Part 1:
We talk with Patricia Callahan, who is a Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter.
We discuss the liability rules and liability shields for Vaccine makers in the US. With changes being implemented by RFK, jr., these companies may leave the US market.

Part 2:
We talk with Tim Noah, staff writer for the New Republic.
We discuss the political leanings of working class Americans. They are increasingly shifting 'leftward', due the issues that they are finding important in their lives.  

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Music: David Rovics

Part 1:
We talk with Shuyler Mitchell, writer and editor.
We discuss the ICE raid in California, with a pretext of protecting child laborers.

Part 2:
We talk with Nitish Pahwa, staff writer for Business and Tech at Slate.com.
We discuss the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show. We trace ownership of the various corporate entities involved. We also discuss the cuts in funding for NPR and PBS, which will hurt small, rural listeners the most.  

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Music: David Rovics

This is a panel discussion with many topics.

-SCOTUS and nationwide injunctions
-The Department of Education shutdown in progress
-WHO is the final authority on law in the US?
-Texas redistricting to benefit Republicans
-the Epstein files
-ICE assaults on immigrants
-'flood the field' distractions
 
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Music: David Rovics

Part 1:
We talk with Jeremy Wallace, who writes the Texas Newsletter, and writes for the Houston Chronicle.
We discuss the state government in Texas, and how what happens in Texas affect the whole US.
We also discuss what has happened with USAID, and how this will affect countries around the world.
Part 2:
We talk with Jamie Rowen, Professor at UMass Amherst.
We discuss, as a starting point, the mayoral campaign in New York City. The issues raised are an example of issues in the whole US.  

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Music: David Rovics

Part 1:
We talk with Anders Croy, of Florida Watch, about the "Alligator Alcatraz" being built in a Florida swamp.
Part 2:
We talk with Art Jipson, of the University of Dayton.
We discuss the "Seven Mountains Mandate,' as envisioned by the far right Pentecostal movement, and examples of extremism in action, including assassinations.  

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Music: David Rovics

Part 1:
We talk with Michael Brenes, of Yale University.
We discuss the idea of the political pendulum: right and left swings over time, as reactions to each other. However, this concept requires that there must be some kind of "slack" to allow the swing to occur.
Part 2:
We talk with James Kimmel, Jr. of Yale University.
We discuss the concept of revenge in psychological terms. What does your brain feel when it seeks revenge? Revenge can be viewed as an addiction. 

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Music: David Rovics

Part 1:

We talk with Vivek Astvansh, who is a professor of marketing at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management. He is also an adjunct professor of data science at Indiana University's Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.
We discuss the "deminimus" tariffs that have been in place, and the changes that the Trump administration is imposing will affect individuals, small businesses, and large businesses.   

Part 2:

We talk with Daniel Cohan, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University.
We discuss how the BBBill will distort the energy playing field in the US, and we will have more expensive, dirtier energy production.

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Music: David Rovics

Guests: Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, Jamie Rowen

This is a panel discussion

Part 1:
Today is Bastille Day. 

We discuss the Kerr County flood in Texas, and how the state of Texas has reduced local control. The effects will likely be drastic in future, since resources will not be forthcoming from FEMA, and not from the state for recovery efforts. 

Part 2:

We discuss the likely effects on future elections in the US. Texas is redistricting to benefit the Republicans. Purging voter rolls is likely. Higher barriers to voting are already being imposed. 

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Music: from "Les Miserables" Claude-Michel Schonberg, libretto by Herbert Krezmer

Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas.
We discuss the flooding in Texas, and how local municipalities have failed, often due to the way that the state has taken many of their powers and money away.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry, former White House aide, and with Chris Lehman, DC Bureau chief forThe Nationand a contributing editor atThe Baffler.
We discuss the many problems made glaringly obvious by the response to the Texas flood, and other floods, due to climate change. The problems of preparedness, notification, and response.

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Music: David Rovics
 

Part 1:
We talk with Ryan Cooper, Managing Editor, The American Prospect.
We discuss the provisions of the BBBill, and how these will affect many Americans, including children.
Part 2:
We talk with Susanne Schindler, Research Fellow at the Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University.
We discuss how social housing can be used in the US to develop more housing.  

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Music: David Rovics