The great John Fugelsang (one of Twitter’s best follows!) joined me in studio today on KPFK/Pacifica Radio’s The BradCast.
We discussed any number of things political — from his smash hit Sexy Liberal Comedy tour and album with progressive radio & Current TV’s Stephanie Miller and Hal Sparks; to his “minor historical footnote in a very ugly, sad Presidential campaign” after asking the question of Mitt Romney’s campaign director on CNN which elicited the infamous “Etch-a-Sketch” answer; to his big announcement this morning that he’ll be launching his own nightly primetime show on Current TV beginning this fall; and much more to boot.
John’s a pal, and one of the smartest guys in media. Period. Good hire, Al Gore! He was kind enough to stick around with us for the hour, as we were joined by Mark McCaffrey of the National Center for Science Education to discuss this week’s bombshell: The Koch Brothers-funded(!) scientist and former climate change skeptic, Professor Richard Muller, coming out to confirm his recent findings that global warming is, in fact, “real” and that “humans are almost entirely the cause.”
Plus, I enjoyed a bit of a rant on the newest news from the PA GOP’s crumbling polling place Photo ID restriction scam, a visit from Green News Report’s Desi Doyen, and an “apology” to the National Rifle Association after having called them the “terrorist-enabling NRA” during last week’s BradCast…
Download MP3 or listen online below [appx 58 mins]…
[audio:http://bradblog.com/audio/KPFK_BradFriedman_JohnFugelsang_MarkMcCaffrey_080112.mp3]
Great interview with Mark McCaffrey! I loved John Fugelsang’s line about how he would have no problem with creationism being taught in science classes if evolution was taught in Bible schools. 😉
Responding to climate skeptic Richard Muller’s reversal on global warming, Bill McKibben says: “It’s scientifically not very interesting because most scientists figured it out 20 years ago, and all [Muller] has done is confirm their work. Politically, it’s interesting because we’re reaching the point where even industry-funded deniers can’t with a straight face say that [the earth] is not warming.”
I hope I won’t be back here in 20 years reading or saying something like this.
Headline:USA Dumping All Voting Machines
“It’s not very interesting because Brad Friedman figured it out 20 years ago that electronic voting was not reliable and all the naysayers have done is confirm his work.”
Only ten more years to go Brad 🙂
I might just have to get me some Sexy Lib’rul tickets for the Sept 29th show in Seattle.
[South Carolina] Touch-Screen Voting Machines Under Increased Scrutiny
http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064017974&ShowArticle_ID=11013107121437631