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Not Everything Sucks. Organized Labor is Rising: ‘BradCast’ 5/5/2022

Guest: Jordan Zakarin of Progress Report and More Perfect Union; Also: The Obamas on SCOTUS scheme to gut Roe's Constitutional freedoms; Big Oil's record profits and wartime profiteering...

Two Systems of Justice and Truth v. Disinfo: ‘BradCast’ 11/9/2021

Son of VA's GOP Guv-elect tried to vote illegally. Twice; 1/6 Comm. moving toward Trump; COVID lies widen death gap between 'red', 'blue' states...

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‘Good Trouble’ (or, Call for Mr. Biden on Line 3): ‘BradCast’ 6/10/2021

Huge, hard-fought win for the environment on KeystoneXL; Another fight builds in MN over another tar sands pipeline; Mr. Biden goes to Europe (not a moment too soon); TX's corrupt A.G. faces still more legal trouble...

‘It’s His World and We Just Live In It’: Maddening Manchin ‘In the Catbird Seat’: ‘BradCast’ 6/9/2021

Guest: 9th generation West Virginian Robyn Kincaid; Also: Keystone XL is over!; COVID vaccines for the world; Biden to reportedly close Gitmo...

‘Both Sides’? Really, Liz?: ‘BradCast’ 4/13/2021

New analysis finds stunning rise in RW domestic terror; Also: US 'out' of Afghanistan by 9/11/21; J&J vaccine 'paused'; Cop, police chief resign in MN; Appalling video of cops pepper-spraying black service member...

Overcoming Trump’s Sabotage to Restore the Landmark Iran Nuclear Deal: ‘BradCast’ 4/7/2021

Guest: Dr. Trita Parsi of the Quincy Inst. for Responsible Statecraft; Also: 10 more Dem Reps join insurrection lawsuit against Trump; Update on Amazon unionization vote in Alabama...

Separating Fact from GOP/Media-Inflated Fiction at the Southern Border: ‘BradCast’ 3/16/2021

Guest: Migration Policy Institute's Sarah Pierce; Also: More 'Clean up on Aisle 45' news on the FBI, Kavanaugh and the Vindman family...

What’s Good for General Motors…: ‘BradCast’ 1/28/2021

GM to end production of gasoline cars and SUVs; Trump's economy paled next to Obama's; Biden reopens access to healthcare amid pandemic; MAGA terrorism and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene...

Why Biden Must Look Both Forward AND Back: ‘BradCast’ 11/24/2020

Guest: Const'l attorney John Bonifaz of Free Speech for People on Trump's failed election coup and the need for accountablity from the new Administration; Also: Biden victories certified in PA, NV; A few overdue corrections; And several things we're thankful for before the holiday...

The Man Who Faced Down Bush and Obama Now Plans to Flip a ‘Red’ NC U.S. House Seat to ‘Blue’: ‘BradCast’ 8/27/2020

Guest: Col. Moe Davis, former Chief Military Prosecutor at Gitmo, now Dem candidate for NC-11; Also: Hurricane Laura lands hard and Faking America Great Again (again) at RNC Day 3...

Nation’s Nicest Guy v. Its Meanest — Our 2020 DNC Week-in-Review: ‘BradCast’ 8/21/2020

Guests: Progressive journalists Heather Digby Parton and Eric Boehlert on Biden, Harris, the Obamas and the surprising overall success of the nation's first 'virtual' political convention...

‘Do Not Let Them Take Away Your Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 8/20/2020

Obama's DNC Day 3 speech for the ages; Also: All the President's Accountability - Bannon arrested for fraud, Trump loses again on taxes...

Help Is On the Way: ‘Election Cyber Surge’ Initiative Launches Not a Moment Too Soon: ‘BradCast’ 8/3/2020

Guest: Maya Worman of Univ. of Chicago Harris Cyber Policy Initiative; Also: Trump facing big trouble in NY; Callers ring in on the VEEPStakes...

Monopoly Money: ‘BradCast’ 7/30/2020

Guest: David Dayen on Wednesday's 'incredible' anti-trust hearing in the House and new book 'Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power'; Also: Herman Cain dies of COVID; Trump tries to distract from newly disastrous economic numbers; Rep. Lewis laid to rest...

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