Progressive Voices

During Mark's first episode of 2019, he explores what it is about who we are that makes us a liberal or a conservative. According to Mark, how we approach strangers is possibly the most telling information within this area.

Tune into Progressive Voices each Thursday from 3-4pm ET to hear 'The Inside Scoop with Mark Levine.'

Mark's shows, videos, and TV appearances are always available at www.MarkLevineTalk.com.

Karel Sassy 6 Smoke It Up And Turn It Around by Progressive Voices

Houston rocked by 3rd major industrial fire in two weeks; Climate change a key driver of migration to the U.S.-Mexico border; ExxonMobil loses potentially significant court battle in Massachusetts; Trump lies that wind energy causes cancer; PLUS: Burger King launches meatless "Impossible" Whopper in major market test... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

Nicole Sandler What's News 04 - 4-19 by Progressive Voices

Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

During the first half hour, they are joined by the authors of a new report detailing the 'surprising ways that college sports are shortchanging black men.' (https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-postsecondary/reports/2019/03/28/466892/madness-doesnt-end-march/)

The two guests, and authors of the report, are Connor Maxwell and Sara Garcia. Connor is a policy analyst for Race and Ethnicity Policy at American Progress and his Twitter handle is @Connor__Maxwell. Sara is the senior research and advocacy manager for Postsecondary Education at American Progress and her Twitter handle is @Sara_A_Garcia.

During the second half of the show, Will Heaton joins in to discuss the Trump administration now wanting to force federal job applicants to divulge information about their participation in programs that help people avoid criminal convictions (AKA 'diversion programs').

Will is Vice President of Government Affairs and Policy at JustLeadershipUSA and his Twitter handle is @WJHeaton.

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

Randi Rhodes PV Audio 4-3-19 by Progressive Voices

Background Briefing 04-04-2019 by Progressive Voices

On this day, how can one not breathe a heavy sigh? From Trump and his ridiculousness to our country literals falling apart, indications are not good for our survival.

Word from the 2020 Campaign Trail, Major Oil Companies and their climate change views, upcoming protest in NYC and more from sources such as Bloomberg, Axios, and CBS News.

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. Today is episode #4 of his new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon.'

Brad is first joined by Emily Ngo, National Political Reporter for Newsday. Emily's Twitter handle is @epngo.

The two discuss the race for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nominee, including the first major month of fundraising for the candidates.

Brad's second guest is Robert Schlesinger, Writer, Editor and Commentator. Robert is also Author of "White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters."

Robert's Twitter handle is @rschles.

Brad and Robert discuss the Trump administration's latest attempt to kill the 'Affordable Care Act' (Obamacare). They also analyze Trump's comments that he and Congressional Republicans won't come up with a replacement healthcare plan of their own until after the 2020 election.

Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago.

His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.