Behind the Curtain of a Washington Lobbyist

Planet Money is doing a great series on Lobbyists. This episode is great.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 1/27/12.

What's Wrong With Washington?

Laurence Lessig, author of Republic Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress and How to Stop It has a lot to say about government, and what's wrong with it. If you pay attention to politics, this episode of On Point is a must-listen podcast.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 1/2/12.

More differing opinions

This is one of my favorite TED Talks of all time, by Jonathan Haidt.

The Campaign Game

This week on Here's the Thing, Alec Baldwin interviews political strategist and legend, Ed Rollins.

Listen here, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 11/7/11.

Campaign Finance

Planet Money is doing a series on campaign finance, and just put out there first episode.

Listen here, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 11/1/11.

The Mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland

Jon Gnarr is an absurdist comedian who ran for mayor of Iceland's capital...and won. Listen to this interview with the mayor of Reykjavik, on NPR News.

What California was, and what it needs

Here's a great article from David Brooks of the New York Times about what is going wrong, and what used to be going right in California.

Conservatives & Liberals

This is an older TED Talk, but one of my favorites. This speech is given by Jonathan Haidt, who discusses some of the moral differences, and roots, of conservatives vs. liberals (without necessarily siding with one of the other).

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