Category Archives: Podcast

5/1 Eli Clifton: Chemical Weapons In Syria & Zombie Foreign Policy

Matt & Michael hosted today’s show. The American Independent’s Eli Clifton, explained evidence for chemical weapons deployments by the Assad regime in Syria, who the Syrian rebels are, why the neocon foreign policy approach persists in Washington and President Obama’s … Continue reading

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4/30 Dave Zirin: Jason Collins & Gay Rights In Professional Sports

Matt & Michael hosted Nation Sports Editor, Dave Zirin, Zirin described how Jason Collins came out, the historical importance of the first openly Gay NBA athlete, the support for Jason Collins from fellow athletes and politicians, the transformation of gay … Continue reading

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4/29 David Dayen: Treasury Blocks Real Banking Reform

Journalist David Dayen, explained the bipartisan push to end to Big To Fail banking, why deeper financial reform is still needed, why the Obama Treasury department is standing in the way of genuine reform and with the retirement of Max Baucus … Continue reading

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4/26 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & Isabel Gillies

Cliff Schecter explained the Washington DC NRA lobbying complex, the companies pulling out of the gun business, is the gun control intensity gap a myth? Pat Toomey sees a approval rating surge after supporting gun control and Kelly Ayotte’s plummets … Continue reading

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4/24 Jeremy Scahill: Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield

Jeremy Scahill, the author of Dirty Wars, explained what inspired his new book, covering the victims of America’s covert wars, The concept of America is a hyper power, the continuity of Dirty Wars from Bush to Obama, the evolution of JSOC,the story … Continue reading

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4/23 Robert Greenwald: Exposing The War On Whistleblowers

On today’s show filmmaker Robert Greenwald explained why the Obama Administration had taken such a harsh attitude toward whistleblowers, how whistleblowers saved soldiers lives in Iraq, how Lockheed Martin made defective ships for the Coast Guard, the self preservation instincts … Continue reading

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4/22 Boston Shutdown & The Texas Explosion

A High School student in West Virginia speaks out against a crazy abstinence speaker and is threatened by her principle, why the press is ignoring the explosion at a chemical factory in Texas that has killed fourteen people, why we … Continue reading

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4/19 Casual Friday: Cliff Schecter & Jen Kirkman

Cliff Schecter, explained how the right is seizing on the crises in Boston to make stupid comments on guns, why the senate failed to pass control, the insane pro NRA proposal that got more votes in the Senate than background … Continue reading

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4/18 Jonathan Cohn: The Hell of America’s Daycare System

The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn explained the importance of early childhood education, the impact of poverty on educational outcomes, why daycare providers are so unregulated, the opportunity for smart policy in daycare, why some conservatives are open to improving daycare and … Continue reading

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4/17 Mike Konczal: How An Excel Error Killed The Economy

Mike Konczal explained the Carmen Reinhart Kenneth Rogoff thesis, how influential the Rhienhart Rogoff paper was, why there study was riddled with errors, how an excel spread sheet error destroyed the methodology of the study, the perils of wonkery and … Continue reading

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