Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine (Broadcast-affiliate version) Wed, 13 May 2026 10:55:32 -0400 http://www.btlonline.org/ en-us © 2026 Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine (Broadcast-affiliate version) yes b81bb3ef-f72a-5a41-b476-f2a287c4127a Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill episodic false Between The Lines is a weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Since 1991, Between The Lines has provided in-depth, timely analysis on a wide range of political, economic and social issues including:  increasing disparity in wealth in the U.S.; the crisis in the U.S. health care system; international grassroots mobilization to confront global climate change; racism permeating the prison industrial complex; and efforts to repair flaws in the U.S. electoral system.

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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) in-depth analysis, progressive, healthcare, war, anti-war, peace, inequality, prison reform Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill https://storage.buzzsprout.com/p385sopgk4ik0yt148lzotg4q27y?.jpg Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine (Broadcast-affiliate version) http://www.btlonline.org/ Between The Lines (broadcast-affiliate version) - May 13, 2026 Between The Lines (broadcast-affiliate version) - May 13, 2026 Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Iran War Week 11—Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza

Social Security Administration former commissioner Martin O'Malley: Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Demolishes Customer Service

Food and Water Watch's Thomas Meyer: Opposition to Resource Hungry Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S. Like Wildfire

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• ICE has detained 11,000 parents of U.S. citizen children
• South American crime groups now prefer illegal gold mining over drug trafficking
• Portland's affordable housing strategy a model for other cities

Visit our website at BTLonline.org for  more information, in-depth interviews, related links,  transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET,  website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET

Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. 

]]> Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Iran War Week 11—Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza

Social Security Administration former commissioner Martin O'Malley: Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Demolishes Customer Service

Food and Water Watch's Thomas Meyer: Opposition to Resource Hungry Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S. Like Wildfire

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• ICE has detained 11,000 parents of U.S. citizen children
• South American crime groups now prefer illegal gold mining over drug trafficking
• Portland's affordable housing strategy a model for other cities

Visit our website at BTLonline.org for  more information, in-depth interviews, related links,  transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET,  website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET

Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. 

]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: James Zogby, Martin O'Malley, Thomas Meyer Buzzsprout-19171154 Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #DATACENTERS,#ICE,#ICEdetention,#Israelattacks,#Lebanon,#Portlandhousingmodel,#SocialSecurity #SouthAmericancrimegroups,#U.S.citizenchildren,#affordablehousing,#gaza,#illegalgoldmining,#iranwar,#ssa,#westbank full false Between The Lines (broadcast-quality version) - May 6, 2026 Between The Lines (broadcast-quality version) - May 6, 2026 National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?

Coal River Mountain Watch Executive Director Vernon Haltom: As Trump Pushes to Extract More Coal, Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked to Severe Health Impacts


Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Arizona's SNAP participation rate craters—portends crisis for most vulnerable in America
• Islamist militants seize Mali's capital city after the defense minister is assassinated
• Papua New Guinea human rights activist wins 2026 Goldman Environmental prize

Visit our website at BTLonline.org for  more information, in-depth interviews, related links,  transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET,  website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET

Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. 

]]> National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?

Coal River Mountain Watch Executive Director Vernon Haltom: As Trump Pushes to Extract More Coal, Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked to Severe Health Impacts


Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Arizona's SNAP participation rate craters—portends crisis for most vulnerable in America
• Islamist militants seize Mali's capital city after the defense minister is assassinated
• Papua New Guinea human rights activist wins 2026 Goldman Environmental prize

Visit our website at BTLonline.org for  more information, in-depth interviews, related links,  transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET,  website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET

Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. 

]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marjorie Cohn, Phyllis Bennis, Vernon Haltom Buzzsprout-19134901 Wed, 06 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #newjimcrowera ,#votingrightsact, #votingrightsactrepealed, #VRA, #SCOTUS, #mountaintopremovalmining, #MTRhealtheffects,#JCPOA, #usisraelwaroniran, #iranwar, #trumpdementia, #globalsecurity full false Between The Lines (broadcast-affiliate version) - April 29, 2026 Between The Lines (broadcast-affiliate version) - April 29, 2026 National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: 'Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last Year

Latin American Perspectives Associate Managing Editor Steve Ellner: Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: a ‘New Stage of US Imperialism’

Poor People's Campaign West Virginia Tri-Chair Pam Garrison: Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump may send Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
• Fire service will close research stations that study wildfire risk
• Despite racial hostilities, Haitian immigrant communities are models of resiliency

Visit our website at BTLonline.org for  more information, in-depth interviews, related links,  transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET,  website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET

Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. 

]]> National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: 'Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last Year

Latin American Perspectives Associate Managing Editor Steve Ellner: Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: a ‘New Stage of US Imperialism’

Poor People's Campaign West Virginia Tri-Chair Pam Garrison: Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump may send Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
• Fire service will close research stations that study wildfire risk
• Despite racial hostilities, Haitian immigrant communities are models of resiliency

Visit our website at BTLonline.org for  more information, in-depth interviews, related links,  transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET,  website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET

Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. 

]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Lindsay Koshgarian, Steve Ellner, Pam Garrison Buzzsprout-19096961 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #AfghansCongo,#Cuba,#Fireservice,#wildfireriskresearch,#Haitianimmigrants,#IranCubaVenezuela,#Trumpcorporateallies,#Trump,#billionairetaxcuts,#iran,#lowincomegainslost,#newUSimperialism,#poorpeoplescampaign,#researchstations,#taxdayreport,#venezuela,#wild full false