Tue May 1
By alfred on May 1, 2012 in
Hello all!
We starred things off with a bang, John Avlon (CNN, Daily Beast, Newsweek) AND Will Cain (CNN, National Review, the Blaze) in studio! It’s a handsome fest of the highest order. They discussed whether or not Obama should campaign on the death of Bin Laden, May Day and occupy, and who’s to blame for the government deadlock.
It’s May Day so it’s time for the Occupy movement to make a comeback. We were joined by Chris Faraone, Boston Phoenix staff writer and author of the new book “99 Nights with the 99 Percent“. He discussed his book and his experiences today with the New York protestors.
Since it’s the first anniversary of the raid on Bin Laden, we spoke to David Corn, Washington Bureau Chief of Mother Jones magazine, MSNBC analyst and author of the new book”Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor and the Tea Party.” He discussed the Bin Laden raid in light of this piece from the Daily Beast.
We then welcomed Zach Wahls to the program who was the 19 year old who addressed the Iowa House Judiciary Committee to speak out against the gay marriage ban was on to promote his new book, “My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family“.
Interrupting our conversation with Zach Wahls, we went to the President who spoke at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan.
After the President spoke we went back to Zach to finish up the show.
Have a great day, ladies and gents,
Mon April 30
By alfred on Apr 30, 2012 in
Hey!
So it’s Monday and Pete is back from Saturday’s Washington Correspondents Dinner in DC.
Our first guest was host of the Press Pool here on POTUS, Julie Mason. Julie is an officer for the White House Correspondents Association so she discussed the Correspondents Dinner with Pete.
Lots of people are talking about whether or not President Obama should use the killing of Osama Bin Laden as a campaign tool. So Pete asked listeners to give us their take.
The next guest was CNN Political Editor, Paul Steinhauser. He was at the White House Correspondent’s dinner as well and chatted about that, Obama campaigning on the Bin Laden death, the Clinton’s campaigning for Obama, and who is endorsing Romney.
To discuss the Violence Against Women Act, which was renewed by the Senate on Thursday, we went to the National President of the National Organization of Women, Terry O’Neill.
We then went to callers on the Violence Against Women Act.
Have a wonderful day, everyone.
Fri April 27
By alfred on Apr 27, 2012 in
Happy Friday, duuuuuudes!
We started off the program discussing Joe Biden telling an NYU audience that the President has a “big stick“.
Then Pete opened up the phones for any topic.
Our first guest was Father James Martin, Jesuit priest, contributing editor for America Magazine and author of “The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life” and “Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life“. He and Pete discussed the Catholic church and Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget.
We then talked politics with Mark Preston, CNN political director. Mark talked about the presidential race, and what’s happening on Capitol Hill.
Pete went back to the whole catholic and Paul Ryan’s budget topic and took calls.
Then it was time for Check Your Priorities with @HiItsDustin, @CharlotteLait, & @PeterGoumas.
Show over. I’m gonna get a drink.
Thu April 26
By alfred on Apr 26, 2012 in
Well, hello.
Today’s program started off with our first guest, Simon Johnson co-founder of Baseline Scenario blog, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, member of the CBO’s Panel of Economic Advisers, and co-author of the new book “White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters To You”. He discussed his new book.
We then did a caller segment on the idea of the politics of envy. Are people envious of others in a monetary sense?
Shifting gears we went to our next guest Sarah Klein, Staff Attorney and Food Safety expert at the Center for Science in the Public Interest told us about mad cow disease and pink slime.
Pete then asked listeners who are dealing with college loans to call in and talk about it.
The Senate passed a bill to try to help the US Postal Service, so to give us his take we went to the Chief of Staff at the National Association of Letter Carriers, Jim Sauber.
Pete read some emails then went back to the envy question from the first hour.
Have a great day, y’all!
Wed April 25
By alfred on Apr 25, 2012 in
Hello, earth!
Today’s program started off with a discussion on student loans. Back in 2007 President George W. Bush signed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act which cut interest rates in half on subsidized student loans, expires on July 1st. To talk about this we went to Matthew Chingos, fellow in the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings Institution
To update us on the Supreme Court arguments on the Arizona immigration law we talked to Amy Howe, editor at the SCOTUSBlog and partner at Goldstein & Russel, PC.
Pete then read some of his recent tweets, which apparently is called PeteTweets.
The call segment was on retired CIA officer Jose Rodriguez boasting about erasing interrogation tapes in his new book. Pete based the segment on Glenn Greenwald’s article about it here.
Our next guest was Michael Sendel, political philosopher, Professor of Government at Harvard University and author of the new book, “What Money Can’t Buy: the Moral Limits of Markets“. He discussed his new book.
We then turned our attention to last night’s Mitt Romney speech in Manchester, NH. To give us his take on the speech we went to Rich Lowry, Editor of National Review and Fox News contributor.
The program ended with people calling in talking about the economic crisis and and reacting to Speaker Boehner saying our economy may not recover.
Have a wonderful day,
Tue April 24
By alfred on Apr 24, 2012 in
We’re back!
We continued our European discussion from yesterday. This time we focused on austerity and how it helped or hurt the European economy. Our guest was Barry Eichengreen, professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkley. He’s an expert on the international monetary system. His book, “Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System” is out in paperback this summer.
Switching gears we wanted to get information on the Supreme Court hearing the controversial immigration law. Our guest was Tom Curry, National Affairs writer for NBCPolitics.com. He had a good piece on this.
In studio we welcomed our friends, John Avlon (CNN, Daily Beast, Newsweek) and Will Cain (CNN, The Blaze, National Review). They joined us for the hour to chat about Will’s facial hair, Ted Nugent, Allen West, the “war on women”, trickle down economics, etc.
We wanted to get an update on the Bradley Manning situation. To tell us the latest we went to Ed Pilkington, New York Correspondent for the Guardian. Here’s his recent piece.
Pete asked listeners to weigh in on why it seems economic mobility is easier in Europe.
With love,
Mon April 23
By alfred on Apr 24, 2012 in
Hey, gang!
Our first guest was journalist, documentary film maker, Ben Anderson who joined us in studio. Ben discussed Afghanistan and his new book, “No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan“. Ben was with us the whole first hour.
Then we welcomed back to the program, President of Public Citizen, Robert Weissman. He promoted their comedy event “Stand Up for Main Street“.
Earlier today President Obama spoke at the US Holocaust Museum. In light of that speech we went to Mike Abramowitz, Director of the Committee on Conscience, which conducts the genocide prevention efforts for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The race for France’s Presidency is heating up. We wanted to get a primer on the situation so we talked to Art Goldhammer. He’s a French politics blogger, writer, translator and affiliate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard.
We the took calls on the differences between our election cycle and France’s.
Thanks for listening,
Fri April 20
By alfred on Apr 20, 2012 in
Hello!
It’s 4/20, man! Which means it’s Hitler’s birthday, the day of the Columbine shooting, and the BP disaster. So let’s all relax on the “celebrating”…
Today we discuss the BP disaster. It’s the 2nd anniversary of the oil spill in the Gulf.
Our first guest was Antonia Juhasz, oil energy analyst, activist and author of “Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill”, she has a new piece at the Nation Magazine titled “Investigation: Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers.”
Next we turned to Louisiana business owner Frank Randol, of Randol Inc. Frank owns Randol’s Restaurant and seafood processing plant. He gave us his perspective on the BP disaster.
Pete asked callers to weigh in on the second anniversary of the oil disaster.
Then it was time for open phones.
We then went live to President Obama who greeted the Wounded Warriors for this year’s 6th annual ride.
Since it’s 4/20, Pete asked callers to discuss marijuana.
Then we did “Check Your Priorities” produced by @HiItsDustin.
Have a great weekend, y’all!
Thu April 19
By alfred on Apr 19, 2012 in
Another show, gang!
Pete said he thinks Mitt Romney shouldn’t lose points for being born into wealth but thinks Obama should gain points for coming from nothing. He had listeners respond.
Our first guest was Timothy Smeeding, the Art and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty. He discussed the ins and outs of food stamps and other programs. Smeeding is the author of “Poor Kids in a Rich Country: America’s Children in Comparative Perspective“.
The next guest joined us in studio, he’s Michael Mann, Climate Scientist, Director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Mann discussed his new book, “The Hockey Stick and The Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines“.
Next we changed gears to discuss healthcare waste with Dr. John Wennberg, founder and Director Emeritus of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and he’s the author of “Tracking Medicine: A Researcher’s Quest to Understand Health Care“.
We argued music then Pete read some emails. Since we had lots of experts on today, Pete asked listeners if legislators should spend more time with experts and academics.
RIP Levon Helm!
