Editing Ring of Fire (radio program)

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{{Infobox podcast
| title        = Ring of Fire
| image        = The Ring of Fire logo.jpg
| italic title = yes
| host        = {{ubl|Farron Cousins|[[Mike Papantonio]]|[[Sam Seder]]}}
| opentheme    = "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]" by [[Social Distortion]]
| began        = May 1, 2004
| network      = [[Air America (radio network)|Air America]] <small>(2004–2010)</small>
| website      = {{URL|https://trofire.com/}}
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}}
'''''Ring of Fire''''' is a progressive American podcast hosted by Farron Cousins. The show was formerly a talk radio program hosted by [[Mike Papantonio]] and [[Sam Seder]]. The show focuses on:
"exposing Wall Street thugs, environmental criminality, corporate media failure and political backstories rarely found in the mainstream media".<ref name="ROF-AboutUs">{{cite web |url=http://trofire.com/our-show/ |title=About Us |website=Ring of Fire |access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref>  The show has been on the air since 2004, first as a radio program and then moving to a podcast-only format.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trofire.com/rof-radio-affiliates/ |title=Our Radio Affiliates |website=Ring of Fire |access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref>

J Michael Papantonio is an attorney specializing in [[mass torts]], [[litigation]] and is [[senior partner]] at the [[Levin Papantonio Law Firm]]. Seder is an actor, comedian, director and political commentator who hosts ''[[The Majority Report]]''; he previously hosted on the now-defunct [[Air America Radio]] with [[Janeane Garofalo]]. He currently hosts an independently produced [[podcast]]. In 2013, the show expanded into a television program airing weeknights on venues such as [[Free Speech TV]], that was hosted by Papantonio and Cousins.

==Production==
Producer – Scott Millican
''Ring of Fire'' airs Saturdays from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. ET. Papantonio does the show from the Pensacola studio while Seder's studio is near [[The New York Times Building]] in New York City.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} The program's theme song, "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]," originally by [[Johnny Cash]], is performed by [[Social Distortion]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hodge |first=Will |date=March 23, 2017 |title=Social Distortion's Mike Ness on His 10 Best Country-Punk Covers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/social-distortions-mike-ness-on-his-10-best-country-punk-covers-110874/ |access-date=February 14, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
Facility space was allocated in December 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beradio.com/mag/radio_ring_fire/ |title=Ring of Fire debuts a new talk facility |last=Likis |first=Bobby |work=Radio Magazine |date=June 1, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311122759/http://beradio.com/mag/radio_ring_fire/ |archive-date=March 11, 2007}}</ref>  and ''Ring of Fire'' aired its first broadcast on May 1, 2004, on the newly founded [[Air America (radio network)|Air America]] radio network. It remained there until the network closed almost six years later. [[Dial Global]] then picked up the program and has syndicated it since. The radio program was featured in the 2006 documentary film ''[[Jesus Camp]]''.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Ewing |first1=Heidi |title=Jesus Camp |date=December 22, 2006 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/ |type=Documentary |publisher=A&E IndieFilms, Loki Films |access-date=February 14, 2023 |last2=Grady |first2=Rachel}}</ref>

The original cohost for ''Ring of Fire'', along with Mike Papantonio, was [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]], when the show started on Air America Radio in 2004. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued to be one of the expanding number of hosts on ''Ring of Fire'' until the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] spread around the world in 2020, when his outspoken [[anti-vaccine]] views put him at odds with the other hosts and most listeners, leading to his departure.

David Bender, who hosted another Air America program, ''[[Politically Direct]]'', first appeared on the show when Air America 2.0 was launched in May 2007. Bender returned to the program as a full-time host after the network [[Air America (radio network)#Closure|closed down]], but announced on December 11, 2010, that he was again stepping away from the program;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2010/12/11/a-message-from-david-bender |title=A Message From David Bender |website=Ring of Fire Radio |date=December 11, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306092045/http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2010/12/11/a-message-from-david-bender |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> Seder announced on ''[[The Majority Report]]'' podcast December 17, 2010, that he would be Bender's replacement.

==The Ring of Fire Network==
In 2015, the show became officially known as The Ring of Fire Network, and began focusing heavily on progressive political content.  Numerous hosts now appear on the show, including Papantonio, [[Thom Hartmann]], [[Abby Martin]], [[Laura Flanders]], [[Sam Seder]], [[David Pakman]], [[Lee Camp (comedian)|Lee Camp]], and [[Mike Malloy]].<ref name="ROF-AboutUs"/> Many of the network's personalities are also veteran personalities for other networks, including [[Free Speech TV]], [[RT (TV network)|RT]] {{citation needed|date=April 2023}}and [[TeleSUR]]. Also in 2015, the show began a separate site called Drug Safety News for the "specific purpose of highlighting political maneuvers the pharmaceutical industry is taking to influence government decisions, and to expose the dangers and lack of effectiveness of many of the products the industry is marketing."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://drugsafetynews.com/about-us |title=About Us |website=Drug Safety News |access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://trofire.com/}}

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[[Category:Air America (radio network)]]
[[Category:American talk radio programs]]
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[[Category:Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]]