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Episodes

Friday Jan 22, 2021
Today's Podcast
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021

Friday Jan 22, 2021
John F. Murphy, Teamsters International Vice President At-Large @Teamsters
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
John F. Murphy: We've had some pretty bad general counsels over the past years but Robb was pretty bad. He forced the President's hand by not resigning as asked.

Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Phil Glover: We believe tomorrow Biden will be rescinding the Executive Orders we talked about last year on this show.

Friday Jan 22, 2021
Sarah Burris, Reporter, Raw Story @SarahBurris @RawStory
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Sarah Burris: There are a lot of messages online from people who feel they were led on, lied to. They should apologize, say they were wrong, and to them I say, "Welcome to the movement!"

Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Susan Spicka: We should all be excited about Pres. Biden's choice for Education Secretary; we'll have someone who isn't determined to take as much money as possible out of public education.

Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Today's Podcast
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021

Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Sarah Kendzior: I was glad to see Pres. Biden reversed a lot of Trump's executive orders. It was nice for me to be able to tell my kids what the President did today, have them see him on TV & not have it be a screaming vortex of lies.

Thursday Jan 21, 2021
David Yankovich, digital strategist @DavidYankovich
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
David Yankovich: I thought Pres. Biden's speech was terrific. Coming back from lost, talking about unity, that's who Biden has been for years. There were signs of bipartisanship that we're going to see.

Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Propane Jane, Psychiatrist @docrocktex26
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Propane Jane: We need to figure out what the source of that illness is--where did we go wrong? What safeguards need to be put in place so this doesn't happen again?

Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Matthew Chapman, Raw Story Reporter @RawStory @fawfulfan
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Matthew Chapman: It's entirely possible there will be a bunch of Republicans who will use the fact that Trump is out of office to dismiss the charges on a technicality, esp. in red states.

Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Today's Podcast
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021

Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Mark Rickling, Americans for Tax Fairness Action @mrickling @4taxfairness @ATFAction
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Mark Rickling: It's a reinforcing loop: tax cuts, more donations. More donations, more tax cuts.

Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Scott Paul: I think Biden will engender WAY more trust coming into office than Trump did.

Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Helaine Olen: Some European countries have had similar problems to ours with vaccine distribution & people refusing to get vaccinated.

Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Ibidun Roberts, Labor Attorney @AFGENational
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021

Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Today's Podcast
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021

Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Pete Dominick, Stand up Comic @PeteDominick
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Pete Dominick: We have to treat this threat the way it should always have been treated, by the FBI. The FBI has threats from white supremacists, & the media needs to do a better job reporting it.

Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling thriller author @GreggHurwitz
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Gregg Hurwitz: To me, an actual free market encourages innovation & competition, but that's not what we're seeing from these large multi-national corporations.

Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Bob Ney: Fox News will say they had the right to report the news but that they didn't tell anyone to storm the Capitol.

Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Today's Podcast
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Saturday Jan 16, 2021