Virtually Speaking

  Investigative reporter Marcy Wheeler and political & social commentator Gaius Publius, offer a counter point to the Sunday. Gaius and Marcy address the question of who actually runs things in the United States.  Elected officials, like the president and Dianne Feinstein  have disavowed knowledge of who the US intelligence services is spying upon. The heads of intelligene operations tell bald-faced lies to Congressional oversight committees, and not only retain their jobs, but continue to be  treated by the Beltway media as authoritative sources.Who gives them their orders?    Then they discuss the most pressing national security issue facing the US, the existential threat of climate change.   And lessons in how not to govern from Japan and Fukushima     Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday Morning talk shows. Sherry Reson moderates. Follow @emptywheel @Gaius_Publius @Sherry_Reson @Bobblespeak The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler & Stuart Zechman.

Rayne Today has spent her career as a technology consulatant in a variety of industries.We discuss private sector security practices and the role of industrial espionage conducted by both private entities and by OECD governments. Follow @raynetoday

Stephanie Kelton, Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, cites Marriner Eccles – FDR's Fed Chair –  in this concise explanation of the (John)Taylor rule for fiscal policy. Links here.  Clipped from Stephanie Kelton's October hour-long conversation with Jay Ackroyd. Complete episode here.  

Oct 27, 2013 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows — usually Meet The Press — then creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy here.

Digby and Stuart discuss the austerity zombie,  this time in response to Gene Sperling's remarks about the necessity of entitlement cuts. Then Stuart gives us some insight into large software development projects involving multiple participants referring to the PPACA. Both issues demonstrate the superiority of dirty hippie policies.  We  discuss the resistance of the Village to popular and effective policy including the role played by the centrist media. Plus political satire from Culture of Truth. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @digby56 @Stuart_Zechman @JayAckroyd The Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, Stuart Zechman

Stephanie Kelton, Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Missouri, Kansas City  joins us to discuss Modern Monetary Theory and how the MMT policy recommendations compare to those of Keynesians, Monetarists and Real Business Cycle advocates.  Stephanie appeared on Up with Chris last January, ostensibly to talk about the trillion dollar coin, but didn't really get a chance to explain why it's actually not a crazy idea.  Follow @StephanieKelton @JayAckroyd Jay and Stephanie talked earlier. Listen here.

Oct 20, 2013 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows — usually Meet The Press — then creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy here. Follow @Bobblespeak

Dave Johnson & Cliff Schecter offer a counterpoint to the Sunday morning media shows. Jay Ackroyd hosts. • The return of the austerity and grand bargain narratives, including the appointment of New Democrats Chris Van Hollen, James Clyburn and Nita Lowey to the budget negotiation committee.   • GOP in disarray. Are the Teahadists chastened, or emboldened by the loss? • PPACA. Particularly the tension between identifying problems and defending it from attack Plus satirical commentary from Culture of Truth. Follow @DCJohnson @CliffSchecter @JayAckroyd @Bobblespeak The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler & Stuart Zechman.

Anthropologist Karen Ho comes by to talk about Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street, based on interviews with employees of Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and other firms. Follow @AmericanAnthro @JayAckroyd http://www.thelosangelespost.org/liquidated-ethnography-wall-street-karen-ho/ http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/24/karen-ho-discusses-liquidated-in-time/ More at VirtuallySpeaking.us  

Oct 13, 2013 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows — usually Meet The Press — then creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy here. Follow @Bobblespeak

Joan McCarter & Stuart Zechman offer a counterpoint to the Sunday morning media shows. Plus satirical commentary from Culture of Truth. Follow @JoanMcCarter @Stuart_Zechman The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler & Stuart Zechman.

David Kahn – universally regarded as the dean of intelligence historians – recounts the desperate efforts to gather information during World War II and the Cold War. In  How I Discovered World War II's Greatest Spy and Other Stories of Intelligence and CodeKahn provides insight into the dark realm of intelligence and code. By revealing the past, this work helps guide present and future intelligence efforts. Kahn is the author of The Codebreakers and Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939-1943, which was the basis for the movie U-571.

Science Writer Jennifer Ouellette talks with complexity theorist Simon DeDeo, Research Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, about the basis for approaching an understanding of complex social systems, e.g. Wiki. Follow @SFI_News @JenLucPiquant  

Oct 6, 2013 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows — usually Meet The Press — then creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy here.

Marcy Wheeler & David Dayen & Jay Ackroyd offer a counter point to the Sunday morning talk shows. Plus political satire from Culture of Truth.  In this hour: Follow @emptywheel @ddayen @JayAckroyd @Bobblespeak Topics and homework at VirtuallySpeaking.us The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler & Stuart Zechman.