DEMOCRACY NOW! with Amy Goodman M-F 7-8am, 6-7pm

After the headlines, Amy covers;

● “Empire of Abuse”: MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges

● “Unlimited Money for Bombs”: Democrats Slam Hegseth for Seeking $67B for Iran War

● Trump Says Images of Bombed Iran School Could Be “AI” But Study Confirms U.S. Killed 140+ in Strike

Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.

Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,400 public television and radio stations worldwide.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard honored Goodman with the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ for “developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media.” She is the first co-recipient of the Park Center for Independent Media’s Izzy Award, named for the great muckraking journalist I.F. Stone, and was later selected for induction into the Park Center’s I.F. Stone Hall of Fame. The Independent of London called Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! “an inspiration.”

Goodman has co-authored six New York Times bestsellers. Her latest, Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America, looks back over the past two decades of Democracy Now! and the powerful movements and charismatic leaders who are re-shaping our world. Before than, The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, and Breaking the Sound Barrier, both written with Denis Moynihan, give voice to the many ordinary people standing up to corporate and government power. She co-authored her first three bestsellers with her brother, journalist David Goodman: Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times (2008), Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back (2006) and The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them (2004). She co-writes a weekly column with Denis Moynihan (also produced as an audio podcast) syndicated by King Features, for which she was recognized in 2007 with the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Reporting.

Co-hosts Amy Goodman and Juan González and the Democracy Now! news team have garnered more than 60 top journalism awards.

With Don Kimball Sat pm

THE CURRENT WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE

Another Special Conversation with Matthew Hoh, USMC Captain and State Department Officer, Iraq War combat veteran and Afghanistan War State Department officer.

Tune into Friendly Fire a Voice for Veterans today to hear former US Marine and State Department official Matt Hoh discuss the current war between Russia and Ukraine. A member of Veterans For Peace, in 2024 Matt spoke before the UN Security Council about the continuing “escalation ladder” between the two opposing nations, each launching massive drone and missile attacks on each other almost weekly now. The death and destruction are truly appalling, as are the environmental consequences of this continuing conflict. A senior fellow with the Eisenhower Media Network, Matt’s analysis of the war that has lasted longer for Russia than WWII is invaluable in helping to understand how we got to this stage of a war without an end in sight.

Matthew Hoh had nearly twelve years experience with the US military and the wars overseas with the United States Marine Corps, Department of Defense and State Department.

In 2009, Matthew Hoh resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matt took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-2005 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-2007 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matt worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-2008.

From 2010-2024, Matt was affiliated with the Center for International Policy, first as a senior fellow and later as a senior fellow emeritus. He is a disabled veteran.

With Don Kimball Sat 2pm, Wed 7pm

Don’s guest is Iranian-born USAF VETERAN PHEDREA BOND. Their coversation includes her military experience as a police officer. Now a member of Veterans For Peace in Maine, she is a police chaplain for the Portland PD and also a professional dog trainer.

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Sat 2pm

A Show For and About Veterans

Joseph Gerson, PhD

Today Don and nuclear arms expert Joseph Gerson, PhD, speak about the recent conference in New York City of anti nuclear activists from around the world. As the Atomic Clock moves ever closer to midnight and The Apocalypse, is there still time for cooler heads on all sides to come together and disarm before it’s too late?

With Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm

Tune in to Friendly Fire a Voice For Veterans tonight at 7pm to hear long-time peace and justice activists Toby Blome’ and USN veteran Nick Mottern. Both of them are with Ban Killer Drones, and were recently arrested for non violent civil disobedience protesting outside Holloman AFB in New Mexico. They both make a passionate, intelligent and moving case for stopping the US drone wars!

With Don Kimball, Sat 2pm, Wed 7pm

A Voice for Veterans

Tune in to Friendly Fire today to hear former USAF Academy graduate and attorney Mickey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. A former White House consultant, Weinstein is the founder of MRFF and for over 20 years has been advising clients about their Constitutional rights where it applies to the separation of church and state. With Pete Hegseth leading the charge, America’s military is being purged of top ranking officials who don’t believe America should be on a crusade against Muslims in the Middle East, and that promotions should be based on ability and not on race or gender. Weinstein pulls no punches. America is at a crossroads. If we don’t resist, White Christian Nationalists, allied with Zionists, they will destroy America and most of the Middle East!

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm

A Voice for Veterans

Guest CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON, formerly of Greenpeace

Don and Paul are in conversation about the perils of the latest war in the Middle East to the oceans and to the planet.

About Captain Paul Watson–formerly of Greenpeace, the Sea Shepherd Conversation Society and the star of the reality TV series Whale Wars. Now the head of the Paul Watson Foundation.

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm

A Voice for Veterans

Don is in conversation with U.S. Marines Brian McGinnis and Cpt. Matthew Hoh. Brian had his arm broken in two places by the Capitol Police and Senator Tim Sheehy earlier this month while exercising his First Amendment rights while in full uniform at a U.S. Senate hearing. Matt expresses his outrage at the senseless war on Iran and at the harsh treatment of a fellow U.S. Marine and a Veteran For Peace.

With Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm

Don talks to VFP member Nick Mottern from Stop Killer Drones and Leila Zand PhD an Iranian native and expert on International Affairs. They’ll discuss the pitfalls of US policy towards Iran, and the potential for a wider conflict