Declaring Independence with Ed Brayton
By Ed Brayton
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Podcast Description
Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars.
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Declaring Independence 01/17/11 | Interview: James "the Amazing" Randi | 1/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 12/02/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Daphne Eviatar from Human Rights First. We'll be talking about the Khadr plea bargain, the Ghailani verdict and other issues involving the law and the war on terror. | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 11/18/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Jeff Seaver, director of the Center for Inquiry of Michigan. We'll be talking about a new ad campaign by the American Humanist Association contrasting some of the barbaric parts of the Bible with humanist principles. We'll also be talking about the larger issues of the place of non-believers in a predominately religious society. | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 11/11/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics. We'll be talking about the aftermath of the GOP's landslide takeover of every part of the Michigan state government. | 11/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 10/28/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Rich Robinson, executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. We'll be talking about a lot of things related to last week's discussion -- campaign finance, disclosure laws, third party groups influencing elections, etc. | 11/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 10/21/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Jesse Zwick of the Washington Independent. He'll be on to talk about campaign finance issues, especially the huge influx of money to third party groups who take out campaign ads without anyone knowing the identity of the donors who paid for the ads. | 10/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 10/14/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Shari Murgittroyd, director of the MSU Sexual Assault Center. We won't be talking about the specific case of alleged sexual assault by two MSU basketball players, but we will be talking about sexual assault on college campuses and the tragedy of how society still treats rape victims. | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 09/30/10 | My guest will be Will Cleery, Director of Legal and Public Advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Eduation (FIRE), a group I support very strongly. We'll be talking about the constant attempts to squash free speech on college campuses. | 10/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 09/16/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Dan Ray, professor of constitutional law, will be on the show to talk about the recent state secrets privilege ruling and various assorted other things. | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 09/09/10 | My guest will be Annie Lowrey, the finance and economics correspondent for the Washington Independent. We'll be talking about new stimulus plans and the risk of a double dip recession. | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 08/26/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Andrew Restuccia, the energy and environment correspondent for the Washington Independent. We'll be talking about the Gulf oil spill, the Michigan oil spill, the Massey coal mine explosion and why government and industry do little to prevent them. | 8/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 08/19/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be James Hanley, a frequent commenter here and a professor of political science. We'll be talking about voter behavior, the myth of the rational voter and about the prospects for a liberal/libertarian alliance. | 8/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 08/12/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be John Bebow, executive director of the Center for Michigan, a non-partisan think tank trying to find common ground for reforms that can bridge the Republican-Democrat divide. | 8/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 08/05/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Carl Weimer, executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust. He'll be answering questions about the oil spill in southwest Michigan, how it could have been prevented and who is to blame. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 07/29/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Jane Zehnder-Merrell of the Michigan League for Human Services, a group that advocates for the poor in Michigan. We'll be talking about poverty, unemployment and the government's responses to those in my home state. | 8/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 07/22/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence, we're trying out a new format -- less interview time, more discussion of the news of the day. Most weeks we'll be having one guest for a long interview, then about half the show will be Jeremy and I talking about the hot topics of the day, many of which I will have written about here all week long. My guest this evening is David Holtz, executive director of Progress Michigan. | 7/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 07/08/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Annie Lowrey will be on to talk about the goings-on in Congress, particularly on the financial regulation bill and the unemployment benefits extension. Dan Ray will be on to talk about the Sotomayor hearings and some of the rulings the Supreme Court handed down at the end of the term. | 7/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 07/01/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Chris Rodda will be on to talk about Glenn Beck's new campaign of propaganda about the founding fathers and religion. June Carbone will be on to talk about a new book she has co-authored called Red Families v Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 06/23/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Jonathan Weiler will be on to talk about how those with authoritarian personalities tend to be attracted to conservative politics in America. And Bruce Wilson will be on to talk about Sarah Palin, witch hunters, Sharron Angle and the theocrats of the Constitution party. | 6/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 05/27/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Annie Lowrey, the financial reporter for the Washington Independent, will be on to talk about the financial regulation bill going through Congress, and probably a few other things. And John Hollway, co-author of a book called Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom. It's the story of a New Orleans man who spent 18 years on death row for a murder he did not commit, only to be exonerated when it was discovered that one of the prosecutors had deliberately withheld DNA evidence in the case. A civil suit he filed is to be heard by the Supreme Court soon. | 5/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 05/13/10 | After a two-week hiatus, Declaring Independence returns tonight with this lineup: Mike Lillis, the congressional correspondent for the Washington Independent, will be on to talk about the Massey coal mine explosion after spending a couple weeks in West Virginia doing some investigating. And Dan Ray, professor of constitutional law at Cooley Law School, will be on to talk about the Elena Kagan nomination. | 5/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 06/10/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Dan Ray will be on to talk about David Souter's recently revealed approach to judging and how it fits into the general categories of legal realism and legal formalism. Andy Birkey will be on to talk about Bradlee Dean, Michele Bachmann and the various other wingnuts that inhabit Minnesota. | 5/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 04/15/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: The first guest will be Todd Heywood, one of my reporters for the Michigan Messenger, to talk about his time with the militias and other subjects. The second guest will be Daphne Eviatar, who just returned from observing the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay and has lots to tell us about them. | 4/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 04/08/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: The first guest will be Eartha Melzer, our reporter with the Michigan Messenger who does such incredible work on environmental issues and much more. She'll be talking about Dow Chemical, dioxin, corporate funded research and other issues. The second guest will be David Bennett, a history professor from Syracuse University. He'll be talking about the resurgence of right wing extremist groups -- militias, tea parties, "patriot" groups, etc., and how they fit into American history. | 4/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 03/25/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Mike Lillis will be on to give us an update on what is going on in Congress with the health care reconciliation and much more. DJ Grothe will be on to talk about magic, science and skepticism. | 3/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 03/18/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Daphne Eviatar, an old friend of the program, will be back with us. She is now an attorney with Human Rights First. We'll be attacking Liz Cheney with a verbal meat cleaver. Olga Akselrod, an attorney with the Innocence Project, will be on to talk about the scandal of wrongful convictions and how to prevent them. | 3/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 03/11/10 | Paul Krassner, publisher of The Realist, founder of the Yippies and legend of the 1960s will be on to talk about....well, all kinds of things. | 3/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 04/01/10 | On the April Fool's Day edition of Declaring Independence: Marcy Wheeler will be on to talk about a very important new ruling involving the state secrets privilege in the Al Haramain case. And Carol Tavris, a social psychologist, will be on to talk about her brilliant book Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me). The book is about cognitive dissonance, self-justification, rationalization and the way our minds fool us into thinking we're being objective when we're not. | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 02/25/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Mike Lillis, the congressional correspondent for the Washington Independent, will be on to talk about the jobs bill, health care reform and other goings on in Congress. Marcy Wheeler will be on to talk about the Office of Professional Responsibility's report on John Yoo and the subsequent cover up going on at the DOJ. | 3/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 02/11/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Dave Weigel will be on to talk about the national tea party convention that he attended, the O'Keefe racism accusation and many other things. And Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State will be on to talk about....well, you can probably figure that out. | 2/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 02/04/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Dr. Michael Gilbert, a former member of law enforcement and now a professor of criminal justice at the University of Texas -- and a leading member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) -- will be on to talk about the harms caused by drug prohibition. And Tim Skubick, the dean of Michigan's capitol reporters, will be on to talk about the state of the state, the upcoming midterm elections and the Michigan governor's race. | 2/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 01/28/10 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Dan Quinn from the Texas Freedom Network will be on to talk about the latest battles with the State Board of Education there over the social studies curriculum. Gerry Hebert, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, will be on to talk about last week's Supreme Court ruling on corporations and campaign finance laws. | 2/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 01/21/10 | Mike Lillis, congressional correspondent for the Washington Independent, will be on the show to talk about health care reform, a possible 2nd stimulus package and what the Scott Brown election might mean. Mikey Weinstein will be on to talk about those scopes with Bible verses on them and other issues relating to religion in the military. Alicia Skillman also joins Declaring Independence to discus issues confronting the trans-gendered | 1/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 01/07/10 | After a two week break for the holidays, Declaring Independence is back on the air tonight. The first guest will be Daphne Eviatar of the Washington Independent, who will be talking about prosecuting the underwear bomber and many other things. The second guest will be Robin Goldstein, author of The Wine Trials 2010. This is a really interesting book about the false market for high-end wine and how it is created and maintained by aspirational marketing. | 1/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 01/14/10 | Special Guest: Ibn Warraq, author of "Why I am Not a Muslim" and "Defending the West" | 1/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 12/03/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 12/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 11/19/09 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Spencer Ackerman will be on discussing Afghanistan and other foreign policy challenges facing the Obama administration. Nat Hentoff will be on for the second time, but this time we'll be mostly discussing jazz history. | 11/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 11/12/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 10/29/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 11/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 10/22/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 11/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 10/15/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 10/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 10/08/09 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: I'll be talking to Mike Lillis of the Washington Independent about what's going on in Congress - healthcare reform, the Patriot Act reauthorization, etc. And I'll be talking to Marc Randazza, the attorney for the defendant in that suit filed by Glenn Beck to get the website shut down. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 10/01/09 | I have a very special radio show tonight with only one guest: Nat Hentoff. I am incredibly excited to have Nat on the show. Few people have done as much to advocate and advance the Bill of Rights in the United States than Nat Hentoff. On top of that he is one of our greatest historians of jazz, another of my passions. We've got him for the full hour and I'm sure it will be a fascinating conversation. | 10/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 8/27/09 | First Guest: Daphne Eviatar, the legal correspondent for the Washington Independent Second Guest: Jim Underdown from Center For Inquiry | 9/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 8/13/09 | First Guest: Tim Skubick from Off the Record Second Guest: Jeff Seaver from CFI Michigan | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 8/06/09 | Tonight is a very important show on Declaring Independence. I'll be interviewing Mark Klein, the AT&T technician who blew the whistle on the company for allowing the NSA to install equipment that gave them real-time access to nearly every phone call, email and text message being sent anywhere in the United States. He is the author of the book Wiring Up The Big Brother Machine...And Fighting It, which is absolutely terrifying. I'll also be speaking with Dave Weigel of the Washington Independent about the birther movement. | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 7/30/09 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My first guest will be Daphne Eviatar, the legal correspondent for the Washington Independent. We'll be talking about the sad farce that is the Sotomayor confirmation hearings. My second guest will be Gerry Hebert, director of the Campaign Legal Center. Gerry was the DOJ official who exposed Sen. Jeff Sessions as a racist when he was up for a judgeship. My third guest will be Marcy Wheeler of Firedoglake. We'll be discussing the recent IG report on warrantless wiretaps and related issues. Yes, this is the same Marcy Wheeler who uttered the word 'b*****b' on MSNBC a couple weeks ago and caused such outrage. | 7/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 6/18/09 | Tonight on Declaring Independence: Spencer Ackerman, foreign policy specialist, will be on to talk about the situation in Iran as well as other recent developments in the Middle East. Daphne Eviatar, legal analyst, will be on to talk about the Obama administration's DOMA brief, FOIA stonewalling and much more. And don't miss another long distance dedication. | 7/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 9/24/09 | First Guest: Dave Weigel of the Washington Independent Second Guest: Amy Bach, author of Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court | 7/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 9/10/09 | My first guest will be Chris Stellar of the Minnesota Independent. We'll be talking about the amusing madness of Michele Bachmann. My second guest will be Amy Bach, author of a new book called Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court. We'll be talking about the many flaws in our criminal justice system. | 7/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 7/09/09 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: The first guest is Mike Lillis, the congressional correspondent for the Washington Independent. We'll be talking about a bunch of issues, from the healthcare debate in Congress to the global warming bill to the Sotomayor nomination to Al Franken finally joining the Senate. The second guest is Jeff Sharlet, author of the book The Family: Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. | 7/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 6/11/09 | Tonight on Declaring Independence: My first guest will be Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out. We'll be discussing the ex-gay movement and the damage it does to young gays and lesbians. My second guest will be constitutional law professor Dan Ray. We will be discussing the Supreme Court's ruling in Caperton v Massey and the Sotomayor nomination. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 5/28/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 5/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 5/21/09 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, will discuss the latest revelations about fundamentalist Christian infiltration into the military hierarchy and the unconstitutional results. And Dan Ray, professor of constitutional law and a frequent commenter at Dispatches, will discuss the upcoming Supreme Court confirmation fight and much more. | 5/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 5/14/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 5/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 2/19/09 | On tonight's Declaring Independence my guest will be: Mike Lillis, the Congressional correspondent for the Washington Independent. We'll be talking about the stimulus bill, the TARP program and other goings on in Washington. | 5/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 6/04/09 | Tonight's Declaring Independence is going to be a very difficult one and I encourage you all to tune in. We're going to put a human face on the issue of late-term abortion. My first guest is going to be Lynda Waddington, a colleague of mine from the Iowa Independent. 14 years ago, she actually had a late-term abortion because they discovered a serious problem with the fetus. It's a remarkable story that, quite frankly, is not going to be easy to talk about. Just preparing for the interview tonight has really shaken me up emotionally. But it's an important story and we need to put it out so that people understand that this is not an abstraction, this is an issue that involves real people facing the most painful choice imaginable. My second guest will be my friend Genie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 4/30/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 5/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 4/23/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 4/09/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 4/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 4/02/09 | Tonight is a special edition of Declaring Independence. After breaking the big story about my FOIA lawsuit and the Bush administration selling out public safety so they could keep going after online gambling, I'll be interviewing Lori Wallach, the director of Global Trade Watch who analyzed the document and figured out what it meant. My second interview will be with friend of Dispatches Timothy Sandefur. We'll be talking about eminent domain and constitutional law. | 4/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 3/26/09 | On tonight's Declaring Independence, we'll have part 2 of last week's interview with Mary Kane (done live, not recorded) about the government's various bailout programs. Then we'll have none other than PZ Myers on the show for the second interview. PZ wrote on his blog a couple days ago: "Ed and I are planning to strip naked, grease ourselves up with bear fat, tie our left wrists together, and go at each other with Bowie knives. It will make for great radio!" Unfortunately, I had my producer check into it. It seems that if PZ and I really did strip naked, cover ourselves in bear grease and go at each other with bowie knives, that would bring a big fine from the FCC even on the radio. So we're gonna have to do the next best thing: make fun of creationists. It's too bad. He had me at "strip naked." | 3/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 3/19/09 | Mike Lillis, the Congressional correspondent for the Washington Independent. We’ll be talking about the stimulus bill. | 3/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 3/12/09 | On Declaring Independence tonight: Chris Stellar, a reporter for the Minnesota Independent, will be on to give an update on the Al Franken/Norm Coleman legal battle going on in the courts there. And Amanda Metskas, executive director of Camp Quest, a summer camp for children of freethinkers, atheists, agnostics and humanists, will be on to talk about her organization. | 3/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 3/05/09 | On tonight's Declaring Independence: My first guest will be Daphne Eviatar, legal correspondent for the Washington Independent. We will be talking about the many important cases and issues on which the Obama administration has continued to maintain the same unconstitutional and unjust positions that the Bush administration did. The second part of the show will be a departure from the usual format. Last week my friend Vinx performed in Ann Arbor and I taped an interview with him and taped the whole show (plugged in to the sound board directly). The second half of the show will mix parts of that interview with music. Hope you all enjoy. | 3/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 2/26/09 | There's only one guest on the show tonight for the full hour and that is Radley Balko. We talk about a wide range of issues, mostly revolving around corruption and abuse in law enforcement. | 2/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 1/29/09 | Guests: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ken Miller | 1/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 1/22/09 | Guest: Jeff Morley, the national editorial director for the Center for Independent Media. | 1/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 1/15/09 | Declaring Independence is a weekly one-hour radio show that focuses on current events and political discussion, with a particular focus on law, religion and science. The show is broadcast on Public Reality Radio, WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted by Ed Brayton, the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. | 1/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 1/08/09 | Guests: Spencer Ackerman, the national security correspondent for the Washington Independent and Edwin Kagin, legal director for American Atheists. | 1/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 2/05/09 | Guest: Joann Bell, ACLU of Joann Bell | 1/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 12/18/08 | Guests: David Bennahum from the Center for Independent Media and Lauri Lebo author of The Devil in Dover. | 12/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 12/11/08 | Guests: Mike Lillis, the Congressional correspondent for the Washington Independent, about the auto bailout. Also, Mikey Weinstein, founder and director of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, about the many examples he has found of Christian fundamentalist infiltration and coercion in the military. | 12/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declaring Independence 12/04/08 | Guests: Paul Demko from the Minnesota Independent and Dan Ray who teaches constitutional law at Cooley Law School. | 12/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 74 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Interesting and Geeky
For a first time podcaster, Brayton does a good job of keeping the show flowing and avoiding the technical troubles that seem to plague call-in podcasts. This show is a moderate skeptic's take on current events with call-ins who are level-headed and thoroughly knowledgeable. The first episode takes a look at whether Hillary Clinton is constitutionally eligible for the office of Secretary of State and also considers the recount in Minnesota's senate race. This podcast will probably be more appealing to people who are interested in learning about political stories in full detail. Those looking for sensationalism or sound-bytes may grow a bit bored. Although I would classify myself as the former, the show sometimes got a bit dry. However, the show keeps to the subject at hand very well, and the in-depth coverage is refreshing in light of the many freethinker podcasts out there which limit themselves to blurbs and opinions.
Love the podcast but...
Ed, you need to get on your producer! The last podcast uploaded was 4/16 & today is 5/12!
Wow
Only listened to one episode but the guests and interviewer were fantastic.
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