Virtually Speaking

NBC Digital Science Editor Alan Boyle visits with NBC News Space Analyst James Oberg talk about the upcoming Apollo 11 anniversary, myths surrounding Apollo, and perhaps the “no girls allowed” issue. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/neil-armstrong-gone-how-will-moonshots-be-remembered-6C10660705 http://www.jamesoberg.com/ http://www.jamesoberg.com/profile.html

From the Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Joan McCarter & David Dayen discuss developments of the week; countering the narratives of the legacy media. Informed, lively and informal. Plus political satire from Culture of truth. Follow @JoanMcCarter @DDayen @Bobblespeak 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 conference, Gaius Publius — Contributing Editor at AmericaBlog and member of the Virtually Speaking Sunday Media Panel — conducted seven interviews as part of his annual Five Questions series. In this 32-minute podcast, Gaius talks with radio host Sam Seder. They discuss optimism, pessimism and the dangerous shifts we face — as a nation — from climate change. In the second half, Sam talks about his transition from politically engaged actor-writer to outspoken Majority Report host. Gaius first posted this podcast on AmericaBlog. More 5Q here.  

While at the 2013 Netroots Nation conference, Gaius Publius — Contributing Editor at AmericaBlog, and member of the Virtually Speaking Sunday Media Panel — conducted seven interviews under the heading Five Questions. Gaius asks DC Johnson and RJ Eskow about dangers the nation faces, including extreme climate events, plus how each got to where he is now. Links: VS.US Gaius on Eskow Gaius on Johnson  

July 7, 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 links and copy.

From the Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Marcy Wheeler & Cliff Schecter discuss developments of the week; countering the narratives of the legacy media. Informed, lively and informal. Plus political satire from Culture of Truth. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @emptywheel @cliffschecter @JayAckroyd @Bobblespeak The Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, Stuart Zechman

Tom Levenson - filmmaker and Prof of Science Writing at MIT - talks with science writer and journalist Russ Rymer on the occassion of his third book — science/medicine charged first novel novel, "Paris Twilight," published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Along the way, they talk about the nature of writing and the relationship of science to metaphor, to fiction and to art. Russ Rymer has contributed articles to the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, National Geographic, Harper’s, Smithsonian, Vogue, and Los Angeles Magazine, among other publications. His first book, Genie, a Scientific Tragedy, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and winner of a Whiting Writers' Award, was translated into six languages and transformed into a NOVA television documentary. American Beach: a Saga of Race, Wealth, and Memory and re-subtitled American Beach: How "Progress" Robbed a Black Town--and Nation--of History, Wealth, and Power.

June 30, 2013 - Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations - "What They're Really Saying When They're Saying What They're Saying" - on the Sunday Talk Shows, then creates the 'most ridiculous moment' for Virtually Speaking Sundays. We create a separate podcast and post the copy here.

From the Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Avedon Carol, digby,  and Jay Ackroyd discuss this weeks SCOTUS rulings with special guest Culture of Truth. Follow @avedon_says @digby56 @Bobblespeak The Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, Stuart Zechman

Clipped from a June 27 hour-long conversation with Jay Ackroyd. Listen here http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2013/06/28/david-cay-johnston-virtually-speaking-with-jay-ackroyd

Dan Ellsberg relates a conversation with Henry Kissenger in which he — Ellsberg — describes what happens to people as they become privy to closely held and sensitive government information. The year was 1969 and Kissinger had made his first presentation to the National Security Council. Glenn Greenwald brings it forward in time and reflects on WikiLeaks. Recorded in 2011 with Jay Ackroyd.

American investigative journalist — economics and tax issues — and author David Cay Johnston talks with host Jay Ackroyd about debt peonage and neo feudalism. Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill, is about hidden subsidies, rigged markets, and corporate socialism. Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich—and Cheat Everybody Else, a New York Times bestselleron the U.S. tax system that won the Investigative Reporters and Editors 2003 Book of the Year award. Temples of Chance: How America Inc. Bought Out Murder Inc. to Win Control of the Casino Business is an account of how the junk-bond kings usurped mob control of the casino industry in the 1980s. Johnston discusses corruption in the industry and the role of the federal and state governments in that corruption. The Fine Print: How Big companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind was released in September 2012.

How many gun enthusiasts injure themselves or family and friends? Dave Waldman reponds to prompting from Gaius Publius about his Twitter-based campaign to increase media attention on the steady stream of accidiental gun injuries and deaths. A Virtually Speaking short excerpted from the full hour. Listen here.

THe VSS media panel members are all in transit tonight. On the second anniversary of their appearance here in 2011, we are rerunning Glenn Greenwald and Daniel Ellsberg talking about leaks, Wikileaks and, you know, freedom.Follow @ggreenwald and @DanielEllsberg 

RJ discusses attempts to fight off the gutting of social insurance programs, grand bargain theater, Wisdom 2.0 and the celebration of wealth for wealth's sake. Links and more here