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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

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.

Brandeis University professor Naghmeh Sohrabi: U.S.-Israel War on Iran Shattering Ordinary Iranians’ Lives, Including Regime Opponents’Back from the Brink activist Ann Froines: U.S. Campaign Launched to Lead the World Back from Brink of Nuclear WarMs. magazine Editor Katherine Spillar: ‘Project 2026’: Trump Regime’s New Blueprint to Suppress Women’s RightsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Taiwan's anti-democracy opposition leader to visit China before Trump• Cambodian court upholds journalists' 14-year prison sentence for border photo• Fourteen states now have paid family leave, with campaigns in six other states underwayVisit 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.

Former USMC Capt. Matthew Hoh: Iran Maintains Upper Hand over U.S. and Israel in Escalating and Costly WarPeople's Law Collective attorney Xavier de Janon: Trump DOJ Wins Terrorism Conviction of Accused Antifa Activists, Criminalizing DissentNational Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Senate Confirms ‘Unqualified Hothead’ Markwayne Mullin as DHS SecretaryBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Philippines president declares energy emergency• Cuba's economy at Trump's mercy• Western heatwave threatens summer water and fire crisesVisit 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.

Democracy for the Arab World Now Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: An Erratic Trump Desperate To Exit Disastrous U.S.-Israeli War on IranYale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab's Nathaniel Raymond: As the Sudanese Armed Forces Make Gains in Sudan’s Civil War, Civilians Bear Brunt of the ViolenceNuestra America Convoy to Cuba delegate Andy Shallal: Nuestra América Convoy Arrives in Cuba, in Defiance of Trump’s Oil BlockadeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Vietnam attempting to expand international relations beyond relying on China and the US• Third World nations seek debt relief for environmental conservation• Former Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development U.S. representative slacks off on ethic pledgeVisit 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.

Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump’s Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran Has No Clear ObjectivesJacobin Staff Writer Branko Marcetic: Trump Follows Israel Into Disastrous War on Iran, Netanyahu Calls the ShotsConnecticut Visibility Brigade Founder Katherine Hinds: Judge Dismisses Charges Against Connecticut Visibility Brigade Activist in Major Free Speech VictoryBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• U.S. hasn't learned from lesson from regime-change war to destabilize oil-rich Libya• Indian police raid environmental activists' home over anti-fossil fuels campaign• Ethanol's carbon footprint doesn't merit corn production's land shift useVisit 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.

International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber: International Law is the Number One Casualty of the US & Israel’s Illegal War on IranHow Democracies Die author and Harvard professor Steven Levitsky: Trump’s Authoritarian Regime’s Next Target: The 2026 Midterm ElectionFormer EPA administrator Joe Goffman: Trump EPA Eliminates 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment FindingBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• The Democratic party needs to recognize its base is progressive, social democratic• Indonesia's nickel industry is boon to renewable energy market & China's rust belt workers• Rio Grande's sewage cleanup overshadowed by unfulfilled treaty, tariffs and border wallVisit 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.

Federation of Atomic Scientists' Jon B. Wolfsthal: Coming Threat of Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomday Clock Closer to MidnightUniversity of Pennsylvania media policy professor Victor Pickard: Trump-Aligned Oligarchs' Media Mergers Transforming Outlets into MAGA Propaganda PlatformsYale University School of Architecture's Adam Hopfer: Yale Architecture Students Design and Build Rent Free HomesBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• SCOTUS sets dangerous ICE racial profiling precedent—double jeopardy for blacks• African leaders push for reparations for colonization crimes• Russia and China forging an axis of Asia powered by natural gasVisit 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.