Jim Hightower's Radio Lowdown Podcast
1) What If the Democrats Started to Support Democrats Again?
When will top Democratic party officials recognize that today’s electorate is not made up of moderate centrists? Rather, most Americans are anti-establishment rebels who’ve been knocked down, kicked o...Show More
2) Let Me Take You Inside Michael Milken’s Museum of Greed
Years ago in Juarez, Mexico, I wandered into a carnival sideshow that flabbergasted this Texas country boy. Stumbling out, I murmured: “Now I’ve seen everything… and then some.” But now, decades later...Show More
3) America’s History, Says Lord Trump, Is Exactly What I Say It Is
Our country’s magnificent National Park System has been called “America’s greatest idea.” These 433 treasures – along with our rich diversity of national museums and historical sites – each have their...Show More
4) While We Tout America’s Democracy, Plutocracy Is Taking Over
Washington’s MAGA government is shoveling massive giveaways of public money to corporate elites. Worse, though, are its takeaways of people’s power to battle the abuse of those same plutocratic corpor...Show More
5) Abbott Says His Presidential Ambition Is “God’s Design”
Sometimes, cosmic oddities come together in comic ways. For example, Google positions the biography of right-wing Texas governor Greg Abbott right under the one for yesteryear’s slapstick comedians, A...Show More
6) Yes, You Can Fight the B******s… and Win!
It’s been my honor to know a few real heroes – people who’ve selflessly dared to fight greed and oppression to advance the common good. Diane Wilson, for example. For forty years, this fiery, fourth-g...Show More
7) CEOs Show Us How To Raise Everyone’s Pay
Here’s a progressive idea I picked up from the unlikeliest of sources: Corporate CEOs! For decades, these chieftains of our economic order have been steadily implementing a very visionary process for ...Show More
8) How to “Rest In Peace” Naturally
May we take a minute to talk about your death? And mine, too. I certainly don’t want to rush either one, but there is a matter we should all consider ahead of the “event.” Namely, the funeral. The nat...Show More
9) Warning: Just Reading About Bayer’s Greed Can Cause Headaches
Here they come again! Another far-right-wing mob, spurred on by Trump, is storming our US Capitol! Only, these are not uncouth MAGA marauders wearing buffalo horns, breaking in, and attacking Capital ...Show More
10) CEOs of Tax-Exempt Hospitals Learn to Game the System
All across the country, nonprofit hospital chains are literally upping their game. These corporate entities receive special tax exemptions because they provide some free and reduced-cost medical servi...Show More