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Apr 10, 2018 • 1h 51min

Trump's Personal Attorney Is Raided By the FBI.... What Happens Now?

Michael Cohen has been Donald Trump's personal attorney for many years. Now that the FBI has raided his office, house and apartment, what secrets will we find out? We talk to attorney Tom Spiggle about whether or not "attorney-client privilgege is dead," as Donald Trump says. Plus, how will Facebook handle the mounting pressure from Congress? Nancy Scola from Politico tells us! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 9, 2018 • 1h 51min

Trump's Red Line in Syria. Will He Cross It?

Donald Trump took to Twitter to threaten "Animal Assad" in Syria. Will he act on his threat? He also used Twitter to praise the job that Scott Pruitt is doing at the EPA. Plus, believe it or not, we have an armed border. POTUS is sending National Guard to the border in place of the wall. We talk to Claudia Flores from Center for America Progress, USA Today's Ray Locker and POLITICO's Nancy Cook. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 7, 2018 • 22min

BONUS: The Most Exciting Restaurant in the Country Doesn't Serve Meat

Being a vegetarian/vegan isn't as hard as it used to be. Peter Ogburn sits down with the co-owners of Vedge, one of the most exciting restaurants in the country AND... it just happens to be vegan. How do they do it? How hard it is to maintain a plant-based diet? We talk to them about how American diets have changed over the years and where we are today!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 6, 2018 • 1h 51min

Scott Pruitt Is On The Hot Seat. Can He Survive?

An avalanche of stories have come out about how shady Scott Pruitt has run the EPA. Guest host Igor Volsky explains and wonders if he can survive all of it. We talk to Rebecca Leber from Mother Jones, Nahal Toosi from Politico and Tim Mak from NPRSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 5, 2018 • 1h 52min

Facebook Digs A Deeper Hole For Themselves

Facebook has admitted that 87 million people have had their accounts "scraped" for personal information to share with a third party. Should Mark Zuckerberg have to face Congress? Plus, the Trump plan to send the National Guard to the border is starting to take shape. And how are states fighting back against the Trump administration? We talk to State Innovation Exchange's Karyn Bruggerman, HuffPost's Jessica Schulberg and SB Nation's Tyler Ricky Tynes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 4, 2018 • 1h 51min

Trump's Plan to Send Military to the US-Mexico Border

Lots of news out of the White House on Tuesday. Donald Trump says he's sending the military to the Mexican border to stop immigration, he continued to lie about his feud with Amazon, and Scott Pruitt is advancing his assault on the environment. Just another day in the Trump White House.We talked about Pruitt with Kristina Costa from The Center for American Progress, WH news with Eugene Scott from WaPo, and the teachers strikes around the country with HuffPost's Travis Waldron!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 3, 2018 • 1h 51min

If DACA is Dead, Democrats Didn't Kill It.... Trump Did

At the WH Easter Egg Roll, Trump continued to tell lies about DACA. He either doesn't understand the issue or he is completely uninformed. Not to mention, he forgot the name of the WHITE HOUSE. We talk to Crystal Ball's Kyle Kondik about the Dems chance at taking control of the House and Senate. Vox's Dara Lind gives us the FACTS on DACA and Rebekah Entralgo from ThinkProgress joins us to talk Parkland, Laura Ingraham, and MUCH more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 2, 2018 • 1h 51min

Trump's Easter Message: More Hate

Donald Trump spent his Easter complaining about immigration. He says people are crossing the border to "take advantage of DACA." He doesn't understand how the law even works. Sad!Plus, Fox News has another problem on their hands. Sponsors are fleeing Laura Ingraham's show because of her attacks on Parkland students. Matt Gertz from Media Matters joins us! And Ben Kamisar from The Hill talks about 2018 for Democrats. Who has the enthusiasm? Democrats or Republicans?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 31, 2018 • 16min

UNFILTERED: A Bill Press Q&A

With Bill's new book, From The Left, available now, we thought it would be a good idea to turn the show over... to you! We collected some of your questions for Bill and he answers them in this special podcast! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Mar 30, 2018 • 1h 51min

What Can Progressives Learn From Roseanne Barr?

You can't discount the success of Roseanne's reboot of her old TV show. It takes a look at a Trump-supporting, middle-class family. While Republicans are giddy, Democrats should take a moment to ask themselves if they are actually speaking to these people. Guest host Peter Ogburn and Producer Ray Rogers discuss. Plus, we're joined by Religion News Service's Jack Jenkins, Alexi McCammond from Axios and Emily Atkin from The New Republic!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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