LEFT FIELD ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE
SHOWS: MARCH 2006
Barry talks with top liberal bloggers about their efforts to mobilize the grassroots.
In the first hour, Barry talks with Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of Daily Kos, and Jerome Armstrong, of MyDD, about the new book they've co-authored, "Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics."
In the second hour, Barry is joined by his friend Brad Friedman, of The Brad Blog, to talk about his latest revelations on the national scene. And then Barry talks with Jane Hamsher about her top blog, firedoglake, and her "Roots" project -- "flying under the radar of the national media" by organizing local bloggers and commentators state-by-state nationwide to put pressure on their senators, as about the NSA scandal.
In the third hour, in a different vain "from left field," Barry talks with filmmaker Christian J. Pinto about his critically acclaimed, monumental documentary in progress, "Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings," in particular "Volume I: The New Atlantis," and how the concept of "a new world order" has been and continues to be a recurring theme in American history.
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Barry and guests engage in a serious discussion about the "I Word" (as in Impeachment).
In the first hour, Barry talks with attorney Shayana Kadidal about the book released by the Center for Constitutional Rights entitled "The Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush."
And in the second hour, Barry talks with none other than John Dean, who was, of course, a central figure in exposing the corruption of the Nixon White House and now, as through his book "Worse Than Watergate," is a leading critic of the Bush administration.
Finally, Barry discusses these and other issues of the day and hosts an OPEN MIC session with his listeners at home.
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Barry and guests reveal what's really going on in Iraq.
Tom Swann, President of the Inland Empire Chapter of Veterans for Peace, and Iraq War Veteran Robert Acosta give their "boots on the ground" perspective of the war that Rummy and the other Bush cheerleading squad don't want you to hear.
Danny Schechter, the award-winning television producer, independent filmmaker, and internationally renowned media critic, talks about the misleading picture being presented by the mainstream media, as documented in his book "When News Lies: Media Complicity and the Iraq War".
Mark Manning discusses his film "Caught in the Crossfire: The Untold Story of Fallujah," which chronicles the devastation visited upon Iraqi civilians, as he witnessed on the ground.
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Filling the spot that's normally Randi Rhodes', Barry discusses the current headlines and hosts an Open Mic episode.
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Filling the spot that's normally Randi Rhodes', Barry discusses the current headlines and hosts an Open Mike episode.
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Filling the spot that's normally Randi Rhodes', Barry talks with Scott Silver, longtime citizen activist and environmentalist, about his candidacy for Congress, to unseat the Republican incumbent in the wide-open second congressional district in Oregon, and about what it will take for Democrats nationwide to re-take the Congress.
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Filling the spot that's normally Randi Rhodes', Barry talks with Steve Blackledge, the Legislative Director for CALPIRG, the California Public Interest Research Group, about the impact on consumers of last week's toothless "cell phone users bill of rights," which passed the California Public Utilities Commission by the narrowest of margins, and today's headlines of the mega-merger between AT&T and BellSouth.
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Barry discusses the politics of the Oscars® and of the best "political" films of 2005 with Los Angeles Times chief film critic Kenneth Turan and longtime Hollywood publicist Dale Olson.
Barry also discusses the religious and moral aspects of the nominated films with cultural critic and professor Sister Rose Pacatte.
Blogger and gay activist Mike Rogers of PageOneQ.com and BlogActive.com joins Barry to talk about the right-wing assault on "Brokeback Mountain."
Oscars® is the registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Filling the spot that's normally Al Franken's, Barry talks about the South Dakota anti-abortion bill with Nora Dunn, who -- since being part of the Saturday Night Live cast with Al Franken -- has appeared in many TV shows and movies and performed her "one woman" show nationwide. She will soon direct her own screenplay; and she will perform a monologue at "Rage for Democracy," the big annual consumer rights event in Beverly Hills.
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Filling the spot that's normally Al Franken's, Barry talks with a true progressive hero, Marcy Winograd, who is challenging Democrat warhawk Jane Harman of California in the 36th Congressional District primary.
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Filling the spot that's normally Al Franken's, Barry talks with Paul Blank, campaign director for WakeUpWalMart.com, about how this retailing behemoth offers cheap goods at cheap prices while America pays through the nose.
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