{"id":14989,"date":"2024-04-01T17:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T00:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14989"},"modified":"2024-04-01T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T01:03:40","slug":"last-week-today-with-og-bloggers-bradcast-412024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14989","title":{"rendered":"Last Week Today with OG Bloggers: ‘BradCast’ 4\/1\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may be April Fools Day, but its no joke that we are back on today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a> after a half-planned, half-doctor-advised<\/a> Spring Break week off! [Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n

Before we left, it seemed<\/i> like last week might<\/i> prove to be a slow news week, with Congress on vacation, no primary elections last Tuesday and Trump’s New York felony hush-money trial postponed a few weeks until this month. <\/p>\n

Boy<\/i> were we wrong about that. Last week was anything but a slow news week, and we’ve got the headlines today to prove it! To add some actual context, depth and insight to those headlines — and to hold my hand after I’d been trying to look away for the past week — we’re joined by two old friends, though only one who you may have heard on this program before. <\/p>\n

Our friend known mostly as ‘DRIFTGLASS’<\/b> is back with us again today. He is co-host, along with his wife, of The Professional Left<\/i> podcast<\/a> recorded each week from “Flyover Country, Illinois.” He is also, today, celebrating his 19th blogiversary at the Driftglass blog<\/a>, so we’re honored he agreed to spend it with us!<\/p>\n

And, as if that’s not swell enough, his Pro Left Pod<\/i> co-hosting wife, FRANCES LANGUM<\/b>, who is also a longtime Associate Editor over at the Crooks & Liars blog<\/a>, joins us as well today for a romping, rollicking, breathless review of much that we missed last week and why most of it still matters this<\/i> week!<\/p>\n

Among the huge number of topics from last week covered on today’s program…<\/p>\n