Virtually Speaking

Excerpted from a Dec 19 conversation, biologist David Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen, reflects on Rachel Carson and the gift of wonder. The entire episode, hosted by Tom Levenson - filmmaker, author and Prof of Science Writing at MIT - is archived at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtually-speaking-science/2012/12/19/tom-levenson-david-haskell Follow @DGHaskell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson http://theforestunseen.com/

Political satirist Culture of Truth comments on the most ridiculous moment from today's Sunday morning talk shows. Read the full Bobblespeak Translation: http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-23-2012.html

Digby and Dave Waldman -- aka KagroX -- on 1) Republican divisions (tea party vs establishment, Cantor vs Boehner); 2) Democrat divisions;  (liberals vs centrists  (only 29 signatures on Bernie's SS letter!); 3) LaPierre and weapens; 4) What to expect in January wrt fiscal myth.  Plus political satirist Culture of Truth comments on the most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @digby56 @KagroX @Bobblespeak @JayAckroy  Plus political satirist Culture of Truth comments on the most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @digby56 @KagroX @Bobblespeak @JayAckroyd Links http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/ http://www.congressmatters.com/ http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-23-2012.html The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler and Stuart Zechman.

Maya Rockeymoore - President and CEO of Global Policy Solutions, a Washington, D.C., policy consulting firm with a social change mission - and Jay discuss challenges for liberals in a centrist environment. Links: http://globalpolicysolutions.com/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-maya-rockeymoore/an-open-letter-to-alan-si_b_2270726.html

Recorded earlier todayTom Levenson - Filmmaker and Prof of Science Writing at MIT - talks with biologist David Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen. Follow @DGHaskell @TomLevensonLinks:http://theforestunseen.com/http://davidhaskell.wordpress.com/http://biology.sewanee.edu/facstaff/haskell/http://inversesquare.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/self-aggrandizement-alert-some-kitchen-goodness-in-aid-of-a-friend/http://www.balloon-juice.com/

Political satirist Culture of Truth comments on the most ridiculous moment from today's Sunday morning talk shows. Today it's 'Devil's Advocate.' Read the full Bobblespeak Translation: http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-16-2012.html

Political & social commentators Dave Johnson and Avedon Carol reflect on the past week, month, year. Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday Morning talk shows. Plus political satirist Culture of Truth comments on the most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Follow @Avedon_Says @DCJohnson @Bobblespeak Links http://avedoncarol.blogspot.com/ http://www.seeingtheforest.com/ http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-16-2012.html The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler and Stuart Zechman.

Hullabaloo contributer David Atkins and Jay discuss the difficulties of implementing obviously good public policy, and what that says about American institutions. And then recent fiscal myth developments. Follow @DavidOAtkins @JayAckroyd Links http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/krugman-nails-it-again-by-davidoatkins.html http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/greatest-revolution-by-davidoatkins.html http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/12/politico-accidentally-exposes-beltway-elite.html

From Culture of Truth,  satirical commentary based on the Sunday morning 'news' shows. This weeks 'most ridiculous moment': '2016!' Read the full Bobblespeak Translation: http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-9-2012.html Follow @Bobblespeak

Dave Dayen and Cliff Schecter talk politics and policy. Follow.@DDayen @CliffSchecter Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday morning ' news' programs. Links: http://news.firedoglake.com/author/dday/ http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/cliff-schecter.html http://libertasllc.com/ http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-9-2012.html The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler and Stuart Zechman.

Jay visits with William K. Black, white-collar criminologist, former financial regulator and author of “The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One,” They talk about the financial follies that still plague us. Read Bill at New Economic Perspectives and Benzinga. Follow @WilliamKBlack @JayAckroyd Wm comes on about 9 min into the podcast, • Links http://neweconomicperspectives.org/ http://www.benzinga.com/author/william-k-black

The Exploratorium’s Senior Staff Scientist, physicist Paul Doherty shares the latest news about NASA’s Mars Curiosity mission from the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco – and joins NBCNews’ Alan Boyle in a year-end, year-ahead survey of the top science topics. Follow @b0yleLinks:http://www.exo.net/~pauld/http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/05/15705457-mars-hype-teaches-science-lessons?litehttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

From political satirist Culture of Truth, this week's 'most ridiculous moment' - satirical commentary based on the Sunday morning 'news' shows: 'More Pain.'  Read the full Bobblespeak Translation: http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-2-2012.htmlFollow @Bobblespeak

Joan McCarter and Marcy Wheeler discuss the issues of the week.  Culture of Truth offers his satirical view of the Sunday morning talk shows. Follow @Emptywheel @JoanMcCarter @Bobblespeak Links: http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Joan%20McCarter http://sideshow.me.uk/ http://www.emptywheel.net/ http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-press-december-2-2012.html The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler and Stuart Zechman.

Ian and Jay discuss Ian's Nov 26 post, Default to Kindness, and climate change: the actual existential threat to the industrialized world; in the context of Bill McKibben's July 19 Rolling Stone piece: Global Warming's Terrifying New Math Follow @IWelsh @JayAckroyd Links http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719 http://www.ianwelsh.net/default-to-kindness/ http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719s AmericaBlog on Climate change