New Hampshire and the First Dirty Trick of 2024: ‘BradCast’ 1/22/2024
Okay. I’m back. COVID free! (Again!) Hopefully for good this time, as discussed — along with many other things — on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among the news we begin to get caught up with today after my rebound sidelining last week… My surprise COVID rebound last week and […]
Sunday ‘Out of Iowa, On to New Hampshire’ Toons
Outsized Coverage of Minuscule Iowa Turnout
The headline from Fox “News” typified what passes for “coverage” in right-wing media: “Trump wins massive victory in Iowa“. That contrasts sharply with The BradCast’s headline: “Trump Underwhelms in Iowa“. One core factor in analyzing the significance of either a Caucus or Primary Election is voter enthusiasm, as reflected by turnout. Even when the especially […]
‘This is About Humanity’: George Carlin’s Daughter Blasts Unauthorized Fake AI ‘Comedy Special’: ‘BradCast’ 1/18/2024
Nicole Sandler is back on today’s BradCast with a special interview, and otherwise taking up guest hosting duties while Brad remains out with his COVID rebound. (He’s doing better and hopes to be back soon!) [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.] Among our stories today… The U.S. Dept. of Justice released a […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 18, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority appears ready to gut federal agency authority on environmental regulations and more; Social media sites profiting off of a new breed of climate denial, new study finds; PLUS: Frigid Arctic air strands drivers of both electric […]
Words Matter: ‘BradCast’ 1/17/2024
Brad is out today, trying to recover once and for all from his rebound case of COVID. So guest host Nicole Sandler joins me (producer Desi Doyen) to bring you a fresh, new BradCast to tickle your ears and brain cells. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our stories covered today… The […]
Trump Underwhelms in Iowa; Abbott Fuels GOP Civil War Dreams at Border: ‘BradCast’ 1/16/2024
Lucky me. I now have a rebound case of COVID. But with the first votes cast in the critical 2024 Presidential race in frozen Iowa on Monday night, I mustered as well as I could to bring you a fresh BradCast today. (No promises for tomorrow, however!) [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 16, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: 2023 smashed records for global heating and billion-dollar weather disasters; Republican Presidential candidates vow to make climate change impacts as horrific as possible; PLUS: Biden Administration proposes first-ever fines to curb oil and gas industry’s methane pollution… All that and more […]
More Fun with COVID-24!: Rebound
2024 is barely underway, but, man, is it kicking my ass already…
SCOTUS Could End Trump’s Presidential Campaign
As a poll-obsessed media focuses on what many see as a seemingly inevitable contest next November between the former and current Presidents, it has become easy to look past the distinct possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court might bring about a swift end to the 2024 Presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump. By way of […]
Sunday ‘Take No Prisoners’ Toons
Lyin’ in Iowa: The GOP’s Fifth 2024 ‘Presidential Primary Debate’: ‘BradCast’ 1/11/2024
And then there were two. Well, actually three. (Well, probably still just one.) It’s another episode of Special Coverage on today’s BradCast! [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Former SC Gov. Nikki Haley squared off with FL Gov. Ron DeSantis in Des Moines, Iowa on CNN Wednesday night for the 5th, so-called “GOP […]
Will Corporate Media Step Up to Meet 2024’s Unprecedented Challenges?: ‘BradCast’ 1/10/2024
No matter what happens in this year’s election, the year will be like none other in the U.S. Are the mainstream media — which arguably helped lead us to our current mess at the edge of a potential collapse of American democracy — able to meet the challenge? To serve a nation that badly news […]
A NH Biden v. Trump v. Haley Corrective: ‘BradCast’ 1/9/2024
Today on The BradCast, we continue our COVID recovery, revisit some of the Biden v. Trump horseraces that sent so many Dems scurrying under their bed sheets late last year, and try to make sense of the disgraced former President’s ridiculous argument (his attempt to delay his Jan. 6 criminal trial until after this year’s […]
‘Green News Report’ – January 9, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Winter shows up with a vengeance in the U.S., Europe and U.K.; Alaska’s snow crab season cancelled for second year in a row; PLUS: America’s school buses going green, with new federal funding… All that and more in today’s Green News […]