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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast

By: Scott Harris Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon
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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

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Episodes
  • After Government Shutdown Surrender, It’s Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their Strategy

    After Government Shutdown Surrender, It’s Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their Strategy
    Nov 12 2025

    RootsAction.org co-founder Norman Solomon: After Government Shutdown Surrender, It’s Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their Strategy

    The Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Mamdani’s Uncompromising Progressive NYC Mayoral Victory Inspires Hope for U.S. Politics

    University of California Santa Barbara sociology professor William I. Robinson: Linking the Growing Global Economic Crisis to Rising Austerity and Repression

    Between The Lines' Under-reported News Summary
    • NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's 'radical ideas' are 'normal' in Europe
    • Union shareholders fighting data collection brokers behind ICE deportations
    • South Africa's new green energy plan won't phase out coal


    Visit 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. ET

    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations

    Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations
    Nov 5 2025

    ACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations

    Center for Budget and Policy Priorities Executive Vice President for Policy and Program Development Peggy Bailey: Judge Forces Trump to use Contingency Funds to Restore SNAP Benefits to Nation’s Poor Families

    Artist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Russia's war on Ukraine has ravaged the nation's forests
    • Ethiopia opens new dam threatening Egypt's water security
    • US-Mexico border wall imperils region's pollinators


    Visit 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. ET

    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians

    Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians
    Oct 22 2025

    Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians

    Democracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Voting Rights Act, Imperiling U.S. Multi-Racial Democracy

    Louisiana commercial fisherman Eddie Lejuine: LNG Terminals Decimate Louisiana’s Once Thriving Commercial Fishing Industry

    Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
    • Afghanistan and Pakistan engage in deadly border battles
    • Trump attacks cashless bail policies
    • Wisconsin court rejects Big Ag’s attempt to weaken water regulations


    Visit 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. ET

    Produced 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.

    Show More Show Less
    29 mins
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