LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST New Orleans now, five years after Katrina: we’ll speak with poet, novelist and essayist ANDREI CODRESCU about what has changed there, and what hasn’t. Andrei edits Exquisite Corpse: A Journal of Letters and Life; he wrote the memorable New Orleans Mon Amour; his new book is [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Primaries in Florida and Arizona Tuesday tested the Tea Party’s strength among Republicans and the power of a billionaire to win a Senate Democratic nomination. JOHN NICHOLS reviews the results – his new post at TheNation.com is “Sex, Drugs and Bill Clinton.” Also: the “Ground Zero [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST From the Pentagon Papers to WikiLeaks: DANIEL ELLSBERG talks about secrets, lies, and war — from Vietnam to Afghanstan. We will be featuring the documentary about Daniel Ellsberg, “The Most Dangerous Man in America”, on DVD as our fund drive thank-you gift this hour. The film [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Obama doesn’t have a jobs program. California doesn’t have a jobs program. But the city of L.A. DOES have a jobs program – the only one in the country. HAROLD MEYERSON will explain – he’s an op-ed columnist for the L.A. Times and the Washington Post. [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Seven little words from MICHAEL POLLAN: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” His number one-bestseller, out now in paperback, is IN DEFENSE OF FOOD. Michael is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. (originally broadcast [...]