Archive for the ‘Shows’ Category

Jeffrey Toobin

June 19 . 2013

The Oath is Jeffrey Toobin’s gripping insider’s account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.

Dean King

June 18 . 2013

The Feud is Dean King‘s riveting and detailed account of two frontier families, the Hatfields and McCoys, struggling for survival within the narrow confines of an unforgiving land.

Si Kahn, Suzanne Little

June 17 . 2013

There is a battle in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, home to wild salmon fisheries and mineral deposits, to stop a public mine project and protect the Bay. Will the President do anything to stop it? Si Kahn, songwriter, activist is joined by Suzanne Little, former Alaska state senator and founders of Musicians United to Protect Bristol Bay.

Jesse Ventura

June 13 . 2013

Former Minnesota governor, Jesse Ventura‘s DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions and political action committees.

Shahid Buttar, Heidi Boghosian

June 12 . 2013

Information about top-secret government surveillance programs was leaked; is the public owed an explanation from the Feds? Shahid Buttar with Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Heidi Boghosian with National Lawyers Guild give their take.

Phil Tiemeyer

June 11 . 2013

Phil Tiemeyer examines how flight attendants have combated sexism and homophobia to create a more just and equal workplace through the last 80 years in Plane Queer.

David Felten

June 10 . 2013

Tackling issues of faith and controversial subjects such as the church’s position on homosexuality, Living the Questions is the most comprehensive, indeed the only survey of progressive Christianity in existence today.

Annalee Newitz

June 6 . 2013

In Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, Annalee Newitz, science journalist and editor of the science Web site io9.com explains that although global disaster is all but inevitable, our chances of long-term species survival are better than ever.

Marie Calloway

June 5 . 2013

Marie Calloway‘s fiction debut, what purpose did i serve in your life, is both a portrait of American youth and a gamble, a chance taken, in answer to the following: for a young woman, is there such a thing as the soul, a life more than the organs, or is she forever recalled to her body.

Tim Dale

June 4 . 2013
Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale have assembled a team of scholars who argue that Homer Simpson is educating America and offering insights into the social order and the human condition in Homer Simpson Ponders Politics.