It was a rough week that we’re glad is over. Sam Seder kept The Majority Report packed with great interviews on some of the most relevant topics of the week and threw in some lighter stories to keep us from being too grim. The Weekend Recap starts now!

Yves Smith, author and founder of Naked Capitalism.com discusses the recent dump of Bank of America emails by  Anonymous and explains what they expose about the way BOA made tons of money in an insurance scam.

The Nation’s Greg Mitchell discusses his ongoing Live Blog of WikiLeaks on The Nation’s website and his new book THE AGE OF WIKILEAKS: From Collateral Murder to Cablegate (and Beyond).

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Spencer Ackerman, reporter for Wired.com’s Danger Room talks about our shiny new war in Libya.

Linda Perlstein, public editor for the Education Writers Association, former staff writer for The Washington Post discusses charter schools , teacher unions, and the Obama’s “Race to the Top”.

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Dave Zirin, writer at Edge of Sports talks about the labor battle currently being fought in the NFL.

Sam interviews a sanitation worker at the protests in Madison, WI.

You ain’t from ’round here – Tim Pawlenty’s Amazing Vocal Stylings

Push me pull you – Obama’s Bipartisan Fetish Bait for Social Security Cuts

Manure by any other name… – Feed the Rich, Starve the Worker: That’s Bullshit… from Madison

Books from guests of The Majority Report this week:

Amazon On Demand: Inside Job (not released on Amazon until April 7th) and The Fighter
Netflix: No pick from Chris, but may we recommend H. Jon Benjamin’s Archer-Season 1