Liberadio(!) with Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 29, 2009: Part 1 - A Showstopper! Well, Maybe Just a Surprise Call

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:11:00 PDT

John Spragens, soon to be ex-communications director for Coop! calls us early in the show and updates us on what went on in Washington with Healthcare reform and Congressman Jim Cooper. Waitex? [31MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 29, 2009: Part 2 - Interview with Councilman Jason Holleman

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:10:00 PDT

The councilman joins us to talk about the exciting world of zoning (no really, its interesting!) and the Bells Bend redevelopment plan - also know as May Town Center. We learn about the origins of the plan, where it is now, and if it ever go away. [25MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 29, 2009: Part 3 - Celebrity Deaths Aren't the Only Thing That Comes in Threes

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:09:00 PDT

After a brief remembrance of some recently passed celebrities, it's time to highlight the complex dynamics of the extramarital affairs of our elected officials. [11.3MB download mp3]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 29, 2009: Part 4 - Its Back! Media Matters for America Smackdown

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:08:00 PDT

MMFA research fellow Elbert Ventura returns to tell us all the shenanigans swirling around the healthcare and energy policy legislations. [18MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 29, 2009: Part 5 - Healthcare: The Next Frontier

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:05:00 PDT

Toni Cani of SEIU's Change That Works campaign and RN Michael Chapman have returned from a trip to Washington, where they met with the staff of the Tennessee congressional delegation on the subject of healthcare. Toni Cani talks about the efforts to keep "public option" in the foreground of the discussions and Michael Chapman lets us in on the harsh realism of our present healthcare system. The stories will curl your hair. Later we take your calls about your own healthcare concerns and experiences. [54MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 22, 2009: Part 1 Its the End of the Tennessee Legislative Session As We Know It (and We're a Bit Queasy)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:20:00 PDT

An end of this year's legislative session wrap-up and our listener's help answer the question, "How do you think it went?" Plus, we continue the discussion of the Iranian election, the to-do list, and how social media is not only changing media in America, but also across the world. And the Bill Maher Ticket Giveaway is Back! We doubt Senator Diane Black's staffer will be calling in to win. [76.16MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 22, 2009: Part 2- Interview with Sen. Jim Kyle

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:19:00 PDT

The senator from Memphis gives us an insider's view of this year's legislative session including what it took to pass the budget this year and why Republicans ran away from their version of the budget almost immediately after introducing it. We end the interview with his answers to our "free association" quiz and our signature, "I probably shouldn't be telling you this but" question. [24.2MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 22, 2009: Part 3- Last Call for Bill Maher Tickets

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:18:00 PDT

We give away our last two tickets to the Bill Maher show at The Ryman Auditorium on June 27th. Congratulations to all our winners! [5.25MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast Part 4- Interview with Dr. Peter Phillips from Project Censored

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:17:00 PDT

Dr. Peter Phillips joins us to talk about Project Censored, a media democracy project which has been highlighting the 25 most important stories ignored by the mainstream media through an annual publication and website (the most underreported story of 2009 according to the project has been the violent deaths of over one million Iraqis since the beginning of the 2003 United States invasion of Iraq). Dr. Phillips' lecture will be held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1808 Woodmont Avenue, Nashville, this Friday, June 26th at 7:30pm. A Q&A will immediately follow. Admission is free. [33.46MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast Part 5- The Wrap Up Guns in bars in Tennessee

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:16:00 PDT

Stated as fact was that there are 37 (or so) other states that have a law similar to the one just passed in Tennessee. Turns out - funny stuff - it's a big lie. [11MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 15, 2009: Part 1 (Part 1)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:57:00 PDT

Welcome Back! Intro, news items, and announcing the Bill Maher ticket listener giveaway. Updates on the Iranian presidential election and Ahmadinejad, as well as a quick opening discussion about voting and the paper ballot issue. [23.25MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 15, 2009: Interview with Rep. Mike Turner (Part 2)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:55:00 PDT

We are joined by Tennessee House Democratic Caucus chair, Mike Turner (D-Old Hickory, the Fightin' 51st!). Hear the interview that has the whole town talking about *gasp* public education reform! Just what did Chairman Turner mean when he said, "We do have a problem with public schools. They were not performing adequately. The problem that we created was because of the political correctness we did in the Sixties. We started busing and closing neighborhood schools." And did he really "accuse Senate Republicans of killing babies with their budget cuts?" [38MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 15, 2009: Interview with Peter Cunningham (Part 3)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:53:00 PDT

Interview with Peter Cunningham, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Communications and Outreach at the US. Department of Education. Cunningham talks about President Obama's education goals for the country as well as the ways in which they plan to accomplish them. He addresses the pro's and con's of No Child Left Behind and the case for charter schools. [40.26MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast June 15, 2009: The Hate the Hate Produced (Part4)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:50:00 PDT

We give away two tickets to the Bill Maher show at The Ryman Auditorium June 27th. Then a discussion with our listeners about the extent of the influence of the Mass Media - if Rush can turn out people to the polls, why can't he motivate the haters? [51.48MB]

Liberadio(!) Podcast May 4, 2009: Who Did Your Voting Machines Vote For? (Part 1)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:40:00 PDT

Intro, news items, and a to do list that includes one item: help stop the delay of the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act. Plus a recap of the Tennessee Democratic Party summit, Arlen Spector jumps off a sinking ship, Sarah Palin's hypocrisy, and food that speaks. [58.5MB 36:32]

Liberadio(!) Podcast May 4, 2009: Interview with Doris Kearns Goodwin (Part 2)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:39:00 PDT

Doris Kearns Goodwin is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of, among other works, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. On Thursday, May 7th, she will receive the Nichols-Chancellor's Medal from Vanderbilt University, where she will also give the Senior Day address. After she gives us a preview of her speech, we talk about her son's service to our country, baseball, her appearances on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, war, andher advice for budding historians in the Information Age. [20.3 MB 17:41]

Liberadio(!) Podcast May 4, 2009: Legislative Update with the ACLU's Hedy Weinberg (Part 3)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:38:00 PDT

Hedy joins us to run down the important work the ACLU is doing to fight back against the legislation that threatens the reproductive health of women in Tennessee, immigrants, and members of the GLBT community. She also tells us about the hope they have to pass Rep. Jeanne Richardson's (D-Memphis, the Fightin' 89th!) bill to add gender identity to Tennessee's Hate Crimes Law. [9.4MB 08:12]

Liberadio(!) Podcast May 4, 2009: Media Matters for America Smackdown and More (Part 4)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:35:00 PDT

Media Matter Research Fellow Elbert Ventura joins us to explain how certain conservative media personalities are baselessly blaming Mexican immigrants for spreading swine flu across the border. [9.4MB 08:12]

Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Care for a Cuppa? (Part 1)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:43:00 PDT

Intro, news items, to do list. [32.8 MB 20:27]

Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Interview with Brian Phelps (Part 2)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:40:00 PDT

Brian is a founding board member of Transit Now Nashville, which is working to raise awareness of the benefits of regional mass transit options for the people living in the Nashville area. [19.8 MB 17:15]

Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: The New Conservative Prohibition (Part 3)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:35:00 PDT

Don't say gay, bullying, and the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act. [21.1 MB 20:11]

Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Interview with Sean Flaherty (Part 4)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:30:00 PDT

Sean Flaherty works as a researcher and writes articles on electronic voting issues for the Verified Voting Foundation and VerifiedVoting.org. Why are paper ballots important, why paperless electronic voting machines suck, and if Tennesseans of all political leanings want to be assured that their votes have counted, what is the best thing we can do. [19.4MB 16:58]

Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Interview with Ben Smith Ben Smith (Part 5)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:25:00 PDT

Ben Smith is the Senior Political Writer for Politico, a political journalism organization based in Washington, D.C. for which he has an online running conversation about politics. When he decided to vacation in Nashville he didn't know about the threat of tornados nor did he know that we bug him for an interview. [14.7MB 12:49]

Liberadio(!) Podcast April 13, 2009: Did we Lose the Culture War? (Part 6)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:20:00 PDT

The recent Iowa Supreme Court decision on gay marriage, an update on checks and balances, and Dobson's services are no longer needed. [12.9MB 11:15]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: (Part 1)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:43:00 PDT

Intro, news items, to do list, and the ballad of Bill Freeman. [19.08 MB 16:40]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: (Part 2)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:42:00 PDT

An Earth Hour recap including the VIP party that sorta forgot it was Earth Hour. [8.25 MB 07:12]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: Interview with Rep Janis Sontany (Part 3)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:41:00 PDT

Rep Sontany represents the fightin' 53rd district in the Tennessee state house of representatives. She tells us about her district, her work as a "Humane Legislator" working on and passing a number of animal protection and animal cruelty bills, gun legislation, and the mood on the hill. [31.6 MB 27:35]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: A Metro Council District 18 Election Breakdown (Part 4)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:39:00 PDT

Losing candidate David Glasgow issues a statement that highlights on what he thinks the remaining candidates should focus. [11.1MB 09:43]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: Interview with Matt Duss (Part 5)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:38:00 PDT

Matthew Duss is a Research Associate the Center for American Progress with a background in Middle East Studies and he joins us to talk about President Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan policy as well as the U.S. bombings inside Pakistan, monetary aid funneled into the country, nation building, and how we can best keep up with our foreign policy. [17.6MB 15:20]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: Media Matters for America Smackdown with Elbert Ventura (Part 6)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:37:00 PDT

The mainstream media - following Drudge's lead, of course - thinks our new president is "boring" and "professorial." Awww...what's the matter? You don't want to have a beer with him? [12.33MB 17:50]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 30, 2009: Phone Calls, We get Phone Calls (Part 7)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:35:00 PDT

We discuss with our listeners the power the "paranoid stylists" - Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly - have on the mainstream Republican Party, the "evil" Americorp, and of what we should really be afraid. [17.82MB 17:14]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Faux Spring Break (Part 1)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:39:00 PDT

Intro and some news items - dumping slurry, buying debt, and gutting voter confidence. [5.6 MB 4:53]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with Kristine LaLonde (Part 2)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:38:00 PDT

Joining us as the first of all four Metro Council District 18 candidates is Kristine LaLonde. Kristine is a Belmont-Hillsboro resident and director of the leadership studies program for Honors students at Belmont University. She tells us why she's running, what District 18 means to her, and what would happen if she were elected and a zoning issue involving her employer - Belmont University - came before the council. Plus, what is the secret that her Mom threatened to tell the press? [14.8 MB 12:56]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with Stephenie Dodson (Part 3)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:37:00 PDT

Stephenie is a candidate for Metro Council District 18, the Director for Percy Priest Extended Day Program (PPEDP) at Percy Priest Elementary School, and a 25-year resident of the Hillsboro-West End neighborhood. She has also served on the board of the Hillsboro-West End Neighborhood Association for the past nine years. She tells us why she's running, what the endorsement of the Nashville Neighborhood Defense Fund means, and why she didn't fill out the survey from Nashville's premier GLBT news source, Out & About Newspaper. And although she has "secrets," she's not spilling the beans. [15 MB 13:03]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with John Ray Clemmons (Part 4)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:25:00 PDT

Candidate for Metro Council District 18, John Ray is also a lawyer who, among other things, worked as a legislative aide for Congressman Bob Clement, a research assistant for George Stephanopoulos, and the Political Director for the Tennessee Democratic Party. He tells us why he's running, if - after having worked for the campaign of the mayor's runoff opponent - he'll have any difficulty working with Mayor Dean, and what qualifies him - as the District's most recent resident - to run. We also ask him to do some singin' in the stormwater and weigh in on whether or not the version of the bill that passed the Council was fair and equitable. [15.3MB 13:19]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with David Glasgow (Part 5)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:24:00 PDT

David Glasgow, also a candidate for Metro Council District 18, is a lawyer who currently works as the communications director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development office in Nashville. We ask him why he wants to serve the Fightin' 18th! and what makes him uniquely qualified to do so. Plus, we see if our "Repubdar" goes off when he tells us, in light of the recent revelation that he voted in a Republican primary or two, if partisanship is relevant to the way he'll represent his constituents and when answers the question, "Who did you vote for in November of 2008?" [15.3MB 13:20]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Interview with Lee Poston (Part 6)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:23:00 PDT

Lee is the Director of Conservation and Science Communications at World Wildlife Fund. He works on strategic communication plans for WWF's priority places, threats and issues. He's based in D.C. but came to Nashville to talk to us about Earth Hour. [15:16MB 17:50]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: Media Matter for America with Elbert Ventura (Part 7)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:22:00 PDT

Media Matters research fellow Elbert Ventura joins us to talk about the creepiness that is Glenn Beck. [19.7MB 17:14]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 23, 2009: The Vote You Save May Be Your Own (Part 8)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:20:00 PDT

In what is perhaps the most disgustingly anti-American, anti-democratic, and politically cynical maneuver ever, the same Tennessee legislators - Republicans all - who voted for the Voter Confidence Act last year now want to gut it. [11.9MB 10:26]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Dodging a Bullet Redux (Part 1)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:33:00 PDT

News, to do list, is this Daylight Savings Time thingy working for us or against us, Councilman Mike Jameson calls a meeting about Riverfront development, and Councilman Jason Holleman's storm water amendment. [37.3 MB 23:13]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Interview with Hal Cato (Part 2)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:32:00 PDT

Joining us is Hal cato, president and CEO of Oasis Center, to tell us about their new digs at the Youth Opportunity Center - where Oasis and their partner organizations have banded together to serve young Middle-Tennesseans facing real challenges. Health care, job assistance, counseling, education support, emergency residential services, college counseling, youth leadership opportunities, and even a youth-run business are just some of what they offer all under one roof. [20 MB 12:30]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: The More You Know (Part 3)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:31:00 PDT

The more you know the more you are able to make informed decisions based on your values. So it's surprising that Rep. Stacey Campfield, "Rep. Daddy," for the sake of this segment, introduced his "Don't Say Gay" bill which would "prohibit the teaching of or furnishing of materials on human sexuality other than heterosexuality in public school grades K-8." With this legislation, Rep. Daddy once again introduces an unnecessary bill and makes it clear that if he had kids and they went to public school, all further discussion of important issues would stop once they got home. [14.7 MB 09:10]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Interview with Peter Canellos (Part 4)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:30:00 PDT

Peter Canellos is Washington bureau chief of The Boston Globe and editor of Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy, the newly published biography of Ted Kennedy by the team at the Globe. It's all in there - his brothers and the Kennedy mystique, Chappaquiddick, universal health care, his political legacy, and the relationship between Kennedy and President Obama. Plus, we get his thoughts on the state of journalism in the digital era and a down economy. [26.4MB 16:29]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Our Ears are Marked by a Conservative Caller (Part 5)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:29:00 PDT

Who tries to spread the lie that President Obama promised during his campaign to stop earmark spending and is breaking that promise by signing the spending bill currently being considered in the Senate. We miss Elbert but we don't need him for a smackdown. [8.8MB 5:31]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 9, 2009: Making the Sausage is Hard (Part 6)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:28:00 PDT

So some legislators take the easy way out by making complex issues appear in stark black and white so they can present them cynically to their constituents. Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN) went on national TV and did it with the issue of Universal healthcare (we replay the audio), and Rep. Debra Maggart did it with an abortion bill (which is why we're once again having a difficult conversation about abortion). [25:13MB 40:04]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: Dodging a Bullet (Part 1)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:17:00 PST

News, to do list, and Lydia Lenker. [15.2 MB 13:14]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: A Vas Right Wing Conspiracy (Part 2)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:16:00 PST

Rep. Karen Camper has the Thatchers to take the fight for control of our reproductive health to the mat. If Republicans truly want the government out of the lives of ordinary people then they will pay attention to HJR132. Snip, snip! And a Republican caller finishes the sentence, "I probably shouldn't be telling you this but..." [19.6 MB 17:07]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: Interview with Francie Hunt (Part 3)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:15:00 PST

Francie is the organizer for the Nashville chapter of Stand for Children, which is pushing for an innovative teacher quality program. She tells us what Stand does, what the program entails, and why its so important the our goal of turning public schools into palaces. [20.2 MB 17:37]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: It's the Empathy, Stupid (Part 4)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:14:00 PST

Wait. That didn't come out right. A listener has an interesting take on empathy which leads to a interesting discussion on who is responsible for giving a hand up to the least among us. Plus, Mary experienced a severe lack of the big "E" when she went down to the TNGOP sponsored "Tea Party" rally at the State Capitol, and the rally itself may not have been as spontaneous as some would like us to believe. [10.7MB 09:22]

Liberadio(!) Podcast March 2, 2009: Interview with Timothy Karr (Part 5)

feedback@liberadio.com (Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:13:00 PST

Tim is the campaign director of Free Press, a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. He helps us take on the Fairness Doctrine (and identify who is really behind manipulating the issue) and tells us what we can expect from the FCC now that there's a Democrat in charge. [17.2MB 14:59]