{"id":11974,"date":"2016-12-23T16:17:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T00:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11974"},"modified":"2016-12-26T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T19:37:26","slug":"great-book-gift-ideas-and-the-top-10-news-stories-of-the-year-bradcast-12232016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11974","title":{"rendered":"Great Book Gift Ideas and the Top 10 News Stories of the Year: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 12\/23\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_logo_mixer.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolesandler.com\"> I <\/a>shared a couple of interviews I conducted around the Miami International Book Fair a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Ari Berman, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2i1chmy\"><i>Give Us the Ballot <\/i><\/a> joined me onsite at the Book Fair to discuss the 2016 elections &#8212; the first in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. He started our conversation with a bit of sarcasm when he proclaimed, &#8220;America will never be greater!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I also spoke with another author at the Book Fair. He also happened to be the former Governor and former Senator from our state of Florida, Bob Graham. His book is a new edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2i1fySO\"><i>America, The Owner&#8217;s Manual: Making Government Work For You<\/i><\/a>. Of course, I had to ask him about Saudi Arabia, the infamous 28 pages, and their involvement in 9-11.<\/p>\n<p>Also today: The AP released its list of the Top 10 News Stories of 2016. I gave it the &#8220;What&#8217;s News?&#8221; treatment. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_NicoleSandler_AriBermanVRA_BobGrahamSaudiArabia_122316.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below&#8230; <\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:<a href=\"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_NicoleSandler_AriBermanVRA_BobGrahamSaudiArabia_122316.mp3%5D\">http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_NicoleSandler_AriBermanVRA_BobGrahamSaudiArabia_122316.mp3%5D<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, I shared a couple of interviews I conducted around the Miami International Book Fair a few weeks ago. 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