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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

Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Middle Eastern Studies Associate Director Jennifer Loewenstein: U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Announced: Is it Real This Time?Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid activist Ofer Neiman: Israeli Voters May Oust Netanyahu in October Election, but Brutal Repression of Palestinians Likely to ContinueQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Senior Research Fellow William D. Hartung: The Pentagon’s Dangerous Rush to Adopt and Deploy AI into Military MissionsBetween The Lines' Under-reported News Summary• Syria needs large-scale reconstruction in recovery from 15-year brutal civil war• Union Now creates fund to support workers who want to organize but can't due to finances• Two progressive candidates running to oust NYC Comptroller Thomas DeNapoliVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

Salon writer Sophia Tesfaye: MAGA Billionaire Ellison Family and Bari Weiss Murder ’60 Minutes’Fredi Guevara and Liam Henrie: US Crew Members of Global Sumud Aid Flotilla to Gaza Describe Their Israeli Navy DetentionStand Up America Executive Director Christina Harvey: ‘Kick Out Corruption Tour’ Links Trump Grift to Affordability CrisisBob Nixon’s Under-reported News SummaryTrump connection seals $1B Balkans pipeline deal to inexperienced contractorWhite House building ties to Rwanda-backed M23 militia occupying mineral-rich DRCImmigrants pulled out of naturalization ceremonies now file lawsuitsVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

National Security Archive Cuba Documentation Project's Peter Kornbluh: Trump’s Cuba Oil Blockade Triggers Dire Humanitarian Crisis Amid U.S. Invasion ThreatFormer EPA Administrator Martha Guzman Aceves: Recent Hazardous Chemical Disasters Come as Trump EPA Rolls Back Federal Safety RegulationsReporters Without Borders' Ben Grazda: World Press Freedom Index Tracks Decline of Free Press Globally and in U.S. Under Donald TrumpBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Unofficial Trump adviser Mauricio Claver-Carone reshaping Venezuelan government• Most polluting LNG project in the U.S.: Louisiana LNG• Nebraska independent running for U.S. Senate championing working class-vs.-billionairesVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

Roosevelt University professor David Faris: Trump Appears Unable to Escape His Own Iran War QuagmireCenter for International Policy senior fellow Mel Goodman: Trump-Xi Beijing Summit Reveals China’s Rise, America’s DeclineOil & Water Don't Mix coordinator David Holtz: Environmental & Indigenous Groups Fight to Shut Down Line 5 Fossil Fuel Pipeline Before It Contaminates the Great LakesBob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary• Bombshell leak threatens Flávio Bolsonaro’s Brazil presidential election bid• Potentially fatal summer months ahead for migrants in southwestern states• Paltry snowpack amid drought, wildfire risk threatens western statesVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

Common Cause's Dan Vicuña: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Ushers in New Era of Racial Political ApartheidHold the Line's Jon Copeland: Opponents Protest LNG Pipeline Plan to Power Massive AI Data Center in Southern New MexicoFreedom from Religion Foundation's Annie Laurie Gaylor: Trump Regime Sponsors Taxpayer-Funded Rally Promoting White Christian NationalismBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• China continuing a more clandestine, decentralized repression of Uyghurs• Chainsaw-wielding Trump ally Argentinean President Javier Milei's economy and popularity also cratering• Maine Democrats condemn National Democratic party's intervention in their primaryVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Iran War Week 11—Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and GazaSocial Security Administration former commissioner Martin O'Malley: Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Demolishes Customer ServiceFood and Water Watch's Thomas Meyer: Opposition to Resource Hungry Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S. Like WildfireBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• ICE has detained 11,000 parents of U.S. citizen children• South American crime groups now prefer illegal gold mining over drug trafficking• Portland's affordable housing strategy a model for other citiesVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ EraInstitute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?Coal River Mountain Watch Executive Director Vernon Haltom: As Trump Pushes to Extract More Coal, Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked to Severe Health ImpactsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Arizona's SNAP participation rate craters—portends crisis for most vulnerable in America• Islamist militants seize Mali's capital city after the defense minister is assassinated• Papua New Guinea human rights activist wins 2026 Goldman Environmental prizeVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: 'Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last YearLatin American Perspectives Associate Managing Editor Steve Ellner: Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: a ‘New Stage of US Imperialism’Poor People's Campaign West Virginia Tri-Chair Pam Garrison: Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate AlliesBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump may send Afghans who aided US forces to Congo• Fire service will close research stations that study wildfire risk• Despite racial hostilities, Haitian immigrant communities are models of resiliencyVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

Peace Action President Kevin Martin: As Americans Increasingly Oppose Trump’s Iran War, Pressure Building on Congress to Invoke War Powers ActAbout Face: Veterans Against the War Organizing Manager Rebecca Roberts: Amid Iran War, Many U.S. Service Members Seek Advice on Conscientious Objector StatusWomen's Earth and Climate Action Network Executive Director Osprey Orielle Lake: Colombia and Netherlands Convene Historic 1st International Summit to Phase Out Fossil FuelsBob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary• China adds 50 coal plants despite a 2020 pledge to phase out coal• GOP using little known law to target public lands for coal mining• Small towns saying 'no' to untested PFAS water treatment plantVisit 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. ETProduced 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.

Quincy Institute's Brandon Carr and UCLA associate professor Kevan Harris: Trump Blockades Strait of Hormuz After Iran War Talks CollapseYale University Divinity School's Center for Theology and Public Policy Director Bishop William Barber: U.S. Faith Community Condemns Trump’s Immoral Iran War and His ‘Blasphemous’ Social Media PostFairness and Accuracy in Reporting's Julie Hollar: U.S. Corporate Media Fails to Call Out GOP Voter Suppression CampaignBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Iran War causing soaring fertilizer prices and fears of global food shortages• Organizers set their sights on state legislatures to tax the rich• Sunrise movement's climate legislation advocacy requires defeating endless warsVisit 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. ETProduced 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.