Art of the Boycott. March 10 2012 Hour 1
Angie interviews Dr. Lawrence B. Glickman, Chair, Department of History, University of South Carolina, and Angelo Carusone, Director of Online Strategy for Media Matters for America, on the efficacy of boycotting. Plus, we have abother blogger spotlight at the top-of-the-hour with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.
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Effective Activism with Spocko. March 10 2012 Hour 2
Angie and featured blogger Spocko have an energetic discussion about how to take activism to the level where it effectively creates change.
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Deconstructing the language of the campaign trail. March 3 2012 Hour 1
Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg joins Angie for a lively discussion of the language of the campaign trail. Plus, blogger spotlight falls on the Huffington Post's Ryan Grim at the top-of-the-hour.
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Dumdown: belittling education and other bright ideas. March 3 2012 Hour 2
Angie spends some quality time with scholar and historian Gray Brechin on the state of education and the economy. Plus, demented sideckick Buttercup (Gotta Laff) at the top-of-the-hour.
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Peter Gleick steps out of bounds in exposing Heartland. Does that somehow inoculate them and their ridiculous propaganda? Feb 25 2012 Hour 1
Looking closer at the overblown and misdirected outrage over the disclosure that scientist Peter Gleick pretexted (used a false identity) to obtain internal policy documents exposing the Heartland Institute's campaign to discredit climate science in the public school curriculum. Guests Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute and Richard Littlemore of DeSmogBlog. Plus, new feature-blogger spotlight with Seeing The Forest's Dave Johnson at the top-of-the-hour.
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Winning, for a change: Progressives knock over VA Governor on invasive ultrasounds, and other good news. Feb 25 2012 Hour 2
Angie discusses recent Progressive political victories with Irin Carmon of Salon.com, Duncan Meisel of 350.org, and Cathy Renna of Renna Communications. Plus, demented sidekick Buttercup (Gotta Laff) at the top of the hour.
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The War on Women: If you didn't take this seriously at first, brace yourself. Feb 18 2012 Hour 1
Angie interviews Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnston, author Nancy L. Cohen, and author and former Planned Parenthood CEO Gloria Feldt, in a wide ranging discussion on the implied and actual threats to women's rights that are now in play.
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Can Santorum Really win the GOP Nomination? – Feb 18 2012 Hour 2
Guests: Talk2Action's Rachel Tabachnick and Tim Dickinson of Rolling Stone; plus political roundup at the top of the hour with GottaLaff.
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Marriage: the myths facts and history of the legal relationship – Feb 11 2012 Hour 1
Guests Thalia Zepatos, Director of Public Engagement for FeedomToMarry.org, and Professor Stephanie Koontz, author of Marriage: A History from Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage.
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