Tonight on Virtually Speaking Sundays, political & social analysts digby and Marcy Wheeler consider Aaron Swartz , DOJ, WikiLeaks and PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records); Colin Powell, John Brennan and the CIA, Chuck Hagel and DoD. Jay Ackroyd moderated. They were outstanding! Follow @digby56 @emptywheel @Bobblespeak @JayAckroyd  Listen here. The VS Media Panel: Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Dave [...]

Each Sunday, political satirist Culture of Truth tracks the Sunday Morning ‘News’ Shows, particularly Meet the Press. In The Bobblespeak Translations he gives us a laugh-out-loud, perceptive rundown, capturing “What They’re Really Saying When They’re Saying What They’re Saying.” Then, for Virtually Speaking Sundays, CoT crafts a short audio commentary, read aloud by one of several [...]

http://youtu.be/9N_G97p9iPs Talk, unscripted and well worth a listen. From What Digby Says: Wuss, in which digby deplores the return of cowboy machismo to US foreign policy, and how pundits and public officials adopt language and support tactics that are not in the nation’s foreign policy interests–nor, for that matter, the world’s best interest. More here from our growing [...]

http://youtu.be/ddIGrgPml0o Talk, unscripted and well worth a listen. From the Z Files: Negotiation, in which Stuart Zechman describes the failure of organized labor to be an effective liberal force in US politics, and policy. More here from our growing body of scripted audio commentary. A change in format: upcoming episodes are listed below following a short review of [...]

http://youtu.be/5Q7pyaQrQdY Talk, unscripted and well worth a listen. But first, from the Z Files:  Stuart Zechman considers ” false equivalence ” and the misleading practices of traditional media pundits who use it to mean something very different when commenting on actions of the Obama administration than the way they used it during the Bush administration. More here from our [...]

Talk, unscripted and well worth a listen. We’re shuffling our schedule: the not-yet-completely-settled plan is to run no more that one program a night. But first, from our growing collection of audio commentary on Jay Ackroyd’s You-Tube page: David Cay Johnston , author of Free Lunch and Perfectly Legal – and Jay’s guest this coming Thursday – describes the [...]

Big week coming up; talk worth listening to. But first, from our growing collection of audio commentary on Jay Ackroyd’s You-Tube page : The Z Files: Success , in which Stuart Zechman describes Rush Limbaugh’s facility for distraction and disinformation. Schedule for Sunday, March 18 through Thursday, March 22. This week:  Gloria Feldt, Avedon Carol, Marcy Wheeler, Susie Madrak, Lambert Strether, Culture of [...]

Update: Several An unprecedented number of very last minute scheduling changes (plus the You-Tube snag.) Dave Dayen in for Joan McCarter, Avedon Carol in for Ali Savino, and June Carbone in for Kevin Gosztola. (Pre-recorded as Jay is traveling.) Things should be back on track now. Links are – hopefully – all good.

Talk worth listening to. But first, from the top of Jay Ackroyd’s VS video collection: Extremists. In this week’s edition of The Z FIles, Stuart Zechman reminds us that crazy Republicans are nothing new. Nor are centrist Democratic policy positions. Featured on VS Tuesdays with Dave Johnson and Natasha Chart. Listen to the whole episode.

Talk worth listening to. But first, because we have the filmmakers on the 1st, the trailer from Heist: Who Stole the American Dream opening March 2 for a week in NYC at The Quad.

Talk worth listening to. But first, a little something from our growing VS video collection. Consider  Accountability from the Z Files, in which Stuart Zechman addresses movement liberals, posing questions about the foreclosure fraud settlement , immunity for banks and holding the President and the elites accountable for the damage they have done to the United States.  Original broadcast: Virtually Speaking [...]