Virtually Speaking

Ten years after the $10 million Ansari XPRIZE opened up the age of private-sector spaceflight, two XPRIZE pioneers reflect on the past decade and look ahead to the future of innovation prizes. Tune in to hear from Robert Weiss, a Hollywood producer (“The Blues Brothers,” “The Naked Gun”) who is vice chairman and president of X Prize; and energy and space expert, Gregg Maryniak, who helped get the Ansari XPRIZE off the ground. Alan writes about it here. Follow @XPRIZE @B0yle

While attending the 2014 Netroots Nation conference, Gaius Publius — contributing writer at AmericaBlog and member of the Virtually Speaking Sunday media panel — conducted three interviews under the heading "Five Questions." This year he spoke with House Democrat Keith Ellison; economist Dr. Stephanie Kelton of the MMT school of economics; and Democratic strategist Robert Cruickshank. In this podcast, Gaius talks with Dr. Kelton about: · Her view of the so-called "budget for burnable carbon" and the looming climate crisis. · How to guarantee a minimum wage without a passing minimum-wage law (this answer is striking). · How seeing the film "Roger and Me" changed Kelton's approach to economics. Gauis first published this series of conversations at AmericaBlog.  He provides a fast look at how MMT views money, and what that means for progressive politics.Ste ·

While attending the 2014 Netroots Nation conference, Gaius Publius — contributing writer at AmericaBlog and member of the Virtually Speaking Sunday media panel — conducted three interviews under the heading "Five Questions." This year he spoke with House Democrat Keith Ellison, co-leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus; economist Dr. Stephanie Kelton of the MMT school of economics; and Democratic strategist and activist Robert Cruickshank. In this podcast, Gaius talks with Rep. Ellison about — • Ellisons's view of the so-called "budget for burnable carbon" and the looming climate crisis • How progressives can "win" if Clinton is the nominee in 2016 • What his Muslim faith means to Ellison, a former Catholic Gauis first published this series of conversations at AmericaBlog.  

Political Satire from Culture of Truth

Permanent war. Climate. They marched. Now what? Primary Hillary? What is the goal? (Win? Push Hillary to the left? build organizations that can win next time?) Will we learn to use primaries to build power? Follow @Avedon_Says @DCJohnson The 2014 Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, RJ Eskow, Stuart Zechman

What does it mean for progressive politics that Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu won 35% and 40% of the New York state vote, respectively, in an almost-unfunded campaign against entrenched Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo? What does it mean for office-holders like NY Mayor Bill DeBlasio to have supported Cuomo and his conservative-leaning running mate Kathy Hochul? Gaius Publius & RJ Eskow explore the consequences of Democratic party leaders'  continued espousal of unpopular positions in a time of progressive change. What does the New York Democratic primary battle tell us? What does it mean for the party in 2016? Writer and radio host RJ Eskow talks with Americablog Contributing Editor Gaius Publius. Follow @Gaius_Publius @RJEskow REFERENCED LINK: http://www.salon.com/2014/07/19/the_most_important_money_in_politics_race_this_year_why_lefty_tea_party_may_be_here/

Analytical chemist Raychelle Burks talks forensic chemistry, using pop culture to explain chemistry, the Curly-haired Mafia, #BlackandSTEM, girls in science, DIY Science Zone with ethicist and science writer Kelly Hills. Follow @DrRubidium @rocza Read Raychelle at Ebony, SkepChick, GeekGirlCon

Political satire from Culture of Truth, author of the Bobblepeak Translations. Based on the Sept 21, 2014 Sunday morning talk shows.

Political satire from Culture of Truth, author of the Bobblepeak Translations

War, spying and how ISIS is sucking out all the air of Democratic efforts to look back at economic issues (esp the minimum wage).  Marcy Wheeler & Richard Eskow. Plus political satirist Culture of Truth.

Brooklyn College History professor and oral historian Philip Napoli joins us to discuss his book Bringing It All Back Home, an oral history of the war and homecoming experiences of New York City's Vietnam Veterans.  Through an extraordinary collection of stories and recollections, Phil paints a mosaic of the war's impact on the lives of a large group of young New Yorkers. In this interview, we discuss the nature of oral history, as well as recount, briefly, some of the stories in the book An assistant professor of history at Brooklyn College, where he also directs the Veterans Oral History Project, Napoli was one of the chief researchers for Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation and An Album of Memories. He lives in New York City.

Jennifer Ouellette talks with Caltech physicist Spyridon (Spiros) Michalakis about quantum computing and quantum information.  Read quantumfrontiers.com  Follow @quantum_spiros @JenLucPiquant

NY: Dems for Governor & Lt. Governor, what we need from Obamacare; net neutrality.  Plus Culture of Truth. Jay Ackroyd moderates. follow @JoanMcCarter @Gaius_Publius @Bobblespeak @JayAckroyd

Hr 1: Kelly hosts journalist Mona Gable, author of Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family; about genetic testing, the discovery of her brother’s Huntington’s diagnosis and the subsequen choices faced by her family. Gable writes about women's issues, health, travel. Also, Arctic explorer, wannabe scientist. Hr 2: Kelly hosts freelance writer Amanda Wilson about Sequenced in the U.S.A.: A Desperate Town Hands Over Its DNA and Mining Your Genetic Data for Profit: The Dark Side of Biobanking. @IPSNews & @UPI_Next alum, contributor to Urban Scrawl DC  A professional editor and writer in the medical sciences and humanities, Kelly Hills’ ethics-focused commentaries appear in The Guardian, Women’s Bioethics Blog, Nature Medicine and other venues.  Follow @Rocza @MonaLGable @AmandaMCWilson

Editor/publisher of the Reno News & Review, D. Brian Burghart has established Fatal Encounters, a comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with law enforcement. Crowdsourced information. CNN coverage Why isn’t there an official database on police killings? Follow @fatalencounters.