Bruno and the Professor

Episode 392

Bruno — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:51:38 +0000

The global warming bill passes the house, health care stalls, and finally, our international news roundup, with a Mideast flair.

Links Mentioned: arrests in Iran … coup in Honduras … poppies in Afghanistan

Episode 391

Bruno — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:57:06 +0000

More protests in Iran, the transportation bill takes a time out, and finally: health care reform gets expensive.

Links Mentioned: HuffPo covers the protests … details on the Oberstar transpo bill.

Episode 390

Bruno — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:43:24 +0000

Health care front and center, election chaos in Iran and finally: North Korea is at it again.

Links Mentioned: that New Yorker health care article.

Episode 389

Bruno — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:59:10 +0000

Sotomayor gets the nomination, New York revitalizes its streets and finally, GM goes for broke.

Episode 388

Bruno — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:33:56 +0000

Closing Guantanamo, new fuel efficiency standards take effect and finally, California edges closer to bankruptcy.

Links Mentioned: Gail Collins on Gitmo politics, Paul Krugman on California.

Episode 387

Bruno — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:18:12 +0000

The Bush administration’s torture legacy, Obama and abortion politics, and fianally, our international news roundup.

Links Mentioned: the Pelosi thing … Obama’s Notre Dame speech … Jeff Goldberg on Bibi’s visit … the Rumsfeld slides

Episode 386

Bruno — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:37:11 +0000

The bank stress tests, “Don’t ask don’t tell” … don’t work and finally, Star Trek and the triumph of American liberalism.

Links Mentioned: stress tests … Dana Stevens on Star Trek… Don’t ask fails again

Episode 385

Bruno — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:38:36 +0000

Specter switches parties, Justice Souter retires, and finally: one of the big three takes a tumble.

forclosure legislation … inflation fears … Chrysler’s bankruptcy terms … the view from Detroit … Chrysler’s manufacturing base.

Episode 384

Bruno — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:01:18 +0000

The torture memos, Texas secession, and an update on piracy.

Links Mentioned: on the torturing … more and yet more … “swine flu” … Wyden’s Healthy Americans Act … Hari on Pirates

Episode 383

Bruno — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:10:18 +0000

We’re back! Obama goes to Europe, marriage equality comes to the heartland, and the defense budget gets a shakeup.

Links Mentioned: Alan Wolfe’s Krugman on the economic plan … Kaplan on the war strategy … the NYT editorial board gives up … war crimes charges are explored.

Episode 381

Bruno — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:50:10 +0000

Transit funding picks up speed, AIG blackmails the U.S. taxpayer, and finally, the Seattle P-I goes online.

Links Mentioned: The 538.com survey results … The details on the AIG contracts … the last day for the printed P-I … the future of that newspaper.

Episode 380

Bruno — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:40:14 +0000

Rush reasserts himself, the recovery act gets underway, and finally, our internatonal news roundup.

Links Mentioned: Recovery.gov’s logo … Hillary’s snafus.

Episode 379

Bruno — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:22:51 +0000

Obama’s big speech, a couple of cabinet appointments, and finally, the war in Iraq winds down.

Episode 378

Bruno — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:42:14 +0000

A post-Oscar preview, Obama’s budget and housing plans, and finally, 17,000 more troops head for Afghanistan.

Links Mentioned: The details on the budget … David Brooks on the plan … Fred Kaplan on Afghanistan.