It had been a big gay week with the Oscar nominations released and the big political contests soon coming to a climax. So as always, we brought you a little bit of everything last night on The Agenda with Joe Solmonese.

We started out on the campaign trail with Matt Berger of NBC News and National Journal. For the past five months he’s been embedded with the Rudy Giuliani campaign and he talked to Producer Michael Cole earlier in the day between campaign stops in St. Petersburg, FL. Listen in.

Switching gears to film, a GLBT-themed documentary was nominated for an Oscar last week and the filmmaker was our guest in one of her first interviews since receiving the news. Cynthia Wade produced Freeheld about the story of police officer Laurel Hester who fought until her death to be able to leave her pension to her partner Stacie. Listen to parts one and two.

Valentine’s Day is approaching so we gave some tips for women on finding that special someone. Our guest was Barb Elgin who runs Coach Sappho – a relationship and dating coaching service specializing in lesbians.

Then we got back to politics with Susan Morrison and her new book 30 Ways of Looking at Hillary. This editor at The New Yorker put together this fascinating collection of original pieces on Sen. Clinton by respected female journalists and writers. Listen in.

We didn’t want to miss out on the political big picture so we welcomed A.B. Stoddard of The Hill newspaper. This regular guest on Hardball filled us in on the Florida primary, last night’s State of the Union address and next week’s Super Tuesday contests.

Finally we closed out the show looking a little more in-depth at the dark underside of politics. With the stakes getting higher and Super Tuesday looming, the campaigns are starting to go negative. We were joined by Stephen Marks – an expert on the subject having recently told all in his new memoir, Confessions of a Political Hitman. Listen in.

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