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Virtually Speaking

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Live & lively. Informal & informed conversations about politics, policy, economics, media, science and more. Sundays feature a panel of prominent members of the liberal blogosphere. Wednesdays dedicated to science, authors and practitioners with hosts Alan Boyle, Tom Levenson and Jennifer Ouelette. Thursdays, Jay Ackroyd talks public affairs, mostly with authors, mostly about progressive issues. , presented simultaneously through the 3-D Second Life communications platform.
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Gaius Publius (AMERICAblog) and Jay Ackroyd discuss the basics of the climate crisis story from a lay perspective. They play a clip from Paul Wignall, author of Mass Extinctions & Their Aftermath Gaius Publius... more
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From the Virtually Speaking Media Panel: Dave Johnson & Stuart Zechman - discuss developments of the week; countering the narratives of the legacy media. Informed, lively and informal.Follow... more
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Economist Dean Baker and Jay Ackroyd discuss the current state of the economics profession. More here: Center for Economic Policy & Research http://www.cepr.net/ Follow @deanbaker13 @jayackroyd @ceprdc
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Tom Levenson - filmmaker, author & professor of science writing at MIT - talks with author and science historian Naomi Oreskes, about extreme weather: the 5/20 Oklahoma tornado and the social costs of climate change, carbon... more
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Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations - "What Theyre Really Saying When Theyre Saying What Theyre Saying" - on the Sunday Talk Shows, then creates the most ridiculous moment for Virtually Speaking... more
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From the Virtually Speaking Media Panel: digby & Joan McCarter- discuss developments of the week with Jay Ackroyd; countering the narratives of the legacy media. Informed, lively and informal. Plus political satire from Culture of... more
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Engaging the surveillance state, good news and bad. Editor, writer & social media consultant Ian Welsh - "The horizon is not so far as we can see, but as far as we can imagine" - comes by to continue his extended conversation with... more
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Political satirist Culture of Truth bases The Bobblespeak Translations - "What Theyre Really Saying When Theyre Saying What Theyre Saying" - on the Sunday morning traditional network news shows, then creates the most ridiculous... more
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From the Virtually Speaking Media Pane,l David Dayen, Jay Ackroyd and guest Allison Hantschel aka Athenae discuss developments of the week; countering the narratives of the legacy media, Jay Ackroyd moderates. Lively, informal &... more
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Jennifer Ouellette hosts Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind on what we can learn psychologically speaking from Sherlock Holmes Follow @mkonnikova @jenlucpiquant More at... more
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Veteran campaign strategist, journalist & author Glenn W. Smith stops by to talk with host Jay Ackroyd about Texas as harbinger for the nation. Follow @GlennWSmith @JayAckroyd Read Glenn at Progressive Voices &... more
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