The Matthew Filipowicz Show (The Matthew Filipowicz Show)

Coming up on today's show we have Gaius Publius from AmericaBlog back on the show to discuss the progressive problems of an "inevitable" Hillary Clinton nomination.

We also have Al Carroll on the show to discuss his new book, Presidents' Body Counts: The Twelve Worst And Four Best Presidents Based On How Many Lived Or Died Because Of Their Actions.

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

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Coming up on today's show we have Dahlia Lithwick back on the show to discuss the latest Hobby Lobby, Buffer Zone, and Anti-Union Supreme Court decisions.

We also have Candice Bernd from TruthOut back on the show to discuss the epidemic of police brutality in Albuquerque and how the USDA now has sub-machine guns at their disposal.

We'll also discuss how despite what the right wing court says the Hobby Lobby decision is not "narrow".

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Coming up on today's show we have Rebecca Burns from In These Times back on the show to discuss an Illinois bill that could privatize evictions.

We also have Ellen Dannin from TruthOut here to discuss the dangers of cities privatizing their water sources.

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Coming up on today's show we 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.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss Miss USA's sexual assault comments, Dr. Oz getting grilled by the Senate, and a Pew poll that found many people don't want their loved ones marrying atheists.

We will also discuss how tens of thousands of people living in poverty in Detroit are having their water shut off.

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Coming up on today's show we have Cliff Schecter back on the show to discuss five things you can do to fight gun violence.

We also have Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss George Will, the Washington Post and #SurvivorPrivilege.

We will also discuss how the monsters that lied us into war in Iraq are given a platform to try to do it again.

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Coming up on today's show we have Victoria Law back on the show to discuss California is turning to private prisons to address their horribly over-populated jails and how a great prison justice group came out of the real-life prison from Orange is the New Black.

We also have Kevin Gosztola back on the show to discuss the shameful Guantanamo torture court ruling, the Supreme Court refusing to hear the James Risen case, and a new study that found that 95% of DOJ terror prosecutions are preemptive.

We will also discuss how President Obama's new EPA carbon rules are not as positive as they first seem, and how we're still not doing enough to fight climate change.

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Coming up on today's show we have interviews taped live at the Left Forum. We have Deepa Kumar here to discuss her book, Islamophobia And The Politics Of Empire.

We have teacher and Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York Brian Jones here to discuss the perils of high stakes school testing.

And we have Mark Naison here to discuss the Badass Teachers Association and his book Badass Teachers Unite!

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Due to travel, today 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 Antonia Juhasz back on the show to discuss why oil drilling in Ecuador is a ticking time bomb for the planet.

We also have journalist Lee Fang back on the show to discuss rise and consequences of unregistered shadow lobbyists, and how the Obama Administration's TPP trade officials have received huge bonuses from big banks.

We'll also discuss what a judge ruling that the undemocratic Detroit bankruptcy can proceed means for worker's pensions as well as a separate pension theft bill being passed in Illinois.

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Episode 330 The Best Of The Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

The show is on vacation this week and, 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 Rick Perlstein back on the show to give us a preview of his new book, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall Of Nixon And The Rise Of Reagan and the difference in NSA reform today versus the 1970's.

We also have journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss the many reasons why Governor Andrew Cuomo is horrible including his role in New York's charter school battle.

TMFS writer-performer Tim Grimes gives us his take on income inequality.

Plus, we'll discuss how scientists have discovered and brought back a 30,000 year old virus from the arctic permafrost, and how climate change might bring back diseases like smallpox.

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The show is on vacation this week and, 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 Jasiri X here to discuss politics and activism in music and the song inspired by his visit to Palestine, Checkpoint.

We also have Jacobin Magazine editor Alyssa Battistoni here to discuss how a universal basic income could be a key to fighting climate change.

Plus, we'll discuss how GCHQ with the help of the NSA is bulk collecting webcam images from Yahoo chats.

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The show is on vacation this week and, 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 Jasiri X here to discuss politics and activism in music and the song inspired by his visit to Palestine, Checkpoint.

We also have Jacobin Magazine editor Alyssa Battistoni here to discuss how a universal basic income could be a key to fighting climate change.

Plus, we'll discuss how GCHQ with the help of the NSA is bulk collecting webcam images from Yahoo chats.

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Coming up on today's show we have Greg Kaufmann back on the show to talk about his new project, Talk Poverty.

We also have author Suzanna Walters here to discuss her new book, The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, And Good Intentions Are Sabotaging Gay Equality.

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Coming up on today's show we have author Nell Bernstein here to discuss her new book, Burning Down The House: The End Of Juvenile Prison.

We also have comedian Lee Camp back on the show to discuss his new comedy special, We Are Nothing, and his upcoming show on RT.

We'll also discuss how the House of Representatives voted to deny science and ordered the Pentagon to ignore climate change.

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Coming up on today's show we have journalist Michelle Chen here to discuss the #FastFoodGlobal strikes, the off-shoring of musicians in Hollywood, and how little was done to prevent the mining disaster in Turkey.

We also have photo journalist Zach Roberts back on the show to reconstruct the night of Cecily McMillan's arrest and discuss the need for professional photographers at progressive events like protests.

We'll also discuss Pat Sayjack being a climate change denier and how a study found the Tea Party doesn't believe in science.

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

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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 how a license plate reader mistake nearly got an innocent woman killed and the disturbing secrecy around police and corporate cell phone sniffers.

We also have Dina Rasor here to discuss how elections by mail might be used to combat efforts to suppress the vote.

We'll also discuss how the NSA is targeting dissent and how the melting of West Antarctic ice is now "unstoppable."

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Coming up on today's show we have Steve Horn back on the show to discuss the latest oil train explosion in Virginia and how tar sands oil is already flowing through KXL south.

We also have Bryce Covert back on the show to discuss an under-discussed method of fighting the gender wage gap and how a lack of infrastructure spending is leaving thousands of bridges in need of desperate repairs.

We'll also discuss how you shouldn't be fooled by the FCC's tweaked proposal on Net Neutrality.

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Coming up on today's show we have Mychal Denzel Smith back on the show to discuss the connection between environmental and racial justice, and how the real racists in the US have always worn suits.

We also have Zoe Carpenter back on the show to discuss the phony populists attempting to hijack the fight against income inequality.

We'll also discuss how the upcoming May 15th Fast Food Global Strikes will include over 150 US cities and 30 countries.

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Coming up on today's show we have Jeff Sharlet here to discuss his new anthology, Radiant Truths: Essential Dispatches, Reports, Confessions And Other Essays On American Belief.

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 how after being sexually assaulted by the NYPD, Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan has been found guilty for instinctively defending herself.

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Coming up on today's show we have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss his new show on We Act Radio, The Zero Hour.

We also have Jenny Lau, Dave Rini and Sarah Musiker from the Boston chapter of the New Leaders Council here to discuss NLC, and the upcoming fellows fundraiser.

We'll also discuss the horrific, botched execution of a death row prisoner in Oklahoma and the study that found that 1 out of 25 prisoners on death row are likely innocent.

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Coming up on today's show we have the President of the Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, back on the show to discuss Rahm Emanuel “turning around” 3 more public schools, his horrific pension bill, and how charter schools lack accountability to the community.

We also have Tim Karr from FreePress back on the show to discuss how the proposed FCC rule change would kill Net Neutrality and the open internet as we know it.

We'll also discuss how Barack Obama may go down as the president who killed the free and open internet.

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Coming up on today's show we have Jessica Luther back on the show to discuss the horrific handling of the Jameis Winston sexual assault investigation and how rape culture extends into sports and nerd culture.

We also have Andy Kroll from Mother Jones Magazine back on the show to discuss how big oil clings to massive government giveaways.

We'll also discuss how anti-police violence activists took over the #MyNYPD hashtag.

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Coming up on today's show we have Hannah Rappleye on the show to discuss how a town in Alabama has turned poverty into a prison sentence.

We also have Kevin Gosztola back on the show to discuss the latest attacks on whistle blower Edward Snowden and James Clapper's university pity tour.

We'll also discuss the four year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the gulf, how the area has not recovered, and how the Obama administration has broken it's promise to improve the safety of the blowout preventers.

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Coming up on today's show we have Betsy Leondar-Wright on the show to discuss her new book, Missing Class: Strengthening Social Movement Groups By Seeing Class Cultures.

We also have Greta Christina back on the show to discuss her new book, Coming Out Atheist: How To Do It, How To Help Each Other, And Why.

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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Coming up on today's show we have the former executive director of the ACLU of Maine Shenna Bellows here to discuss civil liberties, the environment, ending corporate tax loopholes, and her campaign for Senate against Susan Collins in Maine.

We also have journalist David Dayen back on the show to discuss the next potential financial crash, as well as Wall Street's subsidy safety net.

We'll also discuss how the NSA knew about and left Americans exposed to the dangerous Heartbleed bug.

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Coming up on today's show we 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 also have Elliot Fineman from the National Gun Victims Council here to discuss the need for sane gun laws.

We'll also discuss how a retiring SEC official slammed his department for failing to go after Wall Street for the 2008 crash and how a judge dismissed a lawsuit over the Obama Administration's assassination of American citizens.

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Coming up on today's show we have Dahlia Lithwick from Slate back on the show to discuss the Supreme Court's horrific McCutcheon ruling, as well as the potential implications of Hobby Lobby contraception case.

We also have the Republic Report's David Halperin on the show to discuss his new book, Stealing America's Future: How For Profit Colleges Scam Taxpayers And Ruin Students' Lives.

We'll also discuss the underreported BP oil spill in Lake Michigan, and how more dangerous tar sands oil is headed there.

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On today's Best Of Show, we have Rodstarz from the hip hop group Rebel Diaz back on the show to discuss their new album, Radical Dilemma.

We also have Emily Atkin and Katie Valentine from Climate Progress here to discuss how poverty helped make the West Virginia chemical spill and other coal pollution possible.

We'll also discuss how the State Department's Keystone XL Pipeline environmental impact report is a sham.

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Coming up on today's show we have Jeff Biggers back on the show to discuss the latest on the coal crisis in the state of Illinois, as well as how fracking is coming to the state.

We also have Angela Grogg on the show to discuss how her daughter was a victim of rape who then had the rapist sue for custody which is documented in the film, 31 States.

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Coming up on today's show we have Micah Uetricht back on the show to discuss his new book, Strike For America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity.

We also have Candice Bernd from TruthOut on the show to discuss hunger strikes occurring in private prisons over the Obama administration's immigrant deportation policies, as well as a Guantanamo prisoner's force feeding lawsuit.

Plus, we'll discuss how on the day before the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, another oil spill occurred in Galveston Bay, Texas.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:21am EDT

Episode 308 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today's show we have journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss the many reasons why Governor Andrew Cuomo is horrible including his role in New York's charter school battle.

We also have author Kenneth Wishnia here to discuss why progressives should read crime fiction, including his new novel, Red House.

Plus, we'll discuss how TMFS writer-performers Bob Rok and Chris Sowa have launched their own podcasts, Coffee Breaks with Bob Rok and Mel L and Sex With Strangers.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:06am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss how she is being targeted by the Pro Life Action League and how she wants to make them a punchline like Westboro Baptist Church.

We also have Gaius Publius from AmericaBlog back on the show to discuss neo-liberalism's connection to climate change and how we need to begin pushing for a zero carbon economy.

Plus, we'll discuss Justice Department IG report on the Justice Departments horrible record on mortgage fraud and the 2008 financial crash.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:49am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Antonia Juhasz back on the show to discuss why oil drilling in Ecuador is a ticking time bomb for the planet.

We also have retired civil rights attorney Guy Saperstein here to discuss how progressives need to be demanding answers from Hillary Clinton on issues such as KXL, Wall Street, and the TPP.

Plus, we'll discuss the Constitutional crisis between the CIA and the Senate, and Senator Dianne Feinstein's hypocrisy on spying.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:59am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Mariame Kaba from Prison Culture and Project NIA here to discuss the Marissa Alexander case and how we need to look at prison as a form of violence.

We also have Larry Hancock on the show to discuss his new book, Shadow Warfare: The History Of America's Undeclared Wars.

Plus, we'll discuss how the Pentagon says that climate change will most likely lead to an increase in global violence and terrorism.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:34am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have journalist Melissa Gira Grant back on the show to discuss her new book, Playing The Whore: The Work Of Sex Work.

We also have Bruce Dancis here to discuss his new book, Resister: A Story Of Protest And Prison During The Vietnam War.

Plus, we'll discuss scientists have discovered and brought back a 30,000 year old virus in the arctic permafrost, and how climate change might bring back diseases like smallpox.

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

Coming up on today's show we have filmmaker Dave Saldana here to discuss his film for the Center for Media and Democracy, Keystone PipeLies Exposed, as well as the 398 people arrested this weekend at the White House protesting KXL.

We also have journalist Bryce Covert back on the show to discuss how if we want equality workplace, it's time for the men of the world to “lean out.”

Plus, we'll discuss how GCHQ with the help of the NSA is bulk collecting webcam images from Yahoo chats.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:10am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Jacobin Magazine Editor Alyssa Battistoni here to discuss how a universal basic income could be a key to fighting climate change.

We also have Jean-Philippe Tremblay here to discuss his new documentary about the perils of the corporate-owned news media, Shadows of Liberty.

Plus, we have TMFS writer/performer and comedian Tim Grimes here to discuss Arizona's Anti-Gay Law.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:05am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have journalist Lee Fang back on the show to discuss rise and consequences of unregistered shadow lobbyists, and how the Obama Administration's TPP trade officials have received huge bonuses from big banks.

We also have journalist Kiera Feldman here to discuss her New Republic report, Sexual Assault At God's Harvard.

Plus, we'll discuss how a US District Judge dismissed a lawsuit against the NYPD for its massive spying on Muslim-Americans.

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

Coming up on today's 300th episode we have Rick Perlstein back on the show to give us a preview of his new book, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall Of Nixon And The Rise Of Reagan and the difference in NSA reform today versus the 1970's.

We also have Anne Elizabeth Moore back on the show to discuss the latest in the ongoing Ladydrawers series on the fashion industry, Our Fashion Year.

Plus writer/performer Tim Grimes discusses income inequality.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:09am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Jasiri X here to discuss politics and activism in music and the song inspired by his visit to Palestine, Checkpoint.

We also have Allison Kilkenny from Citizen Radio back on the show to discuss how drones are a tool of the patriarchy and the continued Moral Monday protests.

We'll also discuss the Michael Dunn verdict in the murder of 17 year old Jordan Davis.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Robin Marty back on the show to discuss what Sandra Fluke's decision not to run for Henry Waxman's seat shows us about inequality in politics, as well as the struggles of working as an abortion doctor in the town where Dr. George Tiller was murdered.

We also have author Omar Yamini here to discuss his new book, What's Wrong With You! What You, Your Children, And Our Students Need To Know About My 15 year Imprisonment From Age 20-35.

We'll also discuss the new Reporters Without Borders report which ranked the United States 46th in the world for press freedoms.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:54am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Andrew Ross here to discuss his new book, Creditocracy And The Case For Debt Refusal.

We also have Chicago-based musician and MC, D-Nick the Microphone Misfit back on the show to discuss the now canceled George Zimmerman-DMX boxing match.

We'll also discuss the AP report how the Obama administration is looking to assassinate another American citizen without a trial, and Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald's new report on the connection of drone warfare to the NSA.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Trevor Timm from the Freedom of the Press Foundation back on the show to discuss the latest NSA spying updates including James Clapper calling journalists criminal accomplices.

We also have comedian and filmmaker Katie Halper back on the show to discuss Rand Paul saying there is no War On Women and a bar in Washington selling a Date Grape Kool-Aid cocktail.

We'll also discuss how Verizon and AT&T are already taking advantage of Net Neutrality being struck down to alter the internet as we know it.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:53am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss the disturbing trend of manufacturing jobs going to temp workers and the ongoing fight for single payer health care.

We also have Chris Faraone back on the show to discuss his new book on the Boston Mayor's race, Hizzonnaroo.

We'll also discuss how the State Department's Keystone XL Pipeline environmental impact report is a sham.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Kevin Gosztola back on the show to discuss the NATO 3 trial and police spying on activist communities in Chicago.

We also have Victoria Law back on the show to discuss efforts to address the growing numbers of aging prisoners in America.

We'll also discuss how the only way to hear TMFS's exclusive State of the Union coverage is to become a member.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:58am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have David Dayen back on the show to discuss how the Hardest Hit housing relief program is having horrible results in states like Florida.

We also have Emily Atkin and Katie Valentine from Climate Progress here to discuss how poverty helped make the West Virginia chemical spill and other coal pollution possible.

We'll also discuss some of the latest income inequality news including the OXFAM report that found that 85 people have more wealth than the bottom 6.5 billion and certain One Percenters crazy reactions to it, as well as how the CEO of Bayer said they didn't make their cancer drugs for Indians.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Dr. Sophia Yen and Dr. Ellen Shaffer here to discuss the Silver Ribbon Campaign To Trust Women.

We also have director Kyle Karges here to discuss his film on sexual assault victims having to fight their rapists for custody of the child conceived through the attack, 31 States.

We'll also discuss updates to the West Virginia chemical spill including how the water still might not be safe, how they might be testing for the wrong chemical, and how the company, Freedom Industries, filed for bankruptcy to avoid lawsuits.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:53am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Tim Karr from Free Press back on the show to discuss what needs to be done to save Net Neutrality.

We also have Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss the Supreme Court buffer zone case and her own experiences as an abortion clinic escort.

We'll also discuss how President Obama's proposals doesn't do nearly enough to reform the NSA.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Sam Gindin here to discuss the mistakes the left makes when addressing the 2008 financial crash.

We also have Laura Newland here to discuss her new book on how Wall Street is targeting college campuses, Chasing Zeros: The Rise Of Student Debt, The Fall Of The College Ideal, And One Overachiever's Misguided Pursuit Of Success.

We'll also discuss why the left should be freaking out over a DC court ending Net Neutrality.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:10am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog back on the show to discuss why the massive North Dakota fracked oil train explosion should not have been a surprise to the oil industry, as well as the dangerous storage of petcoke in Chicago.

We also have Lina Kahn here to discuss her Salon article on Monsanto's merging of big data with farming.

We'll also discuss the West Virginia chemical spill which contaminated the water supply for 300,000 people.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Mychal Denzel Smith from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss Bill de Blasio's disappointing police chief choice and three ways to fight racism in 2014.

We also have Ellen Dannin from TruthOut here to discuss the perils of privatized military housing.

We'll also discuss how the victim in the Maryville rape scandal, Daisy Coleman, tragically attempted to kill herself this weekend.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Kevin Gosztola from FireDogLake back on the show to discuss the latest NSA spying updates including the New York Times editorial calling Edward Snowden a whistleblower.

We also have Rebecca Burns from In These Times here to discuss the disturbing trend of colleges and universities using adjunct professors and what's being done to fight it.

We'll also discuss another example of how TSA airport security is a joke and a scam.

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

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, rants, and sketches.

Coming up on today's best of show, we have Lisa Graves from the Center For Media And Democracy back on the show to discuss how towns in Georgia have essentially outsourced their entire cities, as well as the dangers of a privatized water supply.

We also have encryption specialist and author Bruce Schneier here to discuss the NSA spying scandal, including how the NSA working with tech companies to insert weaknesses into their code.

We'll also discuss how the TSA doesn't think you're a potential terrorist if you have $85.

Plus we have TMFS writer/performer Chris Sowa here to discuss Rand Paul's plagiarism.

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

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, rants, and sketches.

Coming up on today’s best of show, we have the executive director of Truthout, Maya Schenwar, here to discuss the harrowing story of her sister giving birth in prison.

We also have documentary filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill on the show to discuss their Oscar-Nominated short, Redemption.

We'll also discuss how the cuts to SNAP food stamps hurt over 900,000 veterans, and how the November SNAP cuts were originally set into motion by Democrats.

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

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, rants, and sketches.

Coming up on today's best of show, we have comedian and filmmaker Negin Farsad back on the show to talk about her new movie, The Muslims Are Coming!

We also have Gaius Publius from America Blog back on the show to discuss his in-depth series on the climate crisis and how, without immediate action, we could see mass extinction by the end of the century.

And TMFS writer-performer Tim Grimes gives us his response to the government shutdown.

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

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, rants, and sketches.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Max Blumenthal here to discuss his new book, Goliath: Life And Loathing In Greater Israel.

We also have Bryce Covert from Think Progress back on the show to discuss the horrific consequences of the sequester, and the negative effects poverty has on the human brain.

We'll also discuss the new reports on drone warfare by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that found that the United States violated international law and most likely committed war crimes.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss the attack on pensions and how the budget deal is a bad deal for the poor and middle class.

We also have the Reverend Billy Talen back on the show to discuss his recent arrest protesting JP Morgan Chase and the ongoing NYPD attempts to stifle protest and dissent.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:52am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss how a federal judge has found the NSA bulk surveillance is likely unconstitutional, as well as an update on license plate readers in Massachusetts.

We also have investigative journalist Greg Palast back on the show to discuss his new DVD, Vultures and Vote Rustlers.

We'll also discuss the US latest drone strike in Yemen which killed a convoy going to a wedding.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Lee Fang from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss the right wing funding of the supposed centrist group, Third Way.

We also have Kate Sheppard back on the show to discuss a new report that finds we are not prepared for abrupt climate change.

We'll also discuss the latest NSA updates including 5 billion cell records collected per day, using Google cookies, spying on video gamers, and secretly activating computer cameras.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:15am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have Jessica Luther here to discuss what the Jameis Winston case shows us about the overlapping of football culture and rape culture.

We also have Anna Simonton here to discuss how Wall Street executives are spending big money to buy local school board elections.

We'll also discuss how the Reverend Billy has had his riot and menacing charges reduced to misdemeanors and how the military has decided they will keep secret the number of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:26am EDT

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 the need for poverty activists to go on offense.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss the ridiculous Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case against birth control.

We'll also discuss what a judge ruling the undemocratic Detroit bankruptcy can proceed means for worker's pensions as well as another pension theft bill being passed in Illinois.

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

Coming up on today's show we have Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog back on the show to discuss the shady firm hired to clean up North Dakota's massive oil spill and President Obama's newly approved fracked-gas pipeline's connection to KXL tarsands.

We also have Rodstarz from the hip hop group Rebel Diaz back on the show to discuss their new album, Radical Dilemma.

We'll also discuss the 116 people arrested protesting Walmart on Black Friday and Thursday's Fast Food Workers Strikes.

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

Coming up on today's show we have journalist Kevin Gosztola here to discuss the conviction of activist Jeremy Hammond and the testimony by victims of US drone strikes before Congress.

We also have Zoe Carpenter from the Nation Magazine here to discuss how income inequality is literally killing people and how the military is stifling sexual assault reform.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:55am EDT

Coming up on today's show we have journalist David Dayen here to discuss how the JP Morgan Chase settlement for fraudulent mortgage-backed securities is a scam.

We also have Mary Jo Pehl from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Cinematic Titanic here to discuss the 25th anniversary of MST3K and her new project, Awesome Music For Awful Movies.

We'll also discuss charges being brought against some who covered up the Steubenville sexual assault case, as well the sexual assault case at Florida State University.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:50am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have Bryce Covert from Think Progress here to discuss the NLRB announcing it will prosecute Walmart for violating the rights of workers.

We also have Jesse Lava from Beyond Bars here to discuss their joint project with the ACLU and the Nation, Prison Profiteers.

We'll also discuss George Zimmerman's latest arrest for domestic violence and how he used the 9-11 emergency system as a propaganda tool.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 10:01am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have Mychal Denzel Smith from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss the horrific killing of Renisha McBride and how there is still, sadly, a great deal of misogyny in the progressive movement.

We also have activist and community organizer Meg Mantis here to discuss the danger of privatizing public services, such as Chicago's disastrous for-profit CTA fare card system, Ventra.

We'll also discuss how activist the Reverend Billy Talen faces up to a year in prison for protesting Chase's anti-climate funding.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Molly Knefel from The Radio Dispatch back on the show to discuss her Rolling Stone article on the school to prison pipeline.

We also have writer and activist Katie Klabusich back on the show to discuss Monday's Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can Choose telethon.

We'll also discuss how after breaking a campaign promise to renegotiate NAFTA, Barack Obama is looking to bypass Congress and fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, which has been called NAFTA on steroids.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have independent journalist Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss the Ray Kelly-Brown University protest controversy.

We also have journalist Chris Faraone here to discuss his new book, I Killed Andrew Breitbart.

We'll also discuss how the cuts to SNAP food stamps hurt over 900,000 veterans, and how the November SNAP cuts were originally set into motion by Democrats.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to discuss how a recent PCLOB hearing shows the Obama Administration has little interest in real NSA reforms.

We also have Lisa Graves from the Center For Media And Democracy back on the show to discuss how towns in Georgia have essentially outsourced their entire cities, as well as the dangers of a privatized water supply.

We'll also discuss the election of mayors Bill de Blasio in New York and Marty Walsh in Boston.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:45am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog back on the show to discuss a disturbing “Citizen's United”-like court ruling on the KXL Pipeline and the largely ignored North Dakota oil spill disaster.

We also have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss how new voter suppression laws in Arizona and Kansas date back to the Antebellum South.

We'll also discuss how Britain still insists that Glenn Greenwald's husband engaged in espionage and terrorism, and how the US refuses to condemn it.

Plus we have TMFS writer/performer Chris Sowa here to discuss Rand Paul's plagiarism.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:45am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have the executive director of Truthout, Maya Schenwar, here to discuss the harrowing story of her sister giving birth in prison.

We also have Lee Fang from the Nation back on the show to discuss the academics and college professors who get paid to shill for Wall Street.

We'll also discuss the report that the NSA has hacked into Google and Yahoo data centers worldwide.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:39am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have Alexis Goldstein from the Other 98% here to discuss how the proposed JP Morgan settlement does not do enough, as well as how the horrific Citigroup written deregulation bill HR 992 is up for a vote this week.

We also have Kari Lydersen on the show to discuss her new book, Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel And The Rise Of Chicago's 99%.

We'll also discuss the latest NSA spying updates including Prime Minister David Cameron threatening journalists in Britain and NSA Head Keith Alexander saying something has to be done to stop the media from reporting on Snowden's NSA leaks here in the US.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Josh Stearns from Free Press back on the show to discuss the call to protect all acts of journalism and how the FCC is ignoring it's own rules when it comes to local TV consolidation.

We also have Andrew Boyd here to discuss his activist handbook, Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox For Revolution.

We'll also discuss the new reports on drone warfare by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that found that the United States violated international law and most likely committed war crimes.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have independent journalist Rania Khalek back on the show to discuss some of the latest cases of police brutality, and how officers involved have faced little to no consequences.

We also have comedian and satirist Julianna Forlano back on the show to discuss two potentially dangerous fracking pipelines that are coming to New York City.

We'll also discuss the launching of live video on our YouTube channel.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Max Blumenthal here to discuss his new book, Goliath: Life And Loathing In Greater Israel.

We also have filmmaker Rob Kuhns here to discuss his new documentary on George Romero's original zombie classic, Birth Of The Living Dead.

We'll also discuss the end, for now, of the GOP Shutdown and debt ceiling debacle and how we need to be vigilant about the upcoming budget conference.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:10am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have Kendra Pierre-Louis on the show to discuss her book, Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way To A Green Planet.

We also have Rob Zerban on the show to discuss the GOP Shutdown and if he plans to run against Paul Ryan in 2014.

We'll also discuss how Anonymous has taken up a Maryville, Missouri sexual assault case that, like Steubenville, has been covered up by the town.

Our writer-performer today is Tim Grimes.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss the Shutdown and signs that America has traveled back in time to the 1800s.

We also have Scot Ross from One Wisconsin Now on the show to discuss the student debt crisis.

We'll also discuss the danger Republicans are placing the country in with their refusal to raise the debt ceiling and how President Obama should use the Constitutional option to end the debt ceiling crisis today.

Our writer-performer today is Tim Grimes.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Alice Ollstein back on the show to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court campaign finance case, and how NSA spying isn't being affected by the government shutdown, but its oversight is.

We also have documentary filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill on the show to discuss their Oscar-Nominated short, Redemption, which debuts on HBO October 14th.

We'll also discuss an update on the Lavabit case, the encrypted email service used by Edward Snowden that chose to shut down instead of allowing the FBI to access all of its users data.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 10:01am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have Gaius Publius from America Blog back on the show to discuss his in-depth series on the climate crisis and how, without immediate action, we could see mass extinction by the end of the century.

We also have Lisa Graves from the Center for Media and Democracy back on the show to discuss their new investigation, Outsourcing America Exposed.

We'll also discuss the consequences of the Government Shutdown and how some after mocking the Occupy movement are wondering where they are now.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have independent journalist Chris Faraone back on the show to discuss the how the Boston Mayoral race is shaping up as a battle between labor supported Marty Walsh and the Bain Capital supported John Connolly.

We also have David Waldman from Daily Kos back on the show to discuss the madness of the GOP government shut down, and how it's only the first of several budget hostage situations that will occur in the coming months.

We'll also discuss this past weekend's Living Liberally national conference.

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

The show is on the road this week in Chicago and Madison.  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 the President of the Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, here to discuss Rahm Emanuel's war on public education in Chicago.

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 those who support the Chelsea Manning conviction by saying we are a "nation of laws." (NOTE: This was recorded before Manning announced she wished to be referred to as Chelsea Manning.)

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

The show is on the road this week in Chicago and Madison.  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 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 Hutch Harris from the band the Thermals here to talk about their new album, Desperate Ground.

We'll also discuss how a DEA unit feeds wiretap and informant tips to local law enforcement, then instructs them to lie about it.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have Tim Karr from Free Press back on the show to discuss how both big tech companies like Verizon and the NSA are working to destroy fundamental structure of the internet.

We also have comedian and filmmaker Negin Farsad back on the show to talk about her new movie, The Muslims Are Coming!

We'll also discuss the the latest mass shooting in the US, this time in Washington DC.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:06am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have independent journalist David Dayen here to discuss Larry Summers withdrawing his name as a possible head the Federal Reserve and how five years after the economic collapse, those responsible have still not been held accountable.

We also have artist Molly Crabapple back on the show to discuss her latest trip to the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

We'll also discuss the two year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street and how activists are needed now more than ever.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have independent journalist Rania Khalek here to discuss President Obama's Syria speech and how the media is ignoring Syria's non-violent resistance movement.

We also have Amanda Marcotte back on the show to discuss the 10 weirdest conspiracy theories from fundamentalist Christians.

We'll also discuss how the TSA doesn't think you're a potential terrorist if you have $85.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:03am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have encryption specialist and author Bruce Schneier here to discuss the latest NSA revelations including the NSA working with tech companies to insert weaknesses into their code.

We also have Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog back on the show to discuss how taxpayers are providing 100 million dollars a year for pro-fracking industry studies at universities as well as how President Obama has expedited approvals on pipelines other than the northern half of the Keystone XL.

We'll also discuss George Zimmerman allegedly threatening his wife and father-in-law with a knife and gun.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Bryce Covert from Think Progress back on the show to discuss the horrific consequences of the sequester, and the negative effects poverty has on the human brain.

We also have Micah Uetricht back on the show to discuss the anxiety parents of Chicago Public School children face after Rahm Emanuel's school closings and massive teacher lay-offs.

We'll also discuss the NYPD secretly classifying entire mosques as terrorist organizations, as well as assaulting Muslim children and ripping off their hijabs.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have interviews with Boston fast food workers who walked out of the job as part of the 58 city Fast Food Workers Strike.

We also have David Neiwert from Crooks and Liars back on the show to talk about his new book on the Minute Man movement, And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing The Dark Side Of The American Border.

We'll also discuss why President Obama asking for Congress to back his war with Syria isn't as positive a development as some are making it.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Sharona Coutts from RH Reality Check here to discuss how a right-wing, anti-choice Congressional study actually found abortions to be overwhelmingly safe.

We also have journalist and author Greg Palast back on the show to discuss how President Obama's possible choice to chair the Federal Reserve, Larry Summers, was at the heart of the global financial crash.

We'll also discuss how the United States is close to attacking Syria, and how air strikes will make the situation worse.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:03am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, Kevin Gosztola from FireDogLake back on the show to discuss what the Chelsea Manning verdict means for journalists and whistle blowers.

We also Molly Knefel from Radio Dispatch back on the show to discuss New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's hypocritical reaction to the Stop and Frisk ruling when it comes to the safety of children.

We'll also discuss how the German government is warning that Windows 8 has a built in back door that can potentially be exploited by the NSA.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine here to give us the latest on the GOP's War On Voting including the horrific new restrictions in North Carolina.

We also have artist and author Anne Elizabeth Moore back on the show to discuss the new Ladydrawers series on the textile industry, Fast Fashion.

We'll also discuss Bradley Manning being sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Trevor Timm from the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation here to discuss the latest NSA revelations including the misleading language government officials use to avoid disclosure.

We also have independent journalist Sarah Jaffe back on the show to discuss the necessary concept of opting for free time and the closing of several New York City hospitals.

We'll also discuss Glenn Greenwald's partner being detained in London under the Terrorism Act.

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Coming up on today’s show, we have the attorney who worked on the Pentagon Papers, Iran/Contra and more, Daniel Sheehan on the show to talk about his new auto-biography The People's Advocate and how sadly we haven't learned from our country's past scandals.

We also have Kirk Laubenstein from Unite Here and Interfaith Worker Justice and Ross Hyman from the AFL-CIO here to discuss a new campaign for hotel worker justice.

We'll also discuss how the owner of the email service that Edward Snowden used chose to shut it down after being approached by the government, and how he's not allowed to discuss it with his lawyer.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have activist and photographer Jenna Pope here to discuss her arrest for singing at the Solidarity Sing Along in Madison, Wisconsin.

We also have Lisa Graves from the Center for Media and Democracy back on the show to discuss their new report ALEC At 40, as well as the abuse of protesters at ALEC's meeting in Chicago.

We'll also discuss a federal judge's ruling that New York City's Stop and Frisk program is unconstitutional as well as Eric Holder's speech on mass incarceration and the drug war.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Richard Eskow back on the show to discuss how like Sharknado, the American public is facing a Banknado of Wall Street danger, as well as how Tom Friedman is a modern day Ayn Rand.

We also have one of the 2,133 teachers laid off by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Xian Barrett, here to discuss the fight for Chicago Public Schools.

We'll also discuss how the DEA unit that feeds wiretap and informant tips to local law enforcement, then instructs them to lie about it.

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have Imani Gandy from RH Reality Check and The Angry Black Lady Chronicles here to discuss the GOP's continuing War On Women and the possible path of 20 week abortion bans to the Supreme Court.

We also have Mike Ludwig from TruthOut back on the show to discuss his frightening new report on fracking in the ocean and the one year anniversary of a town in Louisiana being swallowed by a sinkhole.

We'll also discuss how a Pennsylvania lawsuit apparently bans a 7 and 10 year old from ever discussing fracking for the rest of their lives.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:34am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have Oscar Nominated filmmaker Tia Lessin here to talk about how PBS censored her upcoming film on the Koch Brothers, Citizen Koch.

We also have fellow We Act Radio hosts Danielle and Shane-O of Talking Left here to discuss the upcoming budget showdown.

We'll also discuss those who support the Bradley Manning conviction by saying we are a "nation of laws."

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

Coming up on today’s show, we have journalist Kevin Gosztola back on the show to discuss the latest updates in the Bradley Manning trial and how judge's ruling on the Espionage Act might have serious consequences for whistle blowers.

We also have Jaclyn Friedman from Women, Action and the Media back on the show to discuss how Clear Channel decided that ads for women's health centers were “indecent.”

We'll also discuss the latest NSA spying revelations including the Democrats like Nancy Pelosi who voted to continue the mass collection of phone records.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:43am EDT

Coming up on today’s show, we have author and historian Rick Perlstein back on the show to compare the Detroit bankruptcy filing to New York City in the 1970s.

We also have Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts back on the show to talk about the ACLU's explosive study on license plate readers.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 8:51am EDT

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 politicians are playing real-life Hunger Games with cuts to food stamps.

We also have journalist Chris Faraone back on the show to give us overview on the candidates running to become the next Mayor of Boston.

We'll also discuss how President Obama is reportedly considering New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security, despite Kelly's record with Stop and Frisk, the Muslim spying scandal, and abusing Occupy Wall Street protesters.

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Category:The Matthew Filipowicz Show -- posted at: 9:47am EDT