KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: David Dayen, Exec. Editor, The American Prospect

The stock market spiked today, despite harrowing news of 6 million new jobless claims filed this week amid the relentlessly mounting death toll from COVID-19. Yet the Trump Administration is dispensing happy talk that the economy could "reopen" in May. The Federal Reserve created $2.3 trillion in new funding for large companies, while individual Americans wait for paltry $1200 relief checks, and small businesses drown in red tape, awaiting help. Financial investigative journalist David Dayen of The American Prospect unpacks the details and explains what it all means. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Former AL Gov. Don Siegelman

Sen. Bernie Sanders exits 2020 presidential race, vowing to unite the party and fight for the progressive agenda. Criminal justice reform advocate, former AL Gov. Don Siegelman, warns that COVID-19 is spreading unchecked in crowded U.S. prisons, and explains steps that officials must take to protect the incarcerated and other vulnerable populations.

Reprehensible and morally unjustifiable rulings by the Republican majorities on both the Wisconsin state and U.S. Supreme Courts have forced tens of thousands of voters to risk their lives to cast ballots today in Wisconsin, amid the coronavirus pandemic - an ominous warning for the crucial Nov. 2020 election. Trump purges anti-corruption inspectors general from his administration. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: David Dayen, The American Prospect

KPFK: U.S. confirmed deaths from COVID-19 pass 10,000. There is still no national plan for addressing the pandemic, fixing equipment and testing shortages, or helping the economy recover. Financial journalist David Dayen explains the Trump Admin's disastrous rollout of relief bill provisions that were supposed to help individuals, small businesses, and people facing bankruptcy to survive the economic disruption. WI GOP forcing voters to risk their lives to vote in-person in Tuesday's primary. Callers from the Coronaverse weigh in...

Guest: Russ Michaels & Simon Ardizzone, documentary filmmakers

Filmmakers Russ Michaels & Simon Ardizzone, directors of the new HBO documentary "Kill Chain: The Cyberwar on America's Elections," (available for free on HBO's Youtube channel from April 6-May 25), discuss disturbing revelations and shocking evidence of the serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities in US voting systems, new info on the 2016 election, and stark warnings on the crucial upcoming 2020 election.

Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.

Guest: Richard 'RJ' Eskow, former health insurance executive

The Trump White House was warned a pandemic would cause severe economic disruption - and potentially a depression -- last fall. New analyses project a long-term global financial crisis and historic unemployment from the coronavirus pandemic. FL governor finally issues statewide stay-at-home orders. WI still holding primary next Tuesday despite severe staffing shortages. Richard 'RJ' Eskow details how the US employer-based health insurance system and the timing of the pandemic have made the crisis worse....

Guest: Craig Silverman, Media Editor, Buzzfeed News

Good and bad news on the Coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., while the failed Trump Administration's dysfunctional response continues to force states and cities to fend for themselves. New analysis projects historic unemployment. Media expert Craig Silverman explains how news outlets are struggling to survive amid Coronavirus shutdowns that have decimated crucial print ad revenue, and how folks can help save their local paper. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Good and bad news on the spread of the COVID-19 virus, as new estimates warn 200,000 Americans are likely to die in the best-case scenario and no one is steering the ship at the federal level. Republican-controlled states move to make voting in the 2020 election as dangerous and difficult as possible. Trump admits higher voter turnout harms Republicans' election chances. Callers share their experiences from the Coronaverse...

Guest: Wendell Potter - health insurance industry whistleblower

Guest Host Nicole Sandler speaks with health insurance industry whistleblower Wendell Potter about the need for Medicare for All especially now, in the age of the coronavirus, as we just passed the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Plus, some comic relief courtesy of people socially distancing online all over the world. And of course, the latest news!