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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...

‘We Have to Change the Whole Process’: CA Rep on Ending Big Oil After Latest Offshore Spill: ‘BradCast’ 10/11/2021

Guest: Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Also: More on media failure to take the rise of Trump/GOP autocracy with the gravity deserved; Callers...

U.S. Media Still Downplaying Trump, GOP’s Clear and Present Threat to American Democracy:  ‘BradCast’ 10/8/2021

Guest: Media analyst Eric Boehlert; Also: Biden restores sacred lands to national monuments; House reveals Trump concealed losses, foreign money, 'preferential treatment' on loans at his failing D.C. hotel...

It’s The Fox ‘News’, Stupid! (Or, How a Fake News Channel Broke America): ‘BradCast’ 9/17/2021

Guest: Kevin Drum of Mother Jones; Also: U.N. warns current pledges to cut emissions not enough to avoid catastrophic warming; Wildfires now threaten world's largest, 3,000 year old trees at Sequoia National Park...

‘Facts Are Biased, Jon’: ‘The Daily Show’s’ Co-Creator on its Origins and Legacy After 25 Years: ‘BradCast’ 8/6/2021

Guest: Comedian, activist Lizz Winstead; Also: Good econ news tempered by Delta; Biden extends student debt moratorium; Listener mail...

Federal Court Hearing Set for First Challenge to GA’s New Anti-Voting, Anti-Press Freedoms Law: ‘BradCast’ 6/21/2021

Guest: Coalition for Good Governance's Marilyn Marks on that and separate challenge to state's 100% unverifiable touchscreen voting...

I’m Suing to Block the Criminalization of Press Freedoms in GA’s New Voter Suppression Law: ‘BradCast’ 5/17/2021

Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance; Also: SCOTUS takes up abortion; Gaetz in trouble; Israel bombs AP's building in Gaza...

The SCOTUS-Approved, FCC Ownership Rule Catch-22: ‘BradCast’ 4/12/2021

Guest: Sue Wilson of the Media Action Center; Also: More news from vaccination nation; More corporate pushback against vote suppression...

SCOTUS Approves FCC Rule Allowing Further Consolidation of Local Media Outlets

Under Trump, the federal agency created a Catch-22 on new rule by requiring private research to counter hidden public data...

Building Back. Better?: ‘BradCast’ 1/22/2021

Guest: The Prospect's David Dayen on Biden out of the starting gate and Senate dysfunction; Also: House to transmit Impeachment on Monday; Trump's empire continues to crumble; and a prescient Jon Stewart...

American ‘Shitshow’: Trump, Biden ‘Debate’ in Cleveland Goes Off the Rails: ‘BradCast’ 9/30/2020

Guests: Salon's Heather Digby Parton, Press Run's Eric Boehlert...

Republican Attorney Charges FCC Letting Sinclair Violate Ownership Rules with Sham Companies: ‘BradCast’ 9/25/2020

Guest: Attorney, former FCC official Art Belendiuk and media reformer Sue Wilson; Also: FBI Director says no evidence of widespread ballot fraud; Federal Judge orders Census to continue until completed...

Why Does the FCC Allow Sinclair Broadcasting to Violate Station Ownership Rules in Baltimore?

An investigation of FCC, SEC documents in a citizen-filed 'Petition to Deny' licensing for three stations controlled by the media behemoth may finally help put an end to the 'sham' control of our public airwaves...

Experts from Both Parties Find a Constitutional Crisis Over Election Results ALMOST Inevitable: ‘BradCast’ 8/17/2020

Guest: Transition Integrity Project co-founder Nils Gilman on recent election 'war games' predicting potential disaster in almost every scenario -- and how we must work to mitigate it...

Why GA’s Primary Election Melted Down and Why Media Failed to Cover It Until It Was Too Late: ‘BradCast’ 6/10/2020

Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance; Also: George Floyd's brother testifies; NASCAR bans Confederate flags; Trump on wrong side of history again...

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