Considered as the largest legislative achievement of 2017 for Republicans, this Wednesday afternoon, the House of Representatives gave final approval to its tax bill and sends it to the President Trump’s desk for his signature. Thus, on today’s show, we are in conversation with Isaac William Martin, Professor of Sociology at the University of California-San Diego, about … Continued


On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Jacqueline Jones, expert in American social history, about her book Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical. She relates the extraordinary life of Lucy Parsons, militant, writer, orator, and agitator. From a daughter of an enslave woman growing up in Texas to a … Continued


The Federal Communications Commission voted today to allow Internet providers – such as AT&T and Verizon – to speed up service for some apps and websites and block or slow down others. We comment this decision with Craig Aaron, President of Free Press / Free Press Action Fund. Then, we broadcast selected excerpts from a documentary … Continued


Last night, Democrat Doug Jones won U.S. Senate seat in Alabama against GOP candidate Roy Moore. In the first part of today’s show we comment this outcome with Adele M. Stan, columnist for The American Prospect Magazine, and Geoffrey M. Kabaservice, author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower … Continued


Today we are in conversation with Reza Aslan, Iranian-American writer, scholar of religions, and professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside on his book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Relating the life of Jesus Christ, he explains that he was not only a spiritual leader but also a revolutionary at the time … Continued


Today, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota announced his resignation “in the coming weeks” from the Senate amid accusations of sexual harassment. To talk about Senator Franken’s resignation and the implications of the culture war in our current political environment, host Mitch Jeserich talked to political analyst Adele Stan, she is a columnist with the American … Continued