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Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!
'BradCast' 12/28/2016 (Angie Coiro w/ Meg Elison, News Review)
12-28-2016 (53.27 MB)
Guest host Angie Coiro looks at the news, with a special focus on denial of facts. First, a look at the Professor Watchlist and one of its targets: a Costa Mesa college professor afraid to leave her home. Then an Atlantic story on the economic revival of Elkhart Indiana, where even a vast upswing in manufacturing and employment leaves residents still in denial that Barack Obama has been good for the economy. Author Meg Elison discusses her trek through the US class system and its mythology; and her novel Book of the Unnamed Midwife, with its dystopian world of male dominance and destroyed class distinctions. Finally, a tribute to Carrie Fisher's advocacy for mental health awareness, and how denial of Donald Trump's apparent personality disorders could spell disaster in the next four years.
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