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How American Newsrooms Can and Must Stand Up for Democracy in 2024: ‘BradCast’ 9/20/2023

Guest: Dan Froomkin of Press Watch; Also: Dems win, outperform in PA, NH special elections; PA Guv begins automatic voter registration...

‘Green News Report’ – July 18, 2023

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The Hotter We Get, The Harder We Fall: ‘BradCast’ 7/10/2023

Guest: Climate and energy reporter Andrew Freedman; Plus callers!...

CRT, ESG, E-I-E-I-O: Not Falling for the Right’s Pretend ‘Culture Wars’ and Neither Should You: ‘BradCast’ 3/2/2023

Also: AZ Guv files bar complaint against former A.G. for 2020 fraud lies...

Could Biden Just Ignore the Dumb Debt Limit if Repubs Refuse to Raise It?: ‘BradCast’ 2/1/2023

Guest: Kevin Drum of Jabberwocking; Also: Prepare yourself for the GOP's crash and burn Congressional 'investigations'...

‘Decisions are Imminent’ in Trump Election Fraud Probe, Says Willis in GA: ‘BradCast’ 1/24/2023

Also: Latest spate of mass shootings; Pence found classified docs at IN home, returned them; Media still failing on Trump document theft story...

Transparency and Public Oversight to the Rescue: ‘BradCast’ 1/12/2023

Hand-count of 2020 Presidential race in PA county appears to confirm original tally; Also: Garland taps Special Counsel in Biden docs case; Trump continues to obstruct justice in his stolen documents case...

All State-Funded Media is Not Created Equally: ‘BradCast’ 12/5/2022

Guest: Voice of America's former WH House Bureau Chief, Steve Herman, live in studio; Also: New flu, COVID surge; Russia's latest offensive in Ukraine; Trump calls for 'termination' of U.S. Constitution...

ELECTION 2022: The Guy Whose Data Analysis Was Right on Why Media Got It So Wrong (Again): ‘BradCast’ 11/11/2022

Guest: Tom Bonier of TargetSmart; Also: Fox 'News' 'red wave' buffoonery; Latest results on Sen, Guv, SoS and A.G. races from AZ, NV...

‘Media Should be Partisan for Democracy’ in 2022, Argues Media Reformer: ‘BradCast’ 10/26/2022

Guest: Brian Hansbury of Media and Democracy Project; Also: Jon Stewart calls AZ A.G. out for 2020 lies; Republican PA-SEN write-in candidate drops out to endorse Democrat Fetterman...

‘Asserting the Truth is Seen as Political’ at U.S. Corporate Media Outlets: ‘BradCast’ 8/19/2022

Guest: Longtime accountability journalist and media critic Dan Froomkin; Also: MD's GOP Guv says GOP Guv nominee 'not mentally stable'; Top Trump staffers say declassification order 'complete fiction'...

In Memory of and Tribute to Eric Boehlert: ‘BradCast’ 4/6/2022

The BRAD BLOG, 'BradCast' and nation have lost a friend and champion...

Back in the USSR? ‘Shortwaves for Freedom!’: ‘BradCast’ 3/11/2022

Guests: Kate Neiswender and Kim Andrew Elliott on a U.S. crowd-funded grassroots effort reviving Cold War tech to counter propaganda inside Putin's new Iron Curtain; And, yes, Russians love their children too...

On the Media, One Year In and One Year Out: ‘BradCast’ 1/19/2022

Guest: Eric Boehlert of Press Run; Also: SCOTUS allows Nat'l Archives to release Trump Jan. 6 records to House; NY A.G. details 'fraud' by Trump family; Fox Nation gets a historian's hilarious 'hard no'...

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...

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