Jay Ackroyd
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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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Stuart & Jay consider meanings of political language, centrism, political parties and implications for public policy.
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Political Satirist Culture of Truth offers "Clueless!" - commentary on todays most ridiculous moment from the Sunday morning talk shows. Read the full Bobblespeak Translation here. Read todays Most Ridiculous Moment here.... more
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Two members of our media panel discuss developments of the week, countering the narratives of the traditional media, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented or otherwise messed with on the Sunday morning broadcasts.... more
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Host Jay Ackroyd chats with LA Times Business Columnist Michael Hiltzik about his book "The New Deal: A Modern History" and the public understanding of Social Security and /Medicare as safety net for US citizens most in need, when... more
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Jennifer Ouellette hosts theoretical astrophysicist Janna Levin. They chat about the latest on black holes, the sounds of the early universe, Alan Turing and Kurt Godel, how writing fiction is different from nonfiction science writing, her unusual... more
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Political Satirist Culture of Truth offers "Feelings!" - commentary on todays most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Read the full Bobblespeak Translation here. Follow @Bobblespeak... more
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Two writers from our media panel discuss developments of the week, countering the narratives of the traditional media, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented or otherwise messed with on the Sunday morning broadcasts.... more
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Note: Sound distorted in first 15 min.Alan Boyle - Science Editor, NBC.com - hosts Golden Spike Board members Doug Griffith and Taber MacCallum. Theyll talk about achieving affordable, reliable, and frequent human expeditions to... more
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Jay Ackroyd hosts American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist Robert L. Trivers, Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University. Trivers stopped by to discuss issues he explores in his new book The Folly of... more
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Political Satirist Culture of Truth offers "Impasse!" - commentary on todays most ridiculous moment from Meet the Press. Read the full Bobblespeak Translation here. Follow @Bobblespeak Link... more
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From our media panel, Dave Johnson & Stuart Zechman discuss trends and current developments, countering the narratives of the traditional media, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented or otherwise messed with on... more
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