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Bad Day for ‘Strongmen’: ‘BradCast’ 3/11/2025

Philippines' Duterte arrested for 'Crimes Against Humanity'; Trump waffles on Canadian tariffs; Wall Street continues swoon; Also: Democracy and 'disordered discord'; In Memoriam: OG blogging pioneer Kevin Drum...

  • , 3/11/2025 - 
  • 7:10 pm PT
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Criminal Justice Reform Measures, Candidates Won Big Last Week: ‘BradCast’ 11/12/2020

Guest: Daniel Nichanian of 'The Appeal'; Also: COVID-19 surge shatters U.S. records, explodes at White House, RNC, and for Georgia's Sec. of State; Rove says 'Election won't be overturned'...

  • , 11/12/2020 - 
  • 7:51 pm PT
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I Believe You, Christine: ‘BradCast’ 9/17/2018

Guest host Angie Coiro with special guest Chris Hedges...

  • , 9/17/2018 - 
  • 4:43 pm PT
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American Carnage?: One Year of ‘Trump Justice’: ‘BradCast’ 1/24/2018

Guest: Justin George of The Marshall Project; Also: FL initiative to restore former felon voting rights qualifies for November ballot, dirty Trump Family laundry, and 14 years of muck-raking at The BRAD BLOG!...

  • , 1/24/2018 - 
  • 6:19 pm PT
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‘Reshuffling the Decks’ on Gun Safety, Marijuana, Immigration in 2018: ‘BradCast’ 1/16/2018

Guest: Mike Liszewski of Drug Policy Alliance; Also: Goodbye, Chris Christie and other encouraging news from the states...

  • , 1/16/2018 - 
  • 5:39 pm PT
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How’d That Gift Get Under Your Tree?: ‘BradCast’ 12/29/2017

Guest-host Angie Coiro with George Lakey on democratic socialism in action; James Forman, Jr. on equal rights for minorities; Jessica Bruder on the itinerant white underclass...

  • , 12/29/2017 - 
  • 5:54 pm PT
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Gianforte’s Monumental Montana Meltdown (And Ryan’s Cowardly Constitutional Dodge): ‘BradCast’ 5/25/2017

Also: Trump travel ban blocked by full Appeals Court; UK furious at Admin over intel leaks; Trump praises Philippines extrajudicial murders; More...

  • , 5/25/2017 - 
  • 5:40 pm PT
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CA Prop 64: Marijuana Legalization’s a No-Brainer

  • , 11/03/2016 - 
  • 9:05 am PT
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Giant Meteor 2016! Plus: GOP ‘Voter Intimidation’ Suits, CA Ballot Initiatives: ‘BradCast’ 11/1/2016

Guest: Attorney, veteran, BRAD BLOG legal analyst Ernest A. Canning...

  • , 11/01/2016 - 
  • 5:20 pm PT
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Liars and ‘Tyrants’ and Fears, Oh My! (Or, the Week in Wingnuttery): ‘BradCast’ 1/8/2016

  • , 1/08/2016 - 
  • 5:24 pm PT
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The Unspeakable Personal Price of Our Failed ‘War on Drugs’: ‘BradCast’ 10/16/2015

GUEST: Artist, author and former felon Anthony Papa on criminal justice reform and his '15 years to life' for a first-time, non-violent drug crime...

ALSO: More climate dots connected; Trump, Jeb & Dubya; Arrest of a Fox 'News' fraud...

  • , 10/16/2015 - 
  • 5:38 pm PT
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Rep. Hank Johnson on Obama’s Executive Order to Demilitarize the Police: ‘BradCast’ 5/19/2015

Plus: A spate of new voting laws, good and bad, around the country...

  • , 5/19/2015 - 
  • 4:53 pm PT
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$1.6 Million Settlement for Outrageously Intrusive Drug Search by Deming, NM Police

  • , 1/20/2014 - 
  • 9:35 am PT
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Photo of the Moment: The March Continues

50 years later, the message remains...And so does this man's sign!...

  • , 8/24/2013 - 
  • 2:42 pm PT
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Why Rep. Brownley Voted Against Amash-Conyers, and Why Her Vote Helps Protect the NSA’s Continuing VIOLATION of Civil Liberties

UPDATED: NSA domestic surveillance data used for IRS investigations...

  • , 8/07/2013 - 
  • 6:35 am PT
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