Talking Left w/ Danielle & Shane-O

Tonight's episode featured three brilliant guests! In hour one, we spoke with the great radio personality and democratic strategist David Bender.  In addition to always appearing on The Stephanie Miller Show and working on the Progressive Voices App, David somehow managed to squeeze in time to speak with us about the Supreme Court's hearing on the American Healthcare Act and it's political implications. Next, Todd Gregory, Deputy Research Director for Media Matters helped us sort through the right-wing reaction to the Trayvon Martin shooting and Fox's analysis of "Obamacare". In the third hour, we had the very first edition of our new segment "Get to Know Your Grass-Roots Candidate"! Our guest was J.R. Gaillot, who is running for Congress in Florida's 3rd district against the anti-woman, birther Cliff Stearns. You can learn more about J.R. and the issues he supports at JRGaillot.com! If you can, please donate $3.00 to help J.R. and spread the donate link on your social media sites! {play}archive/TalkingLeft3-28-12.mp3{/play}  Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. Please support our syndicates - Talk Radio One, Progressive Blend Radio, and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!  

Hopefully this episode of Talking Left made up for us missing two weeks! To start the show, Stephanie Miller, of The Stephanie Miller Show, joined us to talk about her new Current TV morning show, Talking Liberally. After that we had a full hour with GottaLaff of The Political Carnival! We covered Arizona Rep. Terri Proud's statement that women should have to watch a video of an abortion before having one, Hugh Atkin's "Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up Video", J.R. Gaillot's run to defeat Cliff Stearns in Florida, and much more! If you can, please donate $3.00 to help J.R. and spread the donate link on your social media sites! Next, we had the pleasure of speaking with Lindsey Pecikonis of Democracy for America, about their scholarship program that helps activists and bloggers attend Netroots Nation each year.  We really encourage many of our friends and listeners to apply for a scholarship and/or help others win one by voting! Last, but far from least, we spoke with Angelo Carusone, of Media Matters and StopBeck.com, about his new Stop Rush movement.  You can check out a full list of companies that have pulled their ads from Rush's program at StopRush.org and find out even more by following the @StopRush Twitter account. {play}archive/TalkingLeft3-21-12.mp3{/play}  Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. Please support our syndicates - Talk Radio One, Progressive Blend Radio, and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!  

It's a progressive blend of political analysis and plaintiff's rights! In hour one, author, pundit, and PR genius, Cliff Schecter of We Act Radio somehow managed to make us laugh about Romney's attacks on Social Security and the GOP's assault on women's reproductive rights.  Please check out all his brilliant columns on Huffington Post and Al Jazeera English and follow his posts on Twitter and Facebook! After that we spoke with DJ Downtown of The More Me Show and Progressive Blend Radio about the incredible new merger between them and Radio or Not.   Next, we made our poor listeners suffer through the CNN GOP debate... and we suffered too. Thankfully, in the last hour we were joined by Susan Saladoff, director of the amazing documentary Hot Coffee, who left us in a much better mood!  She enthralled us with all the details of the movie and it's over-all theme - "tort reform".  Please check out the movie's trailer as HotCoffeeTheMovie.com, follow them on Twitter and Facebook, and send them an email at HotCoffeeTheMovie@gmail.com if you know of a location in your area that would like a screening.   {play}archive/TalkingLeft2-22-12.mp3{/play}  Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. Please support our syndicates - Talk Radio One and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!  

Triple the brilliance, triple the fun! In the first hour, we welcome talk radio legend Bill Press, host of The Bill Press Show, to talk about his incredible new book The Obama Hate Machine, the recent news on Obama's Super PAC's, and his thoughts on the GOP primary. Next, John Fugelsang somehow managed to make us laugh about abortion, contraceptives, and planned parenthood - AND - he even found time to share news about The Stephanie Miller Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour's new CD release and the upcoming national tour of Guilt: A Love Story. In hour three, Sam Seder joined us - despite some technical difficulties - to talk about Occupy DC, the Occupy movement, and why he thinks their physical presence is important.   {play}archive/TalkingLeft2-8-12.mp3{/play}  Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. Please support our syndicates - Talk Radio One and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!  

Activism, analysis, and an actual Christian! This episode featured special guest co-host Jacob Dean, of Filter Free Radio, and three great guests! In hour one, we were joined by democratic congressional candidate Lance Enderle, who is running against Right-wing loon Mike Rogers.  He spoke about the problems of having too much money in politics, the honor of being endorsed by The Occupation Party, and about creating a real grass-roots campaign. Next, David Bender, brilliant democratic strategist, joined us to share his predictions for the 2012 GOP Primary and his analysis of Newt Gingrich's political "bomb throwing". Last, but far from least, we heard from Eric Sapp, of The American Values Network and Tea Party Jesus, on the Right's false representation of Christian values and how The Sermon on the Mount would have been different if Jesus was a member of the Tea Party.   {play}archive/TalkingLeft2-1-12.mp3{/play}  Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. Please support our syndicates - Talk Radio One and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!  

Strap yourself in for a wild ride! In hour one, we heard from amazing political analyst, columnist, and "talk radio personality", Karl Frisch.  He gave us his predictions on the GOP primary, his analysis of the State of The Union speech, and his opinion of watching the Republican response. Next, we spoke with Senior Fellow of Media Matters for America, Eric Boehlert about political rhetoric, media "bias" in the GOP primary, and the coverage of the State of The Union. And - for the last hour - we all tried to keep our blood pressure down during The Great Voter ID Debate with Brad Friedman of The Brad Blog and Armen Martin - Shane's Tea Party friend from Law School.  Hold on to your hats with this segment - it gets pretty interesting!   {play}archive/TalkingLeft1-25-12.mp3{/play}  Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. Please support our syndicates - Talk Radio One and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!  

Fight the corporate power with three greats who do it everyday! In hour one, we spoke with Ray Mederios, host of USA Progressive, about Citizen's United, Romney's tax haven in the Cayman Islands, and the on-going attack on Unions by the Right. After that, we were thrilled to speak with THE Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, about S.O.P.A. and other corporate power.   Last, but far from least, was Lee Papa, The Rude Pundit, who made us think, as well as laugh, about Newt's blatant racism during the debate and Chris Dodd's comments about S.O.P.A.     {play}archive/TalkingLeft1-18-12.mp3{/play}  Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. Please support our syndicates - Talk Radio One and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!  

The second episode of Talking Left featured four amazing guests. For the first hour, Danielle and Shane-O covered some Florida political news before getting to the great guest line-up. In hour two, not one, but two, sexy liberals joined the show.  First, we heard from Hal Sparks about S.O.P.A, "Blah" people, and his awesome show on WCPT in Chicago.   After that John Fugelsang entertained us all with his brilliant comedic take on the New Hampshire primary, getting Fox News to plug The Stephanie Miller Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour, and the potential for future comedy from the GOP Republican line-up. Next, we spoke with Tina Dupuy, managing editor of Crooks and Liars, about her brilliant recent article "The GOP's Long Sad March to the Inevitable Nominee". And last, but far from least, we heard from David Shuster, host of Take Action News on 1480AM in DC.  Of course, we celebrated the recent Michigan win with the fellow Wolverine, and we even managed to get in some politics. {play}archive/TalkingLeft1-11-12.mp3{/play}  Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. Remember, you can follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!  

On this inaugural episode of Talking Left, Danielle and Shane were pleased to welcome fellow Radio or Not host, Jacob Dean (of Filter Free Radio), Nicole Belle (editor of Crooks & Liars) and Brad Friedman purveyor of BradBlog.com. {play}archive/TalkingLeft1-4-12.mp3{/play}  Right click, "save file as" to download