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Latest Episodes

Steve Larchuk – HCP – The GOP’s latest failure to repeal the ACA
September 27, 2017

Health care expert and Single Payer advocate Steve Larchuk discusses GOP’s latest failure to repeal the ACA.

The New American Economy: Solar Solutions
September 27, 2017

Why is solar power more popular in some states than others? Can it prevent widespread outages, or help areas that have been ravaged by natural disasters? Dr. Patty DeMarco invites ...

Cristina Lopez – Media Matters – Trump Announces Fake Missile Launch Out Of Iran
September 27, 2017

After continuously calling established reporters and news outlets “fake news,” Pres. Trump pushed a false report that Iran fired a ballistic missile earlier this week. Cristina Lopez joins us with ...

Berry Craig – KY AFL-CIO – Trump’s Candidate In Alabama Loses
September 27, 2017

The anti-establishment GOP seems to be picking up steam. Berry Craig joins us from the Kentucky Labor Institute to discuss the surprising results of Alabama’s Republican primary.

Doug Cunningham – WIN – We Need To Do More To Help Puerto Rico
September 27, 2017

Puerto Rico is just as much a part of the United States as Washington DC. Doug Cunningham from Workers Independent News asserts that we need to do more to help ...

Tom Trotter – AFL-CIO – Lots of Politics is Just Kicking The Can Down The Road Right Now
September 25, 2017

From the AFL-CIO Legislative Office, we have Tom Trotter on the program to continue our analysis of the current ACA repeal bill in the Senate. We also hit on a ...

Prof Charles Derber – The Labor Movement Was Fractured In the 60’s and 70’s, Like It Was In The 20’s and 30’s in Germany
September 25, 2017

Professor Charles Derber of Boston college and author of the book, “Welcome To The Revolution: Universalizing Resistance For Social Justice And Democracy In Perilous Times” joins us to talk about ...

American Federation Of Government Employees District Report – Episode 4
September 25, 2017

This week on the AFGE District Report, we have Shane Fausey, President of AFGE Local 4047, and Don Williams, President of Voices of Joe, join us to talk about the ...

Bill Londrigan – KY AFL-CIO – This New ACA Repeal Is The Worst Version Yet
September 25, 2017

Bill Londrigan of the Kentucky AFL-CIO comes on the program to discuss how this new and worst version of the ACA repeal is being pushed really hard despite having very ...

Rachanna Pradham – POLITICO – American’s Largely Oppose The Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal
September 25, 2017

Form POLITICO, Rachana Pradham joins us to talk about how Americans don’t support the Graham-Cassidy ACA repeal. So far Rand Paul and John McCain still don’t support the bill, but ...