Virtually Speaking

Stuart and Jay discuss developments of the week.

PRE- RECORDED

Mike Lux -  co-founder and President of Progressive Strategies, L.L.C., a political consulting firm focused on strategic political consulting for non-profits, labor unions, PACs and progressive donors discusses a progressive agenda in an environment dominated by centrists and conservatives. 

 

Links:

 

Progressive Evolution

 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/12/19/the_powers_that_be_hate_social_security_here_s_why.html   http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/04/1176374/-The-Next-Self-Made-Crisis   http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/14/1178858/-Complicated-Politics-Democrats-and-the-Grand-Bargain

Investigative journalist Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel) joins Trevor Aaronson, author of The Terror Factory, in which he reveals shocking information about the criminals, con men and liars the FBI uses as paid informants–including the story of an accused murderer who has become one of the Bureau’s most prolific terrorism snitches. Aaronson documents the extreme methods the FBI uses to ensnare Muslims in terrorist plots, which are in reality conceived and financed by the FBI.

Trevor Aaronson’s work as an investigative reporting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, culminated in an award-winning cover story in Mother Jones magazine.

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Kevin Drum, political blogger and writer for Mother Jones magazine and neurobiologist Sam Wang - Dept of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute - join Jay Ackroyd. They consider what long term studies make clear about the relationship between lead - primarily from gasoline - the growing brain, and violent crime. Follow @kdrum @samwangPhd @JayAckoyd

Excerpted from a longer conversation recorded Jan 3.

Links

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline?page=1

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/lead-crime-connection

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/

Sam Wang, Associate professor, Department of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, joins Jay Ackroyd to discuss his work in neuroscience, particulary the books he has co-authored with Sandra Aamodt.

The Neuroscience of Everyday Life, Welcome to Your Brain and Welcome to Your Child's Brain. Follow @SamWangPhD

Kevin Drum - @Mother Jones - joins them for the first 20 min. to talk about the social and health impacts of 20 years of exposure to leaded gasoline.

Links:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/neuroscience-of-everyday-life-sam-wang/1028637129

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/welcome-to-your-brain-sam-wang/1103850643?ean=9781596917064

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline?page=1

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/lead-crime-connection

Back in March 2011, Randolph Azarov, also known as The Raven, posted a comment on a Virtually Speaking episode featuring UC-Berkeley Economics Professor Brad DeLong. Brad recently referred to that comment, and Paul Krugman picked it up. Interestingly enough, this led to a fair amount of discussion among different members of the New Classical vs New Keynsian advocates.  Steve Williamson chimed in  Noah Smith rings some more changes.  (There are several links in that post you should click through to. And read the updates.)  Brad's Reply.

Excerpted from a Dec 19 conversation, biologist David Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen, reflects on Rachel Carson and the gift of wonder.

The entire episode, hosted by Tom Levenson - filmmaker, author and Prof of Science Writing at MIT - is archived at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtually-speaking-science/2012/12/19/tom-levenson-david-haskell

Follow @DGHaskell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson

http://theforestunseen.com/

Maya Rockeymoore - President and CEO of Global Policy Solutions, a Washington, D.C., policy consulting firm with a social change mission - and Jay discuss challenges for liberals in a centrist environment.

Links:

http://globalpolicysolutions.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-maya-rockeymoore/an-open-letter-to-alan-si_b_2270726.html

Hullabaloo contributer David Atkins and Jay discuss the difficulties of implementing obviously good public policy, and what that says about American institutions. And then recent fiscal myth developments. Follow @DavidOAtkins @JayAckroyd

Links http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/krugman-nails-it-again-by-davidoatkins.html

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/greatest-revolution-by-davidoatkins.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/12/politico-accidentally-exposes-beltway-elite.html

Jay visits with William K. Black, white-collar criminologist, former financial regulator and author of “The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One,” They talk about the financial follies that still plague us. Read Bill at New Economic Perspectives and Benzinga.

Follow @WilliamKBlack @JayAckroyd

Wm comes on about 9 min into the podcast,

• Links

http://neweconomicperspectives.org/

http://www.benzinga.com/author/william-k-black