Episode 763: Arnie Arnesen Attitude July 14 2025

Part 1:We talk with Vivek Astvansh, who is a professor of marketing at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management. He is also an adjunct professor of data science at Indiana University's Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.We discuss the "deminimus" tariffs that have been in place, and the changes that the Trump administration is imposing will affect individuals, small businesses, and large businesses.   Part 2:We talk with Daniel Cohan, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University.We discuss how the BBBill will distort the energy playing field in the US, and we will have more expensive, dirtier energy production.WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics

Guests: Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare, Jamie RowenThis is a panel discussionPart 1:Today is Bastille Day. We discuss the Kerr County flood in Texas, and how the state of Texas has reduced local control. The effects will likely be drastic in future, since resources will not be forthcoming from FEMA, and not from the state for recovery efforts. Part 2:We discuss the likely effects on future elections in the US. Texas is redistricting to benefit the Republicans. Purging voter rolls is likely. Higher barriers to voting are already being imposed. WNHNFM.ORG   productionMusic: from "Les Miserables" Claude-Michel Schonberg, libretto by Herbert Krezmer

Part 1:We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas.We discuss the flooding in Texas, and how local municipalities have failed, often due to the way that the state has taken many of their powers and money away.Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry, former White House aide, and with Chris Lehman, DC Bureau chief forThe Nationand a contributing editor atThe Baffler.We discuss the many problems made glaringly obvious by the response to the Texas flood, and other floods, due to climate change. The problems of preparedness, notification, and response.WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics 

Part 1:We talk with Ryan Cooper, Managing Editor, The American Prospect.We discuss the provisions of the BBBill, and how these will affect many Americans, including children.Part 2:We talk with Susanne Schindler, Research Fellow at the Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University.We discuss how social housing can be used in the US to develop more housing.  WNHNFM.ORG   productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1:We talk with DeMareo Cooper, of Popular Democracy, about the 14th Amendment We discuss its history, and the current threats of the Trump administration's threats to abrogate it.Part 2:We talk with Lauren McGaughy, reporter for ProPublica.We discuss how Elon Musk is changing policy and governance in Texas, to better accommodate his business plans.WNHNFM.ORG   productionMusic: David Rovics

This is a panel discussion.We discussed multiple topics-Floods in Texas, and effects of non-notification-Vulnerabilities imposed by the BBBill-Troops deployed in Florida, California-the ICE budget-Trump's hate for half the US population WNHNLP.ORG   productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1: We talk with Larry Tye about the role of the Pullman Porters in the early days of labor organizing and organizing to support civil rights.This is a rebroadcast of an interview with Larry Tye.Part 2:This is a rebroadcast.We talk with Elizabeth Minnich.We discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt.This is a rebroadcast,  WNHNFM.ORG   production 

Part 1:We talk with Robert Arnold, known in many circles as Defiance 13 ..he writes poetry and prose that speaks to hope defiance and revolution.We discuss who the Founders were, and their political beliefs. How does this translate to today?Part 2: We talk with Bill Curry and Robert Hockett.Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House.Robert Hockett is an American lawyer, law professor, and policy advocate he teaches legal, financial and some philosophical subjects at Cornell University in New York, where he is the Edward Cornell Professor of Law and a Professor of Public Policy.How do we practice politics? Why?WNHMFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1:We talk with Melvin Goodman, who s a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University. He is also a former CIA analyst.We discuss the current situation in the Middle East, and how the US is attempting regime change at the behest of Israel.Part 2:We talk with Whitney Curry Wimbish, staff writer at The American Prospect.We discuss the recent primary for NYC mayor, and how Mamdani won the Democratic Primary.We also discuss how the controversy about birthright citizenship will affect attempts to get social security numbers for newborns. WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics

Part 1:We talk with Peter Greene, who has written about how policies and practices affect classrooms for over a decade, and for Forbes since 2018.We discuss school vouchers and the proposed tax benefits for those who use school vouchers. These act as ways to further erode public education.We also discuss the growing use of AI technologies in education. What is the likely impact on students' development?Part 2:We talk with Timothy Robert Noah, staff writer for The New Republic.We discuss the erosion of democracy, and the growth of oligarchy in the US. How did we get here? How can this be reversed? WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: David Rovics