Author: Farron Cousins

This week’s Ring of Fire Radio, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender:  Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern This week on Ring of Fire Radio, Mike and David are travelling this week, so Sam Seder will be filling in. We’ve also got author Jeff Goodell with us to tell us how how the coal industry has managed to convince the EPA that the billions of tons of toxic waste they are producing every year doesn’t pose a threat to human health. Eric Alterman from The Nation magazine will join us to talk about why, even with progressives controlling both the Executive and Legislative branches of government, it is impossible for progressives to pass the laws they promised would pass during their campaigns. Harper’s Magazine Contributing editor and author Frederick Kaufman will be here to tell us how Goldman Sachs helped to create a bubble in the international food market that sent prices of food for developing nations skyrocketing out of control. And as part of Ring of Fire’s on-going, exclusive coverage of the worst oil disaster in our nation’s history, Devastation in the Gulf, award-winning investigative journalist Dahr Jamail will talk to us about what Louisiana fishermen are calling the Hell that has arrived in their state. JOIN US IN THE RING! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST by clicking...

This week’s Ring of Fire Radio, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender:  Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern This week on Ring of Fire Radio, investigative journalist Greg Palast will be here to talk about BP’s other oil spill that happened just a few weeks ago – a spill that the traditional media in America decided to completely ignore. We’ve also got Tim Dickinson from Rolling Stone magazine here to tell us how oil companies like BP and Shell are trying to convince the government that they can drill in the arctic with even fewer restrictions and regulations than they had for their rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. We’ll check in with Mark Potok from the Southern Poverty Law Center, who has been working hard to expose the right wing media figures who continuously spread hate and paranoia to their viewers. Political satirist Matt Filipowicz will tell us all about how Michael Steele continues to embarrass the Republican Party, and we’ll talk about Glenn Beck’s new online college for his followers. And as part of Ring of Fire Radio’s on-going, exclusive coverage of the worst oil disaster in our nation’s history, Canadian author Joseph Boyden will be here to tell us about his recent tour of the Gulf Coast and we’ll find out what he witnessed as...

I wanted to share this voicemail that we received today with everyone.  We’re used to getting hateful phone calls and emails, but this one really set me off today.  Take a listen to what this idiot has to say.  Just click on the link – Crazy Caller He’s glad that the oil hit us?   We wouldn’t wish this disaster on anyone, not even the morons still chanting “Drill Baby Drill.”  11 men were killed.  Men with wives, children, families – Why don’t you tell them you’re glad that this happened?  Why don’t you tell that to the fishermen who no longer have a means to support their families?  Tell that to the children developing breathing problems from the oil fumes.  The caller didn’t have the guts to leave his name or a call back number.  (Thankfully we have caller...

This week’s Ring of Fire Radio, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender:  Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern This week on Ring of Fire Radio, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will be here to tell us about the revolving door between industry and the government that has crippled our ability to properly regulate companies like BP and Massey Coal who are killing innocent workers and our environment. Danny Schechter the News Dissector will be here to tell us how our society not only protects, but actually rewards corporate criminals – like those who caused our financial meltdown and the executives at BP who are poisoning the Gulf of Mexico. Eric Boehlert from Media Matters for America will join us to talk about the increasingly crazy rhetoric coming out of Fox News, and how their defense of BP during this oil spill might have finally pushed the network over the cliff. And as part of Ring of Fire Radio’s on-going, exclusive coverage of the worst oil disaster in our nation’s history, Devastation in the Gulf, former Louisiana state Senator Ben Bagert and Dr. David Kerstetter from Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center will be here to update us on the BP Oil Spill. JOIN US IN THE RING! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST by clicking on the “Podcast” tab at the top...