Episode 9.7 - The Final Colorado Progressive Voice Episode, but not the end of the Show
Elena Kagan confirmed; Prop 8 ruling!; Arizona SB 1070 ruling; Feisty debate over WikiLeaks; Bennet/Romanoff update and Colorado primary predictions; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff must defend the crazies who think the Cordoba House mosque and cultural center shouldn’t be built; Rants - Jeff on Kenya’s new constitution and John on more Obama broken promises re: civil liberties and privacy.
This is the end of the Colorado Progressive Voice as we know it, but we announce our plans for the future (new name! slightly new format! more frequent shows! podcasting!) at the end of the show!
Episode 9.4 - A Deserted Pitch
The US World Cup loss to Ghana in perspective; With McChrystal out and Petraeus in, where does Afghanistan policy go from here?; Is the oil spill really an oil spill?; BP escrow fund; Devil’s Advocate - John must defend allowing students to carry concealed weapons on the University of Colorado campus; Hickenlooper betrays his environmental record - again; Elena Kagan confirmation hearings preview; an evaluation of the merged financial regulation legislation; Rants - Jeff on the iPhone 4 and the future; John on Obama’s failure to close Guantanamo
Episode 8.12 - International Rhubarb Pi(e) Day!
Jeff and John discuss pi (and pie); Comprehensive preview of Tuesday night’s Democratic and Republican caucuses; For the 13679th time, health care reform is thisclose to being passed; student loan reform is on the way; Obama proposes significant changes to No Child Left Behind; Devil’s Advocate - John has to sink to the depths of hell to justify Israeli’s diplomatic affront to Joe Biden; a discussion on the misguided belief that the Supreme Court is above politics; Afghanistan updates; Rants - Jeff on Daylight Savings Time, John on reducing US nuclear weapons stockpiles
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Episode 7.12 - ICC Smackdown
Jeff and John argue passionately about the future of the United States and the ICC and it gets quite heated; Is the economy headed for a rebound? - Jeff and John discuss employment numbers; Latest Blackwater updated - Erik Prince implicated in murder of former Blackwater employees; Sotomayor confirmed(!) and the future of the Supreme Court; Olberman/O’Reilly deal; education in Colorado; Rants - Jeff on crime in American society and John on the unserious (and dangerous?) coverage of town hill disruptions.
Episode 7.8 - Iranian elections; Interview with Prof. Rob Prince
The details, political ramifications, and technological issues at play in the Iranian elections and subsequent protests; Discussion with Prof. Rob Prince on Israel and the future of US-Israeli relations under Obama; Colorado grocery worker’s labor dispute; Latest news on health care; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff has to defend Eric Cantor likening Obama to Putin; Rants; John blasts the Supreme Court ruling that ensures innocent prisoners stay in prison; Jeff on North Korea
