2/22: Now on Recommended Sites (updated 3/18)

• BB's WSW: What's In A Name? (2/21)
  - Tariffs Hit Autos, Naming the Inflation Reduction Act, AI Hurdles
  12:28- AI Godfather Geoffrey Hinton on who benefits from AI productivity and economic growth? Primarily capital and trickle-down tax revenue from earned income.
  24:03- What are the effects of Stock Buybacks?
• BB's WE Law: Trump Grabs Agency Power & J&J Trial (2/22)
• NPR's OTM: Learning Elon Musk's Media Playbook. Plus, Silicon Valley's Rightwing Roots. (2/21)
• PBS' FL: Economist Jeff Ferry of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) and trade expert Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute discuss the impact of President Trump's tariff (2/21)
  - Jeff Ferry recently retired from CPA, a right-wing group. Unable to determine his academic credentials.
• PBS' WW: Allies chocked & General fired (2/21)
• RNRH: D.C. Gutted. Grassroots Galvanized. (2/22)
  - Economist James Henry discusses the Trump administration's latest attempts to disable our corporate watchdogs and dismantle the IRS.
  - Populist Jim Hightower gives his take on what''s been happening in our government, and how to fight back

2/15: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Laser-Focused On Deals (2/14)
  - Trump's Negotiating Style, Prediction Markets, Methane Emissions
• BB's WE Law: Crisis As Prosecutors Quit & Trump Losses (2/15)
• NPR's OTM: Donald Trump is Rewriting the Past. Plus, the Christian Groups Vying for Political Power (2/14)
• PBS' FL: Philip K. Howard and Will Marshall discuss Trump's deep state blitz, DOGE, and advice for Elon Musk  (2/14)
• PBS' WW: Trump's Ukraine shift & Musk's government makeover (2/14)
• RNRH: Israelis and Palestinians Standing Together (2/15)
  - Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson shares his view of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and his take on the military and political situation in the Middle East.
  - Alon-Lee Green, from the Israeli peace organization "Standing Together" that organizes Jewish and Palestinian citizens against the occupation and the ethnic cleansing of Gaza

2/8: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Spending on the Right Things (2/7)
  - Tariffs, Future of Cancer and Alzheimer's, Global Debt Cycle
• BB's WE Law: Trump Tests Limits & FBI Agents Sue  (2/8)
• NPR's OTM: How Wired Magazine is Scooping the Competition. Plus, Whither the Democrats? (2/7)
• PBS' FL: Richard Carmona discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and how to prepare for the next pandemic.  (2/7)
• PBS' WW: Trump's Gaza grab & Federal purge (2/7)
• RNRH: Ralph Nader Radio Hour  (2/8)
  - Congress' abdication of power in the face of President Trump and Elon Musk's actions to dismantle the federal government.
  - Should we be optimistic about the DNC's new Chair's agenda for the Democrats?

2/1: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Hitting the Mark (1/31)
  - Fed's Inflation Target & Tale of NYC Office Real Estate
• BB's WE Law: Funding Confusion, Climate & Culture Wars (2/1)
• NPR's OTM: Is That Legal? Plus, DeepSeek and the A.I. Bubble (1/31)
• PBS' FL: James Carville and Mike Murphy discuss the fallout from the 2024 election and Trump's second term. (1/31)
• PBS' WW: Chaos and confusion & Casting blame (1/31)
• RNRH: SLAPPing Down Protest (2/1)
  - Deepa Padmanabha discusses Greenpeace USA trial vs Energy Transfer Partner that threatens the right of citizens to protest.
  - Josh Paul envisions "A New Policy" for America toward the Middle East based on foundational principles

1/25: Now on Recommended Sites (access by top right panel)

• BB's WSW: Domino Effects: (1/24)
  - Insurance after LA fires, immigration enforcement, sober spirits
• BB's WE Law: Trump Week (1/25)
  - Trump's immigration actions
  - SCOTUS justices may revive a lawsuit against a cop for killing an unarmed black man during a traffic stop.
• NPR's OTM: Week One of Trump 2.0 (1/24)
• PBS' FL: Newt Gingrich discusses his case for legal immigration and responds to President Trump's executive orders and January 6th pardons (1/24)
  - The 14th amendment, which established birthright citizenship, did not consider illegal aliens.
  - PBS should be privatized with funding by left-leaning billionaires.
• PBS' WW: Trump's first week & Jan. 6 pardons (1/24)
• RNRH: Reaction to Donald Trump's inaugural address (1/25)
  - Public Citizen's lawsuit against Trump regarding Elon Musk's D.O.G.E task force.
  - Public Citizen's Craig Holman about the flood of donations from corporations and billionaires to Trump's inaugural fund.

1/18: Now on Recommended Sites (access by top right panel)

• BB's WSW: Tightening the Belt Under a Second Trump Administration (1/17)
• BB's WE Law: TikTok Ban Upheld & Trump Day One Orders (1/18)
• NPR's OTM: Farewell TikTok? Plus, the Role of Memory and Forgetting with the L.A. Wildfires (1/17)
• PBS' FL: Juan Williams discusses what he sees as a second civil rights movement and the backlash against it (1/17)
• PBS' WW: Trump's first day & TikTok politics (1/17)
• RNRH: Fires In LA, Foreboding In DC (1/18)
  

1/11: Now on Recommended Sites (access by top right panel)

• BB's WSW: Breaking the Mold (1/10)
  - Brian Moynihan's Enduring Tenure
  - AI Enters Food Space
• BB's WE Law: Trump Sentenced & TikTok Ban (1/11)
• NPR's OTM: Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) (1/10)
• PBS' FL: Three women discuss Lukashenko's dictatorship in Belarus (1/10)
• PBS' WW: Trump's promises & Confirmation hearings (1/10)
• RNRH: The Legacy of Jimmy Carter (1/11)
  - Historian Douglas Brinkley and Carter speechwriter James Fallows reflect on his life and legacy.

1/4: Now on Recommended Sites (access by top right panel)

• BB's WSW: A repeat broadcast (1/3)
• BB's Law: Bloomberg Law: 2025 SCOTUS Cases & Trump's NY Cases   (1/4)
• NPR's OTM: America's Empire State of Mind (1/3)
• PBS' FL: Jonathan Haidt discusses his book, "The Anxious Generation," and Gen Z's mental health crisis (1/3)
• PBS' WW: Speaker battle & Trump agenda (1/3)
• RNRH: 2024 Highlights (1/4)
  Steve, David, Hannah, Jimmy, and Francesco highlight some of the clips

2024

12/28: Now on Recommended Sites (access via upper right panel)

• BB's WSW: A repeat broadcast (12/27)
• BB's Law: Year End Antitrust Special (12/27)
• NPR's OTM: How AI and Algorithms Are Transforming Music (12/27)
• PBS' FL: Misty Copeland weighs in on diversity in ballet and the future of the art form (12/27)
• PBS' WW: Turmoil at home & America's future with George Packer (12/27)
  -How Arizona went from McCain Republicanism to Trumpism
  -Why Democrats lost the White House and the future of the party
• RNRH: Hollow Constituencies/ National Popular Vote/ Tort Museum Interns (12/28)
  

12/21: Now on Recommended Sites (access by top right panel)

• BB's WSW: Law of Large Numbers (12/20)
  -The coming $105 trillion inheritance wave that is likely to concentrate the dynamics of wealth [ssr tbr]
  • How much of that inheritance wave can be used to save Social Security?
  • What is most disturbing is the current lack of interest among a majority of taxpayers in taxing inheritances and estates.
  • Our initial 2025 priority will be to communicate to a much wider audience how the estate tax can be used to reform Social Security.
  • Trump has promised to Protect Socisl Security and the Republicans in Congress have promised to Repeal the Estate Tax.
  • The Republicans have been aware of the potential use of an increased estate tax to fund Social Security since at least the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act.
  -The erosion of statistical data in the US
  -The balance between regulating competition and fostering innovation in the EU
• BB's Law: Mangione Charges & TikTok Ban (12/20)
  -The new federal charges against Luigi Mangione in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
  -The Supreme Court fast-tracking a hearing on TikTok's challenge of a law banning it
  -The verdict in the murder of Cash App Founder Bob Lee
• NPR's Left, Right & Center (12/20)
  -Why are health officials worried about RFK's 'MAHA' moment?
  -The Atlantic, journalist Roge' Karma attributed the Democrats' loss to their miscalculations about the Latino vote
  -"How Gay Marriage Ruined Democratic Activism," by writer Jeremiah Johnson.
• NPR's OTM: The Harvard Plan: The Universities Are The Enemy (12/20)
• PBS' FL: Peggy Noonan relects on her career in politics and media and how Trump changed the GOP (12/19)
• PBS' WW: Musk's power & 2024 surprises (12/20)
• RNRH: Gideon Levy "Reports on a Catastrophe (12/21)
  Israeli reporter, Gideon Levy, discussed his book "The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe."

11/23: Now on Recommended Sites (access via upper right panel)

• BB's WSW: The Sports of Kings: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Formula One (11/22)
• NPR's LRC: Voters feel less polarized post-Trump win, can Democratic Party follow suit? (11/22)
• NPR's OTM: How Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral. Plus, the Escape Fantasies of the Uber Rich. (11/22)
• PBS' WW: On YouTube Trump's Controversial Nominees & Trump Tests Senate Republicans
  On PBS: Trump Transition & McConnell's role (11/22)
• RNRH: Food Babe/Democrats Laboring (11/23)
  Vani Hari, "The Food Babe," tells us about her campaign against Kellogg's to stop using artificial dyes in their cereals.
  Labor organizer Chris Townsend gives us his take on the AFL-CIOs obeisant relationship to the Democratic Party.

11/16: Now on Recommended Sites (access via upper right panel)

• BB's WSW: AI Enters the Creative Domain (11/15)
• NPR's LRC: A cabinet full of characters (11/15)
• NPR's OTM: Fox News is Back at the White House. Plus, No Joke, The Onion Buys Infowars. (11/15)
• PBS' FL: Kori Schake of AEI assesses Donald Trump's approach to foreign policy and warns against politicization of the military. (11/15)
• PBS' WW: Controversial Cabinet & Republicans in control (11/15)
• RNRH: Cabinet of Curiosities (11/16)
  Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses the wars in Gaza and Lebanon and give us his take on the election results.
  Ryan Grim speaks about President-Elect Trump's cabinet appointments and what we can expect from the upcoming Trump Administration.
  Constitutional law expert Bruce Fein with a post-election Donald Trump legal roundup.

11/9 - Now on Recommended Sites (access via upper right panel)

• BB's WSW: Trump's Return & The Global Investor (11/8)
• NPR's LRC: What went right for Trump, what went wrong for Harris? (11/8)
• NPR's OTM: The Manosphere Celebrates a Win. Plus, M. Gessen on How to Survive an Autocracy (11/8)
• PBS' FL: Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential biographer Jon Meacham (11/8)
  reflects on former President Trump's victory over Vice President Harris
  how it impacts President Biden's legacy, and
  what the outcome of the 2024 election means for the soul of America.
• PBS' WW: Trump Comeback & Democrats in disarray (11/8)
• RNRH: The Mourning After (11/9)
  Cofounder of RootsAction, Norman Solomon, autopsies the carcass of the Democratic Party after Donald Trump's decisive defeat of Kamala Harris.
  What happened on November 5th and what needs to be done about it?

11/2 - Now on Recommended Sites (access via upper right panel)

• BB's WSW: America's Economic Decision (11/1)
  Future of the Defense Industry
  Combating Cyber Crime
• NPR's LRC: Will late campaign gaffes trash either candidate's chances? (11/1)
• NPR's OTM:
  Toxic Election Lies Spread, Jeff Bezos Sows Chaos at The Post and How The Media Created El.. (11/1)
  Why Trump is a Fascist (EXTENDED VERSION) (10/30)
• PBS' FL: Former Trump National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster (11/1)
  Discusses global threats ahead of next week's presidential election, ...
  Examining The Electoral College (6/24)
• PBS' WW: Unusual race & Battleground states (11/1)
  Now on YouTube What's next for the Democratic and Republican parties after the election (11/1)
• RNRH: Delivering the Election (11/2)
  How organized labor is impacting this year's elections
  The Nation: "Israel Is Killing Whole Families in Gaza---With Weapons Made in America."
  How candidates' positions on Israel may win or lose them voters on Election Day.

10/25 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Nobel Prize Winner on AI "Existential Threat"
• NPR's LRC: Undecided voters and abortion rights could sway election
• NPR's OTM: 'Fascism, Fear and the Science Behind Horror Films
• PBS' FL: Counting The Vote Screening
• PBS' WW: Escalating rhetoric & Keystone State
• RNRH: Medicare (Dis)Advantage, Medical Blind Spots, & Supreme Court Stench

10/19 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Building a Better World Bank
• NPR's LRC: A hurricane of conspiracies
• NPR's OTM: 'The Apprentice': Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Pursuit of Power
• PBS' FL: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
• PBS' WW: Campaign countdown & Oct. 7 mastermind killed
• RNRH: Cashing in on the War in Gaza. Ralph welcomes back William Hartung of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

10/12 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Tough Love for San Francisco's Economy
• NPR's LRC: Gender, class ... and fracking?
• NPR's OTM: The Presidential Election That Put Fox News On the Map
• PBS' FL: Condoleezza Rice
• PBS' WW: Campaign momentum & Down-ballot races
• RNRH: Bibi Biden & Bibi Blinken - Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson (retired) gives his unvarnished view of the now yearlong ethnic cleansing of Gaza and ...

10/5 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Powering The World's Hunger For AI
  Data Center Boom, Reconciliation on the Deficit and Art as Passion Assets
  23:48 - Reconciliation on the Deficit
• NPR's LRC: Cordial VP debate was a throwback to a bygone era
• NPR's OTM: A Reporter's View From Beirut, and a New Film Plumbs the Depths of Netanyahu's Corruption
• PBS' FL: Former GOP Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland
• PBS' WW: Middle East conflict & Election impact
• RNRH: Destructive Tendencies - Dr. Bandy Lee about "... The Much More Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" and Professor Ted Postol about missiles and rockets in the Middle East.

9/28 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Prudence in Banking
• NPR's LRC: Where does modern conservatism leave Trump ahead of Nov. election?
• NPR's OTM: Election Lies Are Fueling Voter Suppression. Plus, Newsrooms Brace for Election Night
• PBS' FL: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses Vice President Kamala Harris' road to the White House
• PBS' WW: Immigration policy & VP debate
• RNRH: Boobytraps, Bombs & Blowback with Trita Parsi and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa

9/21 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Not Available. Bloomberg is Changing Program
• NPR's LRC: Where does Brazil's X ban leave free speech in US?
• NPR's OTM: The Trump Campaign Continues to Spew Lies about Springfield. Plus, Support for Political V...
• PBS' FL: Bill O'Reilly sits down with Margaret Hoover, a former guest on "The O'Reilly Factor."
• PBS' WW: Shutdown countdown & Candidate quality
• RNRH: Throw Done for Peace/Start-up Cities"

9/14 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: China's Deflationary Spiral
  • Lehr: Trade is No Longer a Way of Opening up Markets
  • Sharma: Massive Supply Shortage of Homes
  • Effron: CEOs Don't Want 10% Across-the-Broad Tariffs
• NPR's LRC: Do debates have winners --- or just losers?
• NPR's OTM: Is Kamala Harris' Press Strategy Depriving Voters --- Or Just Journalists? Plus, Understandi...
  • [1:00] Perry Bacon Jr., Matt Bai, David Lurie: Kamala Harris and the political press
  • [19:57] Courtney Kennedy of Pew Research Center on polls and should we care about them?
  • [34:26] Gordon Hanson, of Harvard University's Kennedy School, about why tariffs have rebounded in political popularity.
• PBS' FL: Kevin Hassett, Trump's economic advisor:
  • defends Trump's economic agenda, including new tariffs
  • critiques VP Harris' economic plans, including taxing unrecognized capital gains
    EC Opinion: All capital gains should be taxed whenever there is a change in ownership. Think the 3 R's: Revenue, Recognition and Realization.
• PBS' WW: Debate performance & Dark themes
• RNRH: Jack Dangermond's book, "The Power of Where: A Geographic Approach to the World’s Greatest Challenges."

9/7 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: No Red or Green Light for the Fed
  • Summers: No Red or Green Light for the Fed
  • Ford Foundation President CEO Darren Walker:
    • Need a More Public-Minded Tech Sector
    • Difference Between Social Justice and Philanthropy
• NPR's LRC: How has 'Make America Great Again' evolved in Trump era?
• NPR's OTM: The Media Are Going Easy On Trump and Russia is Going All In On Right-Wing Media
• PBS' FL: Counting The Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover
• PBS' WW: Debate preview & Dick Cheney's Endorsement
• RNRH: Jason Berlin explains how his group, Field Team 6, uses the latest data and analytics to identify and reach out to potential Democratic voters ...

8/31 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: End-Of-Summer Edition
  • 1/24: Robert Rubin on Growing Federal Debt Pressure (0:44-8:33)
  • 5/21: Niall Ferguson on Danger of Global Population Peak (23:50-33:40)
• NPR's LRC: Can Democrats' shift toward patriotism win them the election?
• NPR's OTM: How to Read a Presidential Candidate
• PBS' FL: Counting The Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover
• PBS' WW: Swing state outlook & Cemetery controversy
• RNRH: Ralph welcomes back Dr. Michael Osterholm for a COVID check-up

8/24 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: The Feds Inflation Retrospective
  • Tail Risks to US Equities: Fed, AI, Election
  • Bessent: Precarious Equilbrium in US Economy
  • Summers: Fed Recovered From Egregious Inflation Mistake
• NPR's LRC: Are Democrats more unified after DNC?
• NPR's OTM: Freedom! Joy! Forward! The DNC's Fave Buzzwords, Explained
• PBS' FL: California Sen. Alex Padilla makes his case for Vice President Kamala Harris, ...
• PBS' WW: Harris makes history & Trump ramps up campaign
• RNRH: Tribute to Phil Donahue

8/17 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Signs of Sufficient Economic Progress
  • Klein: Media is Coming to Terms with Reality
  • An Apple a Day Keeps the Taxman Away
  • Responsibility for Industrial Capacity
  • Hatzius: Optimistic That Inflation is in Rearview Mirror
• NPR's LRC: Will a lack of detailed policy hurt Harris?
• NPR's OTM: The Rise and Fall of Alt-Weeklies, and Journalism in an AI Worlds
• PBS' FL: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch discusses his book "Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law."
• PBS' WW: Harris momentum builds & Trump still scrambles
• RNRH: On Strike/Out-of-Office. Ksharma Sawant talks about the labor movement and her organization, Workers Strike Back.

8/10 - Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Good Economy, Overheated Traders
  • Mankiw: We Are Leaving Our Children a Negative Bequest
  • Summers: A President Can't Have Sway Over Fed Policy
• NPR's LRC: Is Tim Walz the right choice as Kamala Harris' running mate?
• NPR's OTM: A Dad-Coded VP Pick. Plus, Trump Courts Gen Z Influencers
• PBS' FL: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) shares her views on standing up to antisemitism and violence against women.
• PBS' WW: The state of the race as Harris-Walz ticket completes election. Why Trump is still strugglinh to find a strategy countering Harris..
• RNRH: Homicide: Success on the Street/National Food Museum So far this year, the city of Boston has recorded a grand total of 8 homicides while the similarly populated city of Washington D.C has had 110.

8/3 - On Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW:
  • Seeing the Whites of Inflation's Eyes
  • Robert Zoellick: Harris Has to Reintroduce Herself to the Public
  • Kristin Forbes: Fighting the Last Economic War
  • Melissa Kearney: Higher Education is a Good Thing
  • Lawrence H. Summers: US Higher Education Has Lost its Way
• NPR's LRC: Trump's comment on Harris' race: Calculated or 'weird?'
• NPR's OTM: Revenge of the Childless Cat Ladies.
• PBS' FL: Security and Integrity of American Elections
• PBS' WW: Harris' momentum & Trump's struggles
• RNRH: Joe Steps Aside/Insurance Shenanigans