Virtually Speaking

Kids on the border. Does the GOP need national wins to dominate? Netroots Nation: Ready4Warren, Hillary-OK-too; the next neolib president and what that means. Commentary from digby & Gaius Publius. Political satire from Culture of Truth. Jay Ackroyd moderates. The 2014 Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, RJ Eskow, Stuart Zechman  

Dave Johnson (Campaign for America's Future and Frank Clemente (Americans for Tax Fairness) discuss the counterproductive, even perverse,  policies that have become embedded in the structure of the US Corporate income tax. The result is distortions in economic activity, what amounts to legal tax evasion on the part of large multinational corporations. Dave and Frank explore current policy, and have recommendations for a fairer system that actually benefits US citizens and the US economy. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @DCJohnson @4TaxFairness @JayAckroyd

Marine biologist David Shiffman joins Kelly Hills to discuss shark conservation, research, and sharks in the media. Join the studio audience in SL or tweet questions to @rocza @whysharksmatter

NBC space correspondant Jay Barbree has covered every manned space mission in U.S. history. He and NBC Digital science editor Alan Boyle talk about Barbree's just released Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight and the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11. Follow @B0yle  

Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday Morning News shows

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RERUN. This is a rebroadcast of a VS Sundays conversation featuring Zero Hour radio host RJ Eskow and political consultant Cliff Schecter. Policy versus politics, and insiders versus outsiders are the topics.

A VS Sundays regular, political satirist CultureofTruth is a US Constitutional lawyer and political satirist. His weekly Bobblespeak Translations are based on the transcripts of Meet the Press and This Week with George Stephanopoulos, sometimes known as the  Sunday morning talking heads. Each week, he creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We play it at the bottom of the hour and then post it as a stand-alone podcast.

Commentary. Immigration and the right wing media/policy machine.Corporate tax inversions. Plus political satire from Culture of Truth. Jay Ackroyd moderates.  

Homeowner relief through eminent domain, the recent Cuomo challenge and the role of third parties in an outside strategy--in particular, the working families party. Jay talks with Greg Basta, Deputy Director of New York Communities for Change – an organization of low income families with over 40,000 members fighting for social and economic justice throughout New York State. He’s also the Staff Director for the Home Defenders’ League – a coalition of organizations fighting to demand accountability from the banks and mortgage companies that caused the housing meltdown.

Tom Levenson hosts Science Historian Naomi Oreskes, author The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future Speculative fiction meets historical perspective. 3 centuries "following the collapse of western culture, the dilemma being addressed is how we – the children of the Enlightenment – failed to act on robust information about climate change and knowledge of the damaging events that were about to unfold."  

Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on Meet the Press and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Using show transcripts, he creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. Excerpted from July 6 Virtually Speaking Sundays.

Commentary. SCOTUS. Obamacare. Plus political satire from Culture of Truth. Follow @Avedon_Says @JayAckroyd @Bobblespeak  

Economic and gender justice are the focus of Part of the Family? Nannies, Housekeepers, Caregivers and the Battle for Domestic Workers' Rights by Jay Ackroyd's guest Sheila Bapat.  Reviewed here. Her work has appeared in Jacobin, Salon, Reuters, Slate, Alternet, Truthout, and many other places. Follow @sheilabapat @JayAckroyd  

June 29, 2014 – Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on Meet the Press and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Using show transcripts, he creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. Excerpted from June 29 Virtually Speaking Sundays. Follow @Bobblespeak