About Culture Shocks

America is in the middle of a real, not imaginary, "culture war." It pits people who want to maximize freedom — freedom to believe, freedom to speak, freedom to make intimate moral decisions — against those who want to use government power to push their religious, moral and cultural beliefs on everyone. It is also a battle over which role governments should have in seeing to the needs of everyone in the United States. It is a struggle between genuine populist "progressive" values and repressive ultra‑conservative ones.

Culture Shocks has been called by KCAA station owner Fred Lundgren, "a really engaging and unique program that falls between the shows on Air America and National Public Radio."

Who Is Barry Lynn?

Barry Lynn is an ordained minister, constitutional lawyer, and multi‑decade activist. He currently is Executive Director of Americans United For Separation of Church and State. This has made him a frequent guest on shows like Fox News Channel, The O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC's Hardball, CNN's Paula Zahn Now, and even an occasional visitor to Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, and ESPN's Frankly Speaking.

He is a radio host with a lot of experience "trying to correct" the Right. He served as a daily co‑host with Pat Buchanan on NBC/Mutual radio and a weekly co‑host with Col. Oliver North on Radio America. He has battled every major conservative figure from William F. Buckley to Phyllis Schlafly, Bob Barr, and Jerry Falwell.

And, yes, some conservatives appreciate him more than others:

"I like bright people, and Barry's a very bright person."
Colonel Oliver North

"Barry Lynn is an intolerant jerk."
Pat Robertson