Looming midterms will be on the Sunday teevee shows,and on our air at Virtually Speaking Sundays.

Developments of the week will be discussed. The Gasbag atrocities will be documented. And any news stories that arise during the Sunday shows will be discussed.

Sam, formerly host at Air America, is a political satirist, author, radio host and comic actor. Sam and Jay talk about the direction the Democratic party is taking in the midterms.

Leading feminist activist, former head of Planned Parenthood, Gloria Feldt, joins us to discuss her new book, No Excuses.

"In No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power, feminist icon Gloria Feldt asserts that nobody is keeping women from parity—except themselves."

Hugo and Nebula Award winning author David Brin will discuss his book The Transparent Society, and its implications in the 21st century, as well as the pros and cons of alien contact.

Dan Froomkin of the Huffington Post and Marcy Wheeler discuss the issues of the week, and political journalism in this election cycle.

Ian discusses the growing power of oligopolies in the US economy, especially in light of the "private/public partnership" approach adopted by the Bush and Obama administrations.

Developments of the week are discussed. The Gasbag atrocities are documented. And any news stories that arise during the Sunday shows may be discussed.

We will have special content related to the first day of Netroots Nation

Gulf Oil spill ... Riki Ott is a marine biologist and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

Fishgrease is a petroleum exploration expert who posts at DailyKos (Booming School). His diaries about the ineffectiveness of British Petroleum's attempts at cleanup and control have been picked up by The Rachel Maddow Show.