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

Guest-hosted by Angie Coiro with Gary Ferguson; John R. Platt; Jodi Jacobson; Barry Lynn...

Schumer’s Tepid SCOTUS Plan, Trump’s Continuing Trail of Destruction: ‘BradCast’ 7/11/2018

Guest: The Intercept's Ryan Grim on Senate Dem hopes of derailing Brett Kavanaugh; Also: The Administration's trade wars, new attacks on 'ObamaCare' keep undermining GOP voters...

The Fight to End Gerrymandering in a World Without Justice Kennedy: ‘BradCast’ 6/29/2018

Guest: Common Cause Nat’l Redistricting Manager Dan Vicuña; Also: Scheme to add Medicaid work requirements in KY struck down, and Trump's trade wars are now costing real American jobs...

HUD Scheme Will Increase Rent by 26%, Year After Year, For Lowest-Income Households: ‘BradCast’ 6/8/2018

Guest: Former HUD official Diane Yentel; Also: DoJ spied on journalist in leak probe, refuses to defend 'ObamaCare' in new lawsuit...

TYT’s Cenk Uygur on Dems, Progressives, Media, and ‘The Monster in Office’: ‘BradCast’ 5/30/2018

The Young Turks' founder talks media failure, political dysfunction, Roseanne and Democratic 'chaos' in CA's upcoming mid-term primaries...

Progressive Primary Wins in OR, NE, ID and PA; And Even More Good News Out of SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 5/16/2018

Guest: Constitutional law expert Ian Millhiser on why Justice Alito's ruling on sports gambling is bad news for Trump's 'sanctuary city' crackdown...

Punching Bags Michael Cohen and John McCain: ‘BradCast’ 5/11/2018

Guest-host Angie Coiro with guest Sally Kohn on The Opposite of Hate...

Barcoded BMD ‘Paper Ballot’ Bill Dies in Georgia!: ‘BradCast’ 3/30/2018

Guest: Election Integrity expert Marilyn Marks; Also: EPA scam revealed; Young voters oppose Trump bigly; 'Liberal lion' of 9th Circuit dies; Huge majorities support single-payer, 'Medicare-for-All' health insurance...

Trump Admin’s Own New Report Debunks the Great GOP Deregulation Con: ‘BradCast’ 3/8/2018

Guest: David Roberts of Vox; Also: Trump's terrible tariffs; Good news for voters in WA and CA; U.S. Senators query U.S. voting system vendors...

Oscar’s Hollywood Politics, U.S. Electoral Politics and More with Mimi Kennedy: ‘BradCast’ 3/5/2018

Star of CBS' 'Mom', Advisory Board Chair of Progressive Democrats of America joins us in studio for the hour!...

Chaos? What Chaos? Let’s Have a Trade War!: ‘BradCast’ 3/2/2018

Trump's proposed tariffs bomb; Another school shooting; 'ObamaCare' popularity soars; Huge early turnout for TX mid-term primaries; GA moving to new unverifiable voting systems; American Cancer Society gives thumbs up to vaping...

Trump Labor Dept. Hides Analysis Showing New Rule Steals Billions from Waiters, Waitresses: ‘BradCast’ 2/12/2018

Guest: Obama's former chief economist at DoL, Heidi Shierholz; Also: New Trump budget slashes domestic programs, calls for trillion dollar deficits, includes long-awaited, scam infrastructure plan...

White House Beats Back Another Staffing Black Eye: ‘BradCast’ 2/8/2018

Also: Shutdown looms, ObamaCare lives, Medicaid targeted...

Trump’s First SOTU: ‘A New American Moment’ (Well, THAT Part’s True): ‘BradCast’ 1/31/2018

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As ‘Trump Fatigue’ Sets In: ‘BradCast’ 1/30/2018

Guest: Philadelphia Daily News' Will Bunch on staving off 'Trump Futility Syndrome'; Also: Debunking Trump lies about the economy (and the environment) in advance of SOTU and the 2018 midterms..

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