Podcast Archive • Hightower Lowdown

How Inequality Happens

January 26, 2023

High-dollar corporate executives and Wall Street bankers keep telling us that it’s lonely at the top. Well, they should try...

Singing The Hard-Hit Wall Street Worker Blues

January 24, 2023

I don’t usually cover sob stories, but this one is so touching it might make you cry. Or throw up....

Here’s A Wild Idea That’s Taking Root

January 19, 2023

Growing up, I absorbed a lot of values from my Ol’ Texas Daddy – a strong commitment to the Common...

Is Your Lush, Green Lawn Killing Mother Nature?

January 17, 2023

Sometimes, little things can be a big deal. For example, in considering ways to help protect Mother Earth from global...

Let’s Admit It: The Supreme Court is Corrupt and Clueless

January 12, 2023

As many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino – closed to commoners, but...

What’s “Supreme” About Our Extremist Supreme Court?

January 10, 2023

Question: How many legs does a dog have if you count the tail as a leg? Answer: Four – calling...

Stop Right-Wing Censorship of Library Books

January 5, 2023

Sometimes, stupid political ideas beget even stupider political tactics. For example, a faction of right-wing Republicans want to stop public...

The Perverse Vulgarity of Book Banning

January 3, 2023

Excuse me for using explicit language here, but it seems to me that today’s most vulgar expression of right-wing extremist...

How Detestable Can Corporate Bosses Be?

December 29, 2022

There’s a new “ism” creeping into America’s vocabulary… and into our social order: Bossism. Being a boss can merely mean...

If You’re “Not Woke,” Doesn’t That Mean You’re Asleep?

December 27, 2022

The craziest political word of the year is “woke,” as in “Don’t be woke!” It’s a command barked by far-right-wing...

Building A New Politics of “Outsiders”

December 22, 2022

Why, you might ask, is there so much labor activism these days? Right-wing Republicans claim it’s the work of union...

2022: The Year of the Workers

December 20, 2022

‘Tis the season of gift giving – including Time magazine handing out its somewhat pompous “Person of the Year” award....

The Madness of Sen. Joe Manchin

December 15, 2022

If you sometimes wonder whether Congress is obtuse, narcissistic, or just stupid, Sen. Joe Manchin is evidence that the answer...

What Does Congress Think of You?

December 13, 2022

Dick Tuck, a political prankster who made a satirical run for public office years ago, got less than 10 percent...

Who’ll Save Us from This Nutty Clique of Rich “Saviors?”

December 8, 2022

This country needs highway signs on every interstate to caution the public about an extreme danger that lies ahead –...

Why Trust High-Tech Billionaires to Save Humanity?

December 6, 2022

Here’s an interesting fact: Dinosaurs dominated Earth for 165 million years – and they assumed they always would. Which brings...

The Defrocking of Saint Ron DeSantis

December 1, 2022

Breaking news: After years of failed Republican efforts to uncover any proof of widespread voter fraud by Democrats, Republican Governor...

The GOP Is Literally Going Hunting for Illegal Voters

November 29, 2022

This election year has added a new season to our country’s calendar: The silly season. Not silly as in fun...

Which food future will you choose?

November 24, 2022

America certainly has an abundance of food (even though many Americans do not), yet we face a momentous choice of...

When and where was the first Thanksgiving Feast?

November 22, 2022

Let’s talk Turkey! No, not the Butterball sitting in the Oval Office. I’m talking about the real thing, the big...

How Progressive Groups Can Become Their Own Lawmakers

November 17, 2022

America’s political, corporate, and media establishments were cocksure about their prognostications that a powerful “red wave” was about to hit...

Lessons from the Midterm Elections

November 15, 2022

What hit the Republican party on election day was… well, the Republican Party. Blow number one, of course, was from...

How Money is Suffocating American Democracy

November 10, 2022

America exists today as a bizarre anomaly – we profess to be an electoral democracy, yet we are ruled by...

You Have a Constitutional Right to Vote. Right?

November 8, 2022

Every election day, we’re told “Go Vote!” Your vote is sacred they tell us, it’s your Constitutional right. Well… yes...

Shhh, The Governor Is Listening

November 3, 2022

Although we haven’t even gotten through this year’s midterm congressional elections, it’s still not too early to start examining some...

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