Tonight

My guest on Virtually Speaking Susie tonight is Philadelphia Magazine investigative journalist Steve Volk, who will be talking about his new book “Fringeology.” This will be a fascinating show and I’m really looking forward to it. Here’s what I wrote about Steve’s book on Amazon:

It’s not just that Steve Volk brings a thoughtful and intelligent eye to the puzzle of the paranormal, a topic too often subject to knee-jerk ridicule. It’s that the book evolves into a wonderful and fascinating look at the way humans perceive and integrate information through their own filters, with useful implications for our everyday interactions — and our national political conversation. This tangent was completely unexpected, but thoroughly enjoyed.

You can listen here and, as always, can dial 646-200-3440 with questions or comments.

Virtually speaking

Thursday, June 23 | 9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific | Virtually Speaking w/ Jay Ackroyd | Dan Ellsberg and Glenn Greenwald – together for up to 2 hrstalk about WikiLeaks and the growth of the American Security State. | Listen live and later on BTR.

This ought to be a good one.

My peeps

I just met the nicest West Virginia couple, Bill and Annette Haney, who are here to promote their movie about mountaintop mining, “The Last Mountain.” (Coming to a theater near you!) Anyway, so we’re chatting and I’m telling them to send me info. When I told them my name, they both got very excited and Bill jumped up to shake my hand. “I love you! I feel like I’m meeting a Beatle!” (Annette even took our picture together.)

I never felt like a celebrity before.

Warmup

Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of teachers, is giving a stemwinder of a speech to get the Netroots crowd worked up for the main event, Russ Feingold. Anybody demonized by “Waiting for Superman” is a friend of mine.