Which Party Do Voters Hate More?
The status quo is not getting the job done. People want populism and Trump ain’t it. Then again the Democratic establishment isn’...
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Keeping democracy alive Democracy is not a spectator sport, it requires informed participating citizens. On Keeping Democracy Alive, we delve into dynamics that both inhibit democracy and re...
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20 of 63 episodesFascism Is All-American
Think fascism is a European import? Guess again: Hitler and Mussolini copied American fascism. Before and after the Civil War, some American...
Service Animals to Get Their Own Monument: It’s About Time
Some of the bravest, most courageous, and loyal friends aren’t even people. They deserve recognition and they’re about to get it...
We’re In a Rolling Coup: Gephardt and Wirth
Tanks don’t just show up on our streets. A rolling coup is what’s happening, so say Former House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt and f...
How the Iran War Made the Very Rich Even Richer
The oil companies had no less supply and sold the same volume but reaped greater profits. The input price: the cost of refinement of crude o...
Make Every Voter a Battleground Voter
Four out of five voters today live in flyover states, their votes don’t really count, they are mere spectators. But it’s no long...
PR Professional of the Left: Win by Touching People’s Morals
The Democratic establishment doesn’t get that people vote their morals. So says our guest David Fenton, successful public relations ve...
From Indigenous Power to Fury in the Streets
What do you know about Bolivia? If you’re like me, you knew about Evo Morales, the first indigenous president, known as the Nelson Man...
The Unfinished Business of 1776: It Goes On.
The Constitution itself is divisive. There wasn’t much America’s Founders agreed on, but one thing they did agree on was no king...
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To Build the Anti-War Movement, We Must Learn from the Past
If you don’t think people vote on foreign policy, consider that Kamala Harris lost because of Gaza. And that Obama beat Hillary becaus...
Trump Broke the Rules Based Order. Why We Shouldn’t Bring It Back
What is the rules based order anyway? According to our guest, Bob Borosage of the Campaign for America’s Future argues it’s a lie; the truth...
Trump Broke the Rules Based Order. Why We Shouldn’t Bring it Back
What is the rules based order anyway? According to our guest, Bob Borosage of the Campaign for America’s Future argues it’s a li...
Nearly Forgotten But Not Gone: Trump’s Wall
The real purpose of Trump’s big beautiful wall is to show power. Our guest says it’s a visceral metaphor for what the MAGAs hate...
From a Benign Beginning, How the Tech World Turned Evil
It started in hippie garages with people like the Whole Earth Catalog’s Stewart Brand: the promise of more freedom for more voices. To...
Is The Trump Madness Media Dam Starting to Break?
The national media was accused of hiding Biden’s age related slippage, but they’ve been positively sheepish on what the world se...
Has the US Military Proven Itself Obsolete?
On this show Professor James K. Galbraith argues it has. The role of the military diplomatically is at least in question. Iran has clearly m...
There’s a New Left Rising In Canada
Thanks in large measure to Donald Trump, there’s space opening up on the left. Far from becoming a 51st state, the Canadian New Democr...
It’s Time to Adjust the Unprecedented Pay Gap
They make billions despite their actual performance. While their workers are forced to live on subsistence wages, if that, taxpayers are als...
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A Wealth Tax: Boost the Economy and Democracy
It’s a long term necessity, but tragically, short term policy-makers put off a solution essential to a strong economy and restoration...
The Iran War A Catastrophe for the US-Israel Alliance? That’s a Good Thing.
Did we give up on our president when 9/11 happened? Of course not, we rallied round the flag. Same thing is happening in Iran. Both Democrat...