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Paying the High Price of Corporate Capture: ‘BradCast’ 4/1/2021

Also: Drought returns to CA; De-Trumpification of the EPA...

Koch ‘Dark Money’ Group Learns Even Repub Voters Oppose ‘Billionaires Buying Elections’: ‘BradCast’ 3/30/2021

Secret audio reveals 'conservatives' support Dems' For the People Act (H.R.1); Also: Economists giddy about Biden's infrastructure, jobs and climate plan; Third lawsuit filed against GA's new vote suppression law...

The Georgia Voter Suppression Blowback Begins: ‘BradCast’ 3/29/2021

Guest: Caren Short, Voting Rights Attny, Southern Poverty Law Center...

At a Moment of National Peril, Warnock’s ‘Voting Rights Speech for the Ages’

GA's new Senator appeals to our better angels to save our democracy...

AZ SoS Decries ‘Dangerous’, ‘Unprecedented’ Republican Efforts to Roll Back Voting Rights: ‘BradCast’ 3/26/2021

Sec. of State Katie Hobbs speaks with Nicole Sandler; Also: Brad's recent interview with former FL Election Supervisor Ion Sancho, recounted...

‘The Art of the Possible’: ‘BradCast 3/25/2021

Biden's first presser and filibuster reform; Good economic numbers, maddening COVID numbers; Death penalty banned in VA; NY finally goes to pot; GA undermines democracy; Senate GOP pretends vote suppression doesn't exist; Also: Oil and plastic...

Georgia Repubs Race to Enact Power Grab to Undermine or Even Overturn Future Elections: ‘BradCast’ 3/24/2021

Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance; Also: Team Trump attorney responds to Dominion defamation suit by claiming 'no reasonable person' could have believed her false conspiracy theories...

Exclusive: Former AL Gov. Siegelman on GOP Recall of CA Gov. Newsom: ‘BradCast’ 3/22/2021

'It reeks of politics,' says Don Siegelman, citing Repub campaign 'laced with racism,' aimed at sabotaging 'a rising star in the Democratic Party'

Also: Siegelman on Biden and hopes for criminal justice reform; The Amazon unionization vote near Birmingham; And whether he might run for public office again in the future...

‘Blue’ States Still Bailing Out ‘Red’ Ones…and Praising Arizona: ‘BradCast’ 3/18/2021

OH AG looks $5.5B federal gift-horse in mouth; AZ GOP sanctioned for 'groundless' lawsuit after well-run 2020 election; Repub attacks on democracy seek to send voters to 'Back of the Line'...

Huge Security Hole Discovered in Vote System Software Used by Dozens of States Last Year: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2021

Guest: Election integrity advocate, journalist Jennifer Cohn on newly discovered ES&S, EAC failures; Also: Biden endorses filibuster reform...

FL Governor, GOP Lawmakers Push to Curtail Absentee Voting. Election Officials Push Back: ‘BradCast’ 3/15/2021

Guest: 30-year veteran Leon County, FL elections chief Ion Sancho; Also: Callers ring in on that and Biden's progressive American Rescue Plan...

Are Dems About to Miss a Filibuster-Free Chance to Roll Back Dozens of Corrupt Trump Regs?: ‘BradCast’ 3/9/2021

Guest: Public Citizen's Matt Kent on the Congressional Review Act's closing window; Also: IA, GA Repubs pass vote suppression bills; Palm Beach resident Trump votes by absentee...again...

New Report Finds Freedom, Democracy ‘Under Siege’ Around Globe, in U.S.: ‘BradCast’ 3/8/2021

Guest: Sarah Repucci of Freedom House; Also: Senate passes Biden's very progressive $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill; SCOTUS rejects last of Trump's 2020 election challenges...

Democracy Strikes Back (Sort Of): ‘For the People’ v. For the GOP Fraudsters: ‘BradCast’ 3/4/2021

House passes H.R.1., so now what?; MI audits find 2020 results accurate, so now what?; AZ Senate finally gets ahold of Maricopa County's 2020 ballots, so now what?; GOP Congressman admits to three counts of felony voter fraud...so guess what?!...

SCOTUS Puts Both Trump and Future Elections in Serious Legal Peril: ‘BradCast’ 2/24/2021

Guest: Slate's legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Virginia is no longer for death penalty lovers...

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