KPFK - BradCast w/ Brad Friedman
Investigative journalist, blogger, and broadcaster Brad Friedman's investigative interviews, analysis and commentary, as ripped from the pages of The BRAD BLOG (BradBlog.com), today's current events (if they matter) and the rest of the stuff we have to live with.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 54
- Years Active
- 2025
Friday, September 5, 2025 - 'Americanism'; Elections; Epstein Files
Guest: Seth Cotlar, Historian, Willamette University
Original airdate 8-20-2025. Donald Trump has ordered a review of Smithsonian Institution museums to ensure they align with his ideology of 'Ameri…
00:58:08 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
Thursday, September 4, 2025 - RFK Jr.'s War on Science; Environment
Guest: Dr. Tyler Evans, public health expert, Wellness Equity Alliance
The Trump Administration is escalating its War on Science. Senate Democrats grilled HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over his gut…
00:58:06 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 - Political retribution and Authoritarianism; Elections
Guest: Michael Hiltzik, L.A. Times business columnist
L.A. Times columnist Michael Hiltzik explains how the MAGA head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is using bogus 'investigations' and …
00:58:08 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 - Elections; Authoritarianism; Environment
Last week was one of the most insanely busy news weeks of Donald Trump's second term. Today we catch up on 'our story so far' as nation amidst the insanity -- from several losses for Trump in the (lo…
00:57:38 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Monday, September 1, 2025 - 'Why MAGA hates Superman'; Trump dismantles Dept. of Education
Guest: Nicholas Grossman, Univ. of Illinois
Original airdate 7-16-2025. MAGA and Fox 'News' are attacking the new Superman movie as 'woke', criticizing the film's pro-justice, pro-kindness and pro-im…
00:58:08 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
Friday, August 29, 2025 - Elections; Accountability; Environment
Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Pro Left Podcast
Original airdate 8-21-2025. NY appeals court upholds Donald Trump's civil fraud conviction, but orders re-determination of 'excessi…
00:58:08 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Thursday, August 28, 2025 - Authoritarianism and Nazification; Elections
Original airdate 8-18-2025. Trump's DHS is using actual Nazi book titles and Nazi fonts in their ICE recruitment ads. Texas Democratic state lawmakers return after breaking quorum, allowing Texas GOP…
00:57:38 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - Press Freedom and Media Capitulation; Public health; Elections
Guest: Timothy Karr, Senior Director, Free Press.net
Original airdate 8-6-2025. The nation's founders protected a free press in the Constitution as a bulwark against monarchs and tyrants. But Donald…
00:58:08 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - Original airdate 7-30-2025. Trump EPA on Tuesday announced it will move to rescind the agency's own scientific 'endangerment finding' that underpins virtually all U.S. climate regulations. DAVID DONIGER, Senior Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, explains the history of the endangerment finding, the impacts of the Trump EPA's move, the legal path forward, and much more. Also today: Historic earthquake in Russia triggers worldwide tsunami alerts. Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced she will not run for governor in California.
Guest: David Doniger, Natural Resources Defense Council
Trump EPA tries to rollback U.S. climate regulations
00:58:08 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Friday, August 22, 2025 - Public health; Israel-Gaza War; Trump deploys Nat'l Guard to D.C.
Guest: Aryn Melon Backus, co-founder, Fired But Fighting
Original airdate 8-11-2025. Trump HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an anti-vaccine activist, announced $500 million in cuts to advanced mRNA …
00:58:08 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Thursday, August 21, 2025 - Elections; Accountability; Environment
Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Pro Left Podcast
NY appeals court upholds Donald Trump's civil fraud conviction, but orders re-determination of 'excessive' $500 million fine. Texas …
00:58:08 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - 'Americanism'; Elections; Epstein Files
Guest: Seth Cotlar, Historian, Willamette University
Donald Trump has ordered a review of Smithsonian Institution museums to ensure they align with his ideology of 'Americanism.' Historan Seth Cotlar…
00:58:08 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - Authoritarianism; Media accountability; Environment
Texas Democrats returned to the state capitol after breaking quorum to block Texas Republicans from gerrymandering to steal US House seats from voters; now Big Government Republicans are effectively …
00:58:08 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Monday, August 18, 2025 - Authoritarianism and Nazification; Elections
Trump's DHS is using actual Nazi book titles and Nazi fonts in their ICE recruitment ads. Texas Democratic state lawmakers return after breaking quorum, allowing Texas GOP to re-gerrymander U.S. Hous…
00:57:38 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Thursday, August 14, 2025 - CA Election Rigging Response Act; Media reform; Environment
Guest: Sue Wilson, media reform advocate, Media Action Center
In a lively rally, CA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) unveiled the Election Rigging Response Act, to push back against a scheme by Donald Trump and…
00:58:08 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - Gerrymandering Wars; Authoritarianism
Guest: Fred Bauer, Rounding Up, Substack
Republicans used to pretend to oppose 'big government tyranny' but now they embrace it, as Trump deploys U.S. military on American streets in LA and DC. A cou…
00:57:38 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - Trump's authoritarian control; Voting rights; Environment
Donald Trump's latest stunt to deploy U.S. military troops on American streets against Americans citizens has nothing to do with law and order and everything to do with authoritarian control by a wan…
00:58:08 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Monday, August 11, 2025 - Public health; Israel-Gaza War; Trump deploys Nat'l Guard to D.C.
Guest: Aryn Melon Backus, co-founder, Fired But Fighting
Trump HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an anti-vaccine activist, announced $500 million in cuts to advanced mRNA vaccine research that has sav…
00:58:08 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Friday, August 8, 2025 - Elections: Texas GOP extreme gerrymandering scheme
PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 8-4-2025. Texas Democrats fled the state to deny Texas Republicans a quorum to ram through a mid-decade re-gerrymandering of U.S. House maps to steal five seat…
00:56:38 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Thursday, August 7, 2025 - Authoritarianism; Voting Rights; Environment
PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! In Texas, cheap renewable energy prevented blackouts during record electricity demand as coal/gas plants tripped offline. Trump Administration escalated its war on renewable en…
00:58:08 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
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