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This week on Ring of Fire, Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Professor and author of “Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money,” joins us to discuss the downfall of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo… and why it was long overdue. David Sirota, Founder and Editor of The Daily Poster, will be joining us as Heather Parton is on vacation. David and I will be looking back on the week in politics. Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews Frederick Wherry, Sociology Professor at Princeton University, about the debate over how progressive student debt forgiveness policies are and the data behind the disparity among black and white college graduates. Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com

This week on Ring of Fire, Tim Murphy, Senior Reporter for Mother Jones Magazine, joins us to discuss the peculiar evolution of Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s politics: from Green Party activist to radical centrist obstructionist, her career is anything but traditional. Ryan Grim, Washington Correspondent for The Intercept and new cohost of The Hill’s Rising, will be joining us, as Heather Parton is on vacation, to cover the news of the week. Bonus content you you are missing this week; Sam interviews Elie Mystal, Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine, about a fascinating dilemma where you have inner-city defense lawyers writing an amicus brief on a case to get rid of gun control in New York State. Become a member today!

This week on Ring of Fire, Sarah Lazare, Reporter & Web Editor for In These Times magazine, joins Emma to discuss how pharmaceutical companies are threatening desperate nations with retaliation if those nations choose to support vaccine waivers, waivers that would make vaccines more globally equitable... but would cut into big pharma’s profits . Heather “Digby” Parton will help us run down the biggest new stories of the week Bonus content you are missing this week; Sam interviews David Wallace-Wells, from New York Magazine, about the safety of our children when it comes to Covid. Become a member at www.rofpodcast.com

This week on Ring of Fire; Doug Henwood, journalist, radio host and author of numerous books, joins us to discuss the rot in this iteration of the ruling class and how we got to this point. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Upgrade to the member show and get this bonus content this week; Sam’s second interview with University of Michigan Law Professor, Leah Litman, about two Supreme Court Rulings that will be devastating to our right to vote.

This week on Ring of Fire, Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Professor and Author of the new book, “Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money,” joins us to discuss President Biden’s anti-monopoly executive orders and why they might actually be kind of a big deal. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Bonus content you are missing this week; Emma talks to Historian, Rick Perlstein, about the rampant streak of right-wing authoritarianism and how it’s been around the Republican Party longer than the insurrection, January 6th.

This week on Ring of Fire, Justin Elliot, from ProPublica, joins us to discuss the ultra-wealthy’s shady schemes to hide gobs of money in Roth IRA’s. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Bonus content you're missing this week; Leah Litman, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, will help us breakdown some of the most important cases currently in front of the Supreme Court .

This week on Ring of Fire, Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of the book, “A Wolf at the School House Door,” and host of the education podcast, “Have You Heard,” joins us to discuss the disasterous impact of anti-critical race theory legislation on educators and how it’s yet another conservative culture war being waged by right-wing money and media. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Bonus content you're missing this week; Lee Fang, from The Intercept, will join us to discuss leaked audio from a West Virginia Senator, Joe Manchin, addressing a group of billionaire supporters, including No Label’s Founder Joe Lieberman. www.rofpodcast.com to become a member!

This week on Ring of Fire Mark Stern, staff writer at Slate covering courts and the law, joins me to discuss a lawsuit leveled against the Biden administration by a former Trump appointee and how Biden‘s department of justice might be falling into a right wing trap. Heather “Digby” Parton will help me run down the biggest new stories of the week Bonus content you're missing this week, Sophia Gurulé and Jenny Hernandez, they are immigration attorneys and defense attorneys, about the jail to deportation pipeline that exist in this country.

This week on Ring of Fire, Haggai Matar, Executive Director of 972 Magazine, joins me to discuss the ousting of Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and how the new ruling coalition, dominated by the right wing, may not be better and maybe even worse. And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week. Bonus content you're missing this week on the member show, NYC Reporter, Hunter Walker, will discuss the upcoming democratic primary for mayor of New York City. Become a member today over at rofpodcast.com.

This week on Ring of Fire, Dr. Rhys Machold, lecturer at the University of Glasgow, joins me to break down the myth of Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, it’s efficacy, its roots in the US military industrial complex, and how it inflates the danger of Hamas projectiles. And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week. What your missing on the member show this week, Eric Cortellessa, he is an investigative reporter with Washington Monthly. We’ll discuss the burgeoning antitrust movement on the left and some hint of it on the right, which is scared some of the more main stream conservatives out there, and they have formed a group to push back on any chance of antitrust progress in this Biden administration.

This week on Ring of Fire is a "best of" with Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter at The Intercept, will join us to discuss the fall out from the failed Capitol Insurrection in terms of our National Security and Law Enforcement Agencies, as well as a potential expansion of indiscriminate terrorism laws to domestic terrorists and why that’s problematic. And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to discuss the biggest news stories of the week.

This week on Ring of Fire, Jake Rosenfeld, professor of sociology at Washington University St. Louis, joins me to break down the myth that the Democratic Party powers have been clinging to, that the majority minority nation will bring them automatic electoral success. And Heather “Digby” Parton will join us to break down all the biggest headlines of the week. Bonus content you're missing this week, Robert Mackey, senior reporter at The Intercept, about a crew of video journalist who basically provided the fuel to the right wing smearing of BLM over the past year. Become a member today over at rofpodcast.com.

This week on Ring of Fire…Andrew Jacobs, science reporter at the New York Times, joins us to discuss the psychedelic boom in academia and industry, who’s in favor, who is profiting and how it may revolutionize psychiatry. And Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week. WHAT YOU'RE MISSING ON THE MEMBER SHOW: Sam interviews best-selling author David Treuer, from the Atlantic, he has a very good idea to return our National Parks to their original owners. Not only will it be good for the parks, it’ll be good for the country and good for Native Americans.

This week on Ring of Fire John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent at The Nation, joins us to discuss the possibility of expanding the House of Representatives and the history behind why we suddenly decided to cap the number at 435. and Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week. Don’t forget to become a member of this program over at rofpodcast.com. This week you get bonus content with Jeff Hauser, of the Revolving Door Project. He’ll give us his grades on Joe Biden‘s corporate picks, some of it is actually better than you might think… I should say non-corporate picks. Check that out, Jeff Houser interview, in our member show this week

This week on Ring of Fire, Ben Freeman, Director of the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative joins us to discuss Saudi Arabia’s latest tactic when it comes to lobbying the US government, taking its lobbying operation from Washington DC to middle America. and Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week. Become a member of this podcast over ROF Podcast dot com, it is your support that keeps the show going. On today’s member show you’ll hear an interview Sam did with Ryann Liebenthal who wrote about the history of student debt in this country, not as old of a story as you might imagine in fact that’s a big part of the problem this debt is not only enormous but it’s fairly recent so if you’re a member of the Ring of Fire Radio podcast you can hear that bonus material just head over to ROF Podcast dot com

This week on Ring of Fire; Nick Martin, of The New Republic, joins us to discuss the epidemic of abandoned oil wells throughout the United States. and Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week. What are you missing? On today’s member show you’ll hear an interview Sam did with historian, Stephen Wertheim, Director of the Grand Strategy Program at The Quincy Institue about our exit strategy in Afghanistan. www.rofpodcast.com to become a member

This week on Ring of Fire Matthew Stieb, of New York Magazine, joins us to discuss New York’s recently passed cannabis legalization law, where it succeeds and where it falls short. and Heather Digby Parton I’ll be run down the biggest stories of the week

This week on Ring of Fire, Alice Sperri from The Intercept, joins us to discuss her investigative reporting into the NYPD’s brutal policing tactics against Black Lives Matter Protesters last summer. and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week.

This week on Ring of Fire, Monique Morrissey of the Economic Policy Institute, join us to discuss the history of the United States Postal Service and the threats it’s currently facing today. and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week.

This week on Ring of Fire, Justin Schweitzer, Policy Analyst at the Poverty to Prosperity Program for The Center for American Progress joins us to discuss the reasons why we should eliminate the tipped minimum wage in favor of the regular raised minimum wage. and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week. Hey more than ever, a reason for you to become a member starting this week and you can do so over it rofpodcast.com, today the member show has a bonus interview, Sam will be talking to Harvard constitutional law professor Lawrence Lessig about HR 1, it is what he calls an incredibly important piece of legislation to save not just voting rights and anti-corruption policies but literally to save our democracy.