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$2 Trillion Coronavirus Bill Proves It’s Never Been About a Lack of Money: ‘BradCast’ 3/25/2020

Guest: Economist Stephanie Kelton on 'The Deficit Myth' and why we can't have nice things; Also: What's in the bill? Who's now holding it up? And how Governors are dismissing our idiot President...

The President Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease: ‘BradCast’ 3/24/2020

Guest: Financial journalist David Dayen on 'Phase III' stimulus/bailout, Trump's deadly lies; Also: India's total lockdown; NY screams for help; Dems unite against $500B White House bailout 'slush fund' scheme...

Calls From the Coronaverse: ‘BradCast’ 3/23/2020

News headlines and then live callers -- some of them heart-breaking -- on The BradCast, your 'Stay-at-Home' Radio Companion...

Could Trump Legally Cancel the 2020 Election?: ‘BradCast’ 3/20/2020

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on that and pandemic affects on immigration courts, prisons and the Judiciary; Also: Statewide 'stay-at-home' mandates; Mask shortages and price gouging; More postponed primaries; and socialist Trump comes unglued at WH presser...

Trump/GOP Disaster of Monumental Proportions: ‘BradCast’ 3/19/2020

Coronavirus infects Congress; Sen. Burr knew; National chaos over lack of testing for non-celebrities; Unemployment claims skyrocket; Socialist Repubs propose trillion dollar bailout (that won't be nearly enough)...

Is the Nation Ready for Vote-by-Mail Elections?; Biden Wins FL, IL, AZ: ‘BradCast’ 3/18/2020

Guest: Montgomery County, MD Dep. Election Dir. Alysoun McLaughlin; Also: Progressive U.S. House candidate wins in IL; With all market gains since inauguration gone, Trump declares self a 'wartime president'...

Coronavirus Plunges 2020 Elections Into Disarray: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2020

Guest: Legendary FL Election Supervisor Ion Sancho; Also: More states postpone primaries, consider moving to Vote-by-Mail; GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter sentenced to 11 months...

Disoriented Nation Hunkers Down, Markets Crash, Schools Closed, Elections Face Postponement: ‘BradCast’ 3/16/2020

Coronavirus, lack of leadership, wreak dangerous havoc on country and economy amid most important Presidential election in nation's history...

America Shutting Down Amid Trump’s (Latest) ‘Katrina’: ‘BradCast’ 3/12/2020

Prime-time Oval Office speech goes disastrously, markets plunge, almost all gains under Trump wiped out, major league seasons called off, Biden and Sanders step up, even as critical elections threatened by virus...

Sanders Vows to Stay in (For Now) After Another Big Night for Biden: ‘BradCast’ 3/11/2020

Guest: The Nation's John Nichols on the race after MI, WA, MO, MS, ND, ID; Also: Coronavirus threatening everything, including the 2020 election...

Voting Should Not Be This Difficult: ‘BradCast’ 3/10/2020

50,000 touchscreens up in flames in Venezuela; E-Pollbooks fail in MO; Coronavirus causing probs for voters; GA must notify voters about rejected ballots; Dallas, TX to 'recount' missing Super Tuesday ballots...

It’s About the Track Conditions as Much (or More) Than the Horse-Race!: ‘BradCast’ 3/9/2020

Trump's woeful coronavirus response as markets crater; Bullock to run for U.S. Senate in MT; Mop-up and blame game continues after L.A. County's Super Tuesday fail; Callers ring in...

Maybe Now That Margaret Sullivan Has Said It, Someone in Corporate Media Will Listen

'Journalists aren't paying enough attention to this huge story...Instead, news organizations are obsessed, as always, with horse-race coverage'...

GOP-Appointed Federal Judge Eviscerates AG Barr For His Mueller Report Lies: ‘BradCast’ 3/6/2020

Guest: FOIA plaintiff Jason Leopold of BuzzFeed News; Also: Good elections news regarding both the White House and Senate...

Warren Bows Out; CA Sec. of State Orders Vote-by-Mail Ballots in L.A. for November Election: ‘BradCast’ 3/5/2020

Guest: Jodi Jacobson; Also: Bullock for Senate in MT?; GA county dumps touchscreens; Unknown Dem candidate forces TX House run-off election...

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