Nelson Mandela

Today’s show features some of the best comedy bits of 2013 including Sam Seder’s Where’s Hugo (of Bob’s Burgers) conversations with H. John Benjamin, our fake right wing show The Ken, Ken and Ken Show’s interview with Tina Dupuy, Right Wing Mandela, Gohmericans and a Masshole report. And for Christmas…I mean…the Holidays…the often requested ‘Pottersville’ song […]
Demos Senior Fellow and former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert explains the radical politics of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. Why Mandela did not renounce violence, the absence of political militancy in American politics, how the US whitewashes radical politics, Mandela’s commitment to social and economic justice, how do you sustain radical […]
Huffington Post economics reporter Zach Carter, explains what the Trans Pacific Partnership is, how leaked documents show that the Obama Administration is pushing for a stun growth of Corporate power in the TPP trade deal, how the TPP could undermine financial regulation and make medications more expansive, how TPP undermines democratic institutions and will Congress […]
Cliff Schecter explains Nelson Mandela’s legacy, what Mandela meant on college and high school campuses in the 1980s, why the rights leading lights backed Apartheid South Africa, William F Buckley’s disgusting writing on Nelson Mandela, Mandela’s incredible capacity for forgiveness, the importance of sanctions and boycotts in ending Apartheid, President Obama speaks out on inequality, […]
Matt & Michael hosted today’s show and explained why Marcio Rubio is sending Jay Z stupid tweets, the many facets and problems with the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, more on the political strategy behind Obama’s push on a “Grand Bargain.” On The Better Half: Mitch Mcconnell’s planned to run a filthy campaign against Ashley Judd […]