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Podcast Description
Reality Check covers a variety of topics from human rights to science and religion, from a progressive and skeptical viewpoint. From the death penalty and the failed 'war on drugs,' to health care, women's rights, gay rights, taxes, class warfare, the separation of church and state and more, we provide a weekly dose of reality to cut through all of the inanity of the corporate...
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A Moment of Clarity with Lee Camp | Lee Camp offers up some clarity; Pivot gives us a Reality Check; the NDAA will have it's day in court; the war on women continues; and one pastor offers his solution for what to do with gay children. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Step Forward for Gay Rights | Obama becomes the first sitting president to openly support same sex marriage; breastfeeding on the cover of TIME Magazine? shocking! and what can we do to fix the government? Also: 'Best of' replays of our interviews with Ken Schneck of "This Show is So Gay" and David Feldman of "The David Feldman Show." | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Work | Does Ann Romney understand the struggles of the average woman? Why do women support the Catholic church while it repremands nuns for caring too much about social justice? Why won't the Catholic church let Dominic Sheahan-Stahl speak at a high school graduation? | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Then and NOW" and Gun Control | Guest Anna Bennett from The National Organization for Women of Greater Grand Rapids talks about the upcoming "Then & NOW" event. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Sexy Feminist | The co-creators and editors of the Sexy Feminist Jennifer Armstrong and Heather Wood Rudulph join us to discuss the good (Women's History Month, support for women's rights), the bad (Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Twilight) and the sexy. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ties That Bind: Sophie's Story Part 2 | In this online exclusive episode skeptic blogger and sexual rights activist Sophie Hirschfeld continues her story of leaving the Mormon church, an abusive marriage and how she became a professional dominatrix and an activist for sex workers rights. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Gods, No Masters: Sophie's Story Part 1 | Skeptic blogger, writer and sexual rights activist Sophie Hirschfeld tells the story of her life in the Mormon church, an abusive marriage and how she got out of both. | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guest Katie Goodman | Singer/ songwriter/ improvisational comic/ activist/ writer/ speaker/ activist and creator of the Broad Comedy Tour Katie Goodman joins us to discuss feminism, women in comedy, parenting and ways we can un[mess] up the world. More from Katie Goodman at: www.katiegoodman.com | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Progressive Critiques of Obama with guest Jimmy Dore | Jimmy Dore joins us to discuss his criticism of the Obama administration and what's really wrong with the American political system. | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guest Matthew Filipowicz | Matthew Filipowicz, host of The Matthew Filipowicz Show, joins us to discuss progressive politics. Also, Dave discusses why we should care about Whitney Houston's death. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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War on the Poor | How much should the rich pay? Mitt Romney is not concerned with the very poor; #Occupy and civil disobedience; Susan G. Komen fumbles and Planned Parenthood scores big; Jerry Sundusky sits comfortably at home and good news: Prop 8 is (once again) found unConstitutional | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Civil Rights | The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the failures of Libertarianism, listern mail and more. | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Belligerent Acts and a Mess of Santorum | Obama signs the NDAA, Santorum makes a big splash in Iowa and does the election really matter or will real change come from somewhere else? | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Better World Through Communism with Michael Slate | Guest Michael Slate of "The Michael Slate Show" talks about Communism and a more positive future. | 12/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Transgender Issues | Emma Krasicky of Transgender Michigan joins us to disspell myths about the transgender community and to discuss some of the issues facing transgendered people. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paleocrat Jeremiah Bannister | Jeremiah Bannister (host of the upcoming PaleoRadio) shares in this exclusive interview, the story of his evolution from conservative Christian to confirmed skeptic. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reasons to Riot | Topics include: Rioting for the wrong reaons, a populist shift for Obama and why we need more Eugene Debs. | 12/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Standing Up and Sitting Down for the First Amendment | High schooler Emma Sullivan stands up for her right to criticize Gov. Brownback and wins. Also, Mario Savio offers some strong advice for the Occupy movement from nearly 50 years ago. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Abundance of Bullies | Michigan has passed new anti-bullying legislation that does more to protect bullies than those being bullied. Herman Cain denies he sexually harassed anyone while the right wing denies that sexual harassment even exists. At Penn State, money and football have proven to be more important than the safety of children. And the police crack downs at the Occupy protests is reminiscent of a dark chapter in America's history involving the 'Bonus Army.' | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Esther's Story | Marine Corp. Veteran Esther Garatie shares her story of the discrimination she encountered when she visited the Dallas VA Med Center. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Death of the Middle Class | Guest Zack Pohl of "We Are The People" discusses the upcoming 'Death of the Middle Class' march in Grand Rapids. Also, updates on Occupy Wall Street. | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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99% | What does the Occupy movement want? Will they get it? | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kill the Messenger | Guest Maria Armoudian, host of The Scholars Circle and The Insighters discusses her new book: Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Democracy Now? | We're encouraged by Occupy Wall Street. Steve is not compelled by the case for Troy Davis' innocence, and Dave is not compelled by the Amanda Knox case much at all. Anwar Al-Awlaki is assassinated -- is this a breach of the Constitution? And in good news, women gain (eventually) the right to vote in Saudi Arabia, S**t Walk hits NYC and we celebrated Banned Books week (a week late). | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Class War: What Is It Good For? | Don't Ask Don't Tell is dead and gone, American hikers in Iran are due to be set free and Troy Davis is set to be killed by the state of Georgia. Also, Obama's tax plan -- is it class warfare or just the right thing to do? And Dr. Oz gets a cut from Big Orange and creates a panic about apple juice. | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Feldman | David Feldman, host of "The David Feldman Show," Emmy Award winner, comedy writer and performer talks about class warfare, corporate comedy and the 2012 presidential race. | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Backlash and Billboards | We discuss the latest from Libya, the World Trade Center Cross controversy, CFI Michigan's "controversial" new billboard and even more confusion over medical marijuana in Michigan. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Arrest the Innocent, Blame the Poor, Beat the Kids but Don't Tax the Rich | The West Memphis Three are free, the poor are being drug tested, Warren Buffet calls to "stop coddling the super-rich" and child rearing authors want you to really hurt the kids. | 8/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Debt Ceiling Travesty and Norwegian Tragedy | We take a look at the unnecessary solution to the manufactured Debt Ceiling crisis and the response to the recent mass killing in Norway. | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Its Great!
Im not sure about the only other review on here....if you would have just read the description above, it would have told you what this podcast is about. I think that Dave is very informed and thinks before he speaks. Great podcast!
Great work
Not normally in to monolog but I like this.
Dave Fletcher is the man!!!
I started listening to this podcast because I love the other ones that Dave participates in and I thought i would show some love for this show as well. Keep up the great and intelligent and humorous work!
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