The Majority Report with Sam Seder

04/29/2011

It’s Casual Friday! We’ve got BOTH Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) and Chris Rosen (@42inchtv) on the show for you today. And the first Jimmy Reefercake's News in Review.

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04/29/2011

We have Nicole Sandler (@NicoleSandler) on the show today. We’ll hear from her about her arrest at an Allen West town hall meeting on Tuesday (full video at the link). Nicole hosts a progressive radio show at Radio or Not.

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4/27/2011

On today's show,Dr. David Ansell, author of "County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospitals" about his medical education in Chicago's Cook County Hospital set against a backdrop of race, segregation and poverty.

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04/26/2011

Bill Scher (@billscher), Online Campaign Manager at Campaign for America’s Futureand executive editor of LiberalOasis.com, is on the show today to talk about theDon’t Make Us Work ‘Til We Die! campaign.

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04/25/2011

Sam is back from Vegas and we are LIVE today. What better way to start your week? If Sam’s return wasn’t enough for you, our guest today is Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein (@SamSteinHP) to catch Sam up after a week vacation.

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04/22/2011

It's here! It's finally here! It's Friday! Sam will be back on Monday and we will be live. To hold you over until then, we have a brand new interview with Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum, followed by author David Sirota. Have a great weekend!

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04/21/2011

As we're inching towards the weekend, Sam's vacation is inching to a close. While you wait, feed your hunger for Monday's live show with this brand new interview Sam had with author James Howard Kunstler.

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04/20/2011

Sam's away, but the podcasts will stay. Today, Sam interviews Ellen Rupple Shell, journalist with the Atlantic and author of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture.

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04/19/2011

Sam's away, but that doesn't mean you wont get some brand new Majority Report! Today Sam talks education reform with noted author and education expert Alfie Kohn.

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04/18/2011

Sam is on vacation, but the Majority Report never sleeps. Today, Sam interviews Johann Hari (@johannhari101) on UK Uncut, and what resistance to austerity means for Americans. Johann Hari's writing can be found at johannhari.com/

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Category:general -- posted at: 10:59am EDT

4/15/11 

Cliff Schecter joins Sam and goes beyond the C game Sam requests... Legendary Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray on representing Rosa Parks and the Men of Tuskegee. Also Chris Rosen on blah blah blah...

 

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4/14/2011

Obama speaks and though he accepts the non sensical premise that the deficit matters now, he at least calls for increased tax revenue. Sam's live in Vegas with Cliff Schecter and pension fund advocate Peter Mougey.

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

4/13/2011

Sam may be en route to Las Vegas today, but that doesn't mean we didn't plan ahead! We have a great, brand new show for you today. We have an interview with Ari Berman, contributing writer for The Nation

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Category:general -- posted at: 10:21am EDT

4/12/2011

Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate and Contributing Editor at Newsweek, talks to Sam about the Supreme Court, and Sam asks the audience for their favorite recipies involving cat food.

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4/11/2011

Digby of Hullabaloo joins Sam to talk abut the Democrats' capitulation on the budget, and what it means going forward.

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4/8/2011

It's Casual Friday! Sam may be out enjoying the Red Sox home opener today, but it doesn't mean we haven't set up two great interviews for you. Today, Chris Rosen (finally) gives his review of Sam's "Who's the Caboose." Then we have a great interview with US Uncut organizer, Duncan Meisel.

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4/7/2011

Will the Government shut down? We talk about it, and try out our shiny new phone system on today's show.

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4/6/2011

Political Editor from The Progressive, Ruth Conniff (@rconniff), calls in from Wisconsin to talk with us about the close Wisconsin Supreme Court race between David Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenburg.

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Category:general -- posted at: 3:06pm EDT

4/5/2011

Today we discuss the budget, America’s wealth disparity, and whether or not the government will be functioning come Friday.

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4/4/2011

David Dayen (@ddayen) from firedoglake joins us to discuss the big bank’s foreclosure fraud and the 60 Minutes piece last night. Then comedian Sara Benincasa (@sarajbenincasa) discusses the Roe on the Rocks Planned Parenthood event she is hosting tonight at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC at 7:00pm!

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4/1/2011

It's Casual Friday, full of GOP April Fools.

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