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Biden’s ‘American Rescue Plan’ May Ultimately Be Seen as the Official End of the Reagan Era: ‘BradCast’ 3/11/2021

Working class, poor waited decades for Dems' progressive, equitable, paradigm-shifting $1.9T COVID rescue, relief and stimulus package

Also: Rememberinig 1 year since the world locked down, 10 years since Japan's triple disaster; And Trump is in big trouble in GA...

It’s Reagan’s Fault: ‘BradCast’ 9/4/2020

Guest host Nicole Sandler with author/historian Rick Perlstein and Editor-in-Chief of 'The 19th', Andrea Valdez...

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...

How the Power to Declare War Shifted from the Congress to the President

And how the War Powers Act was created and then ignored...

Trump Dumps Landmark Anti-Nuclear Pact with Russia, Media Move On: ‘BradCast’ 2/5/2019

Guest: Former Dep. Asst. Sec. of State Michael Fuchs; Also: Trump fails SOTU 'unity' vow; Inaugural Comm. slapped with federal subpoena...

What the Shutdown Taught Us (or Should Have) About U.S. Wealth Inequality: ‘BradCast’ 2/1/2019

Guest: Inst. for Policy Studies' Chuck Collins; Also: SD moves to restrict early voting; Panelists at Davos take on the wealthy over tax avoidance...

The Fight to End Gerrymandering in a World Without Justice Kennedy: ‘BradCast’ 6/29/2018

Guest: Common Cause Nat’l Redistricting Manager Dan Vicuña; Also: Scheme to add Medicaid work requirements in KY struck down, and Trump's trade wars are now costing real American jobs...

Death and Taxes at SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2018

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Abuse reported at child immigrant detention centers; Trump's trade war dangers; More...

Why Haspel’s Nomination to Head CIA Matters to an American Whose Father Was Tortured in WWII: ‘BradCast’ 4/6/2018

Guest: Ernest A. Canning; Also: GOP 'Green Party' dirty tricks in MT's U.S. Senate race; And, the movement to repeal the 2nd Amendment...

Trump Turns to Torture: ‘BradCast’ 3/16/2018

CIA nominee oversaw unlawful waterboarding, destruction of evidence at U.S. secret prison; Also: Trump brags about lying to allies; More good 2018 news for Dems; Rep. Louise Slaughter RIP...

Trump Admin’s Own New Report Debunks the Great GOP Deregulation Con: ‘BradCast’ 3/8/2018

Guest: David Roberts of Vox; Also: Trump's terrible tariffs; Good news for voters in WA and CA; U.S. Senators query U.S. voting system vendors...

‘Trigger’ Warning: GOP’s Last Minute Tax Maneuver Proves ‘This Is All a Scam’: ‘BradCast’ 11/30/2017

Guest: Journalist David Dayen on how Repubs just admitted 'trickle-down' doesn't actually work | Also: Accountability for high-profile sexual misconduct, if not in Alabama, the White House or on Main Street...

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A ‘Master of Disaster’ on Lessons Learned and Not Learned, Before and After Harvey and Irma: ‘BradCast’ 9/11/2017

Guest: Disaster historian Dr. Scott Knowles of Drexel University...

Limbaugh’s Climate Lies Before Irma; Kobach’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Lies in NH: ‘BradCast’ 9/8/2017

Guest: Radio host Nicole Sandler in South Florida...

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