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Synopsis
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, co-editor of the monthly "Hightower Lowdown" and author of "Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be -- consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.
Episodes
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![How “Wonderful” Is POM, Fiji Water, and The Wonderful Company]()
How “Wonderful” Is POM, Fiji Water, and The Wonderful Company
18/09/2024If you name your $4-billion food conglomerate “The Wonderful Company,” you probably should strive extra hard not to let it become the horrible company.
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![The Battle of Baraboo – Privatizer Greed v. Seniors’ Health Care]()
The Battle of Baraboo – Privatizer Greed v. Seniors’ Health Care
17/09/2024Baraboo, Wisconsin is known as home base for the Ringling Brothers Circus.
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![Why Are We Letting Corporate Profiteers Write America’s Farm and Food Policy?]()
Why Are We Letting Corporate Profiteers Write America’s Farm and Food Policy?
13/09/2024A farmer was asked what he’d do if he won a million-dollar lottery.
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![Why Is It That Big Shot Leaders Never Look Around to See If Anyone’s Following?]()
Why Is It That Big Shot Leaders Never Look Around to See If Anyone’s Following?
10/09/2024It never ceases to amaze me that corporate, political, media, religious, and other power elites routinely speak and act in the name of the masses – without ever consulting us hoi polloi.
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![Can Mass Media Promote Democracy Instead of Divisiveness? Here’s a Guy Who Did.]()
Can Mass Media Promote Democracy Instead of Divisiveness? Here’s a Guy Who Did.
05/09/2024Every once in a great while, a major media celebrity comes along who puts his or her talent and – well, celebrity – to work for the Common Good.
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![Will Elon Betray Donald First, or Vice Versa?]()
Will Elon Betray Donald First, or Vice Versa?
03/09/2024Seeing two bloated egos like Elon Musk and Donald Trump hug-up recently in their marriage of political convenience, made me think: “Boy, there’s two who really do deserve each other!” The only question is which one will betray the other first.
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![The Right-wing Attack on Social Security Is Un-American]()
The Right-wing Attack on Social Security Is Un-American
29/08/2024Right-wing ideologues are mounting a three-pronged fraud trying to delegitimize Social Security, slash its benefits, then – zzzzzt – kill it.
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![Establishment Economists Attack Kamala Harris – For Being Right]()
Establishment Economists Attack Kamala Harris – For Being Right
27/08/2024While many workers have finally seen an uptick in their paychecks, they’ve been dismayed to see the increase quickly gobbled up by jacked-up grocery prices. What the hell?
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![The Changing Meaning Of “Work”—And the Idea of “Boss Man”]()
The Changing Meaning Of “Work”—And the Idea of “Boss Man”
22/08/2024“Big Boss Man,” an old song by blues legend Jimmy Reed, still packs a potent political punch for today’s working class:
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![Republicans Discover a Big Flaw in Tim Walz: He’s Not Rich!]()
Republicans Discover a Big Flaw in Tim Walz: He’s Not Rich!
20/08/2024Here’s a hard-right political twist I wasn’t expecting, and Tim Walz is probably surprised, too.
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![Want to Cool Earth? Just Block the Sun. Simple.]()
Want to Cool Earth? Just Block the Sun. Simple.
16/08/2024Challenging conventional wisdom can advance society’s understanding of truth.
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![A Flock of Rich Plutocratic Democrats Want Lina Khan’s Head. Why?]()
A Flock of Rich Plutocratic Democrats Want Lina Khan’s Head. Why?
13/08/2024We’ve recently learned about Project 2025, the GOP’s scheme to let corporate agents take over our government.
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![J.D. Vance: Silicon Valley’s Fake Hillbilly]()
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![“Laffin’ Kamala” versus “Grumpin’ Trump”]()
“Laffin’ Kamala” versus “Grumpin’ Trump”
06/08/2024Listen now | You know that American politics is turning into a sad joke when a supposedly-serious presidential campaign tries to demonize laughter.
