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The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!

'BradCast' 7/2/2025 (Encore: Dr. Brooke Nichols on More Than 300,000 Dead Since Musk, Trump Shutdown of USAID)

58 mins; July 02, 2025

'BradCast' 7/1/2025 (Encore: 'Anti-War' Trump Attacks a Iran on false WMD claims; Guest: Rolling Stone's Andrew Perez)

58 mins; July 01, 2025

'BradCast' 6/30/2025 (Encore: Former WH budget adviser Bobby Kogan on the deadly Trump/GOP big, bad budget bill)

57 mins; June 30, 2025

'BradCast' 6/27/2025 (Encore: David Gilbert of WIRED on Trump demand for ethnic cleansing in U.S)

58 mins; June 27, 2025

'BradCast' 6/26/2025 (Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on the politics of NYC's Mayoral primary, Trump bombing Iran, and more)

58 mins; June 26, 2025

'BradCast' 6/25/2025 (Guest: 'The Nation's John Nichols on Zohran Mandani's NYC Democratic mayoral primary win)

58 mins; June 25, 2025

'BradCast' 6/24/2025 (Authoritarianism Underway -- But We're Still Here to Fight It; RCV in NYC Mayoral election)

58 mins; June 24, 2025

'BradCast' 6/23/2025 ('Anti-War' Trump Attacks a Iran on false WMD claims; Guest: Rolling Stone's Andrew Perez)

57 mins; June 23, 2025

'BradCast' 6/20/2025 (Encore: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass' on Trump deployment of troops in L.A.)

58 mins; June 20, 2025

'BradCast' 6/19/2025 ('More Extreme' -- Guest: Former WH budget adviser Bobby Kogan on the deadly Trump/GOP big, bad budget bill)

58 mins; June 19, 2025

'BradCast' 6/18/2025 (MAGA Civil War Over Trump and Iran; SCOTUS upholds ban on medical care for trans kids)

58 mins; June 18, 2025

'BradCast' 6/17/2025 (Guest: David Gilbert of WIRED on Trump demand for ethnic cleansing in U.S)

58 mins; June 17, 2025

'BradCast' 6/16/2025 (Last Weekend Today: Massive 'No Kings' Protests; Trump's Military Parade Flops; Assassination by Trumper in MN)

58 mins; June 16, 2025

'BradCast' 6/13/2025 (Encore: 'Jesus Weeps' at the 'MAGA Murder Budget')

57 mins; June 13, 2025

'BradCast' 6/12/2025 (And Then They Came for the U.S. Senators: New American 'police state' expands)

57 mins; June 12, 2025

'BradCast' 6/11/2025 (Guests: Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass' on Trump deployment of troops in L.A.)

58 mins; June 11, 2025

'BradCast' 6/10/2025 (Team Trump Inciting Violence and State of Fear in City of Angels, Elsewhere)

58 mins; June 10, 2025

'BradCast' 6/9/2025 (Trump unlawfully federalizes CA National Guard to distract from his own ongoing failures)

57 mins; June 09, 2025

'BradCast' 6/6/2025 (Encore: Legal journo Chris Geidner on SCOTUS ignoring its own precedents)

58 mins; June 06, 2025

'BradCast' 6/5/2025 ('Jesus Weeps' at the 'MAGA Murder Budget')

57 mins; June 05, 2025

'BradCast' 6/4/2025 (Guest: Dr. Brooke Nichols on More Than 300,000 Dead Since Musk, Trump Shutdown of USAID)

58 mins; June 04, 2025

'BradCast' 6/3/2025 (Storm Warnings: Degraded forecasts, FEMA troubles, Musk v. Trump, Election news)

58 mins; June 03, 2025

'BradCast' 6/2/2025 (Guest: Legal journo Chris Geidner on SCOTUS ignoring its own precedents)

58 mins; June 02, 2025

'BradCast' 5/30/2025 (Encore: Climate scientist Dr. Peter Gleick on impacts of Trump science 'censorship' on national security)

58 mins; May 30, 2025

'BradCast' 5/29/2025 (Encore: Constitutional law expert Justin Levitt on court ruling blocking use of Voting Rights Act by voters)

57 mins; May 29, 2025

'BradCast' 5/28/2025 (Encore: 'A World of Tyrants, Bribes and Influence' with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

58 mins; May 28, 2025

'BradCast' 5/27/2025 (Encore: Randall D. Eliason, former DOJ official, on Qatar's $400m plane gift to Trump)

57 mins; May 27, 2025

'BradCast' 5/26/2025 (Encore: Former White House budget adviser Bobby Kogan on House GOP's 'profoundly evil' cuts to Medicaid)

57 mins; May 26, 2025

'BradCast' 5/23/2025 (Encore: ACLU's Daniel Mach on public funding of religious schools at SCOTUS)

57 mins; May 23, 2025

'BradCast' 5/22/2025 ('A World of Tyrants, Bribes and Influence' with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

58 mins; May 22, 2025

'BradCast' 5/21/2025 (Guest: Climate scientist Dr. Peter Gleick on impacts of Trump science 'censorship' on national security)

58 mins; May 21, 2025

'BradCast' 5/20/2025 (And Then They Came for Members of Congress...Guest: Attorney Keith Barber)

58 mins; May 20, 2025

'BradCast' 5/19/2025 (Guest: Constitutional law expert Justin Levitt on court ruling blocking use of Voting Rights Act by voters)

57 mins; May 19, 2025

'BradCast' 5/16/2025 (Encore: Constitutional Law and impeachment expert, John Bonifaz)

58 mins; May 16, 2025

'BradCast' 5/15/2025 (Birthright Citizenship, GOP Health Care Cuts, Dismantling FEMA, and more)

58 mins; May 15, 2025

'BradCast' 5/14/2025 (Guest: Randall D. Eliason, former DOJ official, on Qatar's $400m plane gift to Trump)

57 mins; May 14, 2025

'BradCast' 5/13/2025 (Guest: Former White House budget adviser Bobby Kogan on House GOP's 'profoundly evil' cuts to Medicaid)

57 mins; May 13, 2025

'BradCast' 5/12/2025 (And Then They Came for the Mayors...and threatened to arrest Members of Congress)

57 mins; May 12, 2025

'BradCast' 5/9/2025 (Encore: Joyce Howell, 30-year EPA vet, on Trump gutting of EPA Environmental Justice office)

57 mins; May 09, 2025

'BradCast' 5/8/2025 (Blowing Smoke: At the Vatican and at the White House)

58 mins; May 08, 2025

'BradCast' 5/7/2025 (Guest: ACLU's Daniel Mach on public funding of religious schools at SCOTUS)

57 mins; May 07, 2025

'BradCast' 5/6/2025 (Trump Judge Blocks NC GOP's Attempt to Steal 2024 State Supreme Court Election)

57 mins; May 06, 2025

'BradCast' 5/5/2025 (Guest: Legal affairs journalist Meghann Cuniff on federal prosecutors' resignations in L.A.)

57 mins; May 05, 2025

'BradCast' 5/2/2025 (Encore: Media Action Center's Sue Wilson on FCC plan to gut media ownership rules)

57 mins; May 02, 2025

'BradCast' 5/1/2025 (Trump Losing Streak Continues into Second Hundred Days)

57 mins; May 01, 2025

'BradCast' 4/30/2025 (100 Daze of Trump's 'Fascist Death Spiral' with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast')

57 mins; April 30, 2025

'BradCast' 4/29/2025 (Guest: Constitutional Law and impeachment expert, John Bonifaz)

58 mins; April 29, 2025

'BradCast' 4/28/2025 (And Then They Came for the Judges, Voting Rights, and 4-Year Olds with Cancer)

57 mins; April 28, 2025

'BradCast' 4/25/2025 (Encore: Pope Dies, Trump Still Alive and Criming, and much more)

57 mins; April 25, 2025

'BradCast' 4/24/2025 (Guest: Joyce Howell, 30-year EPA vet, on Trump gutting of EPA Environmental Justice office)

57 mins; April 24, 2025

'BradCast' 4/23/2025 (Guest: Media Action Center's Sue Wilson on FCC plan to gut media ownership rules)

57 mins; April 23, 2025

'BradCast' 4/22/2025 (GOP Earth Day 2025 Hypocrises and Dilemmas)

58 mins; April 22, 2025

'BradCast' 4/21/2025 (Pope Dies, Trump Still Alive and Criming, and much more)

57 mins; April 21, 2025

'BradCast' 4/18/2025 (Encore: 'Nothing to Do With Efficiency': Expert Eric Kingson warns DOGE is leading to Social Security collapse, privatization)

58 mins; April 18, 2025

'BradCast' 4/17/2025 (Encore: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance on federal court ruling in challenge to GA's unverifiable voting system)

58 mins; April 17, 2025

'BradCast' 4/16/2025 (Encore: Former Congressman Max Rose of VoteVets on Trump, Musk 'war on veterans')

58 mins; April 16, 2025

'BradCast' 4/14/2025 (Encore: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS ruling on Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations)

58 mins; April 15, 2025

'BradCast' 4/14/2025 (Encore: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS ruling on Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations)

58 mins; April 14, 2025

'BradCast' 4/11/2025 (Encore: Mark Dimondstein, American Postal Workers Union, on Trump's push to privatize USPS)

57 mins; April 11, 2025

'BradCast' 4/10/2025 ('Nothing to Do With Efficiency': Expert Eric Kingson warns DOGE is leading to Social Security collapse, privatization)

58 mins; April 10, 2025

'BradCast' 4/9/2025 (Trump Blinks, Chaos Reigns, Tariffs Remain)

58 mins; April 09, 2025

'BradCast' 4/8/2025 (Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS ruling on Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations)

58 mins; April 08, 2025

'BradCast' 4/7/2025 (Trump's trade war idiocy; NC court orders 60,000 ballots tossed in critical election)

57 mins; April 07, 2025

'BradCast' 4/4/2025 (Encore: NatSec journalist Marcy Wheeler on Team Trump's national security Signal text chat debacle)

58 mins; April 04, 2025

'BradCast' 4/3/2025 ('Mob Boss' Trump's Global Trade Sanctions Tank U.S., World Markets)

57 mins; April 03, 2025

'BradCast' 4/2/2025 (Guests: Salon's Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on Special Elections and Bad News for Trump, Musk)

58 mins; April 02, 2025

'BradCast' 4/1/2025 (Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance on federal court ruling in challenge to GA's unverifiable voting system)

58 mins; April 01, 2025

'BradCast' 3/31/2025 (Bad Court and Election News for Trump is Good News for America)

57 mins; March 31, 2025

'BradCast' 3/28/2025 (Encore: CEPR Climate Analyst Matt Sedlar on Trump's order to expand timber production)

58 mins; March 28, 2025

'BradCast' 3/27/2025 (Guest: Former Congressman Max Rose of VoteVets on Trump, Musk 'war on veterans')

58 mins; March 27, 2025

'BradCast' 3/26/2025 (Signal scandal gets worse for Trump, GOP; Dems win PA special elections)

58 mins; March 26, 2025

'BradCast' 3/25/2025 (Guest: NatSec journalist Marcy Wheeler on Team Trump's national security Signal text chat debacle)

58 mins; March 25, 2025

'BradCast' 3/24/2025 (Guest: Mark Dimondstein, American Postal Workers Union, on Trump's push to privatize USPS)

57 mins; March 24, 2025

'BradCast' 3/21/2025 (Encore: The Nation's John Nichols on Musk entering WI's critical Supreme Court election)

57 mins; March 21, 2025

'BradCast' 3/20/2025 (We're ALL Voice of America Now; Israel's broken ceasefire; Trump's Putin propaganda)

58 mins; March 20, 2025

'BradCast' 3/19/2025 (Guest: CEPR Climate Analyst Matt Sedlar on Trump's order to expand timber production)

58 mins; March 19, 2025

'BradCast' 3/18/2025 (Courts Largely Holding Against Rampant Trump/Musk Lawlessness. For Now)

58 mins; March 18, 2025

'BradCast' 3/17/2025 ('A National Tragedy', Voice of America's Steve Herman on Trump's shutdown of Voice Of America)

58 mins; March 17, 2025

'BradCast' 3/14/2025 (Encore: TAP's David Dayen on Trump/GOP plans to slash Social Security; Trump's ambush of Ukraine's Zelenskyy)

58 mins; March 14, 2025

'BradCast' 3/13/2025 (Trump EPA Announces Plans to Endanger, Sicken Americans -- We Don't Have to Let Them)

58 mins; March 13, 2025

'BradCast' 3/12/2025 (Guest: Public Citizen's Rick Claypool on Trump nixing enforcement actions against corporate lawbreakers)

58 mins; March 12, 2025

'BradCast' 3/11/2025 (Bad Day for 'Strongmen': Duterte arrested, Trump/Canada trade war)

57 mins; March 11, 2025

'BradCast' 3/10/2025 (Guest: The Nation's John Nichols on Musk entering WI's critical Supreme Court election)

57 mins; March 10, 2025

'BradCast' 3/7/2025 (Encore: Defending the Free Press from White House, Bezos Attacks, with media critic Dan Froomkin)

57 mins; March 07, 2025

'BradCast' 3/6/2025 (Merkley: 'What Else Could a Russian Asset Do That Trump Hasn't Yet Done?)

58 mins; March 06, 2025

'BradCast' 3/5/2025 (Guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon and 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Pod' on Trump's joint address to Congress)

57 mins; March 05, 2025

'BradCast' 3/4/2025 (Donald Trump is Bad for Business)

58 mins; March 04, 2025

'BradCast' 3/3/2025 (David Dayen of The Prospect on Trump plans to slash Social Security;Trump's ambush of Ukraine's Zelenskyy)'BradCast' 3/3/2025 (David Dayen of The Prospect on Trump plans to slash Social Security;Trump's ambush of Ukraine's Zelenskyy)

58 mins; March 03, 2025

'BradCast' 2/28/2025 (Encore: Former DOJ prosecutor Randall D. Eliason on Trump's 'Thursday Afternoon Massacre'; Debunking Trump's Ukraine lies)

58 mins; February 28, 2025

'BradCast' 2/27/2025 (Defending the Free Press from White House, Bezos Attacks, with media critic Dan Froomkin)

57 mins; February 27, 2025

'BradCast' 2/26/2025 (The Ongoing Government Waste, Fraud and Abuse by Trump, Musk and the DOGE Bros)

57 mins; February 26, 2025

'BradCast' 2/25/2025 (Guest: Jonathan Simon on February 28th 'Economic Blackout' protest; Bad Day for Elon Musk)

58 mins; February 25, 2025

'BradCast' 2/24/2025 (Why Does Trump Want to Destroy the Federal Government? What's in it for him? Callers ring in...)

57 mins; February 24, 2025

'BradCast' 2/21/2025 (Encore: DOJ's Thursday Afternoon Massacre; Global Health Hazard Becomes U.S. Health Chief)

58 mins; February 21, 2025

'BradCast' 2/20/2025 (Guest: Media critic Jamison Foser on 'fights' worth having; Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Director)

58 mins; February 20, 2025

'BradCast' 2/19/2025 (Guest: Former DOJ prosecutor Randall D. Eliason on Trump's 'Thursday Afternoon Massacre'; Debunking Trump's Ukraine lies)

58 mins; February 19, 2025

'BradCast' 2/18/2025 (Trump/Musk Accelerate Gutting of Federal Government, Services)

58 mins; February 18, 2025

'BradCast' 2/17/2025 (Encore: Trump's Golden Age of Corruption, with Ethics Expert Craig Holman of Public Citizen)

58 mins; February 17, 2025

'BradCast' 2/14/2025 (Encore: David Dayen of The American Prospect on Trump/Musk shutdowns at CFPB, NLRB and elsewhere)

57 mins; February 14, 2025

'BradCast' 2/13/2025 (DOJ's Thursday Afternoon Massacre; Global Health Hazard Becomes U.S. Health Chief)

58 mins; February 13, 2025

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