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"We're talking about taking back the country."

— Barry Gordon

"You're ... setting an example to others in

the media: that you don't have to be timid."

— Rep. John Conyers Jr.

"Barry, you keep speaking your words,

speaking your mind, speaking your heart."

— Burt Bacharach

BARRY GORDON — lifelong entertainer, longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, and former candidate for Congress — is talking politics, entertainment, and other hot topics. Down-to-earth, with a voice known to millions, Barry's takes on the political ballgame are smart and lively, filled with passion and humor. Throughout this last year, Barry has fielded calls from listeners and interviewed some of the top guests on the air today:

Political Leaders, including ...

Senator Barbara Boxer

Senator Byron Dorgan

Former Senator and Presidential Candidate Gary Hart

Rep. John Conyers Jr.

Rep. Brad Sherman

Rep. Henry Waxman

FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich

Former Ambassador Peter Galbraith

Former Ambassador Swanee Hunt

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson

Jerry Brown, California Icon

Bev Harris, Founder of BlackBoxVoting.org

Dolores Huerta, Legendary Labor Leader

Paul Rieckhoff, Veterans Activist

Scott Ritter, Former U.N. Weapons Inspector

Cindy Sheehan, "Peace Mom"

Andy Stern, President of the SEIU

John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO

Bestselling Authors, Renowned Commentators, and Respected Scholars, including ...

Dr. Helen Caldicott, The World's Leading Anti-Nuclear Activist

Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics and Advocate for Peace

David Corn, Washington Editor of "The Nation" and Bestselling Author

Craig Crawford, Washington, DC Columnist and TV Commentator

Catherine Crier, Court TV Host and Bestselling Author

John Dean, Watergate Principal and Bestselling Author

Lou Dobbs, CNN Business and Financial Anchor

Michael J. Gerhardt, Professor of Constitutional Law

Robert Greenwald, Documentary Filmmaker

Thom Hartmann, Progressive Talk Show Host

Arianna Huffington, Author & Multi-Media Commentator

Paul Krugman, New York Times Op-Ed Columnist

Robert Kuttner, Co-Founder of "The American Prospect"

Michael Lerner, Progressive Rabbi

Mark Crispin Miller, Author/Activist/Scholar

Markos "Kos" Moulitsas, Top Blogger

Greg Palast, Investigative Journalist

William Rivers Pitt, Bestselling Author

Ron Suskind, Bestselling Author

Helen Thomas, Dean of the White House Press Corps

Gore Vidal, Iconic American Writer and Intellectual

Jim Wallis, Progressive Christian Leader

Lawrence Wright, Bestselling Author

Howard Zinn, Legendary Historian and Activist

Representatives of Influential Organizations and Publications, including ...

ACLU

Amnesty International USA

Campaign for America's Future

Center for American Progress

Center for Public Integrity

Common Cause

Demos

Economic Policy Institute

Free Press

"The Hotline" from the National Journal Group

IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America)

Media Matters for America

"Ms." Magazine

Planned Parenthood

Sierra Club

WakeUpWalMart.com

Celebrated Entertainment Figures, including ...

Ed Asner, Barry's Fellow Former President of the Screen Actors Guild

Burt Bacharach, Legendary Composer

Ed Begley Jr., Actor and Environmental Activist

Terence Blanchard, Grammy-Winner

Chris Bliss, Comedian / Activist / Juggler Extraordinaire

Andy Borowitz, Humorist

Scott Dikkers, Satirist, Editor-in-Chief of "The Onion"

Nora Dunn, "Saturday Night Live" Alum

Argus Hamilton, Comedian and Nationally Syndicated Columnist

Chris Lemmon, Actor/Author Son of Barry's Old Friend Jack Lemmon

Lisa Loeb, "Billboard"-Topping Singer/Songwriter

Robert Loggia, Actor

Jim Meskimen, Impersonator (Jibjab), Improvisationist, & Funnyman

Chef Harry Schwartz, Popular TV Personality

Kenneth Turan, Film Critic of the Los Angeles Times

Billy West, Voice Artist ("Ren & Stimpy" and many others)

Michael Wilmington, Film Critic of the Chicago Tribune

And Many More!

Please see the Podcast Archives for a complete rundown of our great guests and diverse topics.

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Lemmon, Chris, "A Twist of Lemmon," June 18, 2006
Leopold, Jason, Truthout; CIA Leak Investigation, February 12, 2006; "Scooter" Libby, April 9, 2006; Karl Rove, May 14, 2006
Lerner, Michael, "Tikkun" Magazine, "The Left Hand of God" & Lebanon, August 6, 2006

Little, Richard G., Keston Institute for Infrastructure, Propositions 1A - 1E, November 5, 2006
Loeb, Lisa, Netflix, "Rolling Roadshow," August 20, 2006 (repeated December 24, 2006)
Loehr, Rev. Dr. Davidson, First Unitarian Universalist Church, "America, Fascism, and God," February 12, 2006

Loggia, Robert, "Funny Money," January 14, 2007

Lowry, Tim, "Looking for the Trust Fund," November 19, 2006

Mann, Brian, "Welcome to the Homeland," September 17, 2006

Manning, Mark, "Caught in the Crossfire," March 12, 2006

Matthews, Cynthia, Candidate for Congress vs. Rep. David Dreier, November 5, 2006

Maxwell, Jack, "Looking for the Trust Fund," November 19, 2006

McCanne, Don, M.D., Physicians for a National Health Program, Bush and Schwarzenegger plans vs. single-payer systems, January 28, 2007
McCarthy, Guy, San Bernardino Sun, Rep. Jerry Lewis Investigation, June 24, 2006

McCord, Quinn, "The Hotline," National Journal, 2006 Election Preview, October 15, 2006; 2006 Election Post-Mortem, November 12, 2006
McNerney, Jerry, Democratic Party, "Take Back the Congress (vs. Filson, then Pombo), June 4, 2006
Meskimen, Jim, Improvisation, July 16, 2006; Labor Day (fun), September 3, 2006; An End-of-the-Year Poem by "George W. Bush," December 17, 2006
Miller, Mark Crispin, NYU; "Fooled Again," February 19, 2006; "Fooled Again," February 28, 2006; Election-Fraud Roundtable, October 29, 2006
Miller, Toby, U.C. Riverside Dept. of Sociology, "Jayne Mansfield Collection," August 6, 2006

Mishel, Lawrence, Economic Policy Institute, "The State of Working America," September 3, 2006

Mitchell, Brian Patrick, "Investors Business Daily," "Eight Ways to Run a Country," December 10, 2006

Moore, James, "The Architect," October 29, 2006
Moulitsas Zuniga, Markos, Daily Kos, Blogging & "Crashing the Gate," March 26, 2006

Newman, Katherine, Princeton University, Sociology Dept., "A Different Shade of Gray," July 30, 2006

Nichols, John, The Nation and Free Press, National Conference for Media Reform, January 14, 2007

Nunberg, Geoffrey, "Talking Right," August 13, 2006

O'Connor, Rory, "The (Other) Story Judith Miller Didn't Write," May 21, 2006
Olson, Dale, Oscars, March 5, 2006

Pacatte, Sister Rose, Roman Catholic Church; Oscars, March 5, 2006; "The Da Vinci Code" & "The End of Faith," May 21, 2006
Palast, Greg, "Armed Madhouse," June 4, 2006
Palmieri, Jennifer, Center for American Progress, Presidential Leaks, April 9, 2006
Pinto, Christian, "Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings," March 26, 2006

Pitt, William Rivers, "House of Ill Repute," January 21, 2007

Plarr, Robert, WorldsNest.com Sustainable Technologies, September 17, 2006
Pott, Carol, PoliPointPress, "The Blue Pages," May 14, 2006

Prins, Nomi, "Jacked: How 'Conservatives' Are Picking Your Pocket," September 24, 2006

Rapoport, Miles, Demos, "Inequality Matters," June 11, 2006

Reich, Robert, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Economic Outlook and the New Congress, December 17, 2006
Richardson, Peter, PoliPointPress, Progressive Publishing, May 14, 2006
Rieckhoff, Paul, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, "Chasing Ghosts," May 27, 2006

Ritter, Scott, "Target Iran," October 22, 2006

Rivero, Yeidy, "Ms." Magazine, "Ugly Betty," January 21, 2007
Robin, Corey, "Fear," February 5, 2006
Rogers, Mike, PageOneQ.com, "Brokeback Mountain" & Oscars, March 5, 2006
Rohde, Stephen, ACLU of Southern California, Civil Liberties, July 2, 2006
Romero, Eddie & Pattie, Inland Empire Roadrunners Club, L.A. Marathon, February 26, 2006

Romero, Joanelle, American Indians, November 26, 2006
Rose, Isabel, "J.A.P. Chronicles," July 23, 2006
Rose, Chris, Times-Picayune, Pulitzer Prize / Katrina / "1 Dead in Attic," May 14, 2006

Rost, Peter, M.D., "The Whistleblower," December 17, 2006

Rubenstein, Anthony, Yes on Proposition 87 (Alternative Energy Tax on Big Oil), October 15, 2006

Schechter, Danny, "When News Lies," March 12, 2006
Schwartz, Chef Harry, "Fit Foundation," June 24, 2006
Seidensticker, Bob, "Future Hype," April 23, 2006
Sheehan, Cindy, Mother's Day & Vigil for Peace, May 14, 2006
Sherman, Brad, U.S. Congress, Take Back the Congress, May 21, 2006
Silver, Scott, Democratic Party, Take Back the Congress, March 7, 2006
Sinton, Steve, Democratic Party, Take Back the Congress, April 2, 2006
Snortland, Ellen, Regular Guest, July 16, 2006 onward
Stark, Mike, "Calling All Wingnuts," February 27, 2006

Stern, Andy, "A Country That Works," October 8, 2006
Suskind, Ron, "The One Percent Doctrine," August 27, 2006 (repeated December 31, 2006)
Swann, Tom, Veterans for Peace, Iraq War, March 12, 2006
Sweeney, John, AFL-CIO, Labor Day, September 3, 2006"

Taicher, Robert, "Rush to War" (DVD), November 5, 2006

Tallitsch, Stacey, Democratic Party; Take Back the Congress, April 2, 2006; Katrina: One Year Later, August 27, 2006 (repeated December 31, 2006)
Thomas, Helen, White House Press Corps, "Watchdogs of Democracy?", July 30, 2006
Trent, Barbara, Empowerment Project, "Soldiers Speak Out," July 16, 2006
Trupiano, Tony, Democratic Party, Take Back the Congress, April 2, 2006
Turan, Kenneth, Los Angeles Times, Oscars, March 5, 2006; "Now in Theaters Everywhere" and fall films, November 26, 2006

Vidal, Gore, October 1, 2006

Waldman, Ken, Alaska's Fiddling Poet, "As The World Burns," December 10, 2006

Wallis, Jim, Sojourners, "God's Politics," September 10, 2006
Warner, Russ, Democratic Party, Take Back the Congress (in David Dreier's district), May 28, 2006
Waxman, Henry, U.S. Congress, Healthcare etc., January 29, 2006
West, Billy, Voice Work, July 9, 2006; Improv, January 7, 2007
Wilder-Taylor, Stefanie, "Sippy Cups Are Not For Chardonnay" (Mother's Day), May 14, 2006
Willis, Kelley, Barry's Bloggers, Take Back America 2006, June 18, 2006

Wilmington, Michael, Chicago Tribune, Oscar nominations, January 28, 2007
Winograd, Marcy, Democratic Party; Take Back the Congress (vs. Jane Harman), March 2, 2006; May 28, 2006
Wokusch, Heather, Threats vs. Iran, February 26, 2006
Wright, Lawrence, "The Looming Tower," September 10, 2006

Young, Dr. Quentin, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, Healthcare etc., January 29, 2006

Zinn, Howard, "A Power Governments Cannot Suppress," January 7, 2007

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