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‘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...

‘It’s Complicated’: Bush’s War Became Obama’s War Becomes Trump’s War in Afghanistan: ‘BradCast’ 8/22/2017

Guest: Historian, Middle East expert Juan Cole of Univ. of Michigan on why the hell we're still there, and if we'll ever be able to get out...

Democrats. Remember Them?: ‘BradCast’ 8/21/2017

Guest: Author, journalist David Dayen on the Democratic Party's 'quietly radical' 'Better Deal' plan and much more...

The 25th for 45?; Plus: Bannon Out and Over One Million Chicago Voter Records Exposed (Again): ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2017

Guest: Political scientist, author David Faris of Roosevelt University...

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...

Pathway to Peace with North Korea? Also: New CBO Health Care Report Undercuts Trump Threat: ‘BradCast’ 8/15/2017

And Trump keeps digging himself deeper on Charlottesville, despite newly revealed warnings from FBI and DHS of violent Rightwing extremism...

Making America Hate Again: From Charlottesville to Oklahoma to the White House and Back Again: ‘BradCast’ 8/14/2017

Guest: Former neo-Nazi Tony McAleer on the new rise of white nationalism | Also: U.S., North Korea remain on the knife's edge of World War...

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...

‘Fire and Fury’: Overblown Bluster or Time for Real Concern?: ‘BradCast’ 8/10/2017

Guest: VOA White House Bureau Chief and 26-year East Asia correspondent Steve Herman; Also: DoJ flips in key voting rights case; Trump continues to ignore terror attack on MN mosque...

‘Fire and Fury’: World (and Callers) React to a Madman With Nuclear Weapons: ‘BradCast’ 8/9/2017

‘Fire And Fury’: Nuclear War or Global Warming? (Take Your Pick): ‘BradCast’ 8/8/2017

Guest: David Faris of Roosevelt Univ. on our broken Congress...

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'...

‘The Trumpiest Place in the World’: West Virginia’s ‘Democrat’ Guv Becomes a Republican (Again): ‘BradCast’ 8/4/2017

Guest: Bob Kincaid of H.O.R.N. and Coal River Mountain Watch | Also: GOP Senators move away from Trump, as his approval ratings plummet...

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