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'BradCast' Recounted: On today's show, we've put together some of our important recent interviews that you may have missed. First up:\xa0 Now that Congress has passed a $2.2 trillion relief bill (with more likely on the way) to shore up the U.S. economy\xa0 amid unprecedented coronavirus shutdowns across the nation, economist and author Dr. STEPHANIE KELTON of Stony Brook University explains how Congress has always had the power to "conjure" into existence trillions of dollars in order to accomplish whatever it deems a priority \u2013 whether for wars, massive tax cuts for corporations, or dealing with a global pandemic. Kelton explains the "deficit myth" and the basic concepts of Modern Monetary Theory, and why it's necessary to help educate Americans who have been immersed in the false political myth that the only things we can "afford" are corporate subsidies and tax cuts for the rich -- when in reality, we do have the money and we can afford programs that promote the general welfare of average Americans. Then: Alabama's former Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman sounds the alarm on the coronavirus COVID19 spreading like wildfire through the nation's prison system. Gov. Siegelman has first-hand knowledge, having recently been released after a five year sentence \u2014 in what many regard as a political prosecution \u2014 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana, now the site of the nations worst COVID outbreak at a federal prison. Siegelman was held there for five years, until recently, for a crime that more than 100 former Democratic AND Republican Attorneys General charge was never a crime at all -- at least until Republicans charged Siegelman with it. Siegelman now focuses on criminal justice reform, and warns that swift action must be taken to protect the health and safety of prisoners, prison staff, their families, and surrounding communities...