Episodes
Sunday May 31, 2015
May 30, 2015 Show
Sunday May 31, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
This week, we'll speak with Robert Gangi, director of the Police Reform Organizing Project, about NYPD's continued racially discriminatory policing.
Then we'll be joined by Heather "Digby" Parton to discuss the 2016 presidential primaries.
Playlist:
The Beatles: The Sheik of Araby"
Manu Chao: "Je Ne T'Aime plus"
Patsy Cline: "Back in Baby's Arms"
Sunday May 31, 2015
May 30, 2015 Show
Sunday May 31, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
This week, we'll speak with Robert Gangi, director of the Police Reform Organizing Project, about NYPD's continued racially discriminatory policing.
Then we'll be joined by Heather "Digby" Parton to discuss the 2016 presidential primaries.
Playlist:
The Beatles: The Sheik of Araby"
Manu Chao: "Je Ne T'Aime plus"
Patsy Cline: "Back in Baby's Arms"
Saturday May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015 Show
Saturday May 23, 2015
Saturday May 23, 2015
This week, we'll be joined by Evan Hurst from Wonkette to discuss the icky revelations about the Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting fame.
Then we'll go back to our archives for a fascinating discussion with Diana Greene Foster, a researcher at UCSF, about her study of women who are turned away from abortion providers because they're a little too late in their pregnancies.
Playlist:
En Vogue: "Yesterday"
David Byrne: "My Love Is You"
The 5s 6s 7s: "Yoo Hoo"
Monday May 11, 2015
May 9, 2015 Show
Monday May 11, 2015
Monday May 11, 2015
This week, we'll be joined by RH Reality Check writing fellow Nina
Liss-Schultz to discuss Wisconsin Republicans' latest effort to make the poor as unhappy as possible -- and why the Badger State isn't alone in this effort.
Then we'll have a double-segment interview with veteran journalist Joe Conason, co-author of The Hunting of Hillary, to discuss the media's fascination with the Clinton family -- and political reporters' tendency to embrace controversies whether real or imagined.
Playlist:
Ennio Morricone: "Theme from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly"
Clarence Carter: "Patches"
Roxy Music: "Tara"
Sunday May 03, 2015
May 2, 2015 Show
Sunday May 03, 2015
Sunday May 03, 2015
This week, we'll be joined by Amanda Petteruti of the Justice Policy Institute to help put the Baltimore unrest into context. Petteruti co-authored a report titled, "The Right Investment? Corrections Spending in Baltimore City."
Then we'll speak about the way the media has covered the killing of Freddie Gray -- and the protests that ensued -- with historian and writer Jacqui Shine.
Finally, we'll talk to MSNBC's Irin Carmon about the often comical arguments against marriage equality included in various 'friend of the court' briefs submitted prior to this week's oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
Playlist:
Elvis Presley: "That's All Right"
Rolling Stone: "Gimme Shelter"
The Beatles: "I'll Be Back"
Manu Chao: "Mama Call"