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Wendell Potter on the new book he coauthored, Nation on the

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Economist Monique Morrissey on the failings of 401(k)s (Starts at 5:07)

Historian Rick Perlstein on why some Democrats have given up on big ideas.(Starts at 20:16)

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The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim on the Hollywood executives who are terrified of offending Donald Trump (Starts at 3:35)

Rashad Robinson of Color of Change on how corporate influence corrupts the Congressional Black Caucus PAC (Starts at 20:13)

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Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky on the fight to expand Social Security benefits. 

Nancy Altman, co-founder of Social Security Works, debunks Wall Street's latest lies about Social Security. (Starts at 20:15)

Congressman Mark Takano (D-CA 41) (Starts at 6:20)

Elliot Mincberg - Senior Fellow and Interim Senior Counsel at People for the American Way

Nancy J. Altman - co-director of Social Security Works and co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition (starts at 4:25)

James McBride - author of the new book Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown (starts at 20:15)

Zach Carter- Senior Political Economy Reporter at the Huffington Post (starts at 20:15)

Nick Baumann, senior enterprise editor at Huffington Post, on the massive corporate bribery scandal he recently helped expose (starts at 4:15)

Bryce Covert, the Economic Policy Editor for ThinkProgress, on why one of the best ways to fight inequality would be to strengthen the estate tax (starts at 20:15)

Thomas Frank on his new book Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? (Starts at 3:55)

Michelangelo Signorile is Editor-at-large of Huffington Post Gay Voices, on how the Human Rights Campaign is helping the GOP keep the Senate (Starts at 20:15)

Lynn Rhinehart, Co-General Counsel of the AFL-CIO, on labor's recent Supreme Court victory (starts at 20:15)