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Interview with Marc Boom, senior director for public affairs with the Environmental Protection Network, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Marc Boom, who served as a senior advisor in the Office of Policy at the EPA and is now senior director for public affairs with the Environmental Protection Network.  Here he talks about what needs to happen to restore the EPA no matter which party controls Congress after the election and the most important issues Congress needs to address in the lame duck period.

Interview with filmmaker and journalist Greg Palast, conducted by Scott Harris.Greg Palast, author of several New York Times bestsellers including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, talks about his recent investigations into voter suppression, mass purges of eligible voters, GOP dirty tricks being employed in the 2026 midterm election campaign, & his hopes and fears about the U.S. election.

Interview with Lauren Miller Karalunas, senior counsel with the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, conducted by Scott Harris.Here Lauren Miller Karalunas discusses growing concern and evidence that the Trump administration is employing a strategy to block states from certifying election winners in order to prevent Democrats from taking control of the House and/or Senate.

Interview with Carol Evans, vice president of policy with Common Cause, conducted by Scott Harris.Carol Evans discusses her group’s work to protect the midterm election from interference and manipulation by the Trump administration and Republican party, which have together taken multiple steps to subvert the outcome of the Nov. 3rd vote.

Interview with Michael Sozan, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, conducted by Scott Harris.Michael Sozan is co-author of a recent article, “The Trump Administration is Interfering in the 2026 Midterm Elections to Entrench the Imperial Presidency,”offering a comprehensive examination of Trump’s multi-pronged plot to subvert this November’s midterm election. He’ll discuss his current assessment of the danger posed by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to the free and fair administration of the election, and the preparations being made to resist/repel attempts to subvert the outcome by Democrats and democracy defender groups across the country.

The Organic Farm Stand, Nov. 4, 2026:     Hot Topics with Diane Lauricella     Small Farms Report with Steve Munno     Honey Bee Update with Vincent Kaye     Legislative Update with Kim Stoner, director of advocacy with CT NOFAHosts: Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

Health insurance dominates all aspects of health care in the United States. It is also unaffordable for many people. Isabelle uses her personal health insurance search as a pathway to examine how Federal descisions have made health care access in Connecticut more challenging. The piece features interviews with Katy Golvala, CT Mirror and James Michel, Access Health CT. It also includes a chance to think about how things could and should be better.

The Resistance Roundtable welcomes:   John Nichols, Executive editor of The Nation Magazine, who discusses the issues and political challenges confronting voters in the Nov. 3 midterms;   Jim Chappdelaine, co-founder of Indivisible CT, who talks about the strategies the resistance networks are deploying in the face of the many-faceted voter suppression by the Trump regime.Panel:  Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner, and Richard Hill

Interview with Shilpa Jindia, policy counsel with the media and democracy group Free Press, conducted by Scott Harris.Shilpa Jindia talks about her group’s recent report, “Enemies of the State: NSPM-7 and the Trump Plan to Crush Dissent,” which she co-authored, warning that the Trump administration has established a coordinated federal strategy to criminalize political dissent, intimidate opposition groups and undermine constitutional protections for free speech and assembly.

Interview with Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, conducted by Scott Harris.Jennifer Loewenstein discusses Israel’s Oct. 27 election, Trump’s latest threat to escalate his war against Iran, the renewed Houthi-Saudi conflict, and the ongoing blockade of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.