Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p>Progressive Candidate, <a href="https://twitter.com/VoteAshcraft">Lauren Ashcraft</a>, will join us to discuss her primary challenge against longtime incumbent, Carolyn Maloney, <a href="https://laurenashcraft.com/">in New York’s 12th Congressional district.</a></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 <a href="https://twitter.com/MondaireJones">Mondaire Jones</a>, who is running in an open seat <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mondaire">in New York’s 17th District</a>.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p>The Nation’s Justice Correspondent, Elie Mystal, will join us to discuss his piece, “<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/minneapolis-rebellion-floyd/">People Can Only Bear So Much Injustice Before Lashing Out</a>”</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> will help us unpack a sad news week..</p> <p>And we wanted to re-air a special interview we had last September with a special progressive candidate, J<a href="https://www.bowmanforcongress.com">amaal Bowman,</a> who’s challenging Eliot Engel, the long-time congressman from New York’s 16th District. Congressman Engel was caught on a “hot mic” this week after he said he had only sought attention at a local protest over the death of George Floyd, saying “If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn’t care.”</p>

<p><a href="https://prospect.org/topics/david-dayen/">David Dayen</a> will explain how the <a href="https://prospect.org/coronavirus/how-fed-bailed-out-the-investor-class-corporate-america/">Fed bailed out the investor class</a> without spending a cent.</p> <p>We’ll talk to another progressive candidate out of Florida, <a href="https://twitter.com/Guido4Congress">Guido Weiss</a>, <a href="https://www.voteguido.com/">who is primarying Lois Frankel</a> on the ballot, August 18th.</p> <p>And Heather "Digby" Parton, from Salon, will help us make sense of the most important news stories of the past week.</p>

<p>Thanks for listening this week, we had some house cleaning to do, so the show is a little shorter. We still were able to grab Heather "Digby" Parton and we think you'll enjoy this week's conversation.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/alex_sammon">Alex Sammon</a>, from The American Prospect, will explain why Mitch McConnell <a href="https://prospect.org/politics/absurdity-of-blanket-corporate-immunity-coronavirus-bailout/">is pushing for blanket immunity</a> for corporations, even in the most reckless cases.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/AbrahmL">Abrahm Lustgarten</a>, from Pro Publica, will be here to discuss <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-infectious-diseases">how climate change is contributing</a>to massive hikes in infectious disease.</p> <p>And Heather "Digby" Parton will help recap all the big stories from this past week.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/RobertMackey">Robert Mackey</a>, from <a href="https://twitter.com/theintercept">The Intercept</a>, will join us to discuss why Donald Trump’s victory lap in regard to the Coronavirus is <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/05/02/creative-accounting-trump-tries-cast-americas-death-toll-achievement/">all based on creative accounting</a> coming out of the White House.</p> <p>SCOTUS Expert, <a href="https://twitter.com/LemieuxLGM">Scott Lemieux</a>, will run down <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/5/4/21230146/supreme-court-ministerial-exemption-religion-civil-rights-discrimination-biel-morrissey-berru">some important cases in front of the high court</a> at a time when people’s attention may be somewhere else.</p> <p>and Heather "Digby" Parton will help us get through another week in the news.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/scotnakagawa">Scot Nakagawa</a>, from The Nation Magazine, will explain <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/white-nationalism-coronavirus-racism/">how Covid-19 has fueled the White Nationalist Movement</a> resulting in anti-Asian violence and conspiracy theories.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/JoshKovensky">Josh Kovensky</a>, from Talking Points Memo, will discuss the <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/the-long-strange-trip-of-one-shipment-of-millions-of-kn95-masks">chaos that has been unleashed by a federal government</a> that is procuring personal protection equipment for hospitals based on private profit instead of public need.</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 get us up to date with all the Covid-19 related stories involving the sports world.</p> <p>And Heather "Digby" Parton from Salon helps tackle this week's biggest headlines.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising">John Nichols</a>, from The Nation Magazine, will explain why <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-coronavirus-imperial-presidency/">ceding too much authority to the Executive Branch has led to an Imperial Presidenc</a>y.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/fadiquran">Fadi Quran</a>, from <a href="https://avaaz.org/page/en/">Avaaz</a>, joins us to discuss how Facebook and other social media platforms have become the epicenter for misinformation, and how we can solve the issue.</p> <p>My own doctor, <a href="http://www.regenesisperformance.com/providers.html">David LeMay</a>, will be here to discuss why overall health is such an important factor in the battle against Covid-19.</p> <p>And Heather "Digby" Parton will help me figure out another crazy news week.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ddayen">David Dayen</a>, from the <a href="https://twitter.com/theprospect">America Prospect</a>, will explain how <a href="https://prospect.org/coronavirus/banks-can-grab-stimulus-check-pay-debts/">big banks can get a hold of your stimulus check</a> before you have a chance to use it.</p> <p><em>Nation</em> national-affairs correspondent <a href="https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/">Jeet Heer</a> will explain why "<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/undercounting-coronavirus-death-count/">Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake</a>.” And why keeping the death toll artificially low allows Trump to push for a premature end to the lockdown.</p> <p>And Heather "Digby" Parton will help break down the news of the week.</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p>We’ll discuss how the Trump Administration has failed in it’s response to the Coranavirus and how the <a href="https://cepr.net/trump-is-screwing-up-his-response-to-the-coronavirus-house-democrats-are-screwing-up-their-response-to-trump/">lack of oversight</a> will enrich wealthy donors and possibly Tump himself. <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffhauser">Jeff Hauser</a>, from the <a href="https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/">Revolving Door Project</a>, will be here to break it all down.</p> <p>We will also talk to Progressive Candidate, <a href="https://twitter.com/SamelysLopez">Samelys Lopez</a>, who is <a href="https://lopezforthepeople.com/">running for Congress in New York’s 15 District</a>. Her story is incredible, and we will get her perspective of running for office in a time of Covid-19.</p> <p>And Nation Contributor, <a href="https://twitter.com/RossBarkan">Ross Barkan</a>, will be here to explain why we just barely need to scratch the surface to see <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-ny-hospital-medicaid/">how New York Governor Cuomo, helped get us into this mess.</a></p>

<p>we have decided to unlock our bonus content this week…</p> <p>Members and Subscribers to the free podcast will hear New Orleans Based Infectious Diseases Physician, <a href="https://twitter.com/drdery">Dr. MarkAlain Déry</a>, as he explains why the Crescent City has quickly become a hot spot for the coronavirus. The amount of important information in the interview was too good for people not to hear.</p> <p>Please consider becoming a member, www.rofpodcast.com to support the show!</p>

<p>On today’s show…</p> <p>We’ll talk to journalist, <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddLegum">Judd Legum</a>, about <a href="https://popular.info/p/ups-not-delivering-on-promises-workers?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4NzUzNzYsInBvc3RfaWQiOjMzOTcyOCwiXyI6Im1hVEZTIiwiaWF0IjoxNTg1NTc3MTc4LCJleHAiOjE1ODU1ODA3NzgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNjY0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9._8X89MB9Du0-qjEv_uGy7bzRS80AbZeEuWrk0Vp6Koo">UPS, and why workers feel like the shipping giant is failing</a> to take basic measures to protect it’s workers.</p> <p>Former Federal Prosecutor, <a href="https://slate.com/author/ankush-khardori">Ankush Khardori</a>, will be here to explain how the Federal Government <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/doj-coronavirus-scams-prosecutions.html">has enabled coronavirus scammers</a> to flourish.</p> <p>And of course, Heather "Digby" Parton will join us to help make sense of it all.</p>

<p>Welcome to this week's special episode of Ring of Fire, new format but still the same great content that has made Ring of Fire Radio so relevant for the past 16 years. Let us know how we are doing, or if you just want to reach out to the show, email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p> <p>This week, Sam explains how the show will move forward and we will have news and analysis from Heather "Digby" Parton</p>

<p>While we adjusted this week to the realities of Covid19, we have put together our "best of" for candidates we have interviewed since the beginning of 2020. The podcast may be different in the next couple of weeks and months as we pull away from a normal "radio format" and move to a more traditional podcast featuring the one and only, Sam Seder. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> <p>Thank You,</p> <p>Scott Millican</p> <p>Executive Producer, Ring of Fire with Sam Seder</p> <p>On Today’s show we revisit candidate interviews from 2020, we will highlight</p> <p>Kentucky Progressive Senate Candidate, <a href="https://twitter.com/Booker4KY">Charles Booker</a>, will join us to <a href="https://bookerforkentucky.com/">discuss his challenge</a> to Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell.</p> <p>Progressive Congressional Candidate, <a href="https://twitter.com/NabilahforGA07">Nabilah Islam</a> , will join us to discuss her race in <a href="https://www.nabilahforcongress.com/">Georgia’s 7thDistrict</a>.</p> <p>Progressive Congressional Candidate, <a href="https://twitter.com/Oseguera2020">Hector Oseguera</a>, will join us to discuss his <a href="https://www.oseguera2020.com/">race in New Jersey’s 8th District</a>.</p> <p>Progressive Congressional Candidate, <a href="https://twitter.com/AndomForNY">Andom Ghebreghiogis</a>, will join us to discuss his <a href="https://www.andomforny.com/">race in New York’s 16th District</a> against longtime incumbent and Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot Engel.</p> <p>Progressive Senate Candidate, <a href="https://twitter.com/Romanoff2020">Andrew Romanoff</a>, will join us to discuss his <a href="http://www.andrewromanoff.com/">race for Senate in Colorado</a>, and why the seat is essential if we want to flip the senate.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/imillhiser">Ian Millhiser</a>, from Vox, will join us to <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/3/4/21163169/supreme-court-trump-cfpb-seila-law-elizabeth-warren-brett-kavanaugh">discuss two cases in front of The Supreme Court that could determine the fate of Obamacare</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down a huge news week.</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/SaraSinghMPP">Sara Singh</a>, from <a href="https://www.sunrisemovement.org/">The Sunrise Movement</a>, will join us to explain how we can battle climate change and provide millions of good jobs in the process.</p>

<p>Progressive Candidate, <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexBMorse">Alex Morse</a>, will join us to discuss <a href="https://alexmorseforcongress.com/">his primary race</a> against incumbent Richard Neal, and why Morse named Neal, “Wall Street’s Favorite Democrat.”</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be working overtime this week as we run down Super Tuesday and other news that may have slipped under the radar this week.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ddayen">David Dayen</a>, from The American Prospect, will be here to discuss the real story behind the <a href="https://prospect.org/health/behind-the-coronavirus-threat-a-middleman-destroying-prescription-drug-markets/">coronavirus and how middlemen are destroying the prescription drug market.</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down a massive week in news.</p>

<p>Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week.</p> <p>Today on the show</p> <p>The Democratic Debate on Wednesday night was without a doubt one of the most intense of the primary season, and I’ll give you my analysis on who the big winners and losers were.</p> <p>Investigative Journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/alexkotch">Alex Kotch</a> will be here to tell us about Bloomberg’s efforts to buy the Senate for Republicans.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>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/38tqz8W">The Hidden History of the War on Voting</a>.”</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week</p> <p>And investigative journalist, <a href="https://twitter.com/ludwig_mike">Mike Ludwig</a>, will be here to explain how <a href="https://truthout.org/articles/virtually-all-major-us-drinking-water-sources-likely-contaminated-with-pfas/">unsafe levels of the chemical PFAS</a> made it into almost every city’s drinking water in the U.S.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising">John Nichols</a>, from The Nation Magazine, will <a href="https://www.thenation.com/authors/john-nichols/">join us from Iowa</a> to give us the scoop of what’s happening on the ground ahead of Monday’s caucas.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/AriBerman">Ari Berman</a>, from Mother Jones Magazine, will join us to discuss <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/floridas-supreme-court-says-ex-felons-must-pay-fines-before-regaining-the-vote/">why ex-convicts in Florida won’t be able to vote</a> and we’ll discuss a plan by the <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/citizenship-trump-census-voting-rights-texas/">Trump Administration to preserve white electoral power.</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down all the major news from this week</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>Healthcare Reporter, <a href="http://caitlinkelly.com/">Caitlin Kelly</a>, will be here to explain how we only need to look to our neighbor to the North, to see <a href="https://prospect.org/health/what-medicare-for-all-really-looks-like/">what Medicare for All might look like.</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.</p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.</p> <p>And we’ll listen to my interview with <a href="https://www.niacouncil.org/about-niac/staff-board/jamal-abdi/">Jamal Abdi</a>, President of the National Iranian American Council about the recent drone strike in Iraq that killed Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi military commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.</p>

<p>Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Sam Seder. We will be back next week with an all new show to kick of 2020, but in the meantime, we wanted to re-air some of the best progressive candidate interviews from 2019. We hope you’ll take the time to learn more about each candidate and their issues….all new show next week!</p>

<p>Welcome to Ring of Fire, I’m Sam Seder, and we hope you had an amazing 2019 and we are looking forward to bringing you more great shows in 2020. On today’s show, you’ll hear a fresh interview with Robert Kuttner, from The American Prospect, where he lays out an urgent plan for climate change and how radical change is needed.</p> <p>We’ll also look back at our series of interviews with Democratic candidates around the country who are challenging incumbents in an effort to bring progressive policies to the forefront.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/brycecovert">Bryce Covert</a>, from The Nation Magazine, will join us to explain why <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/kentucky-medicaid-expansion-voter-turnout/">Medicare expansion is transforming politics</a> in red states like Kentucky.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/imillhiser">Ian Millhiser</a>, from Vox, will explain how Donald Trump has done more to <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/9/20962980/trump-supreme-court-federal-judges">hurt the federal judiciary</a>, than any other president in recent history.</p> <p>The Nation Magazine’s, <a href="https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising">John Nichols</a>, will stop by to <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/articles-impeachment-justin-amash/">discuss the multiple articles of impeachment</a>against President Trump.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.</p> <p>And our progressive candidate spotlight this week will be with <a href="https://twitter.com/JessforDelaware">Jessica Scarane</a>, who is <a href="https://www.jessfordelaware.com/">primarying Senator Chris Coons in Delaware</a></p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://ccrjustice.org/home/who-we-are/staff/renfrey-dominic">Dominic Renfrey</a>, from the <a href="https://twitter.com/theCCR">Center for Constitutional Rights</a>, and activist, <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHat504">Anne White Hat</a>, will join us to discuss a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/04/alec-rightwing-group-lawsuit">new report and lawsuit</a> against the American Legislative Exchange Council.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down a huge news week.</p>

<p>Hope you are enjoying the holidays!</p> <p>On today's "best of" Ring of Fire, we’ll be revisiting some of the very best interviews from the days of Mike Papantonio, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sam Seder. We’ll hear from Howard Zinn, Chalmers Johnson, Daniel Ellsberg, and several other newsmakers and brilliant progressive minds.</p> <p>Let’s get things started with a conversation we had with Thom Hartmann on his film The Last Hours of Humanity, where he warned us about the looming dangers of global climate change.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://www.taftlaw.com/people/robert-a-bilott">Rob Billot</a>, author of the new book “<a href="https://amzn.to/2qB6qgf">Exposure</a>”, and the subject of the new movie “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvQUIt0BWcU">Dark Waters</a>”, will join us to discuss his new book and the case that made him an American Hero.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down this week’s election results and the latest on the impeachment hearings.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/EricLevitz">Eric Levitz</a>, from New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, will join us to explain <a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/times-poll-bernie-sanders-electability-turnout.html?utm_source=tw">why leftism doesn’t sway nonvoters</a>, but according to recent polls, Bernie Sanders does.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Parton</a> from Salon, will work a little overtime this week, helping me run down a major news week.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ddayen">David Dayen</a>, from The American Prospect, will <a href="https://prospect.org/health/when-pharma-needs-a-friend-conservative-house-democrats/">list the House Democrats that Big Pharma calls</a> upon to protect their profits.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down this week’s election results and the latest on the impeachment hearings.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/NomikiKonst">Nomiki Konst</a> and Mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/heidiismighty">Heidi Harmon</a> will join us to discuss their organization, <a href="https://www.matriarchpac.com/">Matriarch</a>, which aims to help working women get elected to office.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down a bad week for Trump in the news.</p>

<p>Today on the show</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/pamela_vogel">Pam Vogel</a>, from Media Matters, will join us to report on the <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2018/04/02/here-are-66-local-news-stations-airing-sinclair-s-brainwashing-anti-media-promo/219812">manipulative ads Sinclair Broadcasting</a> is forcing local anchors to read, now airing across the country.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tparsi">Trita Parsi</a> will join us to <a href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/29/blame-trump-when-iran-races-for-the-bomb/">discuss two major upcoming nuclear moves</a> involving the Iran Deal and North Korea.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/AriBerman">Ari Berman,</a> from Mother Jones, will explain why <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/donald-trump-rigging-2020-census-undercounting-minorities-1/">Donald Trump is planning to rig the census</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a> from <a href="http://www.salon.com/writer/heather_digby_parton/">Salon</a> will be here to break down this week’s biggest news stories</p> <p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/rortybomb">Mike Konczal</a> will join us to talk about his piece where he asks the question, “<a href="https://medium.com/@rortybomb/why-are-there-no-good-conservative-critiques-of-trumps-unified-government-e849663fed10">Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump’s Unified Government?”</a></p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>Progressive Superstar and New York Times Best-Selling Author, <a href="https://twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann">Thom Hartmann</a>, will join us to discuss his new book<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608973/the-hidden-history-of-the-supreme-court-and-the-betrayal-of-america-by-thom-hartmann/">, “<strong>The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America.”</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down a massive news week.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>Supreme Court Expert, <a href="https://twitter.com/LemieuxLGM">Scott Lemieux</a>, joins us to discuss why <a href="https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/chief-justice-roberts-block-executive-authority/">Justice John Robert’s could block a progressive agenda</a>, and why the next President should follow through anyway.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down a packed news week.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>The Executive Editor of The American Prospect, <a href="https://twitter.com/ddayen">David Dayen</a>, will tell us why we <a href="https://prospect.org/power/trump-impeachment-era-of-no-accountability/">are living in an era of zero accountability</a> when it comes to Trump’s Impeachment.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down an important week in the news</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/paulwaldman1">Paul Waldman</a>, from The American Prospect, will join us to explain why would should <a href="https://prospect.org/power/the-crisis-is-now/">treat Trump’s impeachment hearings like a five-alarm fire</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a> will be here to help me run down an important week in the news</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>Middle East Expert, <a href="https://twitter.com/jricole">Juan Cole</a>, will join us to discuss the fallout from a recent drone <a href="https://www.juancole.com/2019/09/awaits-orders-houthis.html">attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a>will be here to help me run down a busy week in the news.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/brianefallon">Brian Fallon</a>, from <a href="https://twitter.com/WeDemandJustice">Demand Justice</a>, will join us to discuss how we can fight for progressive change in our judicial system.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a>will be here to help me run down all the biggest news stories from this week</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/alex_sammon">Alex Sammon</a>, from The American Prospect, will be here to discuss how two kidney <a href="https://prospect.org/article/dialysis-duopoly-spends-big-protect-profits-california">dialysis companies are spending big money to protect their profits.</a></p> <p>Back from vacation, <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather Digby Parton</a>will be here to help me run down all the headlines from this week</p>

<p>Welcome to Ring of Fire, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week.</p> <p>We’ve got an amazing show coming up today.</p> <p><a href="http://progressivearmy.com/benjamin-dixon-show-live/">Ben Dixon</a>will be joining me to discuss the vitriol on Twitter and how we need to save our energy for the REAL battles ahead of us.</p> <p><a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/nonvoter-revolution-income-inequality-apathy-voting?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app">Luke Savage</a>from Jacobin will tell us how to help motivate non-voters.</p> <p>Congressional candidate <a href="https://laurenashcraft.com/">Lauren Ashcraft</a>will discuss her campaign to unseat Democratic incumbent Carolyn Maloney in New York’s 12thdistrict.</p> <p>And <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MikeAnthonyTV">Mike Figueredo</a>, host of The Humanist Report, will tell us how YouTube is hurting progressive channels, and he’ll also give us his take on the Democratic field.</p> <p>And don’t forget that you can always get fresh content from Ring of Fire on our YouTube channel at YouTube dot com slash The Ring of Fire, and you can become a member of our YouTube community to gain access to exclusive content. Also follow the show on Twitter AT Ring of Fire Radio and you can follow me on Twitter AT Farron Balanced.</p>

<p>Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week.</p> <p>Today on the show</p> <p>Donald Trump couldn’t stop himself from Tweeting out anti-Semitic attacks on American citizens, while also promoting himself as the second coming of God. We’ll bring you the details</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>Investigative Reporter, <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein">Ken Klippenstein</a>, will join us to discuss <a href="https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/mnzAKMpdtiZ7AcYLd5cRR">documents he uncovered that detail a Trump Administration plan, named “Iron Fist,” that targets black extremists.</a></p> <p>Ring of Fire Online Contributor, <a href="https://twitter.com/farronbalanced">Farron Cousins</a>, is here to help me run down all the headlines you may have missed this week.</p> <p>You can go to the <a href="https://fans.fm/ringoffire">ROF Podcast Member page</a> to subscribe to the full show, commercial free!</p>

<p>Investigative Journalist, <a href="https://twitter.com/ddayen">David Dayen</a>, will be here to discuss why <a href="https://prospect.org/article/democrats-are-ignoring-power-hospital-industry">Democrats are ignoring the power of the Hospital Industry</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a>from <a href="http://www.salon.com/writer/heather_digby_parton/">Salon</a>join me to analyze all the news from this week.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>Esquire Magazine’s, <a href="https://twitter.com/CharlesPPierce">Charlie Pierce,</a>will explain why Senate Minority Leader, <a href="https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28484420/chuck-schumer-mitch-mcconnell-budget-deal/">Chuck Schumer, doesn’t understand the concept of leverage, nor is he in any sense a wartime consigliere</a>, when it comes to the latest bipartisan budget deal.</p> <p>And, <a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a>from <a href="http://www.salon.com/writer/heather_digby_parton/">Salon</a>join me to analyze all the news from this week.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>Farron Cousins, from our Ring of Fire YouTube Channel, stops by to help me analyze Robert Mueller’s testimony in front of two congressional committees and whether or not we are any closer to impeaching President Trump.</p> <p>And later in the show, we’ll air my interviews from Netroots Nation 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where I spoke to elected officials, advocacy group members, and thought leaders in the progressive movement.</p>

<p>on today’s show…</p> <p>The Nation Magazine’s, <a href="https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising">John Nichols</a>, will be here to dig deeper into <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-racism-tweets-aoc/">Trump’s latest racist twitter tirade</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/digby56">Heather “Digby” Parton</a>from <a href="http://www.salon.com/writer/heather_digby_parton/">Salon</a>join me to analyze all the news from this week.</p>

<p>on today’s show… SCOTUS Expert, Scott Lemieux, will be here to give us a rundown on all decisions made in this latest judicial session. And, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon join me to analyze all the news from this week.</p>