Security and crytography expert Bruce Schneier, author of Secrets and Lies and most recently, Liars and Outliers discusses the recent NSA revelations. Follow @schneierblog @jayackroyd

Pre-recorded. No call-ins.

Cliff Schecter — nationally syndicated columnist and political commentator — talks with investigative journalist & author David Neiwert, about And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border(NationBooks, March 2013),

Excerpted from Sept 22 hour-long conversation with Susie Madrak and Stephanie Kelton. Listen here.

Political & social commentators digby and Susie Madrak, offer a counter point to the Sunday morning talk shows. They compare notes from their observations, investigations and considerations of the past week. Stephanie Kelton calls in mid-way through. Sherry Reson moderates.

Chuck Todd- the relationship between gov't, citizens and media

Grand bargain rising: Defunding Food Stamps, Obamacare

Debt Ceiling Trainwreck

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The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave Dayen, Dave Johnson, Dave Waldman, Digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler & Stuart Zechman.

Journalist Tim Noah, author The Great  Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It talks with host Jay Ackroyd.

Noah provides evidence of two inequality trends: between the colllege educated and those who are not, and between the 1% and everyone else. He calls the latter the great divergence.

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In this excerpt from a Sept 12, 2013 hour long conversation with Jay Ackroyd, Juan Cole links the climate, economics and politics of the Middle East, Syria in particular.

Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he specializes in the Middle East and South Asia.

Juan talks with Jay Ackroyd about Egypt, Syria, Lebanon -- including the drought conditions leading to the popular uprising -- and the development of a coherent US foreign policy in the region.

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Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he specializes in the Middle East and South Asia.

Juan talks with Jay Ackroyd about Egypt, Syria, Lebanon -- including the drought conditions leading to the popular uprising -- and the development of a coherent US foreign policy in the region.

Follow @jricole @jayackroyd

In this 5 min clip, taken from Virtually Speaking Sundays — recorded live on Sept 8, 2013 — Richard — RJ — Eskow speaks with Jay Ackroyd about the quality of insurance under Obamacare. They make the point that deciding against a plan that requires you to pay $10–$15,000 out of pocket in the case of a medical emergency is a rational act.

The full program is here.

In this 5 min clip, taken from Virtually Speaking Sundays — recorded live on Sept 8, 2013 — Richard — RJ — Eskow speaks with Jay Ackroyd about the quality of insurance under Obamacare. They make the point that deciding against a plan that requires you to pay $10–$15,000 out of pocket in the case of a medical emergency is a rational act.

The full program is here.