Apr 7, 2010
Paul Rogat Loeb; Soul of a Citizen

How do we act on issues and take a stand. What are the stories we tell ourselves about citizen involvement? Parks, King, Mandela, Ghandi. IF we k now the wrong story, that limits us. Parks didn't act alone, on a whim. She took training sessions, was an officer of NAACP.

Mar 24, 2010
Brent Budowsky

Obama's fog of eloquence. Don't listen to the speeches. Look at what he's doing and who he's meeting with. That's the problem that the dems, including obama when the speeches end, the back room meetings begin.

Mar 21, 2010         5 
Caroline Myss; Dark Times Require Transcendant Responses

Our nation was founded by political mystics. This is the most historically profound time to be alive. Our politics are a catastrophe of a proportion that can't be measured. They are creatures from the last century trying to combat problems coming at them from a new millennium.

Mar 17, 2010
David All, the Right's Web 2.0 New Media, Twitter, Facebook Go-To Guy

Has the right caught up in the social media race? A chat with one of the leaders among consultants to right wing politicians and orgs

Mar 17, 2010         13 
George Lakoff-- Language and Values Guru to The Left

Professor Lakoff talks about the challenges and problems Democrats and the left face-- from the congress, governing, think tanks to foundations. And maybe, we come up with the reason the left has failed to take on the right effectively, in spite of the hundreds of millions in funding from left leaning foundations.

Mar 17, 2010         1 
Craig Newmark of Craigslist.com on Breaking Through Government Secrecy, Building Trust, Transparency

Craig Newmark of Craigslist.com on Breaking Through Government Secrecy, Building Trust, Transparency Craig Newmark is on a mission to bring the power of the web's power to cast light, to break through government secrecy, to enable bottom-up participation to make government more open, transparent and effective. And an exciting idea about standardizing trust that could be a huge new factor on the web

Mar 11, 2010         39 
Dennis Kucinich on Standing up as the Sole Public Option and State's Rights Health Reform Advocate

After Rep. Kucinich was attacked by progressives for threatening to block the bill, I interviewed him on why and what it would take to get get him to vote yes. He told me, "We need to keep the discussion going about alternatives, because every discussion about alternatives puts the pressure in the direction of trying to come up with a better bill.

Mar 10, 2010
Governor Don Siegelman on His case, the DOJ, David Margolis, Eric Holder and Justice in America

Don Siegelman updates his case and comments on the DOJ, David Margolis, Eric Holder and Justice in America

Mar 10, 2010         1 
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, (D-NY) on DOJ, Siegelman, State Secrets, SCOTUS Election funding Decision

on DOJ, Siegelman, State Secrets, SCOTUS Election funding Decision

Feb 24, 2010         3 
Scott Horton & Jesselyn Radack on DOJ Abuses, Failures and Injustices and the "Consigliere" David Margolis, who's Brought the DOJ to its Lowest Point In Years... and how to still nail John Yoo

A three way conversation between Jesselyn Radack, Scott Horton and Rob Kall on the horrific actions and policies of the DOJ and the one person who's brought the DOJ to an historic low.

Feb 17, 2010         18 
DAPHNE WYSHAM climate change- how to respond to global warming deniers, when they point to snow 02 17 2010

Daphne, a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, hosts the radio show, earthbeatradio.org We talked about how reality-based humans can deal with global warming denialists.

Feb 17, 2010
Bill Fletcher activism 02 17 2010

I originally met Bill at an anti-war demonstration in Washington four or five years ago. The other day, I saw an article he'd just written and it spurred me to finally get him on the show, something I'd been meaning to do for a long time. He did not disappoint.

Feb 8, 2010         1 
Don Lafferty new media for writers, authors, publishers and everyone else

Don Lafferty donaldlafferty.com is a full time new media/ social media consultant, primarily to major publishers and authors. In this podcast he shares a wealth of priceless information.

Feb 3, 2010
Greg Palast: kvetcher in the rye

talking about America's lost innocence, in light of the death of JD Salinger, how investigative journalists are catchers in the rye-- talking about haiti and a wide range of topics-- my best interview with Greg yet. The interview starts 40 seconds into the recording

Feb 2, 2010
Intvw w David Mathison Author, Be The Media-- the bible for tapping the power of the new media and old media .

a great interview exploring how the media is changing and how to tap the power of the new media tools.

Jan 18, 2010
Noam Chomsky

And interview with Noam Chomsky, on Martin Luther King's birthday, a few days after the Haitian earthquake, I interview Dr. Chomsky with the help of civil rights attorney Paul Hetznecker. We talk about haiti, civil disobedience, bottom up, MLK, police repression, power and more.

Jan 6, 2010
Rabbi Waskow Will Potter - Avatar, Ecology, Ecoterrorism The Erosion of The First Amendment

I have a great line-up tonight. Rabbi Arthur Waskow, world respected as a peace leader will talk about Avatar and Ecology. Will Potter is an award-winning journalist who has become a leading authority on "eco-terrorism," the environmental and animal rights movements, and civil liberties post 9/11. He created the news service GreenIsTheNewRed.com, where he reports on the Green Scare. link to audio download now added.Pott

Dec 16, 2009
Daniel Ellsberg; Thoughts on Whistleblowing, Civil Disobedience on his 70+ Arrests...

an enlightening interview with a venerable American hero.

Nov 18, 2009         1 
Jeff Sharlet, Author, THE FAMILY,

While most TV shows give Jeff 2-5 minutes, we spent over an hour together, discussing THE FAMILY in depth

Oct 7, 2009         2 
David Swanson on Civil Disobedience; We're Talking about Civil Disobedience, getting arrested as a Protester...

a comment on the show;The purpose of civil disobedience is to upset the status quo and wake up the public to act. It is "moral jujitsu". No longer will the real "death panels" i.e. the for profit health insurance companies, be able to conduct business as usual because we are putting the spot light on them. We, as Obama has said: "are calling them out." Not everybody should be arrested at the same time. Some have to call

Sep 16, 2009
Mega Hit Producer Mike Medavoy on How Movies & Media Affect USA's Relationship with the World

Uber producer Mike Medavoy discusses how movies and American media are playing a major role, and always have-- in how the US reaches out to, affects and causes responses by the rest of the world. We're talking about soft diplomacy. He's a fount of information and a Hollywood legend. poke about his book, American Idol in Iraq, about role of new American media, film industry in the 21st century and a globalized world.

Aug 26, 2009
Cyril Wecht and John McTiernan Prosecutorial abuse by Bush/Rove Appointed, Supervised DOJ Attorneys

world renowned medical examiner Cyril Wecht, who is also a victim of Rove-vetted and guided DOJ attorney prosecutorial abuse,- John McTiernan, director of Diehard 1 & 3, who recently directed produced the video, The Political Prosecutions of Karl Rove (watch it free online-- and if you haven't seen it, you absolutely must,)

Aug 12, 2009
Thom Hartmann Threshold Book, Sociopath Cancer CEOs

Thom Hartmann talks about his new book, THRESHOLD, and describes how he's concluded that it literally takes a sociopath to be a CEO of a major transnational company.

Aug 5, 2009
Amar Bhide Break Up The Fed

After reading an Op-Ed by Amar Bhide in the Wall Street Journal, where he advocated breaking up the Federal Reserve Bank, I invited him on the show to talk about it.

Jul 29, 2009
Derrick Jensen What we leave behind

Derrick Jensen talks about his book WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND. and yuk, we leave some pretty disgusting and surprising stuff behind. Fascinating

Jul 1, 2009
Wendell Potter Cigna Exec on health reform

shortly after he first testified before congress, I had Wendell Potter on my show. He gave a great overview of the problems Americans face in dealing with the corporate vampires that call themselves health insurers.

Mar 7, 2009
Steven R M Covey TRUST

Talking about his book, Speed of Trust, tying it to bottom up Trust plays an essential role in getting things done, making things happen. It is like a lubricant.

Feb 25, 2009
Barry Schwartz After he gave his TED talk on Wisdom that went viral

Barry Schwartz recently spoke at the TED conference on the loss of Wisdom, on the failure of incentives and what we need to replace them. I interviewed him about Wisdom and the GOP approach to government and taxes, about Bobby Jindall, on Wisdom and Happiness and more.

Jan 7, 2009
Chris Hedges on Israel's Gaza Invasion, Hamas, AIPAC and more

an interview that took place during the 2009 Israeli invasion on Gaza.

Oct 9, 2008
david ray griffin

Interview with David Ray Griffin, answering questions about the evidence for the real answers to what happened on 911