Settlers, Israel's
WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/eRB2X5aBCkM?si=CPPjp81FXGJmYi0J Abby Martin talks to legendary actor and comedian Tim Heidecker about his career—from Tom Goes to the Mayor to On Cinema—and unpack
Mahmoud Khalil & the Coup Against Democratic Rights w/ Attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard
Mar 13, 202517m0
WATCH the video of this interview at https://youtu.be/6y3KH7jhXeE?si=edpS7vjOMoUiPU7G Constitutional lawyer Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, speaks with Abby Martin a
Abby Martin & Mohammed El-Kurd on the Politics of Appeal
Feb 21, 202538m0
WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/dpZu11yE0XQ?si=ax3wTJ7BGNyceZgr Abby Martin interviews Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd, author of the new book Perfect Victims. Buy PERFECT VICTIMS at https://
Global South ‘Hague Group’ Challenges Israel’s Impunity
Feb 13, 202530m0
WATCH THE VIDEO of this interview here: https://youtu.be/Lc58gE0FpPs?si=696B_DTU5_y0b935 Abby Martin interviews Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Chair of The Hague Group & Co-General Coordinator of Progressive International an
Gaza Journalist Abubaker Abed on Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Threat
Feb 9, 202531m0
WATCH the video of this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/D0LaSJqnI-I Abby Martin speaks with Abubaker Abed in Gaza City, a Palestinian journalist who reported through the 15 months of Israeli genocide, about Trump'
CEO Lives Matter: The Media Freakout w/ Taylor Lorenz & Abby Martin
Dec 19, 20241h 6m0
WATCH this interview at: https://youtu.be/8uHuPgFkhxQ?si=5gckMIYWfpsZ-lcU Abby Martin talks to journalist Taylor Lorenz about the latest media frenzy over the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, media litera
Roger Waters & Abby Martin: Voices of Reason in a Time of Genocide
Nov 27, 202445m0
WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/aTVsVUqjjDo?si=6BTS2tyka41Tiyut Legendary artist Roger Waters talks to Abby Martin about Trump's landslide victory and what to expect in his administration, reflec
Israeli Youth Targeted Over ‘Gaza Fights For Freedom’ Screening
Nov 20, 202441m0
WATCH the video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/F6huCGHTtsI Anti-Zionist Jewish Israelis tried to organize a local screening of our film ‘Gaza Fights For Freedom.’ Israeli police threatened torture. Abby Mart
Abby Martin & Mike Prysner review the election results to see what was really behind the catastrophic failure of the Harris campaign, and how the Democratic Party is responding by charting a path further right. EMPIRE FI
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