Best Rudy Rucker Podcasts (2024)

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Podcast #115. “Big Germs” 24:57

3d ago24:57

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June 23, 2024. Reading my anti-gun “Big Germs” story at the SF in SF meeting. In memory of Terry Bisson. And huge thanks to sound wizsard Rusty Hodge. Press the arrow below to play “Big Germs.” We’re using the new and improved .m4a sound file format instead of the old .mp3. If you have a […] The post Podcast #115. “Big Germs” first appeared on Rudy…

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Podcast #114. “Who Do You Love” 9:14

1y ago9:14

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May 19, 2023. This story relates to the death of my wife Sylvia. I read it an SF in SF event in January, 2023, and it was recorded by Rusty Hodge for SomaFM. The story appeared as online text in Nature Futures on Feb 15, 2023. Press the arrow below to play Rusty’s recording of […] The post Podcast #114. “Who Do You Love” first appeared on Rudy's Bl…

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Author reveals how GOP became toxic, from the rise of Gingrich to Trump 16:19

1+ y ago16:19

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Princeton political history Professor and CNN Commentator Julian Zelizer returns to the Dworkin Report to discuss his book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party. Professor Zelizer tells us how Newt Gingrich’s rise to power in the Republican party was the turning point that led to the…

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Fmr. Melania advisor reveals the Trump family profited off of 2017 Inaugural Committee 21:51

1+ y ago21:51

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Scott interviews Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who served as executive producer and adviser to the Inaugural Committee for Donald Trump, as well as an advisor to Melania Trump in this first part of a multi-part interview. Winston Wolkoff authored the revelatory NY Times #1 best-selling book: Melania and Me, an intimate look at her now broken relations…

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Top Georgia journalist warns about Herschel Walker's political assets 18:30

1+ y ago18:30

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Award-winning journalist and author Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution joined our show to talk about what lessons can be learned from the 2020 special elections in Georgia and shared wisdom about Herschel Walker's campaign. We discussed his excellent book, Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power…

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Inside Trump's willful dereliction of duty on Jan. 6th with Philip Rucker 22:49

1+ y ago22:49

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Scott interviews Philip Rucker, co-author of the New York Times bestselling book "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year” with his Washington Post colleague, Carol Leonnig. Their book opens at the very beginning of 2020 when the COVID pandemic arrives, carries through the January 6, 2021 insurrection, and ends with Joe Biden's i…

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Podcast #113. “Logic, Gnarl, Writing, Painting.” 46:27

2y ago46:27

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August 1, 2022. I was invited to give a plenary lecture at the Bridges group’s “Mathematics & Art” conference in Helsinki, Finland. Over my long career, I’ve used math, computer graphics, writing, and painting as ways to express myself, and to get clearer images of certain things that interest me. Four channels, all looking at […] The post Podcast …

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Michael Cohen can’t hide his disgust at new Manhattan DA’s failure to prosecute Trump 25:15

2y ago25:15

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Scott interviews former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, who knows Trump's playbook better than anybody, and tells us if he believes Donald Trump will ever be convicted for any of his crimes after the Manhattan DA dropped the ball and what approach he thinks law enforcement would have to take to get it done. Michael's New York Times bestselling book is …

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Michael Cohen just explained how Trump set up a GOP Congressman seeking a pardon 24:29

2y ago24:29

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Scott interviews friend and former political opponent, Michael Cohen in part one of this two-part interview. He provided key insight into the unsavory way that the disgraced ex-president handled one of his key House Republican allies at the end of his term, soon after inciting an insurrection against the United State Capitol.As the former personal …

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Lev Parnas just revealed how Ron DeSantis got Trump's endorsement and the Florida governorship 17:01

2+ y ago17:01

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Scott and Grant interview Lev Parnas, who became well-known for his leading role in the former President’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to launch an investigation into political rival Joe Biden which led to the first of two impeachments against the disgraced former Commander-in-Chief. This is part two of a two-part interview with Parnas recorded on …

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Author reveals how Peter Thiel helped Trump cut a deal with Facebook to evade fact checking 25:12

2+ y ago25:12

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Scott talks with author and journalist Max Chafkin, who is a features editor and a tech reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek. Max is the author of "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power," a biography about the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker Peter Thiel who sits at the dynamic intersection of …

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Lev Parnas just explained how Rudy Giuliani acquired Russian disinformation for Trump 28:36

2+ y ago28:36

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Scott and Grant interview Lev Parnas, a former political associate of President Trump and a close confidant to his lawyer Rudy Giuliani. This is the first part of a special two-part interview with Lev Parnas, who revealed some stunning, never before known facts to us and our listeners exclusively. In this first installment, Parnas details precisely…

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Reporter reveals Facebook paid Eastern European troll farms and the sinister secrets behind its algorithm 27:56

3y ago27:56

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Scott speaks with Karen Hao the senior Artificial Intelligence editor for MIT Technology Review whose groundbreaking work looking into Facebook just got validated in a massive way this week by whistleblower Francis Haugen's testimony to the U.S. Senate. Hao holds a mechanical engineering degree from MIT, which she took to outlets like Mother Jones …

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Reality Winner’s mom calls on President Biden to grant her daughter clemency 41:06

3y ago41:06

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Scott speaks with Billie Jean Winner-Davis, whose daughter Reality spent years in federal prison for revealing Russia’s cyberattack on America’s elections in 2016. Reality’s mom shared some of her frustrations, several of her hopes, shots of her wisdom, and situations she personally experienced through years marked by the most unexpected events, an…

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Reality Winner’s sister talks about growing up with an American patriot 46:09

3y ago46:09

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Scott speaks with Brittany Winner, whose sister Reality Winner just got out of federal prison after disclosing a classified record from the NSA revealing Russia’s attack on the 2016 election. Besides all of the many reasons why we would interview Brittany, there is one she raised that people might not be aware of; as she explains, her whistleblower…

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Reality Winner’s lawyer lays out the case for her freedom 27:19

3y ago27:19

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Scott speaks with Alison Grinter Allen, a lawyer to some of America’s most politically persecuted people, including Reality Winner, whose bombshell NSA leak about Russia's attack on the 2016 election changed the course of our nation's politics.This is the first in a series of three interviews with Reality Winner's inner circle, the first such inter…

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"Worst day ever." How a Capitol Police officer fought off the January 6th insurrection 39:53

3y ago39:53

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Scott Dworkin speaks with Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn (part 2). Officer Dunn will be one of the first officers called to testify in front of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection against Congress. We released part one of our interview with Officer Dunn last week, after the most-watched right-wing extremist Fox …

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Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn's harrowing firsthand account of the January 6th insurrection 25:35

3y ago25:35

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Scott Dworkin speaks with Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn. Officer Dunn will be one of the first officers called to testify in front of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection against Congress. Last night, the most-watched right-wing extremist Fox News opinion host mercilessly attacked him for having personal, politi…

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Author reveals the story behind Obama calling Trump a "corrupt motherf**ker" 25:12

3y ago25:12

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Scott speaks with award-winning journalist and author Edward-Isaac Dovere about his new book, “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump." Isaac spent the 2020 campaign on the road for The Atlantic after leaving his post as Chief Washington correspondent for Politico. The advance copy of his book made global news the mome…

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DC statehood bill gets boost from 39 constitutional scholars support says Congresswoman 13:48

3y ago13:48

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Scott speaks with Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, the House delegate from Washington, D.C. She is here to discuss the momentous drive for D.C. statehood to admit Washington, Douglass Commonwealth as a state, and her bill the DC Admission Act. It passed the House in a historic vote, only to meet with opposition on constitutional grounds, but h…

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Senator Hirono just shamed a Republican's lone vote to allow more hate crimes 21:21

3y ago21:21

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Scott speaks with Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) about her new book "Heart of Fire: An immigrant daughter's story" which chronicles her humble beginnings that led to her five-decade career in public service. Her fight to protect the vulnerable recently culminated in getting the typically obstructed Senate to pass her bill making it illegal to commit h…

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Bestselling author explains how he was able to connect with millions of hard-to-flip voters 54:18

3y ago54:18

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Scott speaks with novelist Gregg Hurwitz about his latest New York Times bestseller "Prodigal Son" his latest installment in the OrphanX series and his political activities that spanned the partisan divide, as well as his writing for The Bulwark. He even revealed for the first time how his own personal experiences partly inspired the creation of Ev…

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Rep. Gomez just revealed why he’s filing the bill to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene 16:02

3+ y ago16:02

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Scott speaks with Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) about his decision to file a bill to expel newly sworn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) from Congress. The Representative was unsparing about his dismal opinion of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) whom he described as "owned by QAnon and the QAnon believers and the hard right." Additional video of Rep…

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EMILY's List President just released a blueprint for activists who want to run for office 33:13

3+ y ago33:13

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Scott speaks with Stephanie Schriock, the President of Emily's List about her new book "Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World," as well as the impact and repercussions of the disgraced ex-President's insurrection against the Capitol, which led to his historic second impeachment. Born in Minnesota, Schriock became a key memb…

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A Forbes journalist just exposed Jared Kushner's Qatar business ties. Congress is investigating 29:31

3+ y ago29:31

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Scott presents an interview with Producer Grant Stern and Forbes editor and author Dan Alexander whose new book "White House Inc.: How Donald Trump turned the Presidency into a business" exposes the business ties that sent foreign cash directly into the hands of President Trump. While the Trump Administration is rife with apparent conflicts of inte…

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Speaker Pelosi reveals the plan for investigating Trump’s abuses of power 5:36

3+ y ago5:36

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Scott speaks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) about what's next for the House's investigation of Donald Trump over his administration's failed coronavirus response has killed over 235,000 Americans. The Speaker also explained her plan to continue exposing Trump's abuses after the 2020 election. Our book Meet the Candidates 2020: Joe Bi…

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Pelosi: "Republicans want to take away your healthcare. Vote to save it!" 15:42

3+ y ago15:42

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Scott talks with elected DNC member Christine Pelosi about the Trump Administration's failure to adequately respond to the pandemic. They spoke about the Heroes Act coronavirus relief package Speaker Pelosi passed in May which Senate Majority leader "Moscow" Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump refused to pass before the election. They also spoke about…

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Mary L. Trump blames her Uncle's "criminal" coronavirus response for 200,000+ American deaths 23:16

3+ y ago23:16

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Scott talks with Mary L. Trump in this fascinating and wide-ranging interview. Mary told us about the details of her NY Times #1 bestselling book "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man," including why she went public. We also asked Donald Trump's niece for her insights into his failed coronavirus response, …

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Meet the journalist who asked Trump if he "regrets all the lying" to the American people 27:21

3+ y ago27:21

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Scott talks to S.V. Daté the world traveler who is now White House Correspondent for HuffPost. Daté is the author of a new book entitled, “The Useful Idiot: How Donald Trump Killed the Republican Party with Racism and the Rest of Us with Coronavirus.” Now only did S.V about what it's like to work in the White House as a journalist, he also diagnose…

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A WaPo journalist exposed Trump's selfish handling of Covid relief checks 18:34

3+ y ago18:34

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Scott talks with Toluse Olorunnipa, who covers the White House for the Washington Post and is a political analyst for CNN who blew the lid off of Trump’s self-serving decision to stamp his name all over the last round of covid stimulus checks. Toluse told us how that all happened behind the scenes. Toluse also peels back the layers of how things ar…

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"Rigged" author explains how Russia is interfering in the 2020 election today 24:51

3+ y ago24:51

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Scott speaks with author David Shimer, whose new book "Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference" has received critical acclaim, including from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Shimer is a Yale fellow and associate of the Wilson Center think tank whose work has appeared in Foreign Affairs and the New York Ti…

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MoveOn.org's senior strategist just gave calming advice for the 2020 election 53:49

3+ y ago53:49

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Scott talks with Reggie Hubbard, a senior political strategist at MoveOn.org and advisor to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. In addition to being one of DC's top political movers and shakers, Reggie is also a spiritual leader and certified yoga instructor. Hubbard wrote a thesis in his field entitled "Yoga and Spiritual Activism: Serving Humanity…

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Sophia Bush sees a brighter future ahead after these dark times 45:17

3+ y ago45:17

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Scott talks to activist, actress, director, and producer Sophia Bush in two sittings. Their first conversation captures Bush's opinions of the state of America's political activism before the coronavirus hit, turning 2020 upside down. Part two is after the coronavirus crisis led to lockdowns all over the US this past spring. "We're supposed to have…

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MLK III says we need leaders like Joe Biden & Kamala Harris in the White House 28:34

4y ago28:34

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Scott talks with Martin Luther King, III who divulged details about his meeting with Donald Trump and spoke about a range of topics from the coronavirus' disparate impact on African-American communities to the police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin. "We have to work for change. We have to pray for change. We have to be the change," said MLK III. "An…

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"The President is responsible for my father's death" 17:52

4y ago17:52

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Scott talks with Kristin Urquiza who told the Democratic National Convention her moving story of losing her father to Trumpism when he died of COVID-19. Kristen calls her father's support for Donald Trump and his trust of Arizona's Republican Governor Doug Ducey "a death sentence for him." She's starting a new organization called Marked By COVID wh…

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Florida man Rick Wilson reveals his secret to trolling Trump successfully 26:45

4y ago26:45

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Scott speaks with Rick Wilson, the GOP strategist, and The Daily Beast Editor at Large whose new group The Lincoln Project has provoked an outsized reaction by Donald Trump. Not only did we delve into the inners of Lincoln Project strategy, Wilson even explained what really makes him a Florida man and how that colors his distinctive viewpoint about…

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A new book just exposed Stephen Miller's white nationalist strategy and its roots 33:00

4y ago33:00

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Scott talks with Jean Guererro, who is an investigative journalist for NPR, the PBS Newshour, and the author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda. Jean’s new book explains all., and she took the approach of developing a deep biography of the advisor to understand his motivations which have become ever more i…

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An epidemiologist just explained why Trump's Tulsa rally can be a deadly super-spreader event 31:05

4y ago31:05

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Scott speaks with Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, a Harvard epidemiologist and health economist. Dr. Ding was the first American scientist to sound the alarm about coronavirus in a truly large way. It's not easy to achieve clarity in a crisis, even less so when the crisis is budding and hasn't yet become a full-on catastrophe. But that's what Dr. Ding achieve…

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Former Obama speechwriter's new book is a roadmap for rebuilding our democracy 21:34

4y ago21:34

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Scott speaks with President Barack Obama's former speechwriter David Litt. He's the author of a new book that just hit bookshelves today entitled “Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn't, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think.” After starting work at the White House while 24-years-old, they gave David the privilege of autho…

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PA Rep. slams Republicans for COVID cover-up as "height of grotesque partisanship" 20:16

4y ago20:16

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Scott speaks with Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims who released an emotional video calling out repugnant Republican state legislators who exposed elected officials on both sides of the aisle to the deadly coronavirus and shockingly hid their COVID infections from the Democratic caucus, of which Sims is a member. Rep. Sims’ clarion call …

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Eve Levenson just slammed gun companies for provoking panic buying to convert COVID deaths into cash 18:50

4y ago18:50

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Scott speaks with March For Our Lives spokesperson Eve Levenson about how we can all achieve a future with a safer America, with smarter gun laws. She's a George Washington College student who represents the national group in the halls of Congress when she's not pursuing a unique professional career and helping lead the organization that mounted Am…

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A whistleblower just connected Trump-like retaliation to coronavirus hospital shortages 21:17

4y ago21:17

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Scott speaks with Professor Tim Bakken, a lawyer and Pentagon whistleblower who fought the system and won. His new book “The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military” recounts his personal experience exposing wrongdoing at the West Point Military Academy. Professor Bakken also explained to us how retaliation against whi…

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WeedWeek's publisher just said Democrats need to take back the Senate if they want more legal weed 16:28

4y ago16:28

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On today’s 420 day podcast, we’ve got Alex Halperin, a special guest from the left coast who is both the news publisher behind WeedWeek and the author of a new book “The Cannabis Dictionary.” You can find Alex’s prior journalism in Slate, the Washington Post, and New Yorker, more recently he’s been writing full time about weed and brings an interes…

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Two Princeton Professors explained the virulent roots of Trump's Republican Party 23:41

4y ago23:41

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Scott presents an interview with Producer Grant Stern and Princeton Professors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian Zelizer, who are co-authors of the new book “Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974," and explain how Trump's rise fits into decades of Republican party politics. Stern caught up with them at the Miami Book Fair this past Decembe…

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Fred Guttenberg just explained how to get through the "horrific" coronavirus plague 27:30

4y ago27:30

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Scott talks with Fred Guttenberg, the Parkland dad who lost his beloved teenage daughter and redirected his life towards tireless activism with his nonprofit group Orange Ribbons for Jamie. Fred also recorded a public service announcement recently for The Masks Now Coalition (text masks to 50409) and shared his thoughts on the coronavirus crisis fr…

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Lupus patient says it appears "Trump is selling drugs to fund his presidential campaign" 16:34

4+ y ago16:34

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Scott speaks with patient advocate Peter Morley, who is a lupus patient taking the drug that Donald Trump is selling to the public at large as a coronavirus medication without any scientific data whatsoever, for which he was recently featured in Rolling Stone magazine. Morley is literally fighting for his own survival now that the bully pulpit is b…

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Erin Brockovich just explained why Superman isn't coming, we all need to be activists 25:39

4+ y ago25:39

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Scott talks with Erin Brockovich who told us the intensely personal story behind her story. Erin is one of America’s most successful activists, but also someone who is very busy duplicating her efforts for others to take up the mantle of environmental activism at CommunityHealthBook.com. She told us the story of what kept her going while juggling b…

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An ER doctor just explained why you should NEVER listen to Trump’s medical advice 12:43

4+ y ago12:43

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Scott talks with Dr. Rob Davidson, who an ER Doctor in Western Michigan on the front lines of the fight to save COVID19 patients and the Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Medicare, a national advocacy group to improve the health of every American. Dr. Davidson made national headlines by confronting Vice President Mike Pence about Repub…

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Kurt Bardella tells us the sinister truth behind Trump’s racist coronavirus propaganda 16:49

4+ y ago16:49

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Scott speaks with Kurt Bardella who is a national columnist and television commentator who left the GOP to become a Democrat and is leading the fight against Donald Trump’s overt program of racial discrimination against Asian-Americans during the coronavirus crisis. His journey from being a Republican insider to becoming a Democrat has been publicl…

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David Plouffe just explained how Democrats can generate a landslide to beat Trump 19:54

4+ y ago19:54

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Scott presents an interview by producer Grant Stern with David Plouffe who is President Barack Obama’s former campaign manager and the author of a new book “A Citizen’s Guide to Beating Donald Trump.” He guided both of President Obama's successful runs to the White House and this podcast is a detailed breakdown of his outlook for the 2020 general e…

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