Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist David Dayen back on the show to discuss how the new student loan fix is a scam, and how a proposed GOP House bill would pre-empt private property rights.

We also have Joan McCarter from Daily Kos back on the show to discuss the Senate filibuster deal and how we need to be pushing for the talking filibuster.

We'll also discuss the reaction to the Rolling Stone cover photo of the Boston Marathon Bomber, and how the NSA are using "three hop queries" through American's data and records. 

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Mychal Denzel Smith from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss George Zimmerman being found not guilty in the murder of Trayvon Martin.

We also have Victoria Law back on the show to discuss the Pelican Bay Prison hunger strike that is occurring in California to protest solitary confinement and what you can do to help.

We'll also discuss how Florida has changed the language of it's jury instructions since passing Stand Your Ground. 

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss New York City's new teacher evaluation system and how some companies are paying employees with fee-ridden debit cards.

We also have Driftglass and Blue Gal from the Professional Left Podcast back on the show to discuss how the media covers the NSA spying scandal.

We'll also discuss how Barack Obama's nominee to head the FBI, James Comey, signed off on torture, warrantless spying, and indefinite detention.

Plus comedy from Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have fellow progressive talk show host Peter B. Collins here to discuss his explosive interview with NSA whistle blower Russell Tise, where Tise claims that the NSA targeted political officials, including then Senate candidate Barack Obama.

We also have Robin Marty from RH Reality Check back on the show to give us updates on the GOP's War on Women from Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin, and North Carolina.

We'll also discuss how the State Department apparently doesn't know the exact route of the Keystone XL Tarsands Pipeline.

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We are back after getting robbed!  Thank you SO much to those who donated to get us back on the air!  If you haven't yet, you still can here.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss what needs to be done now that the Supreme Court has struck down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

We also have Ted Genoways from Mother Jones magazine here to discuss the history of unconstitutional Ag Gag laws.

We'll also discuss the crazy right wing reactions to the Supreme Court striking down DOMA.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Trevor Timm from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation here to discuss the latest on the NSA spying scandal including how the government is leaking info to condemn Edward Snowden's leaks.

We also have Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog back on the show to explain why President Obama's climate speech is not enough to stop catastrophic climate change.

We'll also discuss getting back on the air after getting robbed in San Francisco and how you can help us stay on the air.

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Coming up on today’s show, Kevin Gosztola from FireDogLake back on the show to give us the latest news from the Bradley Manning trial as well as the phoney “proper channels” argument when it comes to NSA whistle blower, Edward Snowden.

We also have journalist Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss how, like Chicago, both Washington and Philadelphia are facing drastic public school closings.

We'll also discuss the House passing a 20 week abortion ban, and how one Congressman is supporting it because of masturbating fetuses.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss the latest NSA spying revelations from Edward Snowden.

We also have Josh Bolotsky from the Other 98% here to talk about our upcoming live-riffing of Atlas Shrugged Part One at Netroots Nation.

We'll also discuss 22 people getting arrested in Chicago to protest the Keystone XL Tarsands Pipeline, and how TransCanada briefed and trained law enforcement, calling protesters potential terrorists.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Steve Horn back on the show to discuss the latest Keystone XL pipeline updates, including dents and anomalies already showing up in the Southern portion, and how President Obama's former communications director, Anita Dunn, is profiting off the pipeline.

We also have comedian Katie Halper back on the show to discuss her new documentary, Commie Camp.

We'll also discuss how a member of Anonymous who helped expose the Steubenville rape scandal could face more prison time than the rapists themselves.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Allison Kilkenny from Citizen Radio back on the show to discuss the uprising in Turkey.

We also have journalist Josh Eidelson back on the show to discuss the ridiculously extravagant WalMart shareholders meeting, and the low wage workers who were there to protest it.

We'll also discuss the shocking NSA spying scandal and the attacks on the whistle blower, Edward Snowden.

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The show is on vacation this week.  As such, we are running the Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, rants, and sketches.  

Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Melissa Gira Grant here to talk about her latest article, The War On Sex Workers.

We also have Stanford professor Mark Jacobson here to discuss his study that found that New York State could transfer to 100% renewable energy by 2030.

We'll also discuss how Eric Holder claimed that Wall Street was too big to prosecute.

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The show is on vacation this week.  As such, we are running the Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, rants, and sketches.  

Coming up on today's "Best Of" show, we have musician Kimya Dawson here to discuss art, activism and her new project with Aesop Rock, the Uncluded.

We also have Nick Baumann from Mother Jones Magazine here to talk about how high speed trading may be a ticking time bomb for our economy.

We'll also discuss the West, Texas Fertilizer plant explosion.

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The show is on vacation this week.  As such, we are running the Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, rants, and sketches.  

Coming up on today's "Best Of" show, we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss the calls for more surveillance and drones after the Boston Marathon attacks, as well as how the media is irresponsibly tossing around the term radicalization.

We also have author and historian Rick Perlstein back on the show to discuss how Chicago teachers and activists are fighting back against Rahm Emanuel's Shock Doctrine school closings.

We'll also discuss the hypocrisy of Barack Obama attacking Republicans for the sequester when he signed it into law.

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The show is on vacation this week.  As such, we are running the Best of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, rants, and sketches.  

Coming up on today’s "Best Of" show, we have Boots Riley from the hip hop group the Coup here to discuss art, activism and his new album, Sorry To Bother You.

We also have Jennifer Pozner of Women In Media And News here to discuss the biggest challenges women still face in the media today.

We'll also discuss the ridiculous coverage of the Steubenville rape trial.

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Coming up on today’s show, we Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss Ronald Lindsay's condescending opening lecture at the Women In Secularism conference, as well as the positive developments that came after it.

We also have Mike Ludwig from TruthOut here to discuss how the mining of the sand used in Hydro Fracking is taking its toll on a community in Wisconsin.

We'll also discuss the tornado in Oklahoma, how budget cuts to the National Weather Service threaten lives, how Senator Tom Coburn wants relief tied to further cuts, and how Senator James Inhoffe claims that Oklahoma victims are different from Hurricane Sandy victims.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Hutch Harris from the band the Thermals here to talk about their new album, Desperate Ground.

We also have journalist Kevin Gosztola back on the show to discuss how the Obama administration's war on journalists has spread from the AP to James Rosen.

We'll also discuss how a high school girl in Florida was arrested and expelled for having a lesbian relationship with another student and how a lesbian couple living together in Texas are being forced by a conservative judge to separate.

Plus TMFS writer-performer Tim Grimes gives us his take on what Obama scandals we should be focusing on.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Mychal Denzel Smith from the Nation Magazine here to discuss the ridiculous placement of Assata Shakur on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list.

We also have Anna Marie Taylor here to discuss the new memoir she edited by the late labor journalist James Lerner, Coarse of Action.

We'll also discuss how the Fast Food Worker's Strikes have spread to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as a new study that found one out of every five children in the United States is living below the poverty line.

Plus TMFS writer-performer Bob Rok gives us his take on the racist writings of Jason Richwine from the Heritage Foundation.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have the President of the Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, here to discuss Rahm Emanuel's war on public education in Chicago.

We also have journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss how a union in Oregon using collective bargaining talks to go after the big banks that wrecked the economy.

We'll also discuss 19 people getting shot at a Mother's Day Parade in New Orleans, the DOJ secretly getting journalist's phone records at the AP, how we've passed the dangerous carbon milestone of 400 ppm and what that means for our species.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Jeff Biggers back on the show to discuss how Illinois ranks as the worst rogue coal state, and how Governor Pat Quinn has joined the climate change denying coal bandwagon.

We also have Alice Ollstein from Free Speech Radio News back on the show to discuss the shocking new Pentagon report on sexual assault in the military, as well as how the Air Force Lieutenant in charge of sexual assault prevention has been arrested for sexual assault himself.

We'll also discuss how the DOJ and FBI still don't think they need a warrant to read your email, as well as a former FBI agent claiming that all digital communications, including phone calls, are recorded by the government.

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Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Bryce Covert from ThinkProgress back on the show to discuss the cost of the sequester and austerity on the poor.

We also have Joan McCarter from Daily Kos back on the show to discuss the ridiculous response to the Oregon Medicaid study and the cost of over half of the states refusing Medicaid expansion.

We'll also discuss the idiots who are protesting outside the funeral home where the first Boston Marathon bomber's body is being held and the refusal of Cambridge to bury his body.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist David Dayen here to discuss how Obama's Treasury Department is fighting legislation that would end Too Big To Fail Banks.

We also have Chris Faraone back on the show to discuss his new e-book on the Boston Marathon attack, Heartbreak Hell.

We'll also discuss how President Obama is denying both science and a court order with his dangerous new FDA rules for Plan B Emergency Contraception.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Micah Uetricht here discuss Strike For 15, the Fast Food Worker's Strike in Chicago, Illinois.

We also have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss how the austerity “spread sheet” fiasco, should put an end to the debate on using the Chained CPI for Social Security.

We'll also discuss the latest developments in the Boston Marathon attack, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg saying we need to re-interpret the Constitution, and the denying of a lawyer to the second bombing suspect.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Lee Fang back on the show to discuss his new book on the Right Wing infrastructure, The Machine: A Field Guide To The Resurgent Right.

We also have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss the calls for more surveillance and drones after the Boston Marathon attacks, as well as how the media is irresponsibly tossing around the term, radicalization.

We'll also discuss the latest developments in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Robin Marty from RH Reality Check back on the show to discuss her new book, Crow After Roe.

And in an interview recorded at the National Conference for Media Reform, we have Tim Pool here to discuss activism, journalism, and how new technology helps democratize the media.

We'll also discuss the latest Boston Marathon bombing updates.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have a batch of interviews recorded live at the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver, Colorado!

We have Jaclyn Friedman from Women, Action And The Media here to discuss how pop culture can be used for both good and evil, as well as her book, What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl's Guide To Shame Free Sex And Safety.

We have Jason Barnett from the Uptake back on the show to discuss the hardships of funding independent, progressive media.

And we have Lisa Graves from the Center for Media and Democracy here to give us the latest updates on ALEC.

We'll also discuss the ongoing Guantanamo Bay hunger strike and how over half of the prisoners held there have been cleared for release but are still being held.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have the president of the National Mining and Metal Workers Union, Napoleon Gomez, here to his new book on the 2006 mining disaster in Mexico, Collapse of Dignity.

We also have interviews recorded live at the National Conference for Media Reform including Jennifer Pozner of Women In Media And The News here to discuss the biggest challenges women still face in the media today.

And we have the Nation Magazine's John Nichols here to discuss his new book, Dollarocracy: How The Money And Media Election Complex Is Destroying America.

We'll also discuss the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have a batch of interviews recorded live at the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver, Colorado!

We have Marcy Wheeler here to discuss the Obama administration's justification discrepancies when it comes to the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki.

We have Kevin Gosztola back on the show to give us an update on the trail of Bradley Manning.

We have Trevor Timm from the Freedom of the Press Foundation here to discuss the lack of transparency in the Obama administration.

And we have Tim Hwang here to talk about his world wide network, the Awesome Foundation For The Arts And Sciences.

We'll also discuss Newark, NJ students walking out of their schools to protest budget cuts, teacher firings and school closings and the McClatchy report that shows the Obama administration has lied about the use of drones.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have a batch of interviews recorded live at the National Conference for Media Reform!

We have musician Kimya Dawson here to discuss art, activism and her new project with Aesop Rock, the Uncluded.

We have Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog back on the show to discuss how Exxon is running all aspects of the tar sands pipeline oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas.

We have Alice Ollstein and George Lavender here to talk about their journalist collective, Free Speech Radio News.

And we have the author of War Made Easy, Norman Solomon here to discuss how politicians and the press continue to spin us into war.

We'll also discuss President Barack Obama is proposing to cut the social safety net in his Grand Bargain with Republicans.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have artist and author Anne Elizabeth Moore back on the show to discuss her new book on Cambodia, New Girl Law.

We also have Tim Shorrock from the Nation Magazine here to discuss President Obama's crackdown on whistle blowers.

We'll also discuss how students at Florida Atlantic University protested and won against a private prison company for naming rights for their stadium, how Kevin Ware's horrific March Madness injury shows the NCAA's exploitation of college athletes, North Dakota passing a slew of horrible Anti-Choice bills, and North Carolina is trying to establish an official state religion.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have author and historian Rick Perlstein back on the show to discuss how Chicago teachers and activists are fighting back against Rahm Emanuel's Shock Doctrine school closings.

We also have Stanford professor Mark Jacobson here to discuss his study that found that New York State could transfer to 100% renewable energy by 2030.

We'll also discuss the tar sands pipeline oil leak in an Arkansas neighborhood, and how we could be seeing a lot more spills if the Keystone XL Pipeline is approved.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Gaius Publius from AmericaBlog back on the show to give us the latest on the sequester and Grand Bargain madness.

We also have comedian and satirist Rick Overton on the show to discuss the intersection of comedy politics and activism.

We'll also discuss the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments for Prop 8 and DOMA, and discuss the massive protest in Chicago to protest Rahm Emanuel's racist school closings.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss rape culture, the Steubenville trial and how the story of an abused cat shows us how we should deal with instances of abused women.

We also have independent journalist Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss the lack of NYPD accountability when it comes to policies like stop and frisk as well as shootings, including the killing of 16 year old Kimani Gray.

We'll also discuss how the State Department hid the fact that it's environmental assessment report on the Keystone XL Pipeline was done by former TransCanada contractors, as well as a new scientific study that claims New York State could switch to 100% renewable energy by 2030 if it chose to.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian and author Katie Goodman here to discuss how the actual members of both parties are more progressive than the politicians that represent them.

We also have Kenzo Shiabata from the Chicago Teachers Union back on the show to discuss how parents and teachers are fighting back against Mayor Rahm Emanuel's racist school closings and CPS' banning of the book, Persepolis.

We'll also discuss the 10 year anniversary of the United States starting a war with Iraq and read the last letter from a dying veteran to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist David Dayen back on the show to discuss the shocking Senate report and criminality of JP Morgan Chase.

We also have the hip hop group Rebel Diaz here to discuss art, activism and the violent NYPD eviction from their South Bronx community center, RDACBX.

We'll also discuss rape culture and the horrific coverage by CNN and other news outlets on the Steubenville rape trial.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Greg Kaufmann from the Nation Magazine's This Week In Poverty back on the show to discuss a proposed Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013.

We also have activist Isobel Arthen here to discuss how protesters staged a mock Funeral For Our Future at TransCanada's Massachusetts office this week to protest the Keystone Tarsands XL Pipeline.

We'll also discuss the leaked Bradley Manning audio from the Freedom of The Press Foundation and the hypocrisy of those who leaked the classified information in the New York Times puff piece on Anwar Alwaki's assassination.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Natasha Lennard from Salon here to discuss how the debate on drones is getting muddled.

We also have Allison Kilkenny from the Nation Magazine and Citizen Radio back on the show to discuss how President Obama's early career should have given us plenty of clues about his economic outlook, as well as the great work of the Occupy Wall Street off-shoot, Strike Debt.

We'll also discuss Attorney General Eric Holder's shocking admission that Wall Street is too big to prosecute.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Professor Stephen John Hartnett here to discuss his book on the history of the death penalty in America, Executing Democracy.

We also have comedian and satirist Lee Camp back on the show to discuss our upcoming stand-up show in Boston, misogyny in comedy after Seth MacFarlane's Oscar hosting night, and the trial of Bradley Manning.

We'll also discuss Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan and Eric Holder claiming that the President can use a drone to assassinate an American on US soil.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Chris Faraone from the Boston Phoenix here to discuss how the right wing turned on one of it's own, James O'Keefe's former colleague, Nadia Naffe.

We also have from Driftglass and Blue Gal from Crooks and Liars and The Professional Left back on the show to discuss the madness of the sequester cuts.

We'll also discuss how President Obama's State Department has made the ridiculous claim that the Keystone XL Pipeline is environmentally sound.

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Coming up on today’s 200th episode, we have Mike Papantonio from Ring of Fire back on the show to discuss the future of progressive media.

We also have Tim Karr from Free Press here to discuss the zombie like rise of the online privacy-killing bill CISPA, as well as the roadblocks to public and municipal WiFi.

We'll also discuss how the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to FISA and may strike down the Voting Rights Act.

Our writer-performer Tim Grimes gives us an exclusive listen to the Pope's Sex Tape!

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss the CIA and military's hidden presence on college campuses.

We also have Victoria Law here to discuss the danger of states cutting prison budgets, while not cutting prison populations.

We'll also discuss how President Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, had a provision in his contract at CitiGroup giving him a bonus if he quit to take a job as a high ranking government official, as well as the Obama administration refusing to state if they believe they can assassinate American citizens without a trial on US soil.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Dave Johnson from Campaign for America's Future here to discuss how congress manufactured the crisis that threatens the United States Post Office today.

We also have comedian and host of Absurdity Today, Julianna Forlano back on the show to discuss the Keystone Pipeline protest and the NDAA.

We'll also discuss how Facebook made 1.1 billion dollars last year but paid zero in taxes, how a football stadium in Florida is being named for the second largest private prison, GEO Group, and how President Obama was golfing with oil executives while tens of thousands protested the Keystone Tarsands XL pipeline.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have David Dayen back on the show to discuss the 1 year anniversary of the Financial Fraud Mortgage Crisis Task Force that doesn't actually exist.

We also have Jane Kleeb from Bold Nebraska back on the show to give us an update from this past weekend's Keystone XL Pipeline protest in Washington, DC.

We'll also discuss the plans to escalate civil disobedience if President Obama approves the XL pipeline, and how the Pope will remain in the Vatican after he resigns to keep from being prosecuted.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Nick Baumann from Mother Jones Magazine here to talk about how high speed trading may be a ticking time bomb for our economy.

We also have journalist and filmmaker Greg Palast back on the show to discuss how Obama's proposed voting commission is not enough, the potential nomination of Penny Pritzker for Commerce Secretary, and how, if approved, the Keystone XL pipeline will make the Koch Brothers billions.

We'll also discuss how President Obama's hypocrisy in blaming the Republicans for the sequestration, considering he signed the bill, as well as 48 people getting arrested at the White House to try and stop the Keystone XL Tarsands Pipeline.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine here to discuss how conservatives and the Supreme Court may destroy the Voting Rights Act.

We also have independent journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss Seattle teachers refusing to administer a for-profit company's standardized test and the cost of emotional labor in the service industry.

We'll also discuss how after 14 months of waiting for their day in court, the prosecutors office suddenly dropped the charges against those arrested in the Occupy Boston raids.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Les Leopold back on the show to discuss his new book, How To Make A Million Dollars An Hour: Why Hedge Funds Get Away With Siphoning Off America's Wealth.

We also have labor activist and author Amy Dean here to discuss how restaurant workers, through groups like ROC-United, are fighting for sick days, benefits and economic justice.

We'll also discuss the release of the DOJ white paper on Barack Obama's assassination of American citizens.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have labor journalist Josh Eidelson back on the show to discuss the rise of alt labor movements across the United States.

We also have writer Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss the frustration of re-fighting battles that have been long since decided legally, like a woman's right to reproductive health.

We'll also discuss the former head of FEMA Michael Brown's repulsive reaction to the power going out at the Super Bowl, as well as my recent visit to New Orleans which included the viewing of a Chewbacca themed Marti Gras parade.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Tracy Weitz from Advancing New Standards In Reproductive Health here to discuss their new study finding that abortions are just as safe when performed by nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified mid-wives as when performed by physicians.

We also have Tyler Zimmer from the Occupied Chicago Tribune here to discuss the real effects of austerity when it comes to CTA fare hikes and service cuts.

We'll also discuss how the economy is heading into a double dip recession due to the lack of government spending and austerity.

Our writer-performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Melissa Gira Grant here to talk about her latest article, The War On Sex Workers.

We also have Cliff Schecter back on the show to give us an update on gun control legislation and GOP gerrymandering.

We'll also discuss the fact that Harry Reid and certain Senate Democrats flat out refused to reform the filibuster.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Professor Lawrence Lessig here to discuss the corrupting influence of money in politics and what we can do to stop it.

We also have journalist Steve Horn here to discuss Barack Obama's EPA censoring a damning report on hydro-fracking.

We'll also discuss Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman flip flopping and approving the Nebraska portion of the TransCanada Keystone pipeline, the Sierra Club saying it will engage in civil disobedience to stop it, and Virginia Republicans sneaking through a gerrymandering vote to disenfranchise voters on Inauguration Day.

Our writer-performer today is Frank Chow.

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Coming up on today’s show, on the 40th anniversary of Roe Vs. Wade we have Lynn Paltrow from the National Advocates For Pregnant Women here to discuss a shocking new study on the arrests and forced interventions of pregnant women since 1973.

We also have journalist and activist Joshua Eaton back on the show to discuss the rash of self immolation that's occurring in Tibet.

We'll also discuss five people getting shot at Gun Appreciation Day events, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker celebrating the Roe anniversary by declaring it Protect Life Day, Barack Obama's Inauguration Day speech, and how we must remember to honor the entire legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, including the fact that the FBI sent him a letter telling him to commit suicide.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have writer and radio host Molly Knefel here to discuss what the New York City bus strike can teach us about the real impact of austerity.

We also have journalist Antonia Juhasz back on the show to discuss the new war for Afghanistan's untapped oil.

We'll also discuss how while it's positive that we're discussing the epidemic of gun violence in the US, turning schools into armed camps is not the answer.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Medea Benjamin from Code Pink here to talk about how John Brennan's connection to drones, assassinations, rendition, and torture should disqualify him from being President Obama's pick to head the CIA.

We also have Mac McClelland from Mother Jones Magazine back on the show to discuss the epidemic of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder spreading from returning veterans to their families.

We'll also discuss the tragic suicide of Aaron Swartz and our how our horrific and corrupt multi-tiered justice system contributed to it.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have radio host Shannyn Moore back on the show to give us an update on the grounding of the Shell oil drilling rig near Kodiak, Alaska.

We also have Guardian senior reporter Ian Cobain here to talk about his new book, the Secret History Of Torture.

We'll also discuss reports that the head of the EPA is stepping down due to President Obama's plan to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, Massachusetts student activists gluing themselves together in a TransCanada office to protest the pipeline, how the rise in sea levels will displace 187 million people in the next 100 years, and the damning Media Matters report on how climate change got 8 total minutes of airtime on the Sunday talk shows in all of 2012.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Gaius Publius from AmericaBlog back on the show to discuss what we have to worry about in the next round of fiscal negotiations.

We also have Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss how the US media falsely portrays rape culture as a foreign problem as evidenced by coverage of the Steubenville and India rape cases.

We'll also discuss a New York judge ruling that President Obama does not have to reveal why he believes can assassinate American citizens without a trial as well as the renewal of the NDAA and FISA.

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Happy New Year, everybody!  The show is off this week for the holidays.  As such, we are running the Best of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, stories, and sketches!  All of us at the show hope you have a great holiday season and a happy progressive new year!

Coming up on today’s best of show, we have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine back on the show to recap what happened on election day in terms of the GOP's War on Voting, and to discuss how the Supreme Court may gut the Voting Rights Act.

We also have activist and independent journalist Laura Gottesdiener here to discuss the horrific costs and consequences of placing prisoners in solitary confinement.

We'll also discuss how many states are threatening to secede after Barack Obama's reelection.

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The show is off this week for the holidays.  As such, we are running the Best of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, stories, and sketches!  All of us at the show hope you have a great holiday season and a happy progressive new year!

Coming up on today’s best of show, we have Robert Naiman from Just Foreign Policy joining us from Pakistan where he is trying to draw attention to the U.S.'s horrific drone strike policy.

We also have Karen Higgens from National Nurses United here to talk about the coalition working to bring the Robin Hood Tax to the United States.

We'll also discuss Bill O'Reilly lamenting the fall of white America, Donald Trump calling for a revolution, and more.

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The show is off this week for the holidays.  As such, we are running the Best of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, stories, and sketches!  All of us at the show hope you have a great holiday season and a happy progressive new year!

Coming up on today’s best of show, we have Gaius Publius from AmericaBlog here to discuss how the leaked memo revealing what Barack Obama was willing to cut in the Grand Bargain should have us very worried about the supposed Fiscal Cliff negotiations.

We also have journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss how community groups and Occupy Wall Street are helping out victims of super storm Sandy in the outer boroughs of New York.

We'll also discuss how the mainstream media barely covered 3,000 people marching on the White House to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline, Texas police running over and pepper spraying members of the Tar Sands Blockade, SUNY Buffalo getting rid of its Fracking Institute, and how a private prison company is partnering with gangs to save money on security guards.

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The show is off this week for the holidays.  As such, we are running the Best of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, stories, and sketches!  All of us at the show hope you have a great holiday season and a happy progressive new year!

Coming up on today’s best-of show, we have filmmaker Eugene Jarecki here to talk about his documentary on the drug war, The House I Live In.

We also have artist and author Anne Elizabeth Moore back on the show to discuss her new book on Cambodia, Hip Hop Apsara.

We'll also discuss journalists arrested at the Tar Sands Blockade, how FOIA requests are being outsourced to companies like CACI International, and President Obama's confusing and ridiculous comments about civil liberties.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Boots Riley from the hip hop group the Coup here to discuss art, activism and his new album, Sorry To Bother You.

We also have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to give us an update on the privacy harvesting NCTC and the Disposition Matrix kill list.

We'll also discuss how how President Barack Obama has offered to cut Social Security and give the rich a tax cut in the bogus fiscal cliff negotiations and what we can do to stop it.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have the Reverend Billy Talen from the Church of Stop Shopping here to discuss how we need to treat the climate crisis like it's The End of The World.

We also have Amanda Marcotte here to discuss the domestic violence case against Congressman Jim Moran's son, Patrick, and the wingnut response to it.

We'll also discuss how despite what the NRA and the right wing tells you, there are things we can do to help pass common sense gun laws after the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Beau Hodai back on the show to discuss his article for PR Watch and Prison Legal News on how a for-profit prison corporation, CCA, is participating in high school drug sweeps.

We also have David Waldman from Daily Kos and Kagro In The Morning back on the show to give us an update on filibuster reform in the Senate.

We'll also discuss how Republicans in Michigan rushed through anti-union legislation and made Michigan a "Right To Work" for less state.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have FireDogLake's Kevin Gosztola here to give us a report from Bradley Manning's Unlawful Pretrial Punishment hearing at Fort Meade.

We also have Greg Kaufmann from the Nation Magazine's This Week In Poverty back on the show to discuss how the poor are facing a real fiscal cliff when it comes to the expiration on unemployment insurance.

We'll also discuss the horrible Democratic capitulation trial balloon being floated on raising the Medicare age from 65 to 67, and how the Democrats may still give the rich a tax cut.

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Our writer/performer today was Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Bryce Covert back on the show to discuss how poor women and children are the most likely to be hurt by the austerity in the fiscal cliff negotiations.

We also have Josh Stearns from Free Press back on the show to discuss how Barack Obama's FCC appears close to breaking a promise on media ownership rules and consolidation.

We'll also discuss how Stenny Hoyer is signaling a Democratic capitulation with the social safety net, how Vince Vaughn is partnering with Glenn Beck, how one out of four Republicans wants to secede, and how Blackwater, now called Academi, has received a new 22 million dollar contract from the US government.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Les Leopold back on the show to discuss how Wall Street has been spared being a part of the bogus Fiscal Cliff negotiations.

We also have comedian Lee Camp back on the show to discuss how Occupy Sandy, Rolling Jubilee, and how he's giving away his first comedy album for free.

We'll also discuss how President Obama's likely choice for Secretary of State, Susan Rice, has millions of dollars invested in the Keystone XL Pipeline company Transcanada, Tarsands Blockade activists barricading themselves inside the actual pipe, and how temperatures are rising faster than expected.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Thomas Gokey from Strike Debt here to discuss how the Occupy affiliated group is buying up and abolishing debt in a program called Rolling Jubilee.

We also have comedian and filmmaker Negin Farsad back on the show to give us her take on the ridiculous fiscal cliff negotiations and to discuss how she was recently named a Ted fellow.

We'll also discuss the Kate and my visit to Omaha, how my childhood church would rather promote anti-gay and anti-women policies than promote helping the poor, and how an Oklahoma judge sentenced someone to go to church for ten years.

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The show is off today as we are on the road back from Omaha.  As such, today we are running the Best of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, stories, and sketches!

Coming up on today’s best of show, we have journalist John Knefel here to discuss how the government is making it up as the go along at the trials at Guantanamo Bay.

We also have artist Molly Crabapple here to discuss her new book on austerity and unrest in Greece that she co-authored with Laurie Penny, Discordia.

We'll also discuss what progressives can learn from the Chicago Teachers Union strike victory.

Our writer-performer today is Bob Rok.

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The show is off today for the holiday.  As such, today and Tuesday, we are running the Best of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews, stories, and sketches!

Coming up on today’s best of show, we have Professor Noam Chomsky here to discuss the balance of electoral politics and activism.

We have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts here to talk about what we know about Trapwire, and the problems with for-profit companies partnering with the government to spy on Americans.

We'll also discuss the death of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who had been cleared for release 3 years ago.

Our writer-performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have independent journalist Rania Khalek here to discuss the horror that is occurring in Israel's assault on Gaza.

We also have Josh Eidelson back on the show to give us an update on the upcoming Black Friday Walmart Strikes.

We'll also discuss how the mainstream media barely covered 3,000 people marching on the White House to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline, Texas police running over and pepper spraying members of the Tar Sands Blockade, SUNY Buffalo getting rid of its Fracking Institute, and how a private prison company is partnering with gangs to save money on security guards.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine back on the show to recap what happened on election day in terms of the GOP's War on Voting, and to discuss how the Supreme Court may gut the Voting Rights Act.

We also have comedian and filmmaker Katie Halper back on the show to give us her take on last week's election.

We'll also discuss how many states are threatening to secede after Barack Obama's reelection and what the David Petraeus scandal shows us about our broken security state.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Gaius Publius from AmericaBlog here to discuss how the leaked memo revealing what Barack Obama was willing to cut in the Grand Bargain should have us very worried about the supposed Fiscal Cliff.

We also have Jamie Henn from 350.Org back on the show to discuss how Bill McKibben's Do The Math Tour is drawing attention to the desperate problem of climate change and the need to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline.

We'll also discuss Occupy Wall Street buying up and abolishing debt with Rolling Jubilee, how the Red Cross is referring donations to Occupy Sandy Boston, and how the CEO of Papa John's Pizza is a horrible human being.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have filmmaker Eugene Jarecki here to talk about his new documentary on the drug war, The House I Live In.

We also have Ron Seifert from the Tar Sands Blockade back on the show to give us an update on those putting their bodies on the line to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline.

We'll also discuss what progressives should focus on now that the election is over, Bill O'Reilly lamenting the fall of white America, Donald Trump calling for a revolution, and more.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss how community groups and Occupy Wall Street are helping out victims of Hurricane Sandy in the outer boroughs of New York.

We also have author Chris Stedman here to talk about his new book, Faitheist: How An Atheist Found Common Ground With The Religious.

We'll also discuss the how my wife and I met some Occupy Sandy folks at a friend's wedding, how a judge has ruled that the DEA can place cameras on your property without a warrant and the fact that it's Election Day!  If you have any trouble at the polls, call 866-OUR-VOTE.

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Our writer-performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Zach Roberts back on the show to discuss how the Koch Brothers are working with right wing religious groups to target voters.

We also have author KC Boyd here to talk about her new novel, Being Christian.

We'll also discuss Jill Stein being arrested while delivering supplies to the Keystone Tarsands Blockade, the Romney campaign's disturbing poll watcher training in Wisconsin, Michael "Heckofa Job Brownie" Brown saying Obama is moving too fast with his hurricane response and how to get prepare for election day.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein back on the show to discuss what it would mean for the Greens to get 5% nationally.

We also have journalist and radio host John Knefel back on the show to discuss his trip to Guantanamo Bay to cover the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial.

We'll also discuss Hurricane Sandy, Mitt Romney calling FEMA and disaster relief "immoral", and how the bi-partisan austerity craze may soon cut $900 million from FEMA.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have David Bender from Progressive Voices and the David Bender Show here to discuss different progressive approaches to the 2012 election.

We also have the former head of the National Endowment for the Arts, Bill Ivey here to discuss his new book Handmaking America.

We'll also discuss the lack of foreign policy difference in third Presidential debate, Time's Joe Klein happily talking about killing 4 year olds, and the Washington Post report on the frightening expansion of President Obama's secret kill list, Disposition Matrix.

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Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss the ACLU's damning new report on how the Boston Police Department is spying on peaceful political protesters.

We also have Tim Karr from Free Press here to discuss how local TV stations are making billions running often false political ads from politicians and super-PACs.

We'll also discuss how a Mitt Romney and Tagg Romney equity fund has stakes in the third largest electronic voting machine company in the United States, and how Chuck Todd thinks people who are concerned about that are like birthers.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog back on the show to discuss how cuts to education have allowed the fracking industry to gain inroads at colleges, including SUNY Buffalo.

We also have comedian Lee Camp back on the show to discuss his visit to the Cayman Islands to see where the 1% hide their money and his recent campaign event with Jill Stein.

We'll also discuss how climate change has not been mentioned once in the Presidential debates, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama arguing about who loves big oil more, and Jill Stein getting arrested outside the Presidential debate.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Cenk Uygur from the Young Turks back on the show to discuss different progressive approaches to the 2012 election.

We also have artist Molly Crabapple here to discuss her new book on Greece that she co-authored with Laurie Penny, Discordia.

We'll also discuss Paul Ryan's photo-op lie at an Ohio soup kitchen, the Koch Brothers promoting Romney to employees while stifling workers' free speech, and give an update on the Walmart strikes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine here to give us an update on the GOP's war on voting.

We also have Josh Eidelson back on the show to tell us about the strikes that are popping up at Walmarts across the country.

We'll also discuss journalists arrested at the Tar Sands Blockade, how FOIA requests are being outsourced to companies like CACI international, and President Obama's confusing and ridiculous comments about civil liberties.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have activist and independent journalist Laura Gottesdiener here to discuss the horrific costs and consequences of placing prisoners in solitary confinement.

We also have none other than Kate Ward, my wife, here on to discus the great new book that she co-edited, Hungering And Thirsting For Justice.

We'll also discuss a radical idea for improving political debates, Rick Santorum wanting to kill and eat Big Bird, and Congressman Todd Akin claiming that doctors give abortions to women who aren't actually pregnant.

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Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Robert Naiman from Just Foreign Policy joining us from Pakistan where he is trying to draw attention to the U.S.'s horrific drone strike policy.

We have Uylonda Dickerson from Warehouse Workers For Justice here to give us an update on riot police arresting protesters outside a Walmart warehouse strike.

Plus we have David Shuster from Current TV and Take Action News here to discuss the responsibility of the media following the live suicide broadcast on Fox News, and it's subsequent posting on BuzzFeed.

We'll also discuss how we'd like to cover the first Presidential debate, but don't have time because the NDAA has been upheld by three Obama justices.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Greg Kaufmann from the Nation Magazine's This Week In Poverty back on the show to discuss how bipartisan welfare reform has made life worse for the poor, especially women and children.

We also have Gaius Publius from AmericaBlog here to discuss how President Barack Obama still appears to want to cut the social safety net after the 2012 election.

We'll also discuss Romney "harvesting" companies, how Paul Ryan doesn't have time to explain his tax plan, Occupy Boston's one year anniversary, the New England janitors union winning a better contract, and the Scott Brown/ Elizabeth Warren debate.

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Our writer/performer today is Frank Chow.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have artist and author Anne Elizabeth Moore back on the show to discuss her new book on Cambodia, Hip Hop Apsara.

We also have filmmaker Dennis Trainor, Jr. here to discuss his new documentary on Occupy Wall Street, American Autumn: An OccuDoc, and the special screenings of the film at Quad Cinemas in New York to benefit the Matthew Filipowicz Show.

We'll also discuss Tar Sands Blockade activists being tased and pepper sprayed by Texas police, Bernie Sanders warning that Barack Obama wants to cut the social safety net in the lame duck session, and a new report finding that 100 million will die by 2030 due to climate change.

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Episode 155 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Professor Noam Chomsky here to discuss Occupy Wall Street's one year anniversary and how progressives and activists should approach the 2012 election.

We'll also discuss Rahm Emanuel's City Council Floor Leader threatening to take away Chicago Teachers' right to strike, President Obama opening 38 million more acres of the Gulf coast for off-shore drilling, and Tar Sands Blockade activists climbing and occupying 80 foot tall trees to block the Keystone XL Pipeline. 

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Our writer/performer today was Tim Grimes.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Chris Faraone from the Boston Phoenix back on the show to discuss his arrest at the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, S17.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss the problem of harassment and sexism that women continue to face online and in-person.

We'll also discuss what the Chicago Teachers Union won and what progressives can learn from their victory.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Brendan Fischer from the Center For Media and Democracy back on the show to discuss what happens now that Scott Walker's anti-union law has been ruled unconstitutional.

We also have author and journalist Jeff Biggers back on the show to discuss his new book State Out Of The Union: Arizona And The Final Showdown Over The American Dream.

We'll also discuss S17, the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street and Mitt Romney's horrible hidden camera speech.  Plus, in honor of next week's interview with Noam Chomsky, we have the return of "The Most Noam Chomsky You'll Hear On The Radio Today!"

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Our writer/performer today is Josh Bolotsky.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have writer and labor lawyer Jonathan Rosenblum here to discuss how Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is having people arrested and ticketed for holding signs and singing protest songs and sending Capitol police to protesters homes.

We also have comedian and satirist Lee Camp back on the show to discuss the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street and different progressive approaches to the 2012 election.

We'll also discuss the embassy attacks and how a man who just died at Guantanamo Bay was cleared for release three years ago.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Cheri Honkala back on the show to discuss her campaign with Jill Stein and getting arrested while Occupying Fannie Mae.

We also have journalist and author Greg Palast back on the show to discuss his new book, Billionaires and Ballot Bandits: How To Steal An Election In 9 Easy Steps.

We'll also discuss the Chicago Teachers Strike, how Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan support Rahm Emanuel's efforts in busting the teacher's union, where President Obama stands on the strike, and what progressives can learn from the CTU.

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Episode 150 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Kenzo Shibata from the Chicago Teacher's Union here to discuss Rahm Emanuel and the looming Chicago teacher's strike.

We also have Chris Faraone from the Boston Phoenix back on the show to discuss the protests outside the DNC in Charlotte, North Carolina.

We'll also discuss Elizabeth Warren's run for Senate and the embarrassing attempt by Democrats to add God and Jerusalem to the DNC platform.

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Our writer/performers today are Bob Rok and Tim Grimes.

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Episode 149 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Salon's Josh Eidelson back on the show to discuss how the Democrats poor treatment of unions, and the choice of Charlotte for the DNC hurts them as Republicans adopt Scott Walker's anti-union strategy in their national platform.

We also have activist Ron Seifert from Tar Sands Blockade here to tell the story of seven people who were arrested after chaining themselves to a TransCanada truck to block the Keystone XL Pipeline.

We'll also discuss the Obama administration announcement that there will be no prosecutions in George W. Bush's CIA torture cases.

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Our writer/performer today is Kate Ward.

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Episode 148 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Chris Faraone from the Boston Phoenix here to give us an on the ground report of the protests going on outside the RNC.

We also have feminist and atheist Jennifer McCreight here to discuss her idea for a new wave of atheism, Atheism Plus.

We'll also discuss coal miners forced to be human props for Mitt Romney without pay, the RNC "We Built This" hypocracy, and racist Republicans throwing peanuts at a black CNN camerawoman.

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Episode 147 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss whether or not President Obama agrees with Joe Biden's Social Security guarantee.

We also have Drinking Liberally founder Justin Krebs back on the show to discuss the Living Liberally National Conference and the hubs of progressive communities in red states around the country.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney going birther, and the dangers of the dog-whistle racism of the Republican party.

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Episode 146 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the managing editor of DeSomgBlog, Brandon DeMelle here to discuss the oil industry attack machine that journalists who cover hyrdo-fracking have to face.

We also have the author of Delirium: The Politics Of Sex In America, Nancy Cohen here to discuss Congressman Todd Akin and the history and funding of the GOP's war on women.

We'll also discuss the backwards and regressive party platform that Republicans have passed going into the RNC in Tampa.

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Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 145 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show discuss what we know about Trapwire and the problems with for-profit companies spying on Americans.

We also have Greg Kaufmann from the Nation Magazine's This Week In Poverty back on the show to discuss how Pennsylvania knocked 91,000 children off of Medicaid and to give us an update on the Houston janitors strike.

We'll also discuss how Congressman Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" controversy is part of a disturbing trend of mainstreaming extreme ideas in the GOP's War On Women.

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Our writer/performer today is Kate Ward.

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Episode 144 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have author and activist Greta Christina on the show to discuss her book Why Are You Atheists So Angry? and why atheists still have to fight for their rights.

We also have author Jill Richardson here to discuss how the drought has revealed the dangers of America's over-reliance on corn.

We'll also discuss the GOP's deplorable attempts to suppress and disenfranchise voters in Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and elsewhere.

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Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

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Episode 143 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian and writer Bill Corbett from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax here to discuss the art of movie riffing and doing Manos: The Hands of Fate live.

We also have writer, activist and oil policy analyst Antonia Juhasz back on the show to discuss the cost and consequences of the Chevron refinery fire in California.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate and how President Obama's attempts at cutting the social safety net make his re-election more difficult.

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Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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Episode 142 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have radio host David Pakman here to discuss different progressive approaches to the 2012 election.

We also have Tim Murphy from Mother Jones Magazine back on the show to discuss the rise of Tea Party rock star Alan West and how a part-time Santa is now a GOP congressional nominee.

We'll also discuss the horrific execution of a man in Texas who had been diagnosed as mentally retarded and had an IQ of 61.

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Episode 141 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Larry Ellison from the Massachusetts Association Of Minority Law Enforcement Officers here to discuss how their attempts to draw attention to the BPPA newsletter were ignored and how Boston Mayor Tom Menino has a less than stellar record on race relations with the police.

We also have Alternet's Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss the $21 Trillion dollars the rich are hiding in tax shelters and why we should treat our Olympians better.

We'll also discuss the tragic murders at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Fox News claiming those who oppose Chick-Fil-A are heterophobic, and the NYPD arresting another New York Times journalist.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

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Episode 140 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist and radio host John Knefel here to discuss how the NYPD most likely broke international law in suppressing the Occupy protests.

We also have David Waldman from Daily Kos and Kagro In The Morning back on the show to discuss Mitt Romney's plan to raise taxes on the middle class.

We'll also discuss Green Party Presidential nominee Jill Stein getting arrested while Occupying Fannie Mae, police claiming a handcuffed man shot himself in the head, the tasing of a 12 year old girl, and Congressman Mike Kelly comparing birth control to Pearl Harbor and 9-11.

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Episode 139 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have David Dayen from FireDogLake here to discuss the LIBOR scandal, what Tim Geithner knew about it and when.

We also have journalist Rania Khalek back on the show to give us the latest on the police violence in Anaheim, California.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney's hypocritical and dangerous comments in Israel.

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