Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Between The Lines is a weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Since 1991, Between The Lines has provided in-depth, timely analysis on a wide range of political, economic and social issues including: the history and consequences of two U.S. wars with Iraq; increasing disparity in wealth in the U.S.; coverage of the global social justice movement and related protests challenging the free trade, corporate-driven policies of the World Trade Organization and World Bank/International Monetary Fund; post-9/11 erosion of civil liberties; constitutional protections and international law in the U.S.; the crisis in the U.S. health care system; international grassroots mobilization to confront global climate change; racism permeating the prison industrial complex; and efforts to repair flaws in the U.S. electoral system.Squeaky Wheel Productions is our 501(c)(3) nonprofit production company and distributor. This consumer podcast may occasionally contain a fundraising pitch. 233680
Location:
United States
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Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Between The Lines is a weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Since 1991, Between The Lines has provided in-depth, timely analysis on a wide range of political, economic and social issues including: the history and consequences of two U.S. wars with Iraq; increasing disparity in wealth in the U.S.; coverage of the global social justice movement and related protests challenging the free trade, corporate-driven policies of the World Trade Organization and World Bank/International Monetary Fund; post-9/11 erosion of civil liberties; constitutional protections and international law in the U.S.; the crisis in the U.S. health care system; international grassroots mobilization to confront global climate change; racism permeating the prison industrial complex; and efforts to repair flaws in the U.S. electoral system.Squeaky Wheel Productions is our 501(c)(3) nonprofit production company and distributor. This consumer podcast may occasionally contain a fundraising pitch. 233680
Twitter:
@BTLRadioNews
Language:
English
Contact:
203-268-8446
Website:
http://btlonline.org/
Email:
contact@btlonline.org
Episodes
UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza
12/25/2024
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.
Duration:00:29:00
Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators
12/18/2024
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
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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.
Duration:00:29:00
Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad Regime
12/11/2024
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.
Duration:00:29:00
Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years
12/4/2024
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.
Duration:00:29:00
How To Explain Voters’ Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump?
11/27/2024
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.
Duration:00:29:00
How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years
11/20/2024
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.
Duration:00:29:00
Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic Discontent
11/13/2024
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.
Duration:00:29:00
After Trump’s Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for Democrats
11/6/2024
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
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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.
Duration:00:29:00
Media’s Sanitizing of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice
10/30/2024
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
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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.
Duration:00:29:00
Trump Doubles Down on Fascist Agenda as 2024 Campaign Nears End
10/23/2024
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
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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.
Duration:00:29:00
Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose
10/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:29:00
Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War
10/2/2024
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.
Duration:00:29:00
The US Stands with Israel as Middle East on the Brink of All-Out-War
9/25/2024
University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: Escalating Cross-Border Attacks Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Erupt into All-Out War
The Nation magazine's Abortion Access Correspondent Amy Littlefield: Trump’s Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women
Third Act Virginia organizer Lisa Finn: Gulf Coast Residents, Climate Activists Oppose FERC Approval of New LNG Export Terminals
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Sept. 25 2024
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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.
Duration:00:29:00
Between The Lines - Nov. 4, 2020
11/4/2020
• Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org: Activists Mobilize to Demand the Incoming Biden Administration Adopt a Progressive Policy Agenda
• Author and mental health professional, Steven Hassan: Trump's Cult Followers May Respond with Violence to Election Loss
• Erin Boggs, of Open Communities Alliance in Connecticut: Lawsuit Challenges New Trump HUD Rule Which Guts Fair Housing Discrimination Protections
• 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.
Duration:00:29:00
Between The Lines - Oct. 28, 2020
10/28/2020
• Free Speech For People's Ben Clements: Urgent Lawsuit Launched to Stop Trump Regime Voter Intimidation
• University of Minnesota's Christopher Uggen: New Study Finds Despite Reforms Millions with Felony Convictions Still Can’t Vote
• National Lawyers Guild's former Los Angeles chapter executive director Jim Lafferty: Preparations for Mass Mobilization the Most Effective Tactic to Protect the Election
• Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Rising tensions over access to water in the Rio Grande Valley
- Progressive "Squad" getting House reinforcements
- Pennsylvania's little-tested mail ballot system could help Trump wreak havoc
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.
Duration:00:29:00
Between The Lines - Oct. 21, 2020
10/21/2020
• Yale University Medical School's Dr. Bandy X. Lee: Dangerous Days Ahead as President's Mental Health Deterioration Coincides with Likely Election Loss
• Census Counts' Beth Lynk: Trump Succeeds at Ending Census Early, Ensuring Undercounts Across the U.S.
• True North Research's Lisa Graves: Dark Money Funds Campaign Pushing Supreme Court to the Right
• 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.
Duration:00:29:00
Between The Lines - Oct. 14, 2020
10/14/2020
Political Research Associates' Steve Gardiner: Arrests Expose Militia Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor & Wider Threat of Violence During the Election
Ploughshares Fund's Tom Collina: Trump Provides Cautionary Tale Why Presidents Shouldn't Have Unilateral Power to Launch Nuclear War
Indigenous Activist Norman Clement: As Indigenous Peoples' Day Takes Hold, Columbus Day Fades
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
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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.
Duration:00:29:00
Between The Lines - Oct. 7, 2020
10/7/2020
• People for the American Way's Right-Wing Watch project's Adele Stan: White Supremacist Trump Allies Threaten Intimidation and Violence at Election Polls
• Thomas Jefferson School of Law's Marjorie Cohn: Civil, Reproductive, Labor Rights & Healthcare All at Stake in Supreme Court Senate Confirmation Battle
• Women's March's Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs: Nationwide Oct. 17 Protests to Call for the Election Defeat of Donald Trump
• Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
- For 12 Hong Kong protesters caught at sea, trial in China is likely
- Trump 2016 campaign targeted black Americans to deter them from voting
- Labor unions have much to lose regardless of Nov. 3 election
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.
Duration:00:29:00
Between The Lines - Sept. 30, 2020
9/30/2020
• Common Cause's Karen Hobert Flynn: Leak of Trump's Taxes Reveal He’s Paid No Income Tax in 10 of Last 15 Years
• Color Of Change's Arisha Hatch: Kentucky Prosecutor Failed to Deliver Justice for Breonna Taylor and her Family
• Data Haven's Mark Abraham: Community Survey Finds Racial Disparities on Coronavirus Impact and Response
• Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- U.S. & fossil fuel allies losing to China/world renewable energy market
- Global banks defying U.S. crackdowns on corruption
- Milwaukee could determine November election
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.
Duration:00:29:00
Between The Lines - Sept. 23, 2020
9/23/2020
People for the American Way's Ben Jealous: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy Demands a Fight to Prevent Senate from Confirming New Justice Before Election
Consumer Watchdog's Liz Turner: As Climate-Driven Wildfires Ravage California, Gov. Newsom Pressured to Ban Fossil Fuel Fracking
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: Trump Regime Signals it May Try to Provoke Pre-Election Conflict with Iran
Duration:00:29:00