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
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
Genres:
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
U.S. Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Escalation Between Two Nuclear Powers
5/11/2022
Quincy Institute's Grand Strategy Director George Beebe: U.S. Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Escalation Between Two Nuclear Powers
Connecticut State Rep. Matt Blumenthal: Connecticut Passes 1st in Nation Comprehensive Bill Making State an Abortion Safe Haven
The Nation national affairs correspondent John Nichols: Demanding Accountability for America’s Coronavirus Criminals and Profiteers
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Europe slaps new regulations on Big...
Duration:00:29:00
Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War
5/4/2022
People for the American Way senior fellow Peter Montgomery: Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Christina See: Extinction Rebellion Uses Nonviolent Resistance to Demand Urgent Action on the Climate Crisis
FreePress.net senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Billionaire Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter Another Symptom of Social Media's Failure
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
Duration:00:28:57
Congressional Passage of War Powers Act Can End U.S. Complicity in Saudi-led Yemen War That's Killed Nearly 400,000
4/27/2022
Yemeni Alliance Committee chairwoman Jehan Hakim: 70 Groups Call for End to US Complicity in Saudi-led Yemen War that’s Killed Nearly 400,000
Code Pink Women for Peace co-founder Medea Benjamin: Groups Working to Unfreeze Billions of Afghan Assets in US to Fund Humanitarian Aid
Salon.com contributing writer Heather Digby Parton: GOP Openly Conspires to Steal the Next Election
Bob Nixon's Under-reported Weekly Summary:
• Britain seeks to send refugees arriving via English Channel to...
Duration:00:29:00
Russia-Ukraine War Exposes Human Rights, International Law Double Standards
4/20/2022
University of San Francisco's Stephen Zunes: Russia’s War in Ukraine Exposes Double Standards in International Law and Human Rights
Gamers for Peace's Chris Velazquez: Gamers For Peace Reaches Out to Young People Offering Alternatives to Military Service
National Coalition Against Censorship's Chris Finan: Combating GOP Moral Panic and Classroom Censorship
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russian bankers have long hidden assets offshore
• Marcos' son may become next Philippines...
Duration:00:29:00
Big Oil Profiteering Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine
4/13/2022
Public Citizen's Alan Zibel: Big Oil Profiteering Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine
Climate Activist Donna Shaunesey: Climate Activists Blockade Coal-waste Plant Enriching Sen. Manchin Family
University of Georgia Assistant Professor Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo: COVID Racial Disparities Made Many White U.S. Residents Less Supportive of Public Health Measures
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
Duration:00:29:00
Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe
4/6/2022
Peace Action's Jon Rainwater: Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe
National Priorities Project's Lindsay Koshgarian: Biden’s New Pentagon Budget Prioritizes War and Militarization Over Human Need
Free Speech for People's John Bonifaz: DOJ Inaction on Trump Coup Attempt Condemned
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
Duration:00:29:00
Preconditions Necessary to End Russia’s War in Ukraine
3/30/2022
Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Preconditions Necessary to End Russia’s War in Ukraine
Nonviolence activist Kathy Kelly: U.S. Weapons Feed Yemen War and Humanitarian Crisis
Beyond Extreme Energy's Ted Glick: Campaign Pushes Back Against Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rubber Stamp of Fossil Fuel Projects
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Colombia presidential, legislative elections lean left
• As the US focuses on Ukraine, Yemen starves
• Due to redlining,...
Duration:00:29:00
U.S. Must Support Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks to End the War
3/23/2022
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Marcus Stanley: To End the War US, Must Support Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks
Oxfam America's Robbie Silverman: New International Agreement on the Global Distribution of COVID Vaccines Criticized as Inadequate
Coalition on Human Needs's Deborah Weinstein: Activists Are Working to Fix the Broken U.S. Child Care System
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
- UAE chooses oil producers' solidarity over military allies
- Africa's climate funding...
Duration:00:29:01
Ukraine 'No Fly Zone' Could Ignite WWIII
3/16/2022
Institute for Responsible Statecraft's William Hartung: Dangers of Enforcing Ukraine 'No Fly Zone' and Urgent Need for Viable War Exit Strategy
Stand.earth's Nathan Taft: Amid Ukraine War, Climate Groups Call on Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act for Renewables
Climate Psychiatry Alliance's Lise Van Susteren: Climate Anxiety: Addressing the Psychological Effects of Global Warming
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• U.S. thaws on Venezuelan oil sanctions while banning Russian...
Duration:00:29:00
Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation
3/9/2022
Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation
Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution's Michael Hansen: Climate Activists Confront Formidable Influence Wielded by the Alabama Power Company
Jacobin Magazine's Alex N. Press: Starbucks Union Drive Catches Fire Across the US
Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
-Stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in US
-Investors bought record number of homes in minority neighborhoods in...
Duration:00:29:00
Ukraine-Russia War Ushers in More Dangerous New Cold War Era
3/2/2022
Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman
Author and nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman
Connecticut state Sen. Marilyn Moore
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
Duration:00:29:00
Exquisite Diplomacy Needed to Avert War in Ukraine
2/23/2022
Retired Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: How War Can be Averted in Ukraine
Newtown Action Alliance's Po Murray: Families of Sandy Hook School Massacre Victims Win Historic Suit Against Remington Arms Company
University of New Brunswick's David Hoffman: The Danger of Extremists Inside Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Top court frees Honduras environmental activists
• Why Texas' power grid still hasn't been fixed
• One in five would-be “Patriot Front”...
Duration:00:29:00
Europe's Dependency on Russian Gas Key Element in Ukraine Crisis
2/16/2022
Canadian petrochemical economist John Foster: Nord Stream 2 Pipeline & Europe’s Need for Russian Gas, Key Elements in the Ukraine Crisis
Quinnipiac University visiting professor Judge Angela C. Robinson: Critical Race Theory is Target #1 in GOP Culture War
Former inmate Ramon Garcia: Connecticut Activists Continue Campaign to End or Restrict the Use of Solitary Confinement
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
• Thousands protest in Argentina against debt deal
• Biden begins...
Duration:00:29:00
There's a Way for US and Russia to Save Face Over Ukraine Crisis
2/9/2022
The Nation magazine's Katrina vanden Heuvel: There is a Way Out of the Ukraine Crisis
Yale University's Jason Stanley: Republican Party Officially Endorses Political Violence as a Means to Gain Power
Leonard Peltier's Attorney Kevin Sharp: America’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Has COVID, Supporters Demand His Release
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
For more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts, visit our website at BTLonline.org,...
Duration:00:29:00
Why Do U.S., U.K. See Russian Threat on Ukrainian Border, While Ukraine Does Not?
2/2/2022
University of Rhode Island's Nicolai Petro: Escalation of Rhetoric in Ukraine Crisis Risks Conflict
People for the American Way's Marge Baker: Biden’s Historic Pledge to Nominate a Black Woman to Supreme Court
Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights Coalition's Russell Chisholm: Mountain Valley Pipeline Opponents Encouraged as Federal Court Vacates Critical Permits
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• US halts Afghanistan humanitarian aid amid famine and sanctions
• Coal and...
Duration:00:29:00
A Lawmaker Participated in 1/6 Insurrection. Does He Have a Right to Run for Congress?
1/26/2022
Free Speech for People's Ben Horton: Effort Underway to Challenge Rep. Madison Cawthorn's Right to Run for Public Office
Institute for Policy Studies's Chuck Collins: Taxing Extreme Global Wealth Could Lift 2.3 Billion People Out of Poverty
Center for Media and Democracy's Alex Kotch: Koch Network Funds War on COVID Public Health Measures
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Can Arab Gulf states coax Iran into new nuclear deal?
• After Sudan's October coup, Biden support for...
Duration:00:29:00
Canadian Scholar Warns America is Moving Toward Democracy Collapse & Right-wing Dictatorship
1/19/2022
Cascade Institute's Thomas Homer-Dixon: Canadian Scholar Warns America is Moving Toward Democracy Collapse & Right-wing Dictatorship
Witness Against Torture's Maha Hilal: After 20 Years, Human Rights Groups Continue to Demand Closure of U.S. Guantanamo Prison
United Mine Workers of America's Phil Smith: Mine Workers Union Split with Manchin on His Opposition to Biden’s Build Back Better Bill
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Protesters call for action to prevent Bosnia sliding...
Duration:00:29:00
Trump & GOP Are Planning to Use the Constitution's 12th Amendment to Steal the Next Election
1/12/2022
Investigative Reporter Greg Palast: Trump & GOP Are Planning to Use the Constitution's 12th Amendment to Steal the Next Election
University of Connecticut Assistant professor Amanda J. Crawford: Dissecting the GOP's 'Big Lie' and Other Toxic Conspiracy Theories
CDC Epidemiologist Ellen Yard: Is There a Link Between the Pandemic and a Dramatic Rise in Suicide Attempts by Adolescent Girls?
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
Duration:00:29:00
Halting NATO’s Eastward Expansion Would Help Resolve U.S.-Russia Ukraine Crisis
1/5/2022
Mel Goodman: Halting NATO’s Eastward Expansion Would Help Resolve U.S.-Russia Ukraine Crisis
René Rojas: Major Challenges Ahead for Chile’s New Progressive President
Karen Igou and Coby Owens: Occupy Biden Protest Encampment Calls on President to ‘Declare a Climate Emergency’
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Kim Jong Un prioritizes nuclear program as vital to his regime
• In Mexico, fertilizer used by farmers is fueling climate change
• Liberal groups now spend more "dark...
Duration:00:28:57
Grieving Father, Now Medicare4All Activist Responds to Manchin's Attempt to Kill Build Back Better Bill
12/29/2021
Poor People's Campaign's Scott Desnoyers: Joe Manchin Derails Biden’s Build Back Better Human Infrastructure Bill
Sierra Club's Adele Shraiman: New Report Finds U.S. Financial Sector the 5th Biggest Emitter of CO2 in the World
The Daily Poster's Andrew Perez: How Dark Money Bought a Supreme Court Seat
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
• Midsized autocracies are projecting more hard power
• Maine’s new “right to food” could sprout legal challenges
• Detroit removing problem...
Duration:00:29:00