2011-08-06-samantha-clemens.Mp3

Well, the original idea for the show is below, but the conversation went like this…

Part 1: Samantha monologuing (is that a word?)

• On the S&P downgrade
• On the Fox News portrayal of Obama’s birthday party

Part 2: Guest Brian Henchey

• What is the difference between a moderate conservative, a conservative, and an arch conservative (it’s all about the compromise)
• Reaction to Chris Christie’s response to “…fearmongering over Sharia law” in response to nominating a Muslim judge to the state Superior Court
• Discussion of building mosques and Muslims in America

After the show, Executive Producer Aaron Donchen chastised Samantha for talking over the guest and regretted our ‘piling on’ in response to him graciously sharing his time with us.

2010-09-11-samantha-clemens.Mp3

9/11: how does the memory of 9/11 compare to other tragic moments in history? pearl harbor, JFK, Martin Luther King… do any other moments have the same resonance?

Book burning: is burning the Koran the same as cartoons of Mohammed? Why not? Why didn’t we have the same outcry for the cartoons? In fact, there were Facebook groups and movements for people to make more cartoons. What’s the difference?

Democracy in action: Tony Schinella, editor of Politizine.com, moderated the debate between Barney Frank and Rachel Scott. Amazing he agreed to it. Amazing to listen to it. Tony tells us how it went.

Video: Barney Frank debates Rachel Brown

Texas evangelist says ‘100 percent’ that Quran-burning is off Saturday

Press freedom threatened