Hour 1

Hour 1

A. "Thanks...Giving: 2013's Hunger Strike Roundup"—Tina Dupuy

B. Gov. Mary Fallin avoids paying National Guard benefits to same-sex couples—Chris Geidner 

C. Why Elizabeth Warren is no threat to Hillary 2016—Mark Blumenthal 

Hour 2

A. Supreme Court maintains Texas's restrictive anti-choice law—Jessica Mason-Pieklo

B. Sen. Gillibrand's plan to combat military sexual assault—Zoe Carpenter 

C. Pro-Choice Offensive: Women's Health Protection Act—Ilyse Hogue 

D. From the Mouths of Texas Republicans—Jason Stanford

Hour 3 

A. Democrats go nuclear on filibuster option—Judith Schaeffer 

B. New lethal injection brings cruel and unusual punishment concerns—Deborah Denno 

C. G+ hashtags integrated into Google searches—Alan Rosenblatt 

D. Cheney family feuds over gay marriage—Cliff Schecter 

Hour 1

A. News Roundup—Frisch solo  

B. "What if Rand Paul Were A Woman?"—Tina Dupuy

C. How CBS botched the Benghazi story—Eric Boehlert

D. Obamacare enrollment: Going better than you think—Igor Volsky

Hour 2

A. Lone Pine suit: NAFTA's implications for pulbic interest laws—Cole Stangler

B. Lawyers and doctors routinely help dirty coal deny black lung benefits—Chris Hamby

C. ENDA still has a ways to go—Heather Cronk

D. Climate change and Super Typhoon Haiyan—Chris Mooney 

Hour 3

A. From the Mouths of Texas Republicans—Jason Stanford

B. Egregiously distasteful jokes at Dick Cheney roast—Andy Cobb

C. Is Twitter diplomacy the wave of the future?—Alan Rosenblatt

D. Resolved: Fox News turns everyone into a right winger—Paul Rosenberg

Hour 1

Hour 1

A. News Roundup—Frisch solo

B. Column: "Read More Than This Headline"—Tina Dupuy

C. War hawks prepare for Iran negotiations—Ben Armbruster

D. Overheard on the Acela—Tom Matzzie

Hour 2

A. Folks who got fired for social media mistakes—Alan Rosenblatt 

B. The Benghazi Hoax—Ari Rabin-Havt

C-D. "Inside the Fox News lie machine: I fact-checked Sean Hannity on Obamacare"—Eric Stern

Hour 3

A. From the mouths of Texas Republicans—Jason Stanford

B. Report: U.S. drone strikes could be war crimes—Letta Tayler

C. Obama fails to deliver on drone transparency promise—Naureen Shah

D. New Jersey marriage equality victory—Chris Geidner 

Hour 1

A. News Roundup—Frisch solo

B. A Tea Party civics lesson—Tina Dupuy

C. NY Fed fired examiner who took on Goldman

D. Politically Incoherent & "The Shutdown Crash"—Rocky Mountain Mike 

Hour 2

A. Republicans say the darndest things—Jason Stanford 

B. Wendy Davis gubernatorial campaign—Jason Stanford

C. Judge Bill Pryor's gay porn appearance leaves him vulnerable to coercion—Roger Shuler 

D. Aaron Swartz's SecureDrop—Trevor Timm

Hour 3

A. ACLU v. Clapper—David Greene 

B. "Libertarian Magic Dust": Satirizing right-wing politics—Andy Cobb

C. Pliticians should get with the social media-dominated times—Alan Rosenblatt

D. GOP pivots to Social Security and Medicare—Cliff Schecter 

Hour 1

A. "The Heritage Foundation: The Group Who Cried Individual Mandate"—Tina Dupuy

B. Women and the shutdown—Jodi Jacobson 

C. U.S. Bishops pushed for shutdown to undermine birth control benefit—Jodi Jacobson 

D. Progressive Congress and the shutdown strategy—Annie Weinberg 

Hour 2

A. "Drunk Dial Congress" and shutdown humor—Arun Chaudhary

B. Fox and the shutdown—Eric Boehlert 

C. SCOTUS and campaign finance—Adam Smith 

D. Impact of the shutdown on DC—Amanda Terkel 

Hour 3

A. DC and the shutdown—Councilmember Tommy Wells 

B. National Coming Out Day—Jamie McGonigal 

C. Healthcare.gov: glitches and procurement—Clay Johnson 

D. Government shutdown—David Corn 

Hour 1

B. Poor Shaming: Starbucks Edition—Tina Dupuy

First 6: Dominique Strauss-Kahn charged with pimping

A. Marans solo: Obama economy speech 

B. Close vote on NSA powers in the House – Zaid Jilani, Progressive Blogger-Reporter  

C. Weiner revealed in public / Bob Filner seeks rehab – Cliff Schecter

D. Steve King’s outrageous anti-immigrant rhetoric / Sen. Lee’s government shutdown threat

First 6: Zimmerman juror B29: “He got away with murder” / Ohio gun group raises $12K for Zimmerman guns, security

A. Bangladesh update/Palm oil labor conditions in Indonesia – Alan Rosenblatt

B-C. Fight over Summers Fed chair nomination – Shaunna Thomas, Co-Founder, Ultraviolet 

D. North Carolina’s new voting rights restrictions

First 6: 19-year-old jailed 4 months for sarcastic Facebook post

A. Social Media with Dr. DigiPol

B-C. Activist of the Week: Andrew Slack, Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Harry Potter Alliance

D. How It Should Be: Goodbye Shuster

First 6: Capital Fringe Festival shout-out

A: Marans solo - Obama remarks on Zimmerman verdict

B: Nicole Flatow of ThinkProgress on Stand Your Ground's role in Zimmerman verdict

C: Hope for the Voting Rights Act? Cole Stangler reports

D: Cliff Schecter on gun culture's role in Trayvon Martin's death

First 6: Rolling Stone's Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cover photo and story

A: Bangladesh's new labor law

B: Harry Reid forces the Republicans to surrender on presidential nominess, averting nuclear option

C: National Labor Relations Board's history and importance

D: Lizbeth Mateo, National Immigrant Youth Alliance, self-deported to draw attention to suffering caused by deportation

First 6: Bachmann mistakenly gets vibrator as a gift/Wyoming to build aircraft carrier

A Social Media with Dr. DigiPol

B-D Activist of the Week: Howard E. Conday, attorney, one of original Trayvon petitioners; participant in Howard University students’ viral video “Am I Suspicious?”

Race in America

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.  

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

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

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.

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

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

First six minutes:  Feeding the homeless by thinning the herd in Rock Creek Park.

A  Obama newser/Shuster

B  Dave Zirin, Edge of Sports, on Jason Collins

C  Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated, on getting the Jason Collins story.

D  Cliff Schecter on Pat Toomey remarks about Senate Republicans/gun bill.

1st 6 Cannibalism at Jamestown

A Zachary Katznelson, ACLU - Guantanamo hunger strike

B Post-Guantanamo discussion

C-D Abortion rights after Gosnell trial: Erin Matson, RH Reality Check v. Lila Rose, Live Action

First six minutes:  Abortion debate recap

A  Alan Rosenblatt social media, on Transparency Camp

B  Activist of the Week:  Tracy Van Slyke, Director, New Bottom Line. 

C  Charlie Miller, CEO SmartGunTechnology Inc.

D  How it should be: All about Colbert Busch

1st 6  Highway births

A West, Texas – Latest on investigation.  Shuster

B West, Texas – Mainstream Media Fail w/ Mike Elk 

C Glenn Greenwald: Civil liberties questions raised by Boston

D Cliff Schecter: Baucus’ gun legacy; Sen. Cruz’s federal aid hypocrisy

1st 6: Mark Sanfird self-destructs

A Airplane delays/Budget // W. Bush library and Bush legacy

B Boston bombing affects immigration debate/ HuffPo’s Elise Foley (in person)

C Deportations continue amid debate – Elise Foley continued

D Bangladesh factory fire – Erik Loomis, labor, environmental history expert

1st 6  Bird poop / Louis Farrakhan steps in it

A Dr. Digipol: Dr. Digipol: AP twitter hacked, White House bombed, Obama injured; Computers sell off stocks in a mad rush; Tweetdeck’s demise?

B Activist of the Week: Adam Rome, author, The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation

C Dartmouth equates rape threats with protests / 

D How It Should Be: Bush's Social Security legacy 

1st 6: Gun violence victims given background checks for yelling in Senate gallery 

A Boston bombing: Latest and media fail

B Professor Johanna Fernandez () on Mumia Abu-Jamal

C West, TX explosion and OSHA violations with Mike Elk

D Cliff on gun failure, progressive vows to primary Senators Pryor and Begich.

1st 6: Former SC Gov Mark Sanford caught trespassing on ex-wife's property

A Andrew Gumbel (@AndrewGumbel), author, Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why It Still Matters(Shuster to interview)

B Influential austerity study debunked
C-D House of Cards actor Jennifer Osborn (in studio) - on TV show and 4/20 celebration of weed

1st 6: Star Trek Geek Talk

A Social Media - Dr. Digipol on Twitter's role in Marathon Bombing

B Activist of the Week: Patty Kupfer, Managing Director, America's Voice (@AmericasVoice)

C Review of "42" with Jackie Robinson--and the untold story of the role of Montreal in Robinson's career

D Daniel Marans how it should be: Rich v. poor, not old v. young

Hour 1

1st 6 minutes: Ken Cuccinelli's opposition to "crimes against nature", ie, oral/anal sex (and how it prevented VA from prosecuting a statutory rape) 

A Obama includes chained CPI in budget / Roger Ebert's passing / North Korean threat gets too real for comfort, but are we over-hyping it?

B Bobby Egan, owner of Cubby's BBQ in Hackensack, NJ and longtime practitioner of "BBQ diplomacy" with North Korea, on what the hell is going on in the DPRK 

C Bobby Egan continues discussion of North Korea -- and gives a provocative defense of gun rights 

D Connecticut House Speaker Brendan Sharkey on tough new gun laws there

Hour 2

1st 6 minutes: Obama calls CA AG Kamala Harris, "best looking AG" 

A  Social Insurance/Grand Bargain discussion continued

Ames - Conflicts of interest in NPR piece on disability benefits; New America report calling for Soc. Sec increases; where gay marriage meets Social Security (spouses, children's benefits).

Mark Ames, senior editor of Not Safe for Work Corporation (and author Going Postal: Rage, Murder and Rebellin From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond),

B What is NSFWCorp -- "The future of journalism with jokes"? What insights does their mutlifaceted new funding model offer for other independent media projects, eg, print edition, the (cartoon) conflict tower. Other topics: Breitbart legacy; being spied on by the ADL

C-D Education reform debate in wake of Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal: Test-based teacher evaluations or not? Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters v. Marcus Winters, The Manhattan Institute

Hour 3

1st 6 minutes: Jeremy Irons compares gay marriage to bestiality, incest 

A Dr. Drigipol on social media: Anonymous hacks North Korean Twitter and fake Twitter accounts

B Activist of the Week: José Antonio Vargas, founder of Define American and Pulitzer Prize-winning WaPo reporter who came out as an undocumented Filipino immigrant inNYT magazine in summer 2011, on the major victory getting AP to stop using "illegal immigrant"

C 45th anniversary of MLK's assassination at sanitation workers strike in Memphis - Fast food workers strike now/ Activism opportunities roundup; Keystone XL pipeline

D Fake Action News with Dana C. Bell

Hour 1

6:00 New threats from North Korea / Kim Jong-Un is a Mac user

A Democrats, Republicans line up to endorse same sex marriage

B Oral arguments on same sex marriage at Supreme Court

C Ashley Judd not running for Senate/Hopkins students oust Dr. Ben Carson as graduation speaker

D Cliff Schecter: Filibustering gun background checks? / Bill O’Reilly & Rush’s gay marriage change of heart

Hour 3

6:00 Zombie deerhunting? DC hunts down overpopulated deer in Rock Creek Park

A Dr. Digipol interviews Amy Small Ward, Membership Director, Nonprofit Technology Network

B Activist of the Week: KC Boyd, author of “Being Christian” and whistleblower on Dominionist Christian coercion in military

C Becky Bond of CREDO on coming Keystone protest outside Obama fundraiser

D Dana Bell - What's the deal with politcians who criticize other politicians for politicizing?

Hour 2

6:00 Mafia steals 42,000 lb cheese in Wisconsin / Rick Ross raps casually about rape

A Grand Bargain Update – Will Obama offer Social Security, Medicare cuts in budget resolution?/This American Life screws up Our American Disability Insurance (CEPR, CBPP, Century Foundation takedowns)

B Immigration reform moves forward / Rep. Don Young calls Mexicans“wetbacks”

C-D Dr. Michael Lind on “defeating the useless rich” – based on 3-part series in Salon on the unproductive new rentier class and how they hurt the economy

Hour 1

First six:  Lion attacks

A  Alan Rosenblatt, social media, with Zach Green

B  Activist of the Week

J-1 visa guest workers who went on strike against McDonald's this week in Central PA. They paid $3,000 to come to US to work, were paying $2,000 a month to sleep all together in boss's basement--net neutral or negative pay in other words--were provided no transportation so had to walk on highway to work, were working 15 hours a day, and we're evicted once they went on strike.

C  Climate Change

D  How it should be:  Huge Chavez w/ Kymone Freeman

1st 6: O'Reilly flips out on Colmes

A What Rand Paul missed: non-Americans taken out by drones - guest Alli McCracken of Code Pink / Chavez discussion

B HSBC Elizabeth Warren: How many billions do you have to launder before government prosecutes you?  HSBC Elizabeth Warren: How many billions do you have to launder before government prosecutes you?  

C Rebutting attack on Keystone protester James Hansen in NYT/Ice caps melting accelerates.  Guest:  Brad Johnson

D Detroit to get city manager... or not?

First six:  North Korea threatens nuclear attack

A:  Rand Paul/drones roundup

B:  Charlie Mitchell on Obama/GOP/sequester latest

C:  Why Americans feel like they are getting poorer even as Dow Surges.

D:  Cliff Schecter on gun votes in Senate committee, strategy for floor votes.

First 6: Alec Baldwin’s alleged racism

A Marans solo rant on Social Security cuts

B Michael Brooks on aircraft carrier-based drones

C Activist of the Week: Ashley Ilenfeld, animal rights activist, rescuer, Playboy model, actress and broadcaster

D Ashley continued 

First 6: $50 million diamonds stolen from Brussels airport

A Charlie Mitchell – immigration, guns legislative prospects

B Dan Friedman, NY Daily News on breaking Hagel “Friends of Hamas” story

C Arab Spring update - Rose Foran, freelance journalist in Gafsa, Tunisia

D Trump threatens #DumpTrump with lawsuit, backs down quickly

First 6: Oscar Pistorius, blade runner, accused of murdering girlfriend

A Marans solo – Sequester impasse / Simpson-Bowles plan

B Lisa Graves, Exec. Dir. of Center for Media and Democracy – Fix the Debt exposé in The Nation

C Bipartisan immigration reform developments / Latest in gun control

D Cliff Schecter: McCain’s town hall appearances – the “real McCain”? / Support for NRA sinks Dems in IL-2 special race

First 6:00  G.W. Bush Paintings

A Charlie Mitchell on immigration latest and gun check update.  

D  Cliff Schecter on Fox News whopper re solar power.  And, FNC firing Sarah Palin and Dick Morris.

6:00 Obama releases skeet shoot photo to quiet right wing doubts

A) Social Media with Alan Rosenblatt: Combining Twitter with Pinterest

B) Activist of the Week: Michelle KInsey Bruns, hero for women's rights, who told anti-abortion high school students on Amtrak about her abortion

C) The slaying of Hadiya Pendleton, an Obama inauguration performer, and takign action to stop violence by ending poverty and ignorance -- with Kymone Freeman

D) How It Should Be: How people-powered activism should beat corporate-funded austerity in 2013