- Aug 20, 202100:0058:30
This week on Ring of Fire; Max Moran, Research Director for the Personnel Team at The Revolving Door Project, joins us to discuss Biden‘s latest big oil friendly appointee and what it says about his actual commitment to comprehensive climate policy
And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week.
Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews Major Danny Sjursen about the Afghanistan withdrawal and the failure of the entire project. become a member at www.rofpodcast.com
- Aug 13, 202100:00:0001:05:25
This week on Ring of Fire, Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Professor and author of “Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money,” joins us to discuss the downfall of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo… and why it was long overdue.
David Sirota, Founder and Editor of The Daily Poster, will be joining us as Heather Parton is on vacation. David and I will be looking back on the week in politics.
Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews Frederick Wherry, Sociology Professor at Princeton University, about the debate over how progressive student debt forgiveness policies are and the data behind the disparity among black and white college graduates. Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com
- Aug 6, 202100:0056:30
This week on Ring of Fire, Tim Murphy, Senior Reporter for Mother Jones Magazine, joins us to discuss the peculiar evolution of Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s politics: from Green Party activist to radical centrist obstructionist, her career is anything but traditional.
Ryan Grim, Washington Correspondent for The Intercept and new cohost of The Hill’s Rising, will be joining us, as Heather Parton is on vacation, to cover the news of the week.
Bonus content you you are missing this week; Sam interviews Elie Mystal, Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine, about a fascinating dilemma where you have inner-city defense lawyers writing an amicus brief on a case to get rid of gun control in New York State. Become a member today!
- Jul 30, 202100:00:0001:01:00
This week on Ring of Fire, Sarah Lazare, Reporter & Web Editor for In These Times magazine, joins Emma to discuss how pharmaceutical companies are threatening desperate nations with retaliation if those nations choose to support vaccine waivers, waivers that would make vaccines more globally equitable... but would cut into big pharma’s profits .
Heather “Digby” Parton will help us run down the biggest new stories of the week
Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews David Wallace-Wells, from New York Magazine, about the safety of our children when it comes to Covid. Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com
- Jul 23, 202100:00:0001:01:40
This week on Ring of Fire; Doug Henwood, journalist, radio host and author of numerous books, joins us to discuss the rot in this iteration of the ruling class and how we got to this point.
Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week
Upgrade to the member show and get this bonus content this week; Sam’s second interview with University of Michigan Law Professor, Leah Litman, about two Supreme Court Rulings that will be devastating to our right to vote.
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