Virtually Speaking

Hr 1 Jay Ackroyd and Stuart Zechman in an ongoing discussion centering on the nature, ideology and political realities of liberalism and conversely on the nature, ideology and political realities of Democratic centrism.

Hr 2 Jay talks with Mike Stark, American reporter, blogger, political activist, and graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. His work often appears at StarkReports.com, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos and several other group-blogs. He was a panelist at the 2006 and 2007 Yearly Kos conventions.

Journalist, blogger and working class warriorSusie MadrakSusie Madrak looks inside the news with a fellow writer/activist/warrior; considering political events of the past week and how they touch ruin the lives of our fellow Americans. This week Will Bunch and Susie talk about songs of revolution, rage and class war.

Sundays @ 6pm pacific | 9pm eastern •VIRTUALLY SPEAKING SUNDAYS: OUR MEDIA NOT THEIRS | Two writers from the excellent VSS media panel discuss developments of the week, often highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented on the Sunday morning broadcasts. Always informative, always passionate, frequently with a touch of snark.

Jay Ackroyd and Stuart Zechman in an ongoing discussion centering on the nature, ideology and political realities of liberalism and conversely on the nature, ideology and political realities of Democratic centrism. No call-ins: recorded the previous Thursday.

9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking with Jay Ackroyd | Jay talks with cosmologist Lee Smolin about the nature of time. Best known for devising several different approaches to quantum gravity, in particular loop quantum gravity, Lee  advocates that the two primary approaches to quantum gravity-loop quantum gravity and string theory-can be reconciled as different aspects of the same underlying theory. He offers this video and this PDF related to his work on the reality of time.

Journalist, blogger and working class warriorSusie Madraktalks with political cartoonist and autobiographical graphic novelist Ted Rall.

Sundays @ 6pm pacific | 9pm eastern •VIRTUALLY SPEAKING SUNDAYS: OUR MEDIA NOT THEIRS | Two writers from the excellent VSS media panel discuss developments of the week, often highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented on the Sunday morning broadcasts. Informative, thoughtful and passionate,

Stuart and Jay talked through the O speech: who would or would not have been happy about it and why.  No call-ins: recorded Thursday, September 8th, 2011.

Ongoing discussion centering on the nature, ideology and political realities of liberalism and conversely on the nature, ideology and political realities of Democratic centrism. No call-ins: recorded the previous Thursday.

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8 pm eastern | 5 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking A-Z | Stuart Zechmanand Jay Ackroyd| This week in liberalism: an ongoing discussion based on the conflict between movement liberals--liberals committed to the principles of Adam Smith and FDR--and the centrist elites who run the Democratic party.  Jay and Stuart consider the nature, ideology and political realities of liberalism and conversely, the nature, ideology and political realities of Democratic centrism. This week, they'll pick up where they left off... what we can look forward to in the next year of the Obama Administration.  

Hr 2 - 9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking with Jay Ackroyd | Jay compares notes on health care reform with Stuart and Eve Gittelson (aka NYCeve). Listen live and later on BTR.