Getting to the bottom of things...

Exploring the world, finding out what you think,
having some fun - that's the point!

Recent topics include:  
Should Batman kill The Joker?
Is the bachelor's degree obsolete?
Where does our food come from and how is the
rise in energy cost going to affect it?
Can you be religious and support the legal right
to have an abortion?
Why is the ACLU suing over the FISA bill that
Obama just voted for?
Should we grant limited rights to other (other)
great apes - bonobos, chimpanzees,
orangatuns, gorillas?  Will they be banned from
driving while talking on a cell phone (kiddin')
Big Dig taxes - is it as bad a reported in the
paper?  Is this a failure by government, the
private sector, or both?
Did America unintentionally 'create' the nation
of Kurdistan?  And have betrayed them multiple
times?  And, does this create an obligation for
America in terms of our presence in Iraq?
What does John Kerry actually do in the Senate?
Nukes - we've banned chemical weapons (with
inspections) should we do the same for nukes?  
should the US disarm?  should we disarm only
after everyone else? do you feel safer knowing
the weapons are there, or less safe because
you know that human error could cause a
catastrophe?
Recent guests...

2008-08-16 Prof Mark D. White, co-editor of Batman
and Philosophy, talked about what pop culture and
philosophy have to say about each other.

2008-08-16 KL McLoughlin, author of the book Baby
Steps, joined us again to finish our conversation about
religion and abortion, discussing the referendum in
South Dakota which would virtually ban all abortions,
the redefinition of when pregnancy begins in Colorado,
and the Bush administration draft document which
would make providing common medical procedures
difficult to provide.

2008-08-09 Wick Sloane writes The Devil's Workshop,
for Inside Higher Education.  He explained why he
thinks the bachelor's degree is obsolete!
Scott Schuppen, adjunct instructor of English
Composition at The College of DuPage in Illinois joined
in to with his view of the state of education and the
relevantce of the degree.  Listen here, download here.

2008-08-09 Brian X, veteran of the produce industry (!)
told us what the heck is going on with food prices.  
Listen here, download here.
Happenings...
Monday, July 21

Samantha appeared on Mark Levine's Radio Inside Scoop.com television
program in Washington DC to talk about:
Al Gore's goal of getting off of oil in 10 years (Sam says it's unlikely
to be successful),
the 'buying of America' (American companies are being snapped
up by foreign firms because the dollar is so cheap), and
the New Yorker terrorist fist bump cover (Sam thinks it's great
satire that makes fun of the people who think the Obamas are
crazy Muslim terrorists - and thinks Democrats should learn to
make fun of conservatives instead of getting all huffy puffy!).
    Click here to listen.  (Right-click to download.)
Coming up...
Saturday, August 23

Tony Schinella, publisher of Politizine.com, and award-winning
journalist will join us to talk about the conventions, the campaigns and
local stuff - the Middlesex County Probate scandal, perhaps??
Dedrick Muhammed, who was an elected delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in 1992 and was a participant in the 2004
convention as an assistant to Rev. Al Sharpton where met Senator
Obama and heard live his national debut at that convention.