District Sentinel Radio

Russia starts bombing Syria, likely sinking the US strategy in the war torn nation. A classified report reveals troubling security flaws at our nation’s airports. Also, a bid to give contracted spies whistleblower protections.

Reproductive Rights activist Katie Klabusich joins us to talk about the right-wing assault on Planned Parenthood.

And, we take one Senator to task for engaging in “trutherism” when it comes to helping refugees.

9.27.15

Speaker of the House John Boehner resigns, “dark money” reigns supreme early on this election season, and a new Congressional probe of the State Department looming.

Icelandic activists and founders of the Citizen Foundation, Gunnar Grimsson and Robert Bjarnason, are on the show to talk about how technology is saving democracy around the world. The tool they’ve created, Your Priorities, is being used by The District Sentinel to interact with members.

Plus, Hillary Clinton comes out against the Keystone XL pipeline, and the “Top 10 Most Complained About Companies”

9.20.15

The State Department gives us a new reason why we can rest assured that we're winning the fight against ISIS.

The Senate examines updating 30-year-old electronic communications privacy law.

Journalist and author Will Everett joins us to discuss his time as an aide worker in Afghanistan, the new coalition government in Kabul, and how the US invasion contributed to the current refugee crisis in Europe.

Also, a government study on vaping and a potential congressional inquiry into fantasy football.

7.27.15

The presidential candidates, including Bernie Sanders, struggle to connect with the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Ryan Cooper, the National Correspondent with The Week, stops by to talk presidential politics and leftist economics.

7.21..15

On the heels of a nuclear agreement with Iran, foreign policy journalist and contributor to The Nation, Ali Gharib, is on air to talk reaction to it here in the United States and in Iran. Also, the 2 Sams talk the future of The District Sentinel.

6.28.15

Activist and author David Swanson is on to talk about the Senate's purported torture ban. Plus, Sam Knight dishes on the future of TPP now that Congress has passed TPA.

6.21.15

Sam Knight returns from Iceland, and digital privacy expert Amie Stepanovich stops by to talk about the OPM hack.

6.14.15

Independent journalist Dan Cohen talks about his recent reporting on the ground in Gaza where he was embedded with a Palestinian resistance brigade.

6.7.15

Big week in Congress for marijuana and encryption. New details about a secret trade deal not named TPP. Also, Mike Elk drops by to talk about why journalists should be unionized.

Episode 1: 5.31.15

Guests:

Marcy Wheeler, investigative reporter @emptywheel

Alexis Goldstein, Communication Director, The Other 98%

@alexisgoldstein

Lee Fang, reporter at The Intercept @lhfang