part 1: 
The Outsourcing of Discrimination: Another SCOTUS Earthquake? https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/carson-makinWe discuss a policy memo written by Prof. Welner that examines some fundamental shifts, along with their real-world implications, within the past 60 years of Supreme Court jurisprudence, up to and including the current Carson v. Makin case. The Supreme Court is just a few small steps away from transforming every charter school law in the U.S. into a private-school voucher policy. Further, the nation may be facing a future of religious organizations proselytizing through charter schools that have been freed from obeying anti-discrimination laws—with LGBTQ+ community members being the most likely victims.
NEPC director Kevin G. Welner is a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education, specializing in policy and law. He and Alex Molnar founded NEPC in 2010. Welner has authored or edited 12 books and more than 100 research articles and book chapters concerning education policy and law. His books include Education and the Law (2016, coauthored with Stuart Biegel and Bob Kim); Closing the opportunity gap: What America must do to give every child an even chance (2013, co-edited with Prudence Carter); NeoVouchers: The emergence of tuition tax credits for private schooling (2008); and Legal rights, local wrongs: When community control collides with educational equity (2001). He is an AERA Fellow and has received the AERA’s Early Career Award, its Palmer O. Johnson Award, its Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award, the Horace Mann League’s Outstanding Public Educator Award, the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Residency, and the NAEd/Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellowship. He received his B.A. in Biological Sciences from UCSB and his J.D. and Ph.D. from UCLA.
Part 2:
We discuss managed charging which means that drivers download their app and can turn over charging to them to maximize off-peak, clean energy generation, and other valuable grid-based benefits saving money and carbon. Ultimately it will be a good way to manage residential charging on a large scale to prevent overloading the grid and probably lead to bidirectional applications in the future as well. FlexCharging could sell the car's energy back to the utility when prices are high, for example.

​Barry Woods is based out of Portland, Maine, United States and works at Revision Energy as Director of Electric Vehicle Innovation.Barry is a director on the board with Plug In America, the only independent US-based non-profit who is the voice of EV drivers.  Ken Nichols of FlexCharging. You didn’t buy an EV to keep carbon emissions high.Charging at the wrong time can have the same or sometimes even worse carbon emission impact than a gasoline engine. Charging during evening peak, when all generators are running, means utilities have to ramp up natural gas or coal plants to meet your EV charging load. FlexCharging allows you to charge at the best time, automatically.

​Part 1:
Student Debt a conversation with  Professor Barry Lam host of Hi-Phi Nation, and Vassar College.
Student Debt Cancellation Is Unfair. That Doesn’t Mean Biden Shouldn’t Do It. A philosopher probes the ethics of a knotty situation. We discuss the idea of fairness, and how it applies to student loans, and the changing relationship between the cost of college and the resources that students and their parents have had.
Part 2:
We talk with Jonathan Feingold about the Buffalo massacre. Professor Feingold is Professor of Law at Boston U with a focus on Critical Race Theory . Feingold’s scholarship explores the relationship between race, law, and the mind sciences. Much of his recent research has interrogated how and why various American legal regimes, including equal protection doctrine, function to reinforce and reproduce racial hierarchy. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the California Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, Utah Law Review, and Temple Law Review. Representative publications include “SFFA v. Harvard: How Affirmative Action Myths Mask White Bonus,” “Hidden in Plain Sight: a More Compelling Case for Diversity,” “Eyes Wide Open: What Social Science Can Tell Us About the Supreme Court’s Use of Social Science” (with Evelyn Carter), and “Defusing Implicit Bias” (with Karen Lorang).
We discuss the racial terrorism that this race massacre exemplifies. What should Biden say?
1-Make clear the forces on the right that are determined to create the divisions that make this possible and likely. 2- Remember the lessons of the summer of 2020: that we have a structural, systemic racism problem in America, the choice of this supermarket was not random, 3-We need to protect public education and the right to vote as if our democracy depends on it, because it does, and 4-Biden should remember his commitment to the Black community, to which we all owe so much.

Part 1:
A conversation with Lauren Rankin is a writer and the author of Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America.
​I DEDICATE THIS SECOND INTERVIEW TO MARY LOU SAYER, MY FRIEND, CONFIDANTE, BRIDESMAID AND WHO, AT THE AGE OF 93, FINALLY STOPPED ESCORTING WOMEN TO THEIR APPOINTMENT FOR AN ABORTION
After 30 Years of Turning Abortion Clinics Into War Zones, Now You Want “Civility”?  https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/protest-alito-kavanaugh-roe-v-wade-abortion.html
 Lauren Rankin is a writer, speaker, and activist. She is the author of Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America, available now everywhere books are sold. She has written for the Washington Post, The Cut, Fast Company, Teen Vogue, NBC News, Slate, TIME, and many more. She has appeared on SiriusXM, the BBC, CTV News, Times Radio, BuzzFeed News, and more, and has been a keynote speaker at places like Rutgers University and Cornell University. She served as a volunteer clinic escort at a New Jersey abortion clinic from 2014-2020, and is a board member of A is For, a reproductive rights advocacy organization.
The Horrifying Implications of Alito’s Most Alarming Footnote A “domestic supply of infants” is exactly what the framers of the 14th Amendment intended to abolish.
The latest bill passed by the Senate to “protect” justices against peaceful protest is an abrogation of the first amendment. Considering that there have been ten assassinations fo clinic workers since 1994, it is irony and hypocrIsy, at least. While, in fact, the majority of Americans approve of abortion. Unfortunately, Democrats seem afraid to admit this and fight for it.

Part 2:
A conversation with David Dayen the Executive Editor of the American Prospect
The Age of Rationing
From pandemic supply chain snarls to baby formula shortages, we forgot that physical production isn’t magic, and we need to engineer it for stability.
Efficiency means that the profits are maximized. Stability and resiliency means that utility is maximized.
The market, as structured is faulty, and distorted by the WIC program, which in effect creates monopolies for a few manufacturers.
We also discuss the problems of the way that money is allocated. We know that a pandemic is inevitable, but no money has been voted to deal with it.
The solutions now being applied to inflation are old solutions that will not work, as they have not worked in the past, because they do not tackle the root causes.  Instead, they impose a kind of rationing. 

Tenczar limerick
Elon wants the Donald to tweet!
Two tycoons who aren’t too discreet.
They'll blast their opinions
To their millions of minions,
They’re both known for unbridled conceit.



Guests:
Jeff Van Treese II is a professor of pre-law, environmental science, and horticulture at Palm Beach State College.  Jeff is a passionate environmental advocate that uses his knowledge as an attorney and scientist to enhance public awareness of environmental issues as host of Mobilized on Free Speech TV (also carried on multiple Pacifica affiliate stations)
Stephen Pimpare  is director of the Public Service and Nonprofit Leadership Program at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of The New Victorians: Poverty, Politics, and Propaganda in Two Gilded Ages (2004); A People’s History of Poverty in America (2008); and Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens: Down and Out on the Silver Screen(2017) and Politics for Social Workers (2021)
Lincoln Mitchell teaches in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.He covers the politics of NYC and San Francisco as well as International politics. He is the author of seven books and is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion, the San Francisco Examiner and Brussels Morning.
Steffen W. Schmidt is Lucken Endowed Professor of Political Science at Iowa State University he is known as Dr Politics for his analysis of the Iowa Presidential Caucus His expertise includes Cyber Security Political International Affairs Corporate Culture  Risk Management Technology
Part 1:
We start our discussion on the topic of the baby food shortage in the US. Only 25% of mothers breast feed. Unfortunately, there are only 4 major suppliers in the US. In addition, time and space are needed to support breast feeding.
We talk about the different goals of the parties: Democrats want to govern, and Republicans want to scream and complain.
Part 2:
Democrats need to refine their message to voters, and repeat it often. Unfortunately,they have allowed the Republicans to control the agenda.
Covid is resurging.

part one: 
​Scott Braddock editor of the Quorum Report, the voice of TX the dean of the Austin press corps.
Scott is a journalist and political analyst based in Austin, Texas.
He covers the Texas Legislature and politics in the Lone Star State by working with Austin legend Harvey Kronberg to produce the most successful political newsletter in Texas: The Quorum Report. In January of 2015, Scott became Quorum Report Editoras Mr. Kronberg assumed the role of Publisher and CEO.Scott served as the chief political reporter for the two biggest radio news operations in Texas: Newsradio 1080 KRLD in Dallas and Newsradio 740 KTRH in Houston. He has been honored with Edward R. Murrow and AP awards for investigative journalism and received recognition for excellence and fairness in political reporting from members of Texas’ Congressional delegation.
We discuss Gov. Abbott's recent statements about the public schools in Texas. He has said that “public dollars should follow students” to private schools, religious schools, charter schools, etc. He has also proposed vouchers. This is very unpopular with rural voters, and has admitted that there is no upside or downside for parents. He has also promised that public schools would be fully funded, though it would be the legislature that would make it happen. This helps O'Rourke.
As regards abortion legislation, 80% of Texans feel that there should be some exemptions to the kinds of draconian regulations that are being promoted.


part two:
Bill Curry  is an American lawyer and politician who has been a two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut and a White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton.He was head of Freeze Voter, a nuclear freeze group.
Alex Sammon a staff writer at The American Prospect. He’s a former columnist and feature writer for the New Republic and former contributing politics writer at Pacific Standard. His work has also appeared in n+1, Wired, and Mother Jones.
In this inflationary period, the rising prices are being blamed on the administration, though this inflation is world wide. It is too bad that the Democrats do not have a strong and convincing speaker, who cam tell Americans the facts and explain them: the supply chain is defective, and we should be building products here; the Ukraine war is contributing to problems; Oil companies are not using their leases, thus driving up energy prices. Reality is that real wages have moved up, the very rich have lost a little ground, and the US economy is better off. Monopolies are hurting the consumer.

art 1:
 Robert Hockett  is an American lawyer, law professor, and policy advocate. He holds two positions at Cornell University (the Edward Cornell Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and a Professor of Public Affairs), is senior counsel at investment firm Westwood Capital, LLC,[1] and was a Fellow at The Century Foundation think tank.[2][3][4]As of 2019, he is advising Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Green New Deal.


We discuss the idea of treating social media as a public utility, accessible to all Americans, providing accurate information, and not allowed to bully anyone. There are several prerequisites: a good communications infrastructure, controls, and enforced fairness doctrine.
Part 2:
We talk with Charlotte Dennett, author and attorney, about the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil. We discuss how many wars have as their underlying cause the quest for oil, gas, and other sources of energy. For example, eastern Ukraine has major natural gas resources, which Russia wants. We talk about energy wars, and what can be done to stop them.In essence, they are suicidal. 

Part One
We have a conversation with Professor Michele Gilman    How the Supreme Court limiting abortion access could harm the economy and women’s well-being   
We discuss the recent leaked potential ruling of the Supreme Court, and how this will affect the economy overall. This ruling is apparently only the beginning of other rulings, that will rescind various rights, including the right to marry across race lines, contraception, gay rights. We see that this is aimed at controlling women, keeping them ‘pregnant and in the kitchen”.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/05/06/how-a-supreme-court-decision-limiting-access-to-abortion-could-harm-the-economy-and-womens-well-being-2/    
Michele Gilman is the Venable Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Professor Gilman directs the Civil Advocacy Clinic, where she supervises students representing low-income individuals and community groups in a wide range of litigation, legislation, and law reform matters. She also teaches evidence, federal administrative law, and poverty law. Professor Gilman writes extensively about social welfare issues, and her articles have appeared in journals including the California Law Review, the Vanderbilt Law Review, and the Brooklyn Law Review. In addition, she is a co-director of the Center on Applied Feminism, which works to apply the insights of feminist legal theory to legal practice and policy. Professor Gilman is the immediate past President of the Board of the Public Justice Center, a member of the Committee on Litigation and Legal Priorities of the ACLU of Maryland, a member of the Judicial Selection committee of the Women’s Law Center, and received the 2010 University of Maryland Board of Regents Award for Public Service.
​Part Two:  
We talk with Tony Rinaudo AM, who presents practical solutions to counter desertification, famine and despair. Today we discuss Farmer-managed natural regeneration and  his new book: The Forest Underground  Hope for a planet in crisis                                        
Tony is the Principal Climate Action Advisor Climate Action and Resilience Team   Right Livelihood Award Laureate, 2018 a good news story: https://vimeo.com/169042685
Tony Rinaudo is an Australian agronomist, who is widely known as the “forest maker.” Having lived and worked in African countries for several decades, he has discovered and put in practice a solution to the extreme deforestation and desertification of the Sahel region. With a simple set of management practices, farmers can regenerate and protect existing local vegetation, which has helped to improve the livelihoods of millions.-- 

Part One: 
We talk with Kathryn Progin, about racism and the anti-choice movement.
The Original Sin of the Religious Right   It was school segregation, not abortion, that brought Christians together in prayer and a quest for political power.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/the-truth-about-the-religious-right-now-celebrating-the-end-of-roe.html
Kathryn Pogin is a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at Northwestern University and received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she represented clients in matters with both the Veterans Legal Services and Free Exercise clinics. Her philosophical work spans social epistemology, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of law.
We talk about how white evangelicals began to adopt anti-choice rhetoric as a way of getting political power, and how this morphed from racism when it was defined as school segregation. The toxic brew that is designed to kill public education and make parents shoulder the whole cost.
Part Two: 
Our guest is Jennifer Berkshire, who discusses the toxic brew that is designed to kill public education and make parents shoulder the whole cost and the story of public education and a remarkable victory Beyond Croydon.
Croydon, NH rolled back drastic cuts to its public schools, after being fooled/deceived into allowing the cuts by a school superintendent and his complicit wife. They were aided by NH’s public school commissioner, who is pushing private administration of schools, as a way of eliminating public schools.
​Jennifer Berkshire writes about education and politics for the Nation, the New Republic, the Washington Post, and other publications

Lincoln Mitchell teaches in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.He covers the politics of NYC and San Francisco as well as International politics. He is the author of seven books and is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion, the San Francisco Examiner and Brussels Morning.
Daniel Block a journalist currently working for Foreign Affairs. Before that he was executive editor at The Washington Monthly, a U.S. politics and policy magazine. Previously, a Luce Scholar based in Delhi. My writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Caravan and The American Prospect.
Dean Spiliotes  Political scientist and civic scholar at Southern New Hampshire University; blogger at NHPoliticalCapital.com and author of Vicious Cycle: Presidential Decision Making in the American Political Economy​ 

​Part 1:
We discuss whether the leaked Roe decision is likely to be a motivator of alienator for Democrats this fall. The culture wars are real. What will the effect be?
Part 2:
Boeing has announced a headquarters move to Washington DC.
We see an indefinite war in Ukraine, which will have budget implications in the US. Not only as direct support for the war, but also as an economic force for the world. We also see a militarization of the US budget. We expect a suppression of opinions.
The global south seems consider the war as irrelevant to their concerns. “White people fighting it out.”