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The Glenn and Helen Show: Brian Anderson on Media Freedom Brian Anderson is the author of South Park Conservatives, and now he's got a new book out with Adam Thierer entitled A Manifesto for Media Freedom. We talk to Anderson about efforts to restore the Fairness Doctrine, the prospect of media regulation via subterfuge, and the likelihood of efforts to squash the alternative media in the next Congress -- as well as what to do about it. You can listen to the podcast directly -- no downloading needed -- by going here and clicking on the gray Flas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Brian Anderson on Media Freedom Brian Anderson is the author of South Park Conservatives, and now he's got a new book out with Adam Thierer entitled A Manifesto for Media Freedom. We talk to Anderson about efforts to restore the Fairness Doctrine, the prospect of media regulation via subterfuge, and the likelihood of efforts to squash the alternative media in the next Congress -- as well as what to do about it. You can listen to the podcast directly -- no downloading needed -- by going here and clicking on the gray Flas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Adam Shepard on Making it from Scratch Can you still make it from scratch in America? That's the question that Adam Shepard asked himself in college. On graduation, he took a train to Charleston, South Carolina and started out with nothing but $25 and a backpack. A year later, he had a car, and apartment, and $2500 in the bank. How he did it -- and what he learned along the way -- is the story of his new book, Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream. We talk to Shepard about what it takes to get a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Adam Shepard on Making it from Scratch Can you still make it from scratch in America? That's the question that Adam Shepard asked himself in college. On graduation, he took a train to Charleston, South Carolina and started out with nothing but $25 and a backpack. A year later, he had a car, and apartment, and $2500 in the bank. How he did it -- and what he learned along the way -- is the story of his new book, Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream. We talk to Shepard about what it takes to get a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Adam Shepard on Making it from Scratch Can you still make it from scratch in America? That's the question that Adam Shepard asked himself in college. On graduation, he took a train to Charleston, South Carolina and started out with nothing but $25 and a backpack. A year later, he had a car, and apartment, and $2500 in the bank. How he did it -- and what he learned along the way -- is the story of his new book, Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream. We talk to Shepard about what it takes to get a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: T. Boone Pickens on Wind Energy and America's Future T. Boone Pickens is an oilman, a takeover expert, and a longtime observer of the American scene. He's got a new book out -- The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future -- and a new wind energy plan for reducing America's dependence on imported oil. We talk to Pickens about oil dependence, wind power, NIMBYism, and the future of America -- plus, how to get rich and the future of entrepreneurialism among American youth. You can listen di ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: T. Boone Pickens on Wind Energy and America's Future T. Boone Pickens is an oilman, a takeover expert, and a longtime observer of the American scene. He's got a new book out -- The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future -- and a new wind energy plan for reducing America's dependence on imported oil. We talk to Pickens about oil dependence, wind power, NIMBYism, and the future of America -- plus, how to get rich and the future of entrepreneurialism among American youth. You can listen di ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: T. Boone Pickens on Wind Energy and America's Future T. Boone Pickens is an oilman, a takeover expert, and a longtime observer of the American scene. He's got a new book out -- The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future -- and a new wind energy plan for reducing America's dependence on imported oil. We talk to Pickens about oil dependence, wind power, NIMBYism, and the future of America -- plus, how to get rich and the future of entrepreneurialism among American youth. You can listen di ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Carla Howell on Abolishing Massachusetts' Income Tax Like many states, Massachusetts has an income tax. But in Massachusetts, people are trying to do something about it. Libertarian activist Carla Howell organized an initiative in 2002 that would have abolished the state income tax. It got over 45% of the vote, and now she's back with another effort. We talk to her about libertarian politics, politicians and taxes, and whether this initiative might start a national anti-tax trend. Plus, what you can do, if you want to help. You can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Carla Howell on Abolishing Massachusetts' Income Tax Like many states, Massachusetts has an income tax. But in Massachusetts, people are trying to do something about it. Libertarian activist Carla Howell organized an initiative in 2002 that would have abolished the state income tax. It got over 45% of the vote, and now she's back with another effort. We talk to her about libertarian politics, politicians and taxes, and whether this initiative might start a national anti-tax trend. Plus, what you can do, if you want to help. You can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Carla Howell on Abolishing Massachusetts' Income Tax Like many states, Massachusetts has an income tax. But in Massachusetts, people are trying to do something about it. Libertarian activist Carla Howell organized an initiative in 2002 that would have abolished the state income tax. It got over 45% of the vote, and now she's back with another effort. We talk to her about libertarian politics, politicians and taxes, and whether this initiative might start a national anti-tax trend. Plus, what you can do, if you want to help. You can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Kathleen Parker on Why Men Matter They used to say that it was a man's world, but you don't hear that much any more. Women outnumber men in college, get preferential legal treatment in many areas, and in general seem to be doing better, while boys lag girls in education and men generally seem to be doing worse. Should anyone care? Yes, says Kathleen Parker in her new book, Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care. We talk with her about what's going on, why the condition of men matters to women, and why many ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Kathleen Parker on Why Men Matter They used to say that it was a man's world, but you don't hear that much any more. Women outnumber men in college, get preferential legal treatment in many areas, and in general seem to be doing better, while boys lag girls in education and men generally seem to be doing worse. Should anyone care? Yes, says Kathleen Parker in her new book, Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care. We talk with her about what's going on, why the condition of men matters to women, and why many ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Kathleen Parker on Why Men Matter They used to say that it was a man's world, but you don't hear that much any more. Women outnumber men in college, get preferential legal treatment in many areas, and in general seem to be doing better, while boys lag girls in education and men generally seem to be doing worse. Should anyone care? Yes, says Kathleen Parker in her new book, Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care. We talk with her about what's going on, why the condition of men matters to women, and why many ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Doug Feith on War and Decision Douglas J. Feith served as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2001 through 2005. His new book, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, looks at the response to the 9/11 attacks, the invasion of Afghanistan, and most significantly the Iraq war and its aftermath. Feith's book is copiously documented, and he's also made a lot of his documents available on his website. But the book, though selling well online, hasn't gotten the kind of Big Media att ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Doug Feith on War and Decision Douglas J. Feith served as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2001 through 2005. His new book, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, looks at the response to the 9/11 attacks, the invasion of Afghanistan, and most significantly the Iraq war and its aftermath. Feith's book is copiously documented, and he's also made a lot of his documents available on his website. But the book, though selling well online, hasn't gotten the kind of Big Media att ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Doug Feith on War and Decision Douglas J. Feith served as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2001 through 2005. His new book, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, looks at the response to the 9/11 attacks, the invasion of Afghanistan, and most significantly the Iraq war and its aftermath. Feith's book is copiously documented, and he's also made a lot of his documents available on his website. But the book, though selling well online, hasn't gotten the kind of Big Media att ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Robert Kagan on the Return of History In the 1990s, people talked about the "end of history," when international power politics wouldn't really matter. In his new book, The Return of History and the End of Dreams, Robert Kagan talks about democracy, autocracy, and the return of Great Power politics to international relations. You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by going here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can download a copy and listen at your leisure by clicking right here. And you can get a lo-fi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Robert Kagan on the Return of History In the 1990s, people talked about the "end of history," when international power politics wouldn't really matter. In his new book, The Return of History and the End of Dreams, Robert Kagan talks about democracy, autocracy, and the return of Great Power politics to international relations. You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by going here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can download a copy and listen at your leisure by clicking right here. And you can get a lo-fi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Robert Kagan on the Return of History In the 1990s, people talked about the "end of history," when international power politics wouldn't really matter. In his new book, The Return of History and the End of Dreams, Robert Kagan talks about democracy, autocracy, and the return of Great Power politics to international relations. You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by going here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can download a copy and listen at your leisure by clicking right here. And you can get a lo-fi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Fred Thompson on John McCain and Judges With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama still slugging it out in the Democratic primaries, John McCain has already cleared the way to the Republican nomination. He's spending his time laying out his positions for the general election, and one of the most important issues has to do with judicial nominations. We were lucky enough to catch up with McCain's friend Fred Thompson, who talked with us about McCain's positions, the current and possible future states of the federal judiciary, and whe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Fred Thompson on John McCain and Judges With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama still slugging it out in the Democratic primaries, John McCain has already cleared the way to the Republican nomination. He's spending his time laying out his positions for the general election, and one of the most important issues has to do with judicial nominations. We were lucky enough to catch up with McCain's friend Fred Thompson, who talked with us about McCain's positions, the current and possible future states of the federal judiciary, and whe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Fred Thompson on John McCain and Judges With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama still slugging it out in the Democratic primaries, John McCain has already cleared the way to the Republican nomination. He's spending his time laying out his positions for the general election, and one of the most important issues has to do with judicial nominations. We were lucky enough to catch up with McCain's friend Fred Thompson, who talked with us about McCain's positions, the current and possible future states of the federal judiciary, and whe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Cass Sunstein on Libertarian Paternalism Cass Sunstein is the Karl Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago, and the coauthor, with Chicago colleague Richard Thaler, of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Sunstein and Thaler espouse a theory of "Libertarian Paternalism," in which people have more choice than they do now, but in which ignorance and sloth are exploited to encourage them to make good choices even when they're lazy. We talk about libertarian paternalism, the virt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Cass Sunstein on Libertarian Paternalism Cass Sunstein is the Karl Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago, and the coauthor, with Chicago colleague Richard Thaler, of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Sunstein and Thaler espouse a theory of "Libertarian Paternalism," in which people have more choice than they do now, but in which ignorance and sloth are exploited to encourage them to make good choices even when they're lazy. We talk about libertarian paternalism, the virt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Cass Sunstein on Libertarian Paternalism Cass Sunstein is the Karl Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago, and the coauthor, with Chicago colleague Richard Thaler, of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Sunstein and Thaler espouse a theory of "Libertarian Paternalism," in which people have more choice than they do now, but in which ignorance and sloth are exploited to encourage them to make good choices even when they're lazy. We talk about libertarian paternalism, the virt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon on the Moment of Truth in Iraq Michael Yon is a blogger, and independent journalist, and he's actually the longest serving embedded journalist in Iraq. He's also got a new book out, Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope. It's a terrific book, and a must-read for anyone interested in the war on terror. We talk to Michael about independent blogging, the situation in Iraq and how it's changed since he started reporting in 2004, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon on the Moment of Truth in Iraq Michael Yon is a blogger, and independent journalist, and he's actually the longest serving embedded journalist in Iraq. He's also got a new book out, Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope. It's a terrific book, and a must-read for anyone interested in the war on terror. We talk to Michael about independent blogging, the situation in Iraq and how it's changed since he started reporting in 2004, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon on the Moment of Truth in Iraq Michael Yon is a blogger, and independent journalist, and he's actually the longest serving embedded journalist in Iraq. He's also got a new book out, Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope. It's a terrific book, and a must-read for anyone interested in the war on terror. We talk to Michael about independent blogging, the situation in Iraq and how it's changed since he started reporting in 2004, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Retiring Rich Despite Economic Turmoil Tax Day is approaching, the markets are turbulent, and people are wondering how to move financially. So we talked with Jim Schlagheck, producer of public TV's Retirement Revolution and author of The Cash-Rich Retirement: Use the Investing Techniques of the Mega-Wealthy to Secure Your Retirement Future. The book is interesting, action-oriented, and -- in my opinion -- more conservative and realistic than a lot that I've read. Our discussion includes what to do financially, how the housin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Retiring Rich Despite Economic Turmoil Tax Day is approaching, the markets are turbulent, and people are wondering how to move financially. So we talked with Jim Schlagheck, producer of public TV's Retirement Revolution and author of The Cash-Rich Retirement: Use the Investing Techniques of the Mega-Wealthy to Secure Your Retirement Future. The book is interesting, action-oriented, and -- in my opinion -- more conservative and realistic than a lot that I've read. Our discussion includes what to do financially, how the housin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Retiring Rich Despite Economic Turmoil Tax Day is approaching, the markets are turbulent, and people are wondering how to move financially. So we talked with Jim Schlagheck, producer of public TV's Retirement Revolution and author of The Cash-Rich Retirement: Use the Investing Techniques of the Mega-Wealthy to Secure Your Retirement Future. The book is interesting, action-oriented, and -- in my opinion -- more conservative and realistic than a lot that I've read. Our discussion includes what to do financially, how the housin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Iraq, Venezuela, and America We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the author of both novels and nonfiction works on war and military matters. They fill us in on the latest developments in Iran, Iraq, and Venezuela, and talk about why the Obama Campaign is good for America. (An Obama Presidency is a different story . . . .) You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by goin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Iraq, Venezuela, and America We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the author of both novels and nonfiction works on war and military matters. They fill us in on the latest developments in Iran, Iraq, and Venezuela, and talk about why the Obama Campaign is good for America. (An Obama Presidency is a different story . . . .) You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by goin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Iraq, Venezuela, and America We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the author of both novels and nonfiction works on war and military matters. They fill us in on the latest developments in Iran, Iraq, and Venezuela, and talk about why the Obama Campaign is good for America. (An Obama Presidency is a different story . . . .) You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by goin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Troy Dunn on Raising Rich Kids Want to raise a rich kid? Or at least a kid who knows how to make money without waiting for someone else to offer a job? That's what Troy Dunn offers in his new book, Young Bucks: How to Raise a Future Millionaire. We talk to Troy about why parents should want their kids to be entrepreneurial, how to encourage them to strike out on their own, and what the Presidential candidates are missing when they talk about economics. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going rig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Troy Dunn on Raising Rich Kids Want to raise a rich kid? Or at least a kid who knows how to make money without waiting for someone else to offer a job? That's what Troy Dunn offers in his new book, Young Bucks: How to Raise a Future Millionaire. We talk to Troy about why parents should want their kids to be entrepreneurial, how to encourage them to strike out on their own, and what the Presidential candidates are missing when they talk about economics. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going rig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Troy Dunn on Raising Rich Kids Want to raise a rich kid? Or at least a kid who knows how to make money without waiting for someone else to offer a job? That's what Troy Dunn offers in his new book, Young Bucks: How to Raise a Future Millionaire. We talk to Troy about why parents should want their kids to be entrepreneurial, how to encourage them to strike out on their own, and what the Presidential candidates are missing when they talk about economics. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going rig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Mitt Romney Talks Super Tuesday We've already done our big get-to-know-you interview with Mitt Romney, but with Super Tuesday coming up in a couple of days and the race tight, we thought we'd catch up with him again. We asked him about gun control -- he says he'll veto any gun control bills that cross his desk as President, including a renewal of the "assault weapon" ban, which is more than George W. Bush ever promised -- about the economy (and the Zubrin flexfuel plan), and about John McCain, and Ann Coulter's promise t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Mitt Romney Talks Super Tuesday We've already done our big get-to-know-you interview with Mitt Romney, but with Super Tuesday coming up in a couple of days and the race tight, we thought we'd catch up with him again. We asked him about gun control -- he says he'll veto any gun control bills that cross his desk as President, including a renewal of the "assault weapon" ban, which is more than George W. Bush ever promised -- about the economy (and the Zubrin flexfuel plan), and about John McCain, and Ann Coulter's promise t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Mitt Romney Talks Super Tuesday We've already done our big get-to-know-you interview with Mitt Romney, but with Super Tuesday coming up in a couple of days and the race tight, we thought we'd catch up with him again. We asked him about gun control -- he says he'll veto any gun control bills that cross his desk as President, including a renewal of the "assault weapon" ban, which is more than George W. Bush ever promised -- about the economy (and the Zubrin flexfuel plan), and about John McCain, and Ann Coulter's promise t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Rudy Giuliani and Gene Sperling on Politics and Policy IT'S A BIPARTISAN ELECTION DOUBLE-HEADER. We caught up with Rudy Giuliani as he barnstormed across Florida this weekend, and asked him about the Second Amendment (he says it protects "an individual personal right to bear and carry arms, not just one that's related to the militia"), about health care, energy policy (including the Zubrin plan), and much more. Gene Sperling is the author of The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity. He also chaired the National ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Rudy Giuliani and Gene Sperling on Politics and Policy IT'S A BIPARTISAN ELECTION DOUBLE-HEADER. We caught up with Rudy Giuliani as he barnstormed across Florida this weekend, and asked him about the Second Amendment (he says it protects "an individual personal right to bear and carry arms, not just one that's related to the militia"), about health care, energy policy (including the Zubrin plan), and much more. Gene Sperling is the author of The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity. He also chaired the National ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Rudy Giuliani and Gene Sperling on Politics and Policy IT'S A BIPARTISAN ELECTION DOUBLE-HEADER. We caught up with Rudy Giuliani as he barnstormed across Florida this weekend, and asked him about the Second Amendment (he says it protects "an individual personal right to bear and carry arms, not just one that's related to the militia"), about health care, energy policy (including the Zubrin plan), and much more. Gene Sperling is the author of The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity. He also chaired the National ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bob Zubrin on How to Break OPEC How can we break the OPEC oil cartel for $100 a car? Engineer Bob Zubrin has the answer -- by requiring all new cars sold in the United States to be flex-fuel vehicles that can run not just on gasoline, but on ethanol and methanol. (Note that methanol can even be made out of kudzu, which we southerners will find highly appealing.) We talk to Zubrin about his successful new book -- the first printing sold out in December-- Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bob Zubrin on How to Break OPEC How can we break the OPEC oil cartel for $100 a car? Engineer Bob Zubrin has the answer -- by requiring all new cars sold in the United States to be flex-fuel vehicles that can run not just on gasoline, but on ethanol and methanol. (Note that methanol can even be made out of kudzu, which we southerners will find highly appealing.) We talk to Zubrin about his successful new book -- the first printing sold out in December-- Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bob Zubrin on How to Break OPEC How can we break the OPEC oil cartel for $100 a car? Engineer Bob Zubrin has the answer -- by requiring all new cars sold in the United States to be flex-fuel vehicles that can run not just on gasoline, but on ethanol and methanol. (Note that methanol can even be made out of kudzu, which we southerners will find highly appealing.) We talk to Zubrin about his successful new book -- the first printing sold out in December-- Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jonah Goldberg on Hillary, Huckabee, and Liberal Fascism It's sure to make a splash, and it's already got some left bloggers in a tizzy even though it doesn't come out until next week. It's Jonah Goldberg's new book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. The title comes from H.G. Wells, and the history won't be news to people who've paid attention -- which means it will be news to a lot of people -- but Goldberg has a lot to say about the "progressive" roots of both socialism and fa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jonah Goldberg on Hillary, Huckabee, and Liberal Fascism It's sure to make a splash, and it's already got some left bloggers in a tizzy even though it doesn't come out until next week. It's Jonah Goldberg's new book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. The title comes from H.G. Wells, and the history won't be news to people who've paid attention -- which means it will be news to a lot of people -- but Goldberg has a lot to say about the "progressive" roots of both socialism and fa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jonah Goldberg on Hillary, Huckabee, and Liberal Fascism It's sure to make a splash, and it's already got some left bloggers in a tizzy even though it doesn't come out until next week. It's Jonah Goldberg's new book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. The title comes from H.G. Wells, and the history won't be news to people who've paid attention -- which means it will be news to a lot of people -- but Goldberg has a lot to say about the "progressive" roots of both socialism and fa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: John McCain in the Home Stretch The Iowa Caucuses are just around the corner, and we thought it was a good time to catch up with Senator John McCain, who's seeking the Republican nomination for President. (Our earlier interview with Sen. McCain is here.) We talked about the election, Supreme Court appointments, the Second Amendment, Iraq, and much, much more -- including whether the CIA should be abolished, or just shaken up. McCain was rested, relaxed, confident, and full of I-told-you-sos, but then he was staying in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: John McCain in the Home Stretch The Iowa Caucuses are just around the corner, and we thought it was a good time to catch up with Senator John McCain, who's seeking the Republican nomination for President. (Our earlier interview with Sen. McCain is here.) We talked about the election, Supreme Court appointments, the Second Amendment, Iraq, and much, much more -- including whether the CIA should be abolished, or just shaken up. McCain was rested, relaxed, confident, and full of I-told-you-sos, but then he was staying in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: John McCain in the Home Stretch The Iowa Caucuses are just around the corner, and we thought it was a good time to catch up with Senator John McCain, who's seeking the Republican nomination for President. (Our earlier interview with Sen. McCain is here.) We talked about the election, Supreme Court appointments, the Second Amendment, Iraq, and much, much more -- including whether the CIA should be abolished, or just shaken up. McCain was rested, relaxed, confident, and full of I-told-you-sos, but then he was staying in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bob Levy on the Supreme Court and the D.C. Gun Ban Case The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the D.C. gun ban case, and we caught up with Bob Levy, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and the moving force behind the case, on Tuesday morning just before the Court's announcement. We talk about the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court, and the case's likely influence on the 2008 elections, as well as why Levy bucked the advice of many to put this case in motion. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by goi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bob Levy on the Supreme Court and the D.C. Gun Ban Case The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the D.C. gun ban case, and we caught up with Bob Levy, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and the moving force behind the case, on Tuesday morning just before the Court's announcement. We talk about the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court, and the case's likely influence on the 2008 elections, as well as why Levy bucked the advice of many to put this case in motion. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by goi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bob Levy on the Supreme Court and the D.C. Gun Ban Case The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the D.C. gun ban case, and we caught up with Bob Levy, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and the moving force behind the case, on Tuesday morning just before the Court's announcement. We talk about the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court, and the case's likely influence on the 2008 elections, as well as why Levy bucked the advice of many to put this case in motion. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by goi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Advice for Daring Girls First, it was the Dangerous Book for Boys, and now it's the Daring Book for Girls. We talked to Daring Book authors Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz about girls, the outdoors, and the shockingly large number of fun activities that don't involve cellphones, televisions, or videogames. There's lots of talk about hopscotch, building forts, the virtues of Swiss Army knives and scooters, and the importance of doing things out in the world. Plus, the surprising virtues of boys. And is Hil ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Advice for Daring Girls First, it was the Dangerous Book for Boys, and now it's the Daring Book for Girls. We talked to Daring Book authors Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz about girls, the outdoors, and the shockingly large number of fun activities that don't involve cellphones, televisions, or videogames. There's lots of talk about hopscotch, building forts, the virtues of Swiss Army knives and scooters, and the importance of doing things out in the world. Plus, the surprising virtues of boys. And is Hil ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Advice for Daring Girls First, it was the Dangerous Book for Boys, and now it's the Daring Book for Girls. We talked to Daring Book authors Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz about girls, the outdoors, and the shockingly large number of fun activities that don't involve cellphones, televisions, or videogames. There's lots of talk about hopscotch, building forts, the virtues of Swiss Army knives and scooters, and the importance of doing things out in the world. Plus, the surprising virtues of boys. And is Hil ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Amory Lovins et al., on Science, Engineering, and Society We traveled to the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Conference in New York, and talked to energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, MacArthur Genius Award winner and science educator Shawn Carlson, and appropriate-technology entrepreneur Shawn Frayne. It's a fascinating discussion of everything from how America can save energy and protect the environment without sacrificing our lifestyle, to ways of helping the third world, to techniques for energizing American stu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Amory Lovins et al., on Science, Engineering, and Society We traveled to the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Conference in New York, and talked to energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, MacArthur Genius Award winner and science educator Shawn Carlson, and appropriate-technology entrepreneur Shawn Frayne. It's a fascinating discussion of everything from how America can save energy and protect the environment without sacrificing our lifestyle, to ways of helping the third world, to techniques for energizing American stu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Amory Lovins et al., on Science, Engineering, and Society We traveled to the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Conference in New York, and talked to energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, MacArthur Genius Award winner and science educator Shawn Carlson, and appropriate-technology entrepreneur Shawn Frayne. It's a fascinating discussion of everything from how America can save energy and protect the environment without sacrificing our lifestyle, to ways of helping the third world, to techniques for energizing American stu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee Mike Huckabee is running for President. He was governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, he's the author of numerous books including From Hope to Higher Ground, and the book about how he lost over 100 pounds, Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork : A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle. He's the Jared of Presidential candidates! Helen's also a fan of his book on juvenile violence, Kids Who Kill. We talk to Governor Huckabee about gun rights and gun con ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee Mike Huckabee is running for President. He was governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, he's the author of numerous books including From Hope to Higher Ground, and the book about how he lost over 100 pounds, Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork : A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle. He's the Jared of Presidential candidates! Helen's also a fan of his book on juvenile violence, Kids Who Kill. We talk to Governor Huckabee about gun rights and gun con ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee Mike Huckabee is running for President. He was governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, he's the author of numerous books including From Hope to Higher Ground, and the book about how he lost over 100 pounds, Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork : A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle. He's the Jared of Presidential candidates! Helen's also a fan of his book on juvenile violence, Kids Who Kill. We talk to Governor Huckabee about gun rights and gun con ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Power to the People! We talk to Laura Ingraham about her new book, Power to the People, which looks at ways that ordinary people can empower themselves in the culture and in politics. We talk about large families and prejudice against parenting, her campaign against porn (we're a lot more favorable on the subject than she is, which leads to some . . . discussion) and politics, plus a look at the 2008 elections and the immigration battle. It's an interesting discussion, and Ingraham is different from many othe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Power to the People! We talk to Laura Ingraham about her new book, Power to the People, which looks at ways that ordinary people can empower themselves in the culture and in politics. We talk about large families and prejudice against parenting, her campaign against porn (we're a lot more favorable on the subject than she is, which leads to some . . . discussion) and politics, plus a look at the 2008 elections and the immigration battle. It's an interesting discussion, and Ingraham is different from many othe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Power to the People! We talk to Laura Ingraham about her new book, Power to the People, which looks at ways that ordinary people can empower themselves in the culture and in politics. We talk about large families and prejudice against parenting, her campaign against porn (we're a lot more favorable on the subject than she is, which leads to some . . . discussion) and politics, plus a look at the 2008 elections and the immigration battle. It's an interesting discussion, and Ingraham is different from many othe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jack Goldsmith on Law, Terror and Politics The sixth anniversary of September 11 is just past, and it's a good time to look at where we are, and what to do in coming years. We spoke to Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith, whose new book, The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration, tells the story of his experience working at the Defense Department and as head of the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, and also looks at how the decisionmaking process relating to terror is being "stran ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jack Goldsmith on Law, Terror and Politics The sixth anniversary of September 11 is just past, and it's a good time to look at where we are, and what to do in coming years. We spoke to Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith, whose new book, The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration, tells the story of his experience working at the Defense Department and as head of the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, and also looks at how the decisionmaking process relating to terror is being "stran ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jack Goldsmith on Law, Terror and Politics The sixth anniversary of September 11 is just past, and it's a good time to look at where we are, and what to do in coming years. We spoke to Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith, whose new book, The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration, tells the story of his experience working at the Defense Department and as head of the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, and also looks at how the decisionmaking process relating to terror is being "stran ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Richard Epstein on Drugs and Health Richard Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, and the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation as well as Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? These are topics of particular interest to us, as Helen is kept alive by Tikosyn, a somewhat unusual anti-arrhythmic drug. We talk to Epstein about the pharmaceutical industry, its critics, and what to do to promote new dr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Richard Epstein on Drugs and Health Richard Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, and the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation as well as Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? These are topics of particular interest to us, as Helen is kept alive by Tikosyn, a somewhat unusual anti-arrhythmic drug. We talk to Epstein about the pharmaceutical industry, its critics, and what to do to promote new dr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Richard Epstein on Drugs and Health Richard Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, and the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation as well as Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? These are topics of particular interest to us, as Helen is kept alive by Tikosyn, a somewhat unusual anti-arrhythmic drug. We talk to Epstein about the pharmaceutical industry, its critics, and what to do to promote new dr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin and Annabelle Bay on War, History, and Life. Austin Bay is a novelist and nonfiction author (author of The Wrong Side of Brightness and A Quick and Dirty Guide to War), blogger and host of Pajamas Media's Blog Week in Review. He and his daughter spent part of this summer following the route of Austin's great-great-grandfather in the Civil War, shooting video and working on a book project tentatively entitled Eli's War. They passed through Knoxville, and we managed to have dinner with them. Join us for a talk about war, history, and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin and Annabelle Bay on War, History, and Life. Austin Bay is a novelist and nonfiction author (author of The Wrong Side of Brightness and A Quick and Dirty Guide to War), blogger and host of Pajamas Media's Blog Week in Review. He and his daughter spent part of this summer following the route of Austin's great-great-grandfather in the Civil War, shooting video and working on a book project tentatively entitled Eli's War. They passed through Knoxville, and we managed to have dinner with them. Join us for a talk about war, history, and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin and Annabelle Bay on War, History, and Life. Austin Bay is a novelist and nonfiction author (author of The Wrong Side of Brightness and A Quick and Dirty Guide to War), blogger and host of Pajamas Media's Blog Week in Review. He and his daughter spent part of this summer following the route of Austin's great-great-grandfather in the Civil War, shooting video and working on a book project tentatively entitled Eli's War. They passed through Knoxville, and we managed to have dinner with them. Join us for a talk about war, history, and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon Reports from Iraq We caught up with independent journalist Michael Yon via satellite phone this afternoon. Yon, who's been covering Operation Arrowhead Ripper in the (former) Al Qaedah stronghold of Baqubah reports on how things are going, what he thinks will happen next, and his thoughts on the likely consequences of premature withdrawal. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can download the whole file and listen at you leisure by cl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon Reports from Iraq We caught up with independent journalist Michael Yon via satellite phone this afternoon. Yon, who's been covering Operation Arrowhead Ripper in the (former) Al Qaedah stronghold of Baqubah reports on how things are going, what he thinks will happen next, and his thoughts on the likely consequences of premature withdrawal. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can download the whole file and listen at you leisure by cl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon Reports from Iraq We caught up with independent journalist Michael Yon via satellite phone this afternoon. Yon, who's been covering Operation Arrowhead Ripper in the (former) Al Qaedah stronghold of Baqubah reports on how things are going, what he thinks will happen next, and his thoughts on the likely consequences of premature withdrawal. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can download the whole file and listen at you leisure by cl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Hector Qirko on Music and Life He's played with everybody from Lonnie Brooks and Albert King to Terry Hill and Balboa. We talk to legendary guitarist Hector Qirko about music and life -- and his work remastering some of the late Terry Hill's lost tapes. We also listen to some tunes by Hector, Terry, and R.B. Morris. Links mentioned in the show include Hector's own site, the site of R.B. Morris, and the Terry Hill memorial page. Plus, the Lonesome Coyotes and, of course, Balboa. You can listen to the show directly -- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Hector Qirko on Music and Life He's played with everybody from Lonnie Brooks and Albert King to Terry Hill and Balboa. We talk to legendary guitarist Hector Qirko about music and life -- and his work remastering some of the late Terry Hill's lost tapes. We also listen to some tunes by Hector, Terry, and R.B. Morris. Links mentioned in the show include Hector's own site, the site of R.B. Morris, and the Terry Hill memorial page. Plus, the Lonesome Coyotes and, of course, Balboa. You can listen to the show directly -- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Hector Qirko on Music and Life He's played with everybody from Lonnie Brooks and Albert King to Terry Hill and Balboa. We talk to legendary guitarist Hector Qirko about music and life -- and his work remastering some of the late Terry Hill's lost tapes. We also listen to some tunes by Hector, Terry, and R.B. Morris. Links mentioned in the show include Hector's own site, the site of R.B. Morris, and the Terry Hill memorial page. Plus, the Lonesome Coyotes and, of course, Balboa. You can listen to the show directly -- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Iraq and America The surge is well underway, Baqubah is under assault, Anbar is mostly pacified, and while people in iraq seem somewhat more optimistic, American politicians are getting increasingly wobbly. Meanwhile, we're seeing assassinations and riots in Iran. What's going on, and what should we expect in coming months? We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the auth ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Iraq and America The surge is well underway, Baqubah is under assault, Anbar is mostly pacified, and while people in iraq seem somewhat more optimistic, American politicians are getting increasingly wobbly. Meanwhile, we're seeing assassinations and riots in Iran. What's going on, and what should we expect in coming months? We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the auth ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Iraq and America The surge is well underway, Baqubah is under assault, Anbar is mostly pacified, and while people in iraq seem somewhat more optimistic, American politicians are getting increasingly wobbly. Meanwhile, we're seeing assassinations and riots in Iran. What's going on, and what should we expect in coming months? We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the auth ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bill Frist on Fighting Global Hunger and Supporting Fred Thompson Bill Frist isn't Senate Majority Leader any more, and he says he gets more respect when he goes by "Doctor" than when he goes by "Senator." But he hasn't given up on changing the world, and he's working -- with Tom Daschle -- on a bipartisan program called One Vote '08, aimed at helping the people that Paul Collier calls the bottom billion. Since he's from Tennessee, we also had to ask him what he thinks about the Fred Thompson campaign, and he sounded pretty positive. You can listen onl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bill Frist on Fighting Global Hunger and Supporting Fred Thompson Bill Frist isn't Senate Majority Leader any more, and he says he gets more respect when he goes by "Doctor" than when he goes by "Senator." But he hasn't given up on changing the world, and he's working -- with Tom Daschle -- on a bipartisan program called One Vote '08, aimed at helping the people that Paul Collier calls the bottom billion. Since he's from Tennessee, we also had to ask him what he thinks about the Fred Thompson campaign, and he sounded pretty positive. You can listen onl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bill Frist on Fighting Global Hunger and Supporting Fred Thompson Bill Frist isn't Senate Majority Leader any more, and he says he gets more respect when he goes by "Doctor" than when he goes by "Senator." But he hasn't given up on changing the world, and he's working -- with Tom Daschle -- on a bipartisan program called One Vote '08, aimed at helping the people that Paul Collier calls the bottom billion. Since he's from Tennessee, we also had to ask him what he thinks about the Fred Thompson campaign, and he sounded pretty positive. You can listen onl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Conn Iggulden on Boys and Danger Are we turning into a nation of wimps? Do boys need to be boys? Is there something parents and schools should be doing differently? We talk with British author Conn Iggulden, whose new book, The Dangerous Book for Boys, takes an old-fashioned positive look at boyhood, bravery, and the nature of risk, about those subjects and others -- including the effect of modern parenting and education on military recruitment and the future of Western civilization. Is being optimistic old-fashioned? ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Conn Iggulden on Boys and Danger Are we turning into a nation of wimps? Do boys need to be boys? Is there something parents and schools should be doing differently? We talk with British author Conn Iggulden, whose new book, The Dangerous Book for Boys, takes an old-fashioned positive look at boyhood, bravery, and the nature of risk, about those subjects and others -- including the effect of modern parenting and education on military recruitment and the future of Western civilization. Is being optimistic old-fashioned? ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Conn Iggulden on Boys and Danger Are we turning into a nation of wimps? Do boys need to be boys? Is there something parents and schools should be doing differently? We talk with British author Conn Iggulden, whose new book, The Dangerous Book for Boys, takes an old-fashioned positive look at boyhood, bravery, and the nature of risk, about those subjects and others -- including the effect of modern parenting and education on military recruitment and the future of Western civilization. Is being optimistic old-fashioned? ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: David Verklin on Online (and Offline) Advertising Traditional media are worried, and new media are excited. In both cases, it has a lot to do with where the advertising money is going, and where it's not going. Nobody knows more about advertising than David Verklin, CEO of Carat Americas. Carat is the world's largest independent media buying operation, and Verklin is also the coauthor -- with Bernice Kanner -- of Watch This, Listen Up, Click Here: Inside the 300 Billion Dollar Business Behind the Media You Constantly Consume. We talk ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: David Verklin on Online (and Offline) Advertising Traditional media are worried, and new media are excited. In both cases, it has a lot to do with where the advertising money is going, and where it's not going. Nobody knows more about advertising than David Verklin, CEO of Carat Americas. Carat is the world's largest independent media buying operation, and Verklin is also the coauthor -- with Bernice Kanner -- of Watch This, Listen Up, Click Here: Inside the 300 Billion Dollar Business Behind the Media You Constantly Consume. We talk ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: David Verklin on Online (and Offline) Advertising Traditional media are worried, and new media are excited. In both cases, it has a lot to do with where the advertising money is going, and where it's not going. Nobody knows more about advertising than David Verklin, CEO of Carat Americas. Carat is the world's largest independent media buying operation, and Verklin is also the coauthor -- with Bernice Kanner -- of Watch This, Listen Up, Click Here: Inside the 300 Billion Dollar Business Behind the Media You Constantly Consume. We talk ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael S. Malone on the Past and Future of Silicon Valley Hewlett-Packard is now the biggest information technology company in the world, having surpassed both the $100 billion mark and IBM. How did it get there, over a period of time when so many promising companies fell apart? That's the topic of Michael S. Malone's new book, Bill and Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company. We talk with Malone about the role of old-fashioned values in surviving new-era corporate challenges, and the difficulties that HP has had in s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael S. Malone on the Past and Future of Silicon Valley Hewlett-Packard is now the biggest information technology company in the world, having surpassed both the $100 billion mark and IBM. How did it get there, over a period of time when so many promising companies fell apart? That's the topic of Michael S. Malone's new book, Bill and Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company. We talk with Malone about the role of old-fashioned values in surviving new-era corporate challenges, and the difficulties that HP has had in s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael S. Malone on the Past and Future of Silicon Valley Hewlett-Packard is now the biggest information technology company in the world, having surpassed both the $100 billion mark and IBM. How did it get there, over a period of time when so many promising companies fell apart? That's the topic of Michael S. Malone's new book, Bill and Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company. We talk with Malone about the role of old-fashioned values in surviving new-era corporate challenges, and the difficulties that HP has had in s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Should Adolescence Be Abolished? Are we infantilizing teens to the point that we are raising a nation of wimps? Is adolescence extended so long that people have gray hair by the time they become adults? Robert Epstein, Director Emeritus of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies in Massachusetts and author of The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen talks about these questions and more on today's podcast. Epstein's new book argues that adolescence is an artificial and unnecessary part of lif ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Should Adolescence Be Abolished? Are we infantilizing teens to the point that we are raising a nation of wimps? Is adolescence extended so long that people have gray hair by the time they become adults? Robert Epstein, Director Emeritus of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies in Massachusetts and author of The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen talks about these questions and more on today's podcast. Epstein's new book argues that adolescence is an artificial and unnecessary part of lif ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Should Adolescence Be Abolished? Are we infantilizing teens to the point that we are raising a nation of wimps? Is adolescence extended so long that people have gray hair by the time they become adults? Robert Epstein, Director Emeritus of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies in Massachusetts and author of The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen talks about these questions and more on today's podcast. Epstein's new book argues that adolescence is an artificial and unnecessary part of lif ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon Reports on the Surge The surge is well underway in Iraq, and by some reports it's already making a big difference. We contacted the blogosphere's man-on-the-spot in Baghdad, Michael Yon, by satellite phone, and got his take on how things are going. Some important bits: The dispersal of troops out of big bases and into Iraqi neighborhoods has had a big impact -- somewhat like the "community policing" approach in New York and elsewhere -- and is generating a lot more intelligence and assistance from ordinary I ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon Reports on the Surge The surge is well underway in Iraq, and bysome reportsit's already making a big difference. We contacted the blogosphere's man-on-the-spot in Baghdad,Michael Yon,by satellite phone, and got his take on how things are going. Some important bits: The dispersal of troops out of big bases and into Iraqi neighborhoods has had a big impact -- somewhat like the "community policing" approach in New York and elsewhere -- and is generating a lot more intelligence and assistance from ordinary Iraqi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon Reports on the Surge The surge is well underway in Iraq, and by some reports it's already making a big difference. We contacted the blogosphere's man-on-the-spot in Baghdad, Michael Yon, by satellite phone, and got his take on how things are going. Some important bits: The dispersal of troops out of big bases and into Iraqi neighborhoods has had a big impact -- somewhat like the "community policing" approach in New York and elsewhere -- and is generating a lot more intelligence and assistance from ordinary I ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Duncan Hunter on Why He Wants to Be President We talk to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) about why he wants to be President. We caught up with Rep. Hunter as he was getting ready to go to Iraq, and talked with him about the war, gun control, stem cell research and cloning, and much more. (His core principles statement is online, but we noticed a surprising omission.) Plus, what his son learned serving in Fallujah. You can listen directly -- no download needed -- by going here, or you can download the entire file by clicking right here ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Duncan Hunter on Why He Wants to Be President We talk toRep. Duncan Hunter(R-CA) about why he wants to be President. We caught up with Rep. Hunter as he was getting ready to go to Iraq, and talked with him about the war, gun control, stem cell research and cloning, and much more. (Hiscore principlesstatement is online, but we noticed a surprising omission.) Plus, what his son learned serving in Fallujah.You can listen directly -- no download needed -- bygoing here,or you can download the entire file byclicking right here.A lo-fi ver ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Duncan Hunter on Why He Wants to Be President We talk to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) about why he wants to be President. We caught up with Rep. Hunter as he was getting ready to go to Iraq, and talked with him about the war, gun control, stem cell research and cloning, and much more. (His core principles statement is online, but we noticed a surprising omission.) Plus, what his son learned serving in Fallujah. You can listen directly -- no download needed -- by going here, or you can download the entire file by clicking right here ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Training the Afghan Army and Police We talked with Col. David Enyeart, Deputy Commander of Task Force Phoenix, the command dedicated to training the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police. Col. Enyeart talks about addressing corruption, the much-anticipated Taliban spring offensive (which he calls "make or break for the Taliban") addressing corruption and illiteracy, and the success in recruiting efforts. His conclusion: "This is a winnable war over here." Also on the call are Mark Finkelstein of Newsbusters, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Training the Afghan Army and Police We talked with Col. David Enyeart, Deputy Commander of Task Force Phoenix, the command dedicated to training the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police. Col. Enyeart talks about addressing corruption, the much-anticipated Taliban spring offensive (which he calls "make or break for the Taliban") addressing corruption and illiteracy, and the success in recruiting efforts. His conclusion: "This is a winnable war over here." Also on the call are Mark Finkelstein of Newsbusters, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Training the Afghan Army and Police We talked with Col. David Enyeart, Deputy Commander of Task Force Phoenix, the command dedicated to training the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police. Col. Enyeart talks about addressing corruption, the much-anticipated Taliban spring offensive (which he calls "make or break for the Taliban") addressing corruption and illiteracy, and the success in recruiting efforts. His conclusion: "This is a winnable war over here." Also on the call are Mark Finkelstein of Newsbusters, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Claire and Mischa Berlinski on Two New Novels It's a brother-sister novelist act, as we talk to Claire Berlinski, author of last year's powerful nonfiction book, Menace in Europe and now of a new novel of Internet dating and espionage, Lion Eyes -- and her brother, Mischa Berlinski, whose novel Fieldwork, on missionaries, anthropologists, and murder in the hills of Thailand, was published on the same day as Lion Eyes. The conversation ranges from Internet dating and blogger romance, to the historical conflicts between missionaries and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Claire and Mischa Berlinski on Two New Novels It's a brother-sister novelist act, as we talk to Claire Berlinski, author of last year's powerful nonfiction book, Menace in Europe and now of a new novel of Internet dating and espionage, Lion Eyes -- and her brother, Mischa Berlinski, whose novel Fieldwork, on missionaries, anthropologists, and murder in the hills of Thailand, was published on the same day as Lion Eyes. The conversation ranges from Internet dating and blogger romance, to the historical conflicts between missionaries and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Claire and Mischa Berlinski on Two New Novels It's a brother-sister novelist act, as we talk to Claire Berlinski, author of last year's powerful nonfiction book, Menace in Europe and now of a new novel of Internet dating and espionage, Lion Eyes -- and her brother, Mischa Berlinski, whose novel Fieldwork, on missionaries, anthropologists, and murder in the hills of Thailand, was published on the same day as Lion Eyes. The conversation ranges from Internet dating and blogger romance, to the historical conflicts between missionaries and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Five for Fighting's John Ondrasik on War, Peace and Music John Ondrasik is Five for Fighting. Unless you've been living in a cave in Waziristan, you've heard his songs like 100 Years, Superman, and The Riddle. But the title cut to his latest album, Two Lights, turns out to come from a lunch with none other than blogosphere fave Victor Davis Hanson. (There are some streamable samples at the link, too.) We talk to Ondrasik about politics in the music business, what drives his songwriting, what aspiring musicians should do to make it, and more - ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Five for Fighting's John Ondrasik on War, Peace and Music John Ondrasik is Five for Fighting. Unless you've been living in a cave in Waziristan, you've heard his songs like100 Years,Superman,andThe Riddle.But the title cut to his latest album,Two Lights,turns out to come from a lunch with none other than blogosphere fave Victor Davis Hanson. (There are some streamable samples at the link, too.) We talk to Ondrasik about politics in the music business, what drives his songwriting, what aspiring musicians should do to make it, and more -- includ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Five for Fighting's John Ondrasik on War, Peace and Music John Ondrasik is Five for Fighting. Unless you've been living in a cave in Waziristan, you've heard his songs like 100 Years, Superman, and The Riddle. But the title cut to his latest album, Two Lights, turns out to come from a lunch with none other than blogosphere fave Victor Davis Hanson. (There are some streamable samples at the link, too.) We talk to Ondrasik about politics in the music business, what drives his songwriting, what aspiring musicians should do to make it, and more - ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon from Camp Victory Michael Yon is back in Iraq, where he's been for over a month now. We caught up to him via satellite phone this afternoon and got his views on the surge (it will be "unlike anything we've seen before"), the status of Iraqi security forces (they've made "tremendous progress" since he was there last year, but things are "still dicey"), evidence of Iranian involvement in terror attacks in Iraq, what the Iraqi public thinks, and much more. Plus a couple of "normal explosions" in the backgrou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon from Camp Victory Michael Yon is back in Iraq, where he's been for over a month now. We caught up to him via satellite phone this afternoon and got his views on the surge (it will be "unlike anything we've seen before"), the status of Iraqi security forces (they've made "tremendous progress" since he was there last year, but things are "still dicey"), evidence of Iranian involvement in terror attacks in Iraq, what the Iraqi public thinks, and much more. Plus a couple of "normal explosions" in the backgrou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon from Camp Victory Michael Yon is back in Iraq, where he's been for over a month now. We caught up to him via satellite phone this afternoon and got his views on the surge (it will be "unlike anything we've seen before"), the status of Iraqi security forces (they've made "tremendous progress" since he was there last year, but things are "still dicey"), evidence of Iranian involvement in terror attacks in Iraq, what the Iraqi public thinks, and much more. Plus a couple of "normal explosions" in the backgrou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: I See Dead People Pioneering forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass is the inventor of the University of Tennessee "body farm," made famous by Patricia Cornwell'sbestselling novelof the same name. Bassis also, with Jon Jefferson, a bestselling author in his own right under the name Jefferson Bass. We talk about forensic anthropology, their new novelFlesh and Bone,whatCSIgets wrong, and how to have fun in Chattanooga's gay bars. Plus, Dr. Bass's new effort to find out what happened to theBig Bopperin his pl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: I See Dead People Pioneering forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass is the inventor of the University of Tennessee "body farm," made famous by Patricia Cornwell's bestselling novel of the same name. Bass is also, with Jon Jefferson, a bestselling author in his own right under the name Jefferson Bass. We talk about forensic anthropology, their new novel Flesh and Bone, what CSI gets wrong, and how to have fun in Chattanooga's gay bars. Plus, Dr. Bass's new effort to find out what happened to the Big Bopper ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: I See Dead People Pioneering forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass is the inventor of the University of Tennessee "body farm," made famous by Patricia Cornwell's bestselling novel of the same name. Bass is also, with Jon Jefferson, a bestselling author in his own right under the name Jefferson Bass. We talk about forensic anthropology, their new novel Flesh and Bone, what CSI gets wrong, and how to have fun in Chattanooga's gay bars. Plus, Dr. Bass's new effort to find out what happened to the Big Bopper ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Gordon Crovitz on the WSJ, Old and New Media, and Blogging as an Art Form People in the newspaper business seem awfully gloomy about the future right now, and with reason. But there's one bright spot:The Wall Street Journal'spublisher GordonCrovitz, whodescribeshimself as "the last person in the country with 'newspaper publisher' in his title who nonetheless is an optimist."We'll talk about why he's optimistic, about how theWall Street Journal's online edition came to be the fourth biggest newspaper in the country -- bigger than theWashington Postor theL.A. Time ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Gordon Crovitz on the WSJ, Old and New Media, and Blogging as an Art Form People in the newspaper business seem awfully gloomy about the future right now, and with reason. But there's one bright spot: The Wall Street Journal's publisher Gordon Crovitz, who describes himself as "the last person in the country with 'newspaper publisher' in his title who nonetheless is an optimist." We'll talk about why he's optimistic, about how the Wall Street Journal's online edition came to be the fourth biggest newspaper in the country -- bigger than the Washington Post or ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Gordon Crovitz on the WSJ, Old and New Media, and Blogging as an Art Form People in the newspaper business seem awfully gloomy about the future right now, and with reason. But there's one bright spot: The Wall Street Journal's publisher Gordon Crovitz, who describes himself as "the last person in the country with 'newspaper publisher' in his title who nonetheless is an optimist." We'll talk about why he's optimistic, about how the Wall Street Journal's online edition came to be the fourth biggest newspaper in the country -- bigger than the Washington Post or ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Mitt Romney on the War, the Campaign and the Future Mitt Romney has officially declared his interest in the 2008 Presidential election. In this interview, he responds to a controversial YouTube video about his positions on abortion and other social issues, and talks about the war, gun rights, health care, research and development, and the role of the blogosphere in the 2008 election, among other things. That's kind of cool, using a podcast to respond to a YouTube interview. All new media, all the time! I was going to hold this until to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Mitt Romney on the War, the Campaign and the Future Mitt Romney has officially declared his interest in the 2008 Presidential election. In this interview, he responds to a controversial YouTube video about his positions on abortion and other social issues, and talks about the war, gun rights, health care, research and development, and the role of the blogosphere in the 2008 election, among other things. That's kind of cool, using a podcast to respond to a YouTube interview. All new media, all the time! I was going to hold this until to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Mitt Romney on the War, the Campaign and the Future Mitt Romney has officially declared his interest in the 2008 Presidential election. In this interview, he responds to a controversial YouTube video about his positions on abortion and other social issues, and talks about the war, gun rights, health care, research and development, and the role of the blogosphere in the 2008 election, among other things. That's kind of cool, using a podcast to respond to a YouTube interview. All new media, all the time! I was going to hold this until to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Kay Hymowitz on Marriage and Caste in America Does marriage still matter? We talk to the Manhattan Institute's Kay Hymowitz about her book, Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age. Hymowitz talks about the role of marriage in childrearing, wealth accumulation, and more -- and how the unequal popularity of marriage is making the rich richer and the poor poorer. It's interesting stuff, though I remain unpersuaded that gay marriage is any threat, and remain unclear on how that fits with the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Kay Hymowitz on Marriage and Caste in America Does marriage still matter? We talk to the Manhattan Institute's Kay Hymowitz about her book, Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age. Hymowitz talks about the role of marriage in childrearing, wealth accumulation, and more -- and how the unequal popularity of marriage is making the rich richer and the poor poorer. It's interesting stuff, though I remain unpersuaded that gay marriage is any threat, and remain unclear on how that fits with the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Kay Hymowitz on Marriage and Caste in America Does marriage still matter? We talk to the Manhattan Institute's Kay Hymowitz about her book, Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age. Hymowitz talks about the role of marriage in childrearing, wealth accumulation, and more -- and how the unequal popularity of marriage is making the rich richer and the poor poorer. It's interesting stuff, though I remain unpersuaded that gay marriage is any threat, and remain unclear on how that fits with the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: A Martha Stewart Christmas! It's a Martha Stewart Christmas at the Glenn and Helen Show! Well, it's a show about Martha Stewart at Christmastime, anyway. We interview law professor Joan Heminway about her book, Martha Stewart's Legal Troubles, which comes out next week. We're joined by Professor Ellen Podgor and talk not only about Martha Stewart's legal troubles, but about the Sarbanes-Oxley bill, white-collar crime, and the criminalization of nearly everything. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed - ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: A Martha Stewart Christmas! It's a Martha Stewart Christmas at the Glenn and Helen Show! Well, it's a show about Martha Stewart at Christmastime, anyway. We interview law professor Joan Heminway about her book,Martha Stewart's Legal Troubles,which comes out next week. We're joined by Professor Ellen Podgor and talk not only about Martha Stewart's legal troubles, but about the Sarbanes-Oxley bill, white-collar crime, and the criminalization of nearly everything.You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- byg ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: A Martha Stewart Christmas! It's a Martha Stewart Christmas at the Glenn and Helen Show! Well, it's a show about Martha Stewart at Christmastime, anyway. We interview law professor Joan Heminway about her book, Martha Stewart's Legal Troubles, which comes out next week. We're joined by Professor Ellen Podgor and talk not only about Martha Stewart's legal troubles, but about the Sarbanes-Oxley bill, white-collar crime, and the criminalization of nearly everything. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed - ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Suicide is Painful You hear a lot about suicide and depression during the holiday season. We talk with Dr. Eric Caine, head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester and a consultant to the President's Commission on Mental Health, about suicide and suicide prevention. Do antidepressant drugs raise the risks of suicide or lower them? What preventive steps work, and what should general medical practitioners, or concerned friends and family, do? Dr. Caine offers lots of answers, and inte ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Suicide is Painful You hear a lot about suicide and depression during the holiday season. We talk with Dr. Eric Caine, head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester and a consultant to the President's Commission on Mental Health, about suicide and suicide prevention. Do antidepressant drugs raise the risks of suicide or lower them? What preventive steps work, and what should general medical practitioners, or concerned friends and family, do? Dr. Caine offers lots of answers, and inte ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Suicide is Painful You hear a lot about suicide and depression during the holiday season. We talk with Dr. Eric Caine, head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester and a consultant to the President's Commission on Mental Health, about suicide and suicide prevention. Do antidepressant drugs raise the risks of suicide or lower them? What preventive steps work, and what should general medical practitioners, or concerned friends and family, do? Dr. Caine offers lots of answers, and inte ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Questions and Answers In this episode, we take listeners' questions and answer them -- including a few that were emailed in audio form, making it a sort of call-in show. We talk about things personal, political, and podcast-related, and about the blogosphere in general. You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by going right here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can also download the podcast by clicking right here, and you can subscribe via iTunes -- all the cool kids do! -- by clicking her ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Questions and Answers In this episode, we take listeners' questions and answer them -- including a few that were emailed in audio form, making it a sort of call-in show. We talk about things personal, political, and podcast-related, and about the blogosphere in general. You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by going right here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can also download the podcast by clicking right here, and you can subscribe via iTunes -- all the cool kids do! -- by clicking her ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Questions and Answers In this episode, we take listeners' questions and answer them -- including a few that were emailed in audio form, making it a sort of call-in show. We talk about things personal, political, and podcast-related, and about the blogosphere in general. You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by going right here and clicking on the gray Flash player. You can also download the podcast by clicking right here, and you can subscribe via iTunes -- all the cool kids do! -- by clicking her ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Orson Scott Card on Empire and Division in American Politics Most people agree that political divisions have gotten worse in recent years. Orson Scott Card's new novel Empire looks at whether and how those divisions might lead to an American civil war in the near future. It's a thriller novel, a la Tom Clancy, but it's also a cautionary tale. We talk with Card about the novel, about storytelling, about the political scene, and what Americans should be doing. You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by going right here and clicking on the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Orson Scott Card on Empire and Division in American Politics Most people agree that political divisions have gotten worse in recent years. Orson Scott Card's new novel Empire looks at whether and how those divisions might lead to an American civil war in the near future. It's a thriller novel, a la Tom Clancy, but it's also a cautionary tale. We talk with Card about the novel, about storytelling, about the political scene, and what Americans should be doing. You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by going right here and clicking on the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Orson Scott Card on Empire and Division in American Politics Most people agree that political divisions have gotten worse in recent years. Orson Scott Card's new novelEmpirelooks at whether and how those divisions might lead to an American civil war in the near future. It's a thriller novel,a laTom Clancy, but it's also a cautionary tale. We talk with Card about the novel, about storytelling, about the political scene, and what Americans should be doing.You can listen directly -- no downloads needed -- by goingright hereand clicking on the gray Fl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Fixing America's Health Care System With the Democrats back in Congressional majority, there's more talk of health care regulation, and perhaps even a Canada-style socialized-medicine approach. Dr. David Gratzer is the author of a new book, The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care, and -- as the foreword by Milton Friedman might suggest -- he suggests a very different approach. Gratzer, a Canadian physician who has practiced in both the Canadian and American medical systems, looks at the flaws in both approach ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Fixing America's Health Care System With the Democrats back in Congressional majority, there's more talk of health care regulation, and perhaps even a Canada-style socialized-medicine approach. Dr. David Gratzer is the author of a new book, The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care, and -- as the foreword by Milton Friedman might suggest -- he suggests a very different approach. Gratzer, a Canadian physician who has practiced in both the Canadian and American medical systems, looks at the flaws in both approach ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Fixing America's Health Care System With the Democrats back in Congressional majority, there's more talk of health care regulation, and perhaps even a Canada-style socialized-medicine approach. Dr. David Gratzer is the author of a new book, The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care, and -- as the foreword by Milton Friedman might suggest -- he suggests a very different approach. Gratzer, a Canadian physician who has practiced in both the Canadian and American medical systems, looks at the flaws in both approach ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Old Media and New at Popular Mechanics Are old media doomed to be replaced by new media? Or is there more likely to be some sort of symbiosis? Lots of people wonder about that, and we took the opportunity to talk with Angela Diegel and David Dunbar from Popular Mechanics when they came to town. Diegel is the magazine's online director, while Dunbar is the Executive Editor. They say that print isn't dead, but that magazines that are going to make it will make much smarter use of the web -- and they relay their experience that ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Old Media and New at Popular Mechanics Are old media doomed to be replaced by new media? Or is there more likely to be some sort of symbiosis? Lots of people wonder about that, and we took the opportunity to talk with Angela Diegel and David Dunbar from Popular Mechanics when they came to town. Diegel is the magazine's online director, while Dunbar is the Executive Editor. They say that print isn't dead, but that magazines that are going to make it will make much smarter use of the web -- and they relay their experience that ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Old Media and New at Popular Mechanics Are old media doomed to be replaced by new media? Or is there more likely to be some sort of symbiosis? Lots of people wonder about that, and we took the opportunity to talk with Angela Diegel and David Dunbar from Popular Mechanics when they came to town. Diegel is the magazine's online director, while Dunbar is the Executive Editor. They say that print isn't dead, but that magazines that are going to make it will make much smarter use of the web -- and they relay their experience that ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Rumsfeld, the Elections, and the War on Terror The Democrats have taken the House and, it appears, the Senate. Donald Rumsfeld has resigned, to be replaced by Robert Gates. What's next for the War on Terror and U.S. national security? We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the author of both novels and nonfiction works on war and military matters. They describe Rumsfeld's legacy of military reform an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Rumsfeld, the Elections, and the War on Terror The Democrats have taken the House and, it appears, the Senate. Donald Rumsfeld has resigned, to be replaced by Robert Gates. What's next for the War on Terror and U.S. national security? We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the author of both novels and nonfiction works on war and military matters. They describe Rumsfeld's legacy of military reform an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Austin Bay and Jim Dunnigan on Rumsfeld, the Elections, and the War on Terror The Democrats have taken the House and, it appears, the Senate. Donald Rumsfeld has resigned, to be replaced by Robert Gates. What's next for the War on Terror and U.S. national security? We talk to Jim Dunnigan, publisher of StrategyPage.com and author of numerous books on war, intelligence and security, and Austin Bay, who blogs at AustinBay.net, and who is the author of both novels and nonfiction works on war and military matters. They describe Rumsfeld's legacy of military reform an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: A Foreign Perspective on U.S. Politics The American media have been obsessed with this week's Congressional elections, but the foreign media have been just as interested. We caught up with Mark Little and Ken O'Shea of Irish TV's "Primetime" -- a show that's a bit like our "Nightline" -- to see what interests them about the American elections, and what has surprised them about their reporting. Plus, a look at the effect of American portion sizes on Irish waistlines. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: A Foreign Perspective on U.S. Politics The American media have been obsessed with this week's Congressional elections, but the foreign media have been just as interested. We caught up with Mark Little and Ken O'Shea of Irish TV's "Primetime" -- a show that's a bit like our "Nightline" -- to see what interests them about the American elections, and what has surprised them about their reporting. Plus, a look at the effect of American portion sizes on Irish waistlines. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: A Foreign Perspective on U.S. Politics The American media have been obsessed with this week's Congressional elections, but the foreign media have been just as interested. We caught up with Mark Little and Ken O'Shea of Irish TV's "Primetime" -- a show that's a bit like our "Nightline" -- to see what interests them about the American elections, and what has surprised them about their reporting. Plus, a look at the effect of American portion sizes on Irish waistlines. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Gov. Mark Warner on Politics, Family, and Not Running for President Mark Warner looked to be the strongest Democratic contender for President in 2008 except for Hillary Clinton. We'd been slated to interview him when he decided not to run, but we thought that decision was interesting enough in its own right to justify an interview. We talk to Warner about his choice to bow out, about the state of politics today, and about what he'll do next. We also discuss anti-terrorism, the Democrats' problems with flyover country, and the importance of alternative en ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Talking Guns and Politics with Dave Kopel Guns and gun control are a big issue as the 2006 elections loom. We talked with Dave Kopel, author of The Samurai, the Mountie, and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies?, Guns: Who Should Have Them?, and Gun Control and Gun Rights: A Reader and Guide. He's also research director at the Independence Institute, and a regular blogger at The Volokh Conspiracy. (He's also got a page with lots of gun information at DaveKopel.com). Dave talks with us about vi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Army Secretary Francis Harvey on Recruitment, Retention, and Force Structure Will there be a draft? How's the Army doing in the Long War? No, and pretty well, according to Dr. Francis Harvey, Secretary of the Army, who notes that recruitment is at a 9-year high and that reenlistment is very strong. Harvey talks about the Army's strength levels, force structure, equipment maintenance loads, and general ability to withstand the stress of the Long War against terrorism. In particular, he responds rather forcefully to claims that the Army is lowering standards to m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Beer and Barbecue with Milblogger Smash Helen couldn't make it -- it was a bit late for her -- but I caught up with milblogger Scott Koenig, better known as Smash, when he passed through Knoxville last week. Since he's a celebrity blogger, I took along a portable recorder and managed to cadge an interview. Listen as Scott describes his part in the new milblogger book, The Blog of War: Front-Line Dispatches from Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, recounts his experience blogging from the war zone, and talks about his up-close en ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: John Fund on Election Fraud and its Cures With the elections only a month away, we talk to John Fund, Wall Street Journal writer and author of Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy. Fund talks about high-tech problems with electronic voting machines, more mundane problems with ineligible voters and phony ballots, and the general slackness and incompetence that have made our voting system one that can only aspire to the high standards of Mexico. You can listen directly -- no downloading needed -- by going he ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Totten on Independent Blog-Journalism and the Middle East Michael Totten is an independent blog-journalist who has covered the Middle East with support from his blog readers. He's reported from Libya, Tunisia, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, and Egypt -- and he's now planning another trip. We talk to Michael about what he's observed, and what it's like to make a career-change from blogger to professional blog-journalist. Plus, reviews of Libyan restaurants! You can listen directly, with no downloading needed, by going here and clicking on the g ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jim Geraghty on Politics and National Security. Jim Geraghty talks with us about his new book,Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership.Geraghty talks about "security voters," the Democrats' problems and what they can do to address them, and whether Hillary can save the Democratic Party. Plus, Bush's own problems with his "war base." (One thing that would help with the war base: "this maniac Al-Sadr, hanging from a lamppost.")You can play it through your browser with no downloading bygoing hereand clicking on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jim Geraghty on Politics and National Security. Jim Geraghty talks with us about his new book, Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership. Geraghty talks about "security voters," the Democrats' problems and what they can do to address them, and whether Hillary can save the Democratic Party. Plus, Bush's own problems with his "war base." (One thing that would help with the war base: "this maniac Al-Sadr, hanging from a lamppost.") You can play it through your browser with no downloading by going here and cli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Jim Geraghty on Politics and National Security. Jim Geraghty talks with us about his new book, Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership. Geraghty talks about "security voters," the Democrats' problems and what they can do to address them, and whether Hillary can save the Democratic Party. Plus, Bush's own problems with his "war base." (One thing that would help with the war base: "this maniac Al-Sadr, hanging from a lamppost.") You can play it through your browser with no downloading by going here and cli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bill Frist on PorkBusting, the Bolton Confirmation, and the Joys of the Blogosphere The House and Senate have passed landmark legislation imposing transparency on earmarks in the appropriations process. The Senate is also looking at the John Bolton confirmation, and legislation aimed at trying terrorists before military tribunals. We managed to catch up with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist this morning and talk about all of these subjects, Frist's new Blogging for Bolton venture, and the joys of blogging and podcasting. It's shorter than usual -- less than 20 minutes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Bill Frist on PorkBusting, the Bolton Confirmation, and the Joys of the Blogosphere The House and Senate have passed landmark legislation imposing transparency on earmarks in the appropriations process. The Senate is also looking at the John Bolton confirmation, and legislation aimed at trying terrorists before military tribunals.We managed to catch up with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist this morning and talk about all of these subjects, Frist's newBlogging for Boltonventure, and the joys of blogging and podcasting.It's shorter than usual -- less than 20 minutes -- bu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Tennessee Senate Candidate Bob Corker With Senator Bill Frist retiring and leaving his seat open, Tennessee is one of the handful of states where Democrats have a chance of picking up a Senate seat this fall, making it crucial to Democratic efforts torecapture the Senate. (According to recentpolls,it's very close).Earlierthis year we interviewed the Democratic candidate, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., of Memphis.Now we've got the other side of the story, with Republican candidateBob Corker.Corker answers questions on Iraq, the war on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Russell Friedman on Moving On Our podcast on divorce with lawyer Lauren Strange-Boston was popular enough that we thought we'd follow up with some non-legal issues relating to divorce. We talked to Russell Friedman, relationship expert and author of Moving On: Dump Your Relationship Baggage and Make Room for the Love of Your Life about, well, pretty much what the book title suggests. He offers a lot of good advice on dealing with divorces and breakups, and with relationships that you want to keep from facing a divorce ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Russell Friedman on Moving On Our podcast ondivorcewith lawyer Lauren Strange-Boston was popular enough that we thought we'd follow up with some non-legal issues relating to divorce. We talked to Russell Friedman, relationship expert and author ofMoving On: Dump Your Relationship Baggage and Make Room for the Love of Your Lifeabout, well, pretty much what the book title suggests. He offers a lot of good advice on dealing with divorces and breakups, and with relationships that you want to keep from facing a divorce or ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn & Helen Show: Richard Posner on Terrorism and the Constitution With the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks coming up, we thought we'd talk to law professor and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, whose latest book, Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency looks at terrorism, the Constitution, and issues of surveillance, civil liberties, and history. One quote: "Civil libertarians are in a state of denial." Despite this sound-bite, though, his overall views are rather moderate even if not politically ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: The Politics of Food It's all about the politics of food, and how food doesn't track politics very well. We talk to Nina Planck, author of Real Food: What to Eat and Why. and Rod Dreher, author of Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, and their diverse tribe of countercultural conservatives plan to save America (or at least the Republican Party). There's a surprising degree of overlap, and we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn & Helen Show: Debunking 9/11 Myths We talk to David Dunbar and Brad Reagan, editors of Popular Mechanics' new book, Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts. But are we just part of the vast conspiracy? Listen and find out . . . You can listen to the file directly (no iPod needed!) by clicking right here, or you can get it via iTunes here. There's a lo-fi version right here, and you can see an archive of previous podcasts at GlennandHelenShow.com. Music -- "You're on the Hit List" -- is ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Claire Berlinski on Europe We interviewed Claire Berlinski, author ofMenace in Europe: Why the Continent's Crisis is America's, Too,about Europe, Muslim integration (and the lack thereof), and the political, diplomatic, and military consequences thereof. I think it's one of the most important books of the year, and that this is one of the most important podcast interviews we've done. Her advice to the White House and State Department on Europe: "Make contingency plans in case it all goes to hell, because it very ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Glenn and Helen Show: Interviews with John Scalzi and Tim Minear We interviewed John Scalzi, author ofOld Man's WarandGhost Brigades,as well as Tim Minear, Executive Producer and writer forFirefly,Wonderfalls,The Inside,Serenity,and more.Both talk about their work, their fans, and the surprisingly large role that the Internet has played in their success. Tim Minear (whose interview starts at about 21 minutes in) also answers questions about the possibility of a second season forFirefly,and talks about his screenplay of Robert Heinlein'sThe Moon is a Har ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast So we interviewed Norah Vincent, author of Self Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back. Helen does most of the talking on this one, as Vincent talks about dating women as a man, the importance of fathers, and why being a man isn't nearly as easy as most women think. You can listen to the show (no iPod required!) by clicking here, or via iTunes. We thought it was really interesting, and we hope that you will, too. Music: Strange and Beautiful (intro) and The Crush (end) by ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast It's another podcast -- this one featuring blogger and author Austin Bay and StrategyPage publisher, and author of many books, Jim Dunnigan. Jim and Austin talk about Iran's nuclear weapons program, unconventional delivery systems, the prospects for an Iranian popular revolt, and much, much more. You can listen to the podcast (no iPod needed!) by clicking right here, or you can get it via iTunes or the RSS feed at the right. (It also appears automatically in some aggregators, like MyYaho ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast It's another InstaPundit / Dr. Helen podcast, featuring ex-Wonkette Ana Marie Cox, who talks about her new novel Dog Days, Nick Denton's eccentric management style, how blogging actually helps with book-writing (I agree) and the role of women in the blogosphere -- a subject on which she and Helen are not in agreement. Also, controversial musician Todd Steed, who discusses his song "TennCare Buzz" -- possibly the most controversial rock and roll song about prescription drug policy ever re ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast IT'S ANOTHER PODCAST: We were going to run this later, but with the American Film Renaissance happening this weekend, we decided to go ahead and post this new podcast interview with independent documentarians Evan Coyne Maloney and Stuart Browning of On the Fence Films, talking about looking for the Men's Center on campus, how technology is changing the documentary-film business (and maybe reducing its leftward tilt), and the difference between Canadian hopitals and Canadian veterinarians. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast PODCASTING COMES TO INSTAPUNDIT: This was actually Helen's idea, and with the book done I finally had some time. The first InstaPundit/Dr. Helen podcast is online, and you can play it by clicking here. Today's episode features an interview with blogger Michelle Malkin, talking about her book Unhinged, her life as a blogger, the Washington Post and the Bill Roggio affair, the Condi Rice presidency, and whether she plans to follow in the footsteps of Wonkette. Also, a musical interview wi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website