The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow (general)
Duty, Dylan & Doing Right By Social Security
3:00 Monologue
3:15 Gordon Marino On A Life Beyond 'Do What You Love'
3:30 Scott Warmuth On Bob Dylan: Plagiarist?
3:45 Jane Slaughter On SSA Possibly Closing All Field Offices
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Inequality: Stealing Our Homes & Breaking Our Hearts
2:00 Monologue

2:15 Lynn Stuart Parramore On Love In The Time Of Equality

2:30 Amir Sufi On House Of Debt

2:45 Amir Sufi On House Of Debt
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The New Populism

1:00 Monologue 

1:15 Roger Hickey On The New Populism & the Conference

1:30 Roger Hickey On The New Populists (Warren, Sanders, Barber)

1:45 Joe Dinkin On Making The New Populism Count At The Ballot Box (WFP)

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Putin's Silent Majority, Koch Silences PBS, Net Neutrality Silences Us All

Featuring News & Commentary From Richard "RJ" Eskow & His Esteemed Panel. This Week Includes:

Mark Ames, Writer, PandoDaily - On Putin Power, American Foreign Policy Blindness & General Bewilderment

Tia Lessin, Director & Producer, Citizen Koch - On The Movie & How The Koch Brothers Bought Out Big Bird & Pimped Him Out
 
Casey Rae, Executive Director, The Future of Music Coalition - On The FCC's Big Moment (Fail?), Net Neutrality, & The Future Of Music & The Internet As We Know It
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Merchants of Death and Merchants of Debt
Featuring News & Commentary From Richard "RJ" Eskow & His Esteemed Panel. This Hour Includes:
 
William Greider, Columnist, The Nation - On Merchants of Death & Current State of the American Left: Sucking In Air or Barely There?
 
Rich Fiesta, Exec. Dir., Alliance For Retired Americans - On Marco Rubio, Giving Your Hard Earned Cash to Wall St, & Deficit Hacks

 

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Common Sense on Ukraine and the War on Terror
Featuring News & Commentary From Richard "RJ" Eskow & His Esteemed Panel. This Hour Includes:
 
Katrina vanden Huevel, Publisher, The Nation - On The Situation In Ukraine & US Foreign Policy
 
Joshua Holland, Senior Digital Producer, BillMoyers.com - On Innocence In The War On Terror (or How Our Chickens Came Home To Roost)

 

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Meditation, Science, and Harry Potter Activism

Prof. Willoughby Britton, Neuroscientist, Brown University

Andrew Slack, Executive Director, Harry Potter Alliance

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Terror, Theft, and Hope

Cristina Finch, Managing Director, AIUSA's Identity & Discrimination Unit

Kyle Serrette, Director of Education Justice Campaigns, Center For Popular Democracy

Alex Lawson, Executive Director, Social Security Works

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Last Stand to Save the Planet

Mari Lynn Evans, CEO & Executive Producer, Evening Star Productions

Prof. John P. Abraham,Ph.D., Professor of Thermal Sciences, University of St. Thomas

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Monologue 

Mikey Franklin On The Fair Pay/Unpaid Internship Campaign

Cole Stangler On Cozy Federal Regulators In North Dakota

Cole Stangler On McCutcheon (ITT Cover Story This Month) 

 

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America Needs Real News
Eric Boehlert On Bundy/The Right/Rampant Anti-Americanism

Monologue

Nancy Altman On SSW's Support Of Independent Media

Nancy Altman On Looking Ahead In The Fight To Expand SI Programs
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Launching into the Future

Relaunch Monologue 

Terry O'Neill On The Launch, RJ's Legacy & The Movement
 
Terry O'Neill On Economic Security/Feminism As An Everyone Issue
 
Cliff Schecter On The NRA Convention

 

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Working towards a better future

Jamais Cascio, Senior Fellow, Institute For Ethics & Emerging Technologies

Julia Ho, Organizer, Wash U Students Against Peabody

Bianca Alexander, Host & Creative Director, Conscious Living TV

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When we organize, we win

Ernie Powell, Veteran Organizer & Political Activist

Richard Rothstein, Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute

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The Piketty Phenomenon

Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center For Economic & Policy Research

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Chris Hamby, Reporter, The Center For Public Integrity & Pulitzer Prize Winner, 

Martin Blank, Author,Overpowered: The Dangers of Electromagnetic Radiation, 

George P. Dvorsky, Futurist & Bioethicist, 

Yasha Levine, Roving Reporter, PandoDaily

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Lisa Graves, Executive Director, Center For Media & Democracy, 

Anat Shenker-Osorio, Author & Principal, ASO Communications

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Damon Silvers, Policy Director and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO, 

Marc Fisher, Senior Editor, The Washington Post

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Sam Seder, Host, The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Shannyn Moore, Writer, Huffington Post

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Alan Grayson, D-Fla 9th

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Amanda Marcotte, Writer, Alternet

Charles Kenny, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development 




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Max Richtman, President, National Committee To Preserve Social Security & Medicare

Professor John P. Abraham, Ph.D., Professor of Thermal Sciences, University of St. Thomas

Carolyn Fiddler, Writer, This Week In Statehouse Action

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Dominic D.P. Johnson, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford & Monica Duffy Toft,  Professor of Government & Public Policy, University of Oxford

Katie Glueck, Political Reporter, Politico

Ryan Clayton, Executive Director, Wolf PAC

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Steven Rosenfeld, Writer, Alternet

Kwanza Brooks, Former McDonald's Manager


Cliff Schecter, Co-Founder, We Act Radio

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3-29-14 Hour 3: The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow

Ian Millhiser, Editor, ThinkProgress Justice

Sharona Coutts, Dir of Investigations & Research, RH Reality Check

Gemma Tarlach, Senior Associate Editor, Discover Magazine 

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3-29-14 Hour 2: The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow


 Patrick Hruby, Writer, Sports On Earth

 Robbie Sherwood, Executive Director, Progress Now Arizona

 Amanda Devecka Rinear, National Campaign Director, National People's Action

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3-29-14 Hour 1: The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow

Abby Huntsman, MSNBC Still Misleading Viewers About Social Security

 Robert Naiman, Policy Director, Just Foreign Policy

 Josh Eidelson, Reporter, Salon>

 Mark Ames, Writer, PandoDaily

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Eric Kingson, Co-Director/Founder, Social Security Works

Yasha Levine, Roving Reporter, Pando Daily



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Katie Glueck, Political Reporter, Politico

Gennady Stolyarov II, Transhumanist Philosopher & Author, Death Is Wrong

James Hughes, Executive Director, Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies

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Marianne Williamson, Candidate For Congress (CA-33)

Lee Fang, Investigative Reporting Fellow, The Nation

Maya Rockeymoore, President & CEO, Global Policy Solutions

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Behavioral Science and its Malcontents

Nicholas Epley

Professor, Behavorial Science, Univ of Chicago Booth School of Business Author, Mindwise

3:34-3:44


Will Storr

Author, The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science

3:18-3:29:40


Robert Wittaker

Author, Anatomy of an Epidemic On Anatomy of An Epidemic

3:48-3:58:40


Show Notes:

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2:18-2:29:40 Amanda Marcotte, Contributor/Blogger, The Raw Story 

2:34-2:44
 Joseph Williams, Contributor, The Atlantic


2:48-2:58:40 Stanislas Dehaene, Professor, 
Collège de France & Author, Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

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Joshua Smith, Senior Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute

Andrew Slack, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Harry Potter Alliance

 Cole Stangler, Staff Writer, In These Times

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3:15 Oren Bass, Co-Founder, Pave

3:30 Michael Hiltzik, Author & Collumnist

3:45 Jonathan Voss, Senior Analyst, Lake Research Partners

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2:15 Jamie Henn, Co-Founder & Communications & East Asia Director, 350.org

2:30 Ira Chernus, Journalist/Author & Professor, Religious Studies, Univ of Colorado (Boulder)

2:45 Jeremiah Goulka, Writer, TomDispatch & Fellow, British American Project

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1:15 Dr. Richard Scheffler, Distinguished Professor, Health Economics & Public Policy, Cal Berkeley & Author, The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance 

1:30
 Brian Earp, Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics 


1:45
 Susan Schneider, 
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, UConn & Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies (2013-2014)

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3:00-3:06 Hannah Nguyen, Chapter Leader, Students For Public Education Los Angeles

3:18-3:30
 Donald Cohen, Executive Director, In The Public Interest

3:34-3:44 Prof Miles Kimball, Professor of Economics, Univ of Michigan

3:48-3:58:40 Annie Leonard, Filmmaker, Activist & Director, The Story Of Stuff Project

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2:00-2:06 Tal Zlotnitsky, Chairman & Co-CEO, iControl Universal Collaboration Solutions & Member/Activist, Smart Capitalists for American Prosperity

2:18-2:29:40 Nancy Altman, Co-Director, Social Security Works


2:34-2:44 Erin McElroy, Activist, Heart of the City (San Francisco)


2:48-2:58:40 
Hannah Nguyen, Chapter Leader, Students For Public Education Los Angeles

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1:18-1:29:40 Prof. Nicolai Petro, 2013-14 U.S. Fulbright Research Scholar in Ukraine, Professor of Political Science, UofRI

1:34-1:44
 Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center For Economic & Policy Research

1:48-1:58:40 Sam Riddle, Political Director, Michigan Chapter, National Action Network

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2:18-2:29:40 Helena Bottemiller Evich, Agriculture Reporter, Politico On Big Food Is The New Big Tobacco

2:34-2:44 Jodi Jacobson, Editor-In-Chief, RH Reality Check On Taranto Controversy/Military Sexual Assault Bills

2:48-2:58:40 Ben Wikler, Host, The Good Fight with Ben Wikler On Movement Story Telling & Building Progressive Media Infrastructure 

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3:18-3:29:40 Darren Samuelsohn, Senior Policy Reporter, Politico On The Snowden Era of Journalism

3:34-3:42 Gemma Tarlach, Senior Associate Editor, Discover Magazine On Alien Worlds On Earth

3:46-3:58:40 Ben Schreckinger, Contributing Writer, Salon On Bars Too Loud/Cafes Too Quiet & Our Democracy

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1:18-1:29:40 Alex Lawson, Executive Director, Social Security Works On Can Kicks Back/Fix The Debt

1:34-1:41 Omeed Firouzi, President, GW College Democrats & Alex Lawson On Social Security Expansion & Intergenerational Organizing 

1:45-1:58:40 Robert Johnson, President, Institute For New Economic Thinking On Janet Yellen & Reforming the Economy

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3:15-3:29:40 Sean McElwee, Contributing Writer, Salon On New Atheisms Big Mistake

3:34-3:44 John Armstrong, Associate Professor, Weber State University On Superhabitable Worlds

3:48-3:58:40 Ryan Clayton, WOLF-PAC On the New Hampshire Rebellion 

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2:15-2:29:40 Dave Johnson, Contributor, Alternet On Expensive To Be Poor

2:34-2:44 Mari-Lynn Evans, CEO/EP, Evening Star Productions On West Virginia

2:48-2:58:40 Amanda Starbuck, Energy & Finance Programs Director, Rainforest Action Network On KXL Backlash/Vigils
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1:15-1:29:40 Patrick Hurby, Contributor, Politico Magazine on NFL Tax Dodging

1:34-1:44 Cole Stangler, Staff Writer, In These Times On TPP/KXL/Labor

1:48-1:58:40 Rich Fiesta, Executive Director, Alliance For Retired Americans' On Chained-CPI 

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Kenneth Vogel, Chief Investigative Reporter, Politico on Koch World 2014

Travis Waldron, Reporter, ThinkProgress.org on The Epic Redskins Battle 

Chris Hamby, Reporter, The Center For Public Integrity on Miners Screwed By JHMC 

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 Josh Levy, Internet Campaign Director, Free Press on Net Neutrality

 Mark Ames, Writer, Pando Daily on The Techtopus

Jeff Larson, Data Editor, ProPublica on Leaky Apps AKA Angry Birds & the NSA

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Robert Borosage, Co-Director, Campaign For America's Future on SOTU 

Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center For Economic And Policy Research on SOTU 

Damon Silvers, Director of Policy & Special Counsel, AFL-CIO on SOTU 

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2:07pmRJ Monologue
2:18pmRoss Eisenbrey, Vice President, Economic Policy Institute
2:34pm: Maya Rockeymoore,  President of Global Policy Solutions
2:49pm: Alex Lawson, ED of Social Security Works
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 Hour 1
1:07pmRJ Monologue
1:18pm   Mara Keisling, ED of National Center for Transgender Equality
1:34pm: Carol Joffe, Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
1:49pm: Farah Diaz-Tello, Staff Attorney,

National Advocates for Pregnant Women

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Hour 1

A. Welcome to the Holiday Special!—Frisch solo 

B. The Salvation Army's Anti-Gay Past—Evan Hurst 

C-D. War on Christmas!—Tina Dupuy

Hour 2

A=B. From the Mouths of Right Wingers: Top 10 Year-End Roundup—Jason Stanford

C. 2014 Electoral Forecast—Matt Wall

D. Festivus Tree & Satanists in Oklahoma—Andy Cobb

Hour 3

A. Year-End Review of Media Hackery—Eric Boehlert 

B. Misinformer of the Year: CBS—Eric Boehlert 

C. Banner Year for Gay Rights—Chris Geidner 

D. What's Next for the LGBT Community? 

Direct download: 12-28-13_PODCAST.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:36am EST

Hour 1

A. "I fact-checked Sean Hannity on Obamacare"—Eric Burns
B. Behind Kentucky's high Obamacare enrollment—Jonathan Miller
C. "Obamacare and My Family"—Tina Dupuy 
D. Yes, Obamacare bans bad insurance policies—Igor Volsky 
Hour 2

A. Pro-choice offensive: Women's Health Protection Act—Ilyse Hogue
B. Supreme Court maintains Texas anti-choice law—Jessica Mason Pieklo 
C. #Solidarityisforwhitewomen—Mikki Kendall
D. Inside the Men's Rights Movement—R. Tod Kelly
Hour 3

A. Trans employment discrimination—Ilona Turner
B. Portrayal of trans issues in Manning trial—Sasha Buchert
C. Still a long way to go for ENDA—Heather Cronk
D. Labor Day: Fast food workers strike—John Nichols 
Direct download: 12-07-13_PODCAST.mp3
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Hour 1

A. Poor Shaming: Starbuck Edition—Tina Dupuy
B. Doctors and lawyers help dirty coal deny black lung benefits—Chris Hamby
C. ENDA still has a ways to go—Ilona Turner 
D. GOP pivots on Mediacare and Social Security—Cliff Shecter 
Hour 2

A. Sen. Gillibrand's plan to combat military sexual assault—Zoe Carpenter 
B. Egregiously distasteful jokes at Dick Cheney roast—Andy Cobb
C. Trans employment discrimination—Ilona Turner 
D. Fast food workers strike—John Nichols 
Hour 3 

A. Pro-choice offensive: Women's Health Protection Act—Ilyse Hogue 
B. From the Mouths of Texas Republicans (Nov. 15)—Jason Stanford 
C. Gov. Mary Fallin avoids paying marriage benefits to same-sex couples—Chris Geidner 
D. Climate change and Super Typhoon Haiyan—Chris Mooney
Direct download: 11-30-13_PODCAST.mp3
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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 

Direct download: 11-23-13_PODCAST.mp3
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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

Direct download: 11-16-13_PODCAST.mp3
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Hour 1

A. News roundup—Frisch solo
B. This week's column—Tina Dupuy
C. Voting rights challenges and Gray May's Bending Toward Justice—Ari Berman 
D. Men's Rights Movement—Tod Kelly 
Hour 2
A. Youth participation in Virginia Governor's race—Amanda Brown
B. Trayvon Martin's mother testifies in Senate—Rashad Robinson  
C. Some thoughts on Karl's Halloween costume: The Incredible Shrinking GOP—Jason Stanford
D. Yes, Obamacare might force you to cancel your bad insurance policy—Igor Volsky
Hour 3
A. Behind the high Obamacare enrollment in Kentucky—Jonathan Miller  
B. Drone victims testify in front of Congress—Cole Stangler 
C. Theory: Edward Snowden is a CIA plant, working in a Russian tech company—Alan Rosenblatt
D. Youth Services International and the private prison industry—Chris Kirkam 
Direct download: 11-02-13_PODCAST.mp3
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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 

Direct download: 10-26-13_PODCAST.mp3
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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 

Direct download: 10-19-13_PODCAST.mp3
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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 

Direct download: 10-12-13_PODCAST.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:59pm EST

Hour 1

A. News Roundup—Frisch solo
B. This Week's Headlines—Tina Dupuy
C. Corporate Action Network's "Drop Dudley" campaign—Brian Young 
D. Accidental acetaminophen overdoses—Jeff Girth 
Hour 2

A. Glenn Beck says he'll camp outside Louie Ghomert's office, & other right-wing quotes—Jason Stanford
B. Quebec legislation to ban religious clothing for public officials—Jacob Remes 
C. Herman Wallace dies after 41 years in solitary confinement—Rania Khalek 
D. Prisoners' rights & solitary confinement—Amy Fettig
Hour 3
A. The #shutdown's negative impact & countermessaging the right wing—Alan Rosenblatt 
B. Capitol Hill shooting & stigmatization of mental health issues—Tara Culp-Ressler 
C. How the shutdown will affect the GOP's electoral prospects—Frisch solo 
D. Marco Rubio blocks black gay judge's nomination on dubious grounds—Sharon Lettman-Hicks 
Direct download: 10-05-13TAN_COMCUT.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:27pm EST

A. News Roundup—Frisch solo
B. This week's headlines—Tina Dupuy
C-D. Fight for 15 in the longterm—Micah Uetricht
Direct download: 092613_H1_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:42am EST

A. The hypocrisy of right wing welfare cuts—Cliff Schecter
B. Violations of students' 4th Amendment rights—Bryce Stucki 
C.-D. Reproductive rights cases to watch—Jessica Mason Pieklo 
Direct download: 09-28-13_H2_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:38am EST

A. Twitter during the Kenyan mall attack—Alan Rosenblatt
B. Tom Cruz's Obamacare filibuster—Jason Stanford 
C. Ken Cuccinelli's tax plan disproportionately serves the top 5%—Anna Scholl
D. Rep. Peter King calls for increased scrutiny of Somali immigrants after Kenyan mall attack—Rania Khalek 
Direct download: 09-28-13_H3_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:34am EST

A. News Roundup—Frisch solo 
B. The Rise of the Warrior Cop—Radley Balko 
C-D. Column: "Congresspeople Unwilling to Work, shall Not Eat"—Tina Dupuy
Direct download: 092113_TAN_Hour_1_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:08pm EST

A-B. Thank You Anarchy & Occupy Anniversary—Nathan Schneider
C. Trans employment discrimination victory—Ilona Turner
D. Viral ad: Coming out to Tea Party Father—Carl Sciortino 
Direct download: 092113_TAN_Hour_2_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:02pm EST

A. DSPolitical & targetted online advertising—Chris Massicotte 
B-C. Right wing efforts to diminish foodstamp funding—Cole Stangler 
D. Tom Delay's money laundering charges dropped—Eric Burns
Direct download: 092113_TAN_Hour_3_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:58pm EST

A. News Roundup—Frisch solo
B. Waning impact of identity politics—Tina Dupuy
C. The campaign behind the tentative Syrian arms deal—Amanda Johnson
D. D.C.'s Living Wage Bill—Bryce Covert

Direct download: 091413_TAN_H1_Edited.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:46pm EST

A. NRA-backed recalls in Colorado—Rick Palacio
B-C. Failings of low-income addiction treatment centers—Jake Bernstein
D. Virginia Governor's race—Anna Scholl
Direct download: 091413_TAN_H2_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:43pm EST

A. When older Congresspeople Tweet—Dr. Digipol
B. Houston Police Department racial profiling and use of force—Emily DePrang
C-D. The Supreme Court's corporate capture—Tom Donnelly
Direct download: 091413_TAN_H3_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:40pm EST

A. News roundup—Frisch solo

B. Poor Shaming: Starbucks Edition—Tina Dupuy

C. Congressional opposition to military intervention in Syria—Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)
D. Liberal interventionism in Syria—Steve Clemons

Direct download: H1_TAN_090513.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:25pm EST

A-B. Homelessness-prevention programs facing cuts—Alan Pyke 
C-D. "Women for Team Mitch"—Igor Volsky
Direct download: H2_TAN_090513.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:17pm EST

A. When Congresspeople Tweet... At Each Other—Dr. Digipol
B. Bachmannistan—Cliff Schecter
C-D. LGBT folks in New York Races—Jeff Spitko 
Direct download: H3_TAN_090513.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:06pm EST

A. This week's news—Karl Frisch
B-C. Power dynamics in Cherice Moralez rape case—Angus Johnston & Flavia Dzoden
D. Fast Food Strike workers strike—John Nichols 
Direct download: tan_083113_RAW_h1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:29pm EST

A. Twitter's reaction to possible military action in Syria—Dr. Digipol
B. Military intervention in Syria—Marjorie Cohn
C. Congress's response to possible intervention in Syria—Cole Stangler
D. Activist of the Week—United We Dream's Sofia Campos
Direct download: tan_083113_RAW_h2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:27pm EST

A-B. Predicting SCOTUS's next term—Eizabeth Wydra
C-D. NuvaRing litigation—Ashley Brittain Landers
Direct download: tan_083113_RAW_h3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:24pm EST

A-B. CA prisoners' hunger strike—Vikki Law
C. Ben Wikler live at March on Washington's 50th Anniversary
D. Mike Grunwald's Julian Assange drone tweet—Cliff Schecter
Direct download: TAN_08-24-13_Hour_1_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:16pm EST

A-B. Portrayal of trans issues in Chelsea Manning trial—Sasha Buchert
C. Ben Wikler live at March on Washington's 50th Anniversary
D. NRA's database of gun owners—Steve Freiss
Direct download: TAN_08-24-13_Hour_2_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:10pm EST

A. Media with Dr. Digipol
B. Activist of the Week, Nicole Rizzi (wink, wink)—Jeffrey Light
C. Ben Wikler live at March on Washington's 50th Anniversary 
D. And Hell Followed with Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border—author David Neiwert
Direct download: TAN_08-24-14_Hour_3_RAW.mp3
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A-B. GOP summers -- Jesse Ferguson 
C-D. Social Security turns 78-- Kimberly Fountain
Direct download: TAN_081713_H2_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:08pm EST

A-B. LGBTQ issues at the Sochi Games -- David Badash
C. Poor Shaming -- Tina Dupuy
D. North Carolina Voter i.d. -- Cliff Schecter 
Direct download: TAN_081713_H1_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:05pm EST

A. Activist of the Week, #solidarityisforwhitewomen-- Mikki Kendall
B. The perils of using surrogate voices and staff on social media -- Alan Rosenblatt
C-D. Discrimination in organ transplants -- Rania Kalek
Direct download: TAN_081713_H3_RAW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:50pm EST

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

Direct download: TAN_072013_h3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:33am EST

A Shuster solo: Top stories - Egypt coup; Obama and Congress
B Keli Goff on double standard for Spitzer, white male pols' scandals
C Richard Eskow on American apathy
D Cliff Schecter on Liz Cheney possible Senate Run, Bill O'Reilly demeaning women
Direct download: TAN_7-13-13_Hour-1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:34pm EST

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

Direct download: TAN_4-20_Hour_3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:01pm EST

A Dr. Digipol
B Activist of the Week: Scott Prout, shooter of the 47 percent video (in-person or not)
C Nicole Sotelo, Director of Communications - A Call to Action
D How It Should Be - 10th anniversary of Iraq War
Direct download: Hr3TAN_03-16_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:05am EST

A Brown-Vitter bill to end Too-Big-to-Fail banks 
B CPAC's greatest hits (Possibly CPAC speaker, Dallas Fed Prez Richard Fisher on his conservative plan to end too-big-to-fail banks)
C-D Sugary drinks ban debate: Maya Rockeymoore v. Katherine Mangu-Ward, Managing Editor of Reason
Direct download: Hr2TAN_03-16_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EST

6:00 Pope Francis ad Argentina's Dirty War
A New Pope/Ryan Budget and Senate Dems' budget
B Charlie Mitchell on dueling budgets and sequestration
C Dave Zirin on March Madness (unconfirmed, but I'm working on it--suspect will be okay)
D Cliff Schecter on Illinois Little League raffling AR-15.  Plus, Senate Dems now nervous about Ashley Judd candidacy possibly wasting opportunity against Mitch McConnell.
Direct download: Hr1TAN_03-16_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:58pm EST

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

Direct download: Hr3TAN_03-09_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:16pm EST

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?

Direct download: Hr2TAN_03-09_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:13pm EST

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.

Direct download: Hr1TAN_03-09_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:10pm EST

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 

Direct download: Hr3TAN_02-23_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:48pm EST

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

Direct download: Hr2TAN_02-23_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:46pm EST

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

Direct download: Hr1TAN_02-23_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:44pm EST

First six: UFO spotted over Massachussetts. Air Force can't explain.
A Social Media w/ Alan Rosenblatt: Chris Mascaro on studying Twitter for political trends
B Activist of the Week: Jamie Henn, climate change activist w/ 350.org
C Shuster solo commentary on Obama/Hadiya Pendleton
D Marans: How it should be - Cutting defense, not veterans benefits. Shuster on the history, meaning of the State of the Union address
Direct download: Hr3TAN_02-16_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:49pm EST

First Six: "House of Cards" - Realistic portrayal of DC power politics
A  Charlie Mitchell on minimum wage increase, prospects of a spending/revenue Grand Bargain
B  Aaron Swartz's legacy: Ben Wikler, host of Flaming Sword of Justice
C  Ben Wikler on online activism, freedom of information
D  Pope Benedict resigns: "Bob Dole of the Catholic Church"
Direct download: Hr2TAN_02-16_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:47pm EST

First Six: Former Rep Joe Walsh (R-IL) claims "unemployment" excuse for not paying child support. 
A Shuster/Marans State of the Union on taxes, Social Security/Medicare
B Shuster/Marans State of the Union on climate change. 
C Rubio's State of the Union response and the water bottle sip heard 'round the world
D Cliff Schecter on gun laws and Ted Nugent as guest of Rep. Steve Stockman at State of the Union
Direct download: Hr1TAN_02-16_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:46pm EST

First 6:00  Beyonce redeems herself
A  Alan Rosenblatt social media
B  Activist of the Week, Ceasefire Chicago
C  Ashley Judd v. Mitch McConnell?
D  How it should be
Direct download: Hr3TAN_02-09_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:38am EST

First 6:00  G.W. Bush Paintings

A Charlie Mitchell on immigration latest and gun check update.  

B  Tim Karr
C  Tim Karr/Free press on FCC considering high speed wifi
D  Derek Khanna Atlantic reporter
Direct download: Hr2TAN_02-09_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:23am EST

First 6:00  North Korea uses "We are the World" in fantasy video of NYC incinerated
A  GOP and Obama on sequester 
B  Hayes Brown/Think Progress on Obama/drones
C  GOP/Rove fight

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

Direct download: Hr1TAN_02-09_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:16pm EST

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

Direct download: Hr3TAN_02-02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:03pm EST