LEFT FIELD ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE
SHOWS: OCTOBER 2006
Barry and Ellen host a terrific election special!
In the first hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, who talks about his bid for Lieutenant Governor, and author James Moore, who talks about the new book he has co-written with his "Bush's Brain" collaborator, Wayne Slater, "The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power."
In the second hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are a roundtable of some of the top election-fraud experts in the nation: Bev Harris (founder of BlackBoxVoting.org), Bob Fitrakis (Green Party candidate in Ohio), and Mark Crispin Miller (in his third visit to "Left Field").
And in the third hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are Debra Bowen, Democratic candidate for California Secretary of State, and John Chiang, Democratic candidate for California State Controller.
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Barry and Ellen host guests with extremely powerful stories to tell.
In the first hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are Diane Benson, candidate for Alaska's lone seat in Congress and mother of a soldier who lost both legs in Iraq, followed by filmmaker Robert Greenwald, who talks about his powerful new documentary, "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers."
In the second hour, Barry and Ellen's guest is former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who talks about his timely new book, "Target Iran: The Truth About the White House's Plan for Regime Change."
And in the third hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are Kathy Kneer, President of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, who talks about No on Proposition 85, and -- from way out in "left field" -- Scott Dikkers, editor-in-chief of "The Onion," and Peter Hilleren, the brains behind the likewise creatively satirical WeeklyRadioAddress.com, who talk about their hilarious new book, "Destined for Destiny: The Unauthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush."
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Barry and Ellen deal with breaking news and the upcoming election.
In the first hour, Barry and Ellen's guest is Marion V. Creekmore Jr., Distinguished Visiting Professor of History and Political Science at Emory University and a retired diplomat, who talks about his first-hand experiences -- so timely today -- in "A Moment of Crisis: Jimmy Carter, The Power of a Peacemaker, and North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions."
In the second hour, Barry and Ellen's guest is Quinn McCord, State Editor for "The Hotline," from the National Journal, who fills us in on all the key races around the nation in this upcoming, potentially watershed election.
In the third hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are former screenwriter Anthony Rubenstein, who talks about the initiative he started, California's Proposition 87, which would tax Big Oil to help develop alternative energy sources, and in a return visit to "Left Field," Jamison Foser, managing director of Media Matters for America, who debunks the "Foley myth machine," of misstatements from the Right and the media about the sex scandal involving the disgraced congressman, evidently covered up by House Speaker Dennis Hastert and others in the GOP leadership.
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Barry and Ellen confront issues of money and power with some terrific guests.
In the first hour, Barry's guest is the President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Andy Stern, who talks about his new book "A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track."
In the second hour, Barry's guest is leading progressive talk radio host Thom Hartmann, who talks about his new book, "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class -- And What We Can Do About It."
And in the third hour, Barry's guests are Deborah Burger, President of the California Nurses Association, who, in a return visit to "Left Field," talks about California's controversial and influential Proposition 89, the clean money initiative, and humorist Andy Borowitz, who talks about his devastatingly satirical new book, "The Republican Playbook."
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Barry and Ellen interview truly world-class guests.
In the first hour, Barry's guest is former Nobel Prize-nominee Dr. Helen Caldicott, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and the world's leading anti-nuclear activist, who talks about her new book, "Nuclear Power is Not the Answer."
In the second hour, Barry's guest is Swiss-based financier Charles Epping, who talks about his new novel "Trust," which exposes the real-world money-laundering used to finance such terrorist organizations as Hezbollah.
And in the third hour, Barry's guest is none other than iconic American writer and intellectual Gore Vidal, who speaks on the state of the republic.
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