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Each week, host Scott Harris conducts interviews on a wide range of political, economic and social topics with individuals and representatives of organizations not ordinarily accessible in the mainstream media. This show airs weekly on WPKN (wpkn.org) and streams here in podcast form.
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Listen in on real people buying real estate and their very personal challenges. Discover what no one is talking about anywhere else: These are the emotional, psychological, ethical, and even spiritual bumps in the road that you’ll face when you go to buy and sell real estate anywhere across the country. Learn the tips, tricks and frameworks to navigate these issues from a seasoned residential agent with more than two decades of experience and $1.5 Billion in sales under his belt, along with ...
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How Traitor Trump Won 2024 Election; Trump's Bizarre Cabinet Picks Meet Little GOP Resistance; Trump Laying Groundwork to Establish Mafia State; House Bill Will Give Trump Weapon to Attack his Enemies
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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.…
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How Will Members of Trump's Cult Respond to his Election Win; Kamala Harris' Defeat Linked to Ignoring Working Class Economic Discontent; Assessing Media's Failures in Covering 2024 Election; Immigrant ...
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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.…
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Worries that Biden Gaza Policy Will Lose Harris Votes; Women's Pivotal Role in 24' Election; Social Media Platforms Flood Election Campaign with Disinformation; Election Will Decide Future of Social Security ...
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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.…
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Media's Credulous Coverage of Trump's Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice, Michelle Obama Powerfully Addresses What's at Stake for Reproductive Rights in US Election, New Book 'Vigilante Nation' Describes ...
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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.…
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Trump's fascist threat in 2024 election; Israel provoking war w Iran may draw in US; Rev. William Barber on the intersection between morality and social justice; Naming 7 corporations undermining democracy ...
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1) Trump's Fascist Threats Increase as 2024 Campaign Nears End Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of "How Fascism Works," talks about his newest book, "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite The Past To Control The Future," and the threat posed to democracy by Donald Trump and the Republican Party …
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GOP Plan to Undermine Presidential Election; Project 2025's Sabotage of Federal Disaster Response; Sanders Pushes Bill to Stop US Weapons Sales to Israel; Nuts & Bolts of Progressive Electoral Success
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1) Trump, GOP Plan to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine, writes the newsletter American Doom. Glawe, whose forthcoming book is tilted, “If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened,” discusses the important issues examined in h…
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Media Sanitizing US Role in Israel's Brutal Gaza War; Media 'Sanewashing' Trump's Cognitive Decline; Big Oil Should Pay for Climate Change-Fueled Hurricane Destruction; Mexico's 1st Female President's ...
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1) US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel's Brutal Gaza War Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, talks about his latest book, "War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine," with a just published revised edition that includes a new afterword on the G…
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 15: How To Navigate Buyer Representation Agreements: The Wisdom of Reddit
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In our fourth solo episode, Scott heads to Reddit and the First Time Homebuyers' subreddit to learn what buyers are worrying about—and how their fellow buyers and agents have to say to help them. Don't take Scott's word for it, though he has plenty to say. Real buyers from all across the world do their best to teach you what's going on today. If yo…
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Israel's Provoking Hezbollah into Wider War; GOP Georgia Election Deniers' Sabotage; Trumpism's Toxic Election Issue: Immigration; Blinken's Reckless Action in Ukraine
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1) Israel's Attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon Threatens to Ignite Long Feared Wider War John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus and Global Just Transition at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses his recent article, "A Ceasefire Is Not Enough in Gaza," focusing on Netanyahu's successive actions that appear designed to provoke a wider Mi…
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Dangers of Israel-Hezbollah Conflict; Trump's Deadly Abortion Ban; Consequences of Expired Pandemic Safety Net; Billy Bragg on Politics, Hope and Power of Music
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1) Escalating Conflict Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Erupt into Regional War Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies and senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides analysis of Israel's two waves of attacks targeting Hezbollah via pagers and walkie-talkie explosions that killed at least 14…
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How is looking for love the same as looking for a house? can you look for both at the same time? Today our buyer is doing just that, and has quite a crazy story to tell! But even if your life is less complicated, it's helpful to think about how you can apply one study—finding a soulmate—to the other—finding your dream house. To unpack our buyer con…
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Trump's Stochastic Terrorism Targets Haitian Immigrants; Common Cause's Election Protection; Rebel Singer/Songwriter Billy Bragg's Political Activism; El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele's Growing Repression ...
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1) Donald Trump's Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Targets Haitian Immigrants Wajahat Ali, creator of Left Hook substack, co-host of The Democracy-ish podcast, and author of "Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American," discusses the presidential debate and election campaign, with a focus on Trump's…
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'The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism'; ACLU v. University Crackdown on Gaza Protests; Climate Future: Apocalypse or Utopia; Portland, Maine Divests from Israel
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1) New Book Warns Voters that 2024 is "The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism" Mark Green, former two-term New York City public advocate and author or editor of 26 books on U.S. politics, discusses his newest book, "The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism in 2024," which warns Americans that this November will be a choice between a Par…
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What would make a seasoned real estate agent say no to sellers who want to hire them to sell a property? Join Scott Harris, in this eye-opening episode of The Pursuit of Home as he recounts some of the most bizarre and challenging experiences he’s encountered over two decades in real estate. From a bird that wouldn't leave him alone to a home fille…
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Massive Protests Blame Netanyahu for Hostage Deaths; Election Campaign Threats to Democracy; Work to Live or Live to Work?; Connecticut Cafe for Racial Justice
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1) Gaza War Continues to Kill as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Hostage Deaths James Zogby, co-founder and president of the Arab American Institute, discusses the effort at last week's Democratic party nominating convention in Chicago to address U.S. policy supporting Israel's brutal war and mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Ga…
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Eyewitness to Gaza Horror; Racism Drives Trump Support; Former IDF Soldier for Peace; Georgia's Election Deniers Changing State Rules
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• US Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors Dr. Ahmad Javed Yousaf, MD, an internist and pediatrician practicing in Benton, Arkansas, who will recount his horrifying experience providing life saving health care to Palestinian civilians under attack by Israel in Gaza, with a focus on what Americans should know about the human suffe…
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 12: The Cultural Challenges of Negotiation: Real Buyers In Tel Aviv, Israel
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You think it's tough in the US to buy a house? Try finding a home without a functioning real estate market—during a war, no less. Today we speak with a home buyer who expresses her surprising frustrations to find a home. We try to understand why one of the tech centers of the world doesn't put its know-how to work, and look at the cultural side of …
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Kamala Harris' Economic Policies; Gaza Ceasefire Talks; Sinclair's Right-wing Propaganda on Local TV Channels; Large Progressive Gathering at Chicago DNC
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Counterpoint with Scott Harris, Aug. 19, 2024 1) Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris' Economic Policy Proposals Matt Bruenig, president of People’s Policy Project, a left wing thinktank, discusses the important issues examined in his recent article, "Our Verdict on Kamala Harris’s New Plans," and issues related to economic policies being…
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I'm Scott Harris, a 30-year radio veteran and host of Counterpoint, a weekly radio program and podcast. Each week my guests and I discuss a wide range of local, national and international political, economic, social and environmental issues from progressive perspectives that are all too often ignored or marginalized in corporate media. Counterpoint…
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 11: Emerging Trends in Residential Real Estate (Our 2nd Ask Me Anything)
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What are the emerging trends you can find in your home? Are there any big surprises? This week, Scott fields more questions from listeners about the latest eco-friendly trends, why they are popular, and why they aren't! If you're thinking of buying a home anytime soon, you won't want to miss this episode! Subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/po…
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 10: Putting Yourself in Time Out During Your Home Search
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What if you realize you need to step back in the middle of your search for some reason? To save a little more money, to deal with something personal, to navigate the market itself? How would you feel? How much would you lean on your real estate agent? To answer these questions, we spoke with a real estate agent from Westchester, Julie Alcee, someon…
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 9: Ask Me Anything: The Hard-To-See Things That Might Go Wrong in Your House
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This is the podcast's first Ask Me Anything episode, and it's dedicated to a specific set of questions we've compiled from listener feedback. Today, we discuss the things you can't see in your future house, and what things might go wrong. Learn about air rights and inspections; boilers; falling bricks; termites; first-time buyers classes; and much …
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 8: How Not To Be A Jerk in Real Estate Negotiations
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Do you think you need to be a jerk in your negotiations? Do you think it's going to get you a better deal? It's high time to rethink this idea. What if there's a completely different way to get to the closing table, with a deal and a house you love? Today's buyer has a superpower that does just that: Relationship-building. On today's episode of The…
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How do you make sure that the home you want to buy is the right one for now, and for the future? Today's buyer Avi introduces an amazing framework to help anyone make that decision. To help unpack this conversation, we also bring on extraordinary business coach John Mark Shaw. What looks like a difficult decision might be easier than you think! Sub…
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This week's buyer, Dana, and her husband pursue a home in Chicago's tony Northern Shore suburbs. What didn't they count on? The cost of their home's smart technology. We unpack their experience with master AV installer Michael Stellmann of Stellmann Electronics). What should you pay to maintain your home systems? What should you look out for? How d…
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 5: The Push and Pull of The Practical in Your Home Search
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Do you buy a home for all the practical reasons, or do you go with your gut? Is buying based on your feelings a luxury reserved for only some? Or is all the discussion of the practical and rational just giving yourself ammunition to make the emotional decision you are going to make anyway? Let's put it another way. How do you figure out what you wa…
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What does it take to start your home buying journey? Is it money? It courage? Or are you going to take a different path? Our buyer today opens his heart and mind for you. Listen in to the mindset of a long-time renter in New York City. We unpack this mentality with business coach and founder of i2 Leadership Laura Schwarz. Is there anything that mi…
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The home search doesn’t always happen because you want it to, or when you want it to. And even when the news is great—wedding bells, positive pregnancy tests, empty nests—it isn’t any less scary. But today’s episode takes scary to the extreme. You'll meet Christina, who not only lost her house to a fire, but then had to go through a divorce on top …
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 2: It's Not Fun Feeling Like An Alien with John Khosravi
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You might feel like an outsider when it's time to buy. But in this episode of The Pursuit of Home, Host Scott Harris discusses the experience of an actual immigrant to the United States and the challenges buying a home here vs Europe—and what you might learn from her. Scott also brings on immigration attorney and host of "The Immigration Lawyers" p…
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The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris - Episode 1: Decluttering: Fear & Loathing VS Having Fun & Loving it
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In the premiere episode of The Pursuit of Home, Host Scott Harris discusses the topic that every seller dreads: decluttering. How can you look at this all-too-imporant task in a different way? His guest who tried a new path to letting go of stuff is none other than his mother, Lois. His featured expert to give you more tips is Instagram influencer …
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