Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/rhys_machold?lang=en">Dr. Rhys Machold</a>, lecturer at the University of Glasgow, joins me to break down <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2021/05/israel-military-iron-dome-system-high-tech-hubris-missile-defense-palestine">the myth of Israel’s Iron Dome defense system</a>, it’s efficacy, its roots in the US military industrial complex, and how it inflates the danger of Hamas projectiles.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week.</p> <p>What your missing on the member show this week, <a href="https://twitter.com/EricCortellessa">Eric Cortellessa</a>, he is an investigative reporter with Washington Monthly. We’ll discuss the <a href="https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2021/the-conservatives-out-to-stop-the-new-bipartisan-antitrust-movement/">burgeoning antitrust movement on the left</a> and some hint of it on the right, which is scared some of the more main stream conservatives out there, and they have formed a group to push back on any chance of antitrust progress in this Biden administration.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire is a "best of" with <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein">Ken Klippenstein</a>, investigative reporter at The Intercept, will join us to discuss the <a href="https://theintercept.com/2021/01/13/capitol-riot-defense-department-election-unrest/">fall out from the failed Capitol Insurrection in terms of our National Security and Law Enforcement Agencies,</a> as well as a potential expansion of indiscriminate terrorism laws to domestic terrorists and why that’s problematic.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to discuss the biggest news stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/jakerosenfeld1">Jake Rosenfeld</a>, professor of sociology at Washington University St. Louis, joins me to break down <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/majority-minority-myths">the myth that the Democratic Party powers have been clinging to</a>, that the majority minority nation will bring them automatic electoral success.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week.</p> <p>Bonus content you're missing this week, <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertMackey">Robert Mackey,</a> senior reporter at The Intercept, about a <a href="https://theintercept.com/2021/05/13/riot-squad-right-wing-video-journalists-black-lives-matter-antifa/">crew of video journalist who basically provided the fuel to the right wing smearing of BLM</a> over the past year. Become a member today over at rofpodcast.com.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire…<a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewJacobsNYT">Andrew Jacobs</a>, science reporter at the New York Times, joins us to discuss <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/health/psychedelics-mdma-psilocybin-molly-mental-health.html">the psychedelic boom in academia and industry</a>, who’s in favor, who is profiting and how it may revolutionize psychiatry.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.</p> <p>WHAT YOU'RE MISSING ON THE MEMBER SHOW: Sam interviews best-selling author <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidTreuer">David Treuer</a>, from the Atlantic, he has a very good idea to <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/return-the-national-parks-to-the-tribes/618395/">return our National Parks to their original owners.</a> Not only will it be good for the parks, it’ll be good for the country and good for Native Americans.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire <a href="https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising">John Nichols</a>, National Affairs Correspondent at The Nation, joins us to discuss the possibility of <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/house-representatives-census/">expanding the House of Representatives</a> and the history behind why we suddenly decided to cap the number at 435.</p> <p>and <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.</p> <p>Don’t forget to become a member of this program over at rofpodcast.com. This week you get bonus content with <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffhauser">Jeff Hauser</a>, of the <a href="https://cepr.net/the-revolving-door-project/">Revolving Door Project</a>. He’ll give us <a href="https://nocorporatecabinet.com/">his grades on Joe Biden‘s corporate picks</a>, some of it is actually better than you might think… I should say non-corporate picks. Check that out, Jeff Houser interview, in our member show this week</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/BenFreemanDC">Ben Freeman</a>, Director of the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Foreign-Policy-Auction-Freeman-Ph-D/dp/1470193566/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348772417&sr=8-1&keywords=the+foreign+policy+auction">Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative</a> joins us to <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/27/saudi-arabia-us-influence-machine-lobbying-khashoggi/">discuss Saudi Arabia’s latest tactic when it comes to lobbying the US government, taking its lobbying operation from Washington DC to middle America.</a></p> <p>and <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.</p> <p>Become a member of this podcast over ROF Podcast dot com, it is your support that keeps the show going. On today’s member show you’ll hear an interview Sam did with <a href="https://twitter.com/ryannliebenthal">Ryann Liebenthal</a> who wrote about the <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161883/biden-student-loans-debt-cancel">history of student debt in this country</a>, not as old of a story as you might imagine in fact that’s a big part of the problem this debt is not only enormous but it’s fairly recent so if you’re a member of the Ring of Fire Radio podcast you can hear that bonus material just head over to ROF Podcast dot com</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; <a href="https://twitter.com/NickA_Martin">Nick Martin</a>, of The New Republic, joins us to discuss <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/162068/us-big-abandoned-oil-well-problem">the epidemic of abandoned oil wells</a> throughout the United States.</p> <p>and <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.</p> <p>What are you missing? On today’s member show you’ll hear an interview Sam did with historian, <a href="https://twitter.com/stephenwertheim">Stephen Wertheim</a>, Director of the Grand Strategy Program at The Quincy Institue about our exit strategy in Afghanistan. www.rofpodcast.com to become a member</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire <a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewStieb?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Matthew Stieb</a>, of New York Magazine, joins us to discuss <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/marijuana-legalization-profits-new-york.html">New York’s recently passed cannabis legalization law, where it succeeds and where it falls sho</a>rt.</p> <p>and <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> I’ll be run down the biggest stories of the week</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/alicesperi">Alice Sperri</a> from The Intercept, joins us to discuss her investigative reporting into the <a href="https://theintercept.com/2021/04/07/nypd-strategic-response-unit-george-floyd-protests/">NYPD’s brutal policing tactics against Black Lives Matter Protesters</a> last summer.</p> <p>and <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will help run down the biggest stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/MoniquMorrissey">Monique Morrissey</a> of the Economic Policy Institute, join us to discuss the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/24/congress-should-go-big-improve-us-postal-service">history of the United States Postal Service and the threats it’s currently facing today</a>.</p> <p>and <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will help run down the biggest stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/Just_Schweitzer">Justin Schweitzer</a>, Policy Analyst at the Poverty to Prosperity Program for The Center for American Progress joins us to discuss the reasons <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/reports/2021/03/30/497673/ending-tipped-minimum-wage-will-reduce-poverty-inequality/">why we should eliminate the tipped minimum wage in favor of the regular raised minimum wage</a>.</p> <p>and <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will help run down the biggest stories of the week.</p> <p>Hey more than ever, a reason for you to become a member starting this week and you can do so over it <a href="https://fans.fm/ringoffire/join">rofpodcast.com,</a> today the member show has a bonus interview, Sam will be talking to Harvard constitutional law professor <a href="https://twitter.com/lessig">Lawrence Lessig</a> about <a href="https://lessig.org/">HR 1</a>, it is what he calls an incredibly important piece of legislation to save not just voting rights and anti-corruption policies but literally to save our democracy.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/OlufemiOTaiwo">Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò</a>, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and <a href="https://twitter.com/abbyhiggins">Abigail Higgins</a>, a journalist covering inequality health and gender join us to discuss their piece in The Nation, “<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/violence-against-women-act/">How the Violence Against Women Act, Failed Women</a>.”</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me rundown the biggest stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161603/john-birch-society-qanon-trump">Ted Miller</a>, Professor at Northeastern Universityand author of the forthcoming book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3tFkcJX"><em>A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism.</em></a></p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me rundown the biggest stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper">Ryan Cooper</a> National Correspondent for <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWeek">The Week</a>, joins us to discuss his piece, “<a href="https://theweek.com/articles/970841/how-democrats-learned-stop-worrying-hand-fat-stacks-cash">How Democrats Learned to Stop Worrying and Hand Out Fat Stacks of Cash.</a>”</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me rundown the biggest stories of the week.</p>

<p>Shorter show this week due to some technical difficulties, however Emma interviewed the great Dave Zirin, from The Edge of Sports Podcast, to discuss the mass exploitation of college athlete's by the NCAA.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, New Republic Staff Writer, <a href="https://twitter.com/alex_shephard">Alex Shephard</a> will join us to discuss his piece, <a href="https://newrepublic.com/">“No One’s Buying the Republicans’ Deficit Fearmongering Anymore.”</a></p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help rundown the biggest stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, Alex Press, will join us to discuss her piece in The New Republic, <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161278/amazon-workers-unionization-bessemer-alabama?fbclid=IwAR1cu189Vt1WG4BwLIFUMQvx88aOAVhx90lSK88Bqo07FPgz5uIvCYGuhSg">“The Alabama Town That Could Defeat Jeff Bezos.”</a></p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/farronbalanced">Farron Cousins</a>, from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWIEbibRcZav6xMLo9qWWw">The Ring of Fire YouTube Channel,</a> will run down the biggest stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/agrenell">Alexis Grennel</a>, political consultant and columnist for The Nation Magazine, will join us to discuss her view that <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-last-president-parliamentary/">Joe Biden should be our last president</a>, and that the United States should move towards a parliamentary system.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me rundown the biggest stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; <a href="https://twitter.com/KsChmutina">Ksenia Chmutina</a>, Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University, will join us to discuss the <a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/build-back-better-for-whom-how-neoliberalism-recreates-disaster-risks">historical context behind Joe Biden’s, “Build Back Better” Slogan</a> which includes roots in neoliberalism.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to discuss the biggest news stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein">Ken Klippenstein</a>, investigative reporter at The Intercept, will join us to discuss the <a href="https://theintercept.com/2021/01/13/capitol-riot-defense-department-election-unrest/">fall out from the failed Capitol Insurrection in terms of our National Security and Law Enforcement Agencies,</a> as well as a potential expansion of indiscriminate terrorism laws to domestic terrorists and why that’s problematic.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to discuss the biggest news stories of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/sloan/">Allan Sloan</a>, business journalist and columnist for the Washington Post, joins Emma to discuss <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/14/trump-legacy-national-debt-increasee/">Trump’s effect on the debt and deficit</a>, the hypocrisy of the Republican Party, and we’ll get into some differences on economic theory.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to discuss the end of the Trump Presidency and the beginning of the Biden Administration.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/GoAngelo">Angelo Carusone</a>, President of Media Matters, will join us to discuss President <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/angelo-carusone-twitter-banning-trump-now-lot-senior-administration-officials-resigning">Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter</a> and other social media companies.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to discuss the 2nd impeachment of Donald Trump.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid">Waleed Shahid</a> from Justice Democrats joins us to discuss his piece in The Nation, <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-left-movements/">“A Blueprint for Social Movements During the Biden Presidency.”</a></p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to recap what can only be described as a rollercoaster of a start to 2021.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, Emma Vigeland talks to <a href="https://twitter.com/BMarchetich">Branko Marcetic</a>, a <em>Jacobin</em> staff writer and the author of <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/store/product/67"><em>Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden</em></a>, about the false choice between “fighting a pandemic” vs “saving the economy.”</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help Sam wrap up this year’s show as they discuss the Trump Presidency and the characters that enabled him for the past 4 years.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire we will talk to <a href="https://twitter.com/mathuclair">Matthew Clair,</a> Associate Professor of History at Stanford University, about <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sara-mayeux-free-justice-public-defenders/">the history of the public defender</a> and their roll in the current justice system.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join us to discuss another bizarre week in the news.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, Emma Vigeland speaks to Jeff Stein, of the Washington Post, to discuss stimulus talks, the liability shield, and the potential of checks being sent out under President Biden, and all the plates that are spinning with the Georgia Senate Race.</p> <p>And of course we will rundown the biggest stories of the week with <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a></p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; a new contributor to the Ring of Fire Podcast, we will welcome political analyst and progressive superstar, <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmaVigeland">Emma Vigeland</a> to the show.</p> <p>And of course we will rundown the biggest stories of the week with <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a></p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; <a href="https://khardori.com/">Ankush Khardori</a> will join us to discuss how we can <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/160001/de-trumpify-justice-department">fix the Justice Department</a> after four years of Donald Trump.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will rundown the biggest news stories of the week as we head towards the Thanksgiving break.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; <a href="https://twitter.com/ddayen">David Dayen</a>, from The American Prospect, will join us to discuss the “<a href="https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda">Day One Agenda</a>;” over 30 important executive actions Joe Biden can take without an approval from Mitch McConnell.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me run through another crazy week in news as we draw closer to election day.</p>

<p>Sam and Heather "Digby" Parton post election analysis</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; legal expert, <a href="https://twitter.com/LemieuxLGM">Scott Lemieux</a>, will join us to discuss the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and we’ll talk break down how The Supreme Court refused to revive a trial court ruling that has state democrats scrambling to make sure absentee ballots are returned in person.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me run through another crazy week in news as we draw closer to election day.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire; The New Republic’s, <a href="https://twitter.com/davedaley3">David Daley</a>, will join us to lay out how Republican’s <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/159755/republican-voter-suppression-2020-election">love to cheat their way in to power</a>.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me run through another crazy week in news as we draw closer to election day.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/lizzypr23">Lizzy Price</a>, from <a href="https://www.accountable.us/">Accountable.US</a> will join us to discuss a new report detailing how <a href="https://www.accountable.us/news/report-publicly-traded-companies-used-ppp-money-to-enrich-their-shareholders/"><strong>Publicly Traded Companies Used PPP Money to Enrich Their Shareholders</strong></a>.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me recap the week’s biggest news stories.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinElliott">Justin Elliot</a>, from ProPublica, will join us to explain the <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/meet-the-customer-service-reps-for-disney-and-airbnb-who-have-to-pay-to-talk-to-you">secretive world of work-at-home customer service</a> and how it’s exploded during the pandemic.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me run breakdown the Vice Presidential Debate and we’ll discuss the insanity that followed after Trump contracted the coronavirus.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold">Jason Leopold</a> from BuzzFeed News will join us to unpack an expose he co-wrote <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johntemplon/fincen-files-the-documents">detailing how dirty money flows through the world’s biggest banks</a> and why the government can’t stop it.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me run down the news of the week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinElliott">Justin Elliot</a> from ProPublica will join us to discuss a piece he co-wrote <a href="https://features.propublica.org/cleveland-bailout/the-big-corporate-rescue-and-the-america-thats-too-small-to-save/">detailing how an aerospace company made record profits by laying off employees</a> while taking a billion dollars from the U.S. Government.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me run down the news of the week.</p>

<p>Today on Ring of Fire Radio,</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/alibreland">Ali Breland</a> will join us from Mother Jones Magazine to discuss his piece, <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/why-are-right-wing-conspiracies-so-obsessed-with-pedophilia/">“<strong>Why</strong> <strong>Are Right-Wing Conspiracies so Obsessed With Pedophilia?”</strong></a></p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join me to discuss Trump’s Election Tactics and more news from the past week.</p>

<p>This week on Ring of Fire, <a href="https://twitter.com/ddayen">David Dayen</a> will join me to discuss his latest piece in The American Prospect, “<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/winter-of-our-discontent-trump-2020-election/">The Winter of Our Discontent</a>,” that explores what could happen in the 78 days left of Donald Trump’s Presidency, after the November election.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me run down the big news stories of the week.</p>

<p>Welcome to Ring of Fire, I’m Sam Seder, back from vacation and man do we have a lot of news to catch up on<a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">. Heather Parton</a>, from Salon, will help me get caught up with all the major headlines and news you may have missed.</p> <p>And Progressive Superstar, <a href="https://twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann">Thom Hartmann</a>, will join us to discuss his new book, “<a href="https://amzn.to/2Z4ZiHk"><strong>The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream</strong></a>.”</p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/farronbalanced">Farron Cousins</a> from Ring of Fire on YouTube is sitting in for Sam Seder this week.</p> <p>Joshua Holland from The Nation will tell us how the pandemic has hurt Trump’s chances of reelection – but not by as much as you think.</p> <p>Business Insider columnist <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/progressives-good-reasons-vote-for-joe-biden-democrats-election-liberal-2020-8">Manny Fidel</a> will tell us why “Settling For Biden” isn’t a bad idea considering the alternative.</p> <p>And <a href="https://www.optoutnews.org/">Alex Kotch</a> will tell us about his new project – <a href="https://optout.substack.com/">OptOut News</a> – that is giving progressive outlets a single roof to congregate under.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p>Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the Democratic National Convention and all the other headlines that made news this week.</p> <p>And next week, I’ll be on vacation, but Farron Cousins from the Ring of Fire YouTube Channel will be filling in with some great interviews and analysis.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/brycecovert">Bryce Covert</a>, from The Nation Magazine, will explain why <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rent-evictions-homelessness/">America is heading for an unprecedented wave of evictions</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/alaw202">Alex Lawson</a>, from Social Security Works, will join us to discuss <a href="https://socialsecurityworks.org/2020/08/08/trump-terminate-social-security/">President Trump’s position to end social security</a>.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton,</a> is back and just in time to discuss Joe Biden’s pick for Vice President and all the other big news stories of the week.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ddayen">David Dayen</a>, will join us to discuss <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/pandemic-making-monopolies-worse/614644/">how the pandemic is making monopolies worse</a> and the dangers of big tech when it comes to innovation.</p> <p>And Ankush Khardori will be here to discuss his recent piece in The New Republic, <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/158582/theres-never-better-time-white-collar-criminal">“There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a White-Collar Criminal.”</a></p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p>We’ll catch up with The Nation’s, <a href="https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising">John Nichols</a>, to discuss what’s going on with the <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-movements-climate-progressive/">Biden Campaign</a>and some <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-platform-medicare/">huge opportunities</a> that are being missed.</p> <p>And of course <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join me to analyze the biggest stories from this past week.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p>We’ll talk to Princeton Political History Professor, <a href="https://twitter.com/julianzelizer">Julian Zelizer</a>, about his new book, “<a href="https://amzn.to/30GQN4Z"><strong>Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party</strong></a><strong>.”</strong></p> <p>We’ll also speak to popular progressive activist, <a href="https://twitter.com/ilyseh">Ilyse Hogue</a>, whose new book, “<a href="https://amzn.to/2OPB2Dm"><strong>The Lie That Binds</strong></a>,” takes a deep dive into the forces behind the conservative political machine and their efforts to thwart social progress.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help guide me through this week’s biggest stories.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/dwallacewells">David Wallace-Wells</a>, from New York Magazine, will explain whythe <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/american-public-health-experts-coronavirus-masks.html">United States has it wrong when it comes to the way we test for Covid-19</a></p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will join me to analyze an interesting news week.</p>

<p>Farron Cousins from Ring of Fire on YouTube fills in for Sam this week with guests:</p> <p><a href="https://jen2020.com/">Jen Perelman</a>, who has launched a popular primary challenge to Debbie Wasserman Schultz for the Democratic spot on the ticket for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District.</p> <p>Author and retired attorney <a href="https://bradblog.com/?p=13466">Ernest Canning</a> will discuss Attorney General William Barr’s egregious abuses of power.</p> <p>And <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/27/jay-clayton-sec-sdny/">Ankush Khardori</a> will give us all the details on the man that Barr and Trump have chosen to replace ousted US Attorney Geoffrey Berman in New York.</p>

<p>Happy July 4th Weekend! On today's show...</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/LemieuxLGM">Scott Lemieux</a>, from the blog “<a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/author/Scott-Lemieux">Lawyers Guns and Money</a>” will make it two weeks in a row as we discuss this week’s latest Supreme Court rulings.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me break down the news of the week.</p> <p>And Eric Umansky, from ProPublica, will tell his personal story from last Halloween, when <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/my-family-saw-a-police-car-hit-a-kid-on-halloween-then-i-learned-how-nypd-impunity-works">child was hit by a police cruiser</a>, and how the NYPD was shielded from accountability.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/LemieuxLGM">Scott Lemieux</a>, from the blog “<a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/author/Scott-Lemieux">Lawyers Guns and Money</a>” will stop by to discuss some of the major cases being decided by the Supreme Court, including this week’s decision in favor of the Trump Administration’s stance on immigration. And we’ll discuss Attorney General Bill Barr’s corruption of the Department of Justice.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help me break down another huge week in news.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/EdgeofSports">Dave Zirin</a>, from <a href="https://www.edgeofsports.com/">The Edge of Sports Podcast</a>, will join us to discuss the role of athletes in society and why white Americans were polarized over the <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/white-nfl-players-kneel/">kneeling</a> of Colin Kaepernick.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will, once again, help us get through the news of the week…</p> <p>And we will re-air our interview with Progressive, <a href="https://andrewromanoff.com/">Andrew Romanoff</a>, who is primarying John Hickenlooper for Senate in Colorado on June 30th.</p>