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Houston Flood Officials Spent Years Denying Scientific Warnings of Catastrophic Flooding: ‘BradCast’ 8/28/2017

Also: Trump's pardon of Arpaio; North Korea fires missile over Japan...

‘The Rasputin of Voting Laws’: Texas GOP’s Photo ID Voting Restriction Struck Down AGAIN: ‘BradCast’ 8/24/2017

Guest: Author, journalist Zachary Roth of The Daily Democracy | Also: Juan Cole responds to listeners on Afghanistan; Trump Admin reviews on Nat'l Monuments and the power grid; Hurricane Harvey aims at Texas...

‘Where Never is Heard a Discouraging Word, and the Coal Dust Isn’t Toxic All Day’: ‘BradCast’ 8/23/2017

Guest: Bob Kincaid of Coal River Mountain Watch | Plus: Trump's rampage of lies in Phoenix; TX Photo ID law found discriminatory again; more...

Fighting for Free Speech For and Against Nazis, Trump, and Israel: ‘BradCast’ 8/17/2017

Guest: Aniqa Raihan of the Institute for Policy Studies | Also: Bannon interview's revelation on North Korea; Fox 'News' buckling under stress...

After Charlottesville, Trump’s Presser: Something Happening Here?: ‘BradCast’ 8/16/2017

Also: Attorney Ernest A. Canning on two new Indiana voter suppression suits | Callers respond to Trump's support for White Supremacists...

More Trump Admin Efforts Revealed to Sabotage Federal Health Care Law: ‘BradCast’ 8/11/2017

Guest: TPM Congressional reporter Alice Ollstein | Also: Trump continues N. Korea threats, experts worry, diplomatic solutions remain...for now...

Utilities Knew Too: Electric Companies Learned of Global Warming in 1968, Lied About It Ever Since: ‘BradCast’ 8/7/2017

Guest: Dave Anderson of Energy and Policy Institute; Plus: No vacation from Trump lies; MN mosque bombed; USDA censoring 'climate change'...

Reluctant Sanctions, Twisted Civil Rights, More Election Security Failures: ‘BradCast’ 8/2/2017

Plus: Open lines for callers in the angry heat of mid-Summer...

Every Single Voting System Hacked Within Hours at DefCon’s ‘Voting Village’: ‘BradCast’ 7/31/2017

Guest: Dr. David Jefferson of Livermore National Laboratory and Verified Voting | Also: 'The Mooch' is fired, and the health care wars continue...

The Long ObamaCare Repeal Con Comes to a Dramatic End (For Now): ‘BradCast’ 7/28/2017

Also: GOP and Trump still playing voters for morons, Priebus is out; 'The Mooch' unleashed; More evidence Dems still denying vaping science...

White House, U.S. Senate Devolve Into Chaos: ‘BradCast’ 7/27/2017

Intra-party Republican disarray over health care repeal, Trump's trans ban, threats to replace AG, more | GUEST: Former Acting CBO Director Donald Marron on why GOP plan to gut the agency is 'a terrible idea'...

Deflect, Distract, Deny and Other Lead Balloons: ‘BradCast’ 7/26/2017

Trump's transgender military ban, GOP's still failing health care repeal, the bullying of Jeff Sessions and listeners call in on all of the above...

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