Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast

Political strategist and author Rachel Bitecofer: How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years Author and commentator Sarah Kendzior: Merrick Garland’s Delay in Prosecuting Trump Paved the Way to Establish His Mafia Regime Co-chair New York Labor fo Palestine and Amazon Union Recording Secretary Sultana Hossain: As Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Continues, US Labor Movement Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian People Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Insurance companies dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to unprofitability • TD Bank to pay $3 billion in money laundering settlement • Global warming opening up Antarctica oil, minerals access & international conflict Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic Discontent University of Pennsylvania professor Victor Pickard: Assessing Corporate Media’s Failures Covering 2024 Election Campaign Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability Director Mazin Qumsiyeh: As Israel’s War Kills 43,000 in Gaza, Jewish Settlers Carry Out Ethnic Cleansing in West Bank Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Democrat party lost swing states and rural America again • New generation in Africa campaigning to expel old-guard governments • "Ghost" U.S. mental health networks amount to fraud Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Nation magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: After Trump’s Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for Democrats Yale philosophy professor and author of "Erasing History" Jason Stanley: Whether Trump Wins or Loses MAGA State Governments will Continue their Repression Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Disinformation Floods U.S. Election Campaign Fueling Anger and Distrust of Electoral Outcome Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Women are dying because of restrictive abortion bans • Ginni Thomas fights efforts to reform the nation’s highest court • Avian flu may pose pandemic threat to humans Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Nation's D.C. Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: Media’s Sanitizing of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice Rutgers University law professor and author David Noll: New Book, ‘Vigilante Nation,’ Describes MAGA’s State-Based Attack on Democracy National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: As Trump Demonizes and Scapegoats Immigrants, Democrats Adopt Some Trump Policies Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Russia's war in Ukraine has upset balance of power in Turkic region • New voting laws could tip November election outcome • New York congressional races could tip House control Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Yale University professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump Doubles Down on Fascist Agenda as 2024 Campaign Nears End Georgetown University Justice and Peace Studies lecturer Josh Ruebner: After Killing Hamas Leader, Israel Ignores Biden’s Call to End Gaza War Seed the Vote volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman: Physician Canvassing for Kamala Harris in Philly Suburbs, but with Some Qualms Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Rolling Stone contributor Justin Glawe: Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: Under Trump, Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief 350.org U.S. Partnerships Coordinator Nico Udu-Gama: If Completed, the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb’ Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

RootsAction Co-Founder Norman Solomon: US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel’s Savage War in Gaza and Lebanon Media critic Parker Malloy: Corporate Media is ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Obvious Cognitive Decline Climate activist Sydney Collins: As Hurricanes Ravage the Southeast U.S., Fossil Fuel’s Destructive Infrastructure Impacts Rural Communities Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Sri Lanka elects leftist president to pressure IMF debt repayment reduction • National Labor Relations Board files complaint against Amazon • Presidential candidate Kamala Harris lacks policy details renter protections Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies' John Feffer: Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War Anti-Gaza war protester Gregory Daly: As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: Escalating Cross-Border Attacks Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Erupt into All-Out War The Nation magazine's Abortion Access Correspondent Amy Littlefield: Trump’s Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women Third Act Virginia organizer Lisa Finn: Gulf Coast Residents, Climate Activists Oppose FERC Approval of New LNG Export Terminals Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Sept. 25 2024 Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Author and columnist Wajahat Ali: Donald Trump’s Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Endangers Haitian Immigrants in Ohio Stop the Money Pipeline Executive Director Alec Connon: 13-Week ‘Summer of Heat’ Climate Protest Building Movement to End Fossil Fuel Financing Singer/songwriter Billy Bragg Reflects on His 40 years of Political Activism and the Power of Music Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • EU’s top court rules Apple must pay back taxes • Project 2025 regulates the nation’s public lands • Environmental groups challenge new EPA rules Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green: New Book Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 Election Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Co-chair Abigail Fuller: Portland, Maine City Council Votes for Israel Divestment Resolution Over Gaza War Gaza Peace Activist Bob Sanders: Retired Journalist Bikes to Washington, D.C., Building Opposition to Israel’s Gaza War Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary • Mexico's lower house passes controversial judicial reform • German far-right AfD party celebrates historic election victory • New green energy laws face backlash in rural Michigan Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Gaza War Slaughter Continues as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage Deaths Climate Defiance activist Ethan Wright: Activists Protest Federal Reserve Climate Policy, Block Road to Wyoming Annual Symposium Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Coalition Demands U.S. News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to Democracy Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Pediatrician Dr. Ahmad Javed Yousaf: U.S. Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors New York Times Pulitzer prize-winning journalist James Risen: Trump’s Racism is the Primary Driver of His Voter Support The Sentencing Project's Joshua Rovner: Youth Incarceration in the U.S. Declines, but Racial Disparities Persist Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

University of Wisconsin former Associate Director of Middle Eastern Studies Jennifer Lowenstein: As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues, Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture People's Policy Project President Matt Bruenig: Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris’ Economic Policy Proposals WE ACT for Environmental Justice's Micaela Martinez: Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and other Health Dangers Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Global warming changing Vietnam's Mekong Delta rice production • US farm income plunging for prairie states • 'Clean energy' industrial-scale wood-pellet industry ravaging forests Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig: Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Can Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota Progressive Legislative Victories be Replicated Nationally? Extinction Rebellion NYC activist John Mark Rozendaal: In NYC, Climate Protest Citibank Orders Arrest of Activist Classical Cellist Performing Bach Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: Israel’s High Level Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks a Wider Middle East War Renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Democratic Party Isolation from Working Families Examined in Ralph Nader’s New Book Amnesty International USA's Justin Mazzola: Biden Pressured to Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency, Likely His Last Chance to Gain Freedom Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Revamping peace process in war-torn Sudan • Voter ID laws can block legitimate voters—those without driver's licenses • Scientist found 3M forever chemicals in human blood nearly 25 years ago Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

SUNY history professor emeritus Lawrence S. Wittner: Trump’s Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Would Endanger the World New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project 2025’ Envisions an American Authoritarian Christian Nationalist Theocracy Rally organizer Alex Chatfield: Coalition Campaigns to Stop Private Jet Expansion, a Luxury Our Climate Can’t Afford Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Bangladeshi students riot over job quotas for war veterans • Sea levels rising alarmingly along southern US coastline • States rethinking data centers as electricity hogs Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: World Court Rules Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Violates International Law Pass the Torch steering committee member Aaron Regunberg: After Biden Pressured to End Campaign, Vice President Harris is De Facto Democratic Party Nominee Amistad Catholic Worker House Shelter occupant Joel Nieves: New Haven City Government Moves to Shutdown Catholic Worker Shelter for Unhoused Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • UK frees minor offenders to resolve prison overcrowding • Kenya's youth protests upend tax hikes spurred by IMF austerity measures • Will Arizona be MAGA's last stand? Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

AFL-CIO Former political director Michael Podhorzer: GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Condemnation of Trump's Authoritarian Agenda Hub Project Senior Director of Polling and Analytics Bryan Bennett: Poll Finds Americans Reject and Fear Trump's Right-wing Extremist Project 2025 Agenda Attorney Michael Gerrard: Activists Working to Reverse NY Gov. Hochul's 'Pause' on NYC Congestion Pricing Plan Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

People for the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker: Shocking Supreme Court Ruling Granting Presidential Immunity Enables Future Autocrats Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney and strategist David Doniger: Supreme Court Chevron Doctrine Ruling Jeopardizes Countless Federal Regulations Washington, D.C.-based policy consultant Stewart Lawrence: Democrats Balk at Going Public with Rising Concern Joe Biden Unable to Defeat Donald Trump Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Philippines reckons With Duterte’s brutal drug war • Is Boeing plea agreement a 'sweetheart deal'? • Oklahoma tribes fight for food sovereignty Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.