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If ‘Superman is the Story of America,’ No Wonder MAGA Hates Him Now Too: ‘BradCast’ 7/16/2025

Guest: Nicholas Grossman of Univ. of Illinois; Also: AZ-7 Special Election results; Mass layoffs now underway at State, Education, HHS, elsewhere...

Trump IRS Agrees to Allow Churches to Endorse Political Candidates. Are All Nonprofits Next?: ‘BradCast’ 7/15/2025

Guest: Tax law Prof. Ellen Aprill; Also: AZ's special House primary; Inflation up as tariffs take hold; Tax dodge specialist writing tax policy...

Repub, Indie Support for Immigrants Skyrockets Amid Trump’s Crackdown: ‘BradCast’ 7/14/2025

U.S.-born kids caught in net; Religious leaders condemn DHS/ICE; Federal judge blocks indiscriminate SoCal round-ups; Also: Callers ring in...

Democracy is STILL Our Best Way Out of This Mess — And Republicans Know It: ‘BradCast’ 7/10/2025

Trump EPA does right thing on asbestos?; Noem falsely cites sexual abuse as cause to shut FEMA; ND tribes to appeal VRA ruling at SCOTUS; Abbott seeks to further rig TX U.S. House maps...

A ‘Mass Shooter Subsidy’?: More Dumb, Deadly Stuff in the Trump/Republican Spending Law: ‘BradCast’ 7/9/2025

Guest: Ryan Cooper of 'American Prospect'; Also: Fact-checking Trump's 'Cabinet Meeting'; More climate chaos, as NM becomes third state to see deadly flash flooding in less than a week...

Trump’s New Law Supersizes ICE, Mass Detention, Militarization of America: ‘BradCast’ 7/8/2025

Guest: Josh Kovensky of TPM; Also: 140 EPA staffers placed on leave for dissenting; SCOTUS greenlights Admin's mass firing of federal workers...

Catastrophic Texas Flooding Tragedy Was Both Predictable and Predicted: ‘BradCast’ 7/7/2025

Also: As climate change-fueled storms killed more than 100, Trump signed GOP budget bill gutting landmark Biden/Dem clean energy initiatives...

Thank You For Your Attention to This Matter: ‘BradCast’ 6/26/2025

Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on NYC's Mayoral primary; Trump and Iran; ICE roundups; GOP budget bill...

Mamdani’s Apparent Win in NYC Mayoral Primary Augurs New Generation of Progressives Rising: ‘BradCast’ 6/25/2025

Guest: John Nichols of 'The Nation'; Also: Senate Parliamentarian nixes a number of Trump/GOP budget bill provisions...

U.S. Authoritarianism Underway (But We’re Still Here to Fight It): ‘BradCast’ 6/24/2025

More Trump failures, 'F' bombs and real bombs; Corrupt SCOTUS okays Trump DOJ lawlessness; RCV in NYC Mayoral election; Heat dome dangers; DHS cracks down on gardeners and military dads...

‘Anti-War’ Trump Attacks a Mid-East Nation on False Claims About WMD: ‘BradCast’ 6/23/2025

Guest: Andrew Perez of Rolling Stone; Also, callers ring in, including Trump supporter who feels 'stabbed in the back'...

‘Will Kill Lots of People’: Senate Budget Cuts to Health Care ‘More Extreme’ Than House Version: ‘BradCast’ 6/19/2025

Guest: Former WH budget adviser, Bobby Kogan; Also: Trump travel ban, visa restrictions blocking emergency health care, new medical residents...

What ‘Anti-War President’? MAGA Civil War Erupts Over Trump and Iran: ‘BradCast’ 6/18/2025

Also: SCOTUS upholds cruel ban on medical care for trans kids; Trump/GOP budget bill wildly unpopular among Americans...

Trump Calls for ‘Remigration’, a Far-Right Code-Word for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’: ‘BradCast’ 6/17/2025

Guest: David Gilbert of WIRED; Also: Lindell found liable for defamation; Eastman disbarment upheld in CA; NYC Comptroller, Mayoral candidate arrested by masked Feds in courthouse...

Last Weekend Today: ‘BradCast’ 6/16/2025

Massive 'No Kings' rallies across nation; Trump's military parade flops; Israel bombs Iran; Political assassination in MN; Callers ring in with reports from their own protest experiences...

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