LEFT FIELD ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE
SHOWS: FEBRUARY 2006
Filling the spot that's normally Al Franken's, Barry once again talks with Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election and Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them). Barry also talks about the deteriorating situation in Iraq.
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Filling the spot that's normally Al Franken's, Barry talks about the UAE port-deal controversy and discusses tips for progressives to call in to right-wing "wingnut" radio talk show hosts with Mike Stark, who has made a name for himself and gained the backing of Media Matters, as by his reports on Daily Kos.
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Heather Wokusch, investigative journalist, reports from Vienna, Austria, on the European perspective of an explosive issue that Barry is blogging about and talks about in even greater detail on the air: the haunting parallels between the inflammatory rhetoric and actions taken in the build-up to war with Iraq and the current confrontation with Iran. Will we be fooled again?
Rob Kall, editor-in-chief of the powerful progressive website OpEdNews.com, presents the findings of the groundbreaking Zogby poll he commissioned regarding the attitudes and opinions of Pennsylvania voters, with important implications not only for the Pennsylvania Senate race but also for Democrats nationwide.
And in the final hour, Barry talks with Pattie & Eddie Romero, members of the Inland Empire Roadrunners Club, who will be participants in the upcoming L.A. Marathon, one of the few events to bring our far-flung city together. Plus there is an OPEN MIC segment with Barry on a variety of topics.
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Senator Barbara Boxer talks with Barry during the very beginning of the show about the inquiry that the Republicans have apparently thwarted into the NSA wiretapping. She also tells us about her new novel, "A Time to Run."
Deborah Burger, President of the California Nurses Association, talks about the California Clean Money Campaign and other issues important to the health care community.
"Barry's Bookshelf" features Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at NYU and author of the just-released book "Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election, and Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them)." (For another great work about election fraud, see the DVD "Invisible Ballots.") Mark's previous books include "The Bush Dyslexicon" and "Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order."
In the third hour, we talk with author Ben Kaplan about his book, "How to Go to College Almost for Free." With February beginning the 2006 financial application season, he clues our listeners into all the tricks in his book. He also makes available FREE packets at his website, www.scholarshipcoach.com.
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Jason Leopold, one of the top investigative reporters today, discusses his news-breaking article just published by Truthout.org, with hard-hitting revelations from Leopold's sources inside the CIA, NSC, and State Department on Cheney, Libby, and others in the CIA leak investigation (You should also check out the related newsbreaking story by The National Journal).
The Rev. Dr. Davidson Loehr, minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, Texas, and author of "America, Fascism, and God," provides refreshingly liberal views from a "heretical" religious perspective.
Two couples who met through the Internet discuss for Valentine's Day the risks and rewards of the hot cultural phenomenon of online dating, as all in the studio are given the royal treatment by "Caterer to the Stars," Randy Fuhrman.
In addition are Barry's in-studio "regulars": producer Malcolm Burman, investigative reporter for the Pasadena Weekly André Coleman, and corporate psychologist (and Barry's wife) Dr. Gail Schaper-Gordon.
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Bob Barr, conservative activist and former Republican congressman from Georgia, discusses being "political bedfellows" with former Vice President Al Gore, in speaking out against the NSA wiretapping and other abuses of civil liberties by this administration.
Corey Robin, author of "Fear: History of a Political Idea," talks about the use of fear to manipulate public opinion.
Demtric Collins, music producer, talks about his company's new hit CD "Doggie Dog World & Kitty Cat Kingdom," which teaches children to appreciate animal life.
In addition are Barry's in-studio "regulars": producer Malcolm Burman, investigative reporter for the Pasadena Weekly André Coleman, and corporate psychologist (and Barry's wife) Dr. Gail Schaper-Gordon.
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