Counterpoint, 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

1) Mel Gurtov, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Oregon's Portland State University, and author of, "Engaging China: Rebuilding Sino-American Relations." discusses growing tensions between the U.S. and China, and issues examined in his recent article, "The Taiwan Imbroglio."

2) Angela Hanks, Chief of Programs at Demos, talks about her group's response to the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by President Biden and GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as well as DEMOS's Economic Democracy Project in the midst of current record economic inequality in the U.S., with a focus on some case studies of activist projects in Pittsburgh, Houston, NYC and Arlington, VA.

3) Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon.com and author, discusses Trump's federal indictment on 37 counts related to his handling of classified documents, and related issues of his political and legal strategy covered in her recent Salon article, "Trump Thinks He Can MAGA His Way Out of Jail."

4) Bineshi Albert, Co-Executive Director of the Climate Justice Alliance discusses the recent cloud of hazardous wildfire smoke from Canada in the northeast U.S., and the impact of provisions in the debt ceiling agreement, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden, on our environment and low income and working families across America.

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