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Liberadio(!) Podcast April 19, 2010 A Conversation with Justin Bieber, Part 1 We apologize, but by the time our show aired, Justin Bieber had to cancel. We're sad but we forge ahead with the Liberadio(!) "To Do" list, Freddie as a bicycle valet, the Davidson County Democratic Party straw poll debrief, and a rundown of the news. Plus, Federal Public Defender Kelley Henry joins us live to tell us the story of her client Gaile Owens, one of two women on Tennessee's death row, and Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper issues an opinion [pdf] on the constitutionality of y ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 19, 2010 A Conversation with Justin Bieber, Part 2 In the second hour we tell you all the fun facts that weren't reported about self-described "Tea Partiers," and we speak to Ian Millhiser, Policy Analyst for Center for American Progress about the upcoming Supreme Court nomination - what it means to a court primarily made up of conservatives "nuts" and what the confirmation process will look like. Then, it's once again time for Karl Frisch and the Media Matters for America Smackdown - this week Karl takes Maureen Dowd and the Sunday morning ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 12, 2010 Don't Confuse Your Census with Your 1040, Part 1 The Liberadio(!) "To Do" list is long this week and includes marijuana jokes, coveting the Seattle Center Monorail (and flume ride), and a historic march. Plus, love him or hate him, you know Barney Frank would never try to bite the head off a baby bunny - or would he? And we are disgusted with Sarah Palin's unchallenged and unrelenting display of disrespect for the highest office in the land and chagrined - again - at what Tennessee Republicans and, therefore, Tennessee Democrats have dec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 12, 2010 Don't Confuse Your Census with Your 1040, Part 2 We talk to Neal Darby, Jr., Senior Partnership Specialist Team Leader with the U.S. Census Bureau and he answers all our questions about the 10 questions. Then, we continue our discussion about the controversial Benton County voter roll purges - who was affected, why, and why can't we locate the laws that the election administrator said were followed during the purge process? [19.82MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 5, 2010 A Day without a Kleinheider, Part 1 Play ball! It's opening day but we don't have just baseball on our minds - there's the Easter weekend, some jobs chatter, college hoops, and the Tennessee state legislature can't say boo to the coal lobby so the feds are coming in to take a good hard look at the quaint little practice of mountaintop removal. Plus, A.C. Kleinheider, who provided the solo byline for Post Politics - the go to place for state and local political news and views - until he was let go last week, joins us for a lit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 5, 2010 A Day without a Kleinheider, Part 2 Our listeners can't get enough Kleinheider and neither can we so he stays and our listeners ask him some tough questions. Will he or won't he comment and tell? And Karl Frisch of Media Matters talks Tiger Woods, Jesse James, Justin Beiber, and Ludacris...until he gets back on track and pulls the curtain back on Sarah Palin's new Fox talk show. Then? You guessed it, we get another fix of Kleinheider. Will he be back again next week? [23.14MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 29, 2010 Part 1 Bits and bobs of news from health care to buses, Mumpower to Haslam. Plus Al Gore gets it right, how much racism is part of the Anti-health insurance reform protests, and an interview with Commissioner Reagan Farr (he lets us call him "Commish"), of the Tennessee Department of Revenue [30.61MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 29, 2010 Part 2 In this hour we interview Andrew Hysell, director of the Campaign for Healthy Kids for Save the Children and Joan Randall, chair of the Tennessee Obesity Task Force. We also hear two long-time news reporters hold national Republicans leaders to account for their ridiculous posturing and rampant hypocrisy – finally! – and we hear two Democratic state legislators hold state Republican leaders to account for the same. Plus, what should government do? Rep. Glen Casada (R-Franklin) thinks it s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 22, 2010: Part 1: Yes We Did (Part 2 in a Series) There's really one one news story this morning - woohoo! health care reform legislation! - and really one "to do" item - call and thank your congressperson who voted for woohoo! health care reform legislation. And then there's the congressmen from Tennessee who didn't vote for it. Call those guys too. Plus, what's good about the newly passed legislation and Tony Garr, executive director for Tennessee Health Care campaign joins us to talk about why it's specifically good for Tennesseans. [27 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 15, 2010: Part 1: A One-Track Mind in a Multitasking World Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 15, 2010: Part 2: A One-Track Mind in a Multitasking World Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 1, 2010: Part 1: Makin' a Little Birdhouse in Your Radio News roundup, three words to describe the Vancouver Olympics closing ceremonies, the to do list, Tennessee politics are important politics, and while our U.S. Senators refuse to fight for health care security for all Tennesseans, one lone State Senator takes a stand. Plus, our interview with Bill Howell of Tennesseans for Fair Taxation. Fair fair fair fair fair. [23.34MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 1, 2010: Part 2: Makin' a Little Birdhouse in Your Radio We take your calls on what the lack of meaningful health care reform means to ordinary Tennesseans, plus John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants joins us for a rollicking interview in which we learn many, many secrets about New York Politics, kid-friendly rock shows, song lyrics, the Flood album, and bathtub conversations. We finish up with Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow for media watchdog organization Media Matters for America, and his take on the media coverage of President Obama's health car ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 22, 2010: Part 1: Best. Invention. Ever. Make a simple hyperbolic statement and soon we're discussing discussing politics, energy sources, and the existence of God with our listeners all in the context of just what is the Best. Invention. Ever. Remo, Mary's dad, even calls in with his unique take. Plus the rich are getting richer and we call shenanigans on the guy making fun of the President for using a teleprompter while he was, you know, using a teleprompter. [20.59MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 8, 2010: No Scrimmage: Healthcare on the One-Yard Line, Part 1 President Obama's latest weekly radio address, a recap of the most super of bowls, the year of the underdog continuesÂ…from 2008, the Tea Party seen through rose-colored glasses, our interview with Graham Perry, curator of the We Shall Not Be Moved: The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee's Civil Rights Sit-ins at the Tennessee State Museum, and the work continues for affordable health care for all. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 8, 2010: No Scrimmage: Healthcare on the One-Yard Line, Part 2 Guess what? Jobs bills are important for the states! A couple of callers try and scold us for using the term "tea bagger" to describe the racist funny-hat-wearing xenophobes personified by Tom Tancredo at this past weekend's Tea Party Convention, and Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow for media watchdog organization, Media Matters for America brings it to the lapdog mainstream media...and Sarah Palin too. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 1, 2010: Tennesseein' is Tennebelievin'!, Part 1 Tea party fallout, James O'Keefe, tax-cuts, and sit-ins. Plus guests Mark Reutter for the Progressive Policy Institute, Emily Ogden of Stand for Children, and Karl Frisch of of Media Matters for America. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 1, 2010: Tennesseein' is Tennebelievin'!, Part 2 Tea party fallout, James O'Keefe, tax-cuts, and sit-ins. Plus guests Mark Reutter for the Progressive Policy Institute, Emily Ogden of Stand for Children, and Karl Frisch of of Media Matters for America. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast January 25, 2010: The State of the Union isÂ…Party!, Part 1 President Obama's latest weekly radio address, current news, and the to do list (including details of our 2010 State of the Union Watch Party). Plus, WRVU loses 15-year veteran Doyle Davis when he decides he can no longer "bring da funk," Air America has gone dark (but not for the reasons you think), our callers think that liberals in Tennessee should just come out already, and Liberadio(!) senior Massachusetts News Correspondent, Julie Bruno, reports from the ground - just what happened to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast January 25, 2010: The State of the Union isÂ…Party!, Part 2 This hour we're joined by Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen, who gives us the 4-1-1 on the latest Supreme Court decision to affect campaign financing, as well as Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow for media watchdog organization, Media Matters for America. Plus, the Top 10 Progressive Victories of the Obama administration (a.k.a. he brought the change and we can believe in it), Tennessee is - in reality - a nice shade of purpley blue, and public transit fans, rejoice! - the Obama adminis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast January 18, 2010: A Day of Service, Part 1 Featuring Marisa Richmond of the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition, Joel Berg of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, and Renée Victoria Hoyos of of the Tennessee Clean Water Network. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast January 18, 2010: A Day of Service, Part 2 Featuring Marisa Richmond of the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition, Joel Berg of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, and Renée Victoria Hoyos of of the Tennessee Clean Water Network. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast December 21, 2009: The War on Hanukkah (Because We've Already Beat Christmas) Extravaganza, Part 1 Current news, to do list, the Nashville Hispanic Chamber of Commerce responds to the Salvation Army's Angel Tree policy, and an interview with Hugh Schlesinger and Skye Bacus, Ex-Music Directors for WRVU. [23.71MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast December 21, 2009: The War on Hanukkah (Because We've Already Beat Christmas) Extravaganza, Part 2 A bit about the CARD Act and Lilly Ledbetter; Dave Thomas (in Christmas camo!), president of the Nashville chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, finally settles the question of whether or not we are a Christian nation; your holiday phone calls and a special appearance by Dr. Marisa Richmond of the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition who explains Rep. Jimmy Matlock's (R-Lenoir City) participation in this year's war on Hannukah. [26.30MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast December 14, 2009: We're a Show Full of Misfits, Part 1 Current news, to do, interviews with Matt Collins, Ex-Vice Chair of the Davidson County Republican Party and Tyler Slocum, Director of Energy Program for Public Citizen, and it's time to get on the phone again. [26.43MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast December 14, 2009: We're a Show Full of Misfits, Part 2 Joe Leiberman gets a little air time, Vanessa Beasley and Kevin Leander, faculty board members for Vanderbilt Student Communications, join us to discuss the board's decision to cap the number of WRVU community DJs at 25, and Karl Frisch smacks down Glen Beck during the Media Matters for America Smackdown. [23.4MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast December 7, 2009: This is Tennessee Jumping Up and Down and Yelling "Yoohoo!", Part 1 News, to do, and why all the good people down in Tennessee need to start paying attention to state politics. [24.56MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast December 7, 2009: This is Tennessee Jumping Up and Down and Yelling "Yoohoo!", Part 2 Why health care reform matters (we're talking to you Limbaugh), we get on a motherf**king boat with Betsy Phillips, also known as Aunt B. of Tiny Cat Pants and Pith in the Wind (two blogs that most definitely DO pay attention to state politics), and the Media Matters for America Smackdown with Karl Frisch. [23.89MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast November 23, 2009: Faces of Love, Part 1 A quick run down of the news of the week and then we feature representatives from the two organizations we are adopting this holiday season. Listen to our interviews with Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Magdalene House and Thistle Farms, and J.C. Smith, Outreach and Alumni Program Coordinator for Operation Stand Down Nashville. [20.3MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast November 23, 2009: Faces of Love, Part 2 A quick run down of the Senate health care debate. Plus, Elbert Ventura is back! And he's packing a new website for pragmatic progressives. And Elbert's replacement, Karl Frisch of Media Matters, issues the smack down on this week's conservative obstructionist redonkulousness. (He is a very busy man.) And just whose interests are Republican legislators looking out for as they stand in the way of meaningful health insurance reform? [21.3MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast November 16, 2009: A Black Eye, Part 1 The intro, the end of the world on celluloid, recounts possibilities (or impossibilities), Republican hypocrisy in Sumner County, plus the Media Matters for American Smackdown with Karl Frisch, in which he packs a whole lot of Sarah Palin in a short time. [38.3MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast October 19, 2009: Imigration Nation, Part 1 Nevermind the boy not in the balloon, there's real news afoot. Ty Cobb 2.0, a healthcare reform package out of committee in the Senate, Senator Al Franken gets his first amendment passed by a roll call vote no thanks to Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Senator Bob Corker who would rather let corporate plunderers off the hook for rape, Tennesseans deserve fair and accurate elections, and an interview with immigration law attorney Elliott Ozment, who covers the controversial 287g progra ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast October 19, 2009: Imigration Nation, Part 2 We hear from you, our listeners, as well as another immigration attorney, Sean Lewis, about immigration matters, and conclude that we are not looking at immigration reform as comprehensively as we need to. And we talk to Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, the man behind the controversial 287g program, to get his take on why the program is important, how it does or doesn't work, accusations of racial profiling, and why it's coming before the Metro Council once again. Plus, it's an abbreviat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast October 5, 2009: Part 1 A rundown of Walk Nashville Week, kissing up to Capitalism, a rundown of the lawsuit to compel the Secretary of State to give Tennesseans secure and verifiable elections, an update on climate change legislation straight from D.C. from Chris Ford of Tennessee Conservation Voters, and your phone calls about how the war on Christianity starts earlier and earlier every year. [24.21MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast October 5, 2009: Part 2 An interview with Not-Secretary of State Tre Hargett in which we ask him many of the questions about secure and verifiable elections we want to ask the real Secretary of State if he would ever agree to appear on the show; an interview with the real visual artist Wayne White, who brings his new book of his artwork "Maybe Now I'll Get the Respect I So Richly Deserve," to the Southern Festival of Books this weekend; and the Media Matters for American Smackdown with Karl Frisch. [18.2MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast September 28, 2009: Part 1 Mary prepares to unleash (ha!) the congressman Barney Frank on Halloween households all across America and if you think that's scary, what until you hear what Republican State Senator Ron Ramsey wants to do to fair elections in Tennessee. Plus, Mary and Freddie try to understand just what, exactly, Ben Trippett and Accountability Now PAC have uncovered about Coop. [22.62MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast September 28, 2009: Part 2 Reginald Coopwood, M.D., CEO of the Nashville Hospital Authority tells us about their health facilities, the best-kept secret in Nashville, and Karl Frisch does his best Elbert Ventura impression in the next generation of the Media Matters for America Smackdown. Plus, President Obama's foreign policy has all but isolated Iran from the world community. So why is the right-wing still calling him a surrender monkey? [22.62MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast September 7, 2009: A Celebration of Labor - Part 1 A brief history of Labor Day, advice from Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and stories of labor from our listeners and Freddie's Moms. And Peter Cunningham, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Communications and Outreach at the Department of Education, joins us to discuss the real meaning behind President Obama's Back to School address to the kids. Hint: It's about personal responsibility and staying in school. Plus, why our public school kids need a boost and why it's important to not just ro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast September 7, 2009: A Celebration of Labor - Part 2 Will the Republican leadership - not to mention elected officials - continue to allow radical cable news and talk radio hosts to control their party? If not, then where is the push back against the mounds of inflammatory misinformation foisted upon the American people in their name? And why are some leaders actually joining in the fray? Chuck Grassley promoting Glen Beck's book? Really? Plus, what the President has to say about health security for all when he addresses the joint session of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast August 31, 2009: A Celebration of Health - Part 1 The "to do" list of upcoming healthcare rallies, excerpts from President Clinton's Jackson Day speech, recap of Thirdrailcost.com symposium, why we need health security for all, the Little League World Series (USA!), a phone call from the world famous Dave Cloud, and the mainstream news media gets distracted by bright, shiny objects. [24MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast August 24, 2009: Healthcare Reform Virtual Town Hall - Part 1 The "to do" list (Tennessee town halls with Davis, Gordon, Tanner), an O'Connell Factor on why our system of healthcare is a nearly guaranteed system of oppression for unhealthy Americans, where are the Christians on healthcare reform, your calls (including a shout-out to Governor Bredesen's Cover TN), and tales (tails?) of Barney Frank. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast August 24, 2009: Healthcare Reform Virtual Town Hall - Part 2 More of your calls, emails and stories about healthcare and healthcare reform, including the expertise of registered nurse and healthcare reform activist Michael Chapman. Plus, the insurance companies are spending a lot of dollars on opposition to reform and Media Matters research fellow Elbert Ventura tells us that it really, really, really, really, really matters that our mainstream media chooses to report on controversy instead of what really matters - public policy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast August 3, 2009: Part 1 - High-Assin' Values Conservatives News tidbits, to do list, the manipulation of the healthcare debate, and a Republican sex scandal right here in Tennessee! Plus, a note to our newspaper peeps like Andy Scher of the Chattanooga Times Free Press: you can stop referring to Republican legislators as "family-values conservatives" now. We all believe in family values until, you know, we don't. [40.94MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast August 3, 2009: Part 2 - Interview with Molly Secours Molly Secours is a writer, speaker, and filmmaker based in Nashville. In 2007, her world changed when she was diagnosed with cancer. She had healthcare but she still found herself in quite a pickle. She joins us to talk about her experience, which recently led to her story being shared in a press conference with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. [48.34MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast August 3, 2009: Part 3 - Interview with Jim Squires Jim is a Nashville native who graduated from Peabody College in 1966, started his journalism career at the Tennessean and went on the become editor of the Chicago Tribune, the media adviser to 1992 presidential candidate, Ross Perot, an author, and a Thoroughbred Horse breeder. His 1996 book "Secrets of the Hopewell Box: Stolen Elections, Southern Politics, and a City's Coming of Age" is a must-read for anyone learning about Tennessee politics. Also for anyone who wants to weigh in on the p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast August 3, 2009: Part 4 - The Media Matters for America Smackdown and The Remo Report Media Matters research fellow Elbert Ventura discusses Lou Dobbs's crusade to legitimize the birthers and surprises us all with news about Ann Coulter: "You know it's bad when Ann Coulter backs away from the birthers." And Mary's dad, Remo, calls in from his home in Nevada to give us an update on Senator John Ensign. He's still in office but now he's telling the press what they can and can't write! [23.76MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 13, 2009: Part 1 - Is it 9 O'Clock Yet? While Mary waits not so patiently for the end of the show, Freddie drops the news tidbits - Judge Sonya Sotomayor, Massachusetts' big gay agenda, John Ensign's extra-curricular Christian activities, and Vice President Dick Cheney's own private CIA. [17.28MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 13, 2009: Part 2 - Interview with Stacy Rector (TN Coalition to Abolish State Killing) Stacy is the executive director of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK.org). She tells us the story of the release of death row inmate, Paul House, one of the most underreported news items in Tennessee. [25.5MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 13, 2009: Part 3 - Interview with Chip Forrester of the TNDP and "What, You Want a Medal from the Secretary of State for Disenfranchising Folks?" Tennessee Democratic Party chairman Chip Forrester joins us to talk about his call for the General Assembly to fire Secretary of State Tre Hargett. After Chip leaves the studio, we continue to discuss Mr. Hargett and his decision to give one state legislator a medal for disenfranchising Tennesseans. No, really. [27MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 13, 2009: Part 4 - The Media Matters for America Smackdown, The Remo Report, and It's Finally 9 O'Clock! Media Matters research fellow Elbert Ventura talks to us about how the news that our President checked out some girl's a** bumped the Republican sex scandals from the top story of the day and how even though the bogus story originated from the slimiest source of all - The Drudge Report - it made its way to them mainstream media without any verification. Then, if you think your phone is being tapped then it probably is. And Mary's dad Remo calls in from his home in Nevada to give us an updat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 6, 2009: Part 1 - Freddie Quits Liberadio(!) Freddie may be joking, but Sarah Palin isn't. We get right into the current news droppings, both national and local, then onto the to-do list. [17.11MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 6, 2009: Part 2 - Governor Quitty McQuittersons Once upon a time, Freddie was on the Al Franken Show and and had a brush with greatness. But did he quit? No! Not like Sarah Palin who is a big quitter. [20.33MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 6, 2009: Part 3 - Interview with Councilman Mike Jameson Mike Jameson joins us as we continue our discussions on zoning and development in Nashville including the Convention Center, the Downtown Plan, and the May Town Center. [29MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 6, 2009: Part 4 - Hear It From Sarah Palin We play a few interesting clips of Almost-One-Term-Governor Sarah Palin explaining herselfÂ…kinda sorta. [15MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 6, 2009: Part 5 - Interview with Wendell Potter After a 20-year career as a corporate public relations executive, Wendell Potter left his job last year at CIGNA to try his hand at helping socially responsible organizations - including those advocating for meaningful health care reform - achieve their goals. He's blowin' the whistle and you gotta hear it. [22.6MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast July 6, 2009: Part 6 - We Take Your Calls On Healthcare We take your calls on your experiences with healthcare in America. Its getting so bad that other countries wouldn't want to deal with our system if they had it. We also talk about the surprising differences between healthcare in England/Cananda and France/Netherlands. We end the show with a little more Palin talk, and we'll see you next week. [39.59MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast June 22, 2009: Part 1 Its the End of the Tennessee Legislative Session As We Know It (and We're a Bit Queasy) An end of this year's legislative session wrap-up and our listener's help answer the question, "How do you think it went?" Plus, we continue the discussion of the Iranian election, the to-do list, and how social media is not only changing media in America, but also across the world. And the Bill Maher Ticket Giveaway is Back! We doubt Senator Diane Black's staffer will be calling in to win. [76.16MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast June 22, 2009: Part 2- Interview with Sen. Jim Kyle The senator from Memphis gives us an insider's view of this year's legislative session including what it took to pass the budget this year and why Republicans ran away from their version of the budget almost immediately after introducing it. We end the interview with his answers to our "free association" quiz and our signature, "I probably shouldn't be telling you this butÂ…" question. [24.2MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast June 22, 2009: Part 3- Last Call for Bill Maher Tickets We give away our last two tickets to the Bill Maher show at The Ryman Auditorium on June 27th. Congratulations to all our winners! [5.25MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast Part 4- Interview with Dr. Peter Phillips from Project Censored Dr. Peter Phillips joins us to talk about Project Censored, a media democracy project which has been highlighting the 25 most important stories ignored by the mainstream media through an annual publication and website (the most underreported story of 2009 according to the project has been the violent deaths of over one million Iraqis since the beginning of the 2003 United States invasion of Iraq). Dr. Phillips' lecture will be held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1808 Woodmont A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast Part 5- The Wrap Up Guns in bars in Tennessee Stated as fact was that there are 37 (or so) other states that have a law similar to the one just passed in Tennessee. Turns out - funny stuff - it's a big lie. [11MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast June 15, 2009: Part 1 (Part 1) Welcome Back! Intro, news items, and announcing the Bill Maher ticket listener giveaway. Updates on the Iranian presidential election and Ahmadinejad, as well as a quick opening discussion about voting and the paper ballot issue. [23.25MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast June 15, 2009: Interview with Rep. Mike Turner (Part 2) We are joined by Tennessee House Democratic Caucus chair, Mike Turner (D-Old Hickory, the Fightin' 51st!). Hear the interview that has the whole town talking about *gasp* public education reform! Just what did Chairman Turner mean when he said, "We do have a problem with public schools. They were not performing adequately. The problem that we created was because of the political correctness we did in the Sixties. We started busing and closing neighborhood schools." And did he really "accuse ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast June 15, 2009: Interview with Peter Cunningham (Part 3) Interview with Peter Cunningham, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Communications and Outreach at the US. Department of Education. Cunningham talks about President Obama's education goals for the country as well as the ways in which they plan to accomplish them. He addresses the pro's and con's of No Child Left Behind and the case for charter schools. [40.26MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast June 15, 2009: The Hate the Hate Produced (Part4) We give away two tickets to the Bill Maher show at The Ryman Auditorium June 27th. Then a discussion with our listeners about the extent of the influence of the Mass Media - if Rush can turn out people to the polls, why can't he motivate the haters? [51.48MB] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast May 4, 2009: Interview with Doris Kearns Goodwin (Part 2) Doris Kearns Goodwin is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of, among other works, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. On Thursday, May 7th, she will receive the Nichols-Chancellor's Medal from Vanderbilt University, where she will also give the Senior Day address. After she gives us a preview of her speech, we talk about her son's service to our country, baseball, her appearances on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, war, andher advice for budding historians in the I ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast May 4, 2009: Media Matters for America Smackdown and More (Part 4) Media Matter Research Fellow Elbert Ventura joins us to explain how certain conservative media personalities are baselessly blaming Mexican immigrants for spreading swine flu across the border. [9.4MB 08:12] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: (Part 1) Intro, news items, to do list, and the ballad of Bill Freeman. [19.08 MB 16:40] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Care for a Cuppa? (Part 1) Intro, news items, to do list. [32.8 MB 20:27] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Interview with Brian Phelps (Part 2) Brian is a founding board member of Transit Now Nashville, which is working to raise awareness of the benefits of regional mass transit options for the people living in the Nashville area. [19.8 MB 17:15] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: The New Conservative Prohibition (Part 3) Don't say gay, bullying, and the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act. [21.1 MB 20:11] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Interview with Sean Flaherty (Part 4) Sean Flaherty works as a researcher and writes articles on electronic voting issues for the Verified Voting Foundation and VerifiedVoting.org. Why are paper ballots important, why paperless electronic voting machines suck, and if Tennesseans of all political leanings want to be assured that their votes have counted, what is the best thing we can do. [19.4MB 16:58] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Interview with Ben Smith Ben Smith (Part 5) Ben Smith is the Senior Political Writer for Politico, a political journalism organization based in Washington, D.C. for which he has an online running conversation about politics. When he decided to vacation in Nashville he didn't know about the threat of tornados nor did he know that we bug him for an interview. [14.7MB 12:49] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Did we Lose the Culture War? (Part 6) The recent Iowa Supreme Court decision on gay marriage, an update on checks and balances, and Dobson's services are no longer needed. [12.9MB 11:15] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: (Part 2) An Earth Hour recap including the VIP party that sorta forgot it was Earth Hour. [8.25 MB 07:12] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: Interview with Rep Janis Sontany (Part 3) Rep Sontany represents the fightin' 53rd district in the Tennessee state house of representatives. She tells us about her district, her work as a "Humane Legislator" working on and passing a number of animal protection and animal cruelty bills, gun legislation, and the mood on the hill. [31.6 MB 27:35] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: A Metro Council District 18 Election Breakdown (Part 4) Losing candidate David Glasgow issues a statement that highlights on what he thinks the remaining candidates should focus. [11.1MB 09:43] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: Interview with Matt Duss (Part 5) Matthew Duss is a Research Associate the Center for American Progress with a background in Middle East Studies and he joins us to talk about President Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan policy as well as the U.S. bombings inside Pakistan, monetary aid funneled into the country, nation building, and how we can best keep up with our foreign policy. [17.6MB 15:20] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: Media Matters for America Smackdown with Elbert Ventura (Part 6) The mainstream media - following Drudge's lead, of course - thinks our new president is "boring" and "professorial." Awww...what's the matter? You don't want to have a beer with him? [12.33MB 17:50] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: Phone Calls, We get Phone Calls (Part 7) We discuss with our listeners the power the "paranoid stylists" - Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly - have on the mainstream Republican Party, the "evil" Americorp, and of what we should really be afraid. [17.82MB 17:14] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Faux Spring Break (Part 1) Intro and some news items - dumping slurry, buying debt, and gutting voter confidence. [5.6 MB 4:53] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with Kristine LaLonde (Part 2) Joining us as the first of all four Metro Council District 18 candidates is Kristine LaLonde. Kristine is a Belmont-Hillsboro resident and director of the leadership studies program for Honors students at Belmont University. She tells us why she's running, what District 18 means to her, and what would happen if she were elected and a zoning issue involving her employer - Belmont University - came before the council. Plus, what is the secret that her Mom threatened to tell the press? [14.8 M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with Stephenie Dodson (Part 3) Stephenie is a candidate for Metro Council District 18, the Director for Percy Priest Extended Day Program (PPEDP) at Percy Priest Elementary School, and a 25-year resident of the Hillsboro-West End neighborhood. She has also served on the board of the Hillsboro-West End Neighborhood Association for the past nine years. She tells us why she's running, what the endorsement of the Nashville Neighborhood Defense Fund means, and why she didn't fill out the survey from Nashville's premier GLBT n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with John Ray Clemmons (Part 4) Candidate for Metro Council District 18, John Ray is also a lawyer who, among other things, worked as a legislative aide for Congressman Bob Clement, a research assistant for George Stephanopoulos, and the Political Director for the Tennessee Democratic Party. He tells us why he's running, if - after having worked for the campaign of the mayor's runoff opponent - he'll have any difficulty working with Mayor Dean, and what qualifies him - as the District's most recent resident - to run. We a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with David Glasgow (Part 5) David Glasgow, also a candidate for Metro Council District 18, is a lawyer who currently works as the communications director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development office in Nashville. We ask him why he wants to serve the Fightin' 18th! and what makes him uniquely qualified to do so. Plus, we see if our "Repubdar" goes off when he tells us, in light of the recent revelation that he voted in a Republican primary or two, if partisanship is relevant to the way he'll represe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with Lee Poston (Part 6) Lee is the Director of Conservation and Science Communications at World Wildlife Fund. He works on strategic communication plans for WWF's priority places, threats and issues. He's based in D.C. but came to Nashville to talk to us about Earth Hour. [15:16MB 17:50] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Media Matter for America with Elbert Ventura (Part 7) Media Matters research fellow Elbert Ventura joins us to talk about the creepiness that is Glenn Beck. [19.7MB 17:14] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: The Vote You Save May Be Your Own (Part 8) In what is perhaps the most disgustingly anti-American, anti-democratic, and politically cynical maneuver ever, the same Tennessee legislators - Republicans all - who voted for the Voter Confidence Act last year now want to gut it. [11.9MB 10:26] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Dodging a Bullet Redux (Part 1) News, to do list, is this Daylight Savings Time thingy working for us or against us, Councilman Mike Jameson calls a meeting about Riverfront development, and Councilman Jason Holleman's storm water amendment. [37.3 MB 23:13] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Interview with Hal Cato (Part 2) Joining us is Hal cato, president and CEO of Oasis Center, to tell us about their new digs at the Youth Opportunity Center - where Oasis and their partner organizations have banded together to serve young Middle-Tennesseans facing real challenges. Health care, job assistance, counseling, education support, emergency residential services, college counseling, youth leadership opportunities, and even a youth-run business are just some of what they offer all under one roof. [20 MB 12:30] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: The More You Know (Part 3) The more you know the more you are able to make informed decisions based on your values. So it's surprising that Rep. Stacey Campfield, "Rep. Daddy," for the sake of this segment, introduced his "Don't Say Gay" bill which would "prohibit the teaching of or furnishing of materials on human sexuality other than heterosexuality in public school grades K-8." With this legislation, Rep. Daddy once again introduces an unnecessary bill and makes it clear that if he had kids and they went to public ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Interview with Peter Canellos (Part 4) Peter Canellos is Washington bureau chief of The Boston Globe and editor of Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy, the newly published biography of Ted Kennedy by the team at the Globe. It's all in there - his brothers and the Kennedy mystique, Chappaquiddick, universal health care, his political legacy, and the relationship between Kennedy and President Obama. Plus, we get his thoughts on the state of journalism in the digital era and a down economy. [26.4MB 16:29] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Our Ears are Marked by a Conservative Caller (Part 5) Who tries to spread the lie that President Obama promised during his campaign to stop earmark spending and is breaking that promise by signing the spending bill currently being considered in the Senate. We miss Elbert but we don't need him for a smackdown. [8.8MB 5:31] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Making the Sausage is Hard (Part 6) So some legislators take the easy way out by making complex issues appear in stark black and white so they can present them cynically to their constituents. Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN) went on national TV and did it with the issue of Universal healthcare (we replay the audio), and Rep. Debra Maggart did it with an abortion bill (which is why we're once again having a difficult conversation about abortion). [25:13MB 40:04] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: Dodging a Bullet (Part 1) News, to do list, and Lydia Lenker. [15.2 MB 13:14] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: A Vas Right Wing Conspiracy (Part 2) Rep. Karen Camper has the Thatchers to take the fight for control of our reproductive health to the mat. If Republicans truly want the government out of the lives of ordinary people then they will pay attention to HJR132. Snip, snip! And a Republican caller finishes the sentence, "I probably shouldn't be telling you this but..." [19.6 MB 17:07] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: Interview with Francie Hunt (Part 3) Francie is the organizer for the Nashville chapter of Stand for Children, which is pushing for an innovative teacher quality program. She tells us what Stand does, what the program entails, and why its so important the our goal of turning public schools into palaces. [20.2 MB 17:37] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: It's the Empathy, Stupid (Part 4) Wait. That didn't come out right. A listener has an interesting take on empathy which leads to a interesting discussion on who is responsible for giving a hand up to the least among us. Plus, Mary experienced a severe lack of the big "E" when she went down to the TNGOP sponsored "Tea Party" rally at the State Capitol, and the rally itself may not have been as spontaneous as some would like us to believe. [10.7MB 09:22] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: Interview with Timothy Karr (Part 5) Tim is the campaign director of Free Press, a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. He helps us take on the Fairness Doctrine (and identify who is really behind manipulating the issue) and tells us what we can expect from the FCC now that there's a Democrat in charge. [17.2MB 14:59] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: Media Matters for America Smackdown (Part 6) The one where Elbert Ventura, research fellow at Media Matters for America, quizzes us on CPAC, reviles the revisionist Republicans and their Right-washing of history, and giggles about Andrew Breitbart's myopic take on talk radio, and dreams of a sitcom starring Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken. [14.7MB 12:51] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: The Tea Party Debriefing (Part 7) Conversations about big, important issues - like the ones we're having about the economic stimulus, empathy, and giving people a hand up - are hard. And, unfortunately, it's the most cynical of us that prey on their fellow Americans in times of crisis and use these conversations to divide the country and shore up their base. Plus, keep an eye on those Photo ID bills flying through the General Assembly. [25.6MB 16:00] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 23, 2009: Oh, Sean Penn...Really? (Part 1) Oscar recap, Liberadio(!) dance party, to do List, a preview of Tuesday night's State of the Union that isn't a State of the Union, and take it from one commie, homo-lovin', son-of-gun to another, Sean Penn's acceptance speech will not move the dialogue on marriage equality in a good direction. [29.3 MB 18:16] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 23, 2009: Interview with Alan Coverstone (Part 2) Alan represents District 9 on the Metro Nashville Public School Board of Education. Generally, we ask him why our public schools aren't yet palaces. More specifically, we ask about school choice, expanded options, the most recent (and controversial) student assignment plan, the new Director of Schools, tension within the system and pressure from outside sources, and what we can do to engage in the process of constantly improving our public schools. [39.8 MB 24:48] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 23, 2009: Don't They Have Anything Better to Do? (Part 3) Do you mean to tell us that Tennessee's General Assembly is completely in the hands of Republicans for the first time since Reconstruction and they have nothing better to do than introduce legislation that infringes on the reproductive rights of women? Is that what Tennesseans voted for? Or did we want something to be done about our bottom-of-the-barrel health statistics? And if reducing the number of abortions is really a goal instead of political calculus, we all know there is a smarter w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 23, 2009: Interview with Heather Boushey (Part 4) Dr. Boushey doesn't have a beard but she is a high-profile economist, which can only mean one thing - she's a good-looking woman with a keen sense of history! She's also a senior economist for Center for American Progress and she joins us to assess what it would mean for a red state like Tennessee to reject the economic stimulus cash, what Americans can expect from this bill, President Obama's policy package designed to address America's mortgage and foreclosure crisis, what's expected in t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 16, 2009: Abe's #1! George is #36! (Part 1) It's Presidents day and as always, there's a song in our hearts - and on Mary's lips. Plus, the economic stimulus plan passes both the House and the Senate despite Joe Scarborough, all the other nattering nabobs of negativity, and a whole mess of rigid Republicans. [38.1 MB 23:48] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 16, 2009: Was, Is, and Ever Shall Be a Harpy of the Left (Part 3) A conservative caller has a problem with - wait for it - President Barack Obama's power grab. [17.5 MB 10:56] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 16, 2009: Interview with Christopher Sanders (Part 4) Tennessee Equality Project president Chris Sanders somehow knows that the way into our hearts is through our stomachs, so we gladly accept his gift of cheese danish. But he didn't come all the way to the studio just to feed us, he came to tell us about the TNEP's Advancing Equality Day on the Hill (when he and other members of the GLBT community and their supporters across the state come to Nashville to visit with their elected officials), his secret Big Gay Agenda, and whether or not he's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast February 16, 2009: Yes, He Was Born in America and No, He Doesn't Want to Kill Old People (Part 5) Sooner or later we had to address the birth certificate issue and what better week than when four - count'em 4! - Tennessee state legislators sign onto a yet-to-be-filed lawsuit to force President Barack Obama to release his birth certificate. Then, we further debunk the already-debunked assertion that he will also be telling your when and where to make the incision for your emergency appendectomy. [30MB 18:43] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 9, 2009 It's all Fun and Games on Valentine's Day Until Somebody Loses an Eye (Part 1) This week's Liberadio(!) "To Do" list is supplemented by the Liberadio(!) "I Do" list. Don't miss your chance to get hitched by John Arriola and the romantic County Clerk staff! Plus, one state Representative was for free and fair elections before he was against them, and a caller, who apparently just woke up out of an 8-year coma, accuses "liberals" of ignoring history. [36.9 MB 23:00] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 9, 2009 Interview with Chip Forrester (Part 2) Chip. The Chipster. Chipinator. He's the newly minted chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party and he's answering our questions about fundraising, reaching out to the old bulls, encouraging the grass roots, the 95-county strategy, welcoming new ideas, staffing decisions, the income tax, feeding the trolls, expanding the base, technology, and "I probably shouldn't be telling you this but...." [37.3 MB 23:15] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 2, 2009 Kitty Half Time Show (Part 1) Show intro, Super Bowl Sunday, news and to do list. [37.3 MB 23:16] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 2, 2009 Interview with Congressman Jim Cooper (Part 2) Congressman Cooper (TN, D-The Fightin' 5th!)) answers questions about fiscal responsibility, his recent NO vote on the economic stimulus plan, the TVA, Change-Congress.org, and FISA. [49.3 MB 30:45] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 2, 2009 Say it, Barney! (Part 3) We agree with Barney Frank - why has fiscal responsibility all of a sudden become an issue with our conservative friends? Plus, the world famous Dave Cloud asks us a very interesting question. [14.7 MB 9:09] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 2, Interview with Eleanor Smeal (Part 4) Eleanor Smeal is the President of the Feminist Majority Foundation, which is dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence, and the publisher of Ms. Magazine. We talk to her about the Global Gag Rule - how it has affected women's health around the world and what will happen now that President Obama signed an executive order reversing it. Plus, the United Nations Population Fund, the anti-choice movement, Sarah Palin, and the Family Planning Provisions in the Stimulus ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 2, 2009 Senate Bill Hey! What are You Guys Doing in There? (Part 5) A new bill (SB0078) introduced into the Tennessee General Assembly by Senator Paul Stanley, wants to make it impossible for unmarried co-habitants (*wink, wink*) to adopt children. Yeah, like the guy from KISS should be judging anybody. [14.3MB 8:54] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 2, 2009 The Media Matters for America Smackdown (Part 6) Media Matters for America research fellow Elbert Ventura takes on the Republican Leadership - Rush Limbaugh. [21.7MB 13:31] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 2, 2009 Talk Radio Represent! (Part 7) A caller wants to know when right-wing talk radio will go away. Plus, an appropriate clip from The Daily Show. [6.9MB 4:18] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 26, 2009 Interview with Rep. Mike Turner (Part 2) Rep. Turner (D-The Fightin' 51st!) was recently elected Democratic House Caucus chair. Despite facing many obstacles - sexual harassment charges against the Republican Speaker he helped elect, a vengeful majority leader, rabid State Republican Party operatives, a potentially fractured State Democratic Party, candidate recruitment, a looming and potentially disastrous redistricting scenario, and a Governor's race that's already starting to heat up - Mr. Turner assures us that the House Dems ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 26, 2009 A Birdseye View from the Vote for TNDP Chair (Part 3) A Birdseye View from the Vote for TNDP Chair. We've heard the stories of all the political arm-twisting surrounding the election of the TNDP chair over the weekend, but what did it look like on the ground? [18.9 MB 11:48] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 26, 2009 Interview with Clay Risen (Part 4) Clay is the founding managing editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas and the author of the fascinating new book, A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination. The book studies in detail the week following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and discusses both the immediate and long-range impact of the events, including a persuasive argument that those events were the catalyst for the urban decay that followed in many of America's large cities. [40.4MB 25:11] ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 26, 2009 The Media Matters for America Smackdown (Part 5) Media Matters research fellow Elbert Ventura thought he was done too but then he realized that although the administration has changed, the media has most definitely not. So, it's back to airing out the misrepresentations - he does the lies about President Obama's economic stimulus plan and we squeeze in the lies about closing Guantanamo Bay. [26.2MB 25:11] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 19, 2009 1 Day, 3 Hours, 52 minutes, and 12 Seconds (Part 1) It truly is The Best Week Ever! and not only because our BackwardsBush.com Countdown keychain is almost obsolete. All the hope, friendly good-fellowship, giving, celebration, and participatory democracy in the air is making us woozy - but totally in a good way! Visit USAservice.org, pic2009.com, NashvilleForAllofUs.org, VolunteerNashville.com, thenashvillefreepress.com, and Nashville.gov/vote. [18.6 MB 11:36] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 19, 2009 Interview with Rev. Enoch Fuzz (Part 2) Rev. Fuzz is the Senior Pastor of the Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church and one of the chairs of The Music City USA President's Inauguration Day Charity Ball-the first ever in Nashville-which will be held Tuesday night, 1/20, at 7 pm, at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel. (Tickets still available at volunteernashville.com). Rev. Fuzz has plans not just tomorrow night but for our future as well and he joins a growing list of impressive Nashvillians who will help lead us out of the past. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 19, 2009 Against/Against on Thursday, January 22 (Part 4) We've devoted a lot of air time to the vote against the English Only referendum and we're not going to stop now with only three days before the election. Learn why Councilman Eric Crafton made the New York Times print a retraction, why he bailed on a locally televised TV debate against David Briley, and why he's hiding the referendum's funding source (hint: it's because they're not based in Nashville and have serious credibility problems). Seriously, it's enough to put a serious damper on T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 19, 2009 Ken Whitehouse, State Political Correspondent (Part 5) The Oscar Madison of Tennessee political reporting (not sure if he's messy, lives with a man, or likes sports - but he does wear a baseball cap!) joins us to give us the play by play of last week's opening day shenanigans in the General Assembly. Is newly minted Speaker of the House Kent Williams really the devil? Will he stay a Republican? What happened while House Republicans prematurely celebrated their victory? And what about those pesky constitutional officers? [36.6MB 22:50] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 19, 2009 1 Day, 2 Hours, 11 Minutes, and 18 Seconds (Part 6) More fun with Ken and one last plea to get out and vote Against/Against on Thursday, January 22. Do it to honor the memory of Dr. King, to celebrate the inauguration of Hope and Change, and to ensure that when we wake up on Friday, this really was The Best Week Ever! [23.5MB 14:41] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 12, 2009 Straight Only, White Only, Christian Only, Republican Only, Women Only (Part 1) Oh when oh when will it end? When you get out and vote against/against! [6 MB 03:48] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 12, 2009 Interview with Tom Negri (Part 2) Tom is the Managing Director of Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel, on the board of the Chamber of Commerce, and a founding member of Nashville's Coalition For Education About Immigration. He knows real immigration reform and what's good for business and Councilman Eric Crafton's English Only referendum is neither. [40.2 MB 25:04] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 12, 2009 Interview with Dr. David Rosnick (Part 4) In this interview, bearded economist Dr. Rosnick of the Center for Economic and Policy Research does just what his organization promises, he presents the economic crisis, President-Elect Obama's stimulus package, and the bailout in a progressive, accurate and understandable manner. And it's always nice to hear an economist giggle. [25MB 15.34] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 5, 2009 Interview with Paul Golden (Part 4) The Marketing and Communications Project Manager for the National Endowment for Financial Education helps us navigate through one of the most popular of New Year's resolutions - getting your financial house in order. (23.6MB 14:43) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 5, 2009 Mr. Franken? Mr. Franken Votes Aye (Part 3) The U.S. Senate shenanigans are heating up as winners get announced and threats of barring the door of the chamber fly. We practice for when Al Franken becomes a Senator, wonder what Howard Dean will do next, and reminisce about a trip to Memphis. (19.2 MB 11:58) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 5, 2009 Interview with Councilwoman at large Megan Barry (Part 2) Councilwoman Barry sheds some light on how Councilman Eric Crafton's English Only amendment would negatively affect the governing of the city of Nashville. It's not pretty. (38.3 MB 23:52) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: January 5, 2009 The 8 Days of New Year's Eve? (Part 1) Applying the multiple nights of one holiday to another may seem like a good idea, but since the news won't stop - coal ash, Mayor Dean, and Bill Frist etc. - I guess the Liberadio(!) holiday party will have to. (32.6 MB 20:20) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: December 1, 2008 All the News That Fits (Part 1) This year's Black Friday is the blackest yet, alternative shopping options, and the election season ain't over 'til it's over. [81.1MB 51:04] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: December 1, 2008 Interview with Dr. Craig Holman (Part 2) Dr. Holman is the Legislative Representative for Public Citizen and as such serves as the organization's Capitol Hill lobbyist on campaign finance and governmental ethics. He tells us that we can love President-elect Obama, we just can't LOVVVVVVE President-elect Obama. Public Citizen, through their new website, Becoming44.org, will help us connect the dots between new appointees and the special interests they represent. Addendum: the study that Dr. Holman references in this interview which ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: December 1, 2008 Against/Against (Part 3) Let the English-Only discussion begin! On January 22 it'll be time to get our butts back to the voting booth to vote against "English-only" for Metro Nashville. In this segment we discuss why with one of our faithful conservative callers. Plus, think George Bush is a lame duck? Think again. [40.2MB 25:05] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 24, 2008 - Interview with Tennessee State Senator Andy Berke (Part 2) Interview with Senator Andy Berke - No! Not the Chattanooga Choo-Choo! Tweetin' State Senator Berke represents the 10th District of Tennessee (the Fightin' 10th!), which includes parts of Hamilton and Marion counties. He's a Democrat and proud of it. We find out why. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 24, 2008 - The Turkeys from Jasper Farms Are Back (Part 3) Nothing Says "Thanksgiving" Like The West Wing. The turkeys from Jasper Farms are back and much more relevant than either Phil Valentine or Rush Limbaugh. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 10 - You Have 60 Seconds to Celebrate...Good! Now Back to Work (Part 1) What's an election day wrap-up without a call from Remo, Mary's Independent Dad. Plus, confusion and disenfranchisement on Election Day for Vanderbilt Students, a healthy and appropriate response from the media to voter problems, and Nell Levin from the Tennessee Alliance for Progress calls in to ask, "What's next?" (19:09 30.7MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 10 - Interview with Gray Sasser (Part 2) The Chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party breaks Election Day down for us - the good, the bad, and the ugly. What does it mean for Tennesseans? For Nashvillians? Who's to blame? Where do we go from here? And although Gray's "blame me and let's move on" attitude is honorable, a solid understanding of what happened is absolutely necessary - lest we be condemned to repeat history. (33:46 54.1MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 10 - Media Matters for America Smackdown (Part 3) Research Fellow Elbert Ventura smacks down the advancing narrative that "America is a center-right nation" while explaining how certain media folk can label President-elect Barack Obama a Socialist one week and a Reagan Democrat the next. Was it something he won? (09:25 15MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 10 - Tennessee Lives in Infamy (Part 4) Tennesseans, get ready to spend the next two years fighting the last remaining gasps of the culture war on both a state and local level. First up, defeating Councilman Eric Crafton's out of state funded "English Only" bill. (05:53 9.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 10 - Interview with John McFadden and Chris Ford (Part 5) John McFadden, Executive Director of the Tennessee Environmental Council, and Chris Ford, Executive Director of Tennessee Conservation Voters,, give us the scoop on the Second Annual Summit for a Sustainable Tennessee, happening this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. What is sustainability and what does it mean for all Tennesseans? Plus, what can we do to move a sustainable agenda forward. (19:42 31.6MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 13 - Get Your Vote On (Part 1) Early voting has begun and the turnout should frighten those people who thought that slinging mud and stoking fear would change this election's momentum. (16:13 26MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 13 - Interview with Christopher Sanders (Part 2) President and founding board member of the Tennessee Equality Project. National Coming Out Day and the 10th Anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard coincide with the Connecticut decision to allow same-sex marriage. (16:34 26.5MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 13 - Interview with Interview with Connie Smith (Part 3) Interview with Connie Smith, Tennessee's Assistant Commissioner of Accountability, Teaching, and Learning at the Tennessee Department of Education. (14:54 23.9MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 13 - Liberadio(!) Guests and Listeners are Smarty Boots (Part 4) FOL* Paul Krugman wins a big prize, Debate '08 breakdown, Governor Palin hearts the Alaska Independence Party, and we get a very nice phone call. (25:40 41.1MB) *Friend of Liberadio(!) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 13 - Media Matters for America Smackdown (Part 5) Media Matters Research Fellow, Elbert Ventura, learned this week that ACORN makes conservative pundit a little nutty. (12:53 20.06MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 13 - The False Narrative of "Voter Fraud" (Part 6) Election fraud and voter suppression is a very real problem. Voter fraud? Not so much. (15:36 25MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 6: Part 3 Media Matters for America with Elbert Ventura Elbert is, unsurprisingly, disappointed in the media's coverage of the debates thus far. (13:05 21MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 6: Part 2 with David Earnhardt On the near eve of another big election, we welcome back documentarian David Earnhardt for an update on Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections and the impact it has had on our electoral system. (22:57 36.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 6: Part 1 with John Seigenthaler With Nashville in the spotlight last week, we were honored to have John Seigenthaler, one of the most important witnesses to Nashville and American history, join us to discuss the debates and the presidential race. And, of course, the First Amendment. (20:23 32.7MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: September 30: We Don't Want to Talk About It There are some things you have to talk about even though they are painful to discuss. And then there are other things that you can get away with simply sweeping under an imploded stadium. Mary's Dad calls in with one of the above.... (21:19 34.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: September 30: Taking Liberty with Naomi Wolf We speak with Ms. Wolf about her new book, Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, a guide to, and urgent plea for, participatory democracy. Get Up! Stand Up! (21:35 34.6MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Libeardio(!) Podcast: September 30: Why So Blue, Dog? with Congressman Jim Cooper Residents of the Fightin' 5th! hear from their congressman, Jim Cooper, about the bailout, how helpful McCain's intervention was, and why this might not even be the biggest deal. (07:05 11.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 30, 2008 Part 4 Interview with Denver Schimming Denver is a prison reform activist working for for-profit prison accountability. (19:57 32MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 30, 2008 Part 3 Does it matter that John McCain doesn't understand the TCP/IP handshake? Probably not. Does it matter that he doesn't know the price of gas? Yes. Yes. Did we say yes? (11:02 17.7MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 30, 2008 Part 2 Interview with Gray Sasser FOL* and all-around mensch, Gray Sasser, is our guest. It was a big week for the Democratic Party what with all the Unity flying around. Chairman Sasser clues us in to what it means for Tennessee Democrats. And, much to his wife's chagrin, we make him revisit his youth and sing the Preamble to the Constitution. (22:09 35.5MB) *Friend of Liberadio(!) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 30, 2008 Part 1 A Fourth of July rundown and did you ever get the feeling that the Republican party are giving the American people the finger? (20:07 32.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 23, 2008 Sweet (Crude) Mother of God After seven years of failed energy policy, tax subsidies to big oil, weak fuel economy standards, and the systematic dismantling of the EPA, President Bush has the nerve to blame the Democrats. (13.72 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 23, 2008 A Populist Revolt is Hard Work Political journalist, nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author David Sirota talks about his latest book, The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington and the good swift kick Democrats like Lincoln Davis of Tennessee need because, despite polls showing more than 2/3 of the American people want to begin drawing troops out of Iraq, he still thinks that becoming the "anti-war party isn't beneficial to Democrats in 2008?. (14.67 MB) ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 16, 2008 The State of Media Matters The state of Media Matters is very strong, says research Elbert Ventura, and so is the state of the Obama campaign as they Fight the Smears. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 16, 2008 Empathy is the New Black- Interview with George Lakoff It's all here in our interview with Dr. George Lakoff, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science and the author of Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values, Frame the Debate, and the just released The Political Mind - Why you can't Understand 21st Century Politics with an 18th Century Brain: How we are so easily manipulated by right wing propaganda, the definition of "framing," the institutional and successful use of framing by Republicans, why continue to Democrats ignore f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 9, 2008 Part 1 We made a bet. Mary thinks she won. But Freddie won't pay until August. (20:08 32.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 2, 2008 Part 7 Old McCongress had a Farm Bill..Eee-V-E-T-O. (08:28 13.6MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 2, 2008 Part 6 MMFA Smackdown Media Matters for American Smackdown - Media Matters' new report solidifies what we knew all along - the anti-immigrant sentiment whipped up by Dobbs, O'Reilly, and Hannity is all based on lies. (15:34 24.9MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 2, 2008 Part 5 Interview with John Geer John Geer is a political science professor at Vanderbilt University. We discuss identity politics, the high stakes tie between the Democratic candidates, negative campaigning, Senator Clinton's claim that she is entitled to her votes in Michigan, and the class he taught on Genetics and Politics. (18:54 30.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 2, 2008 Part 4 The decisions of the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the D.N.C. are deconstructed. (08:50 14.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 2, 2008 Part 3 Accusations of foreign policy inexperience by the McCain campaign is a prime example of the McPot calling the kettle black. (11:40 18.7MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 2, 2008 Part 2 Perhaps what Metro Nashville needs are some Super School Board members to help sort out these redistricting questions. (12:31 20MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: June 2, 2008 Part 1 It's all over now but we had a good time talking about it with Caspar, our Danish buddy. (21:52 35MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: May 5, 2008 Part 5 MMFA Smackdown Media Matters for American Smackdown - The Daily Telegraph in the UK just released their 50 Most Influential U.S. Political Pundits and Stephen Colbert didn't make the top 10. Sheesh. No wonder why we declared our independence. (23:27 37.6MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: May 5, 2008 Part 2 Interview with Renee Paradis Interview with Renée Paradis - Renée Paradis is counsel for the non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice and works to reform the process of voter registration, including fighting restrictions on voter registration drives and advocating for student voting rights. She's tell us if we have the right to vote and why the Supreme Court got it wrong in Indiana. (22:08 35.47MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: April 28, 2008 Interview with Congressman Jim Cooper Interview with Congressman Jim Cooper - There's so much to talk about - Lawrence Lessig's Change Congress initiative, earmarks, FISA, his Inspector General bill, election integrity - that we make the congressman late for class. Oops. Our bad. (12:19 19.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: April 28, 2008 Part 3 Hundreds of thousands dead, maimed and psychologically scared, millions displaced from their homes, $700 billion dollars in the hole - and we're right back where we started. (06:46 10.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 11, 2008 Part 3 We talk about our silver-bullet theory and take your calls about education in Nashville and school choice. Plus, Robin Morgan's thought-provoking essay, Goodbye To All That (#2). Would some of the overt misogyny we see directed towards Senator Clinton be tolerated if it was overt racism directed towards Senator Obama? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: February 11, 2008 Part 1 Super Fat Tornado Tuesday, the Federal Government's response to disasters, empathy, buh-bye Mitt, and we love us some Dr. Beardy. Usually, Plus, WeeklyRadioAddress.com explains signing statements. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcasts: February 4, 2008 Part 5 We find out that the French have a better system of voting then we do. Sacrebleu! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcasts: February 4, 2008 Part 4 Media Matters for America Smackdown with Elbert Ventura. How does the media deal with issues of poverty? One guess. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcasts: February 4, 2008 Part 3 Interview with Jennifer Van Bergen, a lawyer and journalist who first wrote about President Bush's signing statements. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcasts: February 4, 2008 Part 2 Interview with Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections Filmmaker, David Earnhardt Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcasts: February 4, 2008 Part 1 The Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, the confusing primary process, what baseballs are made of, and WeeklyRadioAddress.com skewers the State of the Union. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Homeless Vets Should Camp Out on O'Reilly's Lawn Our homeless veterans should all camp out on Bill O'Reilly's lawn. Oh, wait?they wouldn't all fit. (:08:38 13.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Interview with Councilwoman Erica Gilmore Newly minted Councilwoman, Erica Gilmore, joins us so we can better know her district - the fightin' 19th! Enclave Mike has a nice synopsis. (27.37MB 17:05) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Beyond, Beyond Vietnam It's Martin Luther King's day and time to celebrate the life of a man who fought for civil rights and, in his later years, railed against the Vietnam War. And it's so awesome that the Democrats have both a woman and an African-American in this year's presidential race but we can't wait for the time when even candidacies like these won't make news. That's our dream. (36.4MB 22:44) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: That Guy's Insane No, not Elbert Ventura, Research Fellow for Media Matters for America who joins us each week to discuss what matters in the Media. It's that other guy - Chris Matthews - who's finally being held accountable for his inflammatory and misogynistic statements. What a maroon. (:23:20 37.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Ambigously Partisan Duo Meet Addison Pate, President of the Davidson County Young Democrats, and Aaron Dorn, Chairman of the Davidson County Young Republicans. These two very nice young men are under the impression that all this partisan bickering does nothing to move our country forward. Kids today. Sheesh. (:23:37 38MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: One Extra Large Flyswatter, Please It's a cold day in hell on Liberadio(!) when we read a certain right-wing talk radio hosts' Sunday column and our heads don't explode. Plus, the integrity of our elections are still suspect, Rep. Rob Briley's balancing act, Fred Thompson as Dick Gephardt, and isn't "lozenge" a fun word to say? (:24:58 40MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: McCain Wins Iowa! McCain Wins Iowa! It's time for Elbert Ventura of Media Matters to de-spinify (It's a word. Look it up.) what we hear on the radio and the TV. Despite what we may have heard from Chris Matthews, John McCain did not win the Iowa Caucus. Plus, Phil Valentine wants to find out just how low he can go and Tennessee is gearing up for the fight against electronic voting machines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Rock the FairVote In this segment we learn that persistence is the key to accountability. Plus, we're joined by Rob Richie, Executive director of FairVote, an organization with the goal of transforming our elections to include a constitutionally protected right to vote, a national popular vote for president, instant runoff voting for executive elections and proportional voting for legislative elections. After the Iowa Caucus he wrote, "Iowa and the early primaries highlight the need ? and real opportunity ? ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Happy 378 Days To Go! It's our first show of 2008 and we reveal that the Bush administration takes "taking out the trash day" to a whole new level. And apparently there's a campaign of some sort going on. Plus we get a call from Liberadio(!)'s littlest listener who wants to know what ol' Hollywood Fred is up to. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 19, 2007 Naked in Nashville, Interview with PETA's Dan Mathews After we get done talking about our Thanksgiving Holiday and climate change, we get a call from Dan Mathews, Senior Vice President for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (aka PETA). Dan is an extraordinary activist who takes the "f" out of fur and puts it in fun. He's also the author of Committed: A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir. (33.72MB, 20 minutes) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 12, 2007 We've Got Your Back, Jim Big Hollywood Conglomerates are messing with our daily dose of The Colbert Report and we're not happy about it. Oh, and we think the writers should be fairly compensated for their work, too. Plus, it seems as if Americans' entertainment tastes as polarized as our political views, America's national debt just breached $9 trillion for the first time ever, and the Weekly Standard's William Kristol's continues his descent into irrelevancy. (40.1MB, :25:01) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 12, 2007 Objection to a Depleted Environment Sustained On Monday we also interviewed localU.S. Green Building Councilspokesperson Jamie Qualk andTennessee Environmental Councilexecutive director John McFadden, who have also helped organize this weekend'sSummit for a Sustainable Tennessee, being held at Lipscomb University. Since the interview Friend of Liberadio(!) Kami has informed us that the organizers have agreed to let anyone interested in for FREE on SATURDAY which is a half day. The event is for non-profits, governmental agencies, busine ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 12, 2007 Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections Our guest is David Earnhardt, an Emmy award winning producer and director and partner with the prestigious Nashville production company, Earnhardt Pirkle. His latest labor of love and the topic of our discussion is his documentaryUncounted: The New Math of American Elections, which shows how the election fraud that changed the outcome of the 2004 election led to even greater fraud in 2006 - and now looms as an unbridled threat to the outcome of the 2008 election. And you said we were crazy. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 12, 2007 Stand Down, Georgie, Stand Down Please It's Veterans Day and what better day to discuss honoring our service men and women as well as the worthwhile work of organizations likeVeterans for Peace,Vote Vets, andOperation Stand Down Nashville, which organizes a community-based event that provides homeless veterans with a wide range of necessities including food, clothing, medical, and legal assistance, and job counseling. (37.25MB, :23:15) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 29, 2007 Media Matters for America Smackdown If it's Monday then it's the Media Matters for America Smackdown with research fellow, Elbert Ventura. And it's time to expose yet another gaffe by the King of Sticking his foot in it, Bill O'Reilly. This time he rejects JK Rowling for teaching tolerance. Oh, the horror. (42MB, approx 25 minutes) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 29, 2007 Carah Ong's Majestic Presence In this segment we call on Carah Ong, Iran Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, to brief us on the Bush Administration's sanctions against Iran, including designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction and labeling its elite Quds force as a supporter of terrorism. As you'd expect, the sanctions aren't what they seem. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 29, 2007 Mothers Acting Up, the Interview Int his segment we interview Paige La Grone Babcock, the Nashville Community Organizer and National Outreach Coordinator for Mothers Acting Up, a movement of mothers publicly and passionately advocating for the world's children. Paige very eloquently said that MAU believes that mothers are a giant force to be reckoned with and that together they can work towards prioritizing children in corporate and public policies. And they know how to have fun! Check out the MAU events in Nashville this ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 29, 2007 Part One It's our Halloween show and Freddie's wearing ass-less leather chaps and carrying a wand. Talk about scary. Plus, all those people who think Rudy Giuliani's a maverick simply don't understand baseball. And we pick our ticket: Colbert/Dumbledore '08! (47.38MB, approx 30 minutes) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!): October 22, 2007 Dr. Beardy, I presume? An Interview with Paul Krugman In this segment we interview Beardy, alias "Dr. Beardy" and "Paul Krugman" and "Yale Economist" and "New York Times Columnist." When it comes to the failings of the Bush administration, he pulls no punches in his new book, The Conscience of a Liberal, or in this interview. We think "President Beardy" has a nice ring to it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!): October 22, 2007 Media Matters for America Smackdown If it's Monday, it must be time for the Media Matters for America Smackdown with Elbert Ventura. He found out Michelle Malkin's home address, and he lets us know what he's planning for Halloween. (45.39MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!): October 22, 2007 Interview with Congressman Jim Cooper Coop--er, Congressman Cooper--tries to qualify as Liberadio(!)'s BFF in making an unprecedented 4th appearance. He's almost got 5-timer status. Which is the perfect number of appearances for a Congressman from the fightin' 5th! Can he prevent World War III? Can he ensure that all Americans receive access to health insurance? Can he help the nation move on by not requiring an act of Congress to condemn MoveOn? (50.04MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!): October 15, 2007 Interview with John Flansburgh FOL John Flanbsurgh of They Might Be Giants is back and better than ever. We discuss Julie Andrews and the possible anti-semitic theme that runs through The Sound of Music, strident 3-year-olds, and TMBG's latest album, The Else. (23.64MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!): October 15, 2007 LibeRound Table It's a Liberadio(!) Round Table discussion with former Tennessean columnist Tim Chavez, Press Secretary for the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus, Addison Pate, and Clean Cities of Middle Tennessee Executive Director, Dave Pelton. Is health care a right? And do Republicans really believe Al Gore is a do-nothing and the Nobel Peace Prize isn't worth the parchment paper it's written on? (52MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!): October 15, 2007 Media Matters for America Smackdown What do you get when you mix two sleep-deprived radio hosts, one research fellow, John Gibson, and Ann Coulter? The Media Matters for America Smackdown with Elbert Ventura! (77.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!): October 15, 2007 Part 1 Al Gore wins the noble prize (but he only came in 3rd for Nashville's Best Local Liberal ?Ed.) and unlike the right-wing media echo chamber, we think it's not only a huge deal but also something to celebrate mightily. (56.62MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Listen to: He's Comfortable with "Flack" OK, so Holleman's surprise was John Spragens, former Nashville Scene staffer and current Congressman Jim Cooper "flack." In this segment of Monday's show we keep him on the phone to talk about an SCHIP veto override, Coop's (He let's us call him "Coop." OK, no he doesn't) legislation to strengthen inspectors general and reform the accountability process, Iran, and how the Democrats - including his boss - got suckered into a MoveOn.org NY Times ad kerfuffle with Republicans. (approx. 20 minu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Better Know a District with Councilman Jason Holleman Councilman Jason Holleman of the Fightin' 24! helps us kick off our Better Know a District series in which we talk to as many district council folk as will come talk to us. We cover the new council, zoning, historic overlays (a hot topic in the fightin' 24th!), and the size of the council. We even surprise him with a Mystery Guest-type special phone call! Councilman Holleman, this is your life! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Interview with Kate Blofson, Prometheus Radio Kate Blofson of Prometheus Radio joins us to give us an update on Low Power FM stations like our own Radio Free Nashville and the fight against media consolidation. (approx 20 minutes, 29.44MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Health Care Is Morally a Right During the first hour of Monday's show, we talk about health care. Is it a right? A privilege? Why is George Bush lying to make his veto look good? And if rights come from God, and you're an atheist, does that mean you don't have any rights at all? What we do know is that Phil Valentine is wrong. We do have a health-care crisis in this country and we do not the best health care on the planet. (approx 50 minutes, 82.77MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The O'Racist Factor We've got two - count'em, two! - Screaming Tightie Rightie segments. In the first, Bill O'Reilly proclaims black people to be just like everybody else. Thanks for clearing that up, Bill. In the second, Manhattan prep school and Harvard-educated Project for a New American Century hack, Bill Kristol, angrily denounces those darned "liberal universities." Sucks to think critically, doesn't it, Bill? (13.47 12.6MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Petraeus's Report, Part 2 Mary and Lonnie continue their discussion on how to end the war in Iraq and the abdication of Democrats' responsibility in doing so. They also get a call and a seranade from Rob the singin' truck driver and new friend of the show. Welcome aboard, Rob! (19.9MB, approx. 20 minutes) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Petraeus's Report, Part 1 Lonnie Atkinson fills in for Freddie and gives General David Petraeus's report an "F" for plagiarism and his army record a "D" for deception. In an unexpected twist, however, Senate Republicans, get an A for asking the General just the right questions. (20.7MB, approx. 20 minutes) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Bizarro World of the Media's Iraq War Coverage Once again it's time for the Media Matters for America Smackdown with Media Matters Research Fellow, Elbert Ventura. This time, the media pretends that some Iraq war critics are supporters and some Iraq war supporters are critics. Elbert tells us why and what effect it's having on the mainstream media coverage of the news. (10.39MB, approx. 10 minutes) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Fightin' 51st! In this segment of the show, Mary and guest co-host, Lonnie Atkinson, interview State House Representative Mike Turner of Nashville's 51st district (the Fightin' 51st!). Topics include Rep. Rob Briley, Gail Kerr, the death penalty, and innocent death row inmate, Paul House. (14.13MB, approx. 14 minutes) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Ahmed Mustafa, 3 Years Old, We Remember You In this segment, Mary and guest co host, Lonnie Atkinson, interview Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. Back in the day, Kelly helped initiate Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign to end the UN/US sanctions against Iraq in 1996 and has been to that country many times since then. In an emotional interview, Kelly suggests that there's another, more humanitarian way forward in Iraq that doesn't include our complete withdrawal nor the continued waste of blood and tre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Interview with Mayoral Candidate Karl Dean Mayoral candidate Karl Dean is our guest in this segment of today's show. Dean survived the general election challenge, coming in first out of 7 candidates, and will square off against Bob Clement in the runoff on September 11th. Karl gives us an update on the post-general election, pre-run off race in general and fills us in on his particular vision for the future of Nashville (which, by the way, he already knows to be a great city!). Sustainability, education, public safety, 287g, the pro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Run, Run, Run, Run, Run off Summary: In the first part of this morning's show we run down the run off. Take it away, Grandmaster Flash! We were standing on the corner 'round Freddie's bike, When we realized we were king and queen of the mic. The election had passed and what did we see? A runoff election - Nashville's legacy! Neither Gentry, Dozier, Eaton, or Briley, Could keep pace with Dean and Clement, they were wiley. But even those two came up short of the gold, So there's a run off election, the metro charter ha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Dear Harold Ford, Love Markos Moulitsas It's the first day of school. Don't forget your uniforms! Today's lesson is, if you're a Democrat please do not attack other Democrats with Republican talking points. Mr. Ford? Mr. Ford? HAROLD! Turn around and pay attention! (30:50 28.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Interview with Dr. John Geer, Super Political Scientist! Our guest is John Geer, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University, Editor of The Journal of Politics, and author of In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns. How fortuitous to have a Political Scientist on the show on the day Turd Blossom resigns! Geer recently penned a piece in the Tennessean entitled, "Negative' Campaigns help lay bare facts that voters need" in which he wrote that it was "no surprise that negativity was not part of this l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Pander Bear In the first half hour of today's show Karl Rove resigns; Mary has an anxiety dream starring Stephen Colbert; Surprise! there's another election in September; Bob Clement panders; and Hell No! Howard Gentry won't endorse. (26:59 24.7MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Interview with Andy Allman In this episode we interview Andy Allman chairman of the Sumner County Democratic Party. He became active in Democratic politics after he became disillusioned with the Republican Party. It's a heartwarming tale. On Saturday August 18, the Sumner Dems will be hosting their 5th Annual 3-Star Celebration with food, music, and many special guests including Congressman Bart Gordon, State Representative Mike McDonald, State Senator Joe Haynes, and TNDP Chair Gray Sasser. (21:37 19.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Break it Down, Break it Down For Me It's our inaugural LibeRound Table discussion with former mayoral candidate, David Briley, and Nashville21.com's, Sean Braisted (Adam Dread got stuck in Chicago and unfortunately couldn't join us) in which Councilman Briley reflects on his campaign and gives us an insider's peek at the machinations of a mayoral race, and Blogger Braisted says he's just not like other voters. Plus, In what direction will Karl Dean and Bob Clement head in now? In which camp will Briley, Dozier and Gentry supp ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Immigration Debate is Not Going Away Any Time Soon Everybody has a story. Everybody has an opinion. In this segment we hear from callers with their own stories and opinions about immigrants and immigration reform. Also, it's the Media Matters for America Smackdown, with Elbert Ventura. Do journalists overwhelming give mo' dollaz to Democratic candidates than Republicans? It depends on who you ask - the liars or the truth-tellers. (32:57 30.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Citizen Barrett In this segment we're joined by "Citizen" George Barrett, a partner with the Nashville law firm of Barrett, Johnston & Parsley and a legend in the people's fight for civil rights and civil liberties. Mr. Barrett talks about his work in a long running desegregation case involving higher education in Tennessee (it began in 1968 and finished up last October), as well as tort reform, immigration, health care reform, the ACLU, and his friend, David Halberstam. (28:04 25.71MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: I'm Jacqueline Fellows! Summary: In this episode, Mary & Freddie take on conservative talk radio's domination of the airwaves as well as the men running for mayor - their urban plunge and their first televised forum. (22:23 20.5MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: I Got This Feeling Somebody's Watching Me In the second part of our Friday morning show on WAMB 1200 AM, we interview Lisa Graves, deputy director at the Center for National Security Studies, about a new internal FBI audit that has revealed that the agency is breaking the rules of intelligence gathering all willy-nilly. We also discuss the Nashville mayor's race and the candidates' commitment to the Nashville Homless Power Project and the "Urban Plunge." (25:26 23.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: To Brittney, With Love A few of weeks before she resigned her post as blog editor for WKRN's revolutionary Nashville is Talking, we invited Brittney Gilbert and her co-worker (co-blogger?), Volunteer Voters' A.C. "Adam" Kleinheider, to be on the show. During the interview we get a little history, a little commentary, a few giggles, a good sense of what WKRN is trying to do, and absolutely no insight into Brittney's level of frustration. Girl has a poker face! For those about to blog, we salute you! (25:45 24.5MB) ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: NAFTA + CAFTA = Millions of Undocumented Workers In this segment, Mary and Lonnie (Atkinson, filling in for Freddie) interview Todd Tucker, research director with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, an organization based in Washington, DC, that promotes democracy by challenging corporate globalization. We talk about the legal, economic and political implications of the WTO, NAFTA, CAFTA and other trade agreements, including how they created of millions of unemployed workers in Mexico that had no where to go for work but north. We also di ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Hardest Working Candidate in the Election Liberadio(!), with guest co-host, Lonnie Atkinson, continues its candidate interview series with Nashville businessman, Metro Council-at-Large candidate, and U.S. citizen, Richard Exton. We discuss the importance of affordable housing, his MNEA endorsement, instant run-off voting, and Pelton-at-Large. Get the man a cape! (20:33 18.83MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Yes, Virginia, There's Still Marriage Discrimination Author and activist, Lonnie Atkinson, fills in for the vacationing Freddie O'Connell and realizes that, dude, a lot happened in the 60's. It's the 40th anniversary of the both the Supreme's Court's Loving v. Virginia decision and the Arab-Israeli 6-Day War. It's a little depressing, actually, as we realize that the more things change the more they stay the same. Plus, the Davidson County Republicans hold a straw poll with few surprises and the mainstream media's coverage of Paris Hilton eve ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Meet Us at the Intersection of Briley, Briley & Briley Things are heating up in the Tennessee General Assembly this week and Representative Rob Briley of the Fightin' 52nd! joins us with an update. Will the 42 cent cigarette tax increase pass? Will there be a reduction in the food tax? Why does Representative Beth Harwell hate education? Does he have a horse in the mayor's race? And, he's been an elected public official for almost ten years now, why hasn't he named anything after himself yet?!? (24:12 22.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Best of Bread After some brand new theme music, we speak once again with our Media Matters for America correspondent, Elbert Ventura, who delivers a hearty smackdown on homogeneity on our news talk shows as revealed in an MMfA report. Apparently, talking to black people is only worthwhile when someone says something racist. We at Liberadio(!) have our butts covered because Elbert is Filipino-American. The good kind, unlike Michelle Malkin. (13:30 12.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Don't Ask, Can't Tell Ashley, an ex-military interrogator (true story!), explores with Freddie the Pentagon's new notion that our men and women in uniform might no longer be able to testify before Congress. We'll just see what the Constitution has to say about that! Also, Detroit and a few members of the Senate blow some hot air about fuel efficiency standards. Apparently, they haven't figured out that going green begets green. (13:35 12.5MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Hot Girl on Girl Action Julee Baber of Nashville Children's Theatre and Ross Brooks of People's Branch Theatre join forces to create an undefeatable performance of sex and war ? Lysistrata. An all-female cast demonstrates that withholding sex is an effective mechanism to stop war, but Liberadio(!) is unconvinced that Bush and Cheney are getting any anyway. The show goes on through May 25th at the Belcourt Theatre. (22:43 20.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Third Rule of Liberadio(!) Alphabet Ashley Crownover sits in for Mary and bristles at the Liberadio(!) Code of Conduct, which does not allow her to play any Bread. We discuss an unfortunate prank and the latest impass noted by MPASS, in which Ashley has a vested (or school tied) interest. And we review the damaged Republican brand. (23:06 21.2MB). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Dogs and Cats Living Together! In this episode you can hear the delight in our voices as we discover that a bipartisan group of Senators along with President Bush reached an agreement on immigration-reform legislation. Let the full Senate and House debates begin! I'll get the popcorn... (10:21 9.5MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Buck Stopped Here (Interview with Buck Dozier) We continue our candidate interview series with mayoral candidate and current Councilmember At-large, Buck Dozier. We ask him about turning Nashville into "The Athens Of Education In America," his promise of transparency if elected, immigration, and his vote on the civil rights ordinance that came before the council in 2003. (22:45 20.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Bring Me the Head of Alberto Gonzales Did you hear the blistering testimony about Alberto Gonzales from James Comey, the former No. 2 official at the Justice Department under John Ashcroft? We did and we recap it during this portion of the show. Senate Democrats and Republicans heard it too and are calling for his resignation even more loudly than before. Tick-tock, Mr. Attorney General, tick-tock. (11:41 10.7MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Do Veterans Count as Troops? In the last segment of our WAMB show, we listen to the generals on the ground (unlike some person we know) and Freddie notes that the Pentagon has placed unprecedented restrictions on who can testify before Congress, really pushing the envelope on this whole constitutional powers thing. (17:46 16.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | liberadio(!) Podcast: What Mother's Day Means to Cindy Sheehan Author, american, anti-war activist and mother, Cindy Sheehan, joins us for a conversation about the real meaning of Mother's Day and her call to action for all mothers to march on Washington this coming Monday, May 14. "Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!" -- Julia Ward Howe, Mother's Day Proclamation, 1870 (15:53 14.5MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Sex Scandal! In part one of our Friday show on WAMB, we reveal that the White House is misrepresentin' and withholdin' key docs and info from Congress. And is Alberto Gonzales a liar, incompetent, or both? Plus a note to Mother Nature: Only one natural disaster at a time, please. And make sure they are at least a few months apart. (11:17 10.3) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Smackdowns all Around First Elbert smacks down Glenn Beck for his one-man global warming (read: hot air) project. Then Mary and Robert, gadfly extraordinaire, get into it over Bush's conservatism and immigration. Freddie hides. (26:00 23.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Laura Flanders' (Libe)Radio Nation We speak with Laura Flanders about how to rebuild the Democratic party, the state of liberal talk radio, and women in politics. Oh, and her new book! Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians. (20:44 19MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Keeping Up with the Georges Eddie George talks about his participation in this year's Tour de Nash, a citywide walking and biking tour scheduled for Saturday, May 19th, and designed to highlight bike lanes and greenways throughout our fair city. Trust us: Eddie is a fan of healthy lifestyles. Think you can keep up with him on the 62-mile ride? Mary does! (Editor's note: Really, I don't.) (13:53 12.7MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Dance Dance Revolution In which we discuss Bush's dismally low approval ratings. As in, Jimmy Carter during Iran low. As in, the only president ever other than Truman with ratings this low for this long. As in, low enough to make Mary want to dance for the duration of the show. (34:04 31.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Libseradio(!) Podcast: Department of Just Us In the last part of this morning's show on WAMB 1200 AM, we discussed Alberto G's interesting way of running his department, Senator Clinton's de-authorization, and the commander-guy's veto. (16:29 15.1MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Eaton - His Words This morning on WAMB 1200 AM, we continued our mayoral interview series with the founder of Eaton Automotive Group, CEO of Southeast Investments, and mayoral candidate, Kenneth Eaton. (16:17 14.9MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Ich bin ein Pro-Lifer During the first part of this morning's show on WAMB 1200 AM, Mary and Freddie talk about the resumption of state killing in Tennessee and last night's Republican debate. Mary doesn't care what he said last night about Roe v. Wade, she still thinks Rudy Giuliani is "a less than desirable candidate."* (16:26 15MB) *not actually what she said. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Podcast: Here's the Story, of a Pro-gun Lobby... In a good old-fashioned honky tonk debunk-a-bunk, we speak with Dennis Henigan, Director of the Legal Action Project for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. He dispels the mythical conservative talking point that more guns equal more security and confirms that, in fact, guns do kill people! The Virginia Tech shooting was preventable based on existing law, so he emphasizes the need for improving enactment and enforcement of existing law. Unfortunately, the NRA apparently has a more com ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Save Bernie's Farm Our guest in this segment is Allen F. St. Pierre, Executive Director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. In this role, Mr. St. Pierre has written, debated, and lectured extensively on the topic of cannabis and its prohibition. St. Pierre is in Nashville today to appear at the benefit to save Bernie Ellis' farm. Ellis' farm was raided and he was arrested and sent to jail after admitting that he had been providing free cannabis to sick and dying people for m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Saturday is Earth Day. Honor Your Mother. In this epidode we interview Laurel Creech, of Team Green, and Claudia Schenck, of the Tennessee Environmental Council, co-chairs of Nashville's sixth annual Nashville Earth Day Festival to be held this Saturday, April 21, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Centennial Park. This year's Earth Day Festival will celebrate our planet and our hometown ? Nashville ?while raising awareness about the environment and important issues such as climate change through a day of family-friendly activities, food, l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: When Snark Brings the News, People Listen Which came first? Knowledgeable people watching Comedy Central or Comedy Central making people more knowledgeable? Yesterday, the Pew Research Center issued the results of a poll acknowledging that the american people don't know any more about government now than they did twenty years ago, despite the advent of the 24-news cycle. Those that do know? Yeah, they're getting their real news from fake news shows. Plus, let's allow Republicans to create a nominal monarchy and two hundred World Ba ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Take a Left onto David Briley Parkway David Briley joins us for our first in a series of mayoral candidate interviews on WAMB-AM. Also, a "Republican National Committee Missing Email" timeline, a surprising presidential candidate poll, and like everyone else, we get a little sidetracked by Imus. (53:16 24.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Bizarro Wolf Sometimes, like this weekend for instance as we watched Senator Joe Leiberman on CNN, we wish that politics was like professional sports and Senators could be traded from one party to another. First up, Joe Leiberman. We'll take Chuck Hagel. Or maybe even Arlen Spector and a congressman to be named later. (31:35 28.9MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Tuck Your Shirt In, Son The proposed implementation of a "Standard School Attire" policy for all Metro Nashville Public Schools is causing quite a stir. Involved parents say the decision-making process is flawed. Students spent their day off last Friday in Centennial Park protesting against the policy. Administrators appear caught off guard by the push back. Enter Ashley Crownover, parent of two public school students and one of the founders of Metro Parents Against Standard School Attire (MPASS). We interviewed h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Democracy for You! Democracy for Me! Democracy for Tennessee! Summary:Our interview with Jim Grinstead, Executive Director of Democracy for Tennessee, who are having theirconventionthis Saturday, April 7, in Nashville, and will feature keynote speaker Ned Lamont. This year's theme is "From the Ground Up" - a plan to build the grassroots in the Volunteer State through organizing and action. DFT's Convention '07's goal is to offer a solid vision for a more progressive Tennessee and the tools and training to achieve that vision. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Stephen Colbert's Dairy Air Titans enter the political arena: Steve McNair is backing Bob Clement, while Eddie George sent out a fundraising appeal on behalf of Howard Gentry. Reports from all candidates were that no one was seeking the support of Pacman Jones; Senator Kurita passes the first piece of her energy package; plus, we love ice cream, baseball, Stephen Colbert and Eric, who we haven't heard from in a while. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: In Like Flinn In this episode we interview Tennessee State Senator Shea Flinn (D-30) , the man who replaced in Steve Cohen after he made it to the show (U.S. Congress). During his short tenure, Senator Flinn tried to bring logic and rational thought to our governing body while reaching out across the aisle. For that, and many other reasons, Senator Flinn is a great american. (16:10 14.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Tennessee Democratic Women Taking Bids Summary:Alma Sanford and Thelma Kidd ? together known as the unstoppable "Thalma" ? join us for a discussion of the relatively youngTennessee Democratic Women's Political Action Committee(TDWPAC), whose mission is to support pro-choice Democratic women in statewide races. We dig a little deeper into what it takes to earn their support and whether it's possible to lose it. Their big annual fundraiser isa silent auctionthat will take place Wednesday, March 28th, 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Grace's Plaz ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Unhappy Anniversary Summary:On the fourth anniversary of America's invasion of Iraq, Iraqis feel less safe than ever before and American's feel little confidence in the war and U.S. presence in the civil-war torn nation. In a 2003 CNN poll, 83% of Americans expressed confidence in the campaign in Iraq, today, that number is a measly 35%. Similarly, now only 30% say they are proud of the war, down from 60% at its outset. When the war began, 68% said the war was worth fighting, now 61% say it wasn't worth it. Th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Used Soldiers. Battle Ready. Cheap. Check Condition. The Union Jack Goes Green; Ever more open government is a good thing. Let the Sun Shine In!; Used Soldiers. Battle Ready. Cheap. Check Condition; and finally, a scandal in the Bush Administration! At Least, one that's getting attention... (22:13 20.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Complex Times Call for Complex Rhymes (Interview with Sprout from Northern State) Liberadio(!)'s "Most Long Island show Ever" continues with our interview with Sprout, of the all-woman, New York-based (but Long Island-raised!) hip-hop trioNorthern State. They're on their way tostir it upat SxSW. All you Austin Suckamofos better back the f**k up! (11:20 10.1MB)"I'm a saint not a sinner I am the prize winner,gonna get the NSP and host my own spaghetti dinner,I'm a vegetarian, humanitarian, imaginarian, not a libertarian,the country's getting ugly and there's more in store ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Youse Guys (Interview with Senator Joe Haynes) It's our most Long Island show ever! And even though we can't convince Tennessee State Senator Joe Haynes to say "youse guys," we do convince him to fill us in on what the Democratic Caucus is up to, explain how the legislative committee system works in Tennessee, and give us his take on that pesky Ron Ramsey/John Wilder kerfuffle. Plus, what he says about his vote for mandating english-language drivers license tests will both shock AND awe. (24:52 22.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: The Plan! The Plan! It's part one of our "Most Long Island Show Ever!" The Democrats have a good, solid plan for Iraq, which comes as no surprise to us. We're also not surprised by Republican reaction. The Bush administration stealing it and calling it their own? Big surprise. Plus, look who Newt was doing in the 90's, Halliburton: No Need for Irony, the Onion's Presidential Weekly Radio Address, and Freddie gets a linguistics lesson. (30:42 28.1MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: She Turned Me Into a Newt In this episode, we try and talk about about John Edwards' rfeusal to take part in a presidential debate sponsored by Fox News and the "mistakes" made by the FBI but the sheer hypocrisy of Newt Gingrich's recent disclosure derails us. (32:00 29.73MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Battle Worn - Interview with Paula Span Our guest is Paula Span, adjunct professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a contributing writer to the Washington Post Magazine. Her latest piece for the magazine entitled "Battle Worn," tells the story of Tennessee soldier Corporal Richard Twohig, who was injured in Iraq and came home to fight a enemy he never saw coming, the US Army. (24:26 22.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: MMFA Smackdown - Coulter is savage, Savage gets gored, and Gore gets the shaft. It's another episode of the Media Matters for America Smackdown with Media Matters Research Fellow, Elbert Ventura. Coulter is savage, Savage gets gored, and Gore gets the shaft. (13:23 12.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Speaker Pro Dem? In this episode we interview Tennessee state senator and Speaker Pro Tem, Rosalind Kurita. In the interview she lays out the reason behind her "vote of conscience," her environmental agenda, her populist approach to politics, and her push to elect our constitutional officers. Plus, is her father to blame for the Bush legacy? (28:19 25.9MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Scoops and Loopholes Immigration is not new. Neither is using it as a political football. What is new are the 32 pieces of Republican-sponsored legislation that will be introduced into the Tennessee state legislature this session. But, just how many times can you make English the official state language? (34:02 31MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Al, Leo, Stacey and Eric Vice PresidentAl Goreon national television representing Tennessee: Good. RepresentativeStacey Campfieldon national television representing Tennessee: Bad. (36:56 33.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Not<em>The</em>Arkin In this episode, Mary and Freddie interview William Arkin, writer of the Washington Post'sEarly Warningblog, author of several books includingCode Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and Operations in the 9/11 World, and Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government'sCarr Center for Human Rights Policy. Arkin, fresh off his Oscarwin, talked about what he learnedfrom his recent blogging controversy, declared U.S. foreign policy distressingly disorganized, and called for a national ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: To the Left, To the Left Inspired by astoryin Sunday's NY Times about the resurgence of liberal America, Mary and Freddie find a new theme song for the show - Beyoncé's head-rolling, finger-snapping'Irreplaceable.'Liberadio(!)'s version is below. (35:57 32.9MB)Irreplaceable(Sung to the tune of 'Irreplaceable' by Beyoncé Knowles)To the leftTo the LeftTo the leftTo the leftAll of our friends 'cross the aisle to the LeftIn the House, to the Right there's fluffYes, we want substance, and not bullstuff (bullstuff)They ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: That Giant Sucking Sound It's the sound of all the fundraising creating a perfect vacuum beneath the Big Three: Obama, Edwards, and Clinton. The first victim wasTom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa. A McClatchy Newspaper analysisfindsthat the number of severely poor Americans grew by 26 percent from 2000(The year George W. Bush was appointed) to 2005 (the year after George W. Bush was sorta elected). The Washington Post triesto explainto the Pentagon what "support our troops" actually means. (35:24 32.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Gorementum! Summary: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is second in line for the presidency and deserves all the security precautions that her position demands - deal with it, Hannity. Plus, what the Pentagon did might've been wrong, but hey, it was legal! And is Al Gore going to put on a bigger show than Ellen DeGeneres at the Oscars? Finally, although Obama called for universal health care in his DNC Winter meeting address, John Edwards is the first to the table with a concrete proposal. How long will it ta ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: The Kids are Alright (Interview with Jeanne Shaheen) The former first female governor of New Hampshire and the current director of Harvard's Institute of Politics, Jeanne Shaheen, joins us to discuss the 11th Biannual Youth Survey on Politics and Public Service (pdf). The verdict? Stewart/Colbert '08! (13:56 13.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Defending Your Hagel The vast right-wing conspiracy turned off the WRVU-FM transmitter during our show on Monday morning so we're posting the first half hour for those of you who may have missed it. In this episode, we recap the Nashville mayoral and metro council races and play some awesome Chuck "Norris" Hagel audio. Senator Hagel took some time last week to round-house kick his colleagues in the Senate. Conservatives take note: we say nice things about a Republican. (39:36 36.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Dick Cheney is Outtie Is it possible that the Bush administration could finagle a White House coup for women and minorities before the Democrats? Does their Rice trump our Obama and Clinton? If so, does it mean that Vice President Cheney is outtie? Also, on Tuesday we suffered the annual State of the Union address. Figuring that misery loves company, we gathered some kindred spirits to take it in. And what we heard was even uglier than what we saw. Plus, if Barack Obama says it's time for universal health care, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio Daily: Mueller...? Mueller...? Mueller...? This episdoe we interview Bob Mueller, co-anchor of NEWS 2 at 4 and 4:30. Bob is a award winning journalist and investigative reporter and a really good guy (as evidenced by the fact that he didn't walk out of the studio when we tried to bring the funny about his iconic mustache). In addition to his role as anchor, Bob brings us indepth local and national political analysis each week as host of This Week with Bob Mueller, which airs on Sunday mornings prior to ABC's This Week with George St ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: The State of Liberadio(!) is Very Strong and Our Rates are Very Attractive Summary: Freddie give his version of the State of the Union and rolls his eyes at Senator James Webb. Also, Phil Bredesen was just sworn in for a second term as Governor of Tennessee and has promised to concentrate on public education. Boy, he sure could use some of that $1.2 trillion (that's "trillion" with a "t") we've spent in Iraq. Boy. And for the last time (well, probably not the last time) we don't want big government, we want smart government. (28:51 27MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Excuse Us, Was That $1.2 Trillion Burning a Hole in Your Pocket? Summary: It's our first official podcast of 2007 and we're looking forward to next week's State of the Union, which would be in a lot better shape had we spent $1.2 trillion on it rather than on "stay the course." We also found a letter from the Bush administration to Iraq which reads, "Dear Iraq, We've killed tens of thousands of your civilians, we've left you a sectarian cesspool of strife, and we'd like now to plunder your primary natural resource. At a premium. Love, The United States o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Fighting for Air Summary: It's the first episode after National Conference on Media Reform in Memphis, TN, and we interview conference panelist, media scholar, associate professor of sociology at New York University, and author of the new book, Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media, Eric Klinenberg. This one's for Terry Frank ("Marxists in Memphis"), Bill Hobbs ("The National Conference on Media Reform is and always was about silencing conservatives and enslaving media in the service of th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Al Gore, Will You Be On Our Show? Our guest is Jenn Tlumak, a recent trainee and now a Climate Change Messenger of The Climate Project, a movement to educate and challenge citizens and governments into action against the growing crisis of global warming. Their first initiative is the training of 1,000 lecturers who will present the information in An Inconvenient Truth to audiences across America, and Jenn is one of the thousand! Contact: If you'd like to have Jenn make a presentation to your group or organization, contact ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Interview with Lorelei Kelly Summary: Our guest, Lorelei Kelly, is the Policy Director for The White House Project, whose goal is to increase the influence of women in media, politics and national decision making. In 1998, she founded the Security for a New Century - a bipartisan study group on Capitol Hill. Our discussion centers around security, international affairs, conflict resolution, conflict prevention, and the findings of the Iraq Study Group (and whether or not we are likely to see some real change in our fo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: 'Twas Two Years before the Election" "Now Vilsack! now, Edwards! now, Obama and Clinton! On, Brownback! on, Romney! on McCain and Thompson! To go to the White House! Will they heed the call? Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!" (17:46 16.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Interview with FCC Commissioner Michael Copps Summary: FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, one of only two democrats that sit on the commission, joins us to discuss the significance of today's public hearing, the proposed fcc rule changes, and how we own the airwaves. (18:00 22 MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: At 3:30am, is anyone really looking at your Christmas lights? Summary: In our interview with Kilowatt Ours director and energy conservation specialist, Jeff Barrie, we ask what simple things you can do to save energy this holiday season. He also tells us how we can save some energy this winter as the temperature starts to drop and home heating bills start to rise. (14:33 6.7MB) Tips from Ideal Bite: Intermatic Appliance Timer - try this or just pick one up at your local hardware store ($7). Solar Santa String Lights - use year round without worryi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: The First Annual Freddie O'Connell Birthday Show, Part 1 It's Freddie's birthday (no matter what he says) and we're celebrating it along with his friends and his big family. Presents for Freddie include phone calls from his loved ones, agreeing with all his opinions, and an FCC hearing in his hometown! Also, leaked memos, Chuck Hagel for President, and lowering expectations of the Iraq Study Group. (37:28 17.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Senator Borat Hussein Osama We're not even to day 1, and the Democrats are going to have to throw out the promise keeper t-shirts they bought. Also, a new academic study reveals "a direct link between mental illness and support for President Bush." Plus, Barack Obama has a dirty little secret; Jesse Jackson has no idea when to fold'em; The Christians, just like the Republicans, have some trouble with this whole big tent thing; And we know that meaningful immigration reform is needed. Can the Reverend T.J. Graham learn ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Interview with Dr. Sekou Franklin Summary:Our guest isDr. Sekou Franklin, an assistant professor of Political Science at MTSU. Hewrotea guest commentary that appeared in theNashville Sceneentitled, "The Outing of Black Non-Voters." Dr. Franklin's piece was in response to the Tennessee Tribune, "Nashville's most influential black newspaper," publishing the names and addresses of hundreds of non-voting residents from the Nashville's predominantly black north side. Dr. Franklin calls us from The Boro to discuss the controversy ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: A Little Senatorial Horse Trading Chuck Hagel not only knows the military realities of the situation in Iraq but the philosophical ones as well. Hewritesthat the time for sending more US troops has passed and that "America cannot impose a democracy on any nation regardless of our noble purpose." Amen, brother. C'mon, Chuck, switch parties already. You know you want to. Gooble gobble, gooble gobble, we accept you, we accept you, one of us, one of us! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: The FCC Won't Let Me Be Summary:Do you want the media to do a better job of covering the issues you care about? Do you miss quality journalism? Are you concerned that the ginormous media conglomerates fail to provide the diverse and independent viewpoints you need? If so, then you're lucky to live in here because the FCC has announced the date and location of their second official public hearing on media ownership issues - Monday, December 11 inNashville, Tennessee. This is historic! This is huge! This meeting in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Interview with Dave Pelton Summary:Dave Peltonis President of Trust for the Future, a 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to addressing our nations energy and environmental issues as well as founder and Executive Director ofClean Cities of Middle Tennessee, an organization dedicated to stopping our nation's reliance on foreign oil and promoting clean, domestic alternatives. He recently announced his candidacy for Mayor ofNashvilleon our show. OK, not really. But he did come and talk to us! (10:49 10MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Intervie with Reverend Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church & State Rev. Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, does a fantastic job of explaining why the Religious Right, with their ideology-based social agenda - including the push to pass "marriage amendments" that ban same-sex unions and the teaching of creationism in public schools - has it wrong. He also talks about his new book, Piety & Politics: The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom, in which he explains why the Religious Right's dream for America ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Interview with Jerry Maynard It's the day before the election and Tennessee Democratic Party Deputy Chair Rev. Jerry Maynard II joins us to talk about tomorrow's election, the Harold Ford, Jr. Senate campaign, Tennessee Fair Vote, what to do if you're toying with the idea of voting for a third party candidate, the importance of particpatory democracy, and how we can all find common ground. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: How About Some Fries With That "Stay the Course?" Summary: Yesterday when asked "what's your prayer for the country?" President Bush said, "My prayer is peace. My prayer is that this world be peaceful so that children can grow up understanding the benefits of freedom." If we were President Bush we'd ask for something that might actually get some results. Like, forgiveness for being a bald-faced hypocrite. And the latest from the officers in Iraq is that resistance to deadlines is weakening. Good to know. Now can we start a dialogue about a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: Pay No Attention to the Kerry Behind the Curtain Summary: Today we go over the reasons why you should vote, why you should help to get out the vote, and why you should help to get out the vote for Harold Ford, Jr.*. Also, who is this mythical Democratic candidate that Republicans say will raise your taxes your taxes and make you less safe? Repeat after us, "He does not exist." You know what does exist? Missing weapons. As in, missing U.S. weapons. As in, 1 of every 25 weapons the military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing. That ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily 31 Oct 2006: Boo! Interview with Congressman Jim Cooper It's Halloween and Congressman Jim Cooper comes by to scare Mary and Freddie with spooky tales of executive overreaching and congressional underperformance. *Shudder* Then he mentions the real size of the federal deficit and just freaks everybody out! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio Daily(!) 29 Oct 2006: Interview with Randy Tarkington, Vote No on One Summary: We interviewed Randy Tarkington, Campaign Manager for Vote No on One. This election day, Tennessee voters will be asked to consider a referendum on an amendment to the state constitution which would prohibit same-sex marriage. Randy tells us why, no matter how we feel about gay marriage, we should all vote NO on Referendum #1. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily 26 Oct 2006: Interview & Live Performance with Will Kimbrough Summary: Listen to our interview with Will Kimbrough - singer, songerwriter, producer, guitarist extraordinaire, and the proud son of yellow-dog Democrats from Mobile, Alabama. Will has played with Rodney Crowell, Todd Snider, Kim Richey, Josh Rouse & Jimmy Buffett (who recorded his "Piece of Work" on his License to Chill CD), and produced records by Adrienne Young, Kate Campbell, and Todd Snider. His latest CD, Americanitis, prompted the Los Angeles Daily News to say, "Kimbrough has a gift ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily 24 Oct 2006: Interview with Rob Richie. FairVote.org In this episode we interview Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote, formerly the Center for Voting and Democracy, a non-profit organization that researches and advocates election reforms that promote voter turnout, accountable governance and fair representation. He is an expert on both international and domestic electoral systems and has directed the Center since its founding in 1992. He is also the co-author of Every Vote Equal: A State-based Plan for Electing the President by Nationa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: 12 Oct 2006 "Attention: Deficit Disorder" Summary: President Bush has a way with words. He can leave out the word "gun" during an hour-long discussion about the rash of school shootings in the past week, invoke the word "urgent" when discussing the passage of legislation he has no intention of signing for weeks, and emphatically assert the causal relationship between tax cuts and the reduction of the deficit where none exists. Today, with a little help from Congressman Jim Cooper of the Fighting Fifth!, we expose President Bush's t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: 11 Oct 2006 "The Nine Million" Summary: Is Healthcare a right or a privilege? Let's ask the nine million uninsured children in this country. Plus, a Ford-Corker debate roundup, a reminder that Secretary Rice is inept, it's the economy stupid, and please keep this question handy when someone mentions the C-word, ""George W. Bush has been president for six years. Can you tell me what his administration has done during that time to prevent North Korea from getting nuclear weapons?" (34:48 16MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: 10 Oct 2006 "I Like Ike" Summary: Prophetic words were spoken in 1961 when President Eisenhower warned us against "the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." It's here now, this "unwarranted influence," and well-documented in Robert Greenwald's new documentary, "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers." Also in this episode: evangelical hypocrisy, an axi of evil acts up, vocabulary 101, and it's the gay staffers mafia, stupid! (32:28 14.9MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Monday: 09 Oct 2006 "Participatory Democracy 'R' Us" Part 1 Summary: Today we celebrate participatory democracy with the Liberadio(!) third party and independent candidates forum featuring Ginny Welsch, independent candidate for Congress; Howard Switzer, Green Party candidate for Governor; and Chris Lugo, Green party candidate for the Senate. Plus, how many times do we have to tell you that the Republicans are the party of big government; Let's go Mets; Karl Rove's right hand gal resigns because of her connection to Jack Abramoff; The President issu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Monday: 09 Oct 2006 "Participatory Democracy 'R' Us" Part 2 Summary: It's the Media Matters for America Smackdown! Guests: Elbert Ventura, Media Matters for America Media Matters for America Smackdown (13:32 6.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio Daily(!): 2006 Sep 26 "Fleur de Clooney" Is the one-two punch for the November election the release of the National Intelligence Estimate and Clinton's articulate, intelligent and inspirational smackdown of Chris Wallace? We can dream, can't we? Is the leak of the NIE in any way a response to Daniel Ellsberg's recent piece in Harper's? We can hope, can't we? Why doesn't George Clooney run for office? We can fantasize a Clooney-Franken 2016 ticket, can't we? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Interview: Robert Naiman & Iran Robert Naiman is the National Coordinator of Just Foreign Policy, a membership organization devoted to reforming U.S. foreign policy so that it reflects the values and serves the interests of the majority of Americans. Just Foreign Policy is working to avoid a military confrontation between the United States and Iran. Naiman was formerly Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, holds a Masters' Degree in Economics from the University of Illinois, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Interview: Albert Bates & Peak Oil Albert Bates is a permaculture instructor at the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm community in Summertown, Tennessee and a Pulitzer Prize losing author of eleven books, including Shutdown: Nuclear Power on Trial (1979) and Climate in Crisis: The Greenhouse Effect and What We Can Do (1990). His Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times is available in October from New Society Publishers. In this interview he answers our questions about Peak Oil - the idea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: 14 Sep 2006 "Here We Go Again in Iran"* *Sung to the tune of the #1 hit single "Here I Go Again," by Whitesnake If we don't torture then why do we need permission to torture? "If the president wants to argue that all this is necessary, that we need to breach the Geneva Conventions in order to protect the public, then he should say so," says Andrew Sullivan. But he can't 'cause we wouldn't buy it. But just like we bought the Bush Administration's case for war in Iraq they're betting that we'll buy case for war in Iran. Will the Un ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) Daily: 13 Sep 2006 Attack Their Strengths Lincoln Chaffee wins in Rhode Island thanks to the support of the RNC and Senator Clinton sails to an easy victory in New York thanks to the fact that she didn't smooch on the President at his last State of the Union address. An ABC news poll says that the marketing of the terror is how we like to be manipulated: "The Republicans lead the Democrats in trust to handle terrorism by 48-41 percent among registered voters in this ABC News poll, a flip from a seven-point Democratic advantage last ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - A Thinking Women's Sex Symbol, Part 1 Our guest during the first hour is Tyson Slocum, Director of Energy Programs for Public Citizen. Tyson comes on the "big shoe" to talk about his tussle with Stossel during his last visit to Scarborough Country, recent heatwaves and the reliablity of our energy grids, and the obscene profits recorded recently by Big Oil. Not to mention his appearance on The Colbert Report. Oh My. Interview begins at the 32:00 minute mark. (49:30 22.7MB) Bumper music provided by Will Kimbrough's latest releas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - A Thinking Women's Sex Symbol, Part 2 We're lucky to have local political guru and staunch Democrat, Larry Woods, for the entire second hour of the show. Larry's worked for a number of high-profile candidates and campaigns at just about every level of politics and gives us his take on the upcoming election in November, the Presidential race of 2008, and the state of the Democratic party. (52:35 24 MB) Bumper music provided by Will Kimbrough's latest release, Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - Interview with Jim Derych, author of "Confessions of a Former Dittohead" Jim Derych, author of Confessions of a Former Dittohead, provides insight into how a dittohead brain reacts to the major political and social issues of the day to show how they think AND what liberals and progressives can do to try and change that thinking. Apparently we should never say "Bush is a liar." Jim is taking all the fun out of our day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - Interview with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy! We spent a half hour with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants this morning. We covered so many topics...tax increases, the national anthem, Senator Clinton, found treasures, the Daily Show, and the importance of participatory democracy. Funny though, we never talked about strippers. (27 MB, 30:11) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - Interview with Jerome Armstrong Jerome Armstrong, of MyDD.com fame, is the author, along with Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of DailyKos.com, of Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics. "This book lays bare, with passion and precision, how ineffective, incompetent, and antiquated the Democratic Party establishment has become, and how it has failed to adapt and respond to new realities and challenges. The authors save their sharpest knives to go for the jugular in their critique of Republi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - Interview with Jim Hightower, America's #1 Populist National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. He'll be in Nashville on Saturday, April 29th at the Cohn Adult Learning Center. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - Mr. Green Jeans, Part 1 It's an Earth Day celebration on Liberadio(!) with guest host Lonnie and guest guest Donnie Safer, Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Environmental Council. It ain't easy being green. (Part 1, 52:54 12.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - Mr. Green Jeans, Part 2 It's an Earth Day celebration on Liberadio(!) with guest host Lonnie and guest guest Donnie Safer, Chairman of the Board of theTennessee Environmental Council. It ain't easy being green. (Part 2, 56:59 13.1MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - That's Iran with an 'n' (Part 1) The Bush administration is a leaky boat - slowly sinking. We now know who's responsible for the leaks from the White House despite his assertions that "If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action." The media is missing the boat on Iran. Except for Seymour Hersh who asks, "Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?" We read a good portion of his New Yorker article in all it's surreal glory. (Part 1, 52:36 1 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - That's Iran with an 'n' (Part 2) The Bush administration is a leaky boat - slowly sinking. We now know who's responsible for the leaks from the White House despite his assertions that "If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action." The media is missing the boat on Iran. Except for Seymour Hersh who asks, "Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?" We read a good portion of his New Yorker article in all it's surreal glory. (Part 2, 55:24 1 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - Interview with Mark Huffman, Vice President of Education and Training for Planned Parenthood of Middle and East TN Mary & Freddie interview Mark Huffman, Vice President of Education and Training for Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennessee. If you're reading this and you have any pre-conceived ideas about Planned Parenthood, please listen to this interview. Mark is an excellent resource and representative for an organization that offers support, adoption counseling, gynecological exams, education, contraception and much, much more to mostly low-to-moderate income women and men. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - The Hooligans of LemonLyman.com It's the first official meeting of the Nashville Chapter of the West Wing fan club as we welcome Radio and TV icon and author, Teddy Bart. Teddy is most well-known for hosting, along with Karlen Evins (who also makes an appearance today),Teddy Bart's Round Table. We turn the (round) table on him and ask him the questions - about talk radio, his personal politics, and his new book,The Hooligan. Oh, and the new season of The West Wing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - It's all, WWJD? Or is it? An interview at last Sunday's Faith and Unity Rally with Rev. Barry Lynn, the Executive Director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, starts the show. Other interviews include Rabbi Cliff Fiedler, the President of the Nashville Chapter of Americans United, and Pat Cash, Justice Sunday II protester. Mary recounts time spent at an inclusive and loving event as well as an exclusive and elitist event and finally asks, WWJD? Also, we thought the conservative media would no ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - Standoff at the No-Way Corral With our President still on vacation we take the opportunity to give voice to Cindy Sheehan, mother of a slain serviceman, who is down in Crawford, TX waiting and waiting and waiting to meet with the leader of the free world. We care even if Mr. Bush doesn't. And it's time to ramp up the voter registration drive. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - The "S" Bomb It's another incident of talk radio rage when Mary and a listener both lose it. Mary is justified but the caller has bupkis. Topics for today's show include the $1.5 billion giveaway to Halliburton, and Sugar Land, Texas, that was secretly slipped into energy bill; the Prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation goes fishin'; new evidence links Gitmo and the Abu Ghraib torture tactics; and the tools running our government decide to re-tool their "war on terror" slogan. It's enough to drive us ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio(!) - What These Men Know. Or Don't Know. The London Special Forces police didn't know a man was innocent. Ken Mehlman doesn't know the difference between the words "cue" and "clue." President Bush knows something but we don't know what it is yet. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts doesn't know if he was ever a member of the Federalist Society. Are these really the big-brained people? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Liberadio's(!) Freddie O'Connell on The Al Franken Show Al: "Boy, You must feel like a schmuck." Freddie (Thomas): "Yes. Yes I do." Plus, a funny Stuart Smalley story, questions about TennCare, and Freddie makes Al laugh out loud. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |