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Kagro in the Morning

Mar 21, 2014

We begin by exploring the topic of how to stop talking about basketball brackets. Ten minutes later, we have come to no conclusion, and move on to McKay Coppins' look at the conservative book publishing racket, a favorite and long-running topic on the show. "Are You There God? It's Me, Hobby Lobby." The...


Mar 20, 2014

Join us for the last hours for filling in your brackets! Greg Dworkin tries to put us back on track with a segue into Nate Silver's bracketology, and from there into the various critiques of his new launch. Charles Gaba gets his day in the WaPo. Jen Sorensen's ACA story, in cartoon form, of course. "Is The CDC...


Mar 19, 2014

Uh-oh. Republicans are doing "outreach" again, and this time it's supposedly millennials they're after. After yet another technical glitch, Greg Dworkin brought us stories of Chris Christie banning Tesla sales in NJ, conservative love for Putin, the Tea Party & Wall St. together again (but it might not matter)...


Mar 18, 2014

Another plutocrat lines up to claim that his enormous privilege is just like Nazi persecution. So, lots of economic inequality talk today. Freedom Industries CEO wants to be paid for "work" in bankruptcy. Greg Dworkin takes the reins and explores nothing less than the origin of the universe, even as sequestration


Mar 14, 2014

Trigger warning: A good deal of morning chit-chat today! Medicare pays $172 million for penis pumps, which John Tyler never needed, and someone's trying to beat Amazon to the punch on drone deliveries. Armando joined in the chit-chat, adding to the mix some discussion of controversial new Vox.com hire, and an odd...