The Majority Report with Sam Seder

11/04/11

Welcome to Casual Friday!

On today’s show all of our Friday favorites!  Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) will be here to talk about the general strike, corporate money’s influence on SB5 in Ohio and more.

Also, our favorite movie “reviewer”, will he be back……?

And, of course, songs from Jimmy Reefercake and Screaming Majority!

Tune in and see!

 
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11/03/11

We’re taking a tech day today, folks – but we still have a great show for you!

Zach Carter (@zachcarter), Senior Political Economy Reporter for The HuffingtonPost talks to Sam about recently passed trade deals.

And members will hear two  interviews from Occupy Wall Street.  In the first, Sam talks with Cenk Uygur (@TheYoungTurks) about OWS, the Young Turks and his new gig at Current TV.  And those Breitbart Bots can’t get away from Sam…..listen in.

Also, Sam bunks Bloomberg’s lie that Fannie, Freddie and the CRA was responsible for the financial crisis.

All for you today!   We’ll be back LIVE on Friday!

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:35am EDT

11/2/11

Welcome to Hump Day!

GUEST: CHRIS HAYES

We have lots of news for you today.  Sam will be talking about everything from Occupy Wall Street to the good ship The SS Cain.

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:29pm EDT

11/01/11 

Halloween Hangover Day!

Today Tracy Van Slyke (@tracyvs), co-director of the New Bottom Line, talks with Sam about the Move Your Money project.  

And Priscilla, an editor on The Occupied Wall Street Journal and the editor of  We Are the 99% Tumblr Blog, joins us from Occupy Wall Street.

 

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

Happy Halloween!

Lots of news today folks!  Sam talks about the Cain sexual harassment scandal, gives updates on the Occupy Wall Street protests from around the country and much more.

Tune in!

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

10/28/11

It’s Casual Friday!

Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) will be joining us today! Followed by our movie review guy…we think? Also, songs from Screaming Majority and Jimmy Reefercake (@JimmyReefercake)!

Update: …Surprise! Marc Maron called into the show to take over Chris Rosen’s place as movie reviewer for the day. But after Maron got off the line we received a very angry phone call from a “Chris Rosen.”

Direct download: 10-28-2011-Cliff_Schecter-Marc_Maron-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:02pm EDT

10/27/11

It’s Thursday!  We have a great show for you today.  Sam talks to Dahlia Lithwick , senior editor and legal correspondent for Slate on how OWS confuses and ignores Fox News and the pundit class.

Plus:  OWS took to the New York City Streets last night – we’ll have an update

Don’t forget! The Podcast Awards voting ends today 8pm EST so get your last vote in!!! Vote for us in both People’s Choice and Politics/News categories at http://PodcastAwards.com!

 
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Category:general -- posted at: 2:41pm EDT

10/26/11

Welcome to Wednesday – Hump Day!

A special FREE show today - some stories just need to get out!!!  On today’s show, Sam talks to Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood), the editor of Left Business Observer,  on the socially useless Wall Street class.

Also, a stunning first hand account: Arrested OccupyOaklander!!!  And an update on the terrible flooding in Thailand.

Don’t forget! The Podcast Awards voting ends this week and you can vote ONCE PER DAY. Vote for us in both People’s Choice and Politics/News categories at http://PodcastAwards.com!

 
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Category:general -- posted at: 2:43pm EDT

10/25/11

Today on the show, we have writer Christopher Ketcham on to speak about his article The Reign of the One Percenters which he wrote before the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Also: updates on the incredibly violent raid on Occupy Oakland this morning.

Don’t forget! The Podcast Awards voting ends this week and you can vote ONCE PER DAY. Vote for us in both People’s Choice and Politics/News categories at http://PodcastAwards.com!

Direct download: 10-25-2011-Christopher_Ketcham-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:10pm EDT

10/24/11

Happy Monday all!

Today we have Ari Berman (@ariberman) of The Nation (@thenation) joining us to talk austerity class.

Ari Berman’s article:
http://www.thenation.com/article/164073/how-austerity-class-rules-washington

Don’t forget! The Podcast Awards voting ends this week and you can vote ONCE PER DAY. Vote for us in both People’s Choice and Politics/News categories athttp://PodcastAwards.com!

 
Direct download: 10-24-2011-Ari_Berman-PUB.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:09pm EDT