The Matthew Filipowicz Show (The Matthew Filipowicz Show)

The show is currently on vacation, as such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today's best of show we have Robin Marty back on the show to discuss her two days spent with anti-abortion activists at the March For Life rally.

We have Nancy Altman here to discuss her new book, Social Security Works: Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke And How Expanding It Will Help Us All.

We also have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss the new study on New York City's potential six foot sea level rise.

We'll also discuss my recent trip to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN.

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The show is currently on vacation, as such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today's best of show, we have Ian Millhiser here to discuss his new book, Injustices: The Supreme Court's History Of Comforting The Comfortable And Afflicting The Afflicted.

We have Nusrat Choudhurry here to discuss the ACLU's new report on racially biased policing in Boston.

We'll also discuss the NYPD protesting at funerals.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss a new study linking fracking and radiation levels in Pennsylvania homes.

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The show is currently on vacation, as such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today's best of show we have Malkia Cyril here to discuss black America's state of surveillance and her work at the Center For Media Justice.

We have Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss Hillary Clinton and the feminism of exclusion and a new report on drone strikes by Israel.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss the connection between climate change and the California drought.

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Coming up on today's show, we have Victoria Law back on the show to discuss law enforcement violence against pregnant women, and the fight for justice for trans prisoners.

We also have Robin Jacks from NoBoston2024 back on the show to give us the latest on the fight against the Boston Olympics bid.

We'll also discuss some upcoming exciting changes to the Matthew Filipowicz Show.

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Coming up on today's show, we have Gaius Publius back on the show to discuss how we have passed a tipping point on extreme weather due to climate change and the latest on the TPP and TISA.

We have Kevin Gosztola back on the show to discuss what the Freedom Act does and does not do for privacy as well as the FBI using planes to spy on protesters.

We'll discuss North Carolina's new Ag Gag law, and how arrest warrants were issued for a black family who cheered at a high school graduation.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss Mike Huckabee and the “so called” criminalization of Christianity.

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Coming up on today's show, we have Natasha Geiling here to discuss President Obama's attempts to explain his Arctic drilling policies and how New Belgium brewery is fighting for clean water rules.

We also have Aspen Baker here to discuss her new book, Pro Voice: How To Keep Listening When The World Wants A Fight.

We'll also discuss the new study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition that found there is no US state where you can afford a fair market apartment on the minimum wage.

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Coming up on today's show, we have Dahr Jamail here to discuss how Navy war games planned in Alaska may be devastating for the environment and Arctic wildlife.

We have Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss fighting back against fake reproductive health centers and the 6 year anniversary of the murder of Dr. George Tiller.

Plus we have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss Scott Walker's comments on mandatory ultrasounds being cool.

We'll also discuss the high financial cost of police violence and misconduct.

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Coming up on today's show we have Maraime Kaba back on the show to discuss why police officers being “charged” is not a cause for celebration and what we can learn from the Chicago torture reparations win.

We have David Dayen back on the show to discuss the biggest lies told about the TPP, and how it's time to put student loan predators out of business.

Plus we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss the positive side of oil spills.

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Coming up on today's show we have Antonia Juhasz back on the show to discuss the Santa Barbara oil spill, the Shell arctic drilling protests in Seattle, and her devastating new report on the BP Gulf oil disaster.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss last week's Game Of Thrones rape scene and how a growing number of women are embracing non-belief.

We'll also discuss an IMF study that found the burning of fossil fuels is subsidized by 10 million dollars a minute.

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Coming up on today's show we have the Reverend Jason Lydon here to discuss Black and Pink, the network of LGBTQ prisoners and their allies looking to abolish the prison industrial complex.

We also have Alice Ollstein back on the show to discuss how Scott Walker's corporate tax breaks failed to create jobs and the companies profiting of of prisoner phone calls.

We'll also discuss how Texas Republicans passed a law banning bans on fracking.

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Coming up on today's show we have Jessica Luther back on the show to discuss how the disturbing domestic abuse “comedy” video by the Cleveland Cavaliers was not a “mistake”, plus an update on the Jameis Winston lawsuit.

We have Talk Poverty's Greg Kaufmann back on the show to how the stigma of poverty might have driven a couple to suicide, and how David Brooks thinks poor people need a morality lesson.

Plus we have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss Jeb Bush's embarrassing answers on the Iraq War.

We'll also discuss the protests against Shell's arctic drilling in Seattle, and the NASA report on how a massive Antarctic ice shelf will disintegrate in a few years.

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Coming up on today's show we have Bryce Covert back on the show to discuss the economic devastation and racist housing policies in Baltimore.

We also have Candice Bernd back on the show to discuss immigrant mothers on a hunger strike at a private prison and to give us an update on the Denton, Texas fracking ban.

We also discuss how despite his rhetoric on climate change, President Obama has just opened the Arctic Ocean to drilling by Shell.

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Coming up on today's show we have Mychal Denzel Smith back on the show to discuss the Baltimore uprising, a different kind of “broken windows” policy, and what it would take to abolish the police.

We have Kevin Gosztola back on the show to discuss the media's ridiculous use of the term “professional protesters” and the Seymore Hersh story on the Bin Laden raid.

We also discuss how the NSA's bulk collection of telephone records was found to be illegal.

Plus we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss who we should believe on the TPP, Elizabeth Warren or President Obama.

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The show is off today, as such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today's best-of show we have Gaius Publius back on the show to discuss using the horrible consequences of NAFTA as a warning of the TPP and how the Clinton Global Initiative supports them both.

We have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement.

We'll also discuss the horrific findings in the Senate report on CIA torture.

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The show is off today, as such, we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today's best-of show we have Robin Jacks from NoBoston2024 back on the show to discuss why we should oppose the Boston Olympics bid.

We also have Greg Kaufmann from Talk Poverty back on the show to discuss 12 actions you can take to fight poverty in 12 days.

We'll discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King's civil disobedience.

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Due to travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

Coming up on today's best of show we have Maya Schenwar back on the show to discuss her new book, Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work And How We Can Do Better.

We also have Lee Fang back on the show to discuss the venture capitalists trying to further profit off our education system as well as who is paying the pro war pundits on TV.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss Rudy Giuliani's comments about how President Obama doesn't love America.

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Due to travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews and sketches.

On today's best of show, we have Tom Geoghegan back on the show to discuss his new book, Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs A New Kind Of Labor Movement.

We also have Michelle Chen back on the show to discuss a Florida town that outlawed giving food to the homeless and the fight for mental health care in California.

Plus, we have comedian Bob Rok here to discuss a new scientific study linking fracking to earthquakes.

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Coming up on today's show we have Robin Marty here to discuss ways the Republican party are moving further to the right.

And we have Emily Atkin here to discuss two frightening studies on carbon and and the melting Arctic permafrost.

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Coming up on today's show we have Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss Hillary Clinton and the feminism of exclusion and a new report on drone strikes by Israel.

We have Chris Faraone back on the show to discuss his report on Boston charter schools and charter school operators and how former Governor Deval Patrick has joined Bain Capital.

We have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss a new study linking fracking and radiation levels in Pennsylvania homes.

Plus, we discuss how Wall Street executives are not worried about a potential Hillary Clinton presidency.

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Coming up on today's show we have Anne Elizabeth Moore back on the show to discuss her series on working with Harvey Pekar as well as her latest on the anti-human trafficking industry.

We also have Steve Horn back on the show to discuss the Wisconsin climate change gag order and give us updates on multiple bomb train lawsuits.

We'll also discuss the Blackwater trial and the new report that found over 1.3 million people have been killed by the US in the "War On Terror."

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Coming up on today's show we have Malkia Cyril here to discuss black America's state of surveillance and her work at the Center For Media Justice.

We have Ian Millhiser here to discuss his new book, Injustices: The Supreme Court's History Of Comforting The Comfortable And Afflicting The Afflicted.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss a proposed Texas bill that would ban the filming of police officers.

We'll also discuss Hillary Clinton announcing her presidential campaign and what progressives can do to push the 2016 election to the left.

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Coming up on today's show we have Sarah Macaraeg back on the show to discuss her TruthOut series on Chicago police violence and the purging of misconduct allegations.

We have Scott Myers-Lipton here to discuss his new book, Ending Extreme Inequality: An Economic Bill Of Rights To Eliminate Poverty.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss the connection between climate change and the California drought.

Plus, we'll discuss how Chicago unfortunately re-elected neo-liberal, corporatist mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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Coming up on today's show we have Trevor Timm back on the show to discuss how the FBI is now against encryption, how the NSA wants more cyber hacking authority, and how the Iran talks show Republicans have no interest in peace.

We have Doctor Susan Ball here to discuss her new book, Voices In The Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, And How The Outlook On AIDS Care Changed From Doomed To Hopeful.

We have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss Tuesday's election for mayor of Chicago between Rahm Emanuel and Chuy Garcia.

Plus, we'll discuss KKK members working as Florida prison guards, the DOJ report on Philadelphia's police force and how US police have killed more people this March than UK police have since the year 1900.

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Coming up on today's show we have Kira Lerner here to discuss how Ohio's legislature passed a new poll tax, the frightening “right to farm” campaigns of corporate agribusiness, and the Florida prison inspection scandal.

We also have Leighann Lord here to discuss performing political comedy, atheism, and working with Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Plus, we'll discuss updates to Indiana's LGBTQ discrimination bill.

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Coming up on today's show we have Gaius Publius back on the show to discuss the connection of climate change, the "free market" and the California drought, as well as the Obama alumni group pushing for the TPP.

We have Katie Goodman back on the show to discuss her new song and video, “Sorry Babe, You're A Feminist.”

We have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss the Indiana bill legalizing LGBTQ discrimination.

Plus we'll discuss how the Obama administration set a new record for denying and censoring government files.

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Coming up on today's show we have Toshio Meronek here to discuss consequences of the privatization public housing and the how the San Francisco trans community is saying no to the prison industrial complex.

We also have Katie Halper back on the show to discuss Benjamin Netanyahu's recent racist comments, and Ted Cruz telling a 3 year old that the world is on fire.

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Coming up on today's show we have Bryce Covert back on the show to discuss the attacks on the poor in the proposed Republican budget and the lack of women on corporate boards in the US.

We have Bob Kincaid here to discuss the fight against mountain top removal for coal in West Virginia.

We'll discuss Rahm Emanuel's affordable housing scandal and his upcoming race for mayor against Jesus Chuy Garcia.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss how a McDonald's worker was told to put mustard on her burned arm.

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Coming up on today's show we have the Antonia Juhasz back on the show to discuss how BP got off for the Gulf oil disaster and how offshore drilling just got more dangerous.

We have Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss how the pro-life movement re-framed “life” to suit their agenda.

We'll discuss Missouri executing a man missing part of his frontal lobe, and how other states are going back to the electric chair, gas chamber and firing squad.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss how Florida officials banned the term climate change.

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Coming up on today's show we have the Intercept's Jordan Smith here to discuss how a rumor sent a teen to prison for murder in Las Vegas.

We have Ari Berman back on the show to discuss the 50th anniversary of the Selma march, Bloody Sunday and the current assault on voting rights.

We'll discuss Boston breaking the all-time snow record.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss the letter to Iran by Tom Cotton and 46 other Republican senators.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:20am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Robin Jacks from NoBoston2024 back on the show to discuss why we should oppose the Boston Olympics bid.

We also have D-Nick The Microphone Misfit back on the show to discuss his new album, Escape From Babylon: Part Two.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:22am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Emily Atkin back on the show to discuss the chemical ash spread by a California refinery explosion as well as the latest in Bakken oil trains derailing and exploding.

We have Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss how Cablevision workers won their union contract in NYC and how students are demanding student loan relief from a corrupt for-profit college.

Plus we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss the positive side of bomb trains.

We will also discuss how Senator Lindsey Graham who is on the Senate technology committee claims he has never sent an email in his life and how Florida officials banned the term climate change.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:50am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Candice Bernd back on the show to discuss the lack of standards in psychological evaluations for police officers and an update on the Denton, Texas fracking ban.

We have Lee Camp back on the show to discuss the Chicago black site prison, Ag Gag laws and his upcoming show in Boston.

Plus we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago mayor's race.

We will also discuss how Antarctic ice melting faster than expected and how the favorite "scientist" of climate change deniers failed to disclose his dirty energy funding.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:40am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Kevin Gosztola back on the show to discuss a secret black site prison in Chicago and the latest in the Obama administration's attacks on whistle blowers.

We have Alice Ollstein back on the show to discuss sexism at CPAC and Scott Walker's latest assault on unions.

Plus we have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss Rudy Giuliani's comments about how President Obama doesn't love America.

We will also discuss Jesus Chuy Garcia and Rahm Emanuel being in a dead heat in the election for Mayor of Chicago, same sex marriage coming to Nebraska, and last week's Net Neutrality win.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 10:02am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Chris Faraone back on the show to give us the latest on his series on militarized evictions in Oregon.

And we have Laird Townsend here to discuss his new study on the crisis in underfunded investigative journalism.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:14am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Ai-Jen Poo here to discuss her new book, The Age Of Dignity: Preparing For The Elder Boom In A Changing America.

We have Alia Malek here to discuss her Al Jazeera piece on the struggles within a coal mining community in West Virginia.

We also have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss the new study on New York City's potential six foot sea level rise.

Plus, we'll discuss Jeremy Scahill's new report on how the NSA and GCHQ stole millions of encryption keys to cell phone SIM cards.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:23am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Mychal Denzel Smith back on the show to discuss how the NYPD's Bill Bratton wants to make resisting arrest a felony and his comparison of protesters to terrorists.

We have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss how atheists need to take a hard look at ourselves after the Chapel Hill killings while at the same time defending it from straw man arguments.

Plus, we have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss how Texas Congressman Mike Conaway is working to cut SNAP food stamp benefits.

Plus, we'll discuss how Boston is using prison labor to clear its record breaking snow.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:37am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Robin Marty back on the show to discuss her two days spent with anti-abortion activists at the March For Life rally.

We also have Michelle Chen back on the show to discuss a Florida town that outlawed giving food to the homeless and the fight for mental health care in California.

Plus, we'll discuss attacks on LGBTQ anti-discrimination laws in Kansas and Arkansas, Oklahoma's ban on minimum wage increases, and the attack on unions by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:30am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Gaius Publius back on the show to discuss using the horrible consequences of NAFTA as a warning of the TPP and how the Clinton Global Initiative supports them both.

We have Zach Silk here to discuss how voters in the state of Washington used ballot initiatives to go around a broken Congress and close gun sale loopholes.

We have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss the anti-vaccination craze.

Plus, we'll discuss Alabama becoming the 37th state with marriage equality and how a homophobic judge is trying to fight it.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:41am EDT

Coming up on today's 400th episode we have Rick Perlstein back on the show to discuss how mayor Rahm Emanuel is selling off the city of Chicago.

We have Anne Elizabeth Moore back on the show to discuss the money and lies in anti-human trafficking NGOs.

We have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss a Texas bill that would allow teachers to kill students.

Plus, we'll look back on where the progressive movement stands after 400 episodes of TMFS.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:19am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Mariame Kaba back on the show to discuss Marissa Alexander's move from prison to house arrest and the fight for reparations for police torture in Chicago.

And we have Alice Ollstein back on the show to discuss her series on the consequences of Louisiana's vanishing coast line.

Plus, we'll discuss NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton comparing Black Lives Matter protesters to terrorists and his plan to give the NYPD machine guns.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:30am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have David Dayen back on the show to discuss how the Supreme Court may gut the Fair Housing Act and why postal banking is needed.

We have Maya Schenwar back on the show to discuss bad alternatives to prison and the private companies that profit off them.

And we have TMFS comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss the possibility of Mitt Romney running for president again.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:22am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Greg Kaufmann from Talk Poverty back on the show to discuss 12 actions you can take to fight poverty in 12 days.

We have Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss how 2015 is shaping up to be a record breaking year in the GOP's War on Women and her #GetWell2015 campaign.

And we have TMFS comedian Bob Rok here to discuss Oxfam's report that the 1% will have 50% of the world's wealth by 2016.

We'll also discuss why the Boston bid for the 2024 Olympics is a horrible idea and how Mayor Marty Walsh signed away the free speech rights of city employees.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:52am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Emily Atkin back on the show to discuss a massive diesel spill in Canada and how there are still consequences from last year's West Virginia chemical spill.

We also have Victor Pickard here to discuss his new book, America's Battle For Media Democracy: The Triumph Of Corporate Libertarianism And The Future Of Media Reform.

We'll discuss the good and the bad from President Obama's State Of The Union Speech.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:43am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Janet Cheatham Bell here to discuss her new book, Not All Poor People Are Black.

We also have Kevin Gosztola back on the show discuss potential charges against David Petraeus, James Risen, the Donald Sterling trial and how Guantanamo prisoners were used as experimental lab rats.

We'll discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King's civil disobedience.

And TMFS comedian Bob Rok gives us his take on a new study on ocean extinction.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:29am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Chris Faraone back on the show to discuss his series on militarized evictions in Oregon and the racist writings of some Boston Police in the BPPA newsletter.

We also have Randi McGinn here to discuss her new book, Changing Laws, Saving Lives: How To Take On Corporate Giants And Win.

We'll also discuss Bernie Sanders making Republicans vote on if they believe in climate change, and those one the left who roll their eyes at a Sanders presidential campaign.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:18am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Nancy Altman here to discuss her new book, Social Security Works: Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke And How Expanding It Will Help Us All.

We have Bryce Covert back on the show to discuss homeless Americans dying from hypothermia and how a tech company has seen success going to a 32 hour work week.

And we have comedian Bob Rok here to discuss a new scientific study linking fracking to earthquakes.

We'll also discuss an Oklahoma town that may vote to ban hoodies.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:36am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Lee Camp back on the show to discuss the NYPD protesting at funerals and how the new Congress is 80% white, 80% male and 92% Christian.

We also have Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy here to discuss their new book, The Political Classroom: Evidence And Ethics In Democratic Education.

We'll also run down my upcoming live shows and events.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:36am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Victoria Law here to discuss the struggles of domestic violence survivors in prison.

We also have Tom Geoghegan back on the show to discuss his new book, Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs A New Kind Of Labor Movement.

We'll also discuss the NYPD protesting at funerals.

And TMFS writer-performer Bob Rok is here to discuss the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:32am EDT

Due to holiday travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's best of show, we have ProPublica's Nina Martin here to discuss how an Alabama judge is working to dismantle Roe Vs. Wade.

We also have Ted Genoways here to discuss his new book, The Chain: Farm, Factory And The Fate Of Our Food.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Due to holiday travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's best of show we have Greg Palast back on the show to discuss his investigation on how millions of minority voters may be purged from the voter rolls.

We also have author Nell Bernstein here to discuss her new book, Burning Down The House: The End Of Juvenile Prison.

We'll also discuss the new book, Laughing Liberally: Letters To The American Voter that features essays by me and 11 other progressive comedians.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Due to holiday travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's best-of show, we have Mariame Kaba back on the show to discuss what abolishing the US prison system might look like and the new publication, Chiraq and It's Meaning(s).

We also have Allison Kilkenny and Jamie Kilstein from Citizen Radio back on the show to discuss their new book, #NewsFail.

We'll also discuss Walmart dropping health insurance coverage for part time workers and how our health care system is still horribly flawed. 

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Due to holiday travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's best-of show we have Melissa Gira Grant back on the show to discuss the flawed justice system for sex workers and the Red Umbrella Project's report on New York's Human Trafficking Intervention Courts.

We also have David Dayen back on the show to discuss Eric Holder's legacy as attorney general and why we shouldn't laugh at Hank Greenberg's AIG lawsuit.

We'll also discuss a new report on how renters are being priced out of cities and that over half of renters are paying more than 30% of their income on housing.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have the Reverend Billy Talen back on the show to discuss the Church of Stop Shopping's trip to Monsanto headquarters and Ferguson, MO.

We also have Todd Wolfson here to discuss his new book, Digital Rebellion: The Birth Of The Cyber Left.

We'll also discuss the mainstream media's lack of coverage of the Millions March against police violence in New York.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:27am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Amanda Marcotte here to discuss dealing with right wing relatives over the holidays and Satanists trolling the religious right in Florida.

We also have Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss how Rolling Stone gave a huge gift to rape apologists.

We'll also discuss the awful Cromnibus bill and Elizabeth Warren's speech against Citigroup and the politicians they buy.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:02am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Steve Horn back on the show to discuss exporting tar sands oil and fracked gas, and Washington's revolving door for dirty energy.

We also have Greta Christina back on the show to discuss her new book, Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing To Do With God.

We'll also discuss the horrific findings in the Senate report on CIA torture.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:42am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Mychal Denzel Smith back on the show to discuss how the system that failed Eric Garner and Michael Brown is designed to protect the police and cannot be reformed.

We also have Wagatwe Wanjuki back on the show to discuss the University of Virginia/Rolling Stone rape scandal and how “he said/she said” framing is used to dismiss sexual assault.

We'll also discuss horrific right wing reactions to the Eric Garner grand jury announcement and how after 12 year old Tamir Rice was shot, police handcuffed his sister.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:28am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Candice Bernd back on the show to discuss how a Texas town voted to ban fracking and how US drone strike victims are still looking for justice.

We also have Julianna Forlano back on the show to discuss dealing with right wing family members at the holidays and the madness on Black Friday.

We'll also discuss how the right wing is freaking out after five members of the St. Louis Rams did a hands up, don't shoot protest.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:52am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Kymone Freeman here to discuss the situation in Ferguson after the announcement that no charges would be filed against Darren Wilson.

We also have Emily Atkin back on the show to discuss a North Carolina town dealing with Coal Ash contamination and how many potentially dangerous fracking wells are right next to schools.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:52am EDT

Due to travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's show we have comedian Frank Conniff here to discuss his work on Mystery Science Theater 3000, Cinematic Titanic, Invader Zim, Totally Biased, and Laughing Liberally.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss how the far Christian right are being beaten at their own game by Satanists and the battle over textbooks in Texas.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Due to travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's best of show we have Professor Stephanie Kelton here to discuss what many progressives are getting wrong in the debate about the economy.

We also have Wagatwe Wanjuki here to discuss her horrific treatment by Tufts University after being raped, and how 55 schools are being investigated for Title 9 violations.

We'll also discuss the ridiculous and unconstitutional new protest rules passed in North Carolina in attempt to stop the Moral Monday protests.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Victoria Law back on the show to discuss how family members are fighting against solitary confinement at Pelican Bay and how private companies are profiting off public prisons.

We also have Nan Levinson back on the show to discuss her new book on the IVAW, War Is Not A Game: The New Anti-War Soldiers And The Movement They Built.

Also would you like a free, signed copy of the new book Laughing Liberally: Letters To The American Voter?

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:48am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Maya Schenwar back on the show to discuss her new book, Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work And How We Can Do Better.

We also have Dave Saldana back on the show to discuss the latest on the Keystone XL Pipeline.

We'll also discuss my recent trip to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:24am EDT

Due to travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's best of show we have Jessica Luther back on the show to discuss changes the NFL must make to deal with domestic violence and the history of segregation in Texas football.

We also have Chris Tomlinson here to discuss his new book on confronting his family's history as slave owners, Tomlinson Hill.

We'll also discuss how greenhouse gasses grew at the fastest rate ever in 2013, and how a Massachusetts DA cited climate change as a reason for dropping charges against activists.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Due to travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's best of show we have Max Blumenthal back on the show to discuss the devastation he saw on his recent trip to Gaza.

We also have Rebecca Burns from In These Times back on the show to discuss the dangers of Wall Street equity firms like Blackstone taking over the housing rental market.

We'll also discuss the James Risen report on how Blackwater threatened the life of a State Department investigator.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Michelle Chen here to discuss how work sharing might be a solution to layoffs and underemployment, and a new site that serves as a Yelp for immigrant guest workers.

We also have Mariame Kaba back on the show to discuss what abolishing the US prison system might look like and the new publication, Chiraq and It's Meaning(s).

We'll also discuss the disastrous Midterm elections and where progressives should go from here. 

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Gaius Publius here to discuss the consequences of corporatist Democrats “Tea Partying” progressives.

We also have Steve Horn back on the show to discuss how a new report on overblown fracking production numbers might lead to even more dangerous fracking.

We'll also discuss how the FCC's new proposed "Frankenstein" net neutrality plan still creates fast and slow lanes on the internet and what you can do about it.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:24am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Greg Palast back on the show to discuss his new investigation on how millions of minority voters may be purged from the voter rolls.

We also have Sharon Lerner here to discuss the fight for justice for victims of a cancer cluster in Florida.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:37am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Sarah Macaraeg and Alison Flowers here to discuss their new TruthOut report on the lack of accountability for police violence in Chicago.

We also have Karen Narefsky from Jacobin here to discuss the how the left needs to organize after the suburbanization of the US working class.

We'll also discuss President Obama's interview with Al Sharpton where he brushed off GOP voter suppression.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:20am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Michelle Schwartz from the Alliance For Justice back on the show to discuss how forced arbitration is being used to void state and federal laws.

We also have ProPublica's Nina Martin here to discuss how an Alabama judge is working to dismantle Roe Vs. Wade.

We'll also discuss the recent horrific comments on the minimum wage by Chris Christie, Rick Scott and Scott Walker.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:35am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Mychal Denzel Smith back on the show to discuss the consequences of criminalizing mental illness, homelessness and drug addiction and how feminism shouldn't make men comfortable.

We also have Emily Atkin back on the show to discuss the new Pentagon report on climate change and the dangers of increased methane in our atmosphere caused by fracking and melting ice caps.

We'll also discuss the new book, Laughing Liberally: Letters To The American Voter that features essays by me and 11 other progressive comedians.

Laughing Liberally The Book

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:48am EDT

Episode 368 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today's show we have Nusrat Choudhurry here to discuss the ACLU's new report on racially biased policing in Boston.

We also have Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss Bank of America's customer service scandal and the war on public education in Philadelphia.

We'll also discuss how austerity and budget cuts to the CDC and NIH have hampered our response to the Ebola virus

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:19am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Allison Kilkenny and Jamie Kilstein from Citizen Radio back on the show to discuss their new book, #NewsFail.

We also have Ted Genoways here to discuss his new book, The Chain: Farm, Factory And The Fate Of Our Food.

We'll also discuss updates from Ferguson October, including how off-duty St. Louis police officers are allowed to wear their police uniforms and police firearms when working private security, and racist St. Louis Cardinals fans

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 11:31am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have David Dayen back on the show to discuss Eric Holder's legacy as attorney general and why we shouldn't laugh at Hank Greenberg's AIG lawsuit.

We also have Alice Ollstein back on the show to discuss how Latino voters are reacting to the promises broken by Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.

We'll also discuss Walmart dropping health insurance coverage for part time workers and how our health care system is still horribly flawed. 

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:46am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Melissa Gira Grant back on the show to discuss the flawed justice system for sex workers and the Red Umbrella Project's report on New York's Human Trafficking Intervention Courts.

We also have Trevor Timm back on the show to discuss the FBI and DOJ arguing against iPhone encryption and security, and those trying to stop NSA reform legislation.

We'll also discuss marriage equality coming to five more states after a Supreme Court decision, and how a circuit court ruling on HB2 reduced the amount of abortion clinics for the entire state of Texas to eight

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:04am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Bryce Covert back on the show to discuss how Scott Walker might be forced to raise the minimum wage in Wisconsin and how the US actually had universal childcare in the 1940s.

We also have Lee Fang back on the show to discuss the venture capitalists trying to further profit off our education system as well as who is paying the pro war pundits on TV.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:19am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have TruthOut's William Rivers Pitt back on the show to discuss the latest on the US wars in Iraq and Syria.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss how the far Christian right are being beaten at their own game by Satanists and the battle over textbooks in Texas.

We'll also discuss the latest from Ferguson including police officers wearing "I am Darren Wilson" bracelets and the city over charging for public records that should be free.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:27am EDT

Due to travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

On today's best of show, we have Mariame Kaba back on the show to discuss her new Marissa Alexander benefit book on the history of criminalizing women of color for self defense and the National Week Of Action Against Incarcerating Youth.

We also have David Dayen back on the show to discuss how we should be focusing on free public university and community college tuition instead of small fixes like loan interest rates.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Due to travel, today we are running The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show with some of our favorite interviews.

Coming up on today's best of show we have Molly Knefel back on the show to discuss how most US jurors are unaware of their right of nullification.

We also have Mychal Denzel Smith back on the show to discuss the systemic nature of police violence and if there is, in fact, a “War on Whites.”

We'll also discuss the troubles of an "inevitable" Hillary Clinton nomination.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Kevin Gozstola back on the show to discuss America's wars in Syria and Iraq and how the Obama administration is still keeping Bush's warrantless wiretap program secret.

We also have Max Blumenthal back on the show to discuss the devastation he saw on his recent trip to Gaza.

We'll also discuss how Rolling Jubilee has bought and abolished close to 4 million dollars in student loan debt.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:31am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Jessica Luther back on the show to discuss changes the NFL must make to deal with domestic violence and the history of segregation in Texas football.

We also have Jennie Wood on the show to discuss her new novel, A Boy Like Me.

We'll also discuss President Obama going to war in Iraq and Syria.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:25am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Robin Marty back on the show to discuss the anti-abortion movement conducting criminal investigations of miscarriages and the right wing trap of over the counter birth control.

We also have Jeff Biggers back on the show to discuss the Appalachian health emergency due to mountaintop removal for coal.

We'll also discuss how greenhouse gasses grew at the fastest rate ever in 2013, and how a Massachusetts DA cited climate change as a reason for dropping charges against activists.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Tim Karr from Free Press back on the show to discuss updates in the fight for net neutrality including Wednesday's Internet Slowdown action.

We also have Katie Valentine back on the show to discuss how fracking contaminated hundreds of water sites in Pennsylvania, as well as updates on Haliburton and BP's liability from the Gulf oil disaster.

We'll also discuss the close to 500 fast food workers arrested for civil disobedience last week fighting for a $15 an hour wage.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:16am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Steve Horn back on the show to discuss how Obama's White House is arguing against considering climate change on energy projects and the opening up of the Gulf to offshore fracking.

We also have Mary Bottari back on the show to discuss how documents show Scott Walker solicited funds from outside groups to win the Wisconsin recalls.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:28am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Carla Sheffield here to discuss how her son was killed by Boston police and how you can help.

We also have Michelle Chen back on the show to discuss some of the problems with workplace training programs, how 620,000 military families rely on food pantries, and what economic justice might look like in Ferguson.

We'll also discuss the report that ISIS waterboarded American captives, including the late James Foley.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:58am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Ruth Conniff from the Progressive Magazine back on the show to discuss the FBI's raiding of charter schools across the country.

We also have Louis Manzo on the show to discuss his new book, Ruthless Ambition: The Rise And Fall Of Chris Christie.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:24am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Victoria Law back on the show to discuss the New jersey 4 and the illusion of security for LGBTQ people of color, as well as her article on elderly prisoners of the war on drugs.

We also have Chris Faraone back on the show to discuss IBM's creepy facial recognition software being deployed at a Boston music festival.

We'll also discuss the latest updates from Ferguson including how the officer who killed Michael Brown's last job was with a troubled police force that was entirely disbanded.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:33am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have comedian Cameron Esposito back on the show to discuss her new comedy album, Same Sex Symbol.

We also have Kate Clancy, Robin Nelson, Julienne Rutherford and Katie Hinde here to discuss their new study on the sexual harassment and assault of field scientists.

We'll also discuss the latest updates from Ferguson including an officer caught on video threatening to kill protesters and the authoritarian Washington Post police op-ed.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:11am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Bryce Covert back on the show to discuss the racist housing policies that helped fuel the anger in Ferguson.

We also have William Rivers Pitt here to discuss his new book, The Mass Destruction Of Iraq.

We'll also discuss the latest updates from Ferguson including Amnesty International sending a team to monitor police violence and a man arrested for smoking a cigarette outside his aunt's house.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 10:17am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Mychal Denzel Smith back on the show to discuss the systemic nature of police violence and if there is, in fact, a “War on Whites.”

We also have Alice Ollstein back on the show to discuss the gerrymandering controversy in Florida.

We'll also discuss Hillary Clinton's frightening neocon talking points Atlantic interview.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:50am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Mariame Kaba back on the show to discuss some of the latest examples of police violence including the murder of 18 year old Michael Brown, and the brutality towards Denise Stewart.

We also have Thomas Keenan here to discuss his new book, Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy And the Capitalization of Intimacy.

We'll also discuss how the primary reason President Obama has authorized airstrikes in Iraq is most likely oil.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:22am EDT

Episode 348 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today's show we have Allie Gross here to discuss her Jacobin article on charter school profiteers in Detroit.

We also have Chris Tomlinson here to discuss his new book on confronting his family's history as slave owners, Tomlinson Hill.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have John Nichols back on the show to discuss the progressive fight to restore our democracy.

We also have Emily Atkin back on the show to discuss the Toledo water crisis and how a historic $3 million dollar fracking jury award might be be overturned.

We'll also discuss the CIA confirming it spied on Senate staffers, President Obama saying that he still has "full confidence" in CIA head John Brennan and that we "tortured some folks."

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:17am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Professor Stephanie Kelton here to discuss what many progressives are getting wrong in the debate about the economy.

And we have Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss the horrors occurring both in and outside of Gaza.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:13am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have interviews recorded at the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit including Michelle Schwartz from the Alliance For Justice here to discuss the dangers of forced arbitration.

We have David Neiwert from Hatewatch back on the show to discuss the right wing militias reaction to the border refugee crisis.

And we have Urvi Nagrani here to discuss her work at Oximity.

We'll also discuss how the West Virginia company that contaminated the water supply of 300,000 people was fined a mere $11,000, a new poll that showed the US leads the world in climate change denial, and how President Obama is opening up more of the gulf to off shore drilling.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:20am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have interviews recorded at the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit including David Dayen discussing a horrific foreclosure loophole in Michigan as well as his modest proposal for Attorney General Eric Holder.

We have Amanda Levitt here to discuss her writing and activism at Fat Body Politics.

And we Debra Dodd from the AFGE here to talk about state level attacks on Social Security.

We'll also discuss the latest judicial threat to Obamacare and how a public option would be pretty helpful right about now.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:22am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have interviews recorded at the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit including Demeeko Williams from the Detroit Water Brigade discussing how tens of thousands of citizens are having their water shut off.

We have Robin Marty back on the show to discuss how the right wing is still protesting a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic, even though it doesn't provide abortion procedures.

And we have hip hop artist and activist Jasiri X back on the show to discuss the latest developments in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and his latest song, #NeverLovedUs.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:30am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Lisa Graves here to discuss the new Center For Media And Democracy report on Charles Koch's connection to the John Birch Society, Koch Exposed.

We also have Lee Fang back on the show to discuss his Nation article on the real reason that marijuana is still illegal in the US.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Molly Knefel back on the show to discuss how most US jurors are unaware of their right of nullification.

We also have Steve Horn back on the show to give us a fracked gas oil train update and to discuss the revolving door in the Obama administration between the government and dirty energy.

We'll also discuss recent articles on how both Wall Street and Neocons are embracing a possible Hillary Clinton presidency, and how Hillary has stated she would reach out to Republicans more as President.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:12am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss how the Harris and Hobby Lobby cases are a disaster for working women.

We also have Max Blumenthal back on the show to discuss the recent violence in Gaza, and the media's horrible coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

We'll also discuss the upcoming performance of Atlas Riffed: A Live-Riffing Of Atlas Shrugged Part Two at Netroots Nation in Detroit.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:20am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Kara Dansky here to discuss the ACLU's shocking report on SWAT teams and the militarization of the local police.

We also have comedian Julianna Forlano back on the show to discuss the horrific Supreme Court decisions and the launching of her new radio show.

We'll also discuss how the latest in the NSA spying scandal including 90% of data stored being on non-targets, and the intimate nature of that data.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:40am EDT