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It's "sweeps" month. "Infotainment" stories are crowding out even more real news than usual. So let's catch up on some real news stories that didn...
- Added: Feb 05, 2014
- Length: 59:00
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The time around the State of the Union speech always seems to bring out the best and worst in politicians. This year, seems like a case of less ...
- Added: Jan 29, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
New proposals from Pres. Obama on NSA surveillance and data collection are out. Now what? Told through narration, music and soundbites.
- Added: Jan 21, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Most media are highlighting the new congressional achievement that authorizes the trillion dollar federal budget deal. BUT....Whether it's jammi...
- Added: Jan 14, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Both the New York Times and The Guardian have now declared Ed Snowden a "whistleblower"...who revealed the extent of NSA data collection and who ma...
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- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Welcome to what may be your new privacy nightmare for 2014. While the data breach for 40 million Target customers and NSA surveillance continue to...
- Added: Dec 31, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
A federal budget compromise with something to offend everyone....and no extension of jobless benefits. But it did make Speaker Boehner take on his ...
- Added: Dec 17, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
Just in time for the holidays: You're joking, right?The publisher of the Guardian testifies to parliiament about publishing Ed Snowden's NSA secret...
- Added: Dec 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Dread going home for the holidays? Be grateful you're not The Cheneys of Wyoming, The Fords of Toronto, The Obamas of D.C....or a journalist, anywh...
- Added: Dec 03, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Some thoughts on so-called "holiday creep" ( early holiday shopping)....things and current events and newsmakers to be thankful for this Thanksgivi...
- Added: Nov 19, 2013
- Length: 59:04
- Purchases: 2
Two Words. "I'm Sorry." Two rare apologies in recent days. One from "60 Minutes". One from President Obama. A third ...not so rare .. "I'm Sorry...
- Added: Nov 13, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
Ed Snowden's latest revelations of NSA surveillance of European leaders have reignited the controversy over data collection at home and abroad. Als...
- Added: Nov 05, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The rollout of Obamacare has been rocked by startup problems. Opponents, by and large, see this an opportunity to keep trying to kill Obamacare...i...
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
The news cycle has lurched again..to wall to wall coverage of the problem-plagued rollout of Obamcare..to the exclusion of almost everything else. ...
- Added: Oct 22, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
This episode has been updated with sound to reflect final deal in congress to raise debt limit/end govt shutdown...to allow some time to negotiate ...
- Added: Oct 16, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Moving deeper into the second week of the government shutdown...attention turned to the debt ceiling and the scramble to negotiate a temporary hi...
- Added: Oct 11, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
The government closed at midnight Oct 1 because Republicans in the House kept trying to delay or defund Obamacare in a bill to keep the government...
- Added: Oct 01, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Who would've thought the prospects were better for face to face negotiations between the Obama Administration and Iran...than the prospects for fac...
- Added: Sep 24, 2013
- Length: 59:13
- Purchases: 2
Skepticsm and Sarcasm are useful mainstays of newsrooms and journalism. Cynicism isn't. Coverage of recent news events may help demonstrate why.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
In politics..."explainers" range from Pres. Obama's speech to the nation on Syria on the eve of a nine-eleven anniversary...to Bill Clinton being ...
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Events surrounding and leading up to a decision on a military strike against Syria....told thru narration, music and soundbites. This episode is ti...
- Added: Sep 05, 2013
- Length: 58:50
- Purchases: 2
Whether the subject is impeachment, Canadian citizenship or the role of carbon dioxide in climate change...some of the latest comments from member...
- Added: Aug 29, 2013
- Length: 57:59
- Purchases: 2
This week: "The Hillary Hypothesis" ( a timely example illustrating why punditry isn't journalism) ....Politicians...not all of them Republicans..i...
- Added: Aug 24, 2013
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
With a possible government shutdown just weeks away, more spending slashes from the sequester, and another debt default threat not that far down t...
- Added: Aug 15, 2013
- Length: 58:44
- Purchases: 2
Before heading out for the August recess, the House gave final congressional approval to legislation on student loan interest rates. ( The rates do...
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- Added: Aug 08, 2013
- Length: 58:27
- Purchases: 1
