Thursday, March 19, 2009
RAG on NPR
My final appearance on News & Notes as NPR brings the show to a close. Thanks to Ed Gordon, Farai Chideya and, most recently, Tony Cox for several years of fun and informative political discussions (if I say so myself)!
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So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Thursday, July 10, 2008
RAG on NPR
Farai, Donna Brazile and I talk about McCain, Obama, Latino voters and other issues.
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Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Thursday, July 03, 2008
RAG on NPR
Farai Chideya, Mary Frances Berry and I talked politics on Wednesday. Before our three-way conversation, Farai interviewed Mary one-on-one on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Thurgood Marshall. You might want to check that out, if only to add some context to my comments at the very end of the politics segment.
Marshall was a remarkable figure and one of the great ironies -- which I only inferred because of time and not wishing to sound flip or disrespectful -- is that he may be the only Supreme Court Justice whose high court service was the least interesting or significant part of his life and career.
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Marshall was a remarkable figure and one of the great ironies -- which I only inferred because of time and not wishing to sound flip or disrespectful -- is that he may be the only Supreme Court Justice whose high court service was the least interesting or significant part of his life and career.
Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Friday, October 26, 2007
RAG on NPR
Geez, twice in less than a week!
Wednesday, I was back on News & Notes. Despite the description of the show on the NPR site, Donna Brazile, Farai Chideya and I never got around to talking about the Louisiana governor's race (odd, considering Donna is from there). Instead, we talked about Barack Obama and the black vote (in the context of the South Carolina primary) -- and the California wildfires.
Have a fun listen.
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Wednesday, I was back on News & Notes. Despite the description of the show on the NPR site, Donna Brazile, Farai Chideya and I never got around to talking about the Louisiana governor's race (odd, considering Donna is from there). Instead, we talked about Barack Obama and the black vote (in the context of the South Carolina primary) -- and the California wildfires.
Have a fun listen.
Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
RAG on NPR
Farai Chideya chats with Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell and yours truly on the Philadelphia mayor's primary and Rudy Giuliani. Enjoy the fun.
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Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
RAG on NPR
On Monday's "News & Notes," we discussed the missing White House e-mails and the increasing technology /celebrity/activism nexus increasingly surrounding the Darfur genocide issue.
Oh yeah, and the Confederate flag too.
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Oh yeah, and the Confederate flag too.
Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
RAG on NPR
Driving home late last night (sounds like the beginning of a Country-Western tune), I discovered that the FM NPR station does carry News and Notes ... not that you can't enjoy it from I-Tunes or the NPR site.
Luckily RAG wasn't paired with Elmer Fudd, er, Michael Meyers, but two very intelligent black female journalists, Callie Crossley and Rochelle Riley. Naturally, the combination of two such ladies and our dapper punster made for a lively discussion on Don Imus, among other hair-raising topics.
Enjoy here.
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Luckily RAG wasn't paired with Elmer Fudd, er, Michael Meyers, but two very intelligent black female journalists, Callie Crossley and Rochelle Riley. Naturally, the combination of two such ladies and our dapper punster made for a lively discussion on Don Imus, among other hair-raising topics.
Enjoy here.
Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Monday, April 02, 2007
RAG on NPR
Today's discussion centered on the candidates' fundraising results. Check out your humble host's explanation on why Barack Obama is holding back. Consider what the reaction in Clinton land will be if Obama ends up raising more than the former First Lady's $26 million? That possibility/fear/likelihood could explain why the Big Dog has been unleashed at such an early time.
Also discussed: Jesse Jackson's endorsement of Obama.
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Also discussed: Jesse Jackson's endorsement of Obama.
Labels: "News And Notes", Barack Obama, NPR
Thursday, March 29, 2007
RAG on NPR
A two-fer this week: On Monday, Callie Crossley, Marcelo Suarez Orozco and I reviewed the Iraq funding/withdrawal vote and a free-speech issue involving interminable '60s poet Amiri Baraka.
On Tuesday, New York civil libertarian Michael Meyers, Chicago Sun-Times columnist and I discussed a possible Michael Bloomberg presidential run and the NYPD surveillance of 2004 Republican National Committee protesters. Meyers and I mix it up in particular.
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On Tuesday, New York civil libertarian Michael Meyers, Chicago Sun-Times columnist and I discussed a possible Michael Bloomberg presidential run and the NYPD surveillance of 2004 Republican National Committee protesters. Meyers and I mix it up in particular.
Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
RAG on NPR
Glenn Loury, professor of social sciences and economics at Brown University; Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, director of Immigration Studies at New York University and yours truly discuss the FBI, the Patriot Act and the the DC handgun ban decision.
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Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Monday, March 05, 2007
RAG on NPR
Okay, if I say so myself, I was on fire today: the NAACP, Hillary, Obama...strong opinions and some good one-liners too! Glenn Loury and Callie Crossley were quite on point as well!
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Labels: "News And Notes", Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, NAACP, NPR
Friday, March 02, 2007
RAG on NPR
Thursday's installment co-starring my old Hill pal, Ron Christie, and my old CNN Late Edition "Final Round" sparring partner, Julianne Malveaux.
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Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
RAG on NPR
I participated in NPR' "News And Notes" roundtable on Monday: Two productions that went on for too long Sunday were the topics -- Louis Farrakhan (last?) major speech and the Oscars!
I will also appear on Thursday's roundtable segment. Tune if if yer around and able!
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I will also appear on Thursday's roundtable segment. Tune if if yer around and able!
Labels: "News And Notes", Louis Farrakhan., NPR
Sunday, February 25, 2007
RAG on NPR
It's a rare Friday appearance pour moi on "News and Notes". The Hillary/Barack spat and Deval Patrick kerfuffle are the big topics. I'm on with former Civil Rights Commission Chair Mary Frances Berry and Washington Post editor Joe Davidson.
Oh, and I'll be back Monday for my regular N&N slot.
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Oh, and I'll be back Monday for my regular N&N slot.
Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Open Thread
Time for that weekend section of Ragged Thots, where we all pretend that we haven't experienced cognitive dissonance in every other thread this week.
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And as a guest in the Ragged Thots House, I was remiss in my duty of NOT reminding everyone of RAG's presence on NPR (especially since he is not a "tooting-my-own-horn" type and forgets to remind us himself). As RAG was on with Glen Loury, one of the only Roundtable professorial types that I still have some academic reverence for, I strongly encourage everyone to partake of the dynamic duo by listening HERE.
I feel really bad about missing that one, so I'll make it up to our host by selling bootlegged DVDs of his stand-up appearances from the trunk of a car in Brooklyn this summer.
Labels: "News And Notes", Robert George comedy
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Media Alert
Your Ragged Thots host will be in the top segment of Friday's "News and Notes" on NPR discussing Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
UPDATE: Here's the actual audio.
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UPDATE: Here's the actual audio.
Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
RAG on NPR
Monday's "News & Notes"roundtable where we discuss North Korea and a proposed California spanking ban.
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Labels: "News And Notes", NPR
