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Matt Rothschild interviews activists, scholars, and artists who are making the world a better place. Recent guests include Cindy Sheehan, Camilo Mejia, Laura Flanders, Jim Hightower, and Junot Diaz. RSS | Subscribe in iTunes

Ruth Ozeki

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Ben Manski

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David Maraniss

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David Maraniss winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and author of the new book They Marched Into Sunlight. Maraniss is an associate editor of The Washington Post.

Joanne Ricca

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Joanne Ricca, of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, is the author of "The Right Wing Attack on the American Labor Movement." We spoke about how the right cynically uses wedge issues to pry workers away from voting for their economic interests.

Pam Costain

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Pam Costain, the director of education and advocacy for Wellstone Action. We talked about Camp Wellstone, the need for both grassroots organizing and electoral competing, and the way to engage in dialogue with open-minded people who don't agree with us.

Chip Berlet

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Chip Berlet is a senior analyst with Political Research Associates and is the foremost authority on the Christian right in America. We talked about Bush's appeal to this segment of the population, and to the apocalyptic and conspiratorial thought that is intertwined in the theology of the Christian right.

Naomi Wolf

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John Nichols

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Joanne Ricca

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Joanne Ricca, of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, is the author of "The Right Wing Attack on the American Labor Movement." We spoke about how the right cynically uses wedge issues to pry workers away from voting for their economic interests.

Melinda Miles

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Melinda Miles directs the Haiti Reborn project of The Quixote Center. She has been to Haiti 20 times, including during the recent coup, which we discuss at length..

Dean Baker

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Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. We talked about the Social Security hoax, the Clinton stock market bubble, Bush's economic policies, and what a Kerry administration may augur.

Robert Reich

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Robert Reich was Secretary of Labor during the Clinton Administration. His latest book is "Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America." We spoke about the book, and the coming election.

Swati Desai

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Melinda Miles

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Melinda Miles directs the Haiti Reborn project of The Quixote Center. She has been to Haiti 20 times, including during the recent coup, which we discuss at length..

Comedian Al Franken

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CURRENT ISSUE: June 2013

June 2013

Spying on Occupy Activists

Matthew Rothschild | How local law enforcement and Homeland Security help Wall Street.

The Commerce of Violence

Wendell Berry | The cheapening of life is surely the dominant theme of our time, from Guantánamo to the Boston Marathon.

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Welcome to the Radio Offerings of The Progressive

We produce two things.

First, we offer a weekly half-hour interview show called "Progressive Radio," hosted by Matthew Rothschild, the editor of The Progressive.

And second, Rothschild does a short commentary every weekday, called "Progressive Point of View,” which runs approximately 90 seconds.

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