Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff yates

ENCORE PRESENTATION:Oxfam America CEO Abby Maxwell: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Killed Hundreds of ThousandsACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump's National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders InvestigationsArtist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth' Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous CitizenshipBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump intensifies AI critical minerals scramble• Canada signs energy pact with China• Zero homeowners approved for FEMA buyout after HeleneVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

ENCORE PRESENTATION:Oxfam America CEO Abby Maxwell: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of ThousandsACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump's National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders InvestigationsArtist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth' Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous CitizenshipBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump intensifies AI critical minerals scramble• Canada signs energy pact with China• Zero homeowners approved for FEMA buyout after HeleneVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Amnesty International's Ben Linden: After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are UncertainJournalist Andrea Pitzer: Trump Regime's Massive Buildout of Immigrant Concentration Camps Meets Local ResistanceColor of Change's Amanda Hollowell: In Second Term, Trump Acts to Eliminate America's Multiracial DemocracyBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryLast nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia has expiredDeadly “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota's Twin Cities is endingSome states' vaccination rates losing ground as vaccine exemptions take holdVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Amnesty International's Ben Linden: After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are UncertainJournalist Andrea Pitzer: Trump Regime's Massive Buildout of Immigrant Concentration Camps Meets Local ResistanceColor of Change's Amanda Hollowell: In Second Term, Trump Acts to Eliminate America's Multiracial DemocracyBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryLast nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia has expiredDeadly “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota's Twin Cities is endingSome states' vaccination rates losing ground as vaccine exemptions take holdVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Georgetown University's Josh Ruebner: Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan's Deeply Flawed Second Phase BeginsThe Dissenter Newsletter publisher Kevin Gosztola: FBI Spies on, Then Raids Washington Post Reporter's Home in Escalating Attack on Press FreedomFairVote senior fellow David Daley: Trump Asks GOP Congress to ‘Nationalize' the 2026 Midterm Election, Attempting to Rig the OutcomeBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryWill there be a permanent U.S. military presence in Latin America?Record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demandsActivists across the U.S. are organizing “No Sleep for ICE” actionVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Georgetown University's Josh Ruebner: Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan's Deeply Flawed Second Phase BeginsThe Dissenter Newsletter publisher Kevin Gosztola: FBI Spies on, Then Raids Washington Post Reporter's Home in Escalating Attack on Press FreedomFairVote senior fellow David Daley: Trump Asks GOP Congress to ‘Nationalize' the 2026 Midterm Election, Attempting to Rig the OutcomeBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryWill there be a permanent U.S. military presence in Latin America?Record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demandsActivists across the U.S. are organizing “No Sleep for ICE” actionVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Vote Common Good CEO Pastor Doug Pagitt: Minnesota Shows the Country How to Effectively Resist ICE ViolenceFairfax County, Virginia attorney Steve Descano: National Coalition of Local Prosecutors Target Federal Lawbreakers to Enforce AccountabilityStarbucks Workers United Union delegate Silvia Baldwin: Starbucks Workers Union Enters Third Month of Unfair Labor Practice StrikeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Syrian military overriding Kurds' hopes for autonomy• ICE using states' Medicaid data to find immigrants• Campaign season for Michigan Democratic party Senate seat primary heating upVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Vote Common Good CEO Pastor Doug Pagitt: Minnesota Shows the Country How to Effectively Resist ICE ViolenceFairfax County, Virginia attorney Steve Descano: National Coalition of Local Prosecutors Target Federal Lawbreakers to Enforce AccountabilityStarbucks Workers United Union delegate Silvia Baldwin: Starbucks Workers Union Enters Third Month of Unfair Labor Practice StrikeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Syrian military overriding Kurds' hopes for autonomy• ICE using states' Medicaid data to find immigrants• Campaign season for Michigan Democratic party Senate seat primary heating upVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Minnesota Reformer reporter Madison McVan: ICE Agents' Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and More ProtestsFormer CIA analyst Mel Goodman: The World Revolts Against Trump's Irrational, Deadly Foreign and Domestic PolicyGulf Coast fisherman Eddie Lejuine: Gulf Coast Residents Live in ‘Ground Zero' of U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry's Sacrifice ZoneBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Japan reopening massive Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant• Department of Justice making unprecedented demand for state voter lists• States, cities concerned over huge taxpayer subsidies for multi-bilionaire's stadiumsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Minnesota Reformer reporter Madison McVan: ICE Agents' Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and More ProtestsFormer CIA analyst Mel Goodman: The World Revolts Against Trump's Irrational, Deadly Foreign and Domestic PolicyGulf Coast fisherman Eddie Lejuine: Gulf Coast Residents Live in ‘Ground Zero' of U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry's Sacrifice ZoneBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Japan reopening massive Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant• Department of Justice making unprecedented demand for state voter lists• States, cities concerned over huge taxpayer subsidies for multi-bilionaires' stadiumsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights' CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs: Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE ViolenceProgram for Global Public Health and Common Good's Dr. Philip Landrigan: Study Finding Weedkiller Roundup Safe Retracted Amid Renewed Concern Over Cancer LinkFCC Commissioner Anna Gomez: FCC Commissioner Decries Government Assault on Free PressBob Nixon's: This Week's Under-reported News SummaryChevron uniquely positioned to profit from U.S. takeover of Venezuelan oilFederal tax prosecutions fell over 27 percent due to staffing cutsOutside investors buying up 2/3 of rebuilt Altadena, CaliforniaVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights' CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs: Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE ViolenceProgram for Global Public Health and Common Good's Dr. Philip Landrigan: Study Finding Weedkiller Roundup Safe Retracted Amid Renewed Concern Over Cancer LinkFCC Commissioner Anna Gomez: FCC Commissioner Decries Government Assault on Free PressBob Nixon's: This Week's Under-reported News SummaryChevron uniquely positioned to profit from U.S. takeover of Venezuelan oilFederal tax prosecutions fell over 27 percent due to staffing cutsOutside investors buying up 2/3 of rebuilt Altadena, CaliforniaVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Vote Common Good Executive Director Rev. Doug Pagitt: Minneapolis and U.S. Explode in Protest after ICE Killing of Renee GoodAnti-ICE rally speakers: Avelo Airlines Ends ICE Deportation Flights After Months-LongNational Lawyers Guild's past President Marjorie Cohn: Trump's Lawless Venezuela Attack Rouses U.S. Senate to Pass War Powers ResolutionBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump weighs mulls to Greenlanders; won't rule out military option to take over• Senate probe claims United Healthcare paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers• Fracking waste leaving toxic brew in Pennsylvania waterwaysVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Vote Common Good Executive Director Rev. Doug Pagitt: Minneapolis and U.S. Explode in Protest after ICE Killing of Renee GoodAnti-ICE rally speakers: Avelo Airlines Ends ICE Deportation Flights After Months-LongNational Lawyers Guild's past President Marjorie Cohn: Trump's Lawless Venezuela Attack Rouses U.S. Senate to Pass War Powers ResolutionBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump weighs mulls to Greenlanders; won't rule out military option to take over• Senate probe claims United Healthcare paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers• Fracking waste leaving toxic brew in Pennsylvania waterwaysVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Journalist Andreína Chávez and Latin American Perspective's Steve Ellner: Trump's Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About OilQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: After Venezuela Attack, Trump Threatens to Strike Iran AgainThird Act volunteer Lynn Stoddard: ‘Simplify Solar' National Campaign Aims to Make Residential Rooftop Solar More AffordableBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Yemen's civil war enters dangerous new phase with Saudi attack on UAE military• Thailand and Cambodia agree to short-term ceasefire in border conflict• Private equity spending spree threatening New Mexico's clean renewable energy meccaVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Journalist Andreína Chávez and Latin American Perspective's Steve Ellner: Trump's Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About OilQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: After Venezuela Attack, Trump Threatens to Strike Iran AgainThird Act volunteer Lynn Stoddard: ‘Simplify Solar' National Campaign Aims to Make Residential Rooftop Solar More AffordableBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Yemen's civil war enters dangerous new phase with Saudi attack on UAE military• Thailand and Cambodia agree to short-term ceasefire in border conflict• Private equity spending spree threatening New Mexico's clean renewable energy meccaVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Free Press & Free Press Action's Craig Aaron: CBS Political Censorship of '60 Minutes': Another Victim of Media MergerMedia critic Parker Molloy: Trump, RFK Jr. Impose Ban on Trans Youth Gender Affirming Care NationwideThe Labor Force Coordinator Maeg Yosef: 'The Labor Force' Working to Strengthen America's Rising Union MovementBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling could eliminate dozens of Black & Latino congressional seats• Libyan oil corruption is hurting international investors• Trump claims to fight urban crime in National Guard deployment to citiesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Free Press & Free Press Action's Craig Aaron: CBS Political Censorship of '60 Minutes': Another Victim of Corporate Media ConsolidationMedia critic Parker Molloy: Trump, RFK Jr. Impose Ban on Trans Youth Gender Affirming Care NationwideThe Labor Force Coordinator Maeg Yosef: 'The Labor Force' Working to Strengthen America's Rising Union MovementBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling could eliminate dozens of Black & Latino congressional seats• Libyan oil corruption is hurting international investors• Trump claims to fight urban crime in National Guard deployment to citiesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Code Pink Women for Peace co-founder Medea Benjamin: Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress IntervenesPalestinian anti-apartheid activist Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israel Increases Repression and Attacks on the Local Economy in Occupied Palestinian West BankFree Speech for People co-founder and President John Bonifaz: Impeachment: The Antidote to Trump's Authoritarian PresidencyBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• One Afghan emigré's alleged crime causes crackdown on all Afghan immigration• Globally, land mine casualties and injuries highest ever since 2020• Family Dollar, Dollar General's shelf prices may not be the same at checkoutVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Code Pink Women for Peace co-founder Medea Benjamin: Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress IntervenesPalestinian anti-apartheid activist Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israel Increases Repression and Attacks on the Local Economy in Occupied Palestinian West BankFree Speech for People co-founder and President John Bonifaz: Impeachment: The Antidote to Trump's Authoritarian PresidencyBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• One Afghan emigré's alleged crime causes crackdown on all Afghan immigration• Globally, land mine casualties and injuries highest ever since 2020• Family Dollar, Dollar General's shelf prices may not be the same at checkoutVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Expiring ACA Subsidies Accelerate America's Healthcare Disaster and 51,000 Preventable DeathsPsychotherapist, author, and Duty to Warn founder John Gartner: Trump's Cognitive Decline is More Obvious Every DayColumbia University Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil: Mahmoud Khalil's Lawsuits Seek Accountability for Trump Effort to Suppress Palestinian Activism in U.S.Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Growing Israeli occupation in south Syria violates 1974 UN resolution buffer zone• Rare earth mining & deforestation in Amazon River Basin alarms environmentalists worldwide• Trump regime giving even more tax breaks to wealthy corporationsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Expiring ACA Subsidies Accelerate America's Healthcare Disaster and 51,000 Preventable DeathsPsychotherapist, author, and Duty to Warn founder John Gartner: Trump's Cognitive Decline is More Obvious Every DayColumbia University Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil: Mahmoud Khalil's Lawsuits Seek Accountability for Trump Effort to Suppress Palestinian Activism in U.S.Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Growing Israeli occupation in south Syria violates 1974 UN resolution buffer zone• Rare earth mining & deforestation in Amazon River Basin alarms environmentalists worldwide• Trump regime giving even more tax breaks to wealthy corporationsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Eisenhower Media Network Associate Director Matthew Hoh: U.S. War Crime Attacks on ‘Drug Boats': A Prelude to U.S. Attack on VenezuelaYale Law School professor Bruce Ackerman: Supreme Court Hears Case that Could Further Increase Trump's Unchecked Executive Power Journalist and author Nell Bernstein: New Book In Our Future We Are Free Recounts 25-Year Campaign that Cut U.S. Youth Incarceration 75%Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Major cuts in AIDS treatment, prevention to spike HIV infections by 3.3 million• South Asia, among most water-stressed regions globally, faces ‘water wars'• Chicago Mercantile Exchange data center's 11-hour blackout exposes vulnerabilityVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Eisenhower Media Network Associate Director Matthew Hoh: U.S. War Crime Attacks on ‘Drug Boats': A Prelude to U.S. Attack on VenezuelaYale Law School professor Bruce Ackerman: Supreme Court Hears Case that Could Further Increase Trump's Unchecked Executive Power Journalist and author Nell Bernstein: New Book In Our Future We Are Free Recounts 25-Year Campaign that Cut U.S. Youth Incarceration 75%Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Major cuts in AIDS treatment, prevention to spike HIV infections by 3.3 million• South Asia, among most water-stressed regions globally, faces ‘water wars'• Chicago Mercantile Exchange data center's 11-hour blackout exposes vulnerabilityVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Veterans for Peace board member Gerry Condon: Credible Accusations of Trump-Pentagon War Crimes ReportedJournalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Is the Trump-GOP Authoritarian Nightmare Unraveling?Prison Policy Initiative communications strategist Wanda Bertram: 34 Urgent Criminal Justice Reform Bills State Legislatures Can Pass in 2026Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• World's second largest rainforest, the Congo Basin, is most overlooked in climate policy• Establishment progressive state Sen. John Cavanaugh running in Nebraska primary• Nuclear weapons plans reopen uranium mining, renewing Navajo communities' health risksVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Veterans for Peace board member Gerry Condon: Credible Accusations of Trump-Pentagon War Crimes ReportedJournalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Is the Trump-GOP Authoritarian Nightmare Unraveling?Prison Policy Initiative communications strategist Wanda Bertram: 34 Urgent Criminal Justice Reform Bills State Legislatures Can Pass in 2026Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• World's second largest rainforest, the Congo Basin, is most overlooked in climate policy• Establishment progressive state Sen. John Cavanaugh running in Nebraska primary• Nuclear weapons plans reopen uranium mining, renewing Navajo communities' health risksVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Physicians for a National Health Program President Dr. Diljeet Singh: Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Band-AidsNational Alliance to End Homelessness CEO Ann Oliva: Under Trump's New Homelessness Policy, Nearly 200,000 Will Lose HousingFriends of the Earth U.S. Finance Policy Advocated Zimyl Adler: COP30 UN Climate Summit in Brazil, Another Disappointing OutcomeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Big Ag, fossil fuel industry lobbyists derail COP30 climate crisis mitigation• SNAP's largest cuts in the program's history are becoming apparent• Chicago organizers demanding AT&T cut ties with DHS and ICEVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Physicians for a National Health Program President Dr. Diljeet Singh: Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Band-AidsNational Alliance to End Homelessness CEO Ann Oliva: Under Trump's New Homelessness Policy, Nearly 200,000 Will Lose HousingFriends of the Earth U.S. Finance Policy Advocated Zimyl Adler: COP30 UN Climate Summit in Brazil, Another Disappointing OutcomeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Big Ag, fossil fuel industry lobbyists derail COP30 climate crisis mitigation• SNAP's largest cuts in the program's history are becoming apparent• Chicago organizers demanding AT&T cut ties with DHS and ICEVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Yale School of Public Health's Nathaniel Raymond: Sudan's Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World TodayUniversity of Wisconsin's former Associate Director of Middle East Studies Jennifer Loewenstein: The Dire Situation for Palestinians Living in Post-Ceasefire GazaSalon.com columnist Heather Digby Parton: Trump Drowning in Epstein File ScandalBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:• Venezuelans deported to CECOT tortured• U.S. sold sniper rifles to notorious Brazil police unit • DOGE conspiracy theories hampered Social Security servicesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Yale School of Public Health's Nathaniel Raymond: Sudan's Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World TodayUniversity of Wisconsin's former Associate Director of Middle East Studies Jennifer Loewenstein: The Dire Situation for Palestinians Living in Post-Ceasefire GazaSalon.com columnist Heather Digby Parton: Trump Drowning in Epstein File ScandalBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:• Venezuelans deported by Trump to CECOT tortured• U.S. sold sniper rifles to notorious Brazil police unit • DOGE conspiracy theories hampered Social Security servicesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

RootsAction.org co-founder Norman Solomon: After Government Shutdown Surrender, It's Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their StrategyThe Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Mamdani's Uncompromising Progressive NYC Mayoral Victory Inspires Hope for U.S. PoliticsUniversity of California Santa Barbara sociology professor William I. Robinson: Linking the Growing Global Economic Crisis to Rising Austerity and RepressionBetween The Lines' Under-reported News Summary• NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's 'radical ideas' are 'normal' in Europe• Union shareholders fighting data collection brokers behind ICE deportations• South Africa's new green energy plan won't phase out coalVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

RootsAction.org co-founder Norman Solomon: After Government Shutdown Surrender, It's Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their StrategyThe Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Mamdani's Uncompromising Progressive NYC Mayoral Victory Inspires Hope for U.S. PoliticsUniversity of California Santa Barbara sociology professor William I. Robinson: Linking the Growing Global Economic Crisis to Rising Austerity and RepressionBetween The Lines' Under-reported News Summary• NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's 'radical ideas' are 'normal' in Europe• Union shareholders fighting data collection brokers behind ICE deportations• South Africa's new green energy plan won't phase out coalVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

ACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump's National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders InvestigationsCenter for Budget and Policy Priorities Executive Vice President for Policy and Program Development Peggy Bailey: Judge Forces Trump to use Contingency Funds to Restore SNAP Benefits to Nation's Poor FamiliesArtist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth' Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous CitizenshipBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Russia's war on Ukraine has ravaged the nation's forests• Ethiopia opens new dam threatening Egypt's water security• US-Mexico border wall imperils region's pollinatorsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

ACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump's National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders InvestigationsCenter for Budget and Policy Priorities Executive Vice President for Policy and Program Development Peggy Bailey: Judge Forces Trump to use Contingency Funds to Restore SNAP Benefits to Nation's Poor FamiliesArtist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth' Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous CitizenshipBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Russia's war on Ukraine has ravaged the nation's forests• Ethiopia opens new dam threatening Egypt's water security• US-Mexico border wall imperils region's pollinatorsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Researcher and trainer Hardy Merriman: After ‘No Kings Day' Protests, New Strategies & Tactics Needed to Resist Trump's Authoritarian AgendaYale School of Public Health associate professor Gregg Gonsalves: Defend Public Health Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.'s Destruction of US Public HealthTask Force on the Americas' member David Paul: Trump Deploys U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean in Preparation for Possible Venezuela AttackBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Sudanese army fails as rebel paramilitary RSF captures western city of el-Fasher• Kurdish cousins' political party rivalry erupting into Iraqi Kurdistan civil war• Human rights organization's Fair Food Program fights to provide ethically-sourced cropsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Researcher and trainer Hardy Merriman: After ‘No Kings Day' Protests, New Strategies & Tactics Needed to Resist Trump's Authoritarian AgendaYale School of Public Health associate professor Gregg Gonsalves: Defend Public Health Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.'s Destruction of US Public HealthTask Force on the Americas' member David Paul: Trump Deploys U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean in Preparation for Possible Venezuela AttackBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Sudanese army fails as rebel paramilitary RSF captures western city of el-Fasher• Kurdish cousins' political party rivalry erupting into Iraqi Kurdistan civil war• Human rights organization's Fair Food Program fights to provide ethically-sourced cropsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million PalestiniansDemocracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Voting Rights Act, Imperiling U.S. Multi-Racial DemocracyLouisiana commercial fisherman Eddie Lejuine: LNG Terminals Decimate Louisiana's Once Thriving Commercial Fishing IndustryBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Afghanistan and Pakistan engage in deadly border battles• Trump attacks cashless bail policies• Wisconsin court rejects Big Ag's attempt to weaken water regulationsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million PalestiniansDemocracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Voting Rights Act, Imperiling U.S. Multi-Racial DemocracyLouisiana commercial fisherman Eddie Lejuine: LNG Terminals Decimate Louisiana's Once Thriving Commercial Fishing IndustryBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Afghanistan and Pakistan engage in deadly border battles• Trump attacks cashless bail policies• Wisconsin court rejects Big Ag's attempt to weaken water regulationsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

CODEPINK World Court Campaign Coordinator Robert Jereski: After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire Lacks Enforcement MechanismsU.S. Marine veteran Bryce Lockwood: Recounting Israel's 1967 Attack on U.S. Research Ship during Six-Day War and Its Lasting ImpactFormer health insurance executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter: Federal Government Shutdown Exposes Crisis in Long Failing U.S. Healthcare SystemBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of coup plot, running out of options• Russia, Vietnam can avoid U.S. sanctions with backdoor energy enterprise• Puerto Ricans' mutual aid food system could be a model post-natural disastersVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

CODEPINK World Court Campaign Coordinator Robert Jereski: After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire Lacks Enforcement MechanismsU.S. Marine veteran Bryce Lockwood: Recounting Israel's 1967 Attack on U.S. Research Ship during Six-Day War and Its Lasting ImpactFormer health insurance executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter: Federal Government Shutdown Exposes Crisis in Long Failing U.S. Healthcare SystemBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of coup plot, running out of options• Russia, Vietnam can avoid U.S. sanctions with backdoor energy enterprise• Puerto Ricans' mutual aid food system could be a model post-natural disastersVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of U.S. CitiesFurloughed HHS federal worker Danny Tsoi: Federal Workers, Jobs on the Line, Support Shutdown to Save Endangered Healthcare Programs7 Directions of Service Co-Founder Crystal Cavalier-Keck: UN Climate Week Events Feature Presentations on the ‘Rights of Nature'Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• India detains popular Ladakh, Himalayas region leader• California teachers and unions fight Trump campus witch hunt• 2020 election denier appointed to help DHS oversee U.S. electionsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of U.S. CitiesFurloughed HHS federal worker Danny Tsoi: Federal Workers, Jobs on the Line, Support Shutdown to Save Endangered Healthcare Programs7 Directions of Service Co-Founder Crystal Cavalier-Keck: UN Climate Week Events Feature Presentations on the ‘Rights of Nature'Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• India detains popular Ladakh, Himalayas region leader• California teachers and unions fight Trump campus witch hunt• 2020 election denier appointed to help DHS oversee U.S. electionsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead: Rapidly Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists'Oxfam CEO Abby Maxman: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of ThousandsDocumentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith: Documentary ‘Stripped for Parts' Examines Vulture Capital's Role in Demolishing Local NewspapersBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump cronies still fixated on annexing Greenland, where socialism works• Trump administration planning to reopen notorious prisons for ICE• Colchester, Vermont mobile home park experimenting with cooperative housingVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead: Rapidly Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists'Oxfam CEO Abby Maxman: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of ThousandsDocumentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith: Documentary ‘Stripped for Parts' Examines Vulture Capital's Role in Demolishing Local NewspapersBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump cronies still fixated on annexing Greenland, where socialism works• Trump administration planning to reopen notorious prisons for ICE• Colchester, Vermont mobile home park experimenting with cooperative housingVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Free Press General Counsel Matt Wood: Trump's FCC Takes Action to Suppress Free SpeechUniversity of Arizona professor emerita epidemiologist Elizabeth Jacobs: RFK Jr.'s War Against Vaccinations and Science Reaches New Dangerous PhaseGulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit Co-Founder Armon Alex: Petrostate Tour of U.S. Capitol Shines Light on Fossil Fuel Industry's Attack on Environment/ClimateBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Refugees from Western Sahara fuel humanitarian crisis in Algeria• Tuberculosis is spreading in ICE detention centers• Anti-opioid drug less available in black and latino communitiesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Free Press General Counsel Matt Wood: Trump's FCC Takes Action to Suppress Free SpeechUniversity of Arizona professor emerita epidemiologist Elizabeth Jacobs: RFK Jr.'s War Against Vaccinations and Science Reaches New Dangerous PhaseGulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit Co-Founder Armon Alex: Petrostate Tour of U.S. Capitol Shines Light on Fossil Fuel Industry's Attack on Environment/ClimateBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Refugees from Western Sahara fuel humanitarian crisis in Algeria• Tuberculosis is spreading in ICE detention centers• Anti-opioid drug less available in black and latino communitiesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump Exploits Charlie Kirk's Murder to Threaten Leftist Groups with RepressionConnecticut Visibility Brigade founder Katherine Hinds and defense attorney Margaret Donovan: Protest Leader Arrested for Exercising Free Speech RightsYouth climate activist and Fridays for Future Cape Cod lead organizer Madison Sheppard: ‘Make Billionaires Pay' International Mobilization for Climate Justice Sept. 19-21Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Growing U.S. military partnership with the Philippines, threatening China• Trump has fast-tracked deep-sea mining, despite global opposition• Utah unions fight ban on collective bargaining with historic referendumVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump Exploits Charlie Kirk's Murder, Vowing to Investigate and Dismantle Progressive Left GroupsConnecticut Visibility Brigade founder Katherine Hinds and defense attorney Margaret Donovan: Protest Leader Arrested for Exercising Free Speech RightsYouth climate activist and Fridays for Future Cape Cod lead organizer Madison Sheppard: ‘Make Billionaires Pay' International Mobilization for Climate Justice Sept. 19-21Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Growing U.S. military partnership with the Philippines, threatening China• Trump has fast-tracked deep-sea mining, despite global opposition• Utah unions fight ban on collective bargaining with historic referendumVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Stand Up America's Brett Edkins: New Guardrails Must Be Enacted to Defend Democracy Against a Future Trump-like DictatorshipNational Immigration Law Center attorney Hilda Bonilla: Trump's Cruel & Traumatizing Attempt to Deport Guatemalan Children Temporarily Blocked by Federal JudgeCenter for International Policy and former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman: Trump's Erratic and Destructive Foreign Policy Alienates Adversaries and Allies AlikeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Global plastic pollution talks collapse• Russian-backed Wagner Group floundering in Africa• Trump administration escalating attack on anti-ICE activistsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber: Will the U.N. Support a Plan That Could End Israel's Gaza Genocide?Environmental Protection Network Executive Director Michelle Roos: Former EPA Staff Defend Federal Environmental Regulations Being Weakened or Eliminated by Donald TrumpAmerican Doom newsletter Editor Justin Glawe: A Desperate Trump Could Order the National Guard to Intervene in the 2026 ElectionBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Mineral-rich Congo's peace negotiations collapse• Staffers warn Trump's FEMA cuts portend another Katrina-like catastrophe• Democrats lacking working class support by ignoring progressive prioritiesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.