The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow
First 6: Red Panda
A: SCOTUS decisions with Shuster/Marans
B: Charlie Mitchell on Immigration reform/climate change
C: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton on affirmative action/Voting rights act
D: Cliff Schecter on GOP/immigration and latest conservative talk radio craziness.
Direct download: TAN_6-29_Hour-1.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:01pm EDT

First 6: “Call 2 Fall”: Unfortunate Anti-Gay Logo 

A: Bangladesh update: AFL-CIO college interns, Veronica Guerrero and Tara Fugate live from day of action to stop death traps

B: Brazilian protests.  US and Brazil are more similar than most of us think.

C: Debating Bob Cesca (Daily Banter and co-host of Bob and Chez Show) re Snowden/NSA leak

D: Laurie Young, Outgoing Director of Aging and Economic Security, The Gay and Lesbian Task Force

Direct download: TAN_6-29-13_Hour-2.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 4:59pm EDT

First six:  Pennsylvania couple caught having sex in public park... arrested by 25 cops on bicycles.
A  Alan Rosenblatt/social media
B  Activist of the Week: Texas State Senator Wendy Davis (with her as guest or just SOTs and Shuster/Marans)
C  Ed Snowden/Glenn Greenwald/David Gregory and the DC establishment.  
D  How it Should Be: Why State Elections Matter.  And, Shuster introduces his new baby Ayala Danielle and lovely wife Kera Rennert!
Direct download: TAN_6-29-13_Hour-3.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 4:55pm EDT

First 6: Remembering Michael Hastings

A Obama NSA Latest

B Dave Zirin on Brazil protests ahead of 2014 World Cup

C Addie Stan - House abortion ban / Republican denial of pregnancy from rape / Post-Gosnell blowback

D Addie Stan – Sexual assault in the military

Direct download: TAN_6-22-13_Hour-1.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:08pm EDT

First 6: Miss Utah on the gender wage gap

A-B Kalpona Akter, Executive Director, Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity

C Charlie Mitchell on farm bill’s defeat / Immigration reform’s big week – “Surge” in border security / CBO study

D The case against a path to citizenship: Bryan Fischer, conservative radio host and Baptist minister

Direct download: TAN_6-22-13_Hour-2.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:06pm EDT

First 6: Obama confuses UK finance minister with soul singer

A Dr. DigiPol on social media

B Activist of the Week: Valentina Stackl, Project Coordinator, “Poder Sano,” at Farmworker Justice

C Paula Deen controversy 

D How It Should Be: Snowden was justified in running

Direct download: TAN_6-22-13_Hour-3.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:03pm EDT

First 6: Cole Stangler's socialist roots

A Edward Snowden – Whistleblower hero? The man and his decisions

 

B Marcy Wheeler of Empty Wheel - deeper look at legal and policy implications of NSA program; compare/contrast with Bradley Manning

C Snowden discussion continued – Marans/Stangler

D Cliff on Pete King’s reactions to NSA scandal

Direct download: TAN_6-15-13_Hour-1.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:42pm EDT

First 6: Media character assassination of Snowden


A Cole Stangler on food stamp cuts

 

B Rick Smith, host, Rick Smith Show, live from US Labor History Tour

C Austerity more discredited by the week (credit upgrade) – Marans/Stangler

D Sarah Anderson of Institute for Policy Studies on Fix the Debt companies’ corporate tax dodging and billions they stand to gain from their push for a “territorial tax” system

Direct download: TAN_6-15-13_Hour-2.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:38pm EDT

Hour 3

First 6: Rosen-splain: Dr. DigiPol on differences between Ellsberg, Snowden and Manning 

 

A Social Media with Dr. DigiPol: Interview with Tyler Bass author of fake Snowden Twitter account 

B Activist of the Week: Michael Petit, Every Child Matters

C Turkey protest update / Cameo by David Shuster

D How it should be - We should scale back covert military operations w/ Cole Stangler

 

Direct download: tan_061513_RAW_h3.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:26pm EDT

First six:  President of Ohio State University resigns after mocking academic levels of other Universities.  Pot meet Kettle.


A   NSA monitoring all Verizon calls


B   Reaction to Government as Big Brother, and politics of the story.


C   Charlie Mitchell, cyber security bill


D   Cliff Schecter on Lautenberg legacy and Senator Mark Pryor getting defensive over background check vote.  

Direct download: TAN_6-8-13_Hour-1.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:40pm EDT

First six:  ACLU study – Black people several times more likely to be arrested for pot

A  Cenk Uygur, Host of the Young Turks on the protests in Turkey

B-C  Bangladesh update – and connection to Wal-Mart worker protests

D  Frank Lautenberg remembered / Christie special appointment

Direct download: TAN_6-8_Hour-2.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:37pm EDT

First six:  High School tennis star bullied off court by unruly fans of opponent.

A  Alan Rosenblatt social media

B  Activist of the Week.  Ms. Jake Marcus, on workplace rights for women who are nursing

C  Interview with Tom Matzzie and Alex Lawson of Ethical Electric.  


D  How it Should be - Obama should take CAP's lead and stop pushing for a Grand Bargain

Direct download: TAN_6-8_Hour-3.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:35pm EDT

First six: Breaking inside story: Bachmann's chief of staff testifies against campaign on mail, wire fraud

A  DOJ/Holder, Shuster/Marans.

B  Charlie Mitchell.  Congress, where does immigration stand?  Summer agenda... 

C  DC gun rally, Adam Kokesh interview, part one. 

D  Adam Kokesh interview, part two.  Reaction from Cliff Schecter.

Direct download: TAN_6-1-13_Hour-1.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:55pm EDT

First six:  Cliff Schecter on Bloomberg/Mayors against gun violence receiving ricin letters.

A  Bangladesh update.  Marans.

B  Judge rules that company can dump coal miners' pensions and health benefits, with Mike Elk

C  Christie and Obama's bromance / Justin Bieber used to fight minimum wage - Marans & Elk

D  Circumcision blood sucking / Pot-sniffing dogs no more / Megyn Kelly takes Erick Erickson down a notch

Direct download: TAN_6-1-13_Hour-2.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:53pm EDT

First six:  U of Michigan economists further destroy Harvard economists on their debt/austerity claims.

A  Alan Rosenblatt, social media

B  Activist of the Week:  Stacy Sanders, Federal Policy Director, Medicare Rights Center.  

C  Jim Graves quits Bachmann race.  Not exactly a profile in courage.

D  How it Should Be - Immigrants help Social Security and Medicare

Direct download: tan_060113_h3.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 5:48pm EDT

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