Program Date:  05/19/2019 mp3audio:  Full Program

May 19 - The US Has Already Declared Economic Warfare on Iran; "Iran and the Coalition of the Weird"; "Democracy May Not Exist But We'll Miss It When It's Gone"

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Supreme Court Anti-Abortion Ideologues Threaten Access to Emergency Care | The Search For Diplomatic Openings as the War in Ukraine Escalates | Trump's Republican Party Makes it Clear the GOP Would Rather Cheat Than Compete
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
Assistant Producer: Evan Green

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Trump's History of Using and Abusing Women | The Pathetic Man on Display in the Courtroom as a Far Cry From the MAGA Faithful's Superhero | Will SCOTUS Undermine the 8th Amendment's Protection For the Homeless Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
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April 23, 2024 - Nina Burleigh | Sidney Blumenthal | Garrett Epps

Arrests of Students Protesting the War in Gaza Spread From Columbia to Yale | The Optics of Trump on Trial in New York; a President Off His Pedestal Defending Sleazy Criminal Behavior | A Positive Case For America's Next Economy
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
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April 22, 2024 - Alexander Sammon | Anne Nelson | Natalie Foster

Meeting Ukraine's Needs as Russia Mobilizes for a June Offensive | How Ukraine Will Survive and Adjust to Permanent War | The Deadly War in Gaza and Israel's Tenuous Standoff With Iran as Both Israel and Palestine Appear to be Leaderless and Directionless
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April 21, 2024 - Aram Shabanian | Nataliya Gumenyuk | Steven Simon

A View From Ukraine as the Fate of Their Country Hangs in the Hands of Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene | Jurors Quit the Trump Trial as the Criminal Defendant Tests the Gag Orders | As Billionaires Try to Kill the NLRB, the UAW Makes Gains in the South
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May 19 - The US Has Already Declared Economic Warfare on Iran; "Iran and the Coalition of the Weird"; "Democracy May Not Exist But We'll Miss It When It's Gone"

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