COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) After Venezuela Attack Trump Threatens to Strike Iran Again

Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft is author of, "Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy.” Parsi talks about his recent article, "As expected, Netanyahu back demanding more war with Iran," recent Trump threats to intervene in Iran if the government kills anti-government protesters, and the message to Iran's leaders after the US kidnapping of Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro.

2) Trump's Kidnapping of Venezuelan President will have Far Reaching Consequences

Steve Ellner, an associate managing editor of Latin American Perspective, and a retired professor at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, where he lived for over 40 years -- and Andreína Chávez, based in Caracas, who wrote the recent DropSite News article, “War of the entire people: Venezuela's Grassroots Rise to Resist Trump's Naval Blockade," examine the consequences of Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, in Venezuela, Latin America and the world.

3) Trump - RFK Jr's Research Cuts and Vaccine Changes Threaten US Public Health

Kayla Hancock, Director of Public Health Watch at Protect Our Care talks about her group's opposition to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cut seven grants worth millions of dollars to The American Academy of Pediatrics, jeopardizing initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early.

4) Resistance to Trump Growing in his 2nd Year Back in the White House

Kevin B. Anderson, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara talks about his recent article, "The Worm Turns: Trumpist Fascism." He'll discuss issues related to effective resistance, the need to organize a popular front, big tent opposition to Trump's authoritarian rule, while ensuring progressives don't sacrifice minority constituencies or controversial positions on the climate crisis, the right of Palestinians to self-determination and independence, and trans people's rights to basic human rights.

COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) Trump's Moves to Interfere with and Manipulate the Outcome of 2026 Midterm Election

Jim Saksa, a journalist who's written for Slate, Politico Magazine, The Economist, NPR’s Morning Edition and Philadelphia City Paper, discusses his recent Democracy Docket article, "DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 22," and other warning signs about the Trump administration's possible plans for disrupting and/or manipulating the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections.

2) RFK Jr Attempts to Ban Trans Youth Gender Affirming Care

Parker Molloy, a Chicago-based media critic, cultural commentator, and publisher of "The Present Age" Substack newsletter, discusses her views on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, recent announcement essentially banning gender-affirming care for transgender young people, even in states where it's still legal.

3) CBS Political Censorship of "60 Minutes" an Outcome of Media Merger Madness

Craig Aaron, co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action, two media reform organizations, talks about CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss' decision to kill the 60 Minutes' story on the Trump regime's deportation of immigrants to El Salvador's notorious CECOT Prison, and recent corporate mergers that are enabling political censorship.

4) Trump's Deadly & Chaotic Year Back in the White House

Paul Street, an independent radical-democratic policy researcher, journalist, historian and author of more than 10 books, his latest titled, "This Happened Here: Amerikaners, Neoliberals, and the Trumping of America." He talks about his recent commentary, "Four Pieces in the Fascist & Exterminist Jigsaw Puzzle," and his hopes for effective anti-fascist organizing in 2026.

COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) As Trump Poll Numbers Plummet, MAGA World is Fracturing

John Nichols, Executive editor of The Nation magazine, author, co-author and editor of over a dozen books, his latest cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders is the New York Times bestseller "It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism." John will talk about his recent Nation magazine article, "Zohran Mamdani on FDR, LaGuardia—and Trump," on his hopeful interview with New York City Mayor-Elect, and the current political environment where there are increasing signs Donald Trump's MAGA world might be starting to fracture.

2) Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress Intervenes

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink Women for Peace and author, talks about President Trump's unconstitutional march to war with Venezuela, some pushback we're now seeing in Congress, the work Code Pink is doing to raise awareness about the regime's murderous interventionist policy, and the current lack of an active and effective U.S. peace movement.

3) Impeachment: the Antidote to Authoritarian Presidents

John Bonifaz, constitutional attorney, and co-founder and president of the group Free Speech For People, discusses Rep. Al Green's (D-Houston) recent introduction of Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump, which was tabled by a House vote of 237-140, and what accountability for Trump's long list of unconstitutional and corrupt actions would and should look like if Democrats win back control of the House and/or Senate in the 2026 midterm election.

4) Nurses on the Frontline of RFK Jr's Anti-Science Agenda

Mary Turner, RN, President of National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the U.S., discusses two issues the union is currently addressing: NNU's demand Congress take urgent action to restore ACA subsidies to prevent a spike in monthly health insurance premiums for some 24 million ACA policy holders, and the union's concern re: Pres. Trump's executive order banning state regulations on artificial technology medical applications.