Beginning 5pm pacific, 8pm eastern
Hour 1: Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd discuss this week in movement liberalism.
Hour 2: CW Anderson, an ethnographer who studies the news, and how changes in technology, culture and economics are shaping journalism, will join us to discuss the concept of Hacking Journalism. You can find Chris at http://www.cwanderson.org/
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Wednesday, Dec 21 | 9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking Science | Host Tom Levenson
talks with science writer Tim Ferris about The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature. Best known for his work in cosmlogy, including The Red Limit, Coming of Age in the Milky Way, and The Whole Shebang, Tim is also a filmmaker with three feature documentaries on PBS including, most recently, Seeing in the Dark. Listen live and later on BTR.
A science documentary filmmaker and blogger – Balloon Juice and Inverse Square – Tom is Director of MIT’s Graduate program in writing and humanistic studies. He hosts VS Science on the third Wednesday of the month to discuss history of science, economics, and some climate science.
Diane at Cabdrollery is in trouble, hanging by a financial thread. If you can spare even $10, go help.
I’ll be co-hosting tonight with Avedon Carol at 9pm EST. Tune in to listen here.
I forgot to mention that for the first 15 minutes of my show Tuesday night, I uncovered the shattering news that Marcy Wheeler was traumatized as a child by her parents’ refusal to get her Baby Alive! (All you need to know is, it’s a doll you feed and then it actually shits.) Listen to the heartwrenching tale here.
Buy a ticket by midnight tonight and get the earlybird rate.
I can’t say enough good things about NN. It’s a great way to get energized and meet people from all over the country who are working to make things better. If all you do is read blogs, you wouldn’t know how much good work people are doing — and all the local victories they’re racking up. This year, it will be in Providence, RI – driving distance for East coasters. If you can, plan to be there.
The unholy alliance between Congress and media corporations will most likely result in the passage of SOPA, and could mean the end of blogging as we know it:
Some of the original engineers of the Internet called Thursday for lawmakers to scrap anti-piracy bills, saying the proposals would pose major technological barriers for the Web and stifle new innovations.
The letter comes as House Judiciary committee members on Thursday debate the Stop Online Piracy Act introduced by Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) that has drawn impassioned support from media firms but opposition by Web firms and some public interest groups.
At the hearing, California Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D) and Darrell Issa (R) have asked the committee to reconsider the bill and amendments to it in a hearing.
But many lawmakers of both parties are in support of the legislation.
Continue reading “SOPA”
Thursday, Dec 15 | Double Header
8 pm eastern | 5 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking A-Z: This week in liberalism. | Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd| discuss the truth and lies, clarity and obfuscation, that characterizes our political and media environment. Follow @Stuart_Zechman @JayAckroyd Listen live on BTR. Beginning midnight Friday, listen here.
9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking with Jay Ackroyd |Jay talks with Doug J of Balloon Juice Planned segments: GOP in disarray over the presidential nominating process; the inability of the US political system to implement obviously good public policy, and stop obviously bad public policy; ‘What digby said’ (response to a very topical two-three minute clip; persistent tribalism among ostensible allies in the progressive blogosphere. Follow @JayAckroyd Listen live and later on BTR.
