This Is Not Normal

How do we recover from the Scott Brown-Supreme Court double whammy? Plus Traci Olsen schools Dems, John Sheier talks to a paid Scott Brown shill, and Poetry on the Radio with Sarah Lariviere .

Why a Martha Coakley Senate victory is essential for a successful Obama presidency. Plus, Tom Pappalardo and Diane Bilyak.

Jennifer Nix on what's politically possible with health care. Sarah Buttenwieser on how a community responds to tragedy and terror. Traci Olsen on how parents can not act like their parents. And Tina McElmoyl explores our changing relationship with food..

Our Culture Roundtable of Traci Olsen, Tom Pappalardo and Jaz Tupelo review the highs and low of the decade.

Why we must pass the health care compromise. Plus, Sarah Buttenwieser on the year in disappointments, Diane Bilyak reminisces about torturing Barbie on Christmas, and a holiday ditty from No Shadow Kick.

Is the public option actually dead? Bill O'Reilly ambushes Traci Olsen's former school. Poetry on the Radio's Sarah Lariviere is very cold.

National Priorities Project Exec Dir Jo Comerford breaks down the real cost of Afghanistan. Diane Bilyak on tag sale-ing your way through the recession.

David Roberts from Grist.org previews next month's international climate summit in Copenhagen.

Bill Scher on how the Senate moderates ruined the stimulus, Sarah Buttenwieser on the real-world impact of the Stupak amendment and "Momtroversies" with Traci Olsen on the day in the life of a wannabe Supermom.

Bill Scher on Election 2009 fallout and the latest with health care and climate legislation. "Momtroversies" with Traci Olsen on vaccines. "The Optimist" with Tom Pappalard on his shoddy memory. "Poetry on the Radio" with Sarah Lariviere feels the loss of summer.

Dave Johnson from OurFuture.org previews the Building The New Economy conference. Traci Olsen prepares to send her daughter to kindergarten. Sarah Buttenwieser has the solution for excessive Halloween candy.

Interview with Jessica Dulong, author of "My River Chronicles" about her transition from dotcommer to fireboat engineer. Plus, Bill Scher on the latest in health care and climate legislation.

Three days before the first major debate in the general election Northampton mayoral campaign, WHMP's Chris Collins joins Bill Scher to analyze what Mayor Mary Clare Higgins and Councilor Michael Bardsley need to accomplish.

Health care update from Bill Scher. The risk of sanctions on Iran, from Michael Brooks. The public option we already have, by Jennifer Nix. A mother explains how to deal with right-wing temper tantrums, by Traci Olsen.

Health care update from Bill Scher. Bill Dwight on his brush with far right extremist hate. Tom Pappalardo hosts Art Talk, and Sarah Lariviere brings us Poetry on the Radio.

Sizing the Baucus bill. Bill Dwight braces for the Supreme Court to unleash corporate power. Tina McElmoyl finds the recession-busting vegan cupcake.

Reaction to the president's health care speech from Bill Scher and Sarah Buttenwieser. Plus, "Momtroversies" essayist Traci Olsen on turning on the TV.

The importance of realizing the cause of Ted Kennedy's life, health care for all. The latest front groups from Big Oil and King Coal. Plus, Bill Dwight on the childish nature of the health care debate. And Momtroversies essayist Traci Olsen on true wealth in a recession.

Interview with "Recipe for America" author Jill Richardson, Poetry on the Radio with Sarah Lariviere and the week in health care from Bill Scher

Bill Scher reports from the annual Netroots Nation conference, President Clinton's keynote and the state of the health care debate. Plus, DJ Josh Frankenstein, John Cougarstein and the new segment "My Side of the Story."