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New podcast - Forward Nation Radio is a progressive political talk show with host, David Leventhal
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Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
NEWS
00:44 Solar Eclipse
01:27 Steve Bannon out
03:45 Steven Schwarzman pounding in the final nail of the business council
05:07 Trump flirts with pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio
06:16 Sen. Bob Corker Questions Trump’s Stability
07:45 Republicans have created a monster they can’t control
09:15 ACLU supports Free Speech to the extreme
11:16 Dog-Whistles to racists
12:45 Trump has gone back on his anti-Afghanistan war promises
14:15 Studies on the effects of mountaintop removal mining halted by Interior Department
16:39 Massive Media deregulation (benefits Sinclair Broadcast Group)
17:11 Ukrainian Hacker semi-responsible for Russian hack-attacks has been helping FBI
THEME
17:48 How difficult is it to be a white male in America today?
21:27 Loving (movie) and the Loving v. Virginia case, Anti-miscegenation laws in southern states
23:01 Southern Strategy
25:16 Rise of Affirmative Action Policies in the 1960s
35:00 Story of wealth and race
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Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Intro Spoof – A slight revision of history: U.S. Presidents equivocate on significant events
NEWS
3:30 Charlottesville, VA “Unite the right” rally
3:47 KKK, Nazi, & Ultra-Right terrorism
5:41 Trump blames “many sides” for the unrest
7:04 Trump condemns racism and Neo-Nazis days after his controversial speech, then doubles back to equivocate on the issue again
7:45 False equivalency of the Alt-Right as they attempt to coin the term “Alt-Left”
9:06 Trump asks if George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues are next to come down
THEME: The Rise of the Alt-Right, White Supremacy, KKK and overt bigotry in the United States under Trump
10:07 There is no “Alt-Left”
12:33 What it’s like as a Black individual to go to a school named after a Confederate leader
15:31 Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz speak out against Nazis
17:18 Bannon is one of the leaders of Alt-Right propaganda
17:32 The White House’s Steven Miller’s ties to Richard Spencer, white supremacist
17:54 The White House’s Sebastian Gorka’s ties to Nazis in Hungary
18:21 Trump administration is filling its positions with the Alt-Right
18:46 Trump has been investing in anti-extremist violence, but only for Muslim extremists
20:10 The Alt-Right falsely claims we are in “post-racial America”
20:48 Colleges are being sued for not accepting white applicants because of Affirmative Action
21:18 “The Voter Fraud Commission”
21:28 Trump’s comments to cops to be harsh with suspects (presumably black/minority)
22:15 John Oliver: Nazis are like Cats
22:37 Republicans’ Southern Strategy and more than 4,000 lynchings in a handful of Southern states
23:44 Call to action – Stand against racism and white supremacists
24:11 CEO of Merck Pharmaceuticals, and others, quits the Trump Business Counsel
24:54 Baltimore takes down Confederate statues
26:30 FBI raided home of Paul Manafort about a month ago
27:50 Half of the states needed to overturn Citizens United have voted to do so
28:27 Trump not coming through on promise to keep jobs in America (mass Carrier lays offs)
29:22 Trump ending grants to teen pregnancy protection programs
30:08 Visit to FDR’s home
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Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Intro Skit: Trump Claims Fire & Fury against North Korea, then privately begs Kim Jong-un for a "win."
NEWS
5:24 Great and glorious leader Trump is on vacation
6:25 Trump’s Propaganda document (delivered twice a day by staff)
7:09 Trump vs. North Korea (Fire and Fury)
10:07 White House getting upgraded
10:39 Trump signs Russia sanctions bill
13:04 Russia announces expelling 755 U.S. personnel (diplomats)
14:50 Positives of Immigration (let’s talk honestly about it)
15:24 Scientists can change embryos to remove diseases/defects
16:34 U.S. experiencing effects of climate change (draft report leaked to New York Times by scientists from federal government agencies)
THEME: Response to an email from a Former Student
Classic Reasoning Fallacies Exposed –The pitfalls of playing “both sides” in order to appear moderate.
18:15 Email from former student (right-leaning perspective)
20:41 Blatant Over-Simplification (reasoning fallacy)
21:33 Extension Error (reasoning fallacy)
25:50 ONE AMERICA NEWS Exposed -called out for pretending to be neutral
26:08 Forward Nation Radio exists because of fake objectivity on the right and their extremism
27:10 David’s response to former student’s email
28:50 Equivocation and false equivalence (reasoning fallacies)
35:50 The Rights’ tendency to follow cults (Trump, Reagan)
38:44 Hyde Amendment and abortion (1976)
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Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
*Intro Skit : Teacher uses actual quotes from the Trump administration last week to teach her young students. Listener discretion is advised.
(Due to video text, audio starts at 15 secs)
Trump writes son’s false letter on meeting, Russian collusion case now shows clear examples of obstruction of justice, Fox News and Wikileaks spins the story of Seth Rich (tragically murdered several months ago) to divert attention from Russia meddling in election, Trump unloads on Jeff Sessions, Trump contemplates the “political suicide” of firing Robert Mueller vs being criminally prosecuted, Scaramucci in –Scaramuchi out, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly tries on a new role as Chief of Staff to try to bring “Order” to the west wing, Health Care Bill dies in a close vote (John McCain tasked with decisive vote), unsubstantiated sums of money surrounds the Wisconsin plant opening of Foxconn (once voted the company with the highest rates of employee suicide) politicized to give the appearance of the return of jobs in America, following nuclear orders from the commander in chief, the presidency and Israel (buyer’s remorse), embracing autocrats and repelling western democratic allies, nepotism in the administration (banana republic), gutting of the voting rights act, Russian hacking/trolling (U.S. and abroad), Trump gets a supreme court pick in by violating the constitution, promoting interests of white supremacy, and more.
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Thursday Jul 20, 2017
Thursday Jul 20, 2017
Intro skit: Trump's awkward encounter with Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron
Trump’s “accomplishments” (the anti-anti-corruption measure, Congressional Review Act, secretive and disastrous moves regarding internet privacy, easier access for the severely mentally ill to have guns, deregulatory task force, and more),
Also featured: Trump Jr., Kushner, and Manafort’s secret meeting with Russian officials –the number of attendees keeps growing from what the Trump camp originally reported, Despite a Republican majority in congress –the unpopular Trumpcare bill fails again, Trump’s long impromptu meeting with Putin at the G20, Hobby Lobby forced to forfeit their smuggled goods from Iraq, Jeff Sessions’ secret meeting with anti-LGBTQ group, increase of electric car sales and how this threatens Koch Bros. interests, market externalities, new Pew poll finds that a majority of Republican voters view colleges as being bad for the United States.
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Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Donald Trump Jr.’s devastating email admission confirms intent to collude with Russian officials
Ongoing espionage investigation and mounting evidence of collusion and treason, members of Trump’s administration caught lying about their previous Russian dealings, Russian hacking of voting machines in at least 21 states, Wikileaks’ involvement, Trump drops a bombshell by announcing intentions to work on cyber security with the country most responsible for cyber-attacks against the United States, world leaders at the G20 meeting move on without Trump and the United States on many important issues including climate change, the implications of Trump’s Warsaw speech, and more.
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Thursday Jul 06, 2017
Thursday Jul 06, 2017
What does it mean to you to be an American?
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Intro: Pet safety and animal adoption public service announcement
Featured Topics: Rising threat -the North Korean missile launch, Chris Christie's beach fiasco, Trump's defunding of voting hacking protection, Kris Kobach's request for private voter data and 44 states refusing to comply, EPA's efforts to dismantle Obama regulations struck down by courts, Trump campaign fundraisers, the rigging of bank stress tests, automobile sales down under Trump, human trafficking in China, Trump tweets (Mika Brzezinski, CNN attack video), Angela Merkel and world leaders' abandonment of Trump, affordable housing and segregation, Yankee stadium’s use of public funds, Trump’s “accomplishments,” Trump’s influence on the United States Supreme Court.
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Thursday Jun 29, 2017
Thursday Jun 29, 2017
*(Reasoning Fallacies segment starts at 17:01 mins)
Gain invaluable insight into being able to instantly recognize and call out any person or politician that you suspect of lying.
In this empowering episode of Forward Nation Radio, Professor David Leventhal exposes the Reasoning Fallacies that are most used in today's politics and media coverage, while providing easy to follow examples of each in action.
Reasoning Fallacies are responses used by politicians and others to skirt issues, decrease accountability, and mislead you. In other words, they are used for deceptive purposes. Awareness of them is a powerful tool in being able to spot and address sources of deception.
Additionally, being able to recognize and call-out the Reasoning Fallacies of a flawed opposing argument greatly increases the validity of a fact-based argument. Likewise, doing so is the natural enemy of those who wish to conceal truth.
Intro: Leventhal impersonates Mitch McConnell asking the Koch brothers for billions more to fund Trumpcare efforts.
Featured Topics: Reasoning Fallacies and how to spot them,
In the News: Senate healthcare bill opposition, Opioid epidemic, Supreme Courts decision to hear travel ban case, 5th circuit court of appeals lifting injunction Mississippi’s anti-gay bill, the importance of Government Regulations, Trump's Infrastructure Plan, Lack of fire safety regulations at Grenfall Tower, Republican plan to repeal Dodd Frank, Trump admits to Russia collusion by blaming Obama.
Featured Topic: Reasoning Fallacies - equivocation, red herrings, false equivalence, appeals to questionable authority, oversimplification, post hoc, overstatement, overgeneralization, stereotype, glittering generalities, appeals to emotion, ad hominem, straw person, extension error, ad populum, the perfect as an enemy of the good, wishful thinking, slippery slope
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Thursday Jun 22, 2017
Thursday Jun 22, 2017
David calls Mitch McConnell's D.C. office live!
Intro: The Last of Donald Trump's Birthday Cards
Featured topics: The secret Senate healthcare bill, Mitch McConnell's hypocrisy, the Georgia congressional election, Donald Trump sued for violating the Emoluments Clause by 200 congressmen and two states, the Supreme Court gears up to take on gerrymandering, "soft money" and campaign financing, the economic implications of the advancement of artificial intelligence, automation, and technology, and more.
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Thursday Jun 15, 2017
Thursday Jun 15, 2017
Featured guest: Dr. Joseph Nathan Cohen discusses his new book and the financial crisis facing today's middle class.
Intro: New "Presidential Spokesperson" spins James Comey's Senate testimonial.
Featured Topic: James Comey exposes Trump as a liar, The shooting of Steve Scalise at a baseball field in Virginia, the London Grenfell Tower fire, the Jeff Sessions Senate testimony, the False Equivalency reasoning fallacy, Kansas's economy ruined by trickle-down practices
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