Summary: Guests include Bob Mancini and Elbert Ventura, research fellow, Media Matters for America.

We Took a Vacation But Nashville Politics Did Not (Part 1) - Back to school - the best thing ever or a real drag? And we recap the Tennessee primary. (49:18 79MB)
Sex Sells (Part 2) - John Edwards gets caught […]

Summary: Guests include Ken Eaton and Mike Padgett, Democratic candidates for US Senate; Elbert Ventura, research fellow, Media Matters for America.

Early Voting Has Begun! (Part 1) - Participatory democracy - it’s not just for breakfast anymore. (16:57 27.2MB)
Interview with Kenneth Eaton (Part 2) - Hear about Eaton’s journey from seeking citywide office to […]

Summary: Guests include Bob Tuke Democratic candidate for US Senate; Richard Hayes Phillip, author, Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an American Election.

Happy Bastille Day! (Part 1) - Oo la la! (20:28 32.8MB)
Interview with Richard Hayes Phillips (Part 2) - Author of Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an […]

After seven years of failed energy policy, tax subsidies to big oil, weak fuel economy standards, and the systematic dismantling of the EPA, President Bush has the nerve to blame the Democrats for, well, everything.
Listen to Sweet (Crude) Mother of God Part 1 (13.72 MB)
Listen to Sweet (Crude) Mother of God Part 2 (46 […]

On Monday we interviewed political journalist, nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author David Sirota about his latest book, The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington and the good swift kick Democrats like Lincoln Davis of Tennessee need because, despite polls showing more than 2/3 of the American people […]

The state of Media Matters is very strong, says research Elbert Ventura, and so is the state of the Obama campaign as they Fight the Smears.
Listen to the Media Matters for American Smackdown for Monday, June 16, 2008.

Summary: Liz Garrigan Editor of the Nashville Scene; Elbert Ventura, research fellow with Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - We made a bet. Mary thinks she won. But Freddie won’t pay until August. (20:08 32.3MB)
Part 2 - Interview with Lz Garrigan - G-A-Double R-I. G-A-N spells GARRIGAN! It’s Liz’s last few weeks as […]

Summary: John Geer Vanderbilt University political science professor and Elbert Ventura, research fellow with Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - It’s all over now but we had a good time talking about it with Caspar, our Danish buddy. (21:52 35MB)
Part 2 - Perhaps what Metro Nashville needs are some Super School Board […]

Summary: Tomas Young from Phil Donohue’s documentary, Body of War ; Renée Paradis, Counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice; and Elbert Ventura, research fellow with Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - Jon Stewart is coming! So is electronic voting. Plus, who does Senator Clinton remind you of when she says she doesn’t listen […]

Summary: Guests include Congressman Jim “Coop” Cooper of Tennessee’s Fightin’ 5th!, Rachel Smolker, a research biologist at the Global Justice Ecology Project; and Elbert Ventura, research fellow for Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - We have a very specific delegate count question for a Senator Clinton supporter… Anyone…? Anyone…? Bueller…?. (21:02 33.7MB)
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