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Massachusetts progressives working, writing, blogging and speaking for social and political change.
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Walsh on Candidate Magic - Feb 21,2012 | The alchemy of turning MA candidates into CANDIDATES seems mysterious and even onerous. The head of the party, John Walsh, joins us to talk about the process. The complicated signature-gathering/local-caucuses/state-convention/15%-on-single-ballot path predates his chairmanship and has state legal requirements, but he will explain what happens, how and why. Its simpler in other states. Well consider pluses and minuses. At least one candidate for US Senate is not happy with what we do. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Murphy on the Heart of the City - Feb 14,2012 | Boston City Council President Stephen Murphy joins us to talk about our city. He just go reelected unanimously to head the body, following a tough at-large Councilor vote in November. Hes the lead on money matters for the Council and city. Well discuss piorities, restraints, possibilities, and what problems he sees for 2012. | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jim King Wants Scott Brown's Seat - Feb 02,2012 | Boston attorney Jim King joins us to talk about his campaign for the Dem nomination for U.S. Senator from MA. He offers a detailed platform, heavy on economics, covering seven big issues. He speaks of Yankee ingenuity and New England ideals translated to our current situation. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Another New Newt - Jan 24,2012 | In which we try not to giggle or guffaw about the GOP winnowing process. Well give our views on what Santorums wee edge in the Iowa-not-really-primary caucus does, on whether Romney can carry anything into win columns from New Hampshire, and what Gingrichs resurrection via South Carolina may mean. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DeFranco Not Retreating - Jan 23,2012 | Candidate for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, Marisa DeFranco, is still fighting. The Dem field quickly winnowed with the sudden fame and fund-raising success of Elizabeth Warren, but not Defranco. Shes a solid progressive and an activist immigration attorney. Expect to see her going head to head in the race toward the Dem primary. She updates her on her campaign. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Liars and Titans and Bores. Oh My. - Jan 10,2012 | We cant leave it alone. Well do another on the GOP now that its into a real plebiscite, a.k.a. primary. The candidates alternately drip venom and purse lips. Welll talk about North and South and Mormons and the withering of the Tea Party. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Obama or Oh Bummer? - Jan 03,2012 | Whats a progressive to do in 2012? We all have our quibbles or worse with the POTUS. Yet, the GOP clown car in backfiring into the center ring as we watch. No likely candidate from that bunch of bozos is a better bet than re-electing Obama. Well talk about how we see the choices and what we can do on the side between now and November. Id also bet that we get to other predictions. | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Happy Solemnizer - Dec 28,2011 | Under the unusual, yet terribly sensible, MA law, Mike has solemnized four marriages here. CA recently enacted a version of the long-standing privilege. The short of it that this lets any adult conduct the ceremony and sign the license legalizing the union. In MA, it takes a petition to the Governor. Mike talks about how it work and the joys and preparation for marry long-term friends, a son, and others, different-sex and same-sex, and what a minister friend told him was "poaching." | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robyn Ochs on Spectrum of Sexuality - Dec 20,2011 | Author of Getting Bi and more, university lecturer, workshop leader, Robyn Ochs joins us. Well ask her about real-world sexuality, not the binary clichés. Shes not afraid to write about or talk about range of gender identity and sexuality. We expect to jump into the loaded area of mutability. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Treasurer on Pending Casinos - Dec 19,2011 | Steve Grossman, MA Treasurer, joins us to talk about the casinos in the works. Well ask about what the commonwealth expects from expanded gambling, as well as what integrity will be in the commission and processes. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2012 Skirmish Updates - Dec 13,2011 | Here in MA, were exercised about the US Senate race, almost certainly Brown v. Warren, financiers lackey v. financiers gadfly. Much has happened in the past week. For POTUS, the caucuses loom, the players shift, and the GOP seems determined to ensure their own defeat. Well blather about the news, noise and possibilities. Will the Dem Senate majority swell? Will the elephant people manage to blow totally the awful economic mess? Will the toxic blowhard now leading their field really top their pathetic ticket? We can jive as well as anyone. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mara's Big MA Dems' Policy News - Dec 08,2011 | Well find out when you do. Mara Dolan joins us with what she says is a public policy-palooza from the MA Dem State Committee, which she co-chairs with Sen. Jamie Eldridge. Well touch on her long-running, popular cable TV show Right Here, Right Now. Well check in on Emerge Massachusetts, which preps women here to run for public office (and whose training she has taken). | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Then There Were Nine - Nov 29,2011 | MA lost a seat in the U.S. House as a result of the last Census. The commonwealth was the wellspring of Gerrymandering and every redistricting here brings out the skeptics. Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz joins us to talk about the magic and mystery of recarving the Congressional disricts from 10 to 9. She was a key player in the legislative group charged with the task. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Political Thanks Due - Nov 22,2011 | Well try in our lefty, nerdy way to give thanks for people and events who have made our political year...and promise to keep giving. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2012 One Against Many - Nov 15,2011 | For US Senate from MA as well as POTUS, 2012 is still TBD. The GOP goofballs are a comedy show still. Here on the Dem side, a few candidates have dropped out of the race for the nomination to run against incumbent Sen. Scott Brown. Well check in and chatter about the players and play. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Low Can We Go? - Nov 09,2011 | Turnout in an off-year election may be the lowest ever around Boston and Eastern MA. Yet even without a president, Congress member, mayor, governor or state legislator to elect, this is one with deep effects. Well look at whether old or new Boston rules in its City Council, and how many folk made that call. Well check around other towns too. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Khazei Beyond Senate Chase - Nov 01,2011 | Alan Khazei stepped back from the race for U.S. Senate from MA, but not from his big-picture goals. He joins us to talk about whats next, what he wants to accomplish, and how, and what his role will be. Social entrepreneur extrordinaire, he founded City Year, established the outgrowth AmeriCorps, and went on to start Be The Change, Inc. We can be sure hes not about to relax now. | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston's Black Woman Councilor Fighting - Oct 27,2011 | Ayanna Pressley has impressed as Boston first woman of color on the century-old Council. Shes at a crossroad for next month, seeking her first re-election. She successfullty brought big issues to the body — many centered on protecting and advancing women and girls. Can she remain one of four at-large Councilors as a former member and body president attempts to shoehorn his way back in? What else does she have in mind to advance Bostonians? | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eldridge Fights Citizens United Fiasco - Oct 25,2011 | MA State Sen. James Eldridge is beyond disappointed at the Supremes Citizens United ruling. Hes beyond mad. Hes at doing things to correct it. He joins us to speak about three legislative tacks hes taking — more disclosure for political contributions, shareholder notification of political ads, and a call for Congress to send a Constitutional amendment to states for ratification declaring free speech for people and not corporations. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Final Features Flaherty - Oct 18,2011 | Erstwhile Boston at-large Councilor and body President Michael Flaherty gives his vision for the end game of the campaign. After an unsuccessful run for Mayor two years ago, he wants back in and needs to unseat one of the four incumbents to get there. Hell tell us why voters in a surely low turnout election will choose him, how hes managing to bring in the contributions yet again, and maybe even which of the seven candidates can get out their vote. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elizabeth Warren Talks Solutions - Oct 14,2011 | U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren joins us to talk problems and solutions as she sees them. In an era of cautious and clichéd pols, she has been candid as well as insightful. Her running against new incumbent Scott Brown has drawn attention, donations and hyperbole from all sides. We get into the specifics of how she sees us getting out of our national morass. | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Occupy Boston and South Boston - Oct 11,2011 | Ryan reports on the OWS faction here in Boston. Well also discuss zip-code voting in two races in South Boston. | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This Street is Occupied - Oct 04,2011 | Youth through seniors are sitting, marching and camping in financial districts around the country. Well talk about the Occupy Wall Street movement. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beacon Hill Hearts Casinos - Sep 27,2011 | MA is about to legalize casinos and a slot parlor. That likely means at least two Indian tribes planning their own on top. We check in on the ongoing state house debate and the outcomes of legalization. | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Suzanne Lee Wants Boston's Diverse District - Sep 20,2011 | In a city famous for its neighborhoods with discrete cultures and races, Bostons District 2 has some of everything. Long-time school principal Suzanne Lee was holistic as an educator and wants to bring that to City Council. Her progressive platform has nine specific planks. On 9/27, Lee takes on the incumbent and another challenger, with the top two going into the November final. Join us as she explains why she should have the spot and how she intends to get it. | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Transgender Rights Battle - Sep 14,2011 | The alleged progressive Massachusetts lags many states that already have basic civil rights protections for their transgender citizens. Sure, some cities like Boston do, as does the commonwealth for its employees. As unbelievable as it may seem, plain folk do not here. Kara Suffredini, head of MassEquality, and Gunner Scott, her counterpart at the MA Transgender Political Coalition, talk to us about the current battle for a rights bill. H.502/S.764 would offer similar protections as other states have. The anti-LGBT folk are using fear campaigns to paint this as "the bathroom bill" that would encourage sexual predators. Its a big lie up against a bucket full of protections. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Spinning the Wheel - Aug 30,2011 | Gamblings call is strong in Massachusetts. The governor and likely the bulk of legislators want casinos and more. They gotten beat back before by a loose coalition of left, right, religious types and others. The casino forces are looking strong in the new effort. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Attack of the 100 Pound Woman - Aug 23,2011 | Elizabeth Warren is famous as the consumer advocate who annoyed and terrified wingers in D.C. Now shes certain to aim for a U.S. Senate seat for MA. Fill-out-the-termer Scott Brown is up for the full term next year. Plus, the Dems have announced candidates including a mayor (Setti Warren), a do-gooder biz guy (Alan Khazei), and progressive activist (Bob Massie). Well hit on the trends, on GOP bluster about being unbeatable, and how the Dem primary fight looks | 8/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Money by the Man in Charge - Aug 17,2011 | MA Treasurer Steve Grossman won election with promises of sweeping reforms in the office. Hes delivering. He joins us to talk about how hes opening up the checkbook, contracts, and accounting. His office has a bucket load of other functions, like the lottery. Hell touch on what hes done and intends to do. | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blue Goals in Red Ink - Aug 09,2011 | The GOP gave into the Tea people and the POTUS gave into the GOP. What now for progressive values and goals in the ensuing fiscal mess? Wingers who drove the debt-ceiling crisis look skyward and whistle, feigning innocense. The majority of U.S. are not likely to buy it. So, whats short-term and whats up for 2012 elections? | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Whose Fault Default? - Aug 02,2011 | Diving way down to debt depths, well ask what weve learned, whether Congress pulls U.S. from the chasm lip or not. Borrow-and-spend Republicans try to blame tax-and-spend Democrats. The nations meanwhile learns too much about the POTUS and Dems timid ways and the House GOPs abject stupidity. Well talk short-term implications to us all and 2012 ramifications. | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Murdoch of Mordor - Jul 26,2011 | Rupert Murdoch denies all blame. Yet he watches from his tower as pieces of his dark empire collapse. The hacking scandals has brought sacrifices of managers, share price drops, and queering of a huge pending media acquistion. Observers of evil are not through yet. Well discuss what this may mean in the new media world, as well as those nasty American laws like the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chance of Scattered Gay Marriage - Jul 12,2011 | Gigantic NY, yes. Tiny RI, kinda. Marriage equality simultaneously leaps or staggers ahead. The nation leans to why not? while fear mongers still rally the emotional and gullible. Well talk about what did and did not happen and what we see coming. Oh, yeah, and theres that befuddled POTUS. | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Track That Gun! - Jul 05,2011 | NRA fantasies aside, illegal handguns are the tools of murder and wounding of youth, young adults and bystanders. The widely available guns are often used in crimes in Boston. Nancy Robinson heads Citizens for Safety (a.k.a. Where Did the Gun Come From?), the coalition get guns out of the hands of criminals. Shell talk about their efforts to track straw purchases, hold dealers accountable, and tweak laws to stop these weapons from sneaking here. | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marisa Defranco and Her American Dream - Jun 28,2011 | Immigation advocate/lawyer Marisa Defranco envisions the American dream for the newest among us. For herself, the dream includes becoming U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Shes going after Sen. Scott Brown, he of the high-end barn coat and pickup he bought to cater to his daughters horse. Shell explain what shes about and how she figures to win. | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DiMasi Down...So What? - Jun 21,2011 | The third consecutive Speaker of the MA House guilty of corruption. Does this dovetail with the pledges to clean up the commonwealth? Does this validate the drumbeat of the bedraggled super-minority GOP legislators about a one-party government? Will this mollify the many minority voters rending their garments about only black pols getting accused and sent to prison? Will he serve time? | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dorcena in At-Large Council Hunt - Jun 17,2011 | William Dorcena, head of a Boston marketing firm, is pitching himself by running for an at-large City Council seat. Hes an MBA who co-founded the Boston Haitian Reporter newspaper and directed outreach for the 2004 Dem convention in town. He joins us to discuss what hell bring and how hell campaign. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ayanna Pressley on Boston's Big Issues - Jun 14,2011 | The first woman of color to sit on Bostons century old City Council, Ayanna Pressley, has not stopped since she won the seat. She develops and promotes programs and laws to protect youth, particularly girls and young women. She leads in efforts to combat violence — home, street and sexual. She looks at constituents wellbeing from housing to health to jobs. Simultaneously, she maintains her volunteer efforts. She joins us to talk about her agenda and her campaign for a second term. | 6/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Council President Back for More - Jun 09,2011 | The voter-popular Boston City Council President Steve Murphy joins us. Well talk about the newly competitive at-large races as well as his agenda. A financial expert, he has led on getting city non-profits to chip in payments in lieu of taxes. He was also an early leader in criminal-records reform. He has long billed himself as the quality-of-life Councilor. | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston's Arroyo - Collaboration Politics - Jun 07,2011 | First-term Boston Councilor Felix G. Arroyo aims to keep his at-large seat in the fall elections. He believes in collaboration politics, and working on crucial issues together. These include public education, housing, and always supporting and developing youth. He was a community organizer and strongly believes in public education. He joins us to talk about what he has accomplished, what he wants to do and how hell campaign. | 6/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston's Connolly Ready for Battle - May 24,2011 | Boston At-Large City Councilor John Connolly was top vote-getter in the last election. This time, its shaping up as a fight for the four at-large seats. Hes made his mark chairing the Education Committee in tough times, plus that expired food thing. He joins us to talk about what hes doing and how hell approach the reelection campaign. | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Flaherty Aiming for City Hall Return - May 17,2011 | Erstwhile Boston City Council President Michael Flaherty is raring for a return. After stepping back from Council to run for Mayor, he is running for one of four at-large seats again.With four incumbents and maybe another eight candidates, the popular pol really shook up the field with his announcement. | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Motley MA Updates - May 10,2011 | Well touch the sundry events and trends in Massachusetts, of which there are many. Lawmakers are looking to a milder version of reducing public unions of bargaining rights for health insurance. The past president of Bostons city council and former mayoral candidate wants his old spot back, making the at-large race exciting. Several candidates including young star mayor of Newton want Scott Browns Senate seat. Theres more. | 5/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Zombie bin Laden? - May 03,2011 | Americans being ourselves, its not at all hard to believe the myriad bizarre takes on Osama bin Ladens death. Well chat now, coming up and farther out implications for politics, diplomacy and more. Lasting Obama boost? Justification for Gitmo? Same old/same old from terrorists? Call in if you want to add something beyond swimming over his grave 718-664-6966. | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Walsh Talks MA Dems - Apr 19,2011 | Chair of the MA Democratic party joins us to talk, well, politics. With solid results in the fall election, he is looking at big races here, including the U.S. Senate as Scott Brown goes for a full term. MA was not affected by the red tide as much of the country in the last elections. Well talk strategy and goals. | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Budget Rabbit Hole - Apr 12,2011 | The temporary, long overdue, FY2011 budget is absurd. With $39 billion in mandated cuts (less than 8% of that from DoD), it solves no problems. Well hit on what happened, what didnt and what needs to. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ocean State SSM Hopes - Apr 08,2011 | R.I. is closer to approving SSM than ever, but it's still a hard battle. Ray Sullivan, Marriage Equality Rhode Island, joins us to describe the end game there. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Horace Small Talks Power - Apr 05,2011 | Union of Minority Neighborhoods Exec. Dir. Horace Small is about addressing the big problems for people of color in Boston and Massachusetts. Incarceration rates, poverty levels, graduation and more. He defines the issues and what the UMN is doing to fix them. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Musical House Seats - Mar 29,2011 | MA loses a Congressional seat following the 2010 census. We'll kick around the process and make our own conjectures. We go from 10 to 9 seats and no one seems ready to retire...voluntarily. Excitement and tension rule in the state that created Gerrymandering. | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cops of the World - Mar 22,2011 | We're in it now. For Libya, how smart and necessary was U.S. intervention. France is trigger happy, we've dithered, and Congress is carping. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Housing Champion Consalvo - Mar 15,2011 | One of the Young Turks of Boston's City Council, Rob Consalvo, dives headfirst into the huge housing problems. Head of the housing committee, he creates and drives the fights for affordable housing, foreclosure prevention, even abandoned-building blight. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Undoing SSM in NH, or Not - Mar 01,2011 | Pols in live-free-or-die NH want to rip back marriage rights from homosexual couples. Freedom? John Hosty-Grinnell joins us to talk about what has and might happen up there, as well as his and other testimony in legislative hearings. | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'scansin Scandal - Union Busting - Feb 23,2011 | Support from a shocked nation spreads rapidly. WI Gov. Walker aims to union bust and strip public employees of collective bargaining rights. In Boston as in other places, mass rallies stand up for labor. We look at a seminal battle surely watched by left and right across the country. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons and Lesions from 2010 - Feb 15,2011 | Inspired by the heads of them MA Dems and GOP, we take on the ever evolving campaign tools, miracles and blunders. Does Scott Brown make a trend? Does a statewide blue-wash do it? What are the parties learning? | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Egypt, Obama, Reagan and Foreign Policy - Feb 08,2011 | How timely that the foment in Egypt and nearby comes on Ronald Reagan's 100th. Dems tend to do domestic policy superbly and goof up or ignore overseas. Ron had disastrous fiscal and U.S. policies but clear world visions. Barack and Hillary send mixed go-but-not-now/democracy-when-convenient messages. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SSM Battles in New England - Feb 01,2011 | Rhode Island and New Hampshire are both on the brink. RI finally replaced its bigoted governor, but NH elected right wingers in the big office as well as the legislature. One looks to pass gay marriage and the other will see an effort to overturn it. We kick around what might happen and how soon. | 2/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kennedy. Brown. Massie? - Jan 25,2011 | A spark in the MA wave of bitter cold is a challenger to U.S. Sen. Scott Brown. Now activist, minister, economist Bob Massie aims to put variously Ted's seat, the people's seat, Brown's seat back in the progressive column. We don't have to muse on Brown's first year and Massie's chances. He joins us to explain why he should take the seat in 2012. | 1/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wild West v. Democracy - Jan 11,2011 | This weekend's assassination attempt on a Congresswoman with deaths of bystanders has awful implications for democracy. Wingers and others zero in on guns and mental health and toxic political rants. We'll center on what this means for pols appearing in public and for the offensive and defensive agenda of new Congress. | 1/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill - Jan 04,2011 | New year, new Congressional flavor, old problems...we'll take 'em on and talk 'em up. We'll look at the MA/DC straddler, Scott Brown, the MA rejection of anti-incumbent GOP-ism, and what a Republican House will do with a starving crop of new GOP governors while the Reps have pledged to slash spending. | 1/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DADT and Now What? - Dec 21,2010 | What does DADT repeal mean for civil rights...beyond the military. MassEquality head Kara Suffredini joins us to consider the affects. We're thinking DOMA and marriage equality and LGBT rights. | 12/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kill-a-Bill Filibuster - Dec 14,2010 | VT's Bernie Sanders showed how dilatory oratory is done. We kick around the effects of the U.S. Senate rule. | 12/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sticky Wicket WikiLeaks - Dec 07,2010 | Our take as the usual suspects kick around WikiLeaks. A furtive and reviled leaker firmly but quietly keeps at it. Treason...even if by a foreigner? Fresh air and honesty? Destructive? Overdue candor? Crime? | 12/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Dirty Massachusetts? - Nov 30,2010 | Three consecutive House speakers guilty or indicted for corruption or tax evasion...current Boston city councilor convicted...state senator convicted...now long-term sheriff kills himself facing investigation. Are these coincidences and clustered timing? | 11/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Garfield - Nov 23,2010 | Video-blogging pioneer Steve Garfield, who was inducted last year into the International Academy of Web Television, drops in on Mass Marrier host Mike Ball to examine how politicians used online video during the midterm elections—and what to expect in the 2012 presidential race. | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Grace Ross Always At the Roots - Nov 16,2010 | Always reformer, sometimes candidate, often agitator, Grace Ross can make MA pols squirm. She joins us to talk about how he targets underlying social and economic issues. | 11/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Looking at '12 - Nov 09,2010 | Sure the 2010 mid-terms were teasers for the 2012s. There's that President guy in D.C. and we here have that Scott Brown guy to elect for real or trade in for someone better. We'll talk about MA and US elections looming. | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Harsh Reality Podcast - Nov 03,2010 | It's real now, as of Nov. 2nd. We were right here and wrong there. Let's look at the results and project what it means. | 11/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Elections Updates - and Picks - Oct 19,2010 | Huge decisions here in two weeks go far behind the re-election drive of Pres. Obama's chum Deval Patrick. The major down-ballot slots of secretary, treasurer and auditor offer rare chances for big reforms. | 10/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Post Marriage-Equality Reality - Oct 12,2010 | MassEquality's new executive director details her broad and far-reaching goals. In the post-marriage equality state of MA, she explains her cradle-to-grave LGBT rights organizing and activism. | 10/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Trolleys Left and Right - Oct 05,2010 | William S. Lind joins us to discuss low-cost rail transit. Americans of all politics should look away from highways and to such systems, he contends. He is director of the American Conservative Center for Public Transportation and coauthor of Moving Minds: Conservatives and Public Transportation. | 10/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Foolish Fantasy in MA - Sep 28,2010 | MA GOP candidates have a double boost — anti-incumbent craziness, plus ballot votes to lower sales and income taxes. | 9/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wormtown Check-In - Sep 21,2010 | Mike Benedetti, activist, podcaster and blogger from Worcester, MA joins us. We talk about politics and trends in and beyond our second largest city. | 9/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Vote - How'd We Do? - Sep 15,2010 | Offices tall and not so tall were up in the primary. Dems and Republicans elbowed hard for chances in November. We saw some chances for big changes. We'll wrap up the results. | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mass Primary Preview - Sep 07,2010 | From the outside, the GOP isn't fielding much, but for MA, it's a lot. Following Sen. Scott Brown, elephants here are lusting for office, from the U.S. House to the Gov. to the three big down-ballot seats. They have shots and we'll talk 'em up and down. | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Henriquez in for 5th Suffolk - Aug 31,2010 | Carlos Tony Henriquez wants one of the toughest MA State House seats, Suffolk's 5th. He's one of four Dem (no GOP) contenders. He's picked the district's thorniest problems for his campaign — jobs, public safety, and schools. | 8/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Yes? We Can - Aug 24,2010 | MA Gov. Deval Patrick seems to foreshadow his good friend Barack Obama by two years. Going for re-election, he can unroll a scroll of accomplishments, but will that be enough in economic hardships and voter dissatisfaction? We look at him v. his three (really one) challengers. | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Elections, Down-Ticket and More - Aug 17,2010 | Far more than the governor are in play this year. Three vigorously fought undercards (treasurer, secretary and auditor) plus many senate races could shake the state...or gel the same old. | 8/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston's O'Malley Aims To Be Next Visionary - Aug 10,2010 | The activist, visionary slot opens this month as Boston Councilor John Tobin steps down. Matt O'Malley would be the new (improved?) version. He comes on to tell us how he expects to win the special election and what he sees for Boston politics | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Council Prez on Bikes, Budgets and Beyond - Aug 03,2010 | Michael Ross, president of Boston City Council, joins us. We'll certainly talk about cycling, one of his passions too. They've just completed a bruising budget process. We look past and forward. | 8/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Biking on Brink - Jul 27,2010 | Founder of the Boston Cyclists Union Peter Stidman talks what works, what need fixing, and even how to get drivers, police and judges tuned into cycling. | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mac d'Alessandro Tack - Jul 20,2010 | It's the progressive against the socially conservative in MA's 9th District. Mac d'Alessandro joins us to detail differences between him and Rep. Steve Lynch...and how he expects to win the September primary. | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Tobin: Former Boston City Councilor. Future Mayor? - Jul 13,2010 | Boston City Council star John Tobin suddenly quit to take a high visibility jog at Northeastern U. He joins us. He's long wanted to be mayor, he's the most innovative and prolific councilor, and runs exhausting weeks. As many scramble to run for his job, what's it all mean for Boston, the council, innovation out of city hall, and his own political future? | 7/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eh, America? - Jul 06,2010 | The usual suspects here reflect on their loves and lesser sentiments of our sprawling, sometimes troubled nation. We represent three generations and have a thing or ten to say. | 7/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gay Marriage Under the Gavel - Jun 22,2010 | Despite "Please don't" from LGBT groups, couples put same-sex marriage in the federal courts. The trial finished in CA and we await the judge's rule. What it necessary, smart or stupid? What will it mean? | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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40B or Not 40B - Jun 15,2010 | In MA, a drive is on to overturn 40B affordable-housing rules and procedures. Lowell's City Manager Bernie Lynch comes on to discuss 40B's effects and future. | 6/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Political Derby - Jun 08,2010 | The Sept. primary and Nov general are more competitive than in half a century in MA. The cowardly lions, er elephants, field candidates for statewide and congressional spots they long ceded to Dems. Voters will have to pay attention this time. | 6/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Great Wide Hype in MA - May 25,2010 | GOP contender for MA Gov. Charlie Baker pulls a Wizard of Oz pay-no-attention act. He ignores his Big Dig and huge health-care past and has "innovative" interpretations of recent history. | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polito Goes for Treasurer - May 19,2010 | MA Rep. Karyn Polito wants to return the treasurer to the GOP column. She portrays herself as a fiscal conservative, opposing Dem candidates' calls for a more activist money master. Listen in as she describes her qualifications and intentions. | 5/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Treasurer Candidate Murphy - May 11,2010 | Steve Murphy wants to be MA treasurer. The Dem Boston City Councilor for 13 years tells us why he should handle our money. | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Treasurer Candidate Grossman Podcast - May 04,2010 | Former head of the nation's Democrats, Steve Grossman joins us to discuss his very activist view of MA treasurer. We'll go far beyond lottery and talk jobs, economic development, financial regulation and more. | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Money Not So Funny in MA - Apr 27,2010 | Budget season on Beacon Hill and we are still slogging in recession...and demands. Plus, like most states, we burned through federal stimulus funds. What can and can't we afford when we need jobs and economic development? | 4/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Niki Tsongas on Issues and Re-Election - Apr 24,2010 | MA 5th District Congresswoman Niki Tsongas updates us on the issues coming up, as well as the many challengers for her seat in the fall. The GOP is gunning for our Dem pols, including her. | 4/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Henderson Goes for Sec'y of MA - Apr 13,2010 | Jim Henderson joins us to talk about his vision for the office of Secretary of the Commonwealth. He's pushing for more offices, more openness, more access across the board. | 4/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deval in Battle Dress - Apr 06,2010 | Progressive MA Gov. Deval Patrick rides to re-election war starting this weekend. Terrible economy, out-of-sync legislature, two GOP contenders drooling for power. What's his odds...and what will this mean for Obama in 2012? | 4/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slots, Seriously? - Mar 30,2010 | Kathleen Conley Norbut, head of United to Stop Slots in MA and Kelly Marcimo, board member of the MA League of Women Voters on upcoming casino and slots debate. Plus the newest flawed "projections" report done by UMASS Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis." | 3/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Representative Lida Harkins for State Senate - Mar 23,2010 | Rep. Lida Harkins is running for Scott Brown's old State Senate seat in the Democratic Party. She'll be with us for the show, talking about why she thinks she's the best choice for the seat. Should be a good show -- so check it out. | 3/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mass Health for the Masses? - Mar 16,2010 | We have rudimentary universal health care - benefits and flaws - in MA. This appears to be the week Barack, Nancy, Harry and the Dem gang makes the start for all in the U.S....or not. | 3/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Progressive Dem in Senator Brown's Old Seat? - Mar 09,2010 | Candidate Peter Smulowitz is Democrat running to fill Senator Brown's old state senate seat. An MD with many progressive stances on the issues, Smulowitz will explain to us why he thinks he should and will win election. | 3/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Duke Takes the T - Mar 02,2010 | Former MA Gov. Michael Dukakis talks transit. A strong advocate for public transportation, he not only rides the MBTA but advocates for it. We talk about how to get more of us from here to there quickly, safely and affordably. | 3/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Lt. Gov. Drives the Trains - Feb 23,2010 | Lt. Gov. Tim Murray campaigned and has delivered on improving transportation in MA. He'll talk his vision and how it is shaping up in legislation, funding and results. Passenger and freight rail are key to growth. | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Political Parties' Fabulous Fantasies - Feb 09,2010 | Palin was posturing, pounding the Prez for the fantasy of hope in not reversing the financial meltdown and 8 years of Bushy failure in one year. Yet, her and the GOP's fantasies of guns-and-butter, victory over terrorists and all enemies, and an endless economic growth spiral resonate with a needy and fearful America. | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deval Touches All - Feb 02,2010 | We'll have a wide-ranging discussion with MA Gov. Deval Patrick. He'll tell us what he sees as the problems, perils and potential here. While he's a bit ahead of his friend Barack Obama in time, they face many similar challenges. We talk funding, progressive goals in his sites and of course politics. | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gentler Food - Jan 26,2010 | The head of Chefs Collaborative joins us to speak to sustainable local food efforts. Exec. Dir. Melissa Kogut talks about how chefs are working and educating toward sustainable food. | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Hardy the Party? - Jan 20,2010 | The huge impact of the MA vote for the U.S. Senate seat affects health-care and more largely party balance. MA Dem head John Walsh joins us to discuss that race and what to expect in mid-term elections. | 1/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fortress America - Jan 12,2010 | Patting down everyone, full-body scanners, hand searching all carry-ons. Common sense safety? Paranoia? Waste? Daring the terrorist? Everyone from our President to the underpaid airport screener is claiming to keep us all safe. | 1/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Revenues for 2010 and Beyond - Jan 05,2010 | Despite the slight economic turnaround, the state's number situation is not getting better. How do we fix that? | 1/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2010 and Beyond - Dec 29,2009 | LeftAhead's New Year special, where we look in the year in review and discuss what we think we can look forward to next year. | 12/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Miniaturized Health Reform - Dec 22,2009 | The limping Obama-care bill is about to crawl across the finish line. The splendid progressive promises and battle cries fade to whispers. | 12/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forever and A Day...in Office - Dec 15,2009 | Term limits for mayor are within a vote of passing in Boston. Next would come limits on city councilors. That's never been the way we work around here. | 12/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Envelope Please - Dec 09,2009 | The new U.S. Senator from MA carries a terrific burden. Spoiled by 47 years of courage and vision, we unfairly expect more of the same. We look at the primary results, in which the Dem winner is the shoo-in for the January final. What's reasonable? | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Time to Pick the Senator - Dec 01,2009 | In one week, MA voters pick primary candidates to fill Ted Kennedy's seat. Effectively, the Dem winner will be the new U.S. Senator. As endorsements fly and a bit of mud lands, four lefties stake claim to be the next liberal lion. | 12/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Struggles in MA and US - Nov 24,2009 | Congress remains huge in Massachusetts and D.C. We head to a primary to replace Sen. Ted Kennedy. In Congress, the fragile moderate reform of health-care gasps to live. | 11/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Your Own Transportation Future - Nov 17,2009 | Multi-modal transportation can happen...if we make it happen. Former MA Secretary of Transportation James Aloisi talks with us about what we need to do to get sensible bike, pedestrian and rail in place. | 11/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kennedy Seat or 30 Days on the Edge - Nov 10,2009 | 4 Dems jostle for Ted Kennedy's Senate chair. With a month to go before the primary, they have many ways to fall and few to climb. Front runner Coakley finally took a position and may have crippled herself. | 11/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boss of Boston - Nov 04,2009 | Nov. 3rd was big doings in Beantown. The hardest contest of Boston's longest-serving mayor was decided. Four at-large city-council seats were up for grabs too. We'll talk results and surely touch on the casinos bill in the State House. | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Punditry Aplenty - Oct 29,2009 | In a special double this week, we bring on the blogger behind The Chimes at Midnight for some political banter and punditry. We'll surely hit the U.S. Senate race here and more with John Galligan and the usual suspects. | 10/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Connolly on Boston Schools - Oct 27,2009 | The chair of the Boston City Council's education committee tells us what's right and wrong about Boston public schools. John Connolly has been through and has kids in the system as well. He works the big picture and details. | 10/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Capuano Ready for the Senate - Oct 22,2009 | U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano aims to move to the Senate in the special election for the late Ted Kennedy's seat. He's running on his progressive positions and voting, walking on Ted's path, as he puts it. | 10/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pressley Makes Her Case - Oct 15,2009 | Ayanna Pressley wants to leap from Sen. Kerry's staff to Boston City Council. She finished high in the preliminary but faces a fight for one of the four seats. She tells why she's the one. | 10/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Obama Promises - Oct 13,2009 | Barack Obama's campaign promises covered a lot of progressive reforms. Think overturning DOMA and don't-ask-don't-tell. What do his weekend iterated promises to the HRC really mean? | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Several Butts One Chair - Oct 06,2009 | In the widest open Boston City Council race in decades, one seat is hotly contested. Andrew Kenneally explains why he's not just another Irish-American pol and why he's the the right choice. | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Mayor Fights Tag Team - Sep 29,2009 | Former rivals in the challenge to Boston's mayor join to run against him in November. Michael Flaherty and Sam Yoon, winner and loser, in the prelim, figure the one shot to upseat the popular Tom Menino is a tag team. | 9/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Big Filter in Massachusetts - Sep 24,2009 | Preliminary races Tuesday are huge this time. In Boston and elsewhere, who gets to the general in November will set the tone for years to come. Plus, we'll catch up on the fight for Ted Kennedy's seat. | 9/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coveting Ted's Chair - Sep 15,2009 | Rich political noob, Boston scandal connection, Presidential intervention, winger candidates and even a Celtics link...the hunt for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat gets stranger and more intense daily. | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Musical Kennedy Senate Seat - Sep 08,2009 | The current and next generations of Kennedy are out, as is the former GOP lieutenant governor. Suddenly, the scramble to become the next Ted Kennedy is boisterous and crowded. | 9/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ted 2.0 - Joe? Vicki? - Sep 01,2009 | A good way to deal with Ted Kennedy's death may be surmising on his replacement. Nephew Joe and widow Victoria are getting prods to keep the progressive Senator's seat in the family. The MA legislature takes up Ted's request for the governor to appoint someone. It's all high and low politics together. | 9/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Debates: Chicken or Sage - Aug 25,2009 | This election and last, Boston Mayor challengers call his chicken and worse. Whether he's smart or cowardly, would the public even pay attention to lengthy issues talk? Plus, we check in on Ted Kennedy's bid to streamline replacing him in the Senate. | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Another Boston Miracle? - Aug 20,2009 | A decade ago, youth-on-youth violent crime plunged in a coordinated effort of clergy, police and others. The TenPoint Coalition that led the Boston Miracle is trying to reprise that. The new executive director, Rev. Jeffrey Brown, joins us to explain his goals and methods. | 8/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polling Governor Deval - Aug 18,2009 | We at Left Ahead poll our feelings on Governor Patrick, his job approval numbers, work with the budget and reform credentials. Are his low poll numbers justified? Or has he done a reasonably good job, just marred by a bad economy and bad PR? | 8/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Buds of a Feather - Aug 11,2009 | Prez. Obama and MA Gov. Patrick are decreasingly popular superstars. They share much — charisma, personal style, management techniques, high expectations, a fetish for compromising. What's right and wrong? | 8/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gateway Cities - Aug 04,2009 | A discussion with Ben Forman of MassINC on "gateway cities" and economic development in MA. | 8/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elbows Flying for Boston City Council - Jul 21,2009 | On top of a contentious mayoral race, Boston's city council faces an unusual scrum. For at large, 15 want one of 4 seats, including two incumbents. So far candidates are playing coy with platforms. | 7/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Here to There - MA(ss) Transit - Jul 14,2009 | Regional New England high-speed rail? In the works, according to the governors...and with federal money coming. MBTA subway and rail crushed under state imposed debt? Yup, but the crisis has to force big changes there. | 7/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Staggering Elephants - Jul 07,2009 | After a long spell of local city and state pols, the usual three suspects will rant and giggle about Republicans at the foot of the on-ramp to the 2012 elections. (An unspecified quitting governor is up first.) | 7/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keeping News Gathering Alive - Jun 30,2009 | Martin Langeveld of CircLabs describes his group's plan to find ways to gather and distribute news after newspapers. They are closing in on a beta for a system to give readers what they demand and still provide news companies with some cash. | 6/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Mayor Wants 4 More - Jun 23,2009 | Boston's longest serving mayor, Tom Menino, tells us what he wants to do with another four years. He has a gang of hungry challengers this time. | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Dem Chairman Walking the Talk - Jun 16,2009 | John Walsh, chair of the Mass. Democratic Party, talks futures. Following the issues convention, he talks to us about what's next, particularly community organizing. The walk, the talk, and all that. | 6/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Mayor Race: Kevin McCrea - Jun 09,2009 | Thorn in the sides of Boston's Mayor and Council, businessman and activist Kevin McCrea will be on the ballot for the top spot. He calls for thorough reform from open meetings to full accountability for office. He'll tell us how he expects to win and what his first 100 days will bring. | 6/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MA Dem Platform Analysis - Jun 04,2009 | Sabutai, blogger and party activist, us understand was the Mass. Democratic Party will be doing. On the eve of this weekend's convention, there's a lot to decide. | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Mayor Race: Michael Flaherty - Jun 02,2009 | Billing himself as the kitchen-table candidate for Mayor of Boston, City Councilor Michael Flaherty is taking on longest-serving incumbent Thomas Menino. He'll tell us why he thinks he can do better and bring the citizen's concerns to bear. | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Mayor Race: Sam Yoon - May 26,2009 | The progressive Asian-American on Boston's City Council is gunning for the long-term mayor. Sam Yoon joins us to say what's still wrong after 16 years of the same mayor. He has specific solutions. | 5/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gadfly on Beacon Hill - May 19,2009 | The very reform minded MA Rep. Jen Benson intends to hold the governor and legislature to their promises of fiscal responsibility. She'll tell us what reforms can right our ship of state. | 5/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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May Showers Bring June Pols - May 05,2009 | Cool weather brings hot times in Massachusetts. Likely a dozen will try to unseat Boston's mayor, going for a record fifth term. Our BlogLeft group will present the gamut of blogging and online politics to delegates at the state Dem convention. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ex-Gay Road Show HIts Boston - Apr 29,2009 | Infamous ex-gay re-education sorts take their training road show to Boston. Two of us will be at the protest by LGBT groups. We discuss what Exodus International is about and why they'd come to Sodom on the Charles to indoctrinate clerics. | 4/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Progressive Flurry and Fury - Apr 21,2009 | A lot's happening in lefty Massachusetts. Our BlogLeft coalition is presenting sessions at the Dem convention. There's a rally against ex-gay training in Boston. The fifth anniversary of the nation's first gay marriages will get a crowd and a cake. There's more. | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GLBT Activist Says Own Your Attitude - Apr 14,2009 | John Hosty-Grinnell joins us to call for anti-gay and anti-marriage equality people to own up to their radical right positions. The left and middle give them too much of a free ride instead of calling them out, he says. | 4/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Predatory Gambling - Apr 07,2009 | Les Bernal, Executive Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, joins us to talk about why slot machines are particularly addictive and why they make bad policy. | 4/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New England Stumbling To Gay Marriage - Mar 31,2009 | Progressives may well see that 6 by 12, all New England states legalizing same-sex marriage in the next three years. New Hampshire and Vermont are on the edge of joining Massachusetts and Connecticut. Mainers are talking. Rhode Island waits. | 3/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sal's Aide Aaron Michlewitz Ready to Move Up - Mar 24,2009 | Aaron Michlewitz, constituent services head for just retired House Speaker and Rep. Sal DiMasi, is well know in the 3rd Suffolk. He's helped a lot of people. We'll ask him, among other things, whether that's key to victory in a crowded field. | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seating Sal's Seat: Candidate Ryan Higginson - Mar 17,2009 | Candidate for State Representative, Ryan Higginson, is on today to talk about the race to fill Sal DiMasi's former seat. We'll talk about his record, his goals if elected and who knows what else. | 3/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Filling Sal's Seat: Candidate Susan Passoni - Mar 10,2009 | We chat today with candidate Susan Passoni, vying for the 3rd Suffolk Seat, formerly held by the Speaker of the House, Sal DiMasi. | 3/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Into the Jaws of Death - Mar 03,2009 | 15 lesbian and gay Mass. residents who legally wed take the fight to the feds. They file a suit claiming DOMA restrictions openly discriminate. This has been a highly electrified third rail of equality. Is it time for resolution? | 3/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bay State Escape - Feb 24,2009 | Some fed bailout funds will head to Massachusetts and the governor is looking at taxes for more cash flow. We already needed investment to bring us out of last decade's high-tech bust. We'll look at how all this plays under new rules. | 2/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lots of Gas - Feb 10,2009 | The Governor's proposed a 27 cent gas tax. Good idea? Bad idea? Lynne and Ryan explore it, along with several other recent issues. | 2/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston Busybody - Feb 03,2009 | Renown hyperlocal site Universal Hub is a must read in Boston. Founder Adam Gaffin joins us to talk about what he puts into it and gets out of it. | 2/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pol Blood in Boston - Jan 27,2009 | On the Hill, the speaker claims he's leaving a winner. A few hundred yards down in city hall, the longest serving mayor has dogs at his heels. | 1/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Obama: He Words Us - Jan 21,2009 | We're all chewing on, digesting and re-tasting the words of the past few days. We provide our take on President Obama's speeches, the prayers of Robinson, Warren and Lowery...and more. | 1/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ethics 1.1 in Massachusetts - Jan 13,2009 | Ethical clouds darken the Massachusetts skies and ethical clowns inspire reform. A panic-level task force raced major proposals to the legislature. Is it foxes and the hen house? | 1/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Massachusetts Pot Play - Jan 06,2009 | A new year means new marijuana laws in Massachusetts. Simple possession moved from criminal to civil charges. DAs are crying foul. The AG is rending her dress. City councils are plotting their own local rules. | 1/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daily Rags, the Web and Bucks - Dec 30,2008 | Newspapers have stumbled and staggered for the past two decades. Many have combined or folded. Free news and views on the net are the obvious villains. Why do some flourish? | 12/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boston in the Saddle - Dec 17,2008 | Nicole Freedman is Boston's bicycle champion several ways. She was national champ a couple of times. Now the mayor caught bike flu and made her city cycling czar. She started from nothing and is getting locals on two wheels. | 12/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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President-elect. So what? - Dec 09,2008 | Barack Obama has no power — on paper. Yet the nation and world weigh his words and look unrelentingly at him. There has never been a President-elect like this. What does it mean now and until he is sworn in? | 12/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Greasing Progressive Tracks - Dec 02,2008 | Judy Meredith, founder of ONE Massachusetts, works with her network for progressive causes. She talks about her broad coalition's aims of people, organizations and government to stop complaining and make life better. | 12/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lots Undecided on Same-Sex Marriage - Nov 18,2008 | Anti-SSM folk are still crowing over Prop. 8, but they admit to worries. Will Obama really dismantle DOMA? Will he appoint SCOTUS judges who bend toward justice (thanks Theodore Parker)? What's in the works for post-Bush GLBT rights? | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mass. GOP, Endangered Species? - Nov 11,2008 | Massachusetts Republicans feel stranded in a Democratic desert. Yet 50% of voters are not enrolled in any party and of the other half, 36% are in the GOP. The local party often doesn't field candidates and when it does, it frequently loses. Are the DINOs here the real second party? What's a Republican to do? | 11/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blowing Hard on the Vote - Nov 05,2008 | The three progressives at Left Ahead! look at both national and Massachusetts key votes. We have John Kerry and the infamous Wilkerson against Chang-Diaz as well as the big one. Plus we have three contentious ballot initiatives here and the marriage one in California. | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Netroots Still Growing - Oct 21,2008 | Raven Brooks, Netroots Nation executive director, tells us what's up next. YearlyKos, bloggers, citizen journalists have keyed the growing power of progressives. They aren't through. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Other Candidate in Boston - Oct 14,2008 | No Republican is on the ballot for Massachusetts Second Suffolk Senate. The Dem winner faces a sore loser running a sticker campaign, plus a Socialist Worker candidate. William T. Leonard details his platform and what he wants to accomplish. | 10/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Looking for Budget Liposuction - Oct 07,2008 | For the second go in six years, Carla Howell and her small-government troops have a ballot vote on eliminating personal income taxes in Massachusetts. She explains how the state can get by with 39% less tax income, and why it must. | 10/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Income Tax on Mass. Chopping Block - Sep 30,2008 | The top ballot question for Massachusetts voters in November will be whether to keep or drop personal income taxes. Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, says this is not the time to stop these. He tells why. | 9/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dogs, Duties and Drugs - Sep 23,2008 | Mass. voters have three ballot questions -- Outlaw dog racing? Drop an ounce of pot possession to a civil penalty? Eliminate state personal income taxes by 2010? | 9/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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They Have Been Chosen - Sep 17,2008 | Massachusetts had key primaries on 9/16 -- some pitting progressives against other. John Kerry faced his first Dem challenger in decades. Boston saw old v. new fights. | 9/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Giant Killer? - Sep 10,2008 | U.S. Senate institution John Kerry has a serious Democratic challenger this time. Lawyer Ed O'Reilly tells why Kerry needs to go. | 9/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chimes at Noon - Sep 09,2008 | In our occasional series of blogger guests, we bring on John Lynch, a.k.a. Humble Elias. He the the witty and sometimes vitriolic blogger behind Chimes at Midnight. | 9/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Something Old, Something New -- Candidates - Sep 02,2008 | Barack brings in the pro to run with, while the old guy turns the jack-in-the-box handle. Up pops a young WOMAN with no qualifications. Lynne, Ryan and Mike talk it out. | 9/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ryan Does Denver, Etc. - Aug 26,2008 | Ryan went to Denver for a few days and is back now - he'll talk his experiences and the craziness going on there. We'll also tackle some of the local issues going on, because where else would anyone hear it? | 8/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mass Towns Face Stark Rep. Choice - Aug 19,2008 | In a diagnostic for an urban/suburban MA district, four Rep. would be candidates scramble for a sudden spot. Timing makes this a sticker race with four (progressive, union-centered, conservative and Clinton admin alum). The Dem town committee head explains the race and the progressive, Jon Hecht, makes his pitch. | 8/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sen. Wilkerson Mixes It Up - Aug 12,2008 | Second Suffolk MA Sen. Dianne Wilkerson just settled her legal issues and is going head to head with another progressive for a key district. She tells us why voters should stick with her. Or would have -- she postponed just before, but we'll discuss all. | 8/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Let's Chat: State Rep. Candidate Jim Caralis - Aug 05,2008 | 35th Middlesex challenger Jim Caralis joins us to explain why it's time for a change and to differentiate himself from the incumbent and other Dem. challenger. | 8/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Let's Chat: State Rep. Candidate Pat McCabe - Aug 03,2008 | The LeftAhead regulars are inviting Massachusetts State Rep candidate Pat McCabe (D) on to chat about his race and the issues. | 8/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Trans Rights Up Front - Jul 29,2008 | Gunner Scott, director of the Mass Transgender Political Coalition, talks about House Bill 1722 to add legal protections and the larger issues transgender people. | 7/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Death by Casino - Jul 22,2008 | Vocal and highly informed casino opponent Mary Tufts joins us. She's on the board of CasinoFacts and comes armed with figures and facts from considerable research. For Massachusetts, she and her group position themselves as myth busters. | 7/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wheels Round and Round - Jul 16,2008 | From one of the few East Coast bike havens, Cara Seiderman and Ken Field represent Cambridge, Mass., government and citizens' views. We cover alternate transit, cycling safety, ped/bike/motor co-existence and how their town makes it work. | 7/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ending Greyhound Racing - Jul 08,2008 | Guest Christine Dorchak wants an immediate end to greyhound racing in Massachusetts and the nation. She heads a state and a national organization dedicated to that. She almost got a ban here in 2000. She'll sharpen your reasoning and pluck your heartstrings. | 7/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digging the Roots - Jul 01,2008 | Ryan and Lynne are into expanding the influence of Netroots activities based in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, both here and with the national Dems, we haven't see the outreach that proved so useful in Obama's initial campaign. | 7/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mass(achusetts) Education - Jun 24,2008 | The struggling governor announces a very solid public ed program. Can he get it passed and funded? | 6/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Senators Mix It Up - Jun 17,2008 | McCain stumbles badly and the debates aren't even in the works. He and Obama see women voters and Barack seems to be winning. The GOP smells of the failures of Bush. Is this really going to be close? | 6/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Massa-choosing - Jun 10,2008 | Big doings in Lowell at the state Dem convention. Sen. Kerry tries to stifle a competitor. Plus, wary and even angry Presidential delegates parry and plan. | 6/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Democratic Sutures - Jun 03,2008 | Hillary and some of her supporters look like they've been sucking lemons. How many will pout out November? Can progressives and lefties focus enough to mangle McCain? | 6/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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California Screaming - May 27,2008 | The left coast has (maybe and looming) marriage equality. Can it hold? Will this inspire them to alter the worst-in-the-nation ballot initiative process? | 5/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Races Narrow and Broad - May 20,2008 | Massachusetts has both national and state seats in play this November. Two Republicans are gunning for Sen. Kerry, for one. Plus, can Obama appeal to rural voters? | 5/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Show Time for Progressives - May 13,2008 | Finally, it seems to be the main event — McCain vs. Obama. The choice could hardly be clearer. Yet Americans have never embraced change vigorously. What's our path to victory? | 5/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Do We Ignore Torture - May 06,2008 | Ex-black site interrogator Eric Fair spoke of why he tortured, why he stopped, and what we should do about it. He analyze his case, the role of psychologists...and of the Administration. | 5/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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News and Noise - Apr 29,2008 | Newspapers have gone from essential to the informed to also-read sources. Yet, they can't seem to die. We'll hit on cable, free commuter rags, blogs, net news and more. | 4/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lefties Off the Dime and Hillary Spiral - Apr 22,2008 | We're looking at a Massachusetts netroots make-it-happen drive. We'll also be talking Hillary's (fat) chance. | 4/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Out with the old (senator)? - Apr 15,2008 | Newcomer Sonia Chang-Diaz came damned close two years ago to ousting trouble-plagued long-term state Senator Dianne Wilkerson. In a left-leaning district with big racial, cultural and class blocs, what's her plan in this run? | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Okay, Deval, Make It Work - Apr 08,2008 | Obstructions have limited our governor's first year. He gave our Lynne Lupien a big chunk of time to say where we're going and how we can get there. | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Same-Sex Marriage, New England Style - Apr 01,2008 | New England is the thumb in the nation's right eye, with four of six states already permitting same-sex marriage or civil unions. Why and what's next? | 4/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Now Round Sal? - Mar 25,2008 | Lawmakers say no to casinos, which was well down the list of funding sources. Will they finally face taxes raises or produce something, anything, to fund the state's needs? | 3/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blob of Bloggers in Lowell - Mar 11,2008 | We'll start with the 4/19 Blog Left gathering in Lowell. There shall be discussions, laughter, beer, networking and lots of mutual self-help. | 3/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Questionable Casinos - Mar 04,2008 | Even those of us who support our governor's programs are having a hard time with his casino = balanced budget claims. | 3/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bumbling Toward Casinos - Feb 26,2008 | An non-funding legislature, a budget predicated on non-existent gaming money, a dodgy House speaker, and a questionable feasibility study. In Massachusetts, it's roll the dice time. | 2/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Attack of the Blogs - Feb 19,2008 | What can, should and will blogs and other online blowhards and activists have on elections and other big issues? | 2/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eying Hillary v. Barack - Feb 12,2008 | Obama's pitch for bipartisanship riles some voters, while others claim Hillary is divisive and would be an ineffective president. We weigh the possible critical flaws of both Democratic leaders | 2/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Super Prove Day - Feb 05,2008 | No more hiding for American voters. With 52% or Dem delegates (and 41% of GOP ones) fixed today, what will the results say of race, gender, and willingness to change? | 2/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Florida, Kennedys...Now It Gets Interesting - Jan 29,2008 | We ruminate on today's primary and next week's biggy, endorsements, and the culling of the herd. | 1/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Courts — Bystanders or Big Shots - Jan 22,2008 | The big guy at Mass. Lawyers Weekly, David Yas, joins us to cover the role of courts in framing progressive laws and much more. | 1/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mitt and the Abyss - Jan 15,2008 | Michigan voters may kick Romney into the canyon today. Massachusetts faces a double shock to fix sorry schools -- a tax bump and a new education overlord. | 1/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Also-Ran Bucket - Jan 08,2008 | New Hampshire's primary is unusually predictive this go-round. Mitt, Hill and Jim could well disappear into the voter vortex. We hope to cajole a guest who just visited for the show to join us. | 1/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Prez: Fearless Forecasts - Jan 02,2008 | Some progressive sorts run the pending Iowa and New Hampshire votes for Presidential candidates through their political sausage machines. We call 'em for both parties. | 1/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Parents' Rights and Wrongs - Dec 18,2007 | A key segment of the parental-rights movement to rewrite the rules. From child-protection regs to school curricula, they're on the case. Plus, Ryan calls in from the State House to tell us about the budget hearing on casinos. | 12/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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He'll Be Your Huckabee - Dec 11,2007 | Another Presidential hopeful from Hope (AR), Mike Huckabee has crawled from the pulpit to the statehouse and suddenly is in the top-three list for winger voters. What's he about? | 12/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Term Limits for Boston Pols - Dec 04,2007 | City Councilor John Tobin lights the fireworks. He proposes term limits for both Mayor and Councilors. What's to gain, what's to lose and can he get people to sunset themselves? | 12/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gambling with Our Future - Nov 27,2007 | Laura Everett, spokesperson for CasinoFreeMass, joins us. | 11/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School for Progressive Politics - Nov 20,2007 | Ryan covers his Campaign Manager Training. We hit Boston Councilor John Tobin's term limits revival. | 11/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sorting Sundries - Nov 14,2007 | Report on casino forum in Massachusetts, fallout from the Laramie Project, and Lowell's big elections. | 11/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Big Ideas On Hold - Nov 06,2007 | Gov. Deval Patrick is coming up on a year in office. He came in with a great record of achieving large. Can he get the legislature to work together and with him? | 11/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Things Boston - Oct 30,2007 | The Team Unity is at risk in this off year with only the City Council in the election. The old war horse mayor is doing his best frisky colt policy maker act. Oh, yeah, and the Sox fans may finally have stopped whining. | 10/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Free Speech and Bullies - Oct 23,2007 | In Worcester, the limits of free speech following the Hurley decisions look grim. Mike Benedetti from Pie and Coffee, and WCCA-TV went to the trial and joins us. Plus, there are new casino wrinkles and proposals. | 10/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5th CD Vote and ENDA - Oct 16,2007 | Niki and Ogo watch the vote counts in one of Mass's most conservative districts. Plus follow-up on ENDA and more. | 10/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ENDA Conundrum - Oct 09,2007 | The Employment Non-Discrimination Act has shattered the GLBT and progressive groups into factions. Argument and emotions are high. We bring on civil-rights activist Laurel to kick it around. | 10/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5th CD Updates and Progressive Opportunites - Oct 02,2007 | With a surprise tight score for the 5th Congressional District, both sides are scrambling. The casino forces are jockeying, polling, and predicting. | 10/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lock 'em Up - Sep 25,2007 | Start of penal and rehabilitation examination. We bring on the executive director of Partakers. | 9/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Casino Battles Loom - Sep 18,2007 | Gov. Patrick's call for three casino zones promises a fall of wrangling, even from legislators who have stopped every other revenue plan he proposed. | 9/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Election Season - Sep 11,2007 | The 5th CD primary brings a likely new U.S. Rep for Mass. Eyes turn to 2008, locally and nationally/ | 9/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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After the Cheers - Sep 04,2007 | MassEquality's Marc Solomon discusses what's undone and what's next in struggles for rights here and beyond. | 9/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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U.S. Rep Juggernaut? - Aug 30,2007 | The 5th CD primary is next week, guest Dick Howe joins. | 8/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Whose Ox? - Aug 21,2007 | We consider the perks and porks in the newish form of the legislature | 8/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Still Taking Names - Aug 14,2007 | We bring on Know Thy Neighbor's Tom Lang, kick around the Logo SSM comments, and ask what's next for GLBT rights here. | 8/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toxins in the Statutes - Aug 07,2007 | Yes, we have silly laws, but some harm individuals and liberty for us all | 8/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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You Betcha, Voters - Jul 31,2007 | Casinos may be coming to Masschusetts -- salvation or something else? | 7/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bad Laws and Stupid Laws - Jul 24,2007 | Massachusetts is not immune from keeping anti-progressive and downright regressive laws. | 7/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Just How Progressive? - Jul 17,2007 | With a herd of DINOs about, how much change can a new governor with a strong mandate get in leading us Left Ahead! | 7/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Possible and the Ideal - Jul 10,2007 | After decades of neglect, we have laws to overturn and pass, and bridges and people alike to protect. | 7/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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And Then What? - Jul 03,2007 | Without the distraction of a marriage-equality fight, the governor and legislature have big problems to solve with small dollars. What can and should they do? Plus, Scooter and the I word. | 7/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hunger for Congress - Jun 27,2007 | Special elections abound this year in Massachusetts, including at the Congressional level. Jamie Eldridge is after Marty Meehan's seat and talks with us about how he sees the 5th CD race and what he wants to do. | 6/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Love & Liberty in Massachusetts - Jun 20,2007 | How the legislature affirmed same-sex marriage, beating back the bigots and bishops. Now, the work that must follow. | 6/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faint Hearts/Stout Hearts - Jun 12,2007 | THE vote on marriage equality may happen this week. Can the gutsy newbie governor make up for timid legislative leaders? | 6/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DINOs and Diehards - Jun 05,2007 | Special elections are tweaking the legislature where Democrats differ widely | 6/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Great Divide - May 29,2007 | sco from .08 Acres joins us as the 5th CD candidates drop the me-to and differentiate themselves on key issues. | 5/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Health Mass '05 - May 22,2007 | Catch up with MA-05, hear us dispel the confusion on health care, and other Bay State musings | 5/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Battles Back on Beacon Hill - May 08,2007 | With guest, Bay Window's Susan Ryan-Vollmaer. The CocCon comes and the budget war continues. Whose ox will be gored. | 5/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Musical Chairs - May 01,2007 | Dick Howe joins us to analyze the players in the race for U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan's seat. Patrick and DiMasi still head to head. Plus special elections. | 5/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bubbling Cauldron - Apr 24,2007 | The special state rep for Worcester will be settled. We'll look at the state and U.S. elections. | 4/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Big Cheese - Apr 17,2007 | Our House Speaker and Governor cannot not avoid a huge budget fight. Will the people suffer? Also, we'll have the latest on the 5th CD shakeout. | 4/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Special Elections Here, There, Everwhere - Apr 10,2007 | The race for Marty Meehan's seat, other special elections, and coverage of old media/new media | 4/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hot Months of Spring - Apr 03,2007 | Local and state special elections and this year's ConCon | 4/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jumping in with Six Feet - Mar 27,2007 | Three Massachusetts progressive bloggers start their commentary on big changes in the commonwealth. | 3/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 248 Episodes |
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