Todd Feinburg
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Todd Feinburg: Frank Farricker (9/18/19)
September 18, 2019 22:36 - 14 minutes - 13 MBFrank Farricker is a confusing man. The former head of the state lottery commission is a Democrat, but he's opposed to tolls and the new grocery tax. We discuss these issues, but also try to understand why he has so much trouble staying between the lines.
Todd Feinburg: Mark Stewart (9/18/19)
September 18, 2019 22:33 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBMark Stewart joins us to explain why he thinks income inequality may actually be a good thing.
Todd Feinburg: The Machinery of POWER (9/18/19)
September 18, 2019 22:31 - 54 minutes - 50 MBThe New York Times is reporting on the behind the scenes defense of Harvey Weinstein in a way that Todd says reveals how malicious power makes people - and explains, by extension, how it's possible for Democrats to continue swamping the Connecticut economy with hyper taxation and hyper regulation when the state is crying out for the opposite.
Todd Feinburg: Richard Grossman (9/17/19)
September 17, 2019 22:26 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBWhat's up with the U.S. economy? Is a recession coming, and how are we positioned to handle one? We ask Professor Richard Grossman, Chairman of the Economics Department at Wesleyan University. He also explains what can be done to fix income inequality.
Todd Feinburg: Nathan McGrath (9/17/19)
September 17, 2019 22:23 - 4 minutes - 4.59 MBAfter last years "Janus" decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, public sector union workers were not supposed to be forced to pay for union representation anymore. But Nathan McGrath of the non-profit Fairness Center is filing a lawsuit on behalf of Connecticut workers who he says can't get the union to stop withholding wages for union fees.
Todd Feinburg: Deb Stuart and Small-Scale Farming (9/17/19)
September 17, 2019 22:22 - 37 minutes - 34 MBAt the Stuart Family Farm in Bridgewater, CT, Deb and her husband Bill raise 250 head of farm raised cattle on 800 acres, making sure there's plenty of land - and grass, to go around. We talk with Deb about the difference between their operation and factory farms.
Todd Feinburg: Michael Liebowitz (Part 20) (9/16/19)
September 16, 2019 22:29 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBMichael Liebowitz, co-author of Down the Rabbit Hole, is an inmate at the Osborne Correctional Institute in Somers, CT. Today, he and Todd discuss Michael's personal journey from childhood into his time in prison - using that history to help illuminate the possibilites for reform in the criminal justice system.
Todd Feinburg: Fat Shaming (9/16/19)
September 16, 2019 22:25 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBBill Maher caused outrage last week with a rant in favor of more, not less, fat shaming. We listen to Maher, as well as a response from late night host James Corden, and discuss.