Deflating Inflation Fears: Misreported by Media, Good for Many Workers, Terrible for Big Banks: ‘BradCast’ 11/17/2021
Yes, inflation is real. But the panic around it is, if you will, wildly inflated and horribly misreported by the American corporate media. As Paul Waldman notes at WaPo this afternoon, “Inflation is a genuine problem, but it’s hardly spinning out of control. Inflation PANIC, on the other hand, is getting ridiculous.” Our guest on […]
The Unmistakable Drumbeat of Authoritarianism: ‘BradCast’ 11/16/2021
It seemed like everything I read before today’s BradCast, everything I was pushed toward via social media, everything that I simply happened to stumble upon on my own one way or another, felt like a soundtrack for America’s rising authoritarianism. Everything, that is, except for the inspirational words about journalism from Pope Francis. [Audio link […]
‘Green News Report’ – November 16, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: U.N. climate summit ends with progress, compromises, and disappointments; Coal is ‘down’ but not ‘out’ in new Glasgow Climate Agreement; PLUS: President Biden signs landmark bipartisan infrastructure deal into law… All that and more in today’s Green News Report! GNR’s now […]
Long Roads to Accountability, Climate Action and (Finally!) Infrastructure: ‘BradCast’ 11/15/2021
On today’s BradCast, we try and wrestle the Monday blizzard of incoming news to the ground — some of which suggest that maybe we’re getting somewhere. Finally. Maybe. A little. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among the stories covered on today’s program… Steve Bannon turns himself in to federal prosecutors to face […]
Sunday ‘Big Bird, Little Bird’ Toons
Sports, Politics and Florida: ‘BradCast’ 11/12/2021
It’s NICOLE SANDLER, back to guest host today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] Before we get to today’s guests, there was some big breaking news just as the show was going to air. Steve Bannon was finally indicted Friday on two counts of criminal Contempt of Congress after he […]
No Way Out: ‘BradCast’ 11/11/2021
Even today’s late breaking news, as we are able to make sense of it on today’s BradCast, is unlikely to end well for our disgraced former President, while the U.S. House Select Committee continues to close in on their man. We were forced to shake up today’s show at the last minute, thanks to the […]
‘Green News Report’ – November 11 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Crunch time for negotiations at COP26 U.N. climate summit; U.S. and China announce surprise, landmark collaboration on climate change action; Renewable energy now makes up nearly all new electricity generation in U.S.; PLUS: Many nations are under-reporting their greenhouse gas emissions, […]
FEC Rules Foreign Money in State Ballot Initiative Campaigns Is Just Fine: ‘BradCast’ 11/10/2021
Before my head explodes on today’s BradCast while speaking with our guest about the latest ruling from the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) on foreign money in American elections, we open with some seemingly better news — and then close later with some definitely better news. [Audio link to show is posted below this summary.] First […]
Two Systems of Justice and Truth v. Disinfo: ‘BradCast’ 11/9/2021
We’ve got a lot of news to cover on today’s BradCast, breaking and otherwise. Not all of it is terrible. So there’s that! [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among today’s stories… First up, a story that broke late last week which we need to note here for the record. The 17-year old […]
‘Green News Report’ – November 9, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Bipartisan infrastructure bill passes Congress with key climate investments; Hopeful-ish news from U.N. climate summit in Glasgow; PLUS: At COP26 summit, Obama pushes world governments to do more, and move faster… All that and more in today’s Green News Report! GNR’s […]
Thom Hartmann Makes the Case for Mass Murder Charges Against Trump: ‘BradCast’ 11/8/2021
On today’s BradCast: It shouldn’t take a couple of talk radio guys to figure this out. But that, apparently, is where we are when it comes to demands for legal accountability in this country…at least in regard to the case of mass murder by Donald Trump. [Audio link to full show is posted below this […]
Sunday ‘Wide Awake’ Toons
Government Accountability Group Calls for AG Garland’s Resignation: ‘BradCast’ 11/5/2021
On today’s BradCast: There is a long list of pretty clear crimes that Donald Trump and his cronies have committed and might have been charged with by now. So far, however, a full year since he lost the election and nearly eight months since Merrick Garland was sworn in as President Biden’s Attorney General, there […]
The Continuing Wars For and Against Democracy: ‘BradCast’ 11/4/2021
On today’s BradCast“: Despite what you may hear from certain elements of the media, the differences between the two parties when it comes to democracy and voting rights could not be more stark. Democrats are currently trying (and still failing, so far) in Congress, to protect voting rights for all voters. Republicans, meanwhile, are undermining […]