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GOP Gerrymanders ‘Not So Bad’ for Dems This Year? Think Again, Argues Redistricting Expert: ‘BradCast’ 1/18/2020

Guest: Brennan Center's Michael Li; Also: AZ County finds no 2020 voter fraud; TX counties rejecting absentee applications under new law; Giuliani, other Trump fraudsters subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 Committee...

DOJ ‘Turning the Screws’ on Path to Trump with Oath Keepers Seditious Conspiracy Charges: ‘BradCast’ 1/14/2022

Guest: Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel; Also: WI judge bars all ballot drop boxes; OH Supremes nix GOP-gerrymandered state, U.S. House maps...

SCOTUS Blocks OSHA Experts from ‘Protecting General Welfare’ of Workers Amid Pandemic: ‘BradCast’ 1/13/2022

Also: Oath Keepers founder charged with 'seditious conspiracy' for Capitol attack; Bernstein says Jan 6. 'cover-up in excess of Watergate'...

Prepare for the ‘Juristocracy’ and the Literal ‘Destruction of the Administrative State’: ‘BradCast’ 1/12/2022

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Jan 6. Comm seeks McCarthy interview; Fulton County, GA D.A. closing in on Trump...

The Hilarious Death of the Pathetic Cyber Ninjas: ‘BradCast’ 1/11/2022

Also: A history lesson for Manchin; And Biden finally calls for Senate filibuster reform to pass voting rights and election protection legislation...

Should We Feel Better About Merrick Garland Yet?: ‘BradCast’ 1/10/2022

Omicron rising; Emissions rising; Calls for Trump accountability rising...

Protecting American Democracy from the ‘Re-Emerging Demons of Hell’: ‘BradCast’ 1/7/2022

Guest: Dr. Nils Gilman of Berggruen Institute; Also: Life sentences for the Arbery murderers; CyberNinjas fined by AZ judge, claim to shut down...

First Anniversary of Jan. 6: ‘I Will Allow No One to Place a Dagger at the Throat of Our Democracy’: ‘BradCast’ 1/6/2022

Republicans remain shamefully disinformed one year later; Biden calls out predecessor's 'web of lies conceived and spread for profit and power'; American democracy remains in peril...

One Year Later, Every Day is Now January 6: ‘BradCast’ 1/5/2022

Guest: Philly Inquirer's Will Bunch; Also: Garland vows accountability for 'all Jan. 6 perpetrators, at any level'; Coward Trump cancels anniversary presser; Hannity's insider testimony sought by House 1/6 Committee...

‘Weaponizing Uncertainty’: Another GOP State ‘Audit’ of 2020 Results Finds…Nothing Unusual: ‘BradCast’ 1/4/2022

Guest: UC-Berkeley's Philip B. Stark, post-election audit expert; Also: Another young GOP anti-vaxxer dies in SoCal; 2021 ends and 2022 begins with another round of deadly, climate change-fueled extreme weather...

It’s 2022. What Now? What Next? Here We Go: ‘BradCast’ 1/3/2022

New Trump subpoenas; Climate change devastation in CO; Twitter ban for MTG; Hope for accountability as 'Every Day is Jan. 6 Now'; Plus: Callers!...

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Still featuring the BradCast Radio Theatre Players -- and Mr. Henry Ford!...

Another Win for Labor Unions at Year’s End: ‘BradCast’ 12/23/2021

Guest: The Nation's John Nichols on that and other progressive wins and losses this year; Also: In the spirit of the season, lauding not one, but TWO Republicans (and one of them is Trump!)...

‘Nothing to Hide’: Jan. 6 Committee Wants to Talk to Reps. Jordan, Perry: ‘BradCast’ 12/22/2021

Guest: Salon's Heather Digby Parton on that and MUCH more at year's end; Also: FDA approves COVID pill; Biden seats 40th judge; U.S. economy 'booming' says WSJ (someone please tell rest of the media!)...

The Year Without a Sanity Clause: ‘BradCast’ 12/21/2021

Biden addresses nation on Omicron emergency plans, begs vaccine disinfo peddlers to 'stop'; Also: Trump got secretly boosted; Coal miners union wants thin-skinned, corrupt Manchin to reconsider BBB...

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