Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins

On today’s show… Progressive Candidate, Lauren Ashcraft , will join us to discuss her primary challenge against longtime incumbent, Carolyn Maloney, in New York’s 12th Congressional district. Heather “Digby” Parton will, once again, help us get through the news of the week… And we will re-air our interview with Mondaire Jones , who is running in an open seat in New York’s 17th District .

On today’s show… The Nation’s Justice Correspondent, Elie Mystal, will join us to discuss his piece, “ People Can Only Bear So Much Injustice Before Lashing Out ” Heather “Digby” Parton will help us unpack a sad news week.. And we wanted to re-air a special interview we had last September with a special progressive candidate, J amaal Bowman, who’s challenging Eliot Engel, the long-time congressman...

David Dayen will explain how the Fed bailed out the investor class without spending a cent. We’ll talk to another progressive candidate out of Florida, Guido Weiss , who is primarying Lois Frankel on the ballot, August 18th. And Heather "Digby" Parton, from Salon, will help us make sense of the most important news stories of the past week.

Thanks for listening this week, we had some house cleaning to do, so the show is a little shorter. We still were able to grab Heather "Digby" Parton and we think you'll enjoy this week's conversation.

On today’s show… Alex Sammon , from The American Prospect, will explain why Mitch McConnell is pushing for blanket immunity for corporations, even in the most reckless cases. Abrahm Lustgarten , from Pro Publica, will be here to discuss how climate change is contributing to massive hikes in infectious disease. And Heather "Digby" Parton will help recap all the big stories from this past...

On today’s show… Robert Mackey , from The Intercept , will join us to discuss why Donald Trump’s victory lap in regard to the Coronavirus is all based on creative accounting coming out of the White House. SCOTUS Expert, Scott Lemieux , will run down some important cases in front of the high court at a time when people’s attention may be somewhere else. and Heather "Digby" Parton will hel...

On today’s show… Scot Nakagawa , from The Nation Magazine, will explain how Covid-19 has fueled the White Nationalist Movement resulting in anti-Asian violence and conspiracy theories. Josh Kovensky , from Talking Points Memo, will discuss the chaos that has been unleashed by a federal government that is procuring personal protection equipment for hospitals based on private profit instead of publi...

On today’s show… John Nichols , from The Nation Magazine, will explain why ceding too much authority to the Executive Branch has led to an Imperial Presidenc y. Fadi Quran , from Avaaz , joins us to discuss how Facebook and other social media platforms have become the epicenter for misinformation, and how we can solve the issue. My own doctor, David LeMay , will be here to discuss why overall heal...

On today’s show… David Dayen , from the America Prospect , will explain how big banks can get a hold of your stimulus check before you have a chance to use it. Nation national-affairs correspondent Jeet Heer will explain why " Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake .” And why keeping the death toll artificially low allows Trump to push for a premature end to the lockdown. And Heath...

On today’s show… We’ll discuss how the Trump Administration has failed in it’s response to the Coranavirus and how the lack of oversight will enrich wealthy donors and possibly Tump himself. Jeff Hauser , from the Revolving Door Project , will be here to break it all down. We will also talk to Progressive Candidate, Samelys Lopez , who is running for Congress in New York’s 15 District . Her story...

we have decided to unlock our bonus content this week… Members and Subscribers to the free podcast will hear New Orleans Based Infectious Diseases Physician, Dr. MarkAlain Déry , as he explains why the Crescent City has quickly become a hot spot for the coronavirus. The amount of important information in the interview was too good for people not to hear. Please consider becoming a member, www.rofp...

On today’s show… We’ll talk to journalist, Judd Legum , about UPS, and why workers feel like the shipping giant is failing to take basic measures to protect it’s workers. Former Federal Prosecutor, Ankush Khardori , will be here to explain how the Federal Government has enabled coronavirus scammers to flourish. And of course, Heather "Digby" Parton will join us to help make sense of it a...

Welcome to this week's special episode of Ring of Fire, new format but still the same great content that has made Ring of Fire Radio so relevant for the past 16 years. Let us know how we are doing, or if you just want to reach out to the show, email us at info@ringoffireradio.com . This week, Sam explains how the show will move forward and we will have news and analysis from Heather "Digby&qu...

While we adjusted this week to the realities of Covid19, we have put together our "best of" for candidates we have interviewed since the beginning of 2020. The podcast may be different in the next couple of weeks and months as we pull away from a normal "radio format" and move to a more traditional podcast featuring the one and only, Sam Seder. Feel free to reach out if you hav...

on today’s show… Ian Millhiser , from Vox, will join us to discuss two cases in front of The Supreme Court that could determine the fate of Obamacare . Heather Digby Parton will be here to help me run down a huge news week. And Sara Singh , from The Sunrise Movement , will join us to explain how we can battle climate change and provide millions of good jobs in the process.

Progressive Candidate, Alex Morse , will join us to discuss his primary race against incumbent Richard Neal, and why Morse named Neal, “Wall Street’s Favorite Democrat.” Heather Digby Parton will be working overtime this week as we run down Super Tuesday and other news that may have slipped under the radar this week.

on today’s show… David Dayen , from The American Prospect, will be here to discuss the real story behind the coronavirus and how middlemen are destroying the prescription drug market. Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down a massive week in news.

Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Farron Cousins sitting in for Sam Seder this week. Today on the show The Democratic Debate on Wednesday night was without a doubt one of the most intense of the primary season, and I’ll give you my analysis on who the big winners and losers were. Investigative Journalist Alex Kotch will be here to tell us about Bloomberg’s efforts to buy the Senate for Republican...

on today’s show… Progressive Superstar, Thom Hartmann, will join us to discuss his new book, “ The Hidden History of the War on Voting .” Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week

on today’s show… Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week And investigative journalist, Mike Ludwig , will be here to explain how unsafe levels of the chemical PFAS made it into almost every city’s drinking water in the U.S.

on today’s show… Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the big news stories from this week And John Nichols , from The Nation Magazine, will join us from Iowa to give us the scoop of what’s happening on the ground ahead of Monday’s caucas.

on today’s show… Ari Berman , from Mother Jones Magazine, will join us to discuss why ex-convicts in Florida won’t be able to vote and we’ll discuss a plan by the Trump Administration to preserve white electoral power. Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the major news from this week

on today’s show… Healthcare Reporter, Caitlin Kelly , will be here to explain how we only need to look to our neighbor to the North, to see what Medicare for All might look like. Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week.

Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down all the biggest news of the week. And we’ll listen to my interview with Jamal Abdi , President of the National Iranian American Council about the recent drone strike in Iraq that killed Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi military commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Sam Seder. We will be back next week with an all new show to kick of 2020, but in the meantime, we wanted to re-air some of the best progressive candidate interviews from 2019. We hope you’ll take the time to learn more about each candidate and their issues….all new show next week!