LEFT FIELD ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE
SHOWS: NOVEMBER 2006
Although Ellen is off for the holiday weekend, Barry hosts a Thanksgiving feast of food for thought.
In the first hour, Barry's guest is Robert Borosage, co-director of Campaign for America's Future, who talks about what we in Left Field have to be very thankful for: the recent election results.
In the second hour, Barry's guests are William J. Evitts, lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University and contributor to "The Baltimore Urbanite," who discusses the history of the "social contract" from the days of the pilgrims' Mayflower Compact down to the political discussions about the proper role of government today, followed by humanitarian, actress, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, producer, and filmmaker Joanelle Romero, who talks about the contemporary concerns of American Indians.
And in the third hour, Barry's guest, in a return visit to Left Field, is Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times chief film critic, who talks about the fall films and his new book, "Now in Theaters Everywhere: A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Blockbuster."
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Barry and Ellen consider the plight of America's working families.
In the first hour, Barry and Ellen's guest is Jacob S. Hacker, associate professor of political science at Yale University, who talks about his new book, "The Great Risk Shift: The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement -- And How You Can Fight Back."
In the second hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are CNN business and financial anchor Lou Dobbs, who talks about his new book, "War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back," and then actor Jack Maxwell and filmmaker Tim Lowry, who talk about and share audio clips from the documentary they are making, "Looking for the Trust Fund," which captures the opinions of Americans from all walks of life as well as in the corridors of power on the vital issue of Social Security. And during the show, the crew is filming Barry and Ellen in studio!
And in the third hour, Barry and Ellen's guest is Barry's fellow former president of the Screen Actors Guild, popular TV personality and progressive political activist Ed Asner, who talks about the exciting new political landscape.
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Barry and Ellen take a good, hard look at the extent and meaning of this potentially watershed election in American politics.
In the first hour, Barry and Ellen's guest is Quinn McCord, state editor of "The Hotline," from the National Journal, who in a return visit to "Left Field" takes part in an election post-mortem.
In the second hour, after an in-studio discussion about the election, with input from callers, Barry and Ellen's guest, in honor of Veterans Day, is Patrick Campbell, who served as a combat medic in Baghdad and is now a representative of Paul Rieckhoff's organization, the IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America).
And in the third hour, Barry and Ellen lighten things up with nationally syndicated columnist, comedian Argus Hamilton.
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Barry and Ellen hit the major themes on the eve of this potentially watershed election.
In the first hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are Bev Harris, founder of BlackBoxVoting.org and subject of a new HBO documentary, "Hacking Democracy," who discusses the integrity of our election system -- past, present, and future -- with journalist Andrew Gumbel, author of "Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America."
In the second hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are legendary labor leader Dolores Huerta, who talks about an issue of the greatest importance to Barry -- economic justice -- and filmmaker Robert Taicher, who talks about his powerful new documentary, "Rush to War": Iraq and the economy are the two biggest issues in this election, in many ways a referendum on the failed presidency of George W. Bush and his allies in Congress.
And in the third hour, Barry and Ellen's guests are the director of the Keston Institute for Infrastructure, at USC, Richard G. Little, who talks about Propositions 1A through 1E, supporting transportation, education, water- and air-quality, and other vital but all-too-overlooked public works, and Cynthia Matthews, Democratic candidate for Congress opposing the Inland Empire's David Dreier, who has used his powerful position as Chairman of the House Rules Committee to do Bush's bidding and keep from floor votes any bills opposed by the White House.
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