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Trump’s Indictable Campaign Finance Felony and the 25th Amendment: ‘BradCast’ 12/14/2018

Guest: Public Citizen's Craig Holman; Also: WI's Walker signs power grab bills; MI's Snyder undermines voters; NC's GOP Election Fraud scandal spreads to new district; ME's RCV hand-count ends early...

Death Penalty for Abortion: ‘BradCast’ 11/21/2018

Guest hosted by Angie Coiro, with wisdom from historian Adam Hochschild; Abortion rights update; John Roberts vs. Donald Trump; Saudi Arabia torture reports; urban housing insights, and more!...

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Memphis Blues: ‘Disenfranchisement’, Rejected Registrations in TN Amid Tight U.S. Senate Race: ‘BradCast’ 10/24/2018

Guest: Shelby County, TN Democratic Chair Corey Strong; Also: Good news for GA voters; Bad news for ExxonMobil; Pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clinton, CNN, other Dem targets of Trump's 'right-wing ire'...

GOP Telecom Deregulation Haunts FL Panhandle Recovery After Michael: ‘BradCast’ 10/22/2018

Guest: Harold Feld of Public Knowledge; Also: Khashoggi was banned by Saudi Arabia after criticizing TRUMP; Still fighting voter suppression...

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In successive rulings, federal court sides with taxpayers and student-victims of predatory secondary 'educational' institutions...

Progressive Wins, Losses in NY End a Primary Season That Has Redefined the Democratic Party: ‘BradCast’ 9/14/2018

Guest: Journalist David Dayen; Also: Florence flooding and nuclear threat; Manafort guilty plea; MA NatGas explosions; 10 years after the crash...

Hurricanes Florence, Olivia … and Donald: ‘BradCast’ 9/10/2018

Deadly storms -- political and otherwise -- on every front and taking calls from listeners on all of it; Plus: Some bona fide good news out of CA!...

The Unsettling Truth About ‘Settled Law’, Brett Kavanaugh and Roe v. Wade: ‘BradCast’ 9/7/2018

Guest: Salon's Amanda Marcotte; Also: DE primary results, KS GOP election fraud arrest, FL ordered to comply with Voting Rights Act for dislocated Puerto Ricans, Barack Obama returns...

EPA Admits Trump’s ‘Dirty Power Plan’ Will Kill Thousands of Americans: ‘BradCast’ 8/24/2018

Guest: Conrad Schneider of Clean Air Task Force; Also: Presidency collapsing; Hawaii v. Hurricane Lane; McCain's cancer battle nears end; GA county nixes poll closures; Repub wins U.S. House Special Election...

MANAFORT CONVICTED, COHEN PLEADS GUILTY; Also: What’s the Matter With Kansas Elections (And Everyone Else’s)?: ‘BradCast’ 8/21/2018

Guest: Attorney, election integrity advocate, journalist Jennifer Cohn...

The Attempted 2018 Voter Suppression Begins: ‘BradCast’ 8/20/2018

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The Daily Sociopath Report: ‘BradCast’ 8/17/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro w/ 'Gaius Publius' (Thomas Neuburger); Also: Keeping the arts alive in the era of Trump, w/ David Gans, Meredith Hagedorn, Ronit Widmann-Levy...

Trump Targets Media After Shooter Opens Fire at Progressive Radio Outlet: ‘BradCast’ 8/6/2018

Guest: Columnist, broadcaster, former insurance exec Richard 'R.J.' Eskow on the Koch Bros' misleading study on 'Medicare-for-All' cost...

California is Burning, and We All Pay: ‘BradCast’ 7/27/2018

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