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Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!

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    • Sep 11, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The BradCast with Brad Friedman is a highly informative and entertaining podcast that delves into a wide range of topics, including elections, democracy, and the environment. Brad and his co-host Desi are well-researched and deliver their information with a perfect mix of wit and snark. The show features great interviews with experts in various fields, providing well-sourced information that is both enlightening and humorous. Additionally, the podcast covers timely topics and offers timely commentary on current events.

    One of the best aspects of The BradCast is its in-depth coverage of election processes and election mismanagement. The hosts provide objective facts that highlight problems with both major political parties. They offer a fresh perspective on the state of our democracy and shed light on issues that many mainstream media outlets fail to cover. Moreover, the show goes beyond just the horse race aspect of elections; it focuses on track conditions, including digital voting machines' waste of money and vulnerability to hacking.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is Desi's Green News Report segment. It provides updates on what is happening to our planet and offers valuable insights into environmental issues. The segment does an excellent job of informing listeners about pressing environmental concerns while still managing to inject just the right amount of snark.

    One potential downside to The BradCast is that it may be biased towards progressive viewpoints. While the hosts do point out problems with both major parties, it becomes apparent from objective facts presented on the show that they view Republicans as the greatest threat to our nation and the world. This bias may turn off listeners who are looking for a more balanced analysis.

    In conclusion, The BradCast with Brad Friedman is an incredibly informative podcast that covers politics, elections, and environmental issues with humor, wit, and intelligence. It offers well-sourced information through great interviews and delivers timely commentary on current events. Despite its potential bias towards progressive viewpoints, it remains an invaluable source for those seeking in-depth analysis of our democracy and the state of our planet. Whether you want to stay informed on election mismanagement or environmental concerns, this podcast is a must-listen.



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    Latest episodes from The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

    'BradCast' 9/10/2025 (Guest: David Dayen on Dem plans to avoid a govt shutdown; Kirk killed in Utah)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 58:06


    'BradCast' 9/9/2025 (Guest: Matt Gertz of Media Matters on new accountability for Fox 'News' 2020 election lies)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 9/8/2025 (Trump Readies Wars on Venezuela and Chicago -- the Epstein Files must be really bad for him)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 9/5/2025 (Encore: Historian Seth Cotlar on 'Americanism' and Trump's 'Stalinesque' plot to whitewash American history)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 58:06


    'BradCast' 9/4/2025 (Guest: Dr. Tyler Evans on RFK Jr.'s War on the Science of Public Health)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 57:58


    'BradCast' 9/3/2025 (Guest: Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik on Trump's 'Cook'ed-up mortgage fraud claims)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 58:02


    'BradCast' 9/2/2025 (While We Were Out: An eye-opening roundup of everything we missed or wished we had over the past week)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 57:30


    'BradCast' 9/1/2025 (Encore: 'Superman is the Story of America,' with Prof. Nicholas Grossman of Univ. of IL)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 58:15


    'BradCast' 8/29/2025 (Encore: Heather Digby Parton of Salon; 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on CA's 'Nuclear Deterrence' Map, Trump's 'Fascist Theatre' and Beyond)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 58:03


    'BradCast' 8/28/2025 (Encore: Trump, Nazis and Trump's Nazified Elections)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 57:54


    'BradCast' 8/27/2025 (Encore: Timothy Karr of Free Press on corporate media capitulation)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 58:08


    'BradCast' 8/26/2025 (Encore: David Doniger of NRDC on Trump EPA's 'kill shot' to rollback ALL climate regulations)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 58:19


    'BradCast' 8/25/2025 (Encore: Fred Bauer on how to move beyond the Gerrymandering Wars)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 57:51


    'BradCast' 8/22/2025 (Encore: Aryn Melton Backus of 'Fired But Fighting' on RFK's war on public health)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 58:08


    'BradCast' 8/21/2025 (Guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon; 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on CA's 'Nuclear Deterrence' Map, Trump's 'Fascist Theatre' and Beyond)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 58:01


    'BradCast' 8/20/2025 (Guest: Historian Seth Cotlar on 'Americanism' and Trump's 'Stalinesque' plot to whitewash American history)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 8/19/2025 (TX GOP Imprisons Dem State Lawmaker at Capital; Newsmax settles election defamation suit; more)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 58:02


    'BradCast' 8/18/2025 (Trump, Nazis and Trump's Nazified Elections)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 57:45


    'BradCast' 8/15/2025 (Encore: The Prospect's David Dayen on GOP cuts that are about to cause a 'catastrophic' U.S. health care crisis)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 57:08


    'BradCast' 8/14/2025 (Newsom Unveils 'Election Rigging Response Act'; Guest Sue Wilson on FCC License Renewal for Sinclair's Sock Puppets)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 8/13/2025 (Guest: Fred Bauer on how to move beyond the Gerrymandering Wars)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 57:43


    'BradCast' 8/12/2025 (It's Not About the Rule of Law, It's About Authoritarian Control)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 58:05


    'BradCast' 8/11/2025 (Guest: Aryn Melton Backus of 'Fired But Fighting' on RFK's war on public health)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 58:05


    'BradCast' 8/8/2025 (Encore: Texas Dem lawmakers flee to block GOP gerrymandering scheme; Callers ring in)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 56:30


    'BradCast' 8/7/2025 (Trump's Wars against clean, renewable energy and American democracy on VRA's 60th Anniv.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 58:05


    'BradCast' 8/6/2025 (Guest: Timothy Karr of Free Press on corporate media capitulation)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 8/5/2025 (Guest: Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Inst. on Trump's firing of BLS Commissioner)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 58:11


    'BradCast' 8/4/2025 (Texas Dem lawmakers flee to block GOP gerrymandering scheme; Callers ring in)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 56:30


    'BradCast' 8/1/2025 (Encore: FairVote's David Daley on TX's new gerrymandering scheme)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 58:05


    'BradCast' 7/31/2025 (The Art of the Corrupt, Phony, Unlawful, Pretend Trade Deal)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 58:10


    'BradCast' 7/30/2025 (Guest: David Doniger of NRDC on Trump EPA's 'kill shot' to rollback ALL climate regulations)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 58:15


    'BradCast' 7/29/2025 (A Pu Pu Platter of Trump Corruption; Also: RIP Tom Lehrer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 58:01


    'BradCast' 7/28/2025 (Guest: The Prospect's David Dayen on GOP cuts that are about to cause a 'catastrophic' U.S. health care crisis)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 57:00


    'BradCast' 7/25/2025 (Encore: Tax law Prof. Ellen Aprill on Trump IRS agreement to allow churches to endorse political candidates)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 58:10


    'BradCast' 7/24/2025 (Landmark Climate Ruling at World Court, More Epstein Trouble for our Petty Tyrant)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 7/23/2025 (Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on Trump's Epstein woes, America's 'dictator' moment, and more)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 58:05


    'BradCast' 7/22/2025 (Guest: FairVote's David Daley on TX's new gerrymandering scheme)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 7/21/2025 (Not a Drill! Trump Gutting News Media, Press Freedoms from Right to Left, Public to Private)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 57:46


    'BradCast' 7/18/2025 (Encore: 'Mass Shooter Subsidy'? Guest: Ryan Cooper of TAP on dumb, deadly stuff in Trump's new spending law)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 58:04


    'BradCast' 7/17/2025 (CO Election Clerks Block White House/MAGA Attempt to Breach Voting Systems; And much more)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 7/16/2025 ('Superman is the Story of America'. Guest: Prof. Nicholas Grossman of Univ. of IL)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 58:08


    'BradCast' 7/15/2025 (Guest: Tax law Prof. Ellen Aprill on Trump IRS agreement to allow churches to endorse political candidates)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 58:07


    'BradCast' 7/14/2025 (Republican, Independent Support for Immigrants Skyrockets Amid Trump's Crackdown; Callers ring in)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 57:37


    'BradCast' 7/11/2025 (Encore: Texas Flooding Tragedy Was Both Predictable and Predicted)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 7/10/2025 (Democracy is STILL Our Best Way Out of This Mess -- And Republicans Know It)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 7/9/2025 ('Mass Shooter Subsidy'? Guest: Ryan Cooper of TAP on dumb, deadly stuff in Trump's new spending law)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 7/8/2025 (Guest: TPM's Josh Kovensky on Trump supersizing ICE, mass detentions, militarization)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 58:03


    'BradCast' 7/7/2025 (Texas Flooding Tragedy Was Both Predictable and Predicted)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 58:20


    'BradCast' 6/26/2025 (Encore: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on the politics of NYC's Mayoral primary, Trump bombing Iran, more)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 58:32


    'BradCast' 7/3/2025 (Encore: 'The Nation's John Nichols on Zohran Mandani's NYC Democratic mayoral primary win)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 7/2/2025 (Encore: Dr. Brooke Nichols on More Than 300,000 Dead Since Musk, Trump Shutdown of USAID)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 58:08


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