Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast

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: increasing disparity in wealth 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. In recent years, our coverage has raised the alarm about Donald Trump and the Republican party’s ongoing fascist threat to America’s democratic institutions. We believe that accurately and bluntly communicating this threat is vital to mobilizing the American people to defend civil society, civil liberties and our multiracial democracy. It’s critical that media outlets counter corporate media’s constant “sanewashing” and sanitizing of Trump and the GOP’s embrace of political violence and contempt for the U.S. Constitution. Trump 2.0 has shown itself to be even far worse than expected in these past few months, with the widespread dismantling of our government and vital social services, the lawlessness of weaponizing the Department of Justice, the targeting law firms and universities to bend them to his will -- and the downright cruelty to the nation's most vulnerable in our communities. Squeaky Wheel Productions is our 501(c)(3) nonprofit production company and distributor. This consumer podcast may occasionally contain a fundraising pitch. 233680

Episodes

June 18, 2025 29 mins

University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle the U.S.

Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Massive Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest the Largest Demonstration of Opposition Yet to Trump Fascism

Center for Biological Diversity's Randi Spivak: House Approves Trump-GOP Budget That Will Decimate National Parks, Sell Off Public Lands

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Women's March's Tamika Middleton: June 14 Nationwide Anti-Authoritarian Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office

Formerly of the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights' New York Office Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Seizure of Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Ship Violates International Law

Oil Change International's Collin Rees: Trump & GOP Slash Clean Energy Incentives that Reduced Pollution, ...

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New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism

Progressive Democrats of America Executive Director Alan Minsky: Passive Democrats Fail to Convene Emergency Meeting to Confront Trump’s Assault on Democracy

Defend and Recruit organizer Umme Hoque: Growing National Boycott Campaign Targets Avelo Airlines for its ICE Deportation Flig...

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Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Trump-GOP House Budget Bill will Literally Kill Americans Who Lose Access to Healthcare

Vietnam veteran Russell Brown: Veterans and Allies’ 40-Day Fast Demands Israel Restore Full Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Connecticut Action Group's Helen Humphries: Campaign Targets Insurance Companies to End Their Underwriting and Investments in Fossil Fuels

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Popular Democracy in Action's Analilia Mejia: Overwhelming Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts

Democracy for the Arab World's Raed Jarrar: Trump Visit to Oil-Rich Gulf Monarchies Produces Mixed Outcome

Democratic Constitution Blog's Luke Pickrell: Repairing the Constitution’s Democracy Deficit Key to Challenging Trump Authoritarian Power Grab

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Lawyers for Civil Rights Senior Attorney Jacob Love: Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship

Economic Policy Institute Senior Policy Analyst Margaret Poydock: New Report Finds 100 Ways Trump Has Hurt US Workers

International Association of Machinists Union member Phil Clarkin: Machinist Strike Against Pratt and Whitney Over Job Security Enters 2nd Week

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' former NYC Office Director Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute Malnutrition

The nation's leading public interest lawyer Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Labels Trump’s 100-Day Attack on Democracy a ‘Fascist Dictatorship’

Memphis Community Against Pollution Executive Director KeShaun Pearson: Memphis Resident Fighting to Shut...

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Alianza Americas Executive Director Dulce Guzmán: Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge

Child Labor Coalition Director of Child Labor Advocacy Reid Maki: As Trump Weakens Worker Protections, Assault on State Child Labor Laws Escalates

Investigative journalist Gareth Gore: Opus Dei, Pope Francis, the Catholic Church and Trump’s MAGA Movement

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Climate Disobedience Center organizer Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor: Campaign Prepares to Challenge Trump’s Future Invocation of the Insurrection Act

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Protests Target Avelo Airlines for Its Trump Contract to Fly ICE Deportation Flights

Roots Action Political Director Sam Rosenthal: Groups Demand Democrats Convene Emergency Meeting to Counter Trump’s Authoritarian Coup

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Princeton University's visiting professor Fawzia Afzal-Khan: As Israel Escalates Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza, Trump Attempts to Crush Free Speech on Campus

Yale University's Jason Stanley: Tyrants Use Racism and Patriarchy to Split Civil Society Apart and Dismantle Democracy

Connector newsletter Editor Micah Sifry: Could Federal Workers Emerge as Leaders of a New Broad-Based Trump Opposition Movement?

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Institute for Policy Studies' Omar Ocampo: Trump’s Irrational International Tariffs Will Deepen U.S. Economic Inequality

Labor historian and documentary filmmaker Fred Glass: The Trump Resistance Movement and Prospects for a Proposed General Strike

New York State Jails Justice Network's Jerome R. Wright: Deal to End New York Wildcat Correction Officer Strike Suspends Solitary Confinement Reform Law

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Anti-racism educator and educator Tim Wise: Confronting the Reality of Trump’s Vile White Supremacist Agenda

Georgetown University's Nader Hashemi: Trump Targets International Students for Deportation, 1st Step to Repress Free Speech for All

IRIS Executive Director Maggie Mitchell Salem: Trump Attack on Immigrants and Aid Groups Felt at Local Agencies Across the US

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American Constitution Society's Christopher Wright Durocher: Trump Defiance of Rule of Law Plunges U.S. into Deepening Constitutional Crisis

The New Republic's Aaron Regunberg: As Voter Anger Rises Over Trump Attacks on Federal Government, Bernie Sanders & AOC Rally, Energize Democracy Defenders

Pipeline Safety Trust's Bill Caram: Trump Fossil Fuel Deregulation and Staff Cuts Could Lead to Increase in Pipeline Acci...

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American Doom independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter Program Serving the Nation’s Most Vulnerable

Public Citizen Co-Executive Director Lisa Gilbert: Public Citizen Pushing Back Against Trump Regime’s Onslaught of Lawlessness

Left Voice Editor Sam Carliner: Trump Suppression of Free Speech an Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student Activist

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Yale professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump’s Methodical Assault on Democracy Closely Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes Through History

Pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant: Target's Elimination of Its DEI Policy Provokes 40-Day Nationwide Boycott

Greenpeace USA Interim Executive Director Sushma Raman: In Effort to Suppress Climate Protests, Fossil Fuel Company Energy Transfer Sues Greenpeace USA

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RootsAction.org Co-Founder Norman Solomon: Confronting the Democratic Party’s Weak Opposition to Trump Coup

New Haven, CT Mayor Justin Elicker: Nearly 2 Dozen U.S. Cities Sue Trump Regime for Threat to Withhold Funding from Sanctuary Cities

Committee to Protect Journalists Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen: Trump Launches Campaign of Threats and Intimidation to Suppress US Press Freedom



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Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid 

Horizons Project Co-Lead Maria J. Stephan: Civil Resistance Strategies and Tactics to Effectively Resist the Trump-Musk Coup

Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Director Michael Gerrard: As NYC’s Congestion Pricing Program Generates Funds for Mass Transit, Trump Wants it Shu...

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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 All...

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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

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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

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