Scott Harris
Counterpoint with Scott Harris
Each week, host Scott Harris conducts interviews on a wide range of political, economic and social topics with individuals and representatives of organizations not ordinarily accessible in the mainstream media. This show airs weekly on WPKN (wpkn.org) and streams here in podcast form.
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Episodes
Counterpoint 01-13-25: Scott Harris discusses The consequences of Trump's plan to pardon January 6 Insurrectionists; Facebook dumps platform fact-checking amplifying Trumps lies; LA wildfires, climate crisis and the future of public policy; Amazon Labor U 14.01.2025 1:21:11
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Counterpoint 01-06-25: Scott Harris discusses On 4th anniversary of January 6th Insurrection democracy is on the ropes; Jimmy Carter's hidden conservative legacy; Trump threatens US renewable energy future; Danger ahead under trump foreign policy 07.01.2025 1:21:07
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Counterpoint 12-30-24: Scott Harris discusses Trump Will Use Unitary Executive Theory to Impose Tryanny; New Campaign Revives Debate on ERA; World Unwilling to Stop Palestinian Genocide; Pope Francis Calls for Global South Debt Cancellation 31.12.2024 1:15:32
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Counterpoint 12-23-24: Scott Harris discusses white supremacist hate groups' threat as Trump takes office; The UN and Israel's violation of international law; Trump GOP demonization of trans youth; Philadelphia protest against Trump mass deportation 24.12.2024 1:22:28
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Counterpoint 12.16.24: Scott Harris discusses Ralph Nader's take on 2024 election outcome, CEO murder and anger at for-profit healthcare, US broken news media promotes disinformation, Trump's frighteningly bizarre cabinet nominees 17.12.2024 1:23:16
COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Many Unanswered Questions re: the Rebels who Toppled the Syrian Regime; Courageous South Koreans Block a Military Dictatorship; Trump 2.0 Corruption and Ethics Violations Ahead; Remembering 2012 Sandy Hook Mass Shooting Victims 10.12.2024 1:21:18
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Eight ways to respond to Trump victory; Why Trump voters should understand Americans who oppose their convicted felon president; Trump plans more tax cuts for the rich; CT groups prepare for Trump's mass deportations 03.12.2024 1:21:55
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Voters' Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump; Women's March Organizing Jan 18th Trump Protest; Respond to Trump's Agenda with Radical Action; ICC Issues War Crimes Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Others 26.11.2024 1:23:10
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
How Traitor Trump Won 2024 Election; Trump's Bizarre Cabinet Picks Meet Little GOP Resistance; Trump Laying Groundwork to Establish Mafia State; House Bill Will Give Trump Weapon to Attack his Enemies 19.11.2024 1:20:29
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
How Will Members of Trump's Cult Respond to his Election Win; Kamala Harris' Defeat Linked to Ignoring Working Class Economic Discontent; Assessing Media's Failures in Covering 2024 Election; Immigrant Advocacy Groups Plan to Resist Trump's Mass Deportati 12.11.2024 1:21:36
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Worries that Biden Gaza Policy Will Lose Harris Votes; Women's Pivotal Role in 24' Election; Social Media Platforms Flood Election Campaign with Disinformation; Election Will Decide Future of Social Security and Medicare 05.11.2024 1:21:21
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Media's Credulous Coverage of Trump's Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice, Michelle Obama Powerfully Addresses What's at Stake for Reproductive Rights in US Election, New Book 'Vigilante Nation' Describes MAGA's State Based Attack on Democracy, If Kama 29.10.2024 1:21:26
COUNTERPOINT RADIO , hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio...
Trump's fascist threat in 2024 election; Israel provoking war w Iran may draw in US; Rev. William Barber on the intersection between morality and social justice; Naming 7 corporations undermining democracy 22.10.2024 1:09:54
1) Trump's Fascist Threats Increase as 2024 Campaign Nears End Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of "How Fascism Works," talks about his newest book, "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite The Past To Control The Future," and the threat posed to democracy by Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the 2024 election and beyond. 2) Israel Appears...
GOP Plan to Undermine Presidential Election; Project 2025's Sabotage of Federal Disaster Response; Sanders Pushes Bill to Stop US Weapons Sales to Israel; Nuts & Bolts of Progressive Electoral Success 15.10.2024 1:21:09
1) Trump, GOP Plan to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine, writes the newsletter American Doom. Glawe, whose forthcoming book is tilted, “If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened,” discusses the important issues examined in his recent articles re: GOP threats to undermine th...
Media Sanitizing US Role in Israel's Brutal Gaza War; Media 'Sanewashing' Trump's Cognitive Decline; Big Oil Should Pay for Climate Change-Fueled Hurricane Destruction; Mexico's 1st Female President's Challenges 08.10.2024 1:20:37
1) US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel's Brutal Gaza War Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, talks about his latest book, "War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine," with a just published revised edition that includes a new afterword on the Gaza War. On the one year anniversary of the Octob...
Israel's Provoking Hezbollah into Wider War; GOP Georgia Election Deniers' Sabotage; Trumpism's Toxic Election Issue: Immigration; Blinken's Reckless Action in Ukraine 01.10.2024 1:30:00
1) Israel's Attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon Threatens to Ignite Long Feared Wider War John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus and Global Just Transition at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses his recent article, "A Ceasefire Is Not Enough in Gaza," focusing on Netanyahu's successive actions that appear designed to provoke a wider Middle East war, and the Biden administration's fail...
Dangers of Israel-Hezbollah Conflict; Trump's Deadly Abortion Ban; Consequences of Expired Pandemic Safety Net; Billy Bragg on Politics, Hope and Power of Music 24.09.2024 1:23:28
1) Escalating Conflict Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Erupt into Regional War Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies and senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides analysis of Israel's two waves of attacks targeting Hezbollah via pagers and walkie-talkie explosions that killed at least 14 and injured 2,800, the escalation of missile and...
Trump's Stochastic Terrorism Targets Haitian Immigrants; Common Cause's Election Protection; Rebel Singer/Songwriter Billy Bragg's Political Activism; El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele's Growing Repression & Violence 17.09.2024 1:30:00
1) Donald Trump's Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Targets Haitian Immigrants Wajahat Ali, creator of Left Hook substack, co-host of The Democracy-ish podcast, and author of "Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American," discusses the presidential debate and election campaign, with a focus on Trump's threat to democracy, his demonization of immigran...
'The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism'; ACLU v. University Crackdown on Gaza Protests; Climate Future: Apocalypse or Utopia; Portland, Maine Divests from Israel 10.09.2024 1:20:58
1) New Book Warns Voters that 2024 is "The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism" Mark Green, former two-term New York City public advocate and author or editor of 26 books on U.S. politics, discusses his newest book, "The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism in 2024," which warns Americans that this November will be a choice between a Party of Progress and a Party of Dangerous Extremism...
Massive Protests Blame Netanyahu for Hostage Deaths; Election Campaign Threats to Democracy; Work to Live or Live to Work?; Connecticut Cafe for Racial Justice 03.09.2024 1:24:49
1) Gaza War Continues to Kill as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Hostage Deaths James Zogby, co-founder and president of the Arab American Institute, discusses the effort at last week's Democratic party nominating convention in Chicago to address U.S. policy supporting Israel's brutal war and mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, as well as the threat of a regional war and Is...
Eyewitness to Gaza Horror; Racism Drives Trump Support; Former IDF Soldier for Peace; Georgia's Election Deniers Changing State Rules 29.08.2024 1:16:27
• US Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors Dr. Ahmad Javed Yousaf, MD, an internist and pediatrician practicing in Benton, Arkansas, who will recount his horrifying experience providing life saving health care to Palestinian civilians under attack by Israel in Gaza, with a focus on what Americans should know about the human suffering of Gaza's 2.3 million residents, and our nati...
Kamala Harris' Economic Policies; Gaza Ceasefire Talks; Sinclair's Right-wing Propaganda on Local TV Channels; Large Progressive Gathering at Chicago DNC 20.08.2024 1:20:35
Counterpoint with Scott Harris, Aug. 19, 2024 1) Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris' Economic Policy Proposals Matt Bruenig, president of People’s Policy Project, a left wing thinktank, discusses the important issues examined in his recent article, "Our Verdict on Kamala Harris’s New Plans," and issues related to economic policies being debated by Vice President Kamala Harris and forme...
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I'm Scott Harris, a 30-year radio veteran and host of Counterpoint, a weekly radio program and podcast. Each week my guests and I discuss a wide range of local, national and international political, economic, social and environmental issues from progressive perspectives that are all too often ignored or marginalized in corporate media. Counterpoint has been broadcast on WPKN Radio in Bridgeport,...
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