Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins

On this week's show: Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon.com will talk about the Omicron variant and how Republicans are trying to spin it as a failure of President Biden. And new poll numbers show Donald Trump easily beating Joe Biden in 2024 - unless Democrats can turn things around. Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com and get Farron's Bonus Interview: Nation magazine contributor Bryce Covert wi...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is doing a marathon video stream over the Thanksgiving break to "expose" the massive amount of voter fraud that he swears he found (even though he failed to produce any evidence during his August event.) He also says that a new lawsuit he's filed will give the Supreme Court the option to either tear down the last election or to conduct a new one. We'll explain w...

Political polling is all over the place this week, and things have already changed a lot since last week. We'll explain what's going on - and what is actually real. Tucker Carlson is out with a new documentary where he tries to rewrite the history of what actually happened on January 6th. Daily Kos contributor and author David Neiwert will help us break down this disturbing new production. What yo...

President Biden's poll numbers keep getting worse, but has his performance as President really been THAT bad? And Donald Trump suffered several significant legal defeats this week that could have a major impact on his political future. Also on the show, the guys from Meidas Touch will talk about their efforts to counter Republican talking points , and on the bonus half of the show, Vox policy repo...

Following the big news from last week about certain members of Congress allegedly helping to organize the January 6th Stop The Steal rally , little has happened. In fact, the public seems to have already forgotten that there might be treasonous Republicans holding office today. It is now up to Congress to get to the bottom of what happened, and John Nichols from The Nation joins Farron Cousins to...

Sam Seder welcomes the new host of Ring of Fire! Thousands of workers have gone on strike in the month of October, including roughly 10,000 John Deere workers across the country. This mass movement by workers demanding better treatment has been dubbed "Striketober" by the media, and it is a clear sign that workers have had enough of being exploited by corporations. Jordan Chariton from S...

On today’s show… We will listen to Emma Vigeland’s interview with The Intercepts, Michelle Garcia , about the Biden Administration’s treatment of Hatian Migrants. And of course, Digby and I will belooking back at a big week in news Bonus Content you're missing this week: Sam and Ari Berman discuss gerrymandering and the Voting Rights Act and its effect on our countries politics.

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. And 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.

This week on Ring of Fire, Zachariah Mampilly , Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs (Baruch College) as well as an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Political Science at the Graduate Center, CUNY, joins us to discuss the western left’s Blindspot when it comes to the continent of Africa including its lack of coverage of t...

This week on Ring of Fire, David Vine , professor of anthropology at American University and author of The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State , joins me to discuss the staggering number of US military bases and how they contribute to our war machine… and how the Biden administration’s “pivot to China” might be a troubling part...

This week on Ring of Fire; Sarah Lazare , web editor and reporter for In These Times magazine, joins me to discuss her reporting on how Biden’s public position of supporting COVID vaccine patent waivers may be a bit different in private. And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week. Bonus content this week; Sam and Grace Segers breakdown the Child Income Cre...

This week on Ring of Fire, Josh Dzieza joins us to discuss his cover story piece in New York Magazine and The Verge, which is a deep dive into the world of delivery workers in New York City : assaulted and attacked, exploited by apps, and ignored by police. Heather “Digby” Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week. This week’s bonus content you're missing… Eric Alterman joi...

This week on Ring of Fire; Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East history at Stanford University, joins us to discuss the Biden Administrations posture towards Egyptian President, al-Sisis , despite his countless human rights violations and what it means for the U.S.’s broader Middle East policy. And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week. Bonus content you...

This week on Ring of Fire; Elie Mystal , Correspondent for The Nation, joins us to discuss the Supreme Court’s disastrous and deliberate inaction on Texas’s effective abortion ban and bounty system and what it means for a woman’s right to choose going forward. And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week. Bonus content this week; Sam interviews Murtaza Hussa...

This week on Ring of Fire, Gaeñ hia uh , Executive Director of the American Indian Law Alliance, joins us to discuss the devastating revelations about the mass, unmarked graves of children at the abusive indigenous residential schools , and what repair for the indigineous looks like in North America. And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week. Bonus conten...

This week on Ring of Fire; Max Moran , Research Director for the Personnel Team at The Revolving Door Project, joins us to discuss Biden‘s latest big oil friendly appointee and what it says about his actual commitment to comprehensive climate policy And, Heather Digby Parton will help us break down all the top news items of the week. Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews Major Da...

This week on Ring of Fire, Zephyr Teachout , Fordham Law Professor and author of “ Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money ,” joins us to discuss the downfall of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo… and why it was long overdue. David Sirota , Founder and Editor of The Daily Poster , will be joining us as Heather Parton is on vacation. David and I will be looking back o...

This week on Ring of Fire, Tim Murphy , Senior Reporter for Mother Jones Magazine, joins us to discuss the peculiar evolution of Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s politics : from Green Party activist to radical centrist obstructionist, her career is anything but traditional. Ryan Grim , Washington Correspondent for The Intercept and new cohost of The Hill’s Rising , will be joining us, as Heather Parton is...

This week on Ring of Fire, Sarah Lazare , Reporter & Web Editor for In These Times magazine, joins Emma to discuss how pharmaceutical companies are threatening desperate nations with retaliation if those nations choose to support vaccine waivers, waivers that would make vaccines more globally equitable... but would cut into big pharma’s profits . Heather “Digby” Parton will help us run down th...

This week on Ring of Fire; Doug Henwood , journalist, radio host and author of numerous books, joins us to discuss the rot in this iteration of the ruling class and how we got to this point . Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Upgrade to the member show and get this bonus content this week; Sam’s second interview with University of Michigan Law Profess...

This week on Ring of Fire, Zephyr Teachout , Fordham Law Professor and Author of the new book, “ Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money ,” joins us to discuss President Biden’s anti-monopoly executive orders and why they might actually be kind of a big deal. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Bonus content you are mis...

This week on Ring of Fire, Justin Elliot , from ProPublica, joins us to discuss the ultra-wealthy’s shady schemes to hide gobs of money in Roth IRA’s. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Bonus content you're missing this week; Leah Litman, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, will help us breakdown some of the most important cases c...

This week on Ring of Fire, Jennifer Berkshire , co-author of the book, “ A Wolf at the School House Door ,” and host of the education podcast, “ Have You Heard ,” joins us to discuss the disasterous impact of anti-critical race theory legislation on educators and how it’s yet another conservative culture war being waged by right-wing money and media. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down th...

This week on Ring of Fire Mark Stern , staff writer at Slate covering courts and the law, joins me to discuss a l awsuit leveled against the Biden administration by a former Trump appointee and how Biden‘s department of justice might be falling into a right wing trap. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Bonus content you're missing this week, Sophia Gur...

This week on Ring of Fire, Haggai Matar , Executive Director of 972 Magazine, joins me to discuss the ousting of Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and how the new ruling coalition, dominated by the right wing, may not be better and maybe even worse. And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week. Bonus content you're missing this week on the member show, NYC...