It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon.com and proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, to round up the week in news. Then, they’re joined by author and documentary filmmaker Greg Mitchell to discuss his newest work ”The First Attack Ads: Hollywood vs. ...

Emma hosts journalist Cole Stangler to discuss the recent French election results. Then, Emma is joined by investigate reporter Amanda Chicago Lewis to discuss her recent piece in the New Republic ”Legalized Pot Was Supposed to Help Build Black Wealth in Los Angeles. It Failed.” First, Cole and E...

Sam and Emma host Daniel Nichanian, creator of What’s On The Ballot, to break down the trends he saw from last Tuesday’s elections, as well as some overlooked races and ballot measures. Moving beyond the top line races last week, such as the governor races in VA and NJ, Daniel walks Emma and Sam ...

Sam and Emma host Benjamin T. Smith, professor of Latin American history at the University of Warwick, to discuss his recent book The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade. They begin by addressing the myth of the Mexican drug trade, built by both US and Mexican authorities around this...

The New Republic’s Elizabeth Bruenig explains the inside workings of the new Marijuana industry.

Professor Zeynep Tufekci explains how Facebook manipulated user results in order to study Facebook users emotions, the business model of Facebook, can Facebook influence elections, undermining public funding for social science research, the genuine power of social media and how to regulate and re...

Mark Kleiman, a public policy professor at UCLA explains how Colorado has passed some of the most far reaching Marijuana legalization in the world, the benefits of legalizing Marijuana, what legalizing Marijuana won’t do, what types of policies you would need to pursue in order to end the drug wa...

Stories on today’s show: Libertarian philosophy = no reproductive rights for women, the “expanding” social Safety Net?, Marijuana and tax revenues,updates on Occupy news from around the country and more.  Your Calls and IMs.