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Banner Year Continues for the GOP ‘Voter Fraud’ Industrial Complex: ‘BradCast’ 4/14/2022

Also: More record job growth under Biden; More lousy media coverage of it; Huge majorities want climate change action, clean energy...

Arizona’s Rightwing A.G. Finds No Evidence of 2020 Fraud in Maricopa: ‘BradCast’ 4/12/2022

Also: Brooklyn subway shooting; NY Lt. Gov. indicted; What you don't know about inflation; Biden taps ethanol to further lower gas prices...

In Memory of and Tribute to Eric Boehlert: ‘BradCast’ 4/6/2022

The BRAD BLOG, 'BradCast' and nation have lost a friend and champion...

Progressives in AZ Have a Plan to Push Back on the State GOP’s ‘Batshit Crazy Attack on Voters’: ‘BradCast’ 4/1/2022

Guest: Eric Kramer of Arizonans for Fair Elections; Also: Good news on the economy, unions, COVID and cannabis!; Plus: Annoy a Nazi!...

Good News! On Biden’s Economy and Trump’s Insurrectionists: ‘BradCast’ 3/24/2022

Lowest jobless numbers since 1969; MTG faces ballot disqualification in GA; Trump dumps Brooks, Brooks turns on seditionist Trump; Ginni Thomas texted Meadows to steal 2020; And, again, where is Clarence?

From Koch to Dunkin to Halliburton: Naming and Shaming Those Still Doing Business in Russia: ‘BradCast’ 3/23/2022

Guest: Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale School of Management; Also: More climate-fueled disasters in LA, TX; And, where is Clarence Thomas?...

Zelenskyy Addresses Congress, More Russian War Crimes in Ukraine, A Hope for Peace Emerges: ‘BradCast’ 3/16/2022

Also: Manchin and petty GOP Senators undermine the Fed; Daylight breaks for permanent DST; Randy Rainbow returns!...

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A Path to Peace in Ukraine: ‘BradCast’ 3/4/2022

Guest: Russia-Ukraine author, expert Anatol Leiven of the Quincy Inst. for Responsible Statecraft; Also: Huge new jobs numbers for February as Biden economic boom continues, despite media failure in reporting it...

‘Democracies Rising to the Moment’: Biden’s First State of the Union Address: ‘BradCast’ 3/2/2022

Special coverage with guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon and Richard 'RJ' Eskow of 'The Zero Hour'; Also: TX primary results, election probs...

‘Bad News for Democracy’: Russian Troops in Ukraine, Republican Vote Suppressors in Texas: ‘BradCast’ 2/22/2022

Guest: Grace Chimene, President, TX League of Women Voters on alarming mid-term primary ballot rejection rate; Also: Biden announces 'first tranche' of Russian sanctions in response to 'invasion'...

‘The Ship is Leaving the Rats’: On Trump’s NY Woes and Ticking Clock on Obstruction Charges: ‘BradCast’ 2/16/2022

Guest: Former Asst. U.S. Attorney Randall D. Eliason; Also: Climate disaster in Rio; Retail sales boom under Biden; I.G. finds Trump Interior Sec. 'misused public office for private gain'...

Can Fixing the U.S. Supply Chain Disaster Actually Unite Americans?: ‘BradCast’ 2/15/2022

Guest: The American Prospect's David Dayen on the magazine's ambitious Special Issue: Also: Gun-maker settles with Sandy Hook families; Prince Andrew settles sex-abuse case; Palin loses (again); Putin blinks?...

Dumb and Dangerous: Russia-Ukraine Standoff, Canadian Anti-Vax Protests: ‘BradCast’ 2/14/2022

Since nobody seems to know much about either, we open the phone lines to listeners to see what we can learn...

Good News from State Courts, Very Bad News from SCOTUS on Gerrymandering, Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 2/8/2022

Guest: Dan Vicuña of Common Cause; Also: More lousy reporting from corporate media on Biden's booming economy...

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