We were back in D.C. this week and had an exciting show with a lot of different points of view on The Agenda with Joe Solmonese last night.

Kicking off the show, co-host Mary Breslauer shared an interview she did with Nathan Lane backstage at last weekend’s HRC New York dinner. They talked about him being among a small group of “out” celebrities as well as his work on a new sequel to the hit movie The Birdcage.

Then Joe and Mary talked to Irshad Manji, the lesbian activist who authored The Trouble with Islam Today. They had a fascinating conversation about faith, politics and the how gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues are viewed in the Muslim world. Listen to parts one and two of the interview.

Turning to the right, Republican message man Frank Luntz joined us to talk about his book Words that Work and how that applies to the current political climate as well as GLBT issues. We also welcomed Andrew Breitbart, noted blogger and social commentator with a right-of-center point of view. Joe, Mary and Breitbart chatted about celebrity culture, how the Internet is changing politics and the presidential horse race. Hear our interview with Breitbart here.

On to some other topics… it’s less than a week away from the gay Super Bowl — that’s of course the Oscars— so Molly Dedham from XM’s Broadminded on channel 155 stopped by to give her take on the red carpet, the films and the gossip. We also continued our look at Black History Month with Bishop John Selders of the Amistad United Church of Christ in Hartford, Conn. Hear his take on lessons the GLBT community can learn from the African-American civil rights movement here.

Don’t forget you can hear The Agenda live every Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. Eastern on XM channel 200. You can also catch us on XM online 24/7 on Channel 134 and if you click here you can get a two-week free trial of The Agenda and the rest of XM’s online programming.

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