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) Greg Palast, is an investigative reporter and best selling author who's new documentary film is titled, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires and Ballot Bandits." Palast discusses his recent article, "The Republican Sabotage of the Vote Recounts in Michigan and Wisconsin," addressing important questions about Election 2016 that the corporate media are anxious to ignore.

2) Wendell Potter, a consumer advocate, bestselling author, consultant, and former health insurance industry executive, discusses the incoming Trump administration and Republican party controlled Congress' stated goal to repeal ObamaCare, the likely effect on the 26 million current recipients of ACA health insurance, what the GOP may have in mind to replace the program, and the reaction of the insurance industry. He'll also discuss his new project "Tarbell," an independent, nonprofit news platform with a focus on money in politics.

3) Jon Rainwater, executive director of America's largest peace organization, Peace Action, examines the disturbing twitter interchange between President-elect Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin on the issue of expanding the two nation's nuclear weapons arsenals -- and Peace Action's concerns about Trump and his national security team's views on US nuclear doctrine and proliferation.

4) Long time Green Party activist, Mike DeRosa, who ran for Connecticut's 1st District Congressional seat in the 2016 election, talks about how Green candidates fared locally and nationally -- and the CT party's agenda in 2017.

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