The Majority Report with Sam Seder

08/31/2011

Chris Hayes on the Debt Crisis as the Canary in the Mineshaft, Abe Sauer on his time in the Tea Party 

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08/30/2011

Dahlia Lithwick on the GOP attacks on the NLRB. Greg Mitchell talks with us about the never before seen images of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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08/29/2011

Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland, on the importance of the social safety net to progressive electoral victories. Also, more from our interview with David Cross

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8/26/2011:

Sam is hunkered down in his basement -- the first 6 minutes of audio are not great but the conversation is-- Rosen gets reemed as a bonus...

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:50pm EDT

08/25/2011

The CIA and the NYPD are caught spying together throughout the Northeast, and Sam breaks down the AP report. John Amato of Crooks and Liars joins us.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:15pm EDT

08/24/2011

The Obama administration is leaning on the NY AG so much the ground started shaking. We've got David Dayen on the Schniederman story, David Cross on the earthquake, and HuffPo's Amanda Terkel on progressive state ballot initiatives.  

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:14pm EDT

08/23/2011

Can the widening gap of inequality in this country be stopped? Don Peck of The Atlantic on what we can do about it.

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08/22/2011

Gadaffi's effectively removed from power in Libya. Heather Hurlburt joins Sam to talk abotu what that means for the U.S.

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Category:general -- posted at: 1:52pm EDT

08/19/2011

It’s Casual Friday! Joining us on the show today are our Friday regulars, Cliff Schecter and senior editor of Movieline.com, Chris Rosen! We will also be bringing you brand new week in review song hits from the Screaming Majority and Jimmy Reefercake!

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08/18/2011

Today, Matt Taibbi, Political Reporter at Rolling Stone magazine, joins us on the show to talk his latest piece, Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:08pm EDT

08/17/2011

Peter Mougey, President of Piaba, joins us today on the program. We’ll be discussing shareholder’s rights.

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08/16/2011

Today on the show: Michelle Goldberg joins us on her piece, A Christian Plot for Domination?, to talk about Michele Bachmann and Ricky Perry’s dominionism and why you should be very afraid.

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Category:general -- posted at: 1:41pm EDT

08/15/2011

Today on the program, Dahlia Scheindlin of +972 Magazine joins us to talk the huge populist protests happening in Israel.

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Category:general -- posted at: 1:46pm EDT

08/12/11

It’s Casual Friday!

On the show today we have our favorite Friday guest, Cliff Schecter (@CliffSchecter)! After last night’s Republican debate, this should be a can’t miss.

We also have a brand new song from the Screaming Majority (Matt’s note: personally, I think there best EVER) and a brand new song from the one and only, Jimmy Reefercake (@JimmyReefercake)!

PLUS, good news for you Chris Rosen haters! He WON’T be joining us today. Instead, Sam will play his interview with Marc Maron (@MarcMaron)…live at the Cat Ranch from last week!

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Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

08/11/2011

Bruce E. Levine joins us today to talk about his latest article at Alternet, 8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance.

Lots more to talk about, including the massive response we’ve received over our London Riot conversations and the YouTube video we posted on it yesterday!

BONUS! A surprise call from Katherine Harris (Janeane Garofalo)!

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Category:general -- posted at: 1:59pm EDT

08/10/11 

Former Majority Report producer Josh Orton (@JoshOrton) of Progressives United will be on LIVE from Madison, Wisconsin to talk yesterday's recall elections! Sam has a number of things to talk about as well, including the elections, the London Riots and more! Be sure to tune in.

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Category:general -- posted at: 1:51pm EDT

08/09/2011

Fresh off the announcement of his new show on MSNBC, Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) of the Nation (@thenation) will be joining us today!

Wisconsin, don’t forget! Recall elections are today!

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08/08/2011

Happy Monday, all!

Sam has returned from Los Angeles. We have two great interviews lined up for you today! First, Jeff Madrick author of Age of Greed, The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970-Present will be on the show. Then joining us is Laura Clawson (@LauraClawson) of the DailyKos(@DailyKos)!

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08/05/2011

It's casual friday - Sam's on the road but pulls it off with aplumb. Cliff Schecter and Chris Rosen round out the week-- great show!

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Category:general -- posted at: 1:22pm EDT

08/04/2011

Sam is on the road and expereincing some tech difficulties but Digby joins him to discuss how the debt deal disaster has only just begun.

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08/03/2011

Sam’s in Los Angeles today, getting ready to be on with The Young Turks for the day! We have another great BRAND NEW pre-taped show for you today. TWO great interviews today. First up, an interview with author Frank Schaeffer. Following that, an interview with 350.org founder, Bill McKibben.

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:49am EDT

08/02/2011

Sam is up in the air right now, flying to Los Angeles and has informed us that his plan to broadcast live from the plane has been foiled. However! Being ever prepared for any such situation, Sam has an entire show ready to go for you all! Today's show features can't miss interviews with Bill Lazonick and Steve Edwards. Be sure to listen!

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:29am EDT

08/01/2011

I’m not sure what’s more outrageous. The fact that it’s already August or the fact we’ve supposedly had “bipartisan” compromise in the debt deal. Sam has a lot to talk about today with the latest debt deal happenings and other items in the news. Ezra Klein is our guest for today!

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Category:general -- posted at: 1:52pm EDT

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