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Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta JerrySounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry EP893This weeks show starts off inna classic style with music from Jacob Miller, Culture, Don Carlos, The Itals, The Gladiators, Freddy McKay, Hugh Mundell, Peter Tosh, Dennis Brown, Judah Eskender Tafari, Junior Reid, Akae Beka, The Mighty Diamonds, Carl Bradney, Junior Byles, Bongo Pat, Augustus Pablo, Henry Simms, and Johnny Clarke. New music this week comes from Clinton Fearon, Duane Stephenson, Israel Vibration, DubMarta, Big Chip & Kiko Bun, Lutan Fyah & Chronixx, Ky-Mani Marley, Iba Mahr, Soul Rebel Marley, Ras Demo with Krak In Dub, Mykal Rose and the 18th Parallel, Tony Chin, Lila Ike', Mellow Mood, Shaggy & Sting, Aza...2025-03-084h 37Sounds of the Caribbean with Selecta JerrySounds of the Caribbean with Selecta Jerry EP887This weeks show starts off with music from Max Romeo, Delroy Williams, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Barry Brown, Barrington Levy, Little John, Culture, Sugar Minott, Leroy Smart, Hortense Ellis, Creole, The Enforcer, The Heptones, Johnny Clarke, Vernon Maytone, Johnny Osbourne, Cornell Campbell, and Junior Byles. New Music this week comes from Dub I.D. Soulshot featuring Andy Bassford and Duke Robillard, Essah and Nature Makonnen, Little Kirk, Agent Sasco & Lila Ike', Fyakin, Medisun, Jesse Royal, Queen Omega with Chezidek and U-Brown, Manwel T, Kid Loco & Soul Sugar, Lyrical Benji, Jah Decko, and Ras Fraser. Also this week we ride...2025-01-184h 28
The Trump ScorecardWeek 45: Let's Wrap This UpThe Trump Scorecard is going on hiatus, but first I talk about the things that make Trump so uniquely terrible: the racism, the lies, the corruption, and making the world more dangerous.2017-12-0100 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 42: Red State BluesTrump suffers his biggest loss at the ballot box since he lost the election by 3 million votes, the administration tells the truth (I swear!) about climate change, and yet another Trump pushes her weight around the White House.2017-11-1100 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 41: Crimea RiverRobert Mueller (finally!) starts to hand down some indictments, John Kelly is pretty racist, Scott Pruitt hates science, and Rick Perry is extremely not smart.2017-11-0300 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 40: And Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me TrumpDonald Trump shapes reality to suit his needs, calls a Gold Star widow a liar, does Russia's bidding, gives banks a boost, and destroys the life of a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. What a guy.2017-10-2700 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 39: My CondolencesTrump manages to turn a simple phone call into a week-long scandal, immigrants are kept out of the military and out of abortion clinics, and learn how to profit off the weather!2017-10-2000 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 38: The National DoltTrump fails a basic test on how the economy works, and we're all looking forward to him failing an IQ test too. He threatens to pull out of Puerto Rico and gives away the game on Pence's NFL stunt.2017-10-1300 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 37: Can We Abort This Presidency After the 37th Week?President Trump genuinely embarrasses himself in Puerto Rico, attacks LGBT rights on multiple fronts, and ruins Rex Tillerson's week. I talk to Dr. Leah Torres about the 20 week abortion ban Trump supports that would make it harder for her to care for her patients.2017-10-0600 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 36: Take a Knee(dy President, Please)President Trump certainly has his priorities straight. Despite the disaster in Puerto Rico, scandals in his cabinet, and a new Muslim ban, he focuses on what really matters: kneeling NFL players.2017-09-2900 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 35: Me!Me!It's time to recommit to the notion that This Is Not Normal, but Trump makes it easy. He posts memes, hires the worst lawyers, and threatens to destroy an entire nation. I talk about that last one with Stephen Miles of Win Without War.2017-09-2200 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 34: Amicus Boxers or BriefsTrump maybe possibly reverses himself on DACA, Michael Flynn -- both of them -- are in hot water, a cartoon villain doesn't get what he wished for, and I talk with Mark Joseph Stern about gay cakes. Or something like that.2017-09-1500 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 33: Hopelessly DeVosted to YouDonald Trump only sees happiness in a hurricane shelter, puts the fox in charge of the coal mine, and drains the swamp into his pockets. I talk to Nita Chaudhary of Ultraviolet about Betsy DeVos's attack on sexual assault victims.2017-09-0800 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 32: UnDACAmentedTrump's behavior in the wake of his first major national disaster is bizarre, and we come back to Russia. I talk to undocumented advocate Juan Escalante about what it means to cancel DACA.2017-09-0100 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 31: An Environment of FearPresident Trump soaks the Secret Service, declares his nonstrategy for Afghanistan, and gives your environment away to the highest corporate bidder.2017-08-2500 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 30: CharlottesvilleTrump manages to hit a new nadir as he sides with white supremacists after their protests, violence, and even murder in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever joins me as co-host to discuss what this week means for America.2017-08-1800 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 29: The Fallout From Trump's VacationPresident Trump and I are both on vacation, so it's a truncated version of The Trump Scorecard this week. But I couldn't skip the last episode before we're all vaporized in a nuclear conflict with North Korea.2017-08-1100 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 28: Reverse Affirmative ActionJeff Sessions targets black people who have the audacity to want to go to college. The administration targets immigrants. Lara Trump targets fake news. And Robert Mueller targets... everybody.2017-08-0400 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 27: No Bohemian Rhapsody JokesThe back-biting in the White House reaches new levels with an exciting new character, Trump says some incredibly dumb stuff, Trumpcare dies (for now), and Trump makes the military weaker.2017-07-2800 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 26: A Constitutional Crisis of ConscienceWill Trump fire Mueller? Pardon himself? Fire himself and pardon Mueller? Is Trumpcare dead? How about sex ed? Find out as Trump makes it halfway through his first year as president.2017-07-2100 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 25: A Chip Off the Old BlockheadDonald Trump Jr. releases evidence of collusion with Russia for some reason, while Trump Sr.’s lawyer calls a random Internet stranger a piece of shit. What a week for Russia.2017-07-1400 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 24: This Land Is Poland, It Is Not Your LandThe head of the Office of Government Ethics resigns because … well, wouldn’t you? And on the cusp of his meeting with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump confirms his support for white nationalism.2017-07-0700 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 23: A Qatar-ing RemarkTrump is a sexist jackass on Twitter (again), doesn’t have any idea what’s going on with health care (again), and makes enormous mistakes in the Middle East (again, again, and again).2017-06-3000 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 22: Due North KoreaEver wonder what Donald Trump’s worst tweet is? Find out! Trump holds his first 2020 fundraiser — and pockets some of the cash. And the Senate GOP joins the take-away-your-health-care party.2017-06-2300 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 21: Trump Should Mueller Things OverA horrific shooting targeting Republican congressman leads to a great conversation on gun control (on the podcast, anyway), and we finally learn Trump is under investigation.2017-06-1600 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 20: Liar Liar Presidential Pants on FireJames Comey goes to the U.S. Senate to call the president a liar, and I take to the podcast to call on Donald Trump to resign. Plus, discover what Eric Trump always thought of you.2017-06-0900 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 19: I Love Paris in the Permanent SummerWhile you were paying attention to President Trump destroying the planet, he was also taking away your civil rights and your birth control. Plus, Jared Kushner has been a very naughty boy.2017-06-0200 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 18: He Won't BudgetTrump releases his first big boy budget and goes on his first big boy foreign trip. Which is more of a disaster? That’s for you to decide. Also, the Russia investigation gets much, much worse.2017-05-2600 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 17: I'm Pretty Sure This Week Didn't HappenEvery day this week brought a new earth-shattering revelation, but each story was part of a larger picture. I break down the Russia/FBI/Flynn craziness, and talk to Cato's Jonathan Blanks about how Jeff Sessions wants to put pretty much everyone in prison.2017-05-1900 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 16: Don't Comey Round Here No MoreThe president of the United States fired the FBI director to obstruct a federal investigation into possible collusion with a foreign power to fix an election. Yeah, that really happened2017-05-1200 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 15: The Immoral MajorityRepublicans pass a Trumpcare bill that could take health care away from millions of Americans, and we hear a few of their heartbreaking stories. Trump believes religious liberty means the freedom to discriminate, and apparently he's cool with slavery.2017-05-0500 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 14: 100 Days of So DumbWe're just about at the 100-day mark, and historian Alexis Coe helps me put this landmark into perspective. (He's not doing very well.) Trump continues to shit all over immigrants, Ivanka launches a fund for Ivanka-lites, and Trump hits the red button on his desk. (Really.)2017-04-2800 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 13: Ethics, SchmethicsIt's a vacation-shortened episode of The Trump Scorecard, and for once I'm the one going on vacation, not the president. But let's take a quick dive into a few big issues: ethical violations, despotism, and the Mystery of the Missing Aircraft Carrier.2017-04-2100 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 12: The Most Beautiful Slice of FearIt's OK to be afraid when a giant orange toddler is in charge of your nuclear arsenal, especially when he seems more focused on cake than on diplomacy. We answer the age-old question, which is more disgusting: Jeff Sessions or Mar-a-Lago?2017-04-1400 min
Kudzu VineJesse Berney will be our guestWe will discuss the Bannon-Kushner struggle, the KS special Congressional election and more2017-04-101h 00The Trump ScorecardWeek 11: This Is Super SyriousDonald Trump launched an attack on an air base in Syria, and we hear from Win Without War's Stephen Miles on the horror that could be coming our way. We're still stuck in Russia, Kushner and Bannon have a slap fight, and we go a little nuts with the quick hits.2017-04-0700 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 10: Dinner for OneMike Pence dines alone, Devin Nunes is caught in a lie, Rex Tillerson says "nah we're good" on human rights violations, and I do my first ever listener call-in segments. And did you know Donald Trump never makes mistakes?2017-03-3100 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 9: Time to Get Your Hearings CheckedThe news just kept coming in Trump's ninth week. Russia! Health care! And because we're talking about Donald Trump: inappropriate sexual comments! I talk to Ian Millhiser of Think Progress about Trump's SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch. (He's bad.)2017-03-2400 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 8: The Meals on Wheels Come OffWas this the worst week yet for the Trump presidency? Health care is off the rails. His Muslim ban gets blocked. His budget is evil. And he gets into a fight with Snoop Dogg. I talk to Summer Brennan about how Trump wants cripple the United Nations.2017-03-1700 minThe Trump ScorecardWeek 7: To Your Health... Insurance Going AwayIn week seven of the Donald Trump presidency, the Republicans finally introduced their health care bill, and it's as bad as you'd expect. I get all the gory details from Obama administration health care expert Andy Slavitt. Also, deranged Trump tweetstorms! Separating mothers and children! Abortion! Ben Carson! And much more...2017-03-1000 minThe Trump ScorecardEpisode 6: Has Sessions Resigned Yet? How About Now?Trump's sixth week as president started and ended the same way: mired in scandal about his campaign's Russia connections. I speak to Rep. Dwight Evans about why Jeff Sessions need to resign, and tell you about the worst thing Donald Trump has ever done.2017-03-0300 minThe Trump ScorecardEpisode 5: On the Phone With Alex JonesWe've passed the one-month mark under Donald Trump, and somehow we've survived. This week I take a look at his terrifying relationship with Alex Jones. We go on a magic budget roller coaster and meet Trump's two black friends. I also talk with Sarah McBride of the Human Rights Campaign about Trump's attacks on transgender children.2017-02-2400 minThe Trump ScorecardEpisode 4: Out Like FlynnIn the fourth episode of The Trump Scorecard, Trump faces his first big resignation and his first Cabinet nominee withdrawal and holds the craziest press conference of all time. I talk to Gabe Ortíz of America’s Voice about the rash of ICE raids and deportations.2017-02-1700 minThe Trump ScorecardEpisode 3: Let's Bring Back the Great RecessionIn the third episode of The Trump Scorecard, the White House and President Trump are in full meltdown mode, and I talk to Hunter Blair of the Economic Policy Institute about how Trump is trying to bring back the economic disaster of 2008.2017-02-1000 minThe Trump ScorecardEpisode 2: Trump Bans Muslims, Almost Starts Three Wars, and Doesn't Know Who Frederick Douglass IsIn Donald Trump’s second week as president, he issued an executive order targeting Muslim immigrants and banning many of them from entering the United States. I speak to Iraqi refugee Taif Jany about the ban. Trump also nearly started three wars and said some extraordinarily stupid things.2017-02-0300 minThe Trump ScorecardJanuary 27, 2017: The Inaugural EpisodeThe inaugural episode of The Trump Scorecard, a weekly podcast documenting the very worst the Donald Trump presidency has to offer.2017-01-2700 minKudzu VineJesse Berney of Rolling Stone will be our guestJesse Berney of Rolling Stone will be our guest2017-01-1925 min
Useless Information PodcastThe Great Venus SwindleIn 1953 Harold Jesse Berney, head of a Washington, DC television antenna manufacturing operation, was chosen by the US government to be its main contact with Uccelles, a prince visiting our planet from Venus. If that sounds a bit bizarre, listen to this story to learn about one of the most fantastic swindles ever conceived. Also learn about a man who was shot three times and suffered no injuries, the day the circus never came to town, and a truck that could no longer fit through the same garage by which it had entered. Retrosponsor: Eversharp Schick Injector Razors 2015-01-2226 min