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'BradCast' 11/12/2025 (Mamdani's 'Surprisingly Affordable' Affordability Agenda for NYC, with Zero Hour's Richard Eskow)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 58:00

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

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'BradCast' 11/11/2025 (It's the Elections, Stupid; Dem shutdown fallout; Trump pardons 2020 accomplices)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 58:00

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

'BradCast' 11/10/2025 (Election 2025 Victories for Democracy with Bolts' Alex Burness; Also: 7 Senate Dems Vote to End Shutdown)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 58:24

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

'BradCast' 11/7/2025 (Encore: Weak 'Strongman': Trump underwater in states he won; Under-the-radar contests in Tuesday elections)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 58:15

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

'BradCast' 11/6/2025 (Election 2025: 'Light at the end of the tunnel, with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 58:00

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

'BradCast' 11/5/2025 (Dems Win Everything Everywhere All at Once; Guest: John Nichols of 'The Nation' on Election 2025)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 58:00

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

'BradCast' 11/4/2025 (Republican Thuggery While Americans Vote)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 58:12

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

'BradCast' 11/3/2025 (Last Call(s) Before Election Day; Latest dispatches from the Gerrymandering Wars)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 58:00

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

'BradCast' 10/31/2025 (Encore: Republican Partisan Buys Dominion Voting Systems, with election security expert Susan Greenhalgh)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 58:04

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

'BradCast' 10/30/2025 (Weak 'Strongman': Trump underwater in states he won; Under-the-radar contests in Tuesday elections)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 58:12

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

'BradCast' 10/29/2025 (Guest: The Prospect's Harold Meyerson on 'the first politically viable wealth tax' in CA)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 58:00

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

'BradCast' 10/28/2025 (Monster Storm, Endless Wars, Gamed Elections -- It's all going great!)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 58:17

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

'BradCast' 10/27/2025 (Let's Play 'Who Wants to Be a U.S. Citizen?'! Our first call-in 'game show'!)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 58:20

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

'BradCast' 10/23/2025 (Critical NOAA Climate Database resurrected, with guest Former NOAA climate scientist Tom Di Liberto)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 57:42

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

'BradCast' 10/24/2025 (Encore: 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 24, 2025 58:17

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

'BradCast' 10/22/2025 (Republican Partisan Buys Dominion Voting Systems, with guest election security expert Susan Greenhalgh)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 58:00

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

'BradCast' 10/21/2025 (Law[lessness] and [Dis]Order: Trump's crime spree continues and expands)

The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 58:04

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

'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' 10/3/2025 (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' 10/2/2025 (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' 10/1/2025 (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' 9/17/2025 (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' 9/18/2025 (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' 9/16/2025 (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

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'BradCast' 11/12/2025 (Mamdani's 'Surprisingly Affordable' Affordability Agenda for NYC, with Zero Hour's Richard Eskow)

'BradCast' 11/11/2025 (It's the Elections, Stupid; Dem shutdown fallout; Trump pardons 2020 accomplices)

'BradCast' 11/10/2025 (Election 2025 Victories for Democracy with Bolts' Alex Burness; Also: 7 Senate Dems Vote to End Shutdown)

'BradCast' 11/7/2025 (Encore: Weak 'Strongman': Trump underwater in states he won; Under-the-radar contests in Tuesday elections)

'BradCast' 11/6/2025 (Election 2025: 'Light at the end of the tunnel, with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

'BradCast' 11/5/2025 (Dems Win Everything Everywhere All at Once; Guest: John Nichols of 'The Nation' on Election 2025)

'BradCast' 11/4/2025 (Republican Thuggery While Americans Vote)

'BradCast' 11/3/2025 (Last Call(s) Before Election Day; Latest dispatches from the Gerrymandering Wars)

'BradCast' 10/31/2025 (Encore: Republican Partisan Buys Dominion Voting Systems, with election security expert Susan Greenhalgh)

'BradCast' 10/30/2025 (Weak 'Strongman': Trump underwater in states he won; Under-the-radar contests in Tuesday elections)

'BradCast' 10/29/2025 (Guest: The Prospect's Harold Meyerson on 'the first politically viable wealth tax' in CA)

'BradCast' 10/28/2025 (Monster Storm, Endless Wars, Gamed Elections -- It's all going great!)

'BradCast' 10/27/2025 (Let's Play 'Who Wants to Be a U.S. Citizen?'! Our first call-in 'game show'!)

'BradCast' 10/23/2025 (Critical NOAA Climate Database resurrected, with guest Former NOAA climate scientist Tom Di Liberto)

'BradCast' 10/24/2025 (Encore: Richard Von Glahn of People Not Politicians, on plan to block MO's GOP U.S. House Gerrymander)

'BradCast' 10/22/2025 (Republican Partisan Buys Dominion Voting Systems, with guest election security expert Susan Greenhalgh)

'BradCast' 10/21/2025 (Law[lessness] and [Dis]Order: Trump's crime spree continues and expands)

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

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

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

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

'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)