Virtually Speaking

Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd in dueling solo presentations. Two Z file episodes (Third Way and Negotiation) bracket  Jay discussing centrism and oligarchs.

From the VSS Media Panel: Marcy Wheeler & Culture of Truth discuss, first, the rolllout of the Presidential campaign season, with Warrior Obama set against Take the Gloves Off Romney. That is, drones vs torture.

Then CoT and Marcy talk about the Oligarchs in Europe and the US, and the evolving political systems that they are creating.

Jay Ackroyd talks with Ilya Sheyman about his primary battle in Illinois' 10th Congressional district

Tom Levenson talks with American science writer GaryTaubes, about Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It, released in December 2010. Taubes is the author of Nobel Dreams (1987), Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion (1993), and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), titled The Diet Delusion (2008) in the UK and Australia. VS Science is hosted in Second Life by MICA. Follow @TomLevenson

Susie Madrak and Culture of Truth consider the impact of current events on working and middle class people. Health care, working poor, emergency rooms and the economics of blogging.

Follow @SusieMadrak @Bobblespeak

Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd discuss drone missiles and US foreign policy Pre-recorded during the previous 12 hours. No call-ins.

From the VSS Media Panel: Cliff Schecter & Jay Ackroyd exchange views, commenting on the corporate media's Sunday morning talk shows and their own observations from the past week.

Jay visits with Glenn Carle, 23 year veteran of the Clandestine Services of the Central Intelligence Agency and author of The Interrogator, an Education, in which Glenn tells the story of one of the most secret and sensitive CIA interrogations during the US War on Terror. (Click through to a truly chilling video.) Follow @JayAckroyd.

Rerun. No calls. Cosmic Log's Alan Boyle and Space Studies Institute's Robin Snelson explore the often-volatile landscape of science, politics and policy.

This weekt: 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.

His e-Scientific interests include definition and development of the universal methodology, tools, and frameworks for data-intensive and computationally-enabled science. His astrophysical interests include digital sky surveys, exploration of observable parameter spaces, formation and early evolution of quasars, galaxies, and other cosmic structures.

Avedon Carol talks with Vast Left, who announces Grumble About Obama Day and discusses  why "Third Way Centrist" is neither a useful nor accurate frame.  Plus the latest from the Z Files. Follow @Avedon_Says @VastLeft