LEFT FIELD ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE
SHOWS: SEPTEMBER 2006
Barry and Left Field regular Ellen Snortland confront wrongdoing by the Right, and the Democrats and media not doing enough right.
In the first hour, Barry hosts author Nomi Prins, who talks about her new book, "Jacked: How 'Conservatives' Are Picking Your Pocket (Whether You Voted For Them or Not)."
In the second hour, Barry's guest is none other than former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Gary Hart, who talks about his powerful new book, "The Courage of Our Convictions: A Manifesto for Democrats."
And in the third hour, Barry's guest is noted writer/commentator Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), who talks about his new book, "Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media."
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Barry and Ellen tackle some of the toughest issues of the day.
In the first hour, Barry's guest is David Corn, Washington editor of "The Nation," who talks about the explosive new book he co-authored with "Newsweek" correspondent Michael Isikoff, "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War."
In the second hour, Barry's guest is William N. Eskridge Jr., professor of law at Yale Law School, who talks about the book he co-authored, "Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse? What We've Learned from the Evidence."
In the third hour, Barry's guests are Public Radio and Television commentator Brian Mann, who talks about his book "Welcome to the Homeland: A Journey to the Rural Heart of America's Conservative Revolution," as well as entrepreneur Robert Plarr, who talks about WorldsNest sustainable technologies.
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Barry, Ellen, and guests probe the profound causes and effects of 9/11.
In the first hour, Barry's guest is author Lawrence Wright, who talks about his current bestselling book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11."
In the second hour, Barry's guests are progressive Christian leader and founder of "Sojourners," Jim Wallis, who discusses themes of religious tolerance vs. extremism, as in his book "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It," as well as senior fellow and co-founder of the Demos think tank David Callahan, who also talks about themes of tolerance, as in his new book "The Moral Center."
In the third hour, Barry's guests are Geneive Abdo, the Liaison for the Alliance of Civilizations at the United Nations, who talks about her new book, "Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11," and Jamison Foser, Managing Director of Media Matters for America, who talks about the controversy surrounding the ABC docudrama "The Path to 9/11."
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Barry -- who was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild -- is joined again by author/actor/activist Ellen Snortland and more terrific guests in a special salute to Labor Day.
In the first hour, Barry's guest is the President of the prestigious Economic Policy Institute, Lawrence Mishel, co-author of the 10th biennial "State of Working America" report -- what former Treasury Secretary Robert Reich calls "the most-trusted source for a comprehensive understanding of how working Americans and their families are faring in today's economy."
In the second hour, Barry's guests are none other than the President of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney, as well as their ultra-dynamic National Organizing Director, Stewart Acuff.
And in the third hour, "from left field," Barry's guest once again is the inimitable imitator and improvisationist Jim Meskimen, who regales us with his hilarious versions of celebrities and politicians in fish-out-of-water lines of work! What's Labor Day without a little fun?
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