Virtually Speaking

Petroleum engineer Fishgrease (@fishboom)  and economic theorist Stirling Newberry  discuss Bill McKibben's Rolling Stone article -

Global Warming's Terrifying New Math: Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is -

on the over valuation of fossil fuel corporations in an environment where CO2 levels must be controlled, and on the role conservation can play in forestalling disaster.

Petroleum engineer Fishgrease (@fishboom)  and economic theorist Stirling Newberry  discuss Bill McKibben's Rolling Stone article -

Global Warming's Terrifying New Math: Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is -

on the over valuation of fossil fuel corporations in an environment where CO2 levels must be controlled, and on the role conservation can play in forestalling disaster.

Part 1: Jay Rosen professor of Journalism at NYU (@jayrosen_nyu) and Stuart Zechman (@Stuart_Zechman), in a rerun of a discussion that took place on April 10, 2011.

Part 2; Stuart and Jay  discuss how the media cover politics. Very timely coming into the home stretch of the presidential election campaigns,

They talk about the Media as "Church of the Savvy, the Broder Brand, the ideology of the press corps and setting the stage to junk Social Security..

Melissa Thomasson, Associate Professor of Economics and Jay Ackroyd discuss her work on the economic history of medical care and health insurance in the US.

Background for this program

• Read: http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/thomasson.insurance.health.us

• Listen to Melissa on 'This American Life' http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/392/someone-elses-money

• Watch Melissa on vimeo http://vimeo.com/15660730

• Melissa and Jay talk again in Oct 20012. Listen here.

Is there a virtual Mars in our future? What have we learned about the utility of virtual worlds, specifically the Second Life platform?

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/01/13060764-is-there-a-virtual-mars-in-our-future?lite

Cosmic Log's Alan Boyle explore the often-volatile landscape of science, politics and policy.

George Djorgovski: Professor of Astronomy; Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Computing Research at Caltech; Director of the Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics; a founder of the Virtual Observatory concept; and one-time Chair of the US Nat'l Virtual Observatory Science Definition Team.

From the VSS Media Panel: Joan McCarter & Dave Waldman exchange views, commenting on the corporate media's Sunday morning talk shows and their own observations from the past week. Plus this weeks Ridiculous Moment from Culture of Truth

Links: http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Joan%20McCarter http://www.congressmatters.com/ http://cultureoftruth.blogspot.com/

Follow @JoanMcCarter @kagroX @Bobblespeak

Recorded 7/25/2012

Are we alone in the solar system? NBCNews.com Science Editor Alan Boyle (Cosmic Log) talks with JPL Chief Scientist, Mars Exploration Directorate Dave Beaty.  They continue a conversation begun March 7, 2012.

Links

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/25/12952477-terrified-no-but-scientists-are-getting-nervous-about-mars-landing?lite

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/

3/7/2012 podcast: Listen at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtually-speaking-science/2012/03/08/dave-beaty-alan-boyle-virtually-speaking-science

CosmicLog http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/07/10595325-how-the-hunt-for-mars-life-evolved?lite

VS Science is produced in cooperation with MICA. Follow @B0yle @NASAJPL

Gaius Publius, political writer and Contributing Editor to AMERICAblog.com, went to Netroots Nation with five questions and a list of people. The result is a series of thought-provoking chats, posted originally at AmericaBlog and reproduced here for the Virtually Speaking audience.

Gauis Publius talks with Susan Smith, progressive activist from Florida and chair of the Democratic Progressive Caucus; Chris Pearson, Vermont state legislator and member of that state's Progressive Party (yes, VT has a Progressive Party); Frances Causey, producer-director of the documentary Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? and Sarah Burris, youth and labor activist.The first four questions were the same for each. The fifth is tailored.

This set completes the Five Questions interviews. Three of these people are directly involved in the political system as activists, while Ms. Causey qualifies as a 'big-picture' commenter. All offer interesting reflections on the state of the Republic and its future.

Susan Smith's interview first appeared here, Chris Pearson's here, Frances Causey's here, and Sarah Burris's here.

Follow: @Gaius_Publius @stsmith222 @RepCP @fcausey @sarahburris @americablog

Dean Baker - economist and Co-Founder of The Center for Economic and Policy Research - talks with Jay about his book, The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive, in the context of way too much loser liberalism in our political discourse.

Links

http://www.cepr.net/

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/books/the-end-of-loser-liberalism

Follow @DeanBaker13 @ceprdc @JayAckroyd

From the VSS Media Panel: Marcy Wheeler and Dave Johnson exchange views, commenting on the corporate media's Sunday morning talk shows and their own observations from the past week.

On the agenda: Mitt Romney, taxes and foreign tax havens; Bill McKibben in Rolling Stone: Global Warming's Terrifying New Math; distortions of Obama's record. Plus this weeks Ridiculous Moment from Culture of Truth.

Links:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/21/offshore-wealth-global-economy-tax-havens

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719

http://www.emptywheel.net/  http://seeingtheforest.com/http://www.ourfuture.org/  http://cultureoftruth.blogspot.com/

Follow @emptywheel @dcjohnson @Bobblespeak @billmckibben @rollingstone