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More Good Economic and Labor News, Gobsmacking Wingnuttery, Trump Accountability, and Democracy Fights Back: ‘BradCast’ 12/9/2021

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Corporate Pandemic Inflation Profiteering and What Can Be Done About It: ‘BradCast’ 12/8/2021

Guest: American Prospect's David Dayen; Also: Omicron lab studies suggest booster shots critical; Congressional priorities laid bare...

‘C’mon, Man!’: Biden’s Media Coverage Confirmed Worse Than Trump’s. Now, Why Would That Be?: ‘BradCast’ 12/6/2021

Also: DoJ sues Texas for racial gerrymandering; Omicron more/less dangerous than you may know; Callers ring in...

Partisan Gerrymander Challenges in State Courts and Debating Tit-for-Tat Dem Redistricting: ‘BradCast’ 12/3/2021

Guest: Univ. of KY election law professor Joshua A. Douglas; Also: Media fail again in reporting on latest, wildly misleading jobs numbers...

Why Worry, Not Worry and/or Be Thankful: ‘BradCast’ 11/29/2021

We're back! Setting the record straight with REAL news on the economy, COVID, Ukraine and more. Plus: Callers help out on all of the above...

There’d Be No Trucker Shortage If the Industry Took Care of Its Drivers: ‘BradCast’ 11/19/2021

Guest: Nicolás Rivero of Quartz; Also: House finally passes Biden BBB agenda, hard part waits in Senate; VA school board unbans books; Fight for majority control of VA House of Delegates not over yet...

Deflating Inflation Fears: Misreported by Media, Good for Many Workers, Terrible for Big Banks: ‘BradCast’ 11/17/2021

Guest: Jon Schwarz of The Intercept: Also: 'QAnon Shaman' gets 3+ years (while Trump runs free); Gosar censured by House; Biden seeks probe of Big Oil profiteering; Sanders on Defense spending hypocrisy...

Are Manchin and Sinema Trying to Kill the Bill?: ‘BradCast’ 10/29/2021

Guest: Heather Digby Parton of Salon and Hullabaloo; Also: Here we go again! Another QAnon GOP election clerk steals another voting system!...

Sausage and Oil: ‘BradCast’ 10/28/2021

Biden claims 'historic deal' on Build Back Better agenda, details framework 'agreement' for critical social safety net and climate package; U.S. House Comm. calls Big Oil CEOs on carpet for decades of lies...

Election Reform on the Ballot in NY, But Election Reformers Are Divided: ‘BradCast’ 10/27/2021

Guests: Dr. Virginia Martin, former Columbia County, NY Election Commissioner and Allegra Dengler of Citizens for Voting Integrity NY; Also: Taxing U.S. billionaire pandemic profiteers...

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Never Mind Vaccines, ‘Red’ State Profs Fight for Classroom Masking at Colleges, Universities: ‘BradCast’ 10/13/2021

Guest: Dr. Matthew Boedy of the Univ. of North Georgia; Also: Shatner in space; Workers have had enough; Biden's big new off-shore wind plan...

Democracy Versus ‘Insurrectionists in Suits and Ties’ and Their ‘Relentless Assault on the Truth’: ‘BradCast’ 10/12/2021

Another busy day taking on America's rising GOP Authoritarian Front...

Trump Didn’t Try to ‘Subvert Results’, He Tried to STEAL the 2020 Election!: ‘BradCast’ 10/7/2021

Also: Pipeline co.'s leak tech failed in SoCal spill; Judge restores freedom of choice to TX women (for now); Media misreport GOP debt threat...

McConnell Blinks on Debt Default Threat; Manchin Holds Fast to Meanness of ‘Means Testing’: ‘BradCast’ 10/6/2021

Guest: Philly Inquirer's Will Bunch; Also: Idaho's Lt. Guv may be insane -- or maybe just a Republican...

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