2007 January

January 30th, 2007

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We’ve gotten some great feedback since last week and The Agenda’s premiere on XM Online. If you haven’t heard, each Monday’s show is now available on a continuous loop on XM Online channel 134 starting at 10 p.m. ET following our live broadcast from 6 - 8 p.m. ET (and that’s still on channel 200 on your XM radio). If you’re an XM subscriber, XM Online is already a part of your service. If you don’t have XM, it’s available as a standalone service for $7.99 a month. Here’s the best part: in conjunction with our online launch, you can enjoy an extended two-week free trial of The Agenda and the entire XM Radio Online lineup at no cost through March 31. Click here to sign up for your free trial.

Now on to this week’s show… We started out with a conversation with syndicated columnist Deb Price of The Detroit News about her recent column on Hillary Clinton. Then it was our pleasure to welcome openly gay jazz musician Dave Koz who has a new album in stores tomorrow. At the Movies features Koz’s iconic saxophone interpreting movie soundtrack classics from “Over the Rainbow” to “As Time Goes By.”

Switching to comedy, Emmy-winning and out comedian Judy Gold sat down with Mary to talk about her show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, currently playing at St. Luke’s Theater in New York. Listen to the segment here.

Then we turned to TV. First with Gail Shister of The Philadelphia Inquirer who was back on The Agenda to give her unique perspective on the controversy around “Grey’s Anatomy” actor Isaiah Washington. Listen to Shister’s segment here.

Then we talked to Randy Price, the longtime anchor of 7News in Boston, about being one of the few openly gay anchors in the news business. And finally, Melinda Henneberger joined us live to chat over Joe and Mary’s favorite topic: politics. Henneberger is the political editor of The Huffington Post and previewed her new book, due out this spring, on what women want politicians to understand. Hear her insights here.






January 22nd, 2007

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This week we had an exciting edition of The Agenda as it was our first to be broadcast on XM Online. Now every Monday’s show will be available on a continuous loop on XM Online channel 134 starting at 10 p.m. ET following our live broadcast from 6 - 8 p.m. ET (and that’s still on channel 200 on your XM radio). If you’re already an XM subscriber, XM Online is already a part of your service. If you don’t have XM, it’s available as a standalone service for $7.99 a month. Here’s the best part: in conjunction with our online launch, you can enjoy an extended two-week free trial of The Agenda and the entire XM Radio Online lineup at no cost through March 31. Click here to sign up for your free trial.

To mark the occasion of our first online show, we had a cavalcade of fantastic guests. Joe had a sit-down with New York Times columnist Frank Rich who had a lot to say on everything from proclaiming the end of political gay bashing to the presidential horse race. On the other side of the political spectrum, conservative pundit Tucker Carlson — host of MSNBC’s Tucker— talked to Joe and Mary about his support for same-sex marriage but the reservations he has with other GLBT issues. Listen to our interview with Carlson here.

Funny lady Kate Clinton joined us live from New York to talk about her new DVD, politics and the general state of our world. Listen to the segments one and two.

We looked at two ends of the age spectrum this week. First we talked with Scott Keeter of the Pew Research Center on a study of the attitudes of Generation Next. Then we talked about GLBT senior living communities with Gerard Koskovich of the Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network of the American Society on Aging. Finally, I talked to Carrie Evans about her new report on the state of the states for GLBT equality.






January 16th, 2007

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As the country took yesterday to remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., The Agenda hosted Congresswoman Gwen Moore of the Congressional Black Caucus to talk to us about Dr. King’s legacy and why her influential group of colleagues supports equality for GLBT Americans. We also had a visit from MSNBC commentator Bill Press for a fascinating discussion about the religious right, prospects for GLBT rights bills in the new Congress and his book — How the Republicans Stole Religion. Listen to the interview here.

As we went off the air, the Golden Globes went on the air so we threw a bit of a pre-show on The Agenda with Renee Graham, pop culture correspondent for WBUR-FM and a freelance columnist. See if their picks were right in parts one and two.

Last night we were also joined by Beth Robinson of Vermont’s Freedom to Marry Task Force, who talked about where marriage and civil unions stand in her state, and Kevin Joffré, editor of the new magazine Qr, who discussed his magazine, focused on young gay men.






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