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‘A Cancer on Our Constitutional Republic’: ‘BradCast’ 7/27/2021

Harrowing, emotional testimony at first hearing of U.S. House Select Committee on deadly January 6 insurrection; Also: More unvaccinated regrets, new CDC mask guidance as Delta variant rises...

L.A. County’s New ‘Vote Center’ System Makes Recounts All But Impossible: ‘BradCast’ 7/26/2021

Guest: Ian Patton of Long Beach Reform Coalition; Also: COVID vaccine deniers now learning they were wrong...the hard way...

Another Cuban Crisis: ‘BradCast’ 7/22/2021

Guest host Nicole Sandler with journalist and author Anthony DePalma...

‘Our Darkest Hour, Our Selma Moment…We Must Act’: ‘BradCast’ 7/21/2021

Guest: Voting rights champion Helen Butler of The People's Agenda, after her GOP removal from Morgan County, GA's Board of Elections; Also: More tragic ends for COVID vaccine refusers; More evidence that AZ's election 'auditers' are clueless...

Callers Explain Their Refusal to Get Vaccinated as Deadly Delta Variant Surges: ‘BradCast’ 7/19/2021

Also: New analysis finds fewer than 200 POTENTIAL cases of voter fraud in AZ last year...

Critical Failure in Media Coverage of Rightwing ‘Critical Race Theory’ Hoax: ‘BradCast’ 7/16/2021

Guest: Media analyst Eric Boehlert of PRESS RUN; Also: Masks back on in L.A. County; Deadly climate change-fueled deluge in Germany...

The REAL Cost of the Maricopa, AZ ‘Audit’: ‘BradCast’ 7/15/2021

Also: GOPers laughing at, thanking Manchin, Sinema; Encouraging news on Dems' landmark infrastructure bill; Trump's COVID Death Cult rising...

COVID Surge in Unvaxxed Trump Country and US (Almost) Out of Afghanistan: ‘BradCast’ 7/8/2021

Also: Rudy's woes worsen; Heat wave kills hundreds in U.S. and Canada; How Rupert Murdoch's Fox 'News' broke the nation and the planet...

Activist SCOTUS Undermines Democracy and the Constitution at Term’s End: ‘BradCast’ 7/6/2021

Guest: Robert Brandon of Fair Elections Center; Also: We're back! But with a week of news in one segment to get you (and us) all caught up!...

Biden, G7, NATO Seek to Restore Normalcy After Disastrous Trump Years: ‘BradCast’ 6/14/2021

Also: Netanyahu finally out in Israel; 'Imminent radiological threat' at Chinese nuke plant?; 2016 whistleblower leaves prison; Callers ring in...

‘It’s His World and We Just Live In It’: Maddening Manchin ‘In the Catbird Seat’: ‘BradCast’ 6/9/2021

Guest: 9th generation West Virginian Robyn Kincaid; Also: Keystone XL is over!; COVID vaccines for the world; Biden to reportedly close Gitmo...

The Texas Republican ‘Voter Fraud’ Fraud: ‘BradCast’ 6/3/2021

Also: Very good U.S. COVID news; More bad news for Exxon (but good news for the planet); Bad news for Postmaster General DeJoy...

Federal Judge Cites Century of Systemic Racism, Corruption Behind L.A.’s Homelessness Crisis: ‘BradCast’ 5/20/2021

Guest: BRAD BLOG legal analyst Ernest A. Canning; Also: CA GOP's Newsom recall falling flat so far; Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire; GOP disgraces self, infuriates cops by trying to block Jan. 6th Commission...

Maricopa County, AZ’s ‘Sham’ Audit v. Windham, NH’s Very Real One: ‘BradCast’ 5/18/2021

Also: OH's million dollar COVID vaccine lottery is working; Millions of parents will soon get monthly checks from Dems' American Rescue Plan...

‘A Great Day for America’: CDC Ends (Most) Masking, Social Distancing for Fully Vaccinated: ‘BradCast’ 5/13/2021

Also: Ohio's $1M vaccine lottery; Greene bullies AOC in Congress; McGahn agrees to testify in House; Trump could soon face extradition...

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