Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast

Constitutional lawyer and Free Speech for People President John Bonifaz: Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment Journalist and author Fred Pearce: After Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Civil Infrastructure, Palestinians Face a Water & Environmental Crisis Former CIA analyst and author Melvin Goodman: Trump’s Ukraine War Peace Overture to Russia Creates Rift with European Allies Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Phyllis Bennis: Trump Doubles Down on His Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians from Gaza Salon Senior Politics Writer Amanda Marcotte: Elon Musk’s Racist Hacker Army Illegally Attempting to Eliminate Multiple Federal Agencies 50501 Organizer Praisely McNamara: Nationwide 50501 Anti-Trump Protests Mobilize to Protect Democracy from Authoritarian Power Grab Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Democracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Back in the White House, Trump Launches Spiteful White Supremacist Policy Agenda Bethlehem University professor Mazin Qumsiyeh: After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel’s Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in Occupied West Bank Hunter College distinguished professor of public health Stephanie Woolhandler: RFK Jr. Poses Grave Danger to U.S. Public if Confirmed as HHS Secretary Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Rwanda-backed M-23 rebel army stokes carnage in Goma, Congo • Uyghurs held in Thailand go on hunger strike • LA housing activists see signs of illegal disaster profiteering Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

American Friends Service Committee's Amy Gottlieb: As Mass Deportation Begins, Immigrant Rights Groups Organize Resistance University of California Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies' Lawrence Rosenthal: Trump’s Pardon of 1,500 Jan 6 insurrectionists: An Endorsement of Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert: Trump-Musk ‘Government Efficiency’ Advisory Group Sued for Lack of Transparency Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Elon Musk endorses German far right party • United Healthcare reports $35 billion in profits • Embattled NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends Trump inauguration Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

People's March protesters: Washington, D.C. and National Protests Pledge Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda Sunrise climate activist Alejandro Sobrera Barboza and U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez: Youth Climate Group Protests Nomination of Fracking CEO to be Trump’s Energy Secretary University of Wisconsin-Madison's Jennifer Loewenstein: The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold, But Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in Crisis Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • How will Trump support global security in China-Taiwan conflict? • World Bank changes course to now back mega dams • Trump cryptocurrency plans include cashing in on his family's bitcoin Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

War Child Alliance's Kieran King: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Inflicted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children Public Citizen's Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law Third Act's Michael Richardson: Catastrophic Los Angeles Wildfires, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: On Fourth Anniversary of Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes Elbit Out of South Carolina Coalition organizer Chris Tittle: South Carolina Activists Protest Israeli Arms Maker Whose Weapons are Used in Gaza Genocide Center for American Progress' Senior Director Kate Kelly: Campaign Urges Biden to Publish Equal Rights Amendment Before Leaving Office Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary • Election protests disrupt Mozambique • Enbridge oil spill erodes confidence • More deaths revealed in US Indian boarding schools Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Present Age Newsletter Editor Parker Malloy: Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response The Editorial Board Editor John Stoehr: Understanding America’s Broken Media Landscape Promoting Right-wing Disinformation and Influencing Election Outcomes National Association of Defense Lawyers President Chris Wellborn: Last Chance Campaign Asks Biden to Release Leonard Peltier Before Leaving Office Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Western oil money empowers Russian president and regional elites • Mortgage regulators ignore climate change risk • Trump administration will drive everyday Americans deeper in debt Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

World Beyond War board president Kathy Kelly: UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza Southern Poverty Law Center Interim Director Rachel Carroll Rivas: White Supremacist Hate Groups’ Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office Third Act Upstate New York activist Michael Richardson: Climate Activists Protest Demands NY Gov. Hochul Sign ‘Make Polluters Pay’ Bill Before Year Ends Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Trump 2.0 chaos likely to extend to U.S. strategic defense planning • Private equity stands to profit from Trump's mass deportation plan • Whole Foods workers file to form a union Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Salon.com Contributing Editor Heather Digby Parton: Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators America's leading public interest lawyer & consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats’ Multiple Failures Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher: Human Rights, Religious Groups Urge Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Takes Office Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary • Bhopal's disaster still lingers, 40 years later • Trump's plans "impoundment" to freeze appropriated funds • Judge's decision a major win for labor in Wisconsin Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad Regime Ploughshares Fund's Dr. John Carl Baker: Courageous South Koreans Rise Up to Block a Right-Wing Coup National Immigration Law Center's Kica Matos: National Immigrant Advocacy Groups Prepared to Resist Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Starvation threatens an estimated 500,000 in North Darfur • Municipal water systems need help to replace lead pipes • Trump 2.0 to weaken EPA environmental regulation and health laws Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Former chairman of Ohio's Democratic party and author David Pepper: Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years Author and Left Hook Substack columnist Wajahat Ali: Trump Voters Should Try to Understand Americans Who Oppose Their Convicted Felon President Third Act climate activist Sheldon Pollock: Activists Demand NY Gov. Hochul Sign Law to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Costs Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Rohingya refugees recruited from Bangladesh to fight in Myanmar • Thousands march in New Zealand to protest bill's interpretation of founding treaty • Trump administration may privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Nation's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: How To Explain Voters’ Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump? Women March Managing Director Tamika Middleton: Women’s March Organizing 1st Major Protest Jan. 18 to Challenge Trump Regime 2.0 Climate activists Teagan Blackburn and Teya Blackburn-Baker: Protesters Disrupt FERC Hearing Highlighting the Climate Crisis Before Trump Dismantles Climate Regulations Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary • COP29 climate talks in trouble • Corporate landlords enable a mold epidemic • Trump and Congressional GOP begin talks on Medicaid cuts Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Political strategist and author Rachel Bitecofer: How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years Author and commentator Sarah Kendzior: Merrick Garland’s Delay in Prosecuting Trump Paved the Way to Establish His Mafia Regime Co-chair New York Labor fo Palestine and Amazon Union Recording Secretary Sultana Hossain: As Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Continues, US Labor Movement Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian People Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Insurance companies dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to unprofitability • TD Bank to pay $3 billion in money laundering settlement • Global warming opening up Antarctica oil, minerals access & international conflict Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic Discontent University of Pennsylvania professor Victor Pickard: Assessing Corporate Media’s Failures Covering 2024 Election Campaign Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability Director Mazin Qumsiyeh: As Israel’s War Kills 43,000 in Gaza, Jewish Settlers Carry Out Ethnic Cleansing in West Bank Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Democrat party lost swing states and rural America again • New generation in Africa campaigning to expel old-guard governments • "Ghost" U.S. mental health networks amount to fraud Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Nation magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: After Trump’s Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for Democrats Yale philosophy professor and author of "Erasing History" Jason Stanley: Whether Trump Wins or Loses MAGA State Governments will Continue their Repression Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Disinformation Floods U.S. Election Campaign Fueling Anger and Distrust of Electoral Outcome Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Women are dying because of restrictive abortion bans • Ginni Thomas fights efforts to reform the nation’s highest court • Avian flu may pose pandemic threat to humans Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Nation's D.C. Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: Media’s Sanitizing of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice Rutgers University law professor and author David Noll: New Book, ‘Vigilante Nation,’ Describes MAGA’s State-Based Attack on Democracy National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: As Trump Demonizes and Scapegoats Immigrants, Democrats Adopt Some Trump Policies Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Russia's war in Ukraine has upset balance of power in Turkic region • New voting laws could tip November election outcome • New York congressional races could tip House control Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Yale University professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump Doubles Down on Fascist Agenda as 2024 Campaign Nears End Georgetown University Justice and Peace Studies lecturer Josh Ruebner: As Wider Middle East War Looms, Most Voters Support US Arms Cutoff to Israel Seed the Vote volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman: Physician Canvassing for Harris in Philly Suburbs, While Opposing U.S. Gaza Policy Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Rolling Stone contributor Justin Glawe: Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: Under Trump, Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief 350.org U.S. Partnerships Coordinator Nico Udu-Gama: If Completed, the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb’ Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies' John Feffer: Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War Anti-Gaza war protester Gregory Daly: As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.