Faiz Shakir: Research Director at The Center for American Progress and serves as Editor-in-Chief of ThinkProgress.org.
Mike Lux: co-founder and CEO of Progressive Strategies, L.L.C., a political consulting firm. Read his blog huffingtonpost.com/mike-lux.
Scott Dick: regular contributor on Military/Vets issues. Dick hosts his own radio broadcast called The Scott Dick Show.
R. J. Shulman: political satirist. You can read Shulman’s blog at ptsd1.blogspot.com.
Paul Waldman: author of four books on media and politics. His latest is called “Free Ride: John McCain and the Media”. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Senior Fellow and Director of Special Projects at Media Matters for America. He is also a columnist for The American Prospect. You can read his blog at paulwaldman.blogspot.com.
Randy Hayes: founder of Rainforest Action Network.
Lou Dematteis: San Francisco Bay Area photojournalist and documentary photographer Lou Dematteis has covered issues of social, political, economic and environmental importance for the past 30 years. A former staff photographer for Reuters News Pictures. His new book is called “Crude Reflections/Cruda Realidad Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest”.
Saul Kaye: singer-songwriter. His band is called The Saul Kaye Band.
Lt. Gov john Garamendi: 46th Lieutenant Governor of California. He brings to the office 32 years of public service.
This Friday, August 1, we will be live from Madison, Wisconsin, site of the Nonstop Radio conference. Get the details at www.nonstopradio.com Guests include Thom Hartmann, John Nichols (The Nation, media reform leader) and Matthew Rothschild of the Progressive. PBC will be leading several panels at the conference on Saturday and Sunday. If you can, join us in Madison!
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Steve Poizner: California’s Insurance Commissioner. Contact the Commissioner and find out more about your rights at insurance.ca.gov.
Rory O’Connor: veteran media critic. O’Connor’s new book is called “Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio: America’s Ten Worst Hate Talkers and the Progressive Alternatives”. Read his blog at roryoconnor.org/blog
Ken Silverstein: Washington, DC Editor for Harper’s Magazine and writes Washington Babylon for Harpers.org.
Jason Leopold: investigative journalist. He writes for the online publication The Public Record.
Melanie Sloan: Executive Director for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW. Prior to starting CREW, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia.
Anima LaVoy: co-founder of Swing Semester. Originally from Washington, DC, Anima Sarah La Voy earned her degree in psychology from Earlham College, a Quaker liberal arts school in Richmond, Indiana. While living in the Midwest, she learned about small town economies, country music, and people who didn’t think like her.