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Biden, Dems Not Falling for GOP ‘Austerity’ Con Again (So Far): ‘BradCast’ 2/2/2021

Also: Dem House Managers, Trump lawyers submit pre-Impeachment Trial briefs; AOC shares harrowing personal story from January 6th attack...

‘Cancel Culture’ Actually Means Accountability: ‘BradCast’ 2/1/2021

Guest: Accountable's Lizzy Price on holding corporate CEOs to account for hiring Trumpers; Also: Trump loses Impeachment lawyers; Callers ring in on whether Biden should compromise with GOP on COVID bill...

What’s Good for General Motors…: ‘BradCast’ 1/28/2021

GM to end production of gasoline cars and SUVs; Trump's economy paled next to Obama's; Biden reopens access to healthcare amid pandemic; MAGA terrorism and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene...

Previous Prez on Trial Again, Current Prez Tries to Clean Up the Climate Disaster He Left Behind: ‘BradCast’ 1/27/2021

Guest: Impeachment expert Ron Fein of Free Speech for People; Also: DHS warns of domestic terror threat in wake of Trump's 'voter fraud' lies...

State Repubs Using Phony 2020 ‘Fraud’ Claims to Push Real Electoral Reforms, Restrictions: ‘BradCast’ 1/26/2021

Guest: FairVote's David Daley; Also: Insiders aided insurrection; Biden's executive actions, move to end private prisons; Schumer wins Senate power battle, Repubs vote to nix Impeachment, cling to filibuster...

How Trump Attempted to Use DoJ to Steal the Election (and Came Really Really Close!): ‘BradCast’ 1/25/2021

Also: Dominion Voting Systems sues Rudy Giuliani for $1.3 billion in yet another defamation suit against a Team Trump attorney...

Building Back. Better?: ‘BradCast’ 1/22/2021

Guest: The Prospect's David Dayen on Biden out of the starting gate and Senate dysfunction; Also: House to transmit Impeachment on Monday; Trump's empire continues to crumble; and a prescient Jon Stewart...

Clean Up On Aisle 45: What COVID Plan?: ‘BradCast’ 1/21/2021

Biden launches 'wartime effort' to tackle vaccine, testing and economic disaster left behind by Trump; Also: QAnon conspiracy followers sad, racist Proud Boys mad. Both abandoning Trump...

‘DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED’: BIDEN TAKES OFFICE, TRUMP LEAVES D.C. IN DISGRACE: ‘BradCast Inauguration Special’ 1/20/2021

Former Prez issues pardons for corrupt allies at exit; New Prez calls to 'defend truth, defeat lies,' and declares 'we must end this uncivil war'...

Bye, Don: ‘BradCast’ 1/19/2021

Guest: Progressive columnist, broadcaster Richard 'RJ' Eskow on Trump's bitter end, Biden's difficult new beginning, America's challenges ahead...

Our Long National Nightmare is Almost Over, Trump’s is Just Beginning: ‘BradCast’ 1/15/2021

Guest: Salon's Heather Digby Parton; Also: Tragic COVID milestone; Biden's $1.9T COVID plan; Creepy new Capitol Insurrection revelations...

Big Lie About ‘Stolen Election’ Continues to Fuel Terror Threat Amid Phony GOP Calls for ‘Unity’: ‘BradCast’ 1/14/2021

Also: Another Schadenfreude Update as Trump's empire crumbles...

‘A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER’: DONALD TRUMP IMPEACHED A SECOND TIME: ‘BradCast’ 1/13/2021

Guest: Former diplomat, Rep. Tom Perriello of Open Society Foundations US on our nation's need for accountability beyond impeachment...

America or Autocracy? – GOPers Choosing Sides: ‘BradCast’ 1/12/2021

Also: Military condemns Capitol insurrection; Corporations dump Repub coup-supporting lawmakers; Sheldon Adelson dead; Surprising GOP support for impeachment; Schwarzenegger's important response...

To Impeach or Not To Impeach (Again)? Why This is Even a Question: ‘BradCast’ 1/11/2021

Callers ring in on demands for accountability following last week's deadly, Trump-incited riot at the U.S. Capitol. But timing looms large before Inauguration Day, and as the MAGA Mob gears up for more violence...

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