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Attitude with Arnie Arnesen

Recovering politician Arnie Arnesen"s daily public affairs interview show from WNHN Radio in Concord, New Hampshire and the Pacifica Radio Network. Arnie hosts progressive voices from politics, journalism, industry, and academia. She talks electric cars with Barry Woods, she talks Texas with Scott Braddock, she talks Congress with Rho Khanna, she talks gun culture, she talks limericks, she talks campaigns ...

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Episode 625: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 24 2024

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2024/12/26

This is a repeat of a previously aired program. Originally aired: November 15 2024 Friday Part 1:We talk with Ryan Cooper, the Managing Editor of The American Prospect.We discuss the election and how Texan Latinos voted. We talk about the contributions that migrants make to the Texas and US economies.Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry and Jeff Sharlet. Curry is a former WH aide to Bill Clinton, and Sharlet is a professor at Dartmouth College.We discuss the choices that Trump is making for his

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Episode 624: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 25 2024

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2024/12/26

We talk with Beth Gazley, Professor at Indiana University and with Bill Curry, anti-nuclear activist, two time candidate for Governor of Connecticut, writer, lawyer.We discuss white kind of activism is needed to for Democrats and supporters for the next four years, and the years thereafter.We have Bill Curry's Christmas message, still relevant after years.

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Episode 623: Arnie Arnesen December 23 2024

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2024/12/23

This is a panel discussion.Stephen Pimpare is a Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, includingA Peoples History of Povertyand, most recently,Politics for Social Workers: A Practical Guide to Effecting ChangeLincoln Mitchellteaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. He is the author of eight books and his writings have appeared at CNN, Reuters, the New York Times, NBC, the San Francisco Examiner and numerous

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Episode 622: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 20 2024

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2024/12/20

Part 1:We talk with Mary Ziegler, Law Professor at Cal State Davis, and reproductive law expert.We discuss AG (Tx) Ken Paxton's suit regarding prescription drugs furnished by a New York physician to a Texas woman to provide abortion. New York has a shield law to prevent this. It appears that Paxton believes that Texas laws against abortion should be enforced by New York. This is also a furtherance of the "personhood" of a zygote or fetus argument.Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry and Robert

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Episode 621: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 19 2024

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2024/12/19

Part 1:We talk with Alex Sammon, Politics writer for Slate.com.We discuss the state of the Democratic party, and what needs to be done to make it more responsive to voters. There should be a "changing of the guard", specifically to feature younger representatives. We also discuss Nancy Pelosi's relationship with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, and how decisions are made to appoint committee chairs and members. The idea of pardoning Trump has been raised by a Democrat, and we discuss this

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Episode 620: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 18 2024

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2024/12/18

Part 1:We talk with Bob Lord, Sr VP, Tax Policy, of Patriotic Millionaires, and his colleague, Kenny Stencil, Sr. Researcher of the Revolving Door Project.We discuss how tax policy has been influenced by the very rich to benefit themselves. We also discuss the outrageous and unfair sentence handed down to Charles Littlejohn, who leaked Trump's tax information.freecharleslittlejohn.com, a web site to show protest at this sentence.Part 2:We talk with Danielle Lee Thomson, Research Manager for

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Episode 619: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 17 2024

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2024/12/17

Part 1:We talk with Nika Dubrovsky, artist and writer, founder of the David Graeber Institute.We discuss the vision Graeber had, of cities reimagined. We discuss communal living, and how this will support human needs for interaction with others, and for belonging.Part 2:We talk with Annie Waldman, of ProPublica.We discuss the denials and delays made by United Healthcare, and the effects on subscribers. We focus specifically on mental health parity. We learn about the cost-cutting campaign

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Episode 618: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 16 2024

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2024/12/16

This is a panel discussion.Aaron Rosenthalis the research director for North Star Policy Action and the author of The State You See: How Government Visibility Creates Political Distrust and Racial Inequality.Stephen Pimpare is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, including A Peoples History of Poverty and, most recently, Politics for Social Workers: A Practical Guide to Effecting ChangeLincoln Mitchell teaches political science and

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Episode 617: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 13 2024

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2024/12/13

Part 1:We talk with Mark Minster, Professor of English at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology.We discuss how Texas is planning to teach religion in Texas grade schools. No training has been set up for the teachers. This is being implemented in K through grade 5. Schools will now be indoctrination in the most restrictive fundamentalism.Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry and Jeffrey Sharlet. Bill Curry is a former member of Bill Clinton's White House, and Jeff Sharlet is the Frederick Session

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Episode 616: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 12 2024

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2024/12/12

Our guest host is Lincoln MitchellPart 1:We talk with Alex Scrivener, Executive Director of the Democratic Security Institute, based in Tbilisi, Georgia.We discuss the mass protests in Georgia, and that government's violent reaction. This is important to Americans, because this is a fascist response to popular opinion, and we may likely experience it, given Trump's language and threats. In Georgia, demonstrations are often a response to government actions, not planned and 'permitted' by the

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Episode 615: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 11 2024

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2024/12/11

Part 1:We talk with Duncan Watson, author.We discuss the problem the problems in recycling and disposing of trash. Duncan has been working as a specialist in disposal for many years, and is an advocate for reducing consumption in order to reduce the waste stream as much as possible. He is an advocate of AMRFs, (Advanced Materials Recovery Facilities), which does not requires as much sorting at the users' end, but will process many kinds of discards, taking out what can be remanufactured

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Episode 614: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 10 2024

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2024/12/10

Part 1:We talk with Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate.comWe discuss the question: Is the law for suckers now?What are the rules now? Who verifies that the rules are being followed? The main stream media is in thrall to the big money supporters of Trump. Local media has been hollowed out, and information is being manipulated. Can voters make decisions for themselves, given the information has been distorted?Part 2:We talk with Rebecca Gordon, activist for civil rights, unions, and

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Episode 613: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 9 2024

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2024/12/09

This is a group discussion with multiple topics.- What should be done to restore community among voters, despite their political differences.-Mr. Biden, as President, "time to do the crime."-There has been a loss of faith in the institutions of our society and government. What can be done to restore that faith?WNHNFM.ORG productionMusic: David Rovics, "Time to Act", for Will Von Sproson

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Episode 612: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 6 2024

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2024/12/06

Part 1:We talk with Chris Tomlinson, of the Houston Chronicle.We discuss how Texas Republicans are attacking free speech in colleges and universities in Texas. Many faculty members in Texas and Florida are looking to leave, and go to other institutions. There is a fear of free thinking among Republicans. What does this foretell for the future?Part 2:We talk with Bill Curry and Aaron Rosenthal. Bill is former aide to Bill Clinton, and Aaron is with Northstar Policy.org.We discuss how the

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Episode 611: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 5 2024

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2024/12/05

Part 1:We talk with Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent at The Nation.We discuss the government agencies that Trump is staffing. Heer characterizes them as anti-populist, with fealty to the rich. We discuss Trump's view of the world as a gangster's view, and the government to be a government of gangsters. Trump's relationship to NATO and to other countries is one of a kind of 'protection racket' backed up by Putin's threat of violence.Part 2:We talk with Barbara Radnofsky and Ed

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Episode 610: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 4 2024

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2024/12/04

Part 1:We talk with Michal Tomasky, Editor of the New Republic.We discuss the corrupted DOJ under Trump. How will he expand and abuse his power? Project 2025 will underlie all his actions. We can expect him to take credit for any positive results from Biden's policies.Part 2:We talk with David Dayen, Executive Editor of The American Prospect.We discuss what should be the next steps for the Democrats. Long-term projects are necessary, but short term deliveries on immediate voter needs keep

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Episode 609: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 3 2024

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2024/12/03

Part 1:We talk with Prof. Beth Gazley, of Indiana University, Bloomington. She studies US nonprofit management and civil society policy.We discuss a new law that allows the government (esp. the Treasury Dept) to classify activist organizations as "domestic terrorists" and thereby deny them 501C3 status. This classification method is vague, and can allow political harassment of many organizations who may disagree with the administration. This is designed to chill the response of grass roots

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Episode 608: Arnie Arnesen Attitude December 2 2024

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2024/12/02

Part 1:We talk with Ismar Volic, Professor of Mathematics at Wellesley College.We discuss how politics are broken due to the original design by the Founders, because the structure is no longer appropriate. Voting, in particular, should be structured differently, since the population has changed. From and agrarian society, the US is now in an industrialized society, with different population patterns. We have a discussion of rank choice voting, which provides more information on what voters

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Episode 607: Arnie Arnesen Attitude November 28 2024

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2024/11/29

This is a repeat of a previous broadcast.Part 1:We talk with Eileen Applebaum, of Temple University, and others, about health care in the US.She focuses on the structural determinants of health and longevity due to the social policies in the US.Part 2:We talk with Elizabeth Rosenthal, of KFF Health.We discuss why many "nonprofit" hospitals are rolling in money. WNHNFM.ORG productionMusic: David Rovics, "Time to Act", for Will Von Sproson

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Episode 606: Arnie Arnesen November 30 2024

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2024/11/29

This is a repeat of a previously aired show.Part 1:Our Guest is Karin Vasby Anderson., Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University. We discuss how Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump have taken on the role of "strict father" and how are turning into the "creepy uncle".Part 2:We talk with Sophy Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University. She discusses the hesitant medicine being practiced by medical professionals as a result of the

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