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Fires, Liars and Oligarchs Rising as Biden Takes Final Bow, Issues Warning: ‘BradCast’ 1/16/2025

Reprehensible Repubs imperil L.A. Fire victim aid; Trump EPA pick backs off climate crisis; Garland nixes federal execution drug; Biden warns of 'oligarchy', 'tech-industrial complex', 'abuse of power' in farewell address...

Former AL Guv: U.S. Marshals Should Jail State A.G. for Defying SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 7/24/2023

Guest: Gov. Don Siegelman on GOP lawmakers ignoring Court order on racial gerrymander; Also: More on Democracy v. Autocracy and GOP efforts in MO, OH to undermine voters, abortion rights ballot measures...

A Governor ‘Regrets’ His Use of the Death Penalty: ‘BradCast’ 6/7/2023

Guest: Former AL Gov. Don Siegelman; Also: A smoky climate crisis wake-up call; Biden EPA upgrades Jackson, MS water system; Clarence Thomas delays annual financial disclosure for some reason...

Listeners Ring in on Just About Everything. (Everywhere. All at Once.): ‘BradCast’ 1/23/2023

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Musk’s Twitter Takeover Turns from Dumb to Dangerous: ‘BradCast’ 12/14/2022

Guest: Media activist (and Musk's former corporate PR trainer!) 'Spocko'; Also: Oregon Guv commutes all state death sentences; Schumer says ECA reform to be included in lame duck spending bill...

‘Madness is Coming’: SCOTUS on Brink of Judicial Earthquakes: ‘BradCast’ 6/14/2022

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Republicans move quickly to protect the families of SCOTUS Justices, but not yours...

Digging Deeper Into the Case for Homicide Charges Against Both Trump AND Pence: ‘BradCast’ 11/18/2021

Also: COVID rising again before holidays; OK clemency for Julius Jones...

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!...

‘The Art of the Possible’: ‘BradCast 3/25/2021

Biden's first presser and filibuster reform; Good economic numbers, maddening COVID numbers; Death penalty banned in VA; NY finally goes to pot; GA undermines democracy; Senate GOP pretends vote suppression doesn't exist; Also: Oil and plastic...

SCOTUS Puts Both Trump and Future Elections in Serious Legal Peril: ‘BradCast’ 2/24/2021

Guest: Slate's legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Virginia is no longer for death penalty lovers...

‘It Didn’t Change Anything, It Changed Everything’: Making Sense After Mueller: ‘BradCast’ 7/25/2019

Guest: Heather Digby Parton on the former Special Counsel's testimony and what's next; Also: Everyone giving everyone else the finger...

Impeachment is NOT ‘a Dirty Word’: ‘BradCast’ 5/30/2019

Good-ish news from NH and Israel; Trump unhinged after Mueller statement; Bombshell docs unearthed regarding Census citizenship question scam; And many more reasons to impeach this President...

Dems Introduce Bill to ‘Rebuild Main Street on Wall Street’s Dime’: ‘BradCast’ 3/13/2019

Guest: Susan Harley of Public Citizen; Also: CA Guv halts death penalty; Manafort sentenced to 7 years, charged in NY; GND already paying off...

Ignoring the Cries of Stranded Children: ‘BradCast’ 10/12/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro with Tina Vasquez on ICE, family separation; Bill Browder on Jamal Khashoggi; Sarah Craft on death of the death penalty in WA; Eliza Griswold on one family's fight against fracking...

Death and Taxes at SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2018

Guest: Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Abuse reported at child immigrant detention centers; Trump's trade war dangers; More...

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