Virtually Speaking

Security and crytography expert Bruce Schneier, author of Secrets and Lies and most recently, Liars and Outliers discusses the recent NSA revelations. Follow @schneierblog @jayackroyd Pre-recorded. No call-ins.

Phil Plait comes by to talk with Alan Boyle about the Apollo 11 anniversary, moon hoaxes you have known, and the outlook for lunar science and exploration.  

Political & social commentators Dave Johnson & David Waldman & Jay Ackroyd offer a counter point to the Sunday morning talk shows. Plus political satire from Culture of Truth. This week: #Gunfail in the NYTimes. Corruption in gov't. Republican infighting.  War vs diplomacy. Follow @dcjohnson @kagroX @JayAckroyd @Bobblespeak The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler & Stuart Zechman.

Cliff Schecter — nationally syndicated columnist and political commentator — talks with investigative journalist & author David Neiwert, about And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border(NationBooks, March 2013),

Digby asks economist Stephanie Kelton to explain the debt ceiling. Digby, Susie Madrak & Stephanie Kelton discuss the fallacy of national debt and the so-called Grand Bargain. Excerpted from Sept 22 VS Sundays. Listen here.

Excerpted from Sept 22 hour-long conversation with Susie Madrak and Stephanie Kelton. Listen here.

Political & social commentators digby and Susie Madrak, offer a counter point to the Sunday morning talk shows. They compare notes from their observations, investigations and considerations of the past week. Stephanie Kelton calls in mid-way through. Sherry Reson moderates. Chuck Todd - the relationship between gov't, citizens and media Grand bargain rising: Defunding Food Stamps, Obamacare Debt Ceiling Trainwreck Follow @digby56 @SusieMadrak @StephanieKelton @Sherry_Reson @Bobblespeak   The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler & Stuart Zechman.

Journalist Tim Noah, author The Great  Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It talks with host Jay Ackroyd. Noah provides evidence of two inequality trends: between the colllege educated and those who are not, and between the 1% and everyone else. He calls the latter the great divergence. Follow @timothynoah1 @JayAckroyd More at VirtuallySpeaking.us   

Tom Levenson talks with David Dobbs about the current crazed, crazy-making, intensely exciting state of the study of genetics and the false opposition of nature v nurture. Follow @David_Dobbs @TomLevenson

Sept 15, 2013 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows — usually Meet The Press — then creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy  at Virtually Speaking.us

Avedon Carol & Stuart Zechman talk with Jay Ackroyd about Obama care, Outsourcing of government functions, NSA revelations. Plus political satire from Culture of Truth. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @Avedon_Says @Stuart_Zechman @JayAckroyd @Bobblespeak  

In this excerpt from a Sept 12, 2013 hour long conversation with Jay Ackroyd, Juan Cole links the climate, economics and politics of the Middle East, Syria in particular.  

Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he specializes in the Middle East and South Asia. Juan talks with Jay Ackroyd about Egypt, Syria, Lebanon -- including the drought conditions leading to the popular uprising -- and the development of a coherent US foreign policy in the region. Follow @jricole @jayackroyd  

Neuro.... prosthetics. Jennifer Ouellette talks with Malcolm MacIver, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern about robotics, neuroscience, bio-inspired robotics, and robotics-inspired neuromechanics. Follow @jenlucpiquant @malcolmmaciver

In this 5 min clip, taken from Virtually Speaking Sundays — recorded live on Sept 8, 2013 — Richard — RJ — Eskow speaks with Jay Ackroyd about the quality of insurance under Obamacare. They make the point that deciding against a plan that requires you to pay $10–$15,000 out of pocket in the case of a medical emergency is a rational act. The full program is here.