Summary: Featuring guests Robert Weissman of Public Citizen and Karl Frish of Media Matters for America.

The State of the Union is…Party!, Part 1. President Obama’s latest weekly radio address, current news, and the to do list (including details of our 2010 State of the Union Watch Party). Plus, WRVU loses 15-year veteran Doyle Davis when he decides he can no longer “bring da funk,” Air America has gone dark (but not for the reasons you think), our callers think that liberals in Tennessee should just come out already, and Liberadio(!) senior Massachusetts News Correspondent, Julie Bruno, reports from the ground – just what happened to the Coakley campaign and who is this Scott Brown dude? [27MB download mp3]Download audio file (liberadio20100125part1.mp3)

The State of the Union is…Party!, Part 2 This hour we’re joined by Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen, who gives us the 4-1-1 on the latest Supreme Court decision to affect campaign financing, as well as Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow for media watchdog organization, Media Matters for America. Plus, the Top 10 Progressive Victories of the Obama administration (a.k.a. he brought the change and we can believe in it), Tennessee is – in reality – a nice shade of purpley blue, and public transit fans, rejoice! – the Obama administration announced this week that it is loosening the criteria for using federal funds to finance light rail, bus routes, and other public transit projects. [23MB download mp3]
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Summary: Featuring guests Vanessa Beasley and Kevin Leander, faculty board members for Vanderbilt Student Communications, Matt Collins, Ex-Vice Chair, Davidson County Republican Party, Tyler Slocum, Director of Energy Program for Public Citizen, and Karl Frisch of Media Matters for America.

We’re a Show Full of Misfits, Part 1. Current news, to do, interviews with Matt Collins, Ex-Vice Chair of the Davidson County Republican Party and Tyler Slocum, Director of Energy Program for Public Citizen, and it’s time to get on the phone again. [26.43MB download mp3]
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We’re a Show Full of Misfits, Part 2 Joe Leiberman gets a little air time, Vanessa Beasley and Kevin Leander, faculty board members for Vanderbilt Student Communications, join us to discuss the board’s decision to cap the number of WRVU community DJs at 25, and Karl Frisch smacks down Glen Beck during the Media Matters for America Smackdown. [23.40MB download mp3]
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Part 1 – All the News That Fits – This year’s Black Friday is the blackest yet, alternative shopping options, and the election season ain’t over ’til it’s over. [81.1MB 51:04 download MP3]
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Part 2 – Interview with Dr. Craig Holman – Dr. Holman is the Legislative Representative for Public Citizen and as such serves as the organization’s Capitol Hill lobbyist on campaign finance and governmental ethics. He tells us that we can love President-elect Obama, we just can’t LOVVVVVVE President-elect Obama. Public Citizen, through their new website, Becoming44.org, will help us connect the dots between new appointees and the special interests they represent. Addendum: the study that Dr. Holman references in this interview which suggests that Obama’s small donor-base is a myth, has been successfully challenged. [29.1MB 18:08 download MP3]
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Part 3 – Against/Against – Let the English-Only discussion begin! On January 22 it’ll be time to get our butts back to the voting booth to vote against “English-only” for Metro Nashville. In this segment we discuss why with one of our faithful conservative callers. Plus, think George Bush is a lame duck? Think again. [40.2MB 25:05 download MP3]
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