Virtually Speaking

Commentators Digby (Hulaballoo) & Joan McCarter discuss political effectiveness of popular policies like Social Security; Markos Moulitsas v Politico, and the flailing Third Way. Plus Culture of Truth. Jay Ackroyd moderates.   The 2014 Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Allison Kilkenny, Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, RJ Eskow, Stuart Zechman

Masaccio is the nom de blog for Ed Walker, former Securities Commisioner for the State of Tennessee.  He and Jay Ackroyd discuss the nature of markets and their role in a mixed economy.  "Market solutions" have become an objective for policy makers, both conservative and centrists,which is entirely wrong. Markets are policy tools,not policy goals.Moreover,there are no "free markets."  Markets can only arise within a framework of complex regulation. There is no more regulated marketplace than securities markets. One of a series of exporations of income inequality, economics and public policy, the 1%, plutocracy, income distribution, wealth distribution Follow @MasaccioFDL @JayAckroyd    

Jennifer Ouellette hosts physics science writer Amanda Gefter. They compare notes on writing about physics as non-specialists ; then talk about Amanda's new book “Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn.” Follow @AmandaGefter @JenLucPiquant Produced by Sherry Reson. Hosted in Second Life by the Exploratorium.

Mar 16, 2014 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows:  Meet the Press and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Using show transcripts, he creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy here.  Follow @Bobblespeak

Commentators Stuart Zechman & David Dayen consider Dianne Feinstein, the Senate and the CIA: a Constitutional crisis. Then the Progressive Caucus Budget and the politics of income redistribution. Plus political satire from Culture of Truth. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Links and bios The 2014 Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Allison Kilkenny, Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, RJ Eskow, Stuart Zechman

Science historian Patrick Coffey talks with Jay about American Arsenal: A Century of Waging War. A Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and chemist by training, read Coffey at Salon.com. He founded several companies that produced chemical instrumentation or software.      

Tom' Levenson's guest is Eileen Pollack, professor of creative writing at the University of Michigan. She is at work on 'Approaching Infinity: A Memoir of Women in Science.' Read her recent piece at NY Times Magazine: Whe are there still so few women in science?   http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/10/02/girls_and_stem_marvel_comics_

Mar 9, 2014 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows:  Meet the Press and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Using show transcripts, he creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy here.  Follow @Bobblespeak

March 9, 2014 – Dave Johnson & Cliff Schecter consider jobs, reasons the trade deficit matters more than the budget deficit; trade deals, NAFTA, jobs, unions and resistance to Fast Track for TPP. Political satire from Culture of Truth, then present day Conservatives, CPAC, Putin. Jay Ackroyd moderates.

Jay talks with Isaac Martin; fiscal sociologist and author of Rich People's Movements: Grassroots Campaigns to Untax the One Percent. One of a series of conversations exploring wealth, privilege and corruption in the context of ongoing fiscal crisis.   Links will be posted at VirtuallySpeaking.us

Alan Boyle talks with Jennifer Ouellette. In Me, Myself and Why: Searching for the Science of Self, she turns her attention to the mysteries of human identity and behavior; drawing on genetics, neuroscience & psychology—enlivened as always with her signature sense of humor and pop-culture references—to explore how we become who we are.

March 2, 2014 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows:  Meet the Press and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Using show transcripts, he creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy at VirtuallySpeaking.us.  Follow @Bobblespeak

Ukraine, Russia, NSA, surveillance, Arizona, #gunfail. Plus a bit of Oscar madness. Marcy Wheeler, Dave Waldman comment. Jay Ackroyd moderates.  Follow @emptywheel @KagroX @JayAckroyd Links at VirtuallySpeaking.US The 2014 Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Allison Kilkenny, Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, RJ Eskow, Stuart Zechman

Living poor in the US. Susie & Jay discuss why it's expensive being poor. Susie Madrak is Managing Editor at Crooks and Liars. Her Suburban Guerrilla has been a bulwark of the blogosphere since there was a blogosphere. Follow @SusieMadrak Links at VirtuallySpeaking.us

Feb 23, 2014 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows:  Meet the Press and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Using show transcripts, he creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy here.  Follow @Bobblespeak