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'BradCast' 10/20/2025 (Celebrating 'No Kings' with callers and about 7 million other Americans)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 58:21

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

'BradCast' 10/16/2025 (Rightwing SCOTUS Majority May Gut Last of Voting Rights Act, with Joshua A. Douglas, Univ. of KY, and David Daley of FairVote)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 58:30

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

BradCast' 10/17/2025 (Encore: Trump Labor Dept. Warns Trump Immigration Policy Sparking Food Shortage, with David Dayen of TAP)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 58:12

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

'BradCast' 10/15/2025 (The 'Jeffrey Epstein Shutdown' and Other Autocratic Nightmares, with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 58:10

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

'BradCast' 10/14/2025 (Guest: Richard Von Glahn of People Not Politicians, on plan to block MO's GOP U.S. House Gerrymander)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 58:14

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

'BradCast' 10/13/2025 (Encore: Voting rights journalist Ari Berman of Mother Jones on Trump DOJ suing 'blue' states for voter databases)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 58:13

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

'BradCast' 10/9/2025 (Trump Labor Dept. Warns Trump Immigration Policy Sparking Food Shortage, with guest David Dayen of TAP)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 58:09

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

'BradCast' 10/10/2025 (Encore: Former White House budget advisor Bobby Kogan on the shutdown and why it matters)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 58:11

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

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'BradCast' 10/8/2025 (Donald Trump's Losing Battles; Republicans in disarray over shutdown)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 58:00

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

'BradCast' 10/7/2025 ('Supreme Arrogance': John Roberts and His Stacked, Packed and Captured Supreme Court, with guest, Lisa Graves, former DOJ official)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 58:14

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

'BradCast' 10/6/2025 (Trump Attempting His 'Invasion from Within')

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 57:30

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

'BradCast' 10/2/2025 (Guest: Former White House budget advisor Bobby Kogan on the shutdown and why it matters)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 58:08

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

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'BradCast' 10/3/2025 (Encore: Former DOJ anti-corruption official Randall D. Eliason on Trump 'Border Czar' caught taking a $50,000 cash bribe)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 56:40

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

'BradCast' 10/1/2025 (Guest: Voting rights journalist Ari Berman of Mother Jones on DoJ suing 'blue' states for voter databases)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 58:03

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

'BradCast' 9/30/2025 ('A War from Within' (Trump's Mind) As Government Shutdown Looms)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 58:08

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

'BradCast' 9/29/2025 ('Fear is the Tool of a Tyrant')

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 57:00

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

'BradCast' 9/26/2025 (Encore: MAGA Using Kirk's Death as Their 9/11; Guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 57:34

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

'BradCast' 9/25/2025 (Hegseth's mysterious generals meeting; Government shutdown looms; Comey's corrupt indictment)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 58:10

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

'BradCast' 9/24/2025 (Guest: Healthcare analyst Charles Gaba on Looming Government Shutdown and Skyrocketing Healthcare Premiums)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 58:07

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

'BradCast' 9/23/2025 (Our Insane U.S. President at the U.N.; Homan Bribery Update; Kimmel Censorship Update)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 58:16

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

'BradCast' 9/22/2025 (Former DOJ Chief of Public Corruption Randall D. Eliason on Trump 'Border Czar' caught taking a $50,000 cash bribe)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 56:30

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

'BradCast' 9/19/2025 (Encore: David Dayen on Dem plans to avoid a govt shutdown; Kirk killed in Utah)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 58:08

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

'BradCast' 9/18/2025 (Encore: Matt Gertz of Media Matters on new accountability for Fox 'News' 2020 election lies)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 58:08

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

'BradCast' 9/17/2025 (MAGA Using Kirk's Death as Their 9/11; Guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 57:30

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

'BradCast' 9/16/2025 (Guest: Attorney Keith Barber on our crumbling courts and withering rule of law)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 57:49

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

'BradCast' 9/15/2025 (First Amendment Under Attack to Protect the Second. Prove Me Wrong: The truth about Charlie Kirk's words)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 57:56

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

'BradCast' 9/11/2025 ('A Dark Moment for America': As Trump's economy falters, he and supporters declare 'War on the Left' after unsolved killing of Charlie Kirk)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 58:00

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

'BradCast' 9/12/2025 (Encore: Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik on Trump's 'Cook'ed-up mortgage fraud claims)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 58:07

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 58:06

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 58:00

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 58:00

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 57:58

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 58:06

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 58:02

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 57:30

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 58:15

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

'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)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 58:03

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 57:54

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 58:08

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 58:19

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 57:51

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 58:08

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

'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)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 58:01

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 58:00

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 58:02

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 57:45

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 58:00

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

'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)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 57:08

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 57:43

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

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

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 58:05

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

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'BradCast' 10/20/2025 (Celebrating 'No Kings' with callers and about 7 million other Americans)

'BradCast' 10/16/2025 (Rightwing SCOTUS Majority May Gut Last of Voting Rights Act, with Joshua A. Douglas, Univ. of KY, and David Daley of FairVote)

BradCast' 10/17/2025 (Encore: Trump Labor Dept. Warns Trump Immigration Policy Sparking Food Shortage, with David Dayen of TAP)

'BradCast' 10/15/2025 (The 'Jeffrey Epstein Shutdown' and Other Autocratic Nightmares, with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

'BradCast' 10/14/2025 (Guest: Richard Von Glahn of People Not Politicians, on plan to block MO's GOP U.S. House Gerrymander)

'BradCast' 10/13/2025 (Encore: Voting rights journalist Ari Berman of Mother Jones on Trump DOJ suing 'blue' states for voter databases)

'BradCast' 10/9/2025 (Trump Labor Dept. Warns Trump Immigration Policy Sparking Food Shortage, with guest David Dayen of TAP)

'BradCast' 10/10/2025 (Encore: Former White House budget advisor Bobby Kogan on the shutdown and why it matters)

'BradCast' 10/8/2025 (Donald Trump's Losing Battles; Republicans in disarray over shutdown)

'BradCast' 10/7/2025 ('Supreme Arrogance': John Roberts and His Stacked, Packed and Captured Supreme Court, with guest, Lisa Graves, former DOJ official)

'BradCast' 10/6/2025 (Trump Attempting His 'Invasion from Within')

'BradCast' 10/2/2025 (Guest: Former White House budget advisor Bobby Kogan on the shutdown and why it matters)

'BradCast' 10/3/2025 (Encore: Former DOJ anti-corruption official Randall D. Eliason on Trump 'Border Czar' caught taking a $50,000 cash bribe)

'BradCast' 10/1/2025 (Guest: Voting rights journalist Ari Berman of Mother Jones on DoJ suing 'blue' states for voter databases)

'BradCast' 9/30/2025 ('A War from Within' (Trump's Mind) As Government Shutdown Looms)

'BradCast' 9/29/2025 ('Fear is the Tool of a Tyrant')

'BradCast' 9/26/2025 (Encore: MAGA Using Kirk's Death as Their 9/11; Guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

'BradCast' 9/25/2025 (Hegseth's mysterious generals meeting; Government shutdown looms; Comey's corrupt indictment)

'BradCast' 9/24/2025 (Guest: Healthcare analyst Charles Gaba on Looming Government Shutdown and Skyrocketing Healthcare Premiums)

'BradCast' 9/23/2025 (Our Insane U.S. President at the U.N.; Homan Bribery Update; Kimmel Censorship Update)

'BradCast' 9/22/2025 (Former DOJ Chief of Public Corruption Randall D. Eliason on Trump 'Border Czar' caught taking a $50,000 cash bribe)

'BradCast' 9/19/2025 (Encore: David Dayen on Dem plans to avoid a govt shutdown; Kirk killed in Utah)

'BradCast' 9/18/2025 (Encore: Matt Gertz of Media Matters on new accountability for Fox 'News' 2020 election lies)

'BradCast' 9/17/2025 (MAGA Using Kirk's Death as Their 9/11; Guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

'BradCast' 9/16/2025 (Guest: Attorney Keith Barber on our crumbling courts and withering rule of law)

'BradCast' 9/15/2025 (First Amendment Under Attack to Protect the Second. Prove Me Wrong: The truth about Charlie Kirk's words)

'BradCast' 9/11/2025 ('A Dark Moment for America': As Trump's economy falters, he and supporters declare 'War on the Left' after unsolved killing of Charlie Kirk)

'BradCast' 9/12/2025 (Encore: Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik on Trump's 'Cook'ed-up mortgage fraud claims)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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)

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

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

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

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

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

'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)

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

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

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

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

'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)

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

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