Virtually Speaking

Stuart and Jay discuss developments of the week.

Tom Levenson - filmmaker, author and professor of science writing at MIT - talks with chronobiologist Bora Zivkovic,  Blog Editor at Scientific American, blogger at A Blog Around The Clock, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences, and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of the best writing on science blogs. Follow @TomLevenson @BoraZ Links: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/ http://inversesquare.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/reasoning-with-the-blogfather-or-something-fun-to-listen-to-at-6-p-m-est-tonight/ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtually-speaking-science/2012/04/12/naomi-oreskes-tom-levenson http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/2012/11/21/the-other-kinds-of-expertise/ http://scienceonline.com/

PRE- RECORDED Mike Lux -  co-founder and President of Progressive Strategies, L.L.C., a political consulting firm focused on strategic political consulting for non-profits, labor unions, PACs and progressive donors discusses a progressive agenda in an environment dominated by centrists and conservatives.    Links:   Progressive Evolution   http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/12/19/the_powers_that_be_hate_social_security_here_s_why.html   http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/04/1176374/-The-Next-Self-Made-Crisis   http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/14/1178858/-Complicated-Politics-Democrats-and-the-Grand-Bargain

Political Satirist Culture of Truth offers "Orthodoxy" - commentary on today's most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Read "Orthodoxy" here. Read the full Bobblespeak Translation here. Read the Orthodoxy transcript: http://my.firedoglake.com/sherryreson/2013/01/13/culture-of-truth-for-vs-sundays-jan-13-2013/ Follow @Bobblespeak  

Marcy Wheeler and Digby from the VS Media Panel discuss the developments of the week: Aaron Swartz, DOJ, WikiLeaks and PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records); Colin Powell, John Brennan and the CIA, Chuck Hagel and DoD. Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday Morning talk shows.  Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @digby56 @Emptywheel @Bobblespeak @JayAckroyd Links • http://www.emptywheel.net/ • http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/ • http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bully • http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/internet-pioneer-and-information-activist-takes-his-own-life/ • http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2013/01/13/aaron-swartz.html • http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2013/01/meet-press-january-13-2013.htmlThe VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler and Stuart Zechman.

Investigative journalist Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel) joins Trevor Aaronson, author of The Terror Factory, in which he reveals shocking information about the criminals, con men and liars the FBI uses as paid informants–including the story of an accused murderer who has become one of the Bureau’s most prolific terrorism snitches. Aaronson documents the extreme methods the FBI uses to ensnare Muslims in terrorist plots, which are in reality conceived and financed by the FBI. Trevor Aaronson’s work as an investigative reporting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, culminated in an award-winning cover story in Mother Jones magazine. Li

Political Satirist Culture of Truth offers "B-S" - commentary on today's most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Read "B-S" here. Read the full Bobblespeak Translation here. Follow @Bobblespeak Link: http://my.firedoglake.com/sherryreson/2013/01/06/culture-of-truth-satirical-commentary-for-virtually-speaking-sundays-2/

Political & social analysts Joan McCarter and Cliff Schecter discuss the developments of the week. Plus political satirist Culture of Truth comments on the most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @JoanMcCarter @CliffSchecter @Bobblespeak @JayAckroyd Links http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Joan%20McCarter http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/cliff-schecter.html http://libertasllc.com/ http://smirkingchimp.com/author/cliff_schecter The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler and Stuart Zechman.  

Kevin Drum, political blogger and writer for Mother Jones magazine and neurobiologist Sam Wang - Dept of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute - join Jay Ackroyd. They consider what long term studies make clear about the relationship between lead - primarily from gasoline - the growing brain, and violent crime. Follow @kdrum @samwangPhd @JayAckoyd Excerpted from a longer conversation recorded Jan 3. Links http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline?page=1 http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/lead-crime-connection http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/  

Marc Abrahams, creator of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research returns to talk with Cosmic Log's Alan Boyle."Last, but not least, there are the Ig Nobel awards. These come with little cash, but much cachet, and reward those research projects that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think'" — NatureFollow @MarcAbrahams @B0yleLinks:http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/02/16307714-2012s-maya-non-apocalypse-takes-the-grand-prize-for-weird-science?litehttp://www.improbable.com/

Sam Wang, Associate professor, Department of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, joins Jay Ackroyd to discuss his work in neuroscience, particulary the books he has co-authored with Sandra Aamodt. The Neuroscience of Everyday Life, Welcome to Your Brain and Welcome to Your Child's Brain. Follow @SamWangPhD Kevin Drum - @Mother Jones - joins them for the first 20 min. to talk about the social and health impacts of 20 years of exposure to leaded gasoline. Links: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/neuroscience-of-everyday-life-sam-wang/1028637129 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/welcome-to-your-brain-sam-wang/1103850643?ean=9781596917064 http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline?page=1 http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/lead-crime-connection    

From Culture of Truth. Aug 19, 2012. A 'most ridiculous moment' - satirical commentary drawn from the Sunday morning 'news' shows.This week our Sunday talk shows continued their downward spiral into oblivion. Jake Tapper, interviewing representatives from the Obama and Romney campaigns, confronted them with an alleged gaffe by Joe Biden, saying the GOP wanted to put voters quote 'back in chains', a video clip of Rudy Giuliani questioning Biden's mental capacity, a clip of Obama making a joke about Mitt Romney's dog, a clip of Romney saying Obama wants America to be a less christian nation, a clip of an anti-Romney ad about a widowed steel worker, and a clip from an ad attempting to 'Swift Boat' Barack Obama on the killing of Osama bin Laden.Read the complete Bobblespeak Translations at http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/08/meet-press-august-19-2012.html

Political satirist Culture of Truth comments on the most ridiculous moment from today's Meet the Press. "Today, host David Gregory gave the President of the United States his marching orders from the Vilage: get tough on old people." Read the full Bobblespeak Translation: http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-30-2012.html

Political & social commentators Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd discuss recent policy and political developments. Culture of Truth satirizes Meet the Press. Follow @Stuart_Zechman @Bobblespeak @JayAckroyd Links http://www.moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-30-2012.html http://cultureoftruth.blogspot.com/The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler and Stuart Zechman.  

Back in March 2011, Randolph Azarov, also known as The Raven, posted a comment on a Virtually Speaking episode featuring UC-Berkeley Economics Professor Brad DeLong. Brad recently referred to that comment, and Paul Krugman picked it up. Interestingly enough, this led to a fair amount of discussion among different members of the New Classical vs New Keynsian advocates.   Steve Williamson chimed in   Noah Smith rings some more changes.  (There are several links in that post you should click through to. And read the updates.)   Brad's Reply.