Gingrich kicked butt in South Carolina. Are you part of that nation?
It's not just blue vs red, North vs South. There's us here in Yankeedom, Then there's New Netherlands, The Midlands, Tidewater, Greater Appalachia, The Deep South (of course), New France, The Far West, El Norte, The Left Coast, and First Nation. You know this is accurate. Colin Woodard, author of the acclaimed new book "American Nations," reveals a history of these rival regional nations and questions whether today's boundaries will look the same in a hundred years. One Nation? Never was. Check out this thought-provoking interview.  It's our past, present, and future

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Since Newt hates it, that proves Hollywood is doing something right. While the Oscar nomintations are freshly out, bolder films are also recognized by the un-Oscars: the annual Progressive Movie Awards. The nominations are just out and while many of these nominations do overlap with the Academy Awards nominees, these are films you will certainly want to see. Some great American artists and movies are herein recognised, as we talk with Hollywood's own progressive film historian Ed Rampell.

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Every year, there are always a few truly crazy bills. But this year, the ultra-Right House leadership is behind some actually dangerous ones. Such as: making it harder to arrest in domestic violence. Doing away with medicare. Guaranteeing higher property taxes. Destroying collective bargaining rights. On the first half of The Burt Cohen Show we'll look at what the heck is going on with political veteran Kathy Sullivan. And in the second half, the issue is the unprecedented all-out assault on reproductive rights in NH with guest pro-choice veteran Liz Hager. Get active!

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Congress came back to work on January 17th 2012 and they were met by crowds of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators. This interview with Mark Bray, part of the original press team for OWS, looks at the goals, the strategies, and answers concerns about how Occupy,  if they appear too radical, might unintentionally push elected officials away from their agenda. Be forewarned: the optimism may be contagious.

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You know the prize fighter of the same name but you've never heard of the John L Sullivan from Manchester NH who served in Treasury and the Navy under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman. But there's a new book out by Stephen Clarkson abot the life and times of this man of unquestioned integrity who figured out how to raise the money for WWII in a time of depression--including heavy taxes on the richest among us, and who worked well with both sides of the political aisle to steer a  sane and flexible military course in the face of powers which were focused exclusively on the atomic bomb. A fascinating story.

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Who better to analyze the just completed New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary than former Republican Party Chair Fergus Cullen. What happened, how influential will Ron Paul's "cause of liberty" be, how hated is Rick Perry by the party, what to expect in South Carolina on the 21st? For answers to these and other questions, listen in.

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Las Vegas and much of Southwestern US is lit up by dirty coal from Navajo Nation. Yet many of the impoverished people there lack electricity or water. Guest on this show is Elsa Johnson, a Navajo organizer who talks about recent successes they've had taking on Big Coal and uranium which have done such harm to the health of that nation. They're looking to the sun for a brighter economic and cultural future.

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