Today on Ring of Fire Radio,

Ali Breland will join us from Mother Jones Magazine to discuss his piece, “Why Are Right-Wing Conspiracies so Obsessed With Pedophilia?”

And Heather “Digby” Parton will join me to discuss Trump’s Election Tactics and more news from the past week.

This week on Ring of Fire, David Dayen will join me to discuss his latest piece in The American Prospect, “The Winter of Our Discontent,” that explores what could happen in the 78 days left of Donald Trump’s Presidency, after the November election.

And Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the big news stories of the week.

Welcome to Ring of Fire, I’m Sam Seder, back from vacation and man do we have a lot of news to catch up on. Heather Parton, from Salon, will help me get caught up with all the major headlines and news you may have missed.

And Progressive Superstar, Thom Hartmann, will join us to discuss his new book, “The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream.”

Farron Cousins from Ring of Fire on YouTube is sitting in for Sam Seder this week.

Joshua Holland from The Nation will tell us how the pandemic has hurt Trump’s chances of reelection – but not by as much as you think.

Business Insider columnist Manny Fidel will tell us why “Settling For Biden” isn’t a bad idea considering the alternative.

And Alex Kotch will tell us about his new project – OptOut News – that is giving progressive outlets a single roof to congregate under.

On today’s show…

Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the Democratic National Convention and all the other headlines that made news this week.

And next week, I’ll be on vacation, but Farron Cousins from the Ring of Fire YouTube Channel will be filling in with some great interviews and analysis.