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Podcast for Saturday, October 11, 2008 [ 4:00:53 | 110.27 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (401)

• Thomas Frank whose latest book is “The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule” (Metropolitan Books). Tom is a regular columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
• live from Afghanistan, Anand Gopal discussed his TomDispatch article, “The Surge That Failed: Afghanistan under the Bombs.” Anand is a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, based in Afghanistan.
• Steven Rosenfeld is a senior fellow at AlterNet and author of “Count My Vote: A Citizen’s Guide to Voting” (AlterNet Books). His recent writing at AlterNet includes, “Voter Purges Could Cause Florida-like Presidential Recounts,” “Democratic Election Protection Strategy’s Missing Link: Electronic Vote Counts,” and “Big Presidential Vote Count Error Found and Fixed in New Mexico.”
• Thomas Ferguson is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Thomas is the author of “Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems” (University of Chicago Press). He is also a contributing editor at The Nation where his most recent writing includes, “Bridge Loan to Nowhere.”
• Alan Snitow wrote last month’s TomDispatch article, “Drinking at the Public Fountain: The New Corporate Threat to Our Water Supplies.” Alan Snitow made the documentary “Thirst” with Deborah Kaufman. The film brought attention to the global movement against water privatization. Their book by the same name exposed how the corporate drive to control water has become a catalyst for community resistance to globalization. Alan is on the board of Food and Water Watch.

And our irregular corespondents were:

• live from Portland, Maine, Danny Muller of Peace Action Maine gave us his ‘Wasted Energy Report’ …
• and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.