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On today’s show…
Scott Lemieux, from the blog “Lawyers Guns and Money” will stop by to discuss some of the major cases being decided by the Supreme Court, including this week’s decision in favor of the Trump Administration’s stance on immigration. And we’ll discuss Attorney General Bill Barr’s corruption of the Department of Justice.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me break down another huge week in news.
On today’s show…
Dave Zirin, from The Edge of Sports Podcast, will join us to discuss the role of athletes in society and why white Americans were polarized over the kneeling of Colin Kaepernick.
Heather “Digby” Parton will, once again, help us get through the news of the week…
And we will re-air our interview with Progressive, Andrew Romanoff, who is primarying John Hickenlooper for Senate in Colorado on June 30th.
On today’s show…
Progressive Candidate, Lauren Ashcraft, will join us to discuss her primary challenge against longtime incumbent, Carolyn Maloney, in New York’s 12th Congressional district.
Heather “Digby” Parton will, once again, help us get through the news of the week…
And we will re-air our interview with Mondaire Jones, who is running in an open seat in New York’s 17th District.
On today’s show…
The Nation’s Justice Correspondent, Elie Mystal, will join us to discuss his piece, “People Can Only Bear So Much Injustice Before Lashing Out”
Heather “Digby” Parton will help us unpack a sad news week..
And we wanted to re-air a special interview we had last September with a special progressive candidate, Jamaal Bowman, who’s challenging Eliot Engel, the long-time congressman from New York’s 16th District. Congressman Engel was caught on a “hot mic” this week after he said he had only sought attention at a local protest over the death of George Floyd, saying “If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn’t care.”
David Dayen will explain how the Fed bailed out the investor class without spending a cent.
We’ll talk to another progressive candidate out of Florida, Guido Weiss, who is primarying Lois Frankel on the ballot, August 18th.
And Heather "Digby" Parton, from Salon, will help us make sense of the most important news stories of the past week.
Thanks for listening this week, we had some house cleaning to do, so the show is a little shorter. We still were able to grab Heather "Digby" Parton and we think you'll enjoy this week's conversation.
On today’s show…
Alex Sammon, from The American Prospect, will explain why Mitch McConnell is pushing for blanket immunity for corporations, even in the most reckless cases.
Abrahm Lustgarten, from Pro Publica, will be here to discuss how climate change is contributingto massive hikes in infectious disease.
And Heather "Digby" Parton will help recap all the big stories from this past week.
On today’s show…
Robert Mackey, from The Intercept, will join us to discuss why Donald Trump’s victory lap in regard to the Coronavirus is all based on creative accounting coming out of the White House.
SCOTUS Expert, Scott Lemieux, will run down some important cases in front of the high court at a time when people’s attention may be somewhere else.
and Heather "Digby" Parton will help us get through another week in the news.
On today’s show…
Scot Nakagawa, from The Nation Magazine, will explain how Covid-19 has fueled the White Nationalist Movement resulting in anti-Asian violence and conspiracy theories.
Josh Kovensky, from Talking Points Memo, will discuss the chaos that has been unleashed by a federal government that is procuring personal protection equipment for hospitals based on private profit instead of public need.
Dave Zirin, from The Edge of Sports Podcast, will get us up to date with all the Covid-19 related stories involving the sports world.
And Heather "Digby" Parton from Salon helps tackle this week's biggest headlines.
On today’s show…
John Nichols, from The Nation Magazine, will explain why ceding too much authority to the Executive Branch has led to an Imperial Presidency.
Fadi Quran, from Avaaz, joins us to discuss how Facebook and other social media platforms have become the epicenter for misinformation, and how we can solve the issue.
My own doctor, David LeMay, will be here to discuss why overall health is such an important factor in the battle against Covid-19.
And Heather "Digby" Parton will help me figure out another crazy news week.
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