Guests: Author and journalist William Greider and comedian and podcaster Marc Maron
FYI – Thanks to yesterday’s interview with Glenn Greenwald blowing up on the internet and the throngs of Marc Maron fans today we have been experiencing a massive uptick in traffic (which is awesome) but it is taking place before our planned server upgrade (less awesome). We apologize for any glitches you may experience.
Sam starts the show with a “Lonely Goatherd” moment declaring the government is run one party that is bent on destroying the middle class while the other party doesn’t seem to care.
Coming off the heals of Sam’s interview with The Huffington Post‘s Dan Froomkin yesterday about the battle of the bad budgets, it seems that it would be better to pass nothing than to pass either of them.
Let the budget proposal amendments begin!
If you missed the Glenn Greenwald interview yesterday on the “ChanberLeaks” story, here’s you chance to catch up:
Glenn has also uncovered some new information about the scandal in his column in Salon today.
Sam points out that this story is finaly getting some play in the mainstream media. The L.A. Times just published an article.
Next, Sam welcomes the national affairs correspondent from The Nation William Greider to talk about his story on how Wall Street has walked away from the financial meltdown without even an accusation of fraud in the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report. He explains that the investigation of these banks needs to be treated like they are building a case against organized crime -squeeze the little guys for information and then work your way to the top. Unfortunately none of this is happening.
Jon Walker from Firedoglake shows how stress can damage the brain – and wonders what The White House’s proposal to cut home heating assistance for poor people will do to their mental well-being.
And on the Member’s Only Post Show, comedian and now media-darling, Marc Maron finally calls in to check out Sam’s new show (after 3 months). The once co-hosts play nice as Sam tries to figure out if the success of the WTF podcast has changed Marc… and Marc gets jealous over Sam’s fan-donated microphone. It was a great call and fun to listen to them blur the line between sincerity and condescension.
Note: Starting this week the listener IM-driven post show podcast will only be available to Majority Report members. Please become a “member with benefits“ so you don’t miss great interviews like the one with Marc!
10:05 am
Two points I’d like to bring up about the HB Gary/Chamber of Commerce/Department of Justice Scandal. Firstly, the fact that President Obama walked over to the Chamber of Commerce on February 7, just days ago! to kiss Tom Donohue’s ahem, ring. Is the DOJ now going to investigate Donohue on RICO, entrapment, and wire tapping charges?
This isn’t just a corporate scandal. This is a public/private enterprise worthy of Richard Nixon, against President Obama’s enemies list of “professional leftists” as Robert Gibbs called them, reaching to the top levels of the Department of Justice and the Oval Office. What did President Obama know and when did he know it?
Secondly, just as notable as Glenn Greenwald’s inclusion of journalists to “reach out and touch,” was the absence of other journalists. Who. Are. Already. In. The. Bag.
11:41 am
There’s overlap, especially, in regards to Wikileaks, as both the Obama Admin and corporate America are out to shutdown Wikileaks.
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11:39 am
SammyCam sound please…
11:42 am
I thought SammyCam volume doesn’t get enabled until the (soon to be) Members Only After/POST Show//Flip/B-Side.
11:46 am
It’s been on for awhile unless they re-started the no-sound policy recently. And I am a member, so maybe the SammyCam should be sequestered so us members can watch Sam with proper audio sync. The stream(using VLC) and the video does not sync.
1:20 pm
upgrading systems this week and next, including the SammyCam… unfortunately, these glitches come with the ever-expanding territory. Trying to fix it ASAP, sorry for the frustrations.
-evan
5:48 pm
Ah, ok. I’d been away for a while, and wasn’t aware that they’d opened up the SammyCam for the full show.
11:53 am
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12:18 pm
Plooger, the link ain’t workin’ for me…
Are you sure they didn’t take that page down?
5:51 pm
Alas, the link is good… but the site was experiencing connectivity problems today. (all is seemingly well, now)
12:02 pm
Lost sound altogether! None on iTunes, non here!
12:04 pm
It’s cut out on me 3 times today. Sometimes restarting the stream works.
12:06 pm
btw, the SammyCam hasn’t stuttered (except for no sound, of course). Audio should be made a priority over video bandwidth…
1:22 pm
The SammyCam is a separate bandwidth stream from the Main Audio. SammyCam audio is down because of ongoing upgrades and should be back shortly. Main Audio is paired with our web bandwidth, but we are rectifying that situation presently. Sorry guys! -evan
5:19 pm
afternoon gang!
had a miserable night, slept late, tuning in now.
5:36 pm
excellent post show review! thanks.
nice intro to the show first segment, also a good one.
i have a feeling this show will be a keeper classic.
5:54 pm
Sam’s explanation of the Bank scam comparing it to a car sale scam is the best way i;ve heard yet to explain it to someone.
William Greider interview is superb. nice to have a good inside look this deep.
Don’t Tread On Me!
6:19 pm
re Maron:
the WTF Robin Williams interview is amazing.
6:45 pm
the “garage” replica on the MGM lot bit had me in stitches!
excellent Sam/Maron segment one of the best of thousands i’ve heard.
11:45 pm
Great to hear Sam and Marc together again. Ever since Sam was on that WTF live show, I listen to Maron with a different ear (“so… I guess a lot of people like that little thing you do?”)
7:15 am
All of these celebrity types are strange….but yeah, Marc and Sam have some kind of wierd psychosis that probably blew up as Air America was going down. They were like two guys stranded on a life raft and they decided to draw straws on who would eat eachother’s body parts on day 2.
would like to get to maron pulled out as a seperate audio clip, like they did with the greenwald interview.