WPKN Archives: 09.23.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the threat of a U.S. war with Iran; The case for the impeachment of Donald Trump; Book discussion on "Fault Lines in the U.S. Constitution;" New coalition of farmers & ranchers for a Green New Deal

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, September 23rd, 2019
8:07PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 57 minutes

Posted:
Monday, September 23rd, 2019 8:07PM

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globalwarming iran war oil biden drones farmers house constitution attack ukraine climatechange trump republicans yemen democrats impeachment whistleblower nancypelosi greennewdeal refinery extortion probe flaws framers ranchers agriculturepolicy


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Episode: 09.23.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the threat of a U.S. war with Iran; The case for the impeachment of Donald Trump; Book discussion on "Fault Lines in the U.S. Constitution;" New coalition of farmers & ranchers for a Green New Deal

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Mel Goodman, an adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University, who had a 42-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of State and at the Department of Defense’s War College. He'll discuss the danger of U.S. war with Iran in the wake of the recent drone attack on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure, and the current unraveling scandal involving an unnamed whistleblower who is reported to have charged that President Trump threatened the nation of Ukraine in order to get damaging information on Democratic presidential candidate and former V.P. Joe Biden -- touching on issues covered in his recent books, "American Carnage: The Wars of Donald Trump," and “A Whistleblower at the CIA: The Path of Dissent.”

2) John Bonifaz, co-founder of the group Free Speech For People and co-author of "The Constitution Demands It: The Case For The Impeachment of Donald Trump," who says, "The House majority has the power and responsibility to use the impeachment process to hold Trump accountable for his repeated abuses of power but they are still failing us."

3) Sanford Levinson, an American legal scholar and a professor at the University of Texas Law School, talks about his book, co-authored with his wife, Cynthia Levinson, "Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today,"

4) Will Harris, a farmer from Bluffton, Georgia, who serves as co-chair of a new coalition, Farmers and Ranchers for a Green New Deal, talks about this new coalition, made up of 10,000 farmers and ranchers who support enactment of the Green New Deal and major farm policy reform.

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 2-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

Show: Counterpoint

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

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