KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Guest: Nicole Sandler- guest host

Guest Host Nicole Sandler takes us on a journey through the last 12 months as we bid good riddance to 2019.

Guest: Cenk Uygur- Founder of The Young Turks, Justice Democrats and the Wolf PAC, now a candidate for Congress from CA-25

Guest host Nicole Sandler speaks with Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks, Justice Democrats and the Wolf PAC, now a candidate for Congress from CA-25

Guest: Political satirist Lauren Mayer

Guest host Nicole Sandler welcomes singer/songwriter/political parodyist Lauren Mayer to the show to have some holiday laughs...

Guest: Nicole Sandler, Tom Steyer, Alan Grayson

Guest Host Nicole Sandler speaks with Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Steyer about his candidacy, and a better way to spend the $100 million he’s reportedly throwing away for this campaign. Former Congressman Alan Grayson returns to talk with Nicole after four years of a misunderstanding. His new book is “High Crimes: The Impeachment of Donald Trump”

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon; David Faris, The Week

Special coverage and analysis of the last 2020 Presidential Democratic Debate of the year on Thursday night in Los Angeles, plus an update on the post-impeachment standoff in Congress between House Democrats and Senate Republicans. Guests: Award-winning opinion journalist Heather 'Digby' Parton, and The Week's David Faris, of Roosevelt Univ. and author of "It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics."

House Democrats push back against Senate Republicans' attempts to rig Senate impeachment trial for Trump. Good voting rights news out of GA and NJ. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon.com

Special coverage of the historic vote in the US House of Representatives, on Articles of Impeachment against Pres. Donald J. Trump. Analysis, fact-checking and debunking with award-winning opinion journalist Heather 'Digby' Parton.

House Rules committee wrangles over rules for historic impeachment vote. Another Trump 2016 campaign official goes to jail. Trump releases unhinged letter attacking House Speaker Pelosi. Senate GOP openly rigging upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Republicans in WI, GA conduct mass purges of voters from rolls. CA computer glitch affects some voters' registration. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Erica Smith, NC State Senator

House Judiciary report charges Trump committed 'multiple federal crimes.' Sen. Majority Leader McConnell promises to collude with the Trump White House to rig US Senate impeachment trial. NC State Sen. Erica Smith explains a new 'bait-and-switch' scam by voting machine vendor ES&S to bypass state certification of its new, unverifiable electronic voting system in the crucial swing state. Sen. Smith is challenging GOP Sen. Thom Tillis' re-election in 2020.

Guest: Prof. Philip Stark, Assoc. Dean, UC Berkeley

Historic day as House Judiciary Comm. approves Articles of Impeachment against Trump. Senate Maj. Leader McConnell says he is rigging the upcoming Senate impeachment trial. New KY Dem governor restores former felons' voting rights. UC Berkeley Prof. Philip Stark, election security expert and inventor of Risk-Limiting Audits, explains how elections officials are dangerously wrong about the security of brand new, failure-prone 100% unverifiable computerized ballot-marking device voting systems that failed in recent elections (and are coming to Los Angeles in 2020).