29 March 2007, Nashville, TENN. — Liberadio(!), Nashville’s progressive talk radio show, and Ben & Jerry’s Vanderbilt, are teaming up for a fundraiser for Vanderbilt University’s student-run radio station, WRVU-FM, on Monday, Apr. 2nd, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The fundraiser will center around the latest Ben & Jerry’s pint flavor, Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone DreamTM - a decadent melting pot of vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and a caramel swirl. AmeriCone DreamTM, according to the official Ben & Jerry’s press release, “is the sweet taste of liberty in your mouth.”

“The whole situation worked out better than I could’ve imagined,” says Mary Mancini, who hosts the show along with Freddie O’Connell and obsesses over Stephen Colbert’s Comedy Central TV show, The Colbert Report. “Not only was the shop’s manager, Joe Bullock, interested in the idea, but he created a special ice cream sundae just for the event. And although I disagree with Colbert’s assessment that ‘dessert has a well-known liberal agenda,’ we’re glad to promote the flavor for the good of the station that has given our show a home for the past two years.”

The one-time only menu item created for the event, Stephen Colbert’s Freedom Sundae Spectacular, features a fudge-coated waffle cone bowl, with two scoops of vanilla ice cream seated firmly to the Right, a Liberal amount of fluffy whipped cream to the Left, with crushed waffle cone pieces and caramel on top. You want nuts with that? Not on this sundae. There’s already too many nuts on both sides of the aisle.

Fortunately, O’Connell also believes in ice cream and Stephen Colbert. “I don’t have cable, but I have Internet access, and I know how to use a spoon. Ice cream is one of the best tools we have for facilitating civil dialogue.”

Liberadio(!)’s Stephen Colbert’s Freedom Sundae Spectacular to benefit WRVU-FM will take place at the Vanderbilt Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop, 416-A 21st Avenue South, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on the evening of Monday, April 2nd. During that time, a percentage of sales will be donated to WRVU-FM, Vanderbilt University’s student-run radio station.

Also look for the hosts of Liberadio(!) to get their freak on (and their free cone) on Ben and Jerry’s 29th annual Free Cone day, on April 17, 2007, when they eat more ice cream and register voters.

Liberadio(!) is a political talk radio show produced and hosted by Mary Mancini and Freddie O’Connell.

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