COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) Examining Voters' Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump

Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine’s abortion access correspondent and a journalist who focuses on reproductive rights, healthcare, and religion, who's forthcoming book "American Crusaders," examines the history of the anti-abortion movement over the last fifty years. She'll assess the outcome of the 2024 election, and Donald Trump and GOP's ongoing threat, to step-by-step further erode reproductive rights when Trump and the new GOP Congress take power in January.

2) Women's March Organizing January 18th Trump Protest

Tamika Middleton, Managing Director of Women's March, discusses the nationwide organizing she and others are doing in advance of the massive January 18th People's March in Washington, D.C., and other locations around the U.S., to build community and power ahead of a second Trump presidency that threatens reproductive rights, civil rights, gender equality, and democracy itself.

3) Respond to Trump's Agenda with Radical Action

Natasha Lennard, a columnist for The Intercept and author of the book, “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life,” discusses her recent article, "The Answer to Trump’s Victory Is Radical Action," and her views on the urgent need to mobilize in advance of Donald Trump taking power in Washington on January 20, 2024.

4) International Criminal Court Issues War Crimes Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu, Others

Robert Jereski, a lawyer and activist who serves as the volunteer coordinator of Codepink's World Court Campaign, discusses the horrific ongoing war in Gaza, and the significance of the International Criminal Court issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense chief Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masr for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. He'll also talk about his work at the UN to overcome U.S. vetos of a succession of UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolutions.

COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) Post-Election Analysis: How Democrats' Failures Helped Traitor Trump to Win

Rachel Bitecofer, is a political scientist, election forecaster, political strategist and author of the book, "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game." She discusses her analysis on how/why Trump won the election, the Democrats' misunderstanding of Trump's strategy of demonizing immigrants and trans kids, the enormous influence of the right wing social media, and the urgent need for progressives to develop effective fact-based media to counter the MAGA propaganda machine.

2) Trump's Bizarre, Unqualified Cabinet Picks Meet Little GOP Resistance

Coleen Rowley, a retired FBI agent who was named one of TIME magazine’s Persons of the Year in 2002 for exposing and sharing some of the FBI's 9/11 intelligence failures, and a member of Veterans for Peace, discusses Donald Trump's picks for various cabinet positions thus far, i.e. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for Sec. of State, Pete Hegseth for Sec. of Defense, John Ratcliffe as CIA Director, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel, and NY Rep. Elise Stefanik as US ambassador to the UN. Rowley will assess these nominations and the implications for US domestic and foreign policy under the coming Trump regime.

3) Merrick Garland's Delay in Prosecuting Trump Layed Groundwork to Establish His Mafia State

Sarah Kendzior, author, "They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent," and "Hiding in Plain Sight," discusses her views on the outcome of the 2024 election, with a focus on Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland and the DOJ's 2 1/2 year delay to prosecute Trump for his coup attempt -- allowing him to run and win back the presidency, as well as advice on how to maintain your sanity during the very dark and dangerous four years of the Trump regime ahead.

4) Proposed House Bill Would Give Trump Powerful Weapon to Attack his Enemies
Cody Bloomfield, Communications Director with the group Defending Rights and Dissent discusses the recent House defeat of The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, and the likelihood this legislation that would permit the Treasury Dept. to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofits deemed to be supporting “terrorism,” or something like it, will be voted on again, which if passed and signed into law would give Donald Trump a powerful weapon to use against his perceived enemies.

COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) How Will Members of Trump's Cult Respond to his Election Win

Steven Hassan, a mental health professional, author, and one of the nations foremost deprogrammers who's helped people leave destructive cults, talks about the new edition of his book, "The Cult of Trump," and the impact Donald Trump's election victory will have on the president-elect himself, his followers, and his MAGA movement's attack on U.S. democratic institutions.

2) Kamala Harris' Defeat Linked to Ignoring Working Class Economic Discontent

Branko Marcetic, a Jacobin magazine staff writer and author of "Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden," who examines why Vice President Kamala Harris lost the election to twice impeached, convicted felon and coup plotting insurrectionist Donald Trump, with a focus on the Democrat's failure to speak to the economic concerns that were by far voters’ leading motivation for choosing a candidate on Election Day.

3) Assessing Media's Failures in Covering 2024 Election

Victor Pickard, C. Edwin Baker professor of media policy and political economy, and co-director at the Media, Inequality & Change Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, assesses corporate media's coverage of the 2024 election, with a focus on the decline of legacy media outlets i.e. newspapers and cable TV news, the growing strength, reach and influence of rightwing "Bro" social media and podcast sphere, and the lack of funding support to develop a progressive counterpart and alternative.

4) Immigrant Advocacy Groups Plan to Resist Trump's Mass Deportation Pledge

Dulce Guzmán, Executive Director of Alianza Americas talks about her group’s recent call for justice and unity after Donald Trump’s election victory, and nationwide preparations being made to resist Trump's campaign pledge to deport 11+ million immigrants living in the U.S.