Hopping Mad with Will McLeod & Arliss Bunny
Progressive politics and economics. Will covers political issues from around the world and Arliss does the same for financial news and monetary policy with special emphasis on modern monetary theory. Each week they are joined by a special guest for the interview. Both Will and Arliss are fond of carrots.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 79 minutes
- Episodes
- 113
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2019
Ariella Barker on PwD Advocacy
13 June 2016 - We always think our interview guest is going to give us a strong interview but there is no way to predict when an interview is going to be breathtaking. Ariella Barker, advocate and ac…
02:06:27 |
Mon 13 Jun 2016
Reprise: Alexis Goldstein & Dodd-Frank
6 June 2016 - Will and I were unable to record a new episode this week so we are reprising our episode from March which featured Alexis Goldstein of Americans for Financial Reform. Alexis gave us a t…
01:37:11 |
Sun 05 Jun 2016
David Dayen on "Chain of Title" & Housing Choices
30 May 2016 - I have a house rabbit named David Dayen. That's how highly I think of our guest this week. Dayen is a highly respected financial news and economics journalist for a reason. He finds a …
01:39:05 |
Mon 30 May 2016
Counter-Messaging ISIS, Immigration & Transphobia
23 May 2016 – Middle East expert Landon Shroder (@LandonShroder) has returned to talk to us about the work being done to counter-message ISIS. His new company and foundation, Applied Mathematics, com…
01:40:50 |
Mon 23 May 2016
Conspiracy Theories, Social Security & Democracy
16 May 2016 - When you have Mark Potok, from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), on for the interview, you already know it's going to be a good show. Mark is the editor of the SPLC quarterly jou…
01:21:57 |
Mon 16 May 2016
Putting Pundits in Context & Learning From Labour's Loss
9 May 2016 - This week on Hopping Mad we had two guests for an extended interview which we dubbed our Pundit Primer. Greg Dworkin (DemFromCT at dKos and Twitter) and Driftglass ( his own blog and Mr_…
01:48:53 |
Mon 09 May 2016
William Spriggs, Scots & Saudis
2 May 2016 - Even more than in the past there is this nexus between the progressive movement and the labor movement in the US. This week we were joined for the interview by the Chief Economist of the…
01:48:01 |
Mon 02 May 2016
The awful truth: Trafficking of LGBT Youth in the US is a reality
Rachel Hutchiston of irreverent testimony joined me as a guest host, because Arliss is on vacation.
Today we started with a tiny bit of coverage on the Scottish elections. Our UK listeners will note…
01:32:42 |
Mon 25 Apr 2016
Podcasters Roundtable with Rachel, Tom, and Travis
Arliss is on vacation for two weeks, but we've decided to go ahead with the show. For a little fun, Tom Cheevers of the Coffee Cast joined us, along with Tom and Rachel of Irreverent testimony.
Our …
01:27:31 |
Mon 18 Apr 2016
@DeRay for Mayor!
11 April 2016 – Every time I hear DeRay McKesson speak or read an article he has written I am again convinced that we need someone like this running every major city in America. Our interview with th…
01:17:51 |
Mon 11 Apr 2016
Award-Winning Author Matt Rees
4 April 2016 – Most of us have a short list of “desert island” authors and I have to admit that award-winning author Matt Rees has been on my list since I stumbled across his novel, The Collaborator …
01:37:15 |
Mon 04 Apr 2016
Rabbit Rescue with Mara Hurwitt
28 March 2016 - In the interest of full disclosure, as a Rabbit American I admit a bias on the topic of rabbit welfare. Toward that end Will and I were able to have attorney Mara Hurwitt join the sho…
00:57:58 |
Mon 28 Mar 2016
Dodd-Frank with Alexis Goldstein
21 March 2016 – This week we take a deep dive into Dodd-Frank. As I have been promising for the past several weeks, I start out with a fast but fairly detailed backgrounder on the legislation itself.…
01:36:38 |
Mon 21 Mar 2016
WOW! Frances Coppola on Brexit
14 March 2016 - I follow many media sources on economics but none more closely than I do Frances Coppola. Frances' insight on banking fraud, regulation and on the Greek crisis has contributed signifi…
01:44:34 |
Mon 14 Mar 2016
Primary Parley with Irreverent Testimony
This week, Arliss talked derivatives while I did a quick numbers update on the primary. We were joined by guests and friends of the show Rachel Hutchison and Travis Rosen of Irreverent Testimony. We …
01:49:57 |
Mon 07 Mar 2016
Charles Gaba & Elections!
29 February 2016 - This week, we talked Iranian, Irish, and Scottish elections. I discussed Labour's demise in Scotland, and talked about how they've never recovered from the death of Donald Dewar. I…
01:39:42 |
Mon 29 Feb 2016
DeRay Mckesson, GDP, Puerto Rico & Umberto Eco
22 February 2016 - This week Will and I ended up with so much to say that we did the whole show ourselves. I open with an update on the economic crisis in Puerto Rico and I follow that with a quick t…
01:17:31 |
Mon 22 Feb 2016
2016 Politics with Jesse LaGreca
8 February 2016 – I love political detail. The nitty gritty, pixel level parts that combine to render something one can only see fully by stepping back. Jesse LaGreca (@JesseLaGreca on Twitter and Mi…
02:02:22 |
Mon 08 Feb 2016
Special Edition: Middle East Roundup with Landon Shroder
Arliss is ill this weekend, and yet another victim of what’s being called “Hell Plague 2016.” Having no voice, she was unable to join us this week.
Landon Shroder and I spent the hour discussing can…
01:28:24 |
Wed 03 Feb 2016
Space and Economics
Arliss explains the current economic news, while Will discusses a proposed Scottish Spaceport.
00:57:25 |
Mon 18 Jan 2016
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