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Tuesday June 18th on Stand Up!

June 18, 2013

After headlines & crew chat: We check in on the goings on in Congress with Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post.

In the second hour, Middle East expert Robin Wright.

For the third hour, John Avlon of CNN and Newsweek/Daily Beast and Will Cain of CNN and the Blaze are in studio.

And the search continues for Jimmy Hoffa… for the 38th straight year. Good luck fellas! #WhereintheWorldisHoffa #CarmenSanDiegoRemix

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Monday June 17th on Stand Up!

June 17, 2013

After headlines & crew chat: national security expert, Karen Greenberg of Fordham University talks NSA and Guantanamo.

For the second hour, we talk to author and finance expert, Bob Rice in studio for the hour to discuss everything from Wall Street, his new book, to parenting.

In the third hour, our weekly chat with former Assistant Secretary of Education, Diane Ravitch.

Then Congressman from Massachusetts’ 2nd district, Representative Jim McGovern discusses the farm bill and his latest diet craze: food stamps.

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Friday June 14th on Stand Up!

June 14, 2013

After headlines & crew chat: we talk to Constitutional Law professor, Eric Segall.

In the second hour, Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig discusses our broken political system. You can check out his recent TedTalk here.

In the third hour host of NPR’s “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me” Peter Sagal tells us about his fascinating PBS series “Constitution USA.”

In other news, the Heat annoy the country by tying up the NBA Finals 2 to 2 and Melanie‘s grandma is pissed.

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Thursday June 13th on Stand Up!

June 13, 2013

After headlines & crew chat: a conversation about NSA whistleblowers, with an NSA whistleblower, Thomas Drake.

In the second hour in association with IAVA it’s another addition of Stand Up with a Veteran- this week we are joined by Seth Smith.

In the third hour we talk to Fox News Contributor and co-founder of Define America, Jehmu Greene in studio.

Breaking news from yesterday, a two-faced kitten born in Oregon. A stunned nation clicks on the story, says “that’s weird” then goes about their day.

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