Blog Week in Review

Deep Background 2/21/08: Deep Inside Real Clear Politics

2008-02-22T07:56:24Z

Austin Bay's latest podcast explores presidential politics with Tom Bevan, the co-founder and executive editor of Real Clear Politics. How did the site get started? How does it differ from other political sites? How do they select their stories? And what's Bevan's take on the state of the presidential race? Tune in and learn all!

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Produced by Ed Driscoll.

Deep Background 1/5/08: What To Expect In '08

2008-01-05T05:26:33Z

The second of Austin Bay's ongoing podcasts in his new "Deep Background" format features an old friend--Jim Dunnigan, the co-author, along with Austin of A Quick And Dirty Guide To War (with a new edition on the way!), and editor in chief of Strategy Page. Jim explores what went right and wrong during 2007 in the Global War On Terror, and what to expect in 2008.

Play above or download here. A low-fi edition (9.26 MB) is also available by clicking here.

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Produced by Ed Driscoll.

Deep Background Debuts

2007-12-22T08:54:00Z

Over the past 18 months Blog Week in Review, hosted by author, syndicated columnist and blogger Col. Austin Bay has changed and evolved, including its eventual incorporation into Pajamas' weekly PJM Political show on XM Satellite Radio's POTUS '08 presidential election channel.

Austin's program will continue to cover issues explored on the web and on Weblogs, but the web is maturing. We are in world of convergence media--broadcast radio, satellite radio, Weblogs, Websites, Web podcasts, broadcast TV, Internet video--digital capabilities are bringing these media together. And to better reflect the expanded nature of the show, it's now known as Deep Background .

The new format's debut edition is a fascinating interview with Michael Knox Beran, a contributing editor to City Journal magazine, and the author of Forge of Empires 1861-1871: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made, concurrent profiles of Tsar Alexander II, Otto von Bismarck, and Abraham Lincoln. The latter of the three and his pivotal role in history is also discussed in an article that Beran recently contributed to City Journal, provactively titled "How Lincoln Saved The World."

The December 27th edition of Pajamas’ PJM Political show on XM Satellite Radio will feature a portion of this interview; this is both a sneak preview of this coming week's XM show, and the full length “director’s cut” edition of Austin's interview with Beran.

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Blog Week in Review, December 14, 2007

2007-12-14T08:04:09Z

Blog Week In Review host Austin Bay interviews Bill Roggio of the Long War Journal on the state of the Global War On Terror, the National Intelligence Estimate and Iran, and the role both are playing in the 2008 presidential election.

Produced by Ed Driscoll.

The December 13th edition of Pajamas’ PJM Political on XM Satellite Radio featured a portion of this interview; this is the full length “director’s cut” edition.

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Blog Week in Review, December 4, 2007

2007-12-04T19:35:49Z

Blog Week In Review host Austin Bay interviews Joe Mathieu, the director of programming for XM Satellite Radio's POTUS '08 presidential election channel, which hosts Pajamas' weekly PJM Political show. Mathieu, who came to POTUS '08 via Dow Jones and CBS's Marketwatch Radio, also hosts the channel's daily "POTUS '08 Live" segments. He explains how the channel launched, and the benefits to the candidates of being able to express their views in-depth, rather than in sound bites.

Produced by Ed Driscoll.

The December 6th edition of Pajamas' PJM Political on XM will feature a portion of this interview; this is the full length "director's cut" edition.

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Blog Week in Review, November 14, 2007

2007-11-15T03:30:15Z

Blog Week In Review host Austin Bay files a report from Abu Dhabi, discussing putting his John Hancock on the War On Terror, spending Veterans' Day overseas, the Dubai Air Show, and his advice for the presidential candidates on where the GWOT is headed.

Produced by Ed Driscoll.

The November 15th edition of Pajamas' PJM Political show on XM Satellite Radio's POTUS '08 channel features a portion of this interview; this is the full length "director's cut" edition.

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Blog Week in Review, November 6, 2007

2007-11-07T06:08:42Z

Heather Mac Donald and Steven Malanga of the Manhattan Institute join host Austin Bay this week. They're the co-authors, along with PajamasXpress blogger Victor Davis Hanson of The Immigration Solution: A Better Plan Than Today's. They discuss why immigration, legal and otherwise has dominated the news, its role in the War On Terror, and the kerfuffle over Hillary's drivers license gaffe during the Democrats' debate last week in Philadelphia.

Produced by Ed Driscoll.

The November 8th edition of Pajamas' PJM Political show on XM Satellite Radio's POTUS '08 channel features a portion of this interview; this is the full length "director's cut" edition.

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Blog Week in Review, September 20, 2007

2007-09-29T13:56:33Z

Glenn Reynolds and John Podhoretz of the New York Post and National Review, and author of Can She Be Stopped?, join host Austin Bay in this week's show. They talk about the Petraeus' progress report after ten days, the ad by MoveOn, and how the 2008 presidential campaign is striking early.

Produced by Ed Driscoll.

Blog Week in Review, September 20, 2007

2007-09-20T18:31:25Z

Michael Ledeen joins host Austin Bay to talk about the Iranian regime internal tensions, the country's attempt to influence in Iraq, while discussing Ledeen's latest book, The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction.

Produced by Ed Driscoll. Brought to you by Volvo USA.

[Previously @ Pajamas Media: Richard Fernandez reviews Michael Ledeen's book; Ledeen responds]

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Blog Week in Review, August 21, 2007

2007-08-21T16:39:57Z

Austin Bay's guest for this week is Rebecca Christie of the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones Newswires. The topic: the Pentagon's weapons procurement process, including the Air Force's new F-35 fighter (at $300 billion, "the most expensive military development project ever undertaken", Rebecca notes in the podcast), and the Navy's new Littoral Combat Ships, designed for close-to-shore operations.

Produced by Ed Driscoll. Brought to you by Volvo USA.

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Blog Week in Review, July 21, 2007

2007-07-21T10:00:00Z

James Lileks joins Austin Bay for this week’s podcast. After dropping his nationally syndicated column, and being made the "content-wrangler" for Buzz.mn last month, Lileks talks about the changes the internet is making to the newspaper business, podcasting and radio, and the talk format's continued success in the age of the blog.

Produced by Ed Driscoll. Brought to you by Volvo USA.

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Blog Week in Review, July 13, 2007

2007-07-14T10:00:00Z

Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom and Neo-Neocon join Austin Bay for this week’s podcast. They discuss the Live Earth Concert and rock stars raising cash for causes. Plus, what happens to a film like "Gone with the Wind" when you watch it in your hand via a portable DVD player? Find out during a discussion of “The Incredibly Shrinking Content.”

Produced by Ed Driscoll. Brought to you by Volvo USA.

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Blog Week in Review, July 7, 2007

2007-07-07T09:30:00Z

The advent of the bookmark and internet news aggregation have changed the way we see the world. Andrew Breitbart—of Breitbart.com and the new Breitbart.tv—and Austin Bay talk about the news wars and the coming convergence of main-stream and new media.

Produced by Ed Driscoll. Brought to you by Volvo USA.

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Blog Week in review, June 29, 2007

2007-06-29T20:30:00Z

The guest for this week's podcast is Thom Shanker, New York Times Pentagon correspondent. Thom and Austin Bay talk about the evolving practices of covering the US military at home and abroad. The "Ph.D. level war" in Iraq has introduced new challenges and requirements for journalists, from time away from home, to simply keeping up with the rapidly changing nature of conflict in the 21st century.

Produced by Ed Driscoll. Brought to you by Volvo USA.

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Blog Week in Review, June 18, 2007

2007-06-18T18:39:25Z

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is on the air for this week's podcast. On the topic of internet regulation he says that, "The federal government ought to keep its hands off as much as possible," but he isn't pleased with the current terminology of "Net Neutrality," which he describes as, "The opposite of what some of the proposed legislation would do." The senator also talks about the current immigration bill, and the national security and regulatory issues that surround it.

Hosted by Austin Bay, and produced by Ed Driscoll. Brought to you by Volvo USA.

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