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The Devilish Details of a Debt Ceiling Deal

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets070611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss what a debt ceiling deal might look like, if Republicans should even

Ken Cuccinelli Talks About Challenging Obamacare and the EPA

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets070511.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. We’ll get an update on his challenge to Obamacare, then talk

Senator Tom Coburn's Plan to Save Medicare

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets070111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the debt and Tim Geithner’s potential exit from Obama’s cabinet. Then Senator

Sarah Palin, the Quotable Rogue

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets063011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Matt Lewis from the Daily Caller to discuss his new book, The Quotable Rogue about Sarah

Jon Huntsman and Michele Bachmann, a Tale of Two Campaigns

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Ben Domenech to discuss Jon Huntsman’s recent comments on Afghanistan and how he appeals to the

The New Economics of College Football and the Need for Reform at the NCAA

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined Christian Tappe, a book editor and roving blogger, and Josh Zerkle from Kissing Suzy Kolber, With Leather and House of

Congressman Sean Duffy Discusses Debt Ceiling Negotiations

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to talk about the latest consumer spending and savings numbers that came out this

Obama's Sinking Economic Ship

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the Congressional Budget Office’s scathing report on the debt, Ben Bernanke and

Challenging the Constitutionality of Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Mario Loyola to discuss the court challenge of Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid, how the Tenth Amendment

TSA Wants to Search You Even When You're Not in an Airport

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062211.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss TSA’s growing search efforts outside of airports, state efforts to restrict intrusive

How Children Get Left Behind by Medicaid

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss the recent McKinsey health insurance survey, the inability of children to gain access to medical care through Medicaid,

How to Handle the Debt Ceiling

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the impending debt ceiling deadline, Mitch McConnell bowing to the Democrats, and how Francis would

Obama's Failed Outreach to Business

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the Barack Obama’s ATM comments this week, and his administration’s failed outreach

Washington's Fight Against the Future of Higher Education

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Ben Boychuk to discuss how new regulations from Washington will make it harder for the next

Lying – The Most Fun a Politician Can Have with His Clothes On

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061511.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss the GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire, and John Mearsheimer’s new book,

The Left's War on Fracking and Domestic Oil Production

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Kathleen Hartnett White to discuss the Left’s smear campaign against fracking and how the technology can

DNC Chair: Obama Has Turned Around Our Economy

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the claim by DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that Obama has turned

Jim Pethokoukis on China's Economy and Pawlenty's Plan

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca and Jim Pethokoukis to discuss his recent trip to see China’s booming economy up

The Fall of the Traditional American Family

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Jonathan Last to discuss the decline of married couples in the U.S., how the advent of

Austan Goolsbee's Exit and Debating the Need for QE3

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney discuss the exit of Austan Goolsbee from Obama’s economic team and the need for

Sarah Palin's Magical Mystery Tour

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Scott Conroy, from Real Clear Politics is here to discuss the Sarah Palin world tour, her

China's Grip on U.S. Debt

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the slumping markets, China’s holding of U.S. debt and Peter Diamond’s child-like

Are We Headed for a Great Recession?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the worsening job market, the stagnant economy and the effect it may

Sizing Up the Legal Challenges to Obamacare

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060211.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Hadley Heath, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum and HealthCareLawsuits.org, to discuss the

Will Not Raising the Debt Ceiling Lead to Armageddon?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney duke it out about whether or not Congress should raise the debt ceiling and

The Democrats' Plan to Tax 62% of Your Money

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets053111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the end of nuclear energy in Germany, the Democrats’ plan for a

Senator Jim DeMint Talks About Union Thugs and their Attack on Boeing

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets052711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca and Senator Jim DeMint to discuss the attack on Boeing by unions and the

John Yoo Talks About Interrogation Techniques that Lead us to Osama Bin Laden

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets052611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by John Yoo, former Department of Justice official under President George W. Bush to discuss how enhanced

How Will the Economy Impact the 2012 Presidential Campaign?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets052311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Greek debt crisis and Francis’ thoughts on the 2012

Is Our Economy Stuck in the Mud?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets052011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss jobless claims, the Fed’s realization that American’s buy groceries and gas, and

Will the Arab Spring Lead to a War Against Israel?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Chuck DeVore to talk about the uprisings in the Middle East and how it could lead

How Monetary Policy Has Created America's Two Tier Economy

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss how the Fed’s monetary policy has created a two tier economy and

The Chechnya You Don't Know

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Thomas de Waal to discuss the modern Chechnya in a post-war environment where suspicions are high

ExxonMobil's Ken Cohen Talks Gas Prices, Earnings and Drilling

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca are joined by ExxonMobil VP Ken Cohen to discuss the ExxonMobil’s earnings, the need for more

Mitt Romney's No Good, Very Bad Day

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Mitt Romney’s disastrous health care speech and the grilling of oil executives

Obama's Lack of Solutions on Gas Prices

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051211.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, we’ll discuss what’s driving gas prices and other environmental issues with James Taylor of the Heartland Institute. We’re brought to you as always by

Is Jon Huntsman a Political Traitor?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss whether Jon Huntsman’s plotting to run for President against the man for

The Rise of Grassroots Conservatism Among Hispanics

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Josh Trevino to discuss Barack Obama’s trip to El Paso, Texas, immigration reform and the rise of conservatism among