Virtually Speaking

Host Tom Levenson - filmmaker, author and professor of science writing at MIT - talks with print and radio journalist Cynthia Graber. She writes about science, food, culture, international development and the environment. They talk about her ebook 'Electric Shock' and biology, regenerative medicine and electricity.Follow @cagraber @TomLevensonReadhttp://inversesquare.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/i-sing-the-body-electric-program-notes-this-afternoon-at-5-est-8-pst/https://www.readmatter.com/a/electric-shock/https://www.readmatter.com/electric-shock-preview/http://www.cynthiagraber.com/home/Welcome.html

Drawing from The Bobblespeak Translations each week, political satirist Culture of Truth presents 'the most ridiculous moment' from Meet the Press. Read the full transcript from Feb 17 here: http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/meet-press-february-17-2013.html   Follow @bobblespeak

Susie Madrak, Managing Editor at Crooks and Liars and defender of hippies at Suburban Guerilla talks current events and culture with London ex-pat Avedon Carol, who writes about policy, politics, censorship, culture and health at Avedon's Sideshow and Eschaton. Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday Morning 'news' shows at the Bobblespeak Translations. Follow @avedon_says @susiemadrak @crooksandliars @bobblespeak Links http://avedoncarol.blogspot.com/ http://CrooksandLiars.com http://susiemadrak.com

Science writer and author Jennifer Ouellette welcomes Jim Kakalios - author of THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES and THE AMAZING STORY OF QUANTUM MECHANICS. They talk about his experiences with Hollywood consulting, his love for comic books and using them to communicate science, with loads of fun concrete examples. Follow @JenLucPiquant Links http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/ http://www.physicsofsuperheroes.com/

Political satirist Culture of Truth gives us the most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. This week, it's 'Heroes." Read the full Bobblespeak Translation http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/meet-press-february-10-2012.html Follow @Bobblespeak

Political writers Joan McCarter and digby, and investigative journalist Marcy Wheeler talk about drones and the US government's argument for murdering Americans overseas if they (the CIA) are acting in an official capacity.  Then automatic spending cuts, deficits and social insurance.   Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday Morning 'news' shows at the Bobblespeak Translations. Each week, CoT provides us with a pre-recorded segment: the most ridiculous moment from that Sunday. Follow @digby56 @emptywheel @JoanMcCarter @bobblespeak Links: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/ http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/02/09/article-ii-or-aumf-a-high-level-official-aka-john-brennan-says-cia-can-kill-you/ http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Joan%20McCarter http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/meet-press-february-10-2012.html  

Sean Carroll & Matt Strassler talk particle physics, time and space with Alan Boyle, who writes about it here. Hosted by the Exploratorium in Second Life. Follow @seanmcarroll @mattstrassler @b0yle Links >>> http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/06/16873050-how-to-check-the-x-files-of-physics?lite http://preposterousuniverse.com/ http://profmattstrassler.com/ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Exploratorium/145/56/26

Stephanie Kelton discusses Modern Monetary Theory with Jay Ackroyd. They begin with the platinum coin and the nature of fiat currency. A Professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City, she blogs at New Economic Perspecitves:  http://bit.ly/LFG3bq Their June 2012 conversation is here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2012/06/15/stephanie-kelton-virtually-speaking-with-jay-ackroyd Follow @deficitowl @JayAckroyd

Drawing from The Bobblespeak Translations, each week, political satirist Culture of Truth presents 'the most ridiculous moment' from Meet the Press. Read today's full transcript here: http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/meet-press-february-3-2012.html   Follow @bobblespeak

Richard (RJ) Eskow reads his Jan 14, 2013 essay: Aaron Swartz Was Gifted and Brave. Too Bad He Wasn't 'Too Big to Fail.' Read the text, and find the links, at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/aaron-swartz-was-gifted-a_b_2473455.html     Follow @RJEskow https://twitter.com/aaronsw http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-did-the-justice-system-target-aaron-swartz-20130123 http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/01/everyone-interesting-is-a-felon.html https://aaronsw.jottit.com/howtoget http://blog.ourfuture.org/20100601/law-and-order-aig?q=blog-entry/2010062201/law-and-order-aig

"It's the economy, stupid."Host Jay Ackroyd talks with historian and composer Stirling Newberry, a regular contributor to articles on Economics, Philosophy, Classical music and Social movements, including Gold standard, Hyper-inflation, Romanticism, The Age of Enlightenment, Postmodernism, Modernism and History of sonata form.Stirling has been cited as an expert on blogging and the social forces involved in the flowering of internet politics. He is working on a book on the transformation of political and economic models.Follow @SSNewberry @JayAckroyd

Matt Stoller reads his Jan 14, 2013 essay: Aaron Swartz's Politics. Read the text at http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/01/aaron-swartzs-politics.html Follow @MatthewStollerRelated Links:https://twitter.com/aaronswhttp://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-did-the-justice-system-target-aaron-swartz-20130123http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/01/everyone-interesting-is-a-felon.htmlhttps://aaronsw.jottit.com/howtoget

Political satirist Culture of Truth offers "Untenable" - commentary on today's most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Read the full Bobblespeak Translation here. http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2013/01/meet-press-january-27-2013.html Follow @Bobblespeak

Political & social commentators Dave Johnson and Dave Waldman - aka KagroX - discuss developments of the week. Likely threads: filibuster, collapse of the debt ceiling threat with  attendant shifts in power and collaboration. Political satire from Culture of Truth on the most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @DCJohnson @KagroX @JayAckroyd http://www.congressmatters.com/ http://seeingtheforest.com/ http://www.remappingdebate.org/article/journalists-service-pete-peterson http://www.modernmoneyandpublicpurpose.com/

Stuart Zechman comments on the 2nd Amendment: Excerpted from a longer conversations with Jay Ackroyd, here: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." His text is in comments, here: http://avedoncarol.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-devil-details.html#comment-form