http://www.lolife.com/ Liberal commentary with swearing. en-us Tribe of Angels 2005-2006 http://www.lolife.com/images/lolife_photo.jpg http://www.lolife.com/ Politics Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:48:00 -0500 Michael Koppelman Ideas, thoughts, rants and other random missives. The lolife podcast is a a show about ideas. It meanders through many topics including politics, policy, the meaning of life, astronomy, drugs, Prince, and music. I tend to swear a lot so you don't want to crank it too loud at work. Michael Koppelman lolife@bitstream.net yes Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:48:00 -0500 No. 78: The Saddest Thing In The World http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_78.mp3 Philosophy No. 78: The Saddest Thing In The World A philosophical look at life and the alternative. no 00:05:32 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:04:00 -0500 No. 77: Midterm Elections and Obama http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_77.mp3 Politics No. 77: Midterm Elections and Obama My profanity-ridden reflections on the midterm elections and the irrational and uninformed electorate. yes 00:12:42 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:10:00 -0500 No. 76: Taxes and the Nanny State http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_76.mp3 Politics No. 76: Taxes and the Nanny State A liberal's commentary on the issues of payroll vs. capital gains taxes and the good intentions but sometimes ineffective actions of our government. no 00:14:39 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:10:00 -0600 No. 75: Interview with Ernan McMullin http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_75.mp3 Politics No. 75: Interview with Ernan McMullin Interview with esteemed scholar Dr. Ernan McMullin on topics of science, religion and Galileo. no 01:13:19 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:45:00 -0600 No. 74: Seeing In The Dark clip http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_vlogcast_05.mp4 Astronomy No. 72: Seeing In The Dark clip From the upcoming PBS special Seeing In The Dark, airing Sept. 19, 2007 no 00:52 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:50:00 -0500 No. 73: Berklee College of Music http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_73.mp3 Politics No. 73: Berklee College of Music Random comments on my opinion of and experiences at Berklee College of Music. yes 15:21 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:21:00 -0600 No. 72: Photobot Prototype http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_vlogcast_04.mp4 Legos No. 72: Photobot Prototype A little robot I'm fooling with... no 01:06 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 No. 71: Robert Stephens of the Geek Squad http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_71.mp3 Politics No. 71: The Geek Squad An interview the the founder of the Geek Squad, Robert Stephens yes 58:13 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 No. 70: Happy New Year! http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_vlogcast_03.mp4 Politics No. 70: Happy New Year! The stroke of midnight in Minneapolis, MN USA. no 02:05 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:00:00 -0600 No. 69: Rednecks http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_vlogcast_02.mp4 Politics No. 69: Rednecks Some discussion on the urban vs. rural things that goes on. yes 12:13 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:30:00 -0500 No. 68: Midterm Elections http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_vlogcast_01.mp4 Politics No. 68: Midterm Elections Kerry, Wetterling, Bachmann, Pawlenty, Hatch and Hutchinson yes 05:41 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:40:00 -0500 No. 67: Political Roundup http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_67.mp3 Politics No. 67: Political Roundup A bunch of thoughts on Foley, Woodward and the "War" in Iraq yes 26:28 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:50:00 -0500 No. 66: Pam Ellison, Candidate for Governor of Minnesota, Part 2 http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_66.mp3 Politics No. 66: Pam Ellison, Candidate for Governor of Minnesota, Part 2 Interview with Pam Ellison who was seeking and didn't get the Independence Party endorsement for the gubernatorial race in Minnesota this year. This is Part 2 of 2. no 52:20 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:40:00 -0500 No. 65: Pam Ellison, Candidate for Governor of Minnesota, Part 1 http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_65.mp3 Politics No. 65: Pam Ellison, Candidate for Governor of Minnesota, Part 1 Interview with Pam Ellison who is seeking the Independence Party endorsement for the gubernatorial race in Minnesota this year. This is Part 1 of 2. no 11:37 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:40:00 -0500 No. 64: The Price of Gas http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_64.mp3 Politics No. 64: The Price of Gas Comments on the price of gas and what a great big bunch of pussies we are. yes 10:21 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:50:00 -0500 No. 63: PZ Myers of Pharyngula http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_63.mp3 Politics No. 63: PZ Myers of Pharyngula Interview with Dr. PZ Myers whose blog, Pharyngula (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/) has taken off with posts and discussion about biology, evolution, atheism and more. This is the audio portion of a video interview. no 46:07 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:05:00 -0500 No. 62: Rumsfeld http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_62.mp3 Politics No. 62: Rumsfeld Discussion on the bumbling incompetence of Rumsfeld and Bush. yes 9:43 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:13:00 -0500 No. 61: Immigration http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_61.mp3 Politics No. 61: Immigration Sometimes incoherent ramblings about the rather difficult problem of illegal immigration. yes 18:26 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:00:00 -0500 No. 60: Equations http://www.lolife.com/podcast/vlog01-equations.mov Science No. 60: Equations This is a video podcast in QuickTime format about how cool equations are. no 13:21 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:00:00 -0500 No. 59: Cartoon Controversy http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_59.mp3 Politics No. 59: Cartoon Controversy Thoughts on the controversy about the cartoons depicting Muhammad. yes 14:03 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:00:00 -0500 No. 58: Filibuster Alito http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_58.mp3 Politics No. 58: Filibuster Alito Reaction to Monica Crowley's rather inept commentary on the Alito hearings and some general ranting about this process and the fact that we should basically filibuster Alito. yes 15:44 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:00:00 -0500 No. 57: Secular and Religious Christmas http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_57.mp3 Politics No. 57: Secular and Religious Christmas Some thoughts on Christmas as both a religious and secular holiday. yes 15:23 Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:00:00 -0500 No. 56: Alito and Spousal Notification http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_56.mp3 Politics No. 56: Alito and Spousal Notification Commentary on the Alito nomination and the whole abortion spousal notification issue. yes 13:50 Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:25:00 -0500 No. 55: Part 2: Slacker Astronomy Chit-Chat http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_55_2.mp3 Politics No. 55: Part 2: Slacker Astronomy Chit-Chat Part 2 of a casual discussion with the trio known as Slacker Astronomy. This is roughly hewn into two parts because of the Garage Band flaw that only lets you do 999 bars of music or about 30 minutes. yes 16:43 Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:14:00 -0500 No. 55: Part 1: Slacker Astronomy Chit-Chat http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_55_1.mp3 Politics No. 55: Part 1: Slacker Astronomy Chit-Chat Part 1 of a casual discussion with the trio known as Slacker Astronomy. This is roughly hewn into two parts because of the Garage Band flaw that only lets you do 999 bars of music or about 30 minutes. yes 33:16 Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:30:00 -0500 No. 54: Torture Should Be Off The Table http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_54.mp3 Politics No. 54: Torture Should Be Off The Table Discussion on Monica Crowley and torture and the fucked-up Right wing agenda. yes 20:37 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 15:50:00 -0500 No. 53: Pro-Life Ain't http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_53.mp3 Politics No. 53: Pro-Life Ain't The pro-lifers are not really pro-life. This is a quick podcast about choosing life -- the lives of women who are making personal decisions about their own lives. yes 02:31 Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:40:00 -0500 No. 52: Bush=Moron, Miers=Trouble http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_52.mp3 Politics No. 52: Bush=Moron, Miers=Trouble More Bush bashing and expression of some serious doubts about Harriet Miers yes 22:50 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:00:00 -0500 No. 51: Bush's Iraq Exit Strategy http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_51.mp3 Politics No. 51: Bush's Iraq Exit Strategy Discussion of Bush's Iraq exit strategy (leave office) and a savage attack on Shelly the Republican for being a violent, clueless idiot who claims that all Muslims worship Satan and must be killed. yes 15:05 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:10:00 -0500 No. 50: raintribe.com and ideaclub http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_50.mp3 Politics No. 50: raintribe.com and ideaclub Discussion of my two new podcasts, raintribe.com and ideaclub. yes 15:05 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:10:00 -0500 No. 49: Judge Roberts http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_49.mp3 Politics No. 49: Judge Roberts A brief discussion on the Senate confirmation hearings on Judge Roberts and a general rant about how fucked up the Right Wing agenda is.... yes 18:07 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:50:00 -0500 No. 48: The American Party http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_48.mp3 Politics No. 48: The American Party I suggest that Left and Right are so far apart that we need to abandon this way of thinking and start a new political party based on compromise, consensus and a solutions-based approach. yes 24:59 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:30:00 -0500 No. 47: Questions of Law http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_47.mp3 Politics No. 47: Questions of Law An interview with a lawyer friend of mine on the legal aspects of some political issues. yes 29:18 Tue, 9 Aug 2005 08:50:00 -0500 No. 46: The Things On Which We Agree http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_46.mp3 Politics No. 46: The Things On Which We Agree I ask, again, if Left and Right can agree on some principles on these issues we argue about all the time. yes 17:04 Fri, 5 Aug 2005 13:50:00 -0500 No. 45: Shelley the Republican and the War in Iraq http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_45.mp3 Politics No. 45: Shelley the Republican and the War in Iraq I'm picking on Shelley the Republican, a Right Wing podcaster. yes 12:42 Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:50:00 -0500 No. 44: Thoughts on podcasting economics http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_44.mp3 Politics No. 44: Thoughts on podcasting economics Some rambling on podcasting, bandwidth, ads, subscription models and other topics related to the rise of podcasting. yes 16:46 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:35:00 -0500 No. 43: The UN: Progressives are Right, Conservatives are Wrong http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_43.mp3 Politics No. 43: The UN: Progressives are Right, Conservatives are Wrong Commentary on international cooperation and how the Right, once again, is totally inconsisent and borderline immoral. yes 22:20 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:10:00 -0500 No. 42: Families and Marriages http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_42.mp3 Politics No. 42: Families and Marriages An interview with a family and marriage therapist about the problems that families and marries face and how they deal with them. yes 27:34 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:40:00 -0500 No. 41: "Explicit" Content http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_41.mp3 Politics No. 41: "Explicit" Content Thoughts on Dawn and Drew, podcasting, adult content and big media. yes 24:25 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:05:00 -0500 No. 40: Higher Ed and Howard Dean http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_40.mp3 Politics No. 40: Higher Ed and Howard Dean A discussion of two unrelated topics -- the funding of higher education and the remarks of Howard Dean yes 24:25 Sat, 02 Jul 2005 12:01:00 -0500 No. 39: Women and Sex http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_39.mp3 Politics No. 39: Women and Sex Morality from a godless perspective. yes 23:28 Sat, 02 Jul 2005 11:00:00 -0500 No. 38: Morality http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_38.mp3 Politics No. 38: Morality Morality from a godless perspective. yes 23:28 Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:00:00 -0500 No. 37: Letters to the Editor: Rants and Reviews http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_37.mp3 Politics Commentary on recent letters to the editor. Discussion about Native American rights, affirmative action and taxes. yes 23:26 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:35:00 -0600 No. 36: The Meaning of Life http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_36.mp3 Politics Easy answers to life's deepest questions. Ramblings on the greatest of life's questions. yes 18:39 philosophy Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:35:00 -0600 No. 35: Clean Slate Day http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_35.mp3 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:00:00 -0600 No. 34: The Republicans Are Running Amok Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:40:00 -0600 No. 33: Christians and Politics Part 2 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 10:00:00 -0600 No. 32: The Art of Driving Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:45:00 -0600 No. 31: Chat with Aaron Price and the Phantom Astronomer Sat, 21 May 2005 13:30:00 -0600 No. 30: Christians and Politics Part 1 Fri, 13 May 2005 10:30:00 -0600 No. 29: You pay for love but the hate comes free Thu, 05 May 2005 10:55:00 -0600 No. 28: Bush Is Weak Wed, 04 May 2005 00:05:00 -0600 No. 27: Jesus Was A Socialist Tue, 03 May 2005 22:05:00 -0600 No. 26: A G-Rated World Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:30:00 -0600 No. 25: Physics and Audio Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:10:00 -0600 No. 24: The War on Terror Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:00:00 -0600 No. 23: Men and Sex Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:00:00 -0600 No. 22: Copywrong Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:45:00 -0600 No. 21: Tim Pawlenty Sucks Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0600 No. 20: The Filibuster Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:55:00 -0600 No. 19: 3 Leading Political Analysts Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:55:00 -0600 No. 18: So-Called Judicial Activism Sat, 16 Apr 2005 19:46:00 -0600 No. 17: Observatory Sound Seeing Tour Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:30:00 -0600 No. 16: Drugs Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:30:00 -0600 No. 15: Thoughts on Podcasting Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:10:00 -0600 No. 14: Racism: It's Sick, But It's Not Dead Yet Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:20:00 -0600 No. 13: Bias, the Media and You Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:15:00 -0600 No. 12: Medical Mayhem Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:10:00 -0600 No. 11: War and Energy Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:36:00 -0600 No. 10: Prince Stories Part 2 Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:34:00 -0600 No. 9: Prince Stories Part 1 Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:44:00 -0600 No. 8: Slacker Astronomy Part 2 Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:33:00 -0600 No. 7: Slacker Astronomy Part 1 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:06:00 -0600 No. 6: The So-Called Endangered Liberal Agenda Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:48:00 -0600 No. 5: Edjamakayshun Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:37:00 -0600 No. 4: Life, the Universe and Everything Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:49:00 -0600 No. 3: People With Guns Kill People Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0600 No. 2: We All Do Better When We All Do Better Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:16:00 -0600 No. 1: Low Hanging Fruit: Ann Coulter Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500 The Lolife Podcast Promo http://www.lolife.com/podcast/lolife_podcast_promo.mp3 Politics Promo A little promo for my podcast. This was played on the Daily Source Code for April 18, 2005. yes 00:31