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Dylan on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:04:35 +0000

Dylan stops by WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss The 30 Million Jobs tour and people who are creating innovative jobs around the country. He also shares his thoughts on NY Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin, our country’s fundamental ideals, and the idea of an agreed culture of aligned interests through collaboration to solve our country’s problems.

Greedy Bastards Antidote: Mark Meckler and David DeGraw "Austin Parkcast"

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:33:21 +0000

After our TV show today, we decided to do a quick outdoor "Parkcast" under the shadow of the Texas State Capitol building. Here's Dylan's conversation with Mark Meckler of the Tea Party Patriots and David DeGraw of AmpedStatus.com, and one of the original organizers of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Dylan with Curtis Sliwa on AM970 The Apple

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58:05 +0000

On Wednesday, February 8 2012 Dylan Ratigan joined AM970 The Apple's Curtis Sliwa for a conversation on Greedy Bastards, the 2012 election, and the state of the U.S. economy. Curtis is one of our favorite NY radio hosts, and we always love having Dylan on his show. Take a listen!

GBA "Auction 2012" - Education with Chris Kirkham

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:32:01 +0000

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GBA "Auction 2012" - Health Care with Paul Blumenthal

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:51:09 +0000

Dylan Ratigan and Paul Blumenthal of The Huffington Post continue our "Auction 2012" series with a discussion on the bought nature of our health care system in America. Paul Blumenthal is a reporter for the Huffington Post covering money and influence in politics. He previously worked as the Senior Writer for the Sunlight Foundation covering influence, lobbying, and transparency issues. His work has been featured in many different outlets including PBS' Frontline, CNN, the New York Review of Books, the New York Times, and National Journal. He can be reached at paulblumenthal@huffingtonpost.com or you can follow him on Twitter @PaulBlu.

GBA "Auction 2012" - Energy with Dan Froomkin

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:44:28 +0000

Dylan talks to Dan Froomkin, senior Washington correspondent for the Huffington Post, about the hidden costs of energy in America. Dan describes the latest big lobbying victories for the industry, and how lobbyists focus most on making enormous tax breaks and subsidies politically untouchable. In addition, he describes what may be their greatest success -- stifling any attempts to assess the industry for its carbon externalities. Paul previously spent 12 years working for the Washington Post, and is also deputy editor of NiemanWatchdog.org, a website that encourages more accountability journalism. He began his journalism career as a reporter at the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal, the Miami Herald and the Orange County (Calif.) Register.

GBA "Auction 2012": Bought Banking with Paul Blumenthal

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:33:08 +0000

As part of our Auction 2012 series with The Huffington Post, Dylan talks to Paul Blumenthal about "Bought Banking." Paul is a reporter covering money in politics the editor of the HuffPost Fundrace newsletter, a daily newsletter about campaign fundraising and advertising. He previously worked as the Senior Writer for the Sunlight Foundation covering influence, lobbying, and transparency issues.

Dylan at the Commonwealth Club

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:41:34 +0000

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Greedy Bastards Antidote Ep 5 - Yves Smith and Extractionism

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:38:38 +0000

This country, now more than ever, needs passionate debate and smart policy, a brazen willingness to scrap what doesn’t work, and the entrepreneurial spirit to try what does. Ratigan has compiled brash and fresh solutions for building a new and better America, and with this book he has started the debate America deserves. Visit GreedyBastards.com to learn more about why and how we need to Get Money Out to restore our republic.

Greedy Bastards Antidote Ep 4 - Gretchen Morgenson and Swaps

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:27:53 +0000

It's another episode of Greedy Bastards Antidote. Today, we're talking about credit default swaps -- Greedy Bastards' favorite financial innovation of the past ten years. Think of a swap as an opportunity for financial companies to sell insurance on credit. In this podcast, you'll learn exactly what credit default swaps are, and why they're dangerous to our economy. Our guest is Gretchen Morgenson - Gretchen is a business reporter/columnist at the New York Times where she also serves as Assistant Business and Financial Editor. She is co-author with Josh Rosner of the bestselling book Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon.

Greedy Bastards Antidote Ep 3: Chris Whalen and Credit Default Swaps

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:48:53 +0000

It's another episode of Greedy Bastards Antidote. Today, we're talking about credit default swaps -- Greedy Bastards' favorite financial innovation of the past ten years. Think of a swap as an opportunity for financial companies to sell insurance on credit. In this podcast, you'll learn exactly what credit default swaps are, and why they're dangerous to our economy. Our guest is Chris Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics, contributor to Ritholtz.com, and editor of the Insitutional Risk Analyst, a weekly news analysis and commentary on risk and the global political economy.

Greedy Bastards Antidote Ep 2: Dr. Jeffrey Brenner & Hot-Spotting Healthcare

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:59:38 +0000

Dylan talks to Dr. Jeffrey Brenner about hot-spotting in health care.

Greedy Bastards Antidote Ep 1: David Banks & Hot-spotting Education

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:42:16 +0000

In the first of our podcast series "Greedy Bastards Antidote," Dylan talks to David Banks, educational "hot-spotter" and founding principal of the Eagle Academy for Young Men, which runs schools for young men in the South Bronx, Brooklyn and Southeast Queens.

RFD #77: John Bonifaz & Free Speech for People

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:48:54 +0000

Director and Co-Founder of Free Speech For People John Bonifaz joins Radio Free Dylan today to discuss his organization's mission of overturning the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling. Is there precedent for this sort of action? Is it even possible? Our system of American democracy may depend on it.

RFD #78: The Launch of United Republic

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:11:20 +0000

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RFD #76 Landon Rowland on Bought Justice

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:12:20 +0000

Are our judges as bought as our politicians are? One of the people most concerned about this is Landon Rowland, Janus Capital Chairman Emeritus and the 15th president of the Kansas City Southern Railway. Dylan had a chance to have an extended conversation with Mr. Rowland about the importance of independent judiciaries in sustaining economic development and encouraging investment, the corrupting effect of money in judicial elections, and the danger of letting "the rule of cash prevail over the rule of law."

Dylan's Inbox: Chris on Investigating the Federal Reserve

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:57:18 +0000

We get emails, lots of them! In this one, Chris from Fairbanks, Alaska wants to know: Why hasn't there been an investigation into the Federal Reserve and party-interest transactions? I think knowing how the Fed really works would be instructive on the influence of money in politics.

Dylan's Inbox: Johnny in Texas: Strategic Intervention for Oil

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:53:46 +0000

We get emails, lots of them! Here, Johnny in Texas wants to know: You mentioned our oil advantage in the victory of World War II. Could our strategic interventions abroad in the name of oil be classified as defending America?

Dylan's Inbox: William on the First Amendment & Protests

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:51:28 +0000

We get lots of emails -- here, a question from William in Baltimore: How can Federal, state or municipal governments circumvent the First Amendment with so called "permit requirements?" It seems like these new regulations on protest, voting, and the right to assemble don't really line up with the First Amendment.

Dylan's Inbox: Mike in Alabama on the "Fallacy of FINRA"

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:48:44 +0000

We get lots of emails -- here, Mike in Alabama wants to know: When will the fallacy known as FINRA finally be exposed for the sham it is? Getting assistance from them is about as likely as a personal meeting with the Pope.

Dylan's Inbox: Phil on the Occupy Movement

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:46:39 +0000

We get lots of emails -- here's Dylan's answer to Phil's question: Is the Occupy movement here to stay? Do you think it is movement that is going to successfully change the system or is it just a flash in the pan?

Dylan's Inbox: Martha on Occupy Wall Street & The Media

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:39:10 +0000

From Dylan's Inbox: Martha wants to know -- Who in the media and the government are willing to stand with Occupy Wall Street to support and provide information being withheld from the general public? The attention and coverage being given them by the mainstream media is embarrassing so far.

Glenn's Emails: Casey on Freedom of the Web

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:53:32 +0000

Glenn Greenwald answers email questions from listeners of Radio Free Dylan. Casey – Mansfield, Texas asks: Is there potential for freedom of speech via the Internet being taken from the general public through censure and regulations? The Wiki Leaks obstruction makes me believe it can and will.

Glenn's Emails: Don on Occupy Wall Street

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:49:05 +0000

Glenn Greenwald answers questions from listeners of Radio Free Dylan. Don from Portland, Oregon asks: What is the one central message you would suggest for the Occupy Wall Street movement that you believe would truly galvanize supporters still hesitant to embrace them?

Glenn's Emails: Lee on Police Brutality and Free Speech

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:43:20 +0000

Glenn Greenwald answers questions from listeners of Radio Free Dylan. Lee, from Hamilton, Ontario asks: In light of police brutality amidst peaceful protests, especially in Oakland, why do Occupy critics keep up the ad hominem attacks & shaming? Isn't it time to stand up for free speech?

Glenn's Emails: Sue on Fixing American Government Now

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:37:41 +0000

Glenn Greenwald answers questions from listeners of Radio Free Dylan. Sue, who didn't give her city, asked: What steps can we take to fix American government NOW? What laws do we need to repeal, improve or legislate to create justice, freedom and democracy for all?

Glenn's Emails: Alex on the Prison System

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:30:59 +0000

Glenn Greenwald takes questions from listeners of Radio Free Dylan. Alex from Milwaukee,WI: Who specifically should face criminal and/or civil charges in the direct lead up to the 2008 financial crash? Could you talk about the influence that private prison systems play in the expanding corrections market? What are some of the negative ways that Private Prison Systems like CCA have on the taxpayer who ultimately foots the bill?

RFD #75: Glenn Greenwald

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:54:59 +0000

Dylan Ratigan interviews Glenn Greenwald, columnist for Salon.com and author of "With Liberty and Justice For Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful."

RFD #74: Stephen Leeb and the China-US War For Resources

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:44:56 +0000

Author Stephen Leeb says that we're in a "war to acquire resources, not just for the sake of depriving the rest of the world of these resources, but to have the resources that they need to build out a new energy infrastructure." With Washington stuck in neutral on any significant energy policy, how do we address this challenge? Dylan believes it's through "quantum growth" -- the principle by which significantly fewer resources can be used for significantly higher outputs. As resources (oil, water, and rare minerals) become more and more limited, challenges have to be solved efficiently with aligned interests -- getting more output for vastly less resource consumption. Dylan and author Stephen Leeb discuss how this applies to our "war" with China for rare minerals and development of a more sustainable, less oil-dependent energy policy.

RFD #73: Prof. Bill Black and Occupiers Goldi & Calvin

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:05:48 +0000

A few weeks ago at Zuccotti Park in New York, Dylan had the chance to speak at length to two Occupiers who seemed to, on the surface, come from opposite ends of the spectrum: Goldi is an activist and a musician from the East Village, and Calvin is a recent NY'er who originally hails from the heart of Texas. Joining us in the conversation with the Professor today are two individuals who have taken it upon themselves, as literally millions around the world have, to declare their own grievances and their own rejection of the status quo systems by virtue of their participation in Occupy Wall Street, Occupy New York, and really, ultimately, their support for the Global Occupation Movement In this episode of Radio Free Dylan, Goldi and Calvin have a conversation about the big issues facing this country with Prof. Bill Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a white-collar criminologist, serial whistle-blower, and former financial regulator. He is also the author of the book, The Best Way To Rob a Bank Is To Own One. You can check out his blog at NewEconomicPerspectives.blogspot.com and follow him on Twitter @WilliamKBlack.

The Reign by George Jensen

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:11:29 +0000

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RFD #72 Ron Suskind

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:30:47 +0000

Dylan interviews Ron Suskind, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of the new book "Confidence Men." Ron was the senior national affairs writer for The Wall Street Journal from 1993 to 2000.

Randi Rhodes Interview with Dylan

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:09:58 +0000

Randi & Dylan have both been focused on this subject for years now: how can we tackle so many of the smaller problems in politics if we don't get money out of politics first? Their discussion is here. Alone, each of us is nearly useless in tackling the problem of how money has corrupted our political system. TOGETHER, we can make a difference. That's why you need to sign the petition for a constitutional amendment at GetMoneyOut.com Both Randi and Dylan have seen the corruption firsthand, from K Street in DC to Wall Street in New York. Ninety-four percent of the time, the winner in major U.S. Congressional elections is whomever has the MOST money in their campaign coffers - and THAT MUST STOP. Listen to Randi and Dylan's complete interview, so you can find out what this Amendment could do. Then SIGN IT. Then tell your friends. Use Facebook. Use Google+. Tweet it - and use the hashtag: #GetMoneyOut It's time to Get Money Out of politics in America.

Dylan at Occupy Wall St

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:01:22 +0000

Dylan got on the soapbox at Occupy Wall Street on Saturday, October 1st. Here's what he had to say. For more information on Occupy Wall Street go to www.occupywallstreet.com.

RFD #71 Mark Ames on Ideas for Sale

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:10:22 +0000

“The Nation” magazine’s Mark Ames and Dylan Ratigan discuss an investigative report revealing that billionaire Charles Koch bought and paid for an anti-Social Security and Medicare stand.

RFD #70: Tom Ferguson on Money & Politics

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:25:14 +0000

Money in politics -- it's not AN issue, it's THE issue, according to our guest today.In this episode of Radio Free Dylan, we talk to Tom Ferguson, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston, he’s a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for New Economic Thinking. Says Tom, "Look, everything is for sale, that’s the logic of the new Congress there.Since the ‘90s, everything’s auctioned, and that’s what the bulk of the population doesn’t understand this. The insiders know it but everybody else is still in the dark.There was some columnist in [The New York Times] who an ex-Congressman about what was going wrong in Congress.And finally the guy mentions towards the end, 'Oh, yes, there’s this terrible money problem. 'You know, look, that’s the problem. You’re selling everything." Tom concludes with a statement that we couldn't agree with more -- "You probably can’t fix much in the United States if you’re going to allow the policy to just continue to be sold in every dimension." For more coverage of the issue of money and politics, visit http://www.dylanratigan.com

RFD #69: Jimmy Williams on Money in Politics

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:20:56 +0000

Jimmy Williams, a frequent contributor on The Dylan Ratigan Show, sits down with Dylan to talk about the launch of our effort to get money out of politics as the first step to reviving and taking back America. As Dylan described it on The Huffington Post, "Every politician out there is going to rail against special interests, except, ironically, the ones who are honest about working in a corrupt system. It's up to us, to we the people, to claim this government as ours. It's not going to happen because we placed our trust in a class of people who repeatedly betray us. It's going to happen because of people who put their bodies on the line, like those at the Wall Street protests. Like them or not, they have decided that enough is enough. And I think I've decided the same."

RFD #68: Sen. Tom Coburn

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:20:54 +0000

Is anyone in government willing to observe the scale, magnitude, and nature of the challenges that America faces? It seems like we’re stuck with elected officials playing a short-term game while being blind to the long term effects of their decisions. Meanwhile, our government puts the sovereignty of our nation at risk by not dealing with our debt issues and trade imbalances. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), a physician prior to his work in government, says on Radio Free Dylan that he is concerned that the lack of effective decision-making in Washington — specifically related to our debt and economy — could lead to us giving up some of our sovereignty to other countries. He says an adult discussion in America about the seriousness and severity of our economic problems (rather than Democrat vs. Republican mudslinging) is the first step.

Dylan's Inbox: Greg on Getting Pork out of Legislation

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:28:52 +0000

We recently got a lot of great emails in response to our wanting to write a constitutional amendment banning money from politics. Here is Dylan's response to an email: Do not allow "pork" to be added to ANY legislation (including this amendment), make every congressman put his name on all spending that he introduces. Adding pork to a veterans bill is disgusting. - Greg

Dylan's Inbox: Kashaan on Corporations vs. People

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:24:16 +0000

Here's Dylan's audio response to an idea we got in regards to our constitutional amendment banning money from politics. Kashann wrote: I'd like to see the exact language: "Now that we know corporations are people too, my friend, we should subsequently hold them to the same donation limits as the rest of their fellow citizens."

Dylan's Inbox: Don's Idea for Consitutional Amendment

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:22:33 +0000

Here's one of Dylan's responses to community ideas for our constitutional amendment. Here's Dylan's audio response. Don wrote: Dylan, any amendment to the Constitution has to address both the absolute dollar amount spent on campaigns and the length of time that candidates can legally campaign for. It sounds like Canada has a pretty good handle on this problem. I think the most effective way to differentiate between candidates is head to head debates which cost the candidates almost nothing compared to endless TV ads. - Don W.

Dylan's Inbox: Chuck from PA Thinks There's "Nothing We Can Do"

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:58:48 +0000

We were flooded with emails after Dylan's "rant" on MSNBC.Chuck from Pleasant Hills, PA wrote in and thinks there's nothing we can do if we are "mad as hell" because our politicians won't listen.Dylan recorded his response to him on SoundCloud for DylanRatigan.com. CHUCK, PLEASANT HILLS, PA Dylan, Caught your call-in to your own show today. When the host asked, “what can you suggest people do if they’re mad as hell?" you said they can call their Congressman or Senator, or they can learn more about this situation in regards to tax reform, debt, etc.Sorry to be cynical, but the only phone call that a Senator or Congressman cares about is a call from their campaign contributors.It does NOTHING anymore to lodge a complaint with your representative.And, educating the public about policy and money is fine, but there is nothing actionable that will result from that.People feel powerless these days because there is NOTHING they can do as individuals when they’re "mad as hell."

Dylan's Inbox: Parrish from Oxford, MS on Taxes for Small Businesses

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:49:48 +0000

We were flooded with emails after Dylan's "rant" on MSNBC. Parrish is a small business owner in Oxford, Mississippi who is struggling to keep his restaurant open in a tough economy. Dylan recorded his response on SoundCloud for DylanRatigan.com. PARRISH, OXFORD MS: I am a restaurant owner in an SEC college town. Without Ole Miss, we'd have 15,000 residents. Last year, 20 restaurants closed in this little town. Only by hook and crook did I survive! I pay more than half of all my revenue in taxes of various kinds. At the end of the year, after expenses and payroll, I make nothing! I don't know how much longer my business can tread water. I was very successful for 8 years, but the last two have been murder! The states of our country and Congress are infuriating! Billionaires pay nothing while I struggle each quarter to pay thousands in taxes, to the detriment of my own family's well being. It makes me so sick I can hardly keep typing.

Dylan's Inbox: Peter on Those in Power Thinking Of Others

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:39:41 +0000

We were flooded with emails after Dylan's "rant" on MSNBC. Peter from Buffalo wrote in about family members who agree that the system is flawed but don't want to do anything to fix it. Dylan recorded his response on SoundCloud for DylanRatigan.com. PETER, BUFFALO NY: I have a cousin who runs a global insurance company, a brother-in-law who is a well known Wall Street investment banker and I'm unemployed. Both my cousin, brother-in-law and I agree the system is structurally flawed due to corruption via money in politics. Yet, both cousin and brother-in-law hope to protect the system for as long as necessary to guarantee their check, while i desperately yearn for radical change in the hope of garnering a check. When those with power ever find a truly patriotic bone in their body and think bigger than themselves?

Dylan's Inbox: Pam from WA on How We Get Our Country Back

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:33:13 +0000

We were flooded with emails after Dylan's "rant" on MSNBC. Like hundreds of others, Pam from Olympia, WA wrote asking how we can take our country back. Dylan recorded his response on SoundCloud for DylanRatigan.com. PAM, OLYMPIA WA: I happened to have the TV on yesterday when you reached your breaking point and went into a rant about what has been happening in the US. Thank you for saying what you did. You are the first media person to have expressed my feelings so thoroughly and so well. My question now is where do we go from here? How do we, the disenfranchised majority, get control of our country back?

Dylan's Inbox: Joe from Austin on Outsourcing & American Jobs

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:22:36 +0000

We were flooded with emails after Dylan's "rant" on MSNBC. Joe from Texas wrote in about his frustration with jobs being shipped out of the USA. Dylan recorded his response on SoundCloud for DylanRatigan.com. JOE, AUSTIN TX Only a couple of times have I been angry enough to write someone in the media about an outrageous situation. I was a child's birthday party yesterday and one of the parents works in marketing for AT&T. He told me that they just opened a call center in Columbia (and another Latin American country) to handle calls FROM THE USA. Everyone is talking about "jobs, jobs, jobs" and these guys have the nerve to open a call center in Latin America when our unemployment rate is as high as it is? I own a call center in this country and just knowing that companies like AT&T still off-shore work that can be performed in the USA really makes me upset. We can compete financially with off-shore companies but these people just don't get it and I really wonder if anyone really cares or just gives lip service to the issue because they think they should.

Dylan Ratigan, Mad as Hell: His Epic 'Network' Moment

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:56:42 +0000

Here's Dylan's epic rant on the financial crisis from the August 9, 2011 Dylan Ratigan Show. (It gets really good about 2 minutes in.) We’ve got a real problem…this is a mathematical fact. Tens of trillions of dollars are being extracted from the United States of America. Democrats aren’t doing it, republicans aren’t doing it, an entire integrated system, banking, trade and taxation, created by both parties over a period of two decades is at work on our entire country right now. Here's the link to the video: http://t.co/n1MQckK

RFD #67: Tony Hsieh

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:50:15 +0000

Dylan talks to Zappos.com, CEO Tony Hsieh about the people, principles and passion that have helped him steer his company to success.

RFD #37: George Goehl

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:33:43 +0000

Whether you consider yourself a progressive or libertarian, an atheist, an agnostic, we need to consolidate around a core problem: massive corporations having purchased control of the government that is profitable for them and destructive for us. On this episode of Radio Free Dylan, we're joined by George Goehl, Executive Director of National People's Action.

RFD #28: Rep. Alan Grayson

brendan.crane@gmail.com ( Dylan Ratigan) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:40:30 +0000

Dylan speaks with Rep. Alan Grayson, former Representative of Florida's Eighth Congressional District, serving from '09 to 2011. Grayson is one of the most vocal and aggressive critics of the crony capitalism, corporate communism and large institutional interests perpetuating their existence at the expense of an increasingly large percentage of the American people.