2007 December
December 18th, 2007
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It was our last show of 2007 last night on The Agenda with Joe Solmonese and we put together a special year-end wrap-up.
We started out the night with culture vulture Cintra Wilson. She writes for Salon.com and covers shopping for the New York Times. Wilson recapped some of the pop culture highs and lows of the year, what’s in store for awards season and her thoughts on the writer’s strike.
Then we looked at a fantastic independent film opening widely this month with filmmaker Maurice Jamal. His movie Dirty Laundry is a prodigal son tale that deals with sexuality in a southern black family. Jamal walked us through making the film and shared stories about working with notables Loretta Divine and Jennifer Lewis. Listen in.
We had a special year-end treat in the form of an interview with Rep. Barney Frank. He’s one of only two openly gay members of Congress and was in the headlines this year for his advocacy of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill. He sat down with Joe last week for a long chat about the state of GLBT politics today and our future. Listen in.
Finally we had a GLBT news roundtable with three of the best in the business. Kevin Naff is the editor of The Washington Blade; Susan Ryan-Vollmar edits Bay Windows in Boston; and Mike Rogers runs PageOneQ.com. They all joined us for a freewheeling look at 2007. Listen in parts one and two.
We’re taking a break for the holidays but we’ll be back with a fresh live show in the New Year. Listen in on January 7th as we take on the political super bowl – just days after the Iowa caucuses and on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. This is definitely a show you won’t want to miss.
December 11th, 2007
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December 4th, 2007
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