The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was passed almost three years ago as an attempt to reign in the big banks and the risky behaviors that led to the 2008 financial crash. But many people say that little has changed on Wall Street since the collapse, thanks in part to the billions spent on financial industry lobbyists. This infuriates former Delaware Senator TED KAUFMAN who fought for tougher regulations, more transparency and accountability when he served in Congress from 2009-2010 and chaired the Congressional Oversight Committee.  Senator Kaufman comes in to talk to Marty about his frustrations with financial reform and how he would like to rewrite the rules on Wall Street.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian JOSEPH ELLIS returns to the legacy of the American Founding Fathers by telling two parallel stories of the political and military battles of the history-changing months of the summer of 1776. As the Continental Congress debated how to secede from King George III’s reign, George Washington’s Continental Army was defending New York City and its 12 cousin colonies from the British Navy and British Army. Ellis reminds us many of the principals involved in creating the Declaration of Independence weren’t interested in created a nation at that time – they were against the British Government – the Constitution of the United States wasn’t ratified until 1787. We’ll relive those warm summer months of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, George Washington, Admiral Howe and General Howe with “Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence.”