Author and activist Avedon Carol, who blogs at the SIdeshow and Lambert Strether, founder and editor of Correntewire, discuss political and policy developments of the week.... the hidden costs of health care, occupy and more.

Daily Kos front page blogger Joan McCarter joins Stuart Zechman discuss wealthy individuals controlling political discourse.

Pre-recorded Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd discuss the present and future of liberalism in a centrist America.

Richard is the author of Fighting For Our Health, a book recounting the process that led to the passage of the Healthy Patients and Affordable Care Act.

 

The first hour of the live broadcast is Virtually Speaking A-Z, where Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd discuss developments in movement liberalism.

Juggernaut and Behemoth: Dispatches from the frontiers of particle physics: MIT’s Tom Levenson (Inverse Square and Balloon Juice) talks with theoretical physicist Matt Strassler Follow @TomLevenson @profmattstrassler

This week, Susie Madrak talks with Dave Dayen and Stuart Zechman about the mortgage settlement and breaking news. Plus Z File. Follow @SusieMadrak @DDayen @Stuart_Zechman

DIgby and Corey Robin discuss Corey's book, The Reactionary Mind Follow @digby56 @coreyrobin

 

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Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd discuss the present and future of liberalism in a centrist America.

June Carbone is the Edward A. Smith/Missouri Chair of Law, the Constitution and Society at University of Missouri Kansas City .

  Professor Carbone writes extensively about the legal issues surrounding marriage, divorce and family obligations, especially within the context of the recent revolutions in biotechnology.     We'll be discussing her book, co-authored with Naomi Cahn, Red Families v. Blue Families

his week, Spocko and Mike Stark -- in the context of today’s media environment, effective activism, organizing strategies and the power of the 99% -- explore what we can learn from the SOPA fight and the Korman debacle to fight the Right. Follow @spockosbrain @mike_stark