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Podcast for Saturday, February 21, 2009 [ 4:01:31 | 110.55 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (425)

• Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Dean writes the Beat the Press blog at the American Prospect. He is the author of several books, including his just-released “Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy.” (PoliPointPress).
• Emma Rothschild is Director of the Joint Centre for History and Economics at King’s College, Cambridge and Harvard, and Professor of History at Harvard. Her latest book is, “Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet and the Enlightenment.” (Harvard University Press) Emma’s most recent writing includes The New York Review of Books piece, “Can We Transform the Auto-Industrial Society?.”
• Steven Greenhouse is the labor and workplace reporter for the New York Times and author of “The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker.” (Random House) Steven has covered workplace issues for the Times since late 1995 and is one of the few remaining full-time labor reporters in the country.
• Reese Erlich is the author of “Dateline Havana: The Real Story of US Policy and the Future of Cuba.” (PoliPointPress) Reese Erlich was a segment producer for the public radio series “Crossing East” which received a Peabody Award in 2007.
• Jim Shultz is the executive director of the Democracy Center based in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Jim is an award-winning author of and his on-the-ground reporting on the 2000 Cochabamba Water Revolt won top honors from Project Censored. He is currently on tour for his new book, “Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia’s Challenge to Globalization.” (University of California Press)

Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth, Kevan Harris, ‘The Radical Pessimist,’ was radically pessimistic and surprise appearance from Spencer “Thunderball” Thayer of Chicago Copwatch on the CPD officer removing a man from the CTA.