Schedule for Sunday, Nov 27 through Sunday, Dec 4. With help from listener commentary and questions, we talk about very current events and public affairs with some of your favorite writers: political analysts, media critics, technologists, historians, etc. Virtually Speaking is public affairs, progressive voices, current events. Comments and questions courtesy of a digitally present studio audience. Which could include you. (see IRC below) All programs webcast and archived at BlogTalkRadio. Available free at iTunes. (Search Virtually Speaking from the iTunes store.) I post weekly, so you can go back to previous posts and link through to the juicy stuff. Miss it the first time? Read the Intro.

Sunday, Nov 27 | 9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |Avedon Carol and Jay Ackroyd discuss developments of the week, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented on the Sunday morning broadcasts,  drawing from their work of the prior week and the wickedly funny Bobblespeak Translations. Plus Culture of Truth’s Most Outrageous Moment from the Sunday morning talk shows. Callers welcome (check the link). Follow @Avedon_Says @JayAckroyd @bobblespeak. Listen live and later on BTR

Tuesday, Nov 29 | 9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking Susie | Dave Waldman steps in for Susie Madrak.  2nd tba. Follow  @KagroX @Susie Madrak| Listen live and later on BTR

Thursday, Dec 1 | Double Header

8 pm eastern | 5 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking A-Z: This week in liberalism. | Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd| continue the search for deeper understanding and meaningful expressions of Movement liberalism. Follow @Stuart_Zechman @JayAckroyd Listen live on BTR. Beginning midnight Friday, listen here.

9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking with Jay Ackroyd | Jay talks with Corey Robin – associate professor of political science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center about Corey’s newest book, The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin. His recent Fear: The History of a Political Idea (Oxford University Press), won the Best First Book in Political Theory Award from the American Political Science Association.  Special feature: a new What Digby Said. The video posted here is from last Thursday. Follow  @JayAckroyd Listen live and later on BTR.

Sunday, Dec 4 | 9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |David Dayen and Stuart Zechman discuss developments of the week, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented on the Sunday morning broadcasts,  drawing from their work of the prior week and the wickedly funny Bobblespeak Translations. Worth tuning in for Culture of Truth on the Most Outrageous Moment from the Sunday morning talk shows. Follow @DDayen @Stuart_Zechman @bobblespeak. Listen live and later on BTR

With Internet Relay Chat (IRC), be part of the conversation: ask questions, chat live with other listeners. Channel is #VSpeak. Or

1. Connect to http://webchat.freenode.net/
2. Create a log-in name
3. Enter #vspeak into the channel field.
4. NOTE: ‘Relay Rinq’ is not a person but a bridge to IRC chat.
5. Type into the text field along the bottom of the screen.
6. Begin your question with ‘QUESTION’ so it’s easy to spot.

Show Notes:

• Virtually Speaking Sundays| Can’t bear to watch the Sunday morning talking heads that inspire VS Sundays? Let Culture of Truth boil them down for you with the Bobblespeak Translations. Warning: swallow and put down the hot tea/coffee/cocoa before reading.

The VS Sunday panel draws from Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, Culture of Truth, David Dayen, digby, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, Stuart Zechman and Susie Madrak. From time to time, the make-up of the panel shifts. Also, every 5 weeks or so, one of our regular panelists invites a guest to join them.

Virtually Speaking is both a labor of love and an act of political imagination. We couldn’t do it without our guests, our hosts, our ‘studio’ audience’ or our crew. Special thanks to Designer Mark MacKay for weekly and special graphic displays.