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A Bad Weekend for Authoritarianism; Also: To Pardon or Not to Pardon?: ‘BradCast’ 12/9/2024

Syria falls, S. Korea on the brink, Romania to rerun Presidential election after Russian interference; And callers ring on whether Biden should issue preemptive pardons to Trump's enemies...

HOUSE J6 COMMITTEE REFERS TRUMP TO DOJ FOR FOUR CRIMES, INCLUDING ‘INSURRECTION’: ‘BradCast’ 12/19/2022

Special Coverage of panel's final public hearing; Also: Callers ring in...

TRUMP ORG GUILTY ON 17 COUNTS OF FRAUD: ‘BradCast’ 12/6/2022

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TRUMP SUBPOENAED BY HOUSE J6 COMMITTEE: ‘BradCast’ 10/13/2022

Special Coverage of final(?) public hearing with Heather Digby Parton of Salon and 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast'; Also: SCOTUS rejects Trump's emergency motion on stolen classified docs retrieved from Mar-a-Lago...

JAN. 6 HEARINGS (Day 5): Trump’s Failed DoJ Coup and ‘How Close We Came to Losing it All’: ‘BradCast’ 6/23/2022

Special Coverage with former Deputy Asst. Attorney General Lisa Graves, Salon contributor Heather Digby Parton...

JAN. 6 HEARINGS (Day 1) – Trump Knew There Was No Fraud, Led ‘Attempted Coup’ Anyway: ‘BradCast’ 6/10/2022

Special coverage with Salon's Heather Digby Parton; U.S. Army vet, attorney, former Republican, Keith Barber...

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...

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!...

Saving Our Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 12/27/2021

Guest host Nicole Sandler with Emptywheel's Marcy Wheeler on holding the insurrectionists accountable...

No Way Out: ‘BradCast’ 11/11/2021

The walls are closing in on Trump. The courts are unlikely to save him.; Also: UK Prime Ministers remind us of what actual 'conservatives' sound like, as the fight to save humanity continues at COP26...

‘A One-Way Ratchet’: Biden’s SCOTUS Commission Does GOP’s Bidding: ‘BradCast’ 10/20/2021

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: 'Contempt' for Bannon; Manchin, Sanders in talks; GOP Senate blocks voting rights again...

Why the Last Remaining 2020 Election Challenge in Georgia Should Not Have Been Dismissed: ‘BradCast’ 10/14/2021

Also: Why Bannon's in big trouble (probably); And why Trump may not be planning to run in 2024 after all...

‘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...

Overcoming Trump’s Sabotage to Restore the Landmark Iran Nuclear Deal: ‘BradCast’ 4/7/2021

Guest: Dr. Trita Parsi of the Quincy Inst. for Responsible Statecraft; Also: 10 more Dem Reps join insurrection lawsuit against Trump; Update on Amazon unionization vote in Alabama...

Accountability Amidst the Storms. All of Them.: ‘BradCast’ 2/16/2021

Guest: Constitutional law expert John Bonifaz of Free Speech for People; Also: Fossil fuel failure freezes out TX grid during deadly winter storm...

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