About Inside Government
“Inside Government” is a one-hour weekly radio program produced by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). The program can be heard nationally online at www.federalnewsradio.com and 1500 AM WFED in the Washington, D.C., area at 10 a.m. on Fridays. Programs are archived on the Federal News Radio website and at www.insidegovernmentradio.com. The program features interviews and commentary on a wide range of subjects that impact the lives and livelihoods of federal and D.C. government workers and the general public and features lawmakers, journalists, union leaders, celebrities and more.
Previous shows have featured guests such as AFGE National President John Gage, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), former Congressman Tom Davis (R-Va.), Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), “The Weekly Standard” Executive Editor Fred Barnes,USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-Texas), House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Congressman Bob Filner (D-Calif.), MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” host Ed Schultz and “Morning Joe” host and former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.), NBC Political Director Chuck Todd, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, “Avatar” Director James Cameron, The Huffington Post Co-Founder Arianna Huffington and many more.
- AFGE represents more than 625,000 federal and Washington, D.C., government workers in Washington, D.C., and around the country, making it the largest federal employee union.
- Federal News Radio is one of the most popular online news stations in the country, according to the Baltimore Sun/New York Times Syndicate.
- “Inside Government” also is available to millions of iPod users through Apple’s iTunes music download software. The program is available via podcast, located here.
- Listeners can follow the program on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
For more information, please visit us online at www.insidegovernmentradio.com.
