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The House voted this week to ban abortions nationwide after 20 weeks. The Republican sponsor of the bill became the latest Republican to suggest ra...
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 59:02
This episode includes songs by 1st and 2nd generation musicians who have complex familial and/or emotional ties.
Also, the underreported story of...
- Added: Jun 11, 2013
- Length: 58:48
The full US Senate is scheduled to consider the bill to overhaul Immigration laws. The House is unveiling separate bills on Immigration. A look at ...
- Added: Jun 06, 2013
- Length: 57:59
"Black is not a color; it's an attitude. It's the attitude of independence, respect and dignity."
- James Brown
Interview by Rocci Fisch
1984. Wa...
- Added: May 29, 2013
- Length: 05:38
What if the Tea Party actually ran the government? What's now going on in Congress gives a pretty good indication.
- Added: May 29, 2013
- Length: 59:02
Two former heads of the IRS take the route of least disclosure in testifying before a Senate panel...At another Senate hearing, Treasury Secretary ...
- Added: May 23, 2013
- Length: 57:32
With the White House under fire on 3 fronts...Benghazi, IRS abuses and the Dept. of Justice obtaining phone records from and to the Associated Pres...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 56:46
From The Beltway... to Chris Christie's beltsize... to Biden..to still more hearings on Benghazi... to the budget...to gloating over blocking backg...
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 58:40
"Flight" is a common theme in recent major news events...from fixing the air traffic controllers' sequester...to Rand Paul's latest comments on dro...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 56:09
This episode tests our knowledge of prospects for immigration overhaul after Boston, what happened to gun safety legislation, whether Republicans h...
- Added: Apr 25, 2013
- Length: 58:16
A review of the terror attack.. and subsequent events including Thurs. overnight police firefight with suspects, Boston lockdown Friday, suspect i...
- Added: Apr 20, 2013
- Length: 58:31
Guns. 14 filibustering Senators. Stress cracks in GOP ranks. Budgets. North Korea... Hillary's speech on women's rights.... the death of Britain'...
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 57:04
Congress reported its findings on the "London Whale" scandal....a trader who racked up more than 6 billion dollars in losses for federally insured ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 57:47
Been awhile since I've devoted a full episode to media coverage of current events...so this week....a look at media coverage of ....among other thi...
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 55:51
A review of the star speakers at the CPAC ( Conservative Action Political Conference)...told through narration,music and soundbites. Let's just say...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 57:41
Progressives ( and others) might've thought Washington gridlock could soon break. There was a drone filibuster and President Obama's been meeting...
- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 57:28
The "30 second soundbite" (often less than that, actually) is a broadcast news staple.
But these soundbites often fail to convey needed informa...
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 58:28
While one guy tries make his mark as a man, another tries to erase the mark that represents a life of mistakes and regret, most of it spent in prison.
Bought by Aspen Public Radio and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 2
This week: all the things being said about the sequester...including the best explanation for the sequester that I've heard.....the gun debate is s...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 57:01
If you've paid any attention to the latest political discourse on subjects ranging from fed spending to cabinet posts to policing Wall Street...the...
- Added: Feb 21, 2013
- Length: 58:50
A look at an eventful week that will be shaping policy..and our lives..for years to come.
- Added: Feb 14, 2013
- Length: 58:43
What we learned from the Senate confirmation hearings for Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense...told through narration, music and soundbites.
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 58:55
Big week for major issue debates on national and foreign policy ..with major implications for Obama's second term.
- Added: Jan 30, 2013
- Length: 56:18
The gun violence debate...how it's being portrayed by the politicians.. the gun lobbyists...and the media
- Added: Jan 23, 2013
- Length: 57:42
So, how did 60 to 70 billion dollars in tax breaks for corporations and special interests end up in the emergency legislation that was designed to...
- Added: Jan 10, 2013
- Length: 58:00
