Virtually Speaking

Jennifer Ouellette talks with JPL planetary scientist Kevin Hand -- consultant on the new film "Europa Report" -- about the science behind the film, his own work recreating conditions on Europa in the lab, why hydrothermal vents are so fascinating to astrobiologists, and much more.  

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 here. Follow @Bobblespeak

Political & social commentators David Dayen and Stuart Zechman compare notes from their observations, investigations and considerations of the past week: banksters regulators and homeowners; surveillance and "security." Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday Morning talk shows. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @DDayen @Stuart_Zechman @JayAckroyd @Bobblespeak Links The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler & Stuart Zechman.  

Lynn Stout joins Jay Ackroyd to discuss her book, The Shareholder Value Myth. The idea that a public corporation has one, and only objective--to maximize shareholder value is such a widely held idea that it's deeply implicit in much current business writing. What else is a corporation to do, but to maximize shareholder value? More at virtuallyspeaking.us

Alan Boyle hosts a free-wheeling conversation about the first year of Curiousity on Mars, with reminiscences of what the landing was like, how the mission has been going, and what lies ahead. Alan is joined by Science Fiction writer Doug Turnbull and Mars Science Lab (MSL) Deptuty Project Scientist, Dr. Joy Crisp from JPL.Background from @b0yle Follow @dturnbull2 #1yearonMarsDoug on Smashwordlink: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/DougTurnbull

Political & social commentators Avedon Carol & David Waldman compare notes from their observations, investigations and considerations of the past week: captured media, captured government, boring scandals and #gunfail. Avedon posted background reading. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @Avedon_Says @KagroX @JayAckroyd  

Jay Ackroyd & Stuart Zechman take a close look at a July 26, 2013 New York Times 'Political Memo' by John Harwood. They consider what Harwood says and seems to say in Fed Chairman’s Departure Casts a New Light on the Bush Legacy. More at virtuallyspeaking.us.

On Katie's documentary, Commie Camp, a film about a summer camp for progressive secular kids with Jewish heritage.   Born and raised on the mean streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, Katie Halper — comic, writer, blogger, satirist and filmmaker — is based in New York. Katie is a graduate of The Dalton School — where she teaches history — and Wesleyan University, where she learned that labels are for jars.     A director of Living Liberally and co-founder/performer in Laughing Liberally, Katie has performed at Town Hall, Symphony Space, The Culture Project, D.C. Comedy Festival, all five Netroots Nations, and The Nation Magazine Cruise, where she made Howard Dean laugh! Katie has appeared with Lizz Winstead, Markos Moulitsas, The Yes Men, Cynthia Nixon and Jim Hightower. Her writing and videos have appeared in The New York Times, Comedy Central, The Nation Magazine, Gawker, Nerve, Jezebel, the Huffington Post, Alternet and Katie has been featured in/on NY Magazine, LA Times, In These Times, Gawker,Jezebel, MSNBC, Air America, GritTV, the Alan Colmes Show, Sirius radio (which hung up on her once) and the National Review, which called Katie “cute and some what brainy.”

Host Tom Levenson - filmmaker, author and professor of science writing at MIT talks with David Epstein. An investigative reporter  writing about sports science &  medicine for Science News and Sports Illustrated, David Epstein is author of The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance.  Follow @SIDavidEpstein @TomLevenson

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 here.

Dave Johnson (Seeing the Forest) & Gaius Publius (AmericaBlog) discuss developments of the week; countering the narratives of the legacy media. Informed, lively and informal. Plus political satire from Culture of truth. Links here. Follow @dcjohnson @gaius_publius @Bobblespeak @jayackroyd 1. Trans Pacific Partnership 2. The indictment of Steve Cohen and SAC hedge fund 3. Dave's comments on a Forbes piece on capitalism and corporate management 4. Reflections on capitalism as an unsustainable system. Links at virtuallyspeaking.us The Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, Stuart Zechman  

While attending the 2013 Netroots Nation's conference, Gaius Publius — Contributing Editor of AmericaBlog and member of the Virtually Speaking Sunday media panel — conducted seven interviews under the heading Five Questions.In this 28 minute podcast, Gaius talks with digby - highly regarded political writer, founder of the liberal blog Hullabaloo and long standing member of the Virtually Speaking Sunday media panel. They talk about tipping points, particularly with regard to climate, popular uprising, money and politics.Gauis first published this series of conversations at AmericaBlog. Links at http://virtuallyspeaking.us/media-panel-excerpts/2013/7/24/gaius-publius-digby-five-questions

July 21, 2013 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations on the Sunday Talk Shows, then creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post links and copy: http://virtually-speaking.us/culture-of-truth-ridiculous/ This Week with George Stephanopolous, topic 'A' was Trayvon Williams

From the Virtually Speaking Media Panel: digby & Dave Waldman discuss developments of the week; countering the narratives of the legacy media. Informed, lively and informal. Plus political satire from Culture of truth. Follow @digby56 @kagrox @Bobblespeak Likely: Concealed carry laws, filibuster's slippery slope,.  PPACA effectiveness reports, 3 degrees of NSA separation, health benefits of premium cat food The Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, Stuart Zechman

Stuart Zechman, Joan McCarter, Jay Ackroyd talk about 1) Liberal belief in the checking of powerful forces, both public and private. 2) The filibuster: what it's become and who it serves. 3) The PPACA media narrative.