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07-28-08 Espisode

Evan Russell: medical student at John Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Rocky Anderson: founder of High Road for Human Rights. Anderson served as Mayor of Salt Lake City from 2000-2008.

Cliff Schecter: political commentator and journalist. His blog is called The Political Carnival. His latest book is called “The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn’t”.

Anna Baltzer: Jewish American Columbia graduate, Fulbright scholar, and the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Her new book is called “Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories”. Baltzer is currently working with Global Exchange to expose human rights abuses in Palestine and supporting nonviolent resistance to the Occupation. You can buy her book and learn more about Anna Baltzer at her website annainthemiddleeast.com.

Ivan Eland: Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute.

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07-25-08 Episode

Robert Parry: founder of ConsortiumNews.com. His new book is called “Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush”.

Jonathan Rintels: President and Executive Director of The Center for Creative Voices in Media.

Ph.D Dagmar Herzog: professor of history at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Her new book is called “Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics”.

Cathy Zoi: CEO of the Alliance for Climate Change. The Alliance, established and chaired by Former Vice President Al Gore, is spearheading a massive campaign to persuade Americans and people elsewhere in the world of both the urgency and solvability of the climate crisis.

Brad Friedman: self-described election integrity muckraking journalist jerk. You can read his blog at Bradblog.com.

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07-24-08 Episode

Rep. Maxine Waters: Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991 representing the 35th District of California.

Bruce Fein: lawyer in the United States who specializes in constitution and international law. He is a pro-impeachment republican.

Scott Dick: regular contributor on Military/Vets issues. Dick hosts his own radio broadcast called The Scott Dick Show.

Pam Singh: council for the International Justice Program for Human Rights Watch.

R. J. Shulman: political satirist. You can read Shulman’s blog at ptsd1.blogspot.com.

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07-23-08 Episode

Eric Boehlert: senior fellow at Mediamatters.org. He is a contributing editor to Rolling Stone, and a former senior writer for Salon.

Diane Farsetta: Senior Researcher for The Center for Media and Democracy. Farsetta coordinates CMD’s No Fake News campaign. You can read her blog at prwatch.org/blog/6.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 10th District of Ohio. He has been serving since 1996 and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2004 and 2008 elections.

Harvey Wasserman: Free Press Senior Editor. Wasserm is a “Superpower of Peace” columnist and author of a dozen books including SOLARTOPIA! Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030.

Aldous Tyler: founder of nonstopradio.com.

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07-22-08 Episode

Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman: former American Democratic politician, a pioneer as a woman officeholder. She is now an attorney and author on politics. She served for eight years as a U.S. Congresswoman and won national attention for her role on the House Judiciary committee during the Watergate scandal.

Osa Schultz: long-time Alaska fishing family that spans several generations. Schultz will testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the impact the Exxon Valdez oil spill has had on her family, her business and her community.

Travis Valsoff: Alaskan Native Fisherman.

Juan R. I. Cole: University Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Cole has written extensively about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. He has a regular column at Salon.com. And you can read his blog, Informed Comment at juancole.com.

Jason Leopold: founder of pubrecord.org. Leopold has broken numerous stories on the financial machinations of Enron, and his investigative pieces on the company have been published in The Nation, Salon.com, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal The San Francisco Chronicle, CBS Marketwatch, Entrepreneur, Utne Reader and other publications. Leopold was also a contributor to CNBC and National Public Radio and had also been the keynote speaker at more than two-dozen energy industry conferences around the country.

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7-06-07 Episode

Guests: Representative Dennis Kucinich, Chris Hayes, Jerome Ringo, Senator Barbara Boxer, and Brad Friedman.
Time of guest appearance: Start of show – Dennis Kucinich joins us to discuss universal health care, impeachment, and HR 811. 30 minutes in – Chris Hayes from The Nation, discusses Michael Moore’s new film, “Sicko”. www.thenation.com 60 minutes in – Jerome Ringo from Apollo Alliance discusses Live earth and Arnold’s interference in Air Resources board. www.apolloalliance.org 75 minutes in – Senator Barbara Boxer joins us. 120 minutes in – Brad Friedman from Bradblog.com discusses Kucinich, Rush Holt’s statements regarding HR 811, and Ernest Partridge. www.bradblog.com

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7-05-07 Episode

Guests: Faiz Shakir, Kristen Boyles, Scott Dick, Dan Callahan, and David Swanson.
Time of guest appearance: Start of show – Faiz Shakir from the Progress Report discusses amnesty for white male republicans, and Al Gore III’s driving “mishaps”. 30 minutes in – Kristen Boyles, the staff attorney for Earth Justice, discusses the Klamath flows, salmon, and Cheney taking a stance on it. www.earthjustice.org 60 minutes in – Scott Dick joins us for his weekly segment on Military and Veterans issues, and discusses that there are more contractors than troops in Iraq, and if liberals can be patriots. 90 minutes in – Dan Callahan, the attorney for Blackwater victims, joins us. www.blackwatervictims.com 120 minutes in – David Swanson from ImpeachPAC announces a new Greenwald video. www.impeachPAC.org

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7-03-07 Episode

Guests: Mike Farrell, Robert PArry, Jason Leopold, and Ari Melber.
Time of guest appearance: Start of show – Mike Farrell (who played B.J. Hunnicut on M*A*S*H*) discusses his new book “Just Call me Mike” and his views on the current political situation. 60 minutes in – Robert Parry from ConsortiumNews.com discusses the Libby pardon, and the CIA family jewels. www.consortiumnews.com 90 minutes in – Jason Leopold from Truthout.org discusses the Paul Charlton video, and Gonzales pushing the death penalty. www.truthout.org 120 minutes in – Ari Melber from The Nation discusses Move On’s supporting impeachment. www.thenation.com

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7-02-07 Episode

Guests: Paul Waldman, Ken Silverstein, Dahr Jamail, and Reverand Billy.
Time of guest appearance: Start of show – Paul Waldman from Media Matters discusses Anne Coulter on Hardball, Elizabeth and John Edwards, and a ban on the fairness doctrine. www.mediamatters.org 30 minutes in – Ken Silverstein from the magazine “Harpers” discusses the Kenneth Case, lobbyists for thug regimes. www.harpers.org 60 minutes in – Dahr Jamail discusses Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza refugees, the surge, and the Sunni boycott. www.dahr.org 120 minutes in – Reverand Billy from the Church of not shopping discusses being arrested for free speech violations. www.revbilly.com

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6-29-07 Episode

Guests: Kate Hanni, Richard Rapaport, Tara McElvey, Brad Friedman, and Larry Norden.
Time of guest appearance: Start of show – Kate Hanni joins us. 30 minutes in – Richard Rapaport discusses the airline blues. 60 minutes in – Tara McElvey joins us. 120 minutes in – Brad Friedman from Bradblog.com and Larry Norden from the Brennan Center at NYU debate the Holt bill.