Democracy Now! Audio

Part 2 of our conversation with Arundhati Roy talking about AI and her new essay, “Apocalypse Now and Then: Artificial Intelligence Is Capitalism’s Final Destination.”

Headlines for October 23, 2026; Ohio Governor’s Race: Trump Backs Ramaswamy Ad Siding with Opponent’s Indicted Childhood Rapist; Brazil Elections: How AI, Meta and Evangelicals Could Sway the Presidential Race for Bolsonaro; “Dying in Detention”: Al Jazeera Investigates Immigrant Deaths in California’s Adelanto ICE Jail

We host the East African retro-pop band Alsarah & The Nubatones at the Democracy Now! studio.

Headlines for October 22, 2026; Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC’s Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump’s Targeting of Ilhan Omar; Should AIPAC Register as a Foreign Agent? Zeteo Examines Pro-Israel Lobby’s Influence on Elections; “A Spark from the Cockroaches”: Arundhati Roy on India’s Youth Protests & Modi’s Crackdown

Headlines for October 21, 2026; Flamingo Revolution: Albania Protests Escalate over Corruption & Kushner/Trump Luxury Resort; “When the Bubble Bursts”: Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Reclaiming Democracy from AI Oligarchs

Headlines for October 20, 2026; Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay on ICC, Gaza, Rape as War Crime, Her South African Roots & Mandela; A Wealth Tax on Billionaires? California Voters to Decide Prop 40

Headlines for October 19, 2026; French Gov’t Cracks Down on Mass Protests over Cost of Living, Education Cuts; 2,400+ Arrested; Masked Israeli Settlers Nearly Kill Washington Post Journalist as Attacks on Palestinians Escalate; Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa: Prominent Anti-Corruption Lawyer in Guatemala Assassinated

Headlines for October 16, 2026; “Abolish & Replace ICE”: Rep. Analilia Mejía Blasts ICE for Secretly Using NJ Warehouse; Meet Estrella, an Undocumented Trans Woman Jailed for 9 Years, Then Deported to Mexico; “Against Tech Oligarchy”: Inside the Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry

Headlines for October 15, 2026; U.S. Sanctions ICC in a Bid to Avoid “Criminal Liability”: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody; The Midterm Battle over Data Centers: Memphis House Candidate Justin Pearson Fights Elon Musk’s xAI; “Hyperscale”: Paris Marx on Excess of Big Tech Data Empires & His Critique of Bernie Sanders’ AI Bill

Part 2 of our conversation with Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary Musk, an expansive, nearly four-hour examination of the world’s first trillionaire.

Headlines for October 14, 2026; Can Democrats Flip the House and Senate? The Lever’s David Sirota on Midterm Races to Watch; “Bogus”: Minnesota State Senator Zaynab Mohamed on DHS Raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. Home; “Propaganda Show”: IDF Raids Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections

Headlines for October 13, 2026; Yemen Plunges Back into “Full-Scale Civil War,” Houthis Trade Strikes with Saudi Arabia; “Musk”: Alex Gibney on New Film, Legal Threats & Elon Musk Spending $366M to Help GOP in Midterms

Headlines for October 12, 2026; Protesters Say India’s Democracy Is “Rotten” as Modi Gov’t Purges Voter Rolls, Arrests Thousands; Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Leonard Peltier on Resistance, New Film & Fighting for Freedom

Headlines for October 09, 2026; “Abolish ICE”: Protests Erupt in NYC After ICE Agents Shoot Father with 5-Year-Old Son in Car; Navi Pillay, South African Jurist, Wins Nobel Peace Prize in “Stinging Rebuke to Donald Trump”; “Entire System of Cornell University Failed Her”: Jane Doe Gang Rape Case Enrages Campus Community