The Systematic Vanishing of Competent Officials

The Systematic Vanishing of Competent Officials

John discusses Ras Baraka, mayor of Newark NJ and candidate in a June gubernatorial primary, being arrested by ICE agents for trespassing after demanding entrance at a facility in his city. Then, he talks about Trump firing the Librarian of Congress - Carla Hayden saying she is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids. And, he speaks about a federal judge who ordered the immediate release of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested off the street and imprisoned for weeks by ICE agents for no clear reason. He welcomes back TV's Frank Conniff to joke with listeners about pop culture and the latest wickedness from Trump's autocracy.

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Fighting the Good Fight: Anthea Butler + Texas State Senator Carol Alvarado + Thea Harper

Fighting the Good Fight: Anthea Butler + Texas State Senator Carol Alvarado + Thea Harper

John interviews the chair of Religion and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania - professor Anthea Butler. They talk about her book "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in ...

25 Mar 202347min

Trump on the Offense - Tik Tok on the Defense

Trump on the Offense - Tik Tok on the Defense

John discusses the defense of insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt by Trump and the GOP, the Tallahassee School that fired their principle after a parent complained a Renaissance art lesson was pornographic,...

24 Mar 20231h 23min

Battle of the Florida Snakes: Python Ron and Python Don

Battle of the Florida Snakes: Python Ron and Python Don

In this episode - John talks about the battle of the invasion of pythons to the state of Florida and the battle of jabs between Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He takes calls from Mars...

23 Mar 20231h 17min

 The Tuesday Without an Arrestmas

The Tuesday Without an Arrestmas

This time John laments about the predicted Trump arrest in New York that still has not happened. And he jokes about the arrest hoopla that was all for nothing. Then he interviews author Andre Solo on ...

22 Mar 20231h 6min

20 Years of Shock and Awe

20 Years of Shock and Awe

John marks the first day of spring and 20 years since the war in Iraq. The mass killings of Iraqis commenced on the 19th of March in 2003, with the "Shock and Awe" bombing of Baghdad. He takes a call ...

21 Mar 20231h 14min

Waiting For The Indictment Fairy

Waiting For The Indictment Fairy

Today John gives a requiem for actor and musician Lance Reddick. Then he discusses the looming indictment of Donald Trump in New York over the Stormy Daniels hush money case. Morris Pearl of Patriotic...

20 Mar 20231h 9min

Interviews with Ernie Hudson and Katee Sackhoff

Interviews with Ernie Hudson and Katee Sackhoff

John sits down with actress Katee Sackhoff for a quick chat about her early beginnings as a competitive swimmer, her iconic role as Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the Sci Fi Channel's "Battlesta...

18 Mar 202347min

This Week in Hate

This Week in Hate

John gives up a list of some truly hateful stories in the news this week: Republican lies about bank closings; school history books being changed to erase ethnicity; a stupid Nazi who threatens murder...

17 Mar 20231h 17min

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