Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
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'BradCast' 3/15/2016 (Author, historian Prof. Harvey J. Kaye on America's rich history of democratic socialism)
03-15-2016 (53.55 MB)
While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are busy smearing Bernie Sanders as 'extreme' and even 'Communist', in fact the social programs he's calling for as American as apple pie. We're joined today by author and Democracy and Justice Studies professor Harvey J. Kaye of Univ. of Wisconsin-Green Bay to discuss the rich history of social democracy (or, as Sanders calls it, 'democratic socialism') in the U.S., from our founding fathers such as Thomas Paine through Lincoln, FDR, Eisenhower and beyond. Also today: Voters head to the polls for huge Presidential primary elections in OH, IL, MO, NC and FL and run into a few problems. And new February temperature records 'shock' climate scientists...
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Duration: 58:29 m - Filetype: mp3 (128 kbps 44100 Hz)