Todd Feinburg
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Todd Feinburg: Talking Mask Giveaways with Bob Stefanowski (05/27/20)
May 27, 2020 22:16 - 5 minutes - 5.42 MBBob Stefanowski talks masks, plus his new op-ed in Thursday's Courant about the governor's claim that Connecticut had a strong economy before the virus hit.
Todd Feinburg: Call the Rant Line! (05/27/20)
May 27, 2020 22:14 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBWe discuss the video of a Minneapolis police action gone bad that has shocked the nation. Plus, we play some calls from our new 24/7 Rant Line - 860-751-4698.
Todd Feinburg: Brent McCall (Part 5) (05/26/20)
May 26, 2020 22:15 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBWhen Brent McCall and his cellmate, Michael Liebowitz, wrote a tell-all book painting a picture of an utterly corrupt state prison system, they weren't separated were they? The authorities didn't punish them for revealing the inside workings, right? Of course not! McCall explains.
Todd Feinburg: Tom Scott Talks Absentee Voting Amid COVID (05/26/20)
May 26, 2020 22:13 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBTom Scott points out the Democrats new, illegal, unconstitutional, expansion of absentee voting into an early voting/election rigging scheme. Todd wants to know why somebody - like the state GOP - hasn't filed a law suit to block them. Tom is a former state senator and an adviser to GOP candidates in the state. Then we get caller reaction.
Todd Feinburg: The UConn Sports Con (05/26/20)
May 26, 2020 22:02 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBIf you want to know the utter disregard state government has for your hard earned money, check out the state of UCONN Sports - now preparing major cuts after years of mismanagement.
Todd Feinburg: The Saturday Special COVID Show (05/23/20)
May 23, 2020 20:08 - 1 hour - 77 MBMichael Liebowitz gives us an update from Osborn prison, then we're off and running with some angles, new and old, on the virus. Plus, Todd announces the new 24/7 Rant Line for his show. Call anytime to have your say (designed for people who can't or won't call live) on the Rant Line - 860-751-4698.
Todd Feinburg: The Rebel Barber Shop (05/22/20)
May 22, 2020 22:36 - 6 minutes - 6.01 MBWhy did she do it? We talk with Cat Thibodeau, Modern Barber Shop owner, on why she defied the last minute order not to open - and what happened next.
Todd Feinburg: Dan Reale Talks Lawsuit Against Gov. Lamont (05/22/20)
May 22, 2020 22:34 - 9 minutes - 8.71 MBDan Reale is part of a group that has filed one of the lawsuits popping up challenging the governor's emergency powers. This is exciting!!! He expects to get a ruling from federal court next week.
Todd Feinburg: The Weekly Review with Michael Harrison (05/22/20)
May 22, 2020 22:34 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBWe do our usual Friday riff - lots of Covid related talk - with Michael Harrison of Talkers Magazine. What are the biggest issues America is discussing? Were acts of Demographic Genocide committed by governors exercising emergency powers? It's fun, as usual.
Todd Feinburg: Brent McCall (Part 4) (05/21/20)
May 21, 2020 22:22 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBBrent McCall, an old cell mate of Michael Liebowitz who is now a regular on the show, talks about what's wrong with the way prisons are run. McCall is the author of the book Down the Rabbit Hole, with Michael Liebowitz, and is on his third decade of incarceration in Connecticut.
Todd Feinburg: Drama at "The Gunnery" (05/21/20)
May 21, 2020 22:20 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MBMarco Greenberg explains how his son was expelled from Washington, CT Boarding school "The Gunnery" for an unfortunate explosion of anger, and why his family has filed suit against the school. Plus, a quick call from Michael Liebowitz.
Todd Feinburg: COVID Politics (05/21/20)
May 21, 2020 22:17 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBNed's done with his regular daily one hour "presser," which means Todd gets to do a regular talk radio show again. There's a good conversation on Covid politics to start, then a nice interview with Cromwell Mayor Enzo Faienza.
Todd Feinburg: Post Mortem on the Dalio Partnership with Gwen Samuel (05/20/20)
May 20, 2020 22:17 - 9 minutes - 9.12 MBWas the Dalio Partnership doomed from the start? Education activist Gwen Samuel from the Connecticut Parents Union thinks it was, but not just because of the exemptions the partnership earned from ethics laws. We discuss.
Todd Feinburg: It's Opening Day! Kind of... (05/20/20)
May 20, 2020 22:13 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBIs it really opening day for the CT economy? It is for outdoor dining, and if you go by our listeners, it sounded like they were eager and willing to partake as we ask, "Are you ready, or not?"
Todd Feinburg: Ned's Dalio Disaster (05/19/20)
May 19, 2020 22:30 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBRay & Barbara Dalio, a much touted partner in making Jolly Ned's life of Fairfield County luxury into an apparent benefit to the state, has been blown up. Now, the Dalio's are refusing to work with the Lamont administration as scandal has destroyed the partnership. In the second half, we get input on the Dalio Disaster from GOP Asst Minority Leader Rep. Vinny Candelora, who says it's time to end the emergency and get back to work.
Todd Feinburg: Tom Scott Discusses the Dalio Debacle (05/19/20)
May 19, 2020 22:20 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBWe discuss the Bungled-Billionaire-Dalio-Disaster with Tom Scott. Tom spent ten years in the state senate, and has advised many a Republican campaign in the state.
Todd Feinburg: Carlos Rebollo (Part 3) (05/19/20)
May 19, 2020 22:15 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBWe like talking to prisoners in the CT system. It's a great chance to learn how little compassion there is in Big Government where they have a chance to show it with those who need it most. Today, we talk again with Carlos Rebollo, who went to prison 22 years ago when he was 15. The compassion crowd never gave him a shot, as Carlos explains today.
Todd Feinburg: Sam Feinburg Talks Government Ineptitude with PPE (05/18/20)
May 18, 2020 22:36 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBTodd's nephew Sam Feinburg, Executive Director and COO of a public service company called Helena, has become a big international buyer of PPE, and explains why Bob Stefanowki could buy lots of masks to giveaway while Gov Lamont couldn't.
Todd Feinburg: Salon Owner Speaks Out Against King Corona (05/18/20)
May 18, 2020 22:30 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBBecky Johansen, owner of The Permanent Solution salon in Northford, explains how hard she's worked to prepare for reopening and how disappointed - and upset - she is that Jolly Ned pulled the rug from under her plans with his reversal on salon re-openings this week.
Todd Feinburg: The Great Non-Reopening (05/18/20)
May 18, 2020 22:28 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBJolly Ned spread the unhappiness today by announcing that on Wednesday, the day he's chosen to not reopen the economy, hair cutting shops, which were supposed to reopen, will be part of the big list of businesses not reopening.
Todd Feinburg: The Special Saturday COVID Show (05/16/20)
May 16, 2020 20:11 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBIt's another fun Saturday show with Todd and Producer Mike. We talk lots of Covid, the destruction of the CT and American economies, and whether policy around the virus response has become too politicized. We're also joined by Joe Laporta, a GOP candidate for states senate in the 12th district that includes towns like Branford, North Branford, Madison, and Guilford.
Todd Feinburg: Talking China and COVID with Len Suzio (05/15/20)
May 15, 2020 22:27 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBLen Suzio is running for a return to the state senate. He's here to discuss the issues he's thinking about right now, which have a lot to do with China and it's role in hiding the danger of the Covid virus from the rest of the world and allowing it to spread.
Todd Feinburg: Wasteful or Wise? (05/15/20)
May 15, 2020 22:26 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBThe governor justified his hiring of a $2 million Boston consulting firm to reopen the state by saying that he's still learning the business of state government. We discuss whether this is a wasteful expenditure or a wise one. Later in the hour, Dr. Renee Kurtz, a dentist from Cheshire, explains that even dentists can make their offices safe. Especially dentists!
Todd Feinburg: The Michael Harrison Hour (05/15/20)
May 15, 2020 22:24 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBWe talk some Covid, for sure, with Michael Harrison. But happily, Todd and Michael drift off of the virus and onto some music industry, media industry, radio industry and pop culture topics - like they used to do in the pre-virus days!
Todd Feinburg: The Post-Virus Future of Business with Steve Obsitnik (05/14/20)
May 14, 2020 22:14 - 6 minutes - 6.27 MBFormer gubernatorial candidate and tech entrepreneur Steve Obsitnik joins us to talk about how the future might be different for Connecticut after the virus.
Todd Feinburg: Shutdown Without Representation (05/14/20)
May 14, 2020 22:09 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBRep Mike France is the head of the Conservative Caucus in the General Assembly. We have him on to discuss the need for our elected representatives, on ice as a result of the governor's emergency declaration, to assert themselves and insist on an end to the dictatorship of King Corona (Jolly Ned) now that the Covid emergency has passed.
Todd Feinburg: The Non-Shutdown Shutdown with Joe Markley (05/13/20)
May 13, 2020 22:24 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBBetween calls from listeners, we talk politics, and non-shutdown shutdowns, with former state Senator Joe Markley. It's fun.
Todd Feinburg: King Corona's Consultants (05/13/20)
May 13, 2020 22:23 - 36 minutes - 33 MBNed, the governor who says he doesn't like that he called the Reopen Committee a Reopen Committee because he didn't shut down the economy, is spending $2 million to hire a Massachusetts consulting firm to help him Reopen the Economy. Where is George Orwell when you need him?
Todd Feinburg: Brent McCall (Part 3) (05/12/20)
May 12, 2020 22:35 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBBrent McCall discusses how prisons work, and how poorly they do in striving to achieve their number 1 goal - preparing inmates to not return to prison once released. McCall has served 24 years in the state prison system. Learn more about Brent's former cellmate and co-author, Michael Liebowitz, by visiting his website.
Todd Feinburg: Talking State Politics with Tom Scott (05/12/20)
May 12, 2020 22:16 - 13 minutes - 12 MBTom Scott joins us for a conversation around the politics of the state, focusing on the state of emergency, whether we'd be better of were the legislature to get back in action, and the misleading doublespeak of Jolly Ned.
Todd Feinburg: All Hail, King Corona! (05/12/20)
May 12, 2020 22:16 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBJolly Ned has been behaving as KING CORONA, the sole dictator under a state of emergency that he's working to sustain by baffling the citizens of Connecticut with obfuscation and double speak. We listen to the sound cuts in Ned's appalling attempt to trick voters.
Todd Feinburg: Carlos Rebollo (Part 2) (05/11/20)
May 11, 2020 22:50 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBWe have our second get-together with inmate Carlos Rebollo, who started serving his sentence 22 years ago - when he was 15. The discussion focuses on what Carlos wants to say.
Todd Feinburg: Don't Call It A Reopen Committee (05/11/20)
May 11, 2020 22:15 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBThousands turn out when the Stefanowski's MasksForCT.org events offer 5 free masks to each car that pulls in. Leading off this hour, Bob tells us tomorrows event is in Torrington. Then we review some tape from Ned's press conference. The governor reiterates how unnecessary the shutdown of the economy is - then says he doesn't like that his committee is called the "Reopen Committee" because it's a misnomer - even though he named it. We discuss how bizarre the governor has become.
Todd Feinburg: Ned's Continuous Shutdown (05/11/20)
May 11, 2020 22:11 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBThe governor's headlock on the economy - and on the state political system and democratic principles - becomes less justifiable daily. We discuss.
Todd Feinburg: The Special Saturday COVID Show (05/09/20)
May 09, 2020 20:21 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBIt's Todd with Producer Mike dissecting the governor's subtle yet malicious misrepresentations of reality for the purpose of creating the impression that the people need his guidance to a successful recovery from the virus when in reality he's working to make sure the shutdowns last for as long as possible. Why? Because he likes being King Ned. No legislature. No opponents. Ruling by decree.
Todd Feinburg: "This Is Progressivism" with Rob Sampson (05/08/20)
May 08, 2020 22:27 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBRob Sampson, state senator from Wolcott, reacts to Ned's press conference statements on Unemployment Insurance.
Todd Feinburg: Will School Open in the Fall? (05/08/20)
May 08, 2020 22:23 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBAfter Brenda from Prospect wrote to Todd to complain about the governor's Covid school shutdown policy, he invited her on. They discuss what may happen with schools in the fall and how that would impact children.
Todd Feinburg: The Week in Review with Michael Harrison (05/08/20)
May 08, 2020 22:22 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBOur hour with Michael Harrison, from Talkers Magazine, begins with Todd expressing his lack of patience with Ned's permanent shutdown approach, then things take a lighter turn as Todd and Michael riff on two of their favorite and longest lasting passions - the Beatles and the Patriots! Plus, the virus goes straight toward Number 1! And Number 2.
Todd Feinburg: Ned Knows Best? (05/07/20)
May 07, 2020 22:18 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBFirst, we react to Dictator Ned's daily press briefing. Ned says he and his committee of appointed elites (including employees and partners of his wife's Manhattan investment firm) know what's best for your business. Agree? Later in the hour, Chrysta Castaneda, a Dallas oil and gas attorney/engineer, joins us to discuss a Texas oil regulators vote on production cut to boost prices that took place this week. The failed vote was designed to prop up the cost of oil in the short term, even as pr...
Todd Feinburg: Continuing Reaction to the COVID Shutdown (05/07/20)
May 07, 2020 22:14 - 35 minutes - 33 MBA hair salon owner in Dallas has been jailed for 7 days for opening her business in defiance of a court order. Are you tired of living in a dictatorship yet?
Todd Feinburg: Introducing, Carlos Rebollo (05/05/20)
May 06, 2020 22:50 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBThis is our first interview with Carlos Rebollo, a man who has spent 22 years in the CT prison system - and he's only 37 years old (you do the math!) He was mentored when he entered the system by Michael Liebowitz and Brent McCall, two other prisoners who join us regularly. His story is fascinating, and so is his perspective on his life.
Todd Feinburg: Our Friends in Labor with Chris Powell (05/06/20)
May 06, 2020 22:23 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBWill Jolly Ned Lamont get tough with "Our Friends in Labor" about the $350 million pay hike they've got coming this year? We discuss with political writer extraordinaire Chris Powell of the Journal Inquirer.
Todd Feinburg: The State of State Politics with Joe Markley (05/06/20)
May 06, 2020 22:23 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBJoe Markley explains that it's the time of smaller, and sometimes more fun, political conventions in the state.
Todd Feinburg: Joel Johnson Shares Some Money Wisdom (05/06/20)
May 06, 2020 22:21 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBWe talk to financial planner and Money Wisdom host Joel Johnson about how to avoid making money mistakes during the time of virus. Hint: Don't panic!
Todd Feinburg: A Chat with John Meacham (05/05/20)
May 05, 2020 22:52 - 8 minutes - 8.27 MBTodd chats with historian John Meacham about his new podcast, and what he wants people to know about history that they don't.
Todd Feinburg: The Fight Against Voter Fraud (05/05/20)
May 05, 2020 22:48 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBWe talk about corrupt elections in CT with Linda Szynkowicz, founder of FightVoterFraud.org. Of particular importance is the current attempts by Denise Merrill to rewrite election law in a manner contrary to the explicit language of the state constitution.
Todd Feinburg: Feeding CT and #WearAMask (05/05/20)
May 05, 2020 22:39 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBWe talk about the Salvation Army Radio-thon with "Feed Connecticut" sponsor Bruce Cwirka of Navarro Trucking in Bristol, then take calls on Ned's lack of awareness of constitutional values. Plus, national security expert Juliette Kayyem joins us from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government to discuss the shutdown. Kayyem, an expert in crisis management, urges people to #StayHome and #WearAMask, but acknowledges that we must merge values of social isolation with the need for increased economic...
Todd Feinburg: "Free To Be Dumb" (05/05/20)
May 05, 2020 22:38 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWe get the greatest quote ever from the governor during today's press conference as he mocks, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," as dumb. We discuss the Jolly One with former state senator and political wise man Tom Scott.
Todd Feinburg: Help Us Feed Connecticut! (05/05/20)
May 05, 2020 22:37 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBMajor Carl Avery, Divisional Secretary of The Salvation Army's Southern New England Division, joins us to discuss today's "Feed Connecticut" Radio-thon. Then we discuss what sort of long-term societal change we can expect from the virus.
Todd Feinburg: Talking Free Masks with Bob Stefanowski (05/04/20)
May 04, 2020 22:14 - 9 minutes - 8.7 MBBob Stefanowski joins us to discuss the MasksForCT.org giveaways, how it went Saturday in Waterbury and a tease of tomorrow's event in New Haven. Also, we discuss why Connecticut joining a consortium of states for buying PPE probably means it will be harder to get.