Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins

Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, this is the first episode of 2019 and we are happy to be back from the holidays! On today’s show Sarah Kliff, from Vox, asked readers to submit their emergency room bills, we’ll ask her what she discovered. Back to join me in 2019, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will help me analyze all the news the made the headlines this week.

We will be back next week with an all new show, until then here is a great show from earlier this year. On today’s show we’ll explain why states that have right-to-carry gun laws, also have a higher rate of violent crime with The Nation’s, Mike Konczal. Alice Speri, from The Intercept, will join us to discuss the rampant rate of sexual abuse among women held in immigration detention centers across...

Thank you for supporting us in 2018, we will be back in January with all new episodes. Please consider becoming a member of the full show in 2019! Check out this episode you may have missed from September: Dahlia Lithwick, from Slate, will join us to discuss Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Hearings this week. Progressive Radio Host, Bob Kincaid, joins us to discuss the impeachment of 4 West Virgin...

Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, will join us to discuss Elizabeth Warren’s plan for the government to manufacture generic drugs. As always, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to help me run down all the news the made the headlines this week.

Lachlan Markay, from The Daily Beast, will join us to explain how the “No Labels” Movement is funded by the biggest names on Wall Street and why that’s a problem. As always, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to help me synthesize all the news happening this week.

Shorter Podcast this week due to technical difficulties, but we have two great interviews for this week's show. Today on the show, Russian and Ukrainian Expert, Sophie Pinkham will be here to talk about her new book, “BLACK SQUARE: ADVENTURES IN POST-SOVIET UKRAINE.” And Attorney, Chris Paulos, will be here to discuss how U.S. Military Personnel and their families are seeking justice in a federal...

As always, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to recap all the news that matters most this week. And Climate Expert, Michael Mann will be here to break down the recent National Climate Assessment Report.

Welcome to a special Thanksgiving edition of Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Sam Seder. That’s right folks, this is a special edition of Ring of Fire. This week we depart from our usual radio format to give you a full uninterrupted podcast with analysis from our very own Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon. We want to start off by saying Thank You to our members, and because of you, we are able to put this...

Journalist, Janet Reitman, will be here to discuss how law enforcement failed to see the threat of white nationalism and now it may be too late. As always, Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to recap all the news that matters most this week.

This is a very special post midterm edition and helping me rundown elections and some of the more important ballot initiatives around the country is our very own Heather “Digby” Parton. And The Washington Monthly’s, Phillip Longman, will make his case for small-business collusion in a time where anti-monopoly laws have turned against mom and pop businesses.

Doctor Abdul El-Sayed, will join us to make his case for Medicare-for-All. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to the biggest news stories of the week.

Investigative Journalist, David Dayen, brings us another amazing story of a training academy set up to indoctrinate the minds of law clerks in order to push the courts to the right. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to the biggest news stories of the week.

Angelo Carusone, from Media Matters, will tell us about a group of men who describe themselves as Western Chauvinists, called the Proud Boys. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to the biggest news stories of the week.

Dahlia Lithwick, from Slate, will be here to explain why it’s up to the other eight justices to save us from Justice Kavanaugh. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to the biggest news stories of the week.

Today on Ring of Fire, we’ll be revisiting some of the very best interviews from more than a decade of being on the air. We’ll hear from Howard Zinn, Chalmers Johnson, Daniel Ellsberg, and several other newsmakers and brilliant progressive minds.

Ezra Klein, co-founder of Vox, will explain the rise of YouTube’s reactionary right. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to discuss this week’s events surrounding Brett Kavanaugh.

The Intercept’s Ryan Grim joins us to discuss a recent letter sent to two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee, claiming federal court employees are willing to speak out against SCOTUS Nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to discuss the big news stories of the week.

Today on the show Adam Serwer, from The Atlantic, will explain why The Supreme Court is heading back to the 19th Century. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.

Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week. And Matt Bruenig, from The People’s Policy Project, will be to explain what a Social Wealth Fund for America might look like.

Ring of Fire YouTube Host, Farron Cousins, is filling in this Labor Day weekend for Sam Seder.

Today on the show Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to discuss arguably, President Trump’s worst week. And David Dayen, will join us to uncover the story of Tom Carper, the U.S. Senator from Deleware, and his 40 year history of helping big banks.

Today on the show Kelly Dietrich, from the National Democratic Training Committee, will join us to explain how we turn the activism we see on the ground into actual democratic victories. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the headlines from the week.

We are back from Netroots Nation 2018 held in the Crescent City of New Orleans Louisiana! Today on the show, New York Attorney General Candidate, Zephyr Teachout on using the office as a tool to stop anti-trust and corruption. Shaunna Thomas from Ultraviolet on creating a cost for sexism in the work place. Sayu Bhojwani, from New American Leaders, on the importance of electing 1st and 2nd generati...

Welcome to Ring of Fire Radio, I’m Sam Seder. This is a special edition of the podcast, while we travel to New Orleans for this year’s Netroots Nation. We will be bringing you special interviews from the conference on next weeks show. Today you’ll hear interviews from my recent trip to the American Federation of Teacher’s Conference held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I sat down with national...

Suzanne Mettler, author of the new book, “The Government-Citizen Disconnect,” will join us to discuss the Trump Administrations plan to rebrand social programs as “welfare.” Heather “Digby” Parton and I will discuss all the major headlines from this week.