Congressman Mark Takano (D-CA 41) (Starts at 6:20)

Elliot Mincberg - Senior Fellow and Interim Senior Counsel at People for the American Way

Nancy J. Altman - co-director of Social Security Works and co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition (starts at 4:25)

James McBride - author of the new book Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown (starts at 20:15)

Zach Carter- Senior Political Economy Reporter at the Huffington Post (starts at 20:15)

Nick Baumann, senior enterprise editor at Huffington Post, on the massive corporate bribery scandal he recently helped expose (starts at 4:15)

Bryce Covert, the Economic Policy Editor for ThinkProgress, on why one of the best ways to fight inequality would be to strengthen the estate tax (starts at 20:15)

Thomas Frank on his new book Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? (Starts at 3:55)

Michelangelo Signorile is Editor-at-large of Huffington Post Gay Voices, on how the Human Rights Campaign is helping the GOP keep the Senate (Starts at 20:15)

Lynn Rhinehart, Co-General Counsel of the AFL-CIO, on labor's recent Supreme Court victory (starts at 20:15)

Dean Baker - American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, on the truth about the Trans Pacific Partnership. (Starts at 2:20)

Ethan Miller - Activist with If Not Now, A movement to end the American Jewish community's support for the occupation and gain freedom and dignity for all Israelis and Palestinians, on protesting Trump and AIPAC. (Starts at 20:15)

Phil Angelides - former Treasurer for the state of California, on the last chance to hold Wall Street accountable for the financial crisis. (Starts at 3:05)

John Nichols - National affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, on his new book People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. (Starts at 20:15)

Jim Arkedis - Fellow at Truman National Security Project. President of Arkedis Strategies. (Starts at 20:15)

Ally Boguhn - Political and Campaigns Editor at RH Reality Check. (Starts at 6:50)

Arthur Delaney- Senior Reporter, Huffington Post. (Starts at 20:15)

Kathleen J. Frydl - historian studying US state power, policies, and the institutions that shape American life (starts at 3:25)

Eric Boehlert - Senior fellow at Media Matters for America (starts at 20:15)

Todd Ruger, legal affairs staff writer for CQ News (starts at 20:15)

Tina Dupuy - nationally syndicated op-ed columnist, freelance investigative journalist, comedian and on-air commentator. Her new podcast, Cultish, launched this past week with its first two episodes. (Starts at 7:05)

William K. Black - Editor-in-Chief and Contributor of New Economic Perspectives. (Starts at 20:15)

T. Greg Douchette - Durham North Carolina criminal defense and small business attorney whose Twitter rant with a new perspective on the reality of police bad behavior went viral this week. (Starts at 6:05)

Dawn Porter, Director and producer of the new documentary Trapped, which focuses on the hundreds of regulations that were passed in recent years, restricting access to abortion in America. (Starts at 20:15)

Tracey Ross, Associate Director of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at American Progress (starts at 20:15)

Rick Perlstein, author of The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan

Monique Morrissey, economist with the Economic Policy Institute.

Ryan Grim, author and the Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post.

Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.

Jessica Mason Pieklo - Vice President, Law and the Courts, RH Reality Check and a writer and adjunct law professor in Boulder, Colorado.

Helaine Olen, author of Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry

Marshall Steinbaum, Research Economist at the Center for Equitable Growth

Jim Fusilli, founder and editor of ReNewMusic.net

Ian Millhiser, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Editor of ThinkProgress Justice

Laila E. Leigh, Esq., Legal Services Manager of Break the Cycle, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire and support young people to build healthy relationships and a culture without abuse.

Mike Lofgren, author of The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government, an insider’s account of who really runs Washington regardless of which party is in power.

Jack Jenkins, Senior Religion Reporter for ThinkProgress

Nick Nyhart, President and CEO of Every Voice Center

Dahlia Lithwick - Supreme Court expert and senior editor at Slate.

The Zero Hour broadcast live from New Hampshire in the hours leading up to the primary, interviewing advocates and activists on all sides. In this episode of the podcast, we've compiled the best of these interviews.

Nancy Altman - Co-director of Social Security Works and co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition and campaign.

Steve Phillips - author of Brown is the New White. .

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore - founder, President and CEO of Global Policy Solutions (GPS) and GlobalPolicy.tv.

Chris Bell - Director, producer, and writer. His latest film is Prescription Thugs. 

Kate Ackley - reporter and editor for Roll Call, focused on the lobbying job market

Marc Schindler, Executive Director of the Justice Policy Institute, on President Obama banning the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prison.

Zoë Carpenter, The Nation’s associate Washington editor, on Planned Parenthood's victory in court.

Dina Maron, Health and medicine editor at Scientific American, on the rise of the Zika Virus.

Journalist David Dayen on what "liberal" attacks on Bernie Sanders are really about.

Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works

Obery Hendricks - author of The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politic and The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted. 

Kathleen Frydl - political historian and author of The GI Bill and The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973.

Jess Levin - Communications Director of Making Change at Walmart

Kim Stanley Robinson - American novelist, widely recognized as one of the foremost living writers of science fiction.

Alvaro Bedoya - Founding Executive Director of the Center on Privacy & Technology

Linda Tirado, author of Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America.

Bryce Covert, Economic Policy Editor for ThinkProgress.

Teresa Ghilarducci, labor economist and nationally-recognized expert in retirement security.

Ben Wikler, Washington Director of MoveOn.org,

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL9)

Eoin Dubsky of SumOfUs on the campaign to stop Apple from rendering all of their existing earbuds obsolete and creating massive amounts of waste.

Anne Case, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University, on the study she coauthored, Rising Morbidity and Mortality in midlife among non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st Century

David Neiwert, senior editor of Crooks and Liars and contributing writer for Southern Poverty Law Center, on the Oregon standoff.

Andre L. Smith is an associate professor of law at Widener Law School, on his book Essays on the Relationship Between Tax Law and Racial Economic Justice: Black Tax.  

Daniel Marans, Reporter at The Huffington Post, on the recent New York Times editorial endorsing Social Security expansion.

The Zero Hour is off this week for the holidays, so we are sharing some of the best content from the past year. This episode features Canadian bioethicist George Dvorsky and Andrew Cockburn, Washington Editor for Harper's Magazine.

The Zero Hour is off this week for the holidays, so we are sharing some of the best content from the past year. This episode features Brent Huffman, director of "Saving Mes Aynak" and Marcy Wheeler, independent journalist focused on national security and civil liberties.

The Zero Hour is off this week for the holidays, so we are sharing some of the best content from the past year. This episode features Ryan Grim, Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post and Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.