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Trump/GOP’s 100th Day Dash and ‘No Planet B’: ‘BradCast’ 4/27/2017

Guest: Marta Segura of the Center for Biological Diversity's Climate Law Institute; Plus: Another immigration face-plant, another healthcare reform debacle, another Mike Flynn related embarrassment for Trump...

Why Trump’s U.S. War Against Syria (and Now Canada?!) Matters: ‘BradCast’ 4/26/2017

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MIT Rocket Scientist Says White House Evidence of Alleged Syrian Chemical Attack is ‘False’: ‘BradCast’ 4/24/2017

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Cyberwarfare v. North Korea?; And Dems to ‘Vote Their Ossoff’ in GA’s Special U.S. House Election: ‘BradCast’ 4/17/2017

Guest: Jim Dean of Democracy for America; Also: Trump popularity keeps falling and BP springs another uncontrolled oil well leak...

Sexual Harassment, Saber Rattling and Other Disturbing Foxisms: ‘BradCast’ 4/14/2017

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‘Going It Alone Means Going It With Lots of Other Nations’ (Or, Is Donald Trump Insane?): ‘BradCast’ 4/13/2017

Trump’s Dangerous Escalation Against N. Korea: ‘BradCast’ 4/11/2017

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McConnell, Republicans Invoke ‘Nuclear Option’ to Steal the U.S. Supreme Court: ‘BradCast’ 4/6/2017

Guest: Constitutional law and SCOTUS expert Ian Millhiser; Also: Trump eyes military response against Syria...

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‘We’re Opposed to It, Because it’s Wrong’: Veterans Group Slams Trump’s Cruelest Cuts: ‘BradCast’ 3/17/2017

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Get Ready for Hot GOP on GOP Budget Action!: ‘BradCast’ 3/9/2017

Guest: Journalist Alice Ollstein from Capitol Hill; Plus: The high cost of cutting IRS funding and the benefits of single-payer national health care...

Sessions Recuses on Russia; Trump Hides Behind Generals and Widow; Media Mislead Again: ‘BradCast’ 3/2/2017

Guest: New Republic's Jeet Heer on Trump's 'dark, dystopian and divisive' address to Congress, and the media's woeful mischaracterization of it...

Making America Hated Again, and Other Ongoing Failures of US Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 2/7/2017

Yemen raid debacle; Drumbeat for war in Iran; DeVos confirmed; Dakota Access approved; Repubs move to scrap U.S. election protection agency...

Chaos, Court Orders, Condemnation, Confusion, Constitutional Crisis Follow Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’: ‘BradCast’ 1/30/2017

Guest: Lena Masri of the Council on American-Islamic Relations

Good News Where We Can Find It and ‘The Australia Lesson’ for National Health Care: ‘BradCast’ 1/27/2017

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