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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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    • Apr 18, 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' 4/18/2025 (Encore: 'Nothing to Do With Efficiency': Expert Eric Kingson warns DOGE is leading to Social Security collapse, privatization)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 58:20


    'BradCast' 4/17/2025 (Encore: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance on federal court ruling in challenge to GA's unverifiable voting system)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 58:25


    'BradCast' 4/16/2025 (Encore: Former Congressman Max Rose of VoteVets on Trump, Musk 'war on veterans')

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 58:37


    'BradCast' 4/14/2025 (Encore: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS ruling on Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 58:12


    'BradCast' 4/14/2025 (Encore: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS ruling on Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 58:08


    'BradCast' 4/11/2025 (Encore: Mark Dimondstein, American Postal Workers Union, on Trump's push to privatize USPS)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 57:34


    'BradCast' 4/10/2025 ('Nothing to Do With Efficiency': Expert Eric Kingson warns DOGE is leading to Social Security collapse, privatization)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 58:18


    'BradCast' 4/9/2025 (Trump Blinks, Chaos Reigns, Tariffs Remain)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 4/8/2025 (Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS ruling on Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 4/7/2025 (Trump's trade war idiocy; NC court orders 60,000 ballots tossed in critical election)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 57:40


    Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

    'BradCast' 4/4/2025 (Encore: NatSec journalist Marcy Wheeler on Team Trump's national security Signal text chat debacle)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 58:11


    'BradCast' 4/3/2025 ('Mob Boss' Trump's Global Trade Sanctions Tank U.S., World Markets)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 57:45


    'BradCast' 4/2/2025 (Guests: Salon's Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftgass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on Special Elections and Bad News for Trump, Musk)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 58:07


    'BradCast' 4/1/2025 (Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance on federal court ruling in challenge to GA's unverifiable voting system)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 58:17


    'BradCast' 3/31/2025 (Bad Court and Election News for Trump is Good News for America)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 57:53


    'BradCast' 3/28/2025 (Encore: CEPR Climate Analyst Matt Sedlar on Trump's order to expand timber production)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 58:21


    'BradCast' 3/27/2025 (Guest: Former Congressman Max Rose of VoteVets on Trump, Musk 'war on veterans')

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 58:29


    'BradCast' 3/26/2025 (Signal scandal gets worse for Trump, GOP; Dems win PA special elections)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 58:10


    'BradCast' 3/25/2025 (Guest: NatSec journalist Marcy Wheeler on Team Trump's national security Signal text chat debacle)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 58:06


    'BradCast' 3/24/2025 (Guest: Mark Dimondstein, American Postal Workers Union, on Trump's push to privatize USPS)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 57:30


    'BradCast' 3/21/2025 (Encore: The Nation's John Nichols on Musk entering WI's critical Supreme Court election)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 57:36


    'BradCast' 3/20/2025 (We're ALL Voice of America Now; Israel's broken ceasefire; Trump's Putin propaganda)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 58:19


    'BradCast' 3/19/2025 (Guest: CEPR Climate Analyst Matt Sedlar on Trump's order to expand timber production)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 58:18


    'BradCast' 3/18/2025 (Courts Largely Holding Against Rampant Trump/Musk Lawlessness. For Now)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 58:05


    'BradCast' 3/17/2025 ('A National Tragedy', Voice of America's Steve Herman on Trump's shutdown of Voice Of America)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 58:03


    'BradCast' 3/14/2025 (Encore: TAP's David Dayen on Trump/GOP plans to slash Social Security; Trump's ambush of Ukraine's Zelenskyy)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 58:05


    'BradCast' 3/13/2025 (Trump EPA Announces Plans to Endanger, Sicken Americans -- We Don't Have to Let Them)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 58:04


    'BradCast' 3/12/2025 (Guest: Public Citizen's Rick Claypool on Trump nixing enforcement actions against corporate lawbreakers)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 58:06


    'BradCast' 3/11/2025 (Bad Day for 'Strongmen': Duterte arrested, Trump/Canada trade war)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 57:08


    'BradCast' 3/10/2025 (Guest: The Nation's John Nichols on Musk entering WI's critical Supreme Court election)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 57:36


    'BradCast' 3/7/2025 (Encore: Defending the Free Press from White House, Bezos Attacks, with media critic Dan Froomkin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 57:24


    'BradCast' 3/6/2025 (Merkley: 'What Else Could a Russian Asset Do That Trump Hasn't Yet Done?)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 58:23


    'BradCast' 3/5/2025 (Guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon and 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Pod' on Trump's joint address to Congress)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 57:51


    'BradCast' 3/4/2025 (Donald Trump is Bad for Business)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 58:13


    'BradCast' 3/3/2025 (David Dayen of The Prospect on Trump plans to slash Social Security;Trump's ambush of Ukraine's Zelenskyy)'BradCast' 3/3/2025 (David Dayen of The Prospect on Trump plans to slash Social Security;Trump's ambush of Ukraine's Zel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 2/28/2025 (Encore: Former DOJ prosecutor Randall D. Eliason on Trump's 'Thursday Afternoon Massacre'; Debunking Trump's Ukraine lies)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 58:05


    'BradCast' 2/27/2025 (Defending the Free Press from White House, Bezos Attacks, with media critic Dan Froomkin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 57:21


    'BradCast' 2/26/2025 (The Ongoing Government Waste, Fraud and Abuse by Trump, Musk and the DOGE Bros)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 57:39


    'BradCast' 2/25/2025 (Guest: Jonathan Simon on February 28th 'Economic Blackout' protest; Bad Day for Elon Musk)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 58:00


    On today's 'BradCast': Donald Trump's top campaign donor, billionaire Elon Musk, and his team of DOGE Bros have escalated their rampage across the federal government, dismantling the non-partisan civil service and hollowing out key federal agencies,

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 57:00


    'BradCast' 2/21/2025 (Encore: DOJ's Thursday Afternoon Massacre; Global Health Hazard Becomes U.S. Health Chief)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 2/20/2025 (Guest: Media critic Jamison Foser on 'fights' worth having; Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Director)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 58:06


    'BradCast' 2/19/2025 (Guest: Former DOJ prosecutor Randall D. Eliason on Trump's 'Thursday Afternoon Massacre'; Debunking Trump's Ukraine lies)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 58:00


    'BradCast' 2/18/2025 (Trump/Musk Accelerate Gutting of Federal Government, Services)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 58:06


    'BradCast' 2/17/2025 (Encore: Trump's Golden Age of Corruption, with Ethics Expert Craig Holman of Public Citizen)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 58:18


    'BradCast' 2/14/2025 (Encore: David Dayen of The American Prospect on Trump/Musk shutdowns at CFPB, NLRB and elsewhere)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 57:49


    'BradCast' 2/13/2025 (DOJ's Thursday Afternoon Massacre; Global Health Hazard Becomes U.S. Health Chief)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 58:03


    'BradCast' 2/12/2025 (Guest: Debra Dicks Maxwell of the NC NAACP on 2024's last unsettled election)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 58:06


    'BradCast' 2/11/2025 (Trump's Golden Age of Corruption, with Ethics Expert Craig Holman of Public Citizen)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 58:08


    Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

    'BradCast' 2/10/2025 (Former FEC Chair Ann Ravel on Trump's Unlawful Firing of the current FEC Chair)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 57:00


    Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

    'BradCast' 2/7/2025 (Encore: 'They Know They're Lying' - The Fossil Fueled War on Science and Humanity, with climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 58:26


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