http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/ Blog Week in Review features well-known bloggers discussing the week's hottest topics in the blogosphere and mainstream media. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Music Store. en Copyright 2008 Pajamas Media Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:56:24 -0800 Pajamas Media info@pajamasmedia.com No Pajamas Media Deep Background: Tom Bevan of Real Clear Politics 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... 15:22 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:56:24 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2008/02/deep_background_22108_real_cle.php Pajamas Media Deep Background: Jim Dunnigan On 2008 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... 32:33 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:26:33 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2008/01/deep_background_1508_what_to_e.php Pajamas Media Deep Background: How Lincoln Saved The World 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... 28:26 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:54:00 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/12/deep_background_debuts.php Pajamas Media Blog Week In Review: Austin Bay With Bill Roggio 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... 26:33 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:04:09 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/12/blog_week_in_review_december_1_1.php Pajamas Media Blog Week In Review Inside POTUS '08 On XM 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... 19:46 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:35:49 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/12/blog_week_in_review_december_4.php Pajamas Media Austin Bay In Abu Dhabi 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... 28:10 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:30:15 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/11/blog_week_in_review_november_1_2.php Pajamas Media Heather Mac Donald and Steven Malanga on The Immigration Solution 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... 22:45 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:08:42 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/11/blog_week_in_review_november_6.php Pajamas Media Glenn Reynolds and John Podhoretz on Petraeus, MoveOn, and Iraq 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... 20:37 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:56:33 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/09/blog_week_in_review_september_3.php Pajamas Media Michael Ledeen on Iran 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.... 22:27 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:31:25 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/09/blog_week_in_review_september_2.php Pajamas Media The Pentagon's Weapons Procurement Process 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... 29:28 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:39:57 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/08/blog_week_in_review_august_21.php Pajamas Media Internet Killed the Newspaper Star 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,... 29:34 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/07/blog_week_in_review_july_21_20_1.php Pajamas Media Rockstars for Whatever 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... 28:38 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/07/blog_week_in_review_july_13_20.php Pajamas Media Andrew Breitbart 33:49 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:30:00 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/07/blog_week_in_review_july_7_200_1.php Pajamas Media Thom Shanker 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... 27:19 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:30:00 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/06/blog_week_in_review_june_29_20.php Pajamas Media John Cornyn 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... 21:52 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:39:25 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/06/blog_week_in_review_june_18_20.php Pajamas Media Counterinsurgency and Competing Narratives Dr. David Kilcullen--Senior Counterinsurgency Adviser to Gen. Petraeus--talks to host Austin Bay about the vicious cycle of violence in Iraq, and what the multinational force is doing to stop it. The nature of counterinsurgency operations has changed since the "classical"... 41:37 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:30:12 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/06/blog_week_in_review_june_13_20.php Pajamas Media Daniel Drezner on Global Politics All Politics is Global, Daniel Drezner's new book about international regulatory regimes, is the basis of a wide ranging discussion in this week's podcast. Daniel and Austin Bay cover Paul Wolfowitz's tenure at the World Bank, the mythical power of... 32:19 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:05:07 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/06/blog_week_in_review_june_2_200_1.php Pajamas Media Tammy Bruce, Glenn Reynolds Longtime panelists Glenn Reynolds and Tammy Bruce are back in the show; they join host host Austin Bay to evaluate the new Democratic majority in Congress. Are they delivering on their promise to "end the culture of corruption? They also... 27:32 Thu, 24 May 2007 10:37:30 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/05/blog_week_in_review_may_24_200.php Pajamas Media Michael J. Totten Journalist Michael J. Totten joins Blog Week in Review for this week's podcast. Michael and host Austin Bay dicuss Iraq, including Michael's recent trip to Kurdistan, Sarkozy's impact on French foreign policy in the Middle East, and Michael's upcoming trips... 25:09 Wed, 09 May 2007 13:51:24 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/05/blog_week_in_review_may_9_2007.php Pajamas Media Michael Yon Live from Iraq 2 Independent journalist Michael Yon joins Blog Week in Review live from his embedded position in Iraq for the second time. Michael and host Austin Bay talk about the latest developments in the Surge, and progress for U.K. troops in the... 29:40 Fri, 04 May 2007 13:30:58 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/05/blog_week_in_review_may_4_2007.php Pajamas Media Finding a Way to Lose This week's podcast features Jeff Goldstein and Neo-neocon on the inexorable attraction of defeat in Iraq, America's penchant for self-flagellation, and finding meaning in a chocolate Jesus. Why does doom sell, and why are we so susceptible to the pitch?... 28:19 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:00:52 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/04/blog_week_in_review_april_19_2.php Pajamas Media Richard Fernandez on Iran Hostages, the nuclear quest, financing and arming militias in Iran, financing terror elsewhere, threatening Israel with elimination –- welcome to the government of Iran’s Islamic Republic. Pajamas Media's own Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club joins host Austin Bay to... 18:10 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:30:00 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/04/blog_week_in_review_april_12_2.php Pajamas Media Can We Trust the BBC Robin Aitken, former 25-year veteran journalist with the BBC, and author of Can We Trust the BBC is this week's guest. Aitken and host Ed Driscoll talk about understanding the BBC’s biases, particularly on Israel, the Palestinians, and Iraq, and... 26:20 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:30:39 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/03/blog_week_in_review_march_31_2.php Pajamas Media Bill Roggio on the Surge Bill Roggio talks about the surge, security in Iraq, and holding our ground in Afghanistan with host Austin Bay in this week's podcast. Roggio says that even though "we lost a lot of ground" in 2006, "There's a very good... 30:14 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:30:45 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/03/blog_week_in_review_march_24_2.php Pajamas Media Groupthink The anti-liberal message of identitarianism and collective thought are on the table for this week's podcast. Are the two sides of the political spectrum existing in parallel realities with their own facts and narratives? Protein Wisdom's Jeff Goldstein, Neo-neocon,... 33:27 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:00:45 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/03/blog_week_in_review_march_17_2.php Pajamas Media The Horse Race The world's longest horse race is underway for the American Presidency. On Blog Week to discuss it are Glenn Reynolds, and author and screenwriter Katy Wright of American Thinker. Glenn and Katy disagree on whether the unusual length of the... 30:44 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:55:02 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/03/blog_week_in_review_march_10_2.php Pajamas Media Victor Davis Hanson joins Blog Week in Review to talk about, what else, Western Civilization in this week's podcast. From assaults by the pre and post-modern world, and from Athens to Iraq. Who are we as a culture and... 36:40 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00:56 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/03/blog_week_in_review_march_3_20.php Pajamas Media Embrace the Suck In a role reversal this week longtime producer Ed Driscoll interviews longtime host Austin Bay about his new pamphlet on "mil-speak" Embrace the Suck, and the blending of what he describes as his vocation and avocation. Ed also talks to... 23:50 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00:57 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/02/blog_week_in_review_february_2.php Pajamas Media Michael Ledeen Michael Ledeen joins Blog Week in Review to discuss all things Iran. Listen to the real story on UN sanctions, the EU-3, Hezbollah, nukes, Iraq interference, and regime change. Austin Bay hosts and asks the questions. Ed Driscoll produces.... 19:17 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/02/blog_week_in_review_february_3_1.php Pajamas Media Michael Yon Independent journalist Michael Yon joins Blog Week in Review live from Mosul, Iraq, where he is embedded with the storied 2/7th Cavalry. Get the latest on what it's like to cover the war from the inside, and his takes on... 23:50 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/02/blog_week_in_review_february_3.php Pajamas Media Web 2.0 Shakeout Eric Umansky and Glenn Reynolds exchange views on the "shake out" in Web 2.0 start-ups and President Bush's State of the Union Speech. Are Google and Yahoo gobbling up the Web? Find out. Austin Bay hosts and asks the questions.... 33:06 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:40:35 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2007/01/blog_week_in_review_january_26_1.php Pajamas Media Claudia Rosett This week's special guest, Claudia Rosett, and host Austin Bay discuss the "Byzantine" nature of UN accountability at the close of the "stunningly hypocritical" reign of Kofi Annan. Also, a tour of major world issues from Russia, to China and... 47:35 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:32:12 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/12/blog_week_in_review_december_2.php Pajamas Media The Powerline Boys This week's program is a Blog Week special, with John Hinderaker and Scott W. Johnson of Powerline. They talk about why they created their successful blog, and the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group report and its historical perspective --as compared to... 43:09 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:29:54 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/12/blog_week_in_review_december_1.php Pajamas Media Panelists Tammy Bruce and Glenn Reynolds discuss--what else--the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. Neither finds the report encouraging. Also discussed is whether America remains the most optimal place to do business. Finally, the panelists, along with regular host and... 36:42 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:02:41 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/12/blog_week_in_review_december_8.php Pajamas Media This week's panelists, PJM's Richard Fernandez and Glenn Reynolds, discuss one Jamil Hussein--an alleged Iraq Police Officer who was an Associated Press source regarding reportage which saw six Sunnis burned alive--and dissect the work done by bloggers like Flopping Aces,... 31:42 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:51:48 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/12/blog_week_in_review_deccember.php Pajamas Media Pajamas Media and the Midterm Elections of 2006: Andrew Marcus and Richard Miniter (PJM in Washington) are the guest panelists and discuss three topics: • The Citizen Journalist In Action: how Pajamas Media armed individuals with small video cameras (Canon... 31:28 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:30:26 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/11/blog_week_in_review_november_1_1.php Pajamas Media Eric Umansky and Glenn Reynolds discuss the elections, who really won, who lost, and what cave dwellers in Waziristan may make of the vote. Expected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's "first one hundred hours" gets the skeptical treatment. Austin... 29:51 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:01:07 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/11/blog_week_in_review_november_1.php Pajamas Media Prelude to a Power Change? Perhaps. Panelists Tammy Bruce and Glenn Reynolds analyze the 2006 midterm election, dissect Senator John Kerry's "botched joke" and focus on the Internet Governance Forum which was held in Athens, Greece this week. Austin Bay... 30:57 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:51:56 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/11/blog_week_in_review_november_3.php Pajamas Media Freerangers in the Mix: Independent political candidates for office in 2006--and, possibly in 2008--are the special focus for this episode of Blog Week in Review. One of the most reknowned "Freerangers" running this year is humorist/musician Kinky Friedman whose candidacy... 23:25 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:38:33 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/10/blog_week_in_review_october_27.php Pajamas Media The Road To 9/11 and the "Egyptization" of al Qaeda: Blog Week in Review is devoted almost entirely to a discussion of Lawrence Wright’s new book The Looming Tower, as Wright sits down to talk with Richard Fernandez and host... 25:32 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:06:31 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/10/blog_week_in_review_october_20.php Pajamas Media "Dafur is just Rwanda in slow motion." Hope and cynicism in a world of ever more egregious examples of human depravity--that's the flavor which Gerard Van der Leun and Michael Totten bring to the discussion the Dafur-Sudan genocide. Additionally, Michael... 31:39 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:06:08 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/10/blog_week_in_review_october_13.php Pajamas Media Sex, courtesy of the Foley scandal, is more interesting than nuclear threats issued by North Korea's perennially threatening dictator Kim Jong-il, if both the Big Media and the New Media are any indication; Pajamas Media's Gerard Van der Leun and... 30:47 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:01:17 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/10/blog_week_in_review_october_6.php Pajamas Media Interesting times: a fourteenth-century Crusader quote spoken by the Pope is taken out of context and used to inflame Muslims around the world. BWIR looks at the background, the foreground and the distance between. Second topic--Flab of the West: Have... 36:06 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:54:39 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/09/blog_week_in_review_september_1.php Pajamas Media Hubris was the case and the subject matter as Glenn Reynolds and David Corn spar a bit over the Plame story in the week's Blog Week In Review. Austin Bay hosts; Ed Driscoll produces. Play above or download here. Subscription... Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:01:50 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/09/blog_week_in_review_september.php Pajamas Media The fifth anniversary of the worst enemy attack on American soil has everyone buzzing, including Tammy Bruce, Roger L. Simon and Gerard Van der Leun, along with Blog Week in Review Host Austin Bay. Ed Driscoll produces. Play above or... 35:39 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:51:09 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/09/blog_week_in_review_august_18_1.php Pajamas Media This week's special guest panelists--Daniel Drezner and PJM's own editor-in-Chief Gerard Van Der Leun--join Blog Week in Review's regular host, Austin Bay. This week's topics: Iranian "diplomacy" and Iran's other weapon against its enemies--oil. Produced by Ed Driscoll.... 27:35 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:38:25 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/08/blog_week_in_review_august_25.php Pajamas Media Blog Week in Review returns from its impromptu hiatus in fine fashion. Its regular crew—Tammy Bruce, Glenn Reynolds and Eric Umansky, along with host Austin Bay--have a lot of catching up to do in view of warp-velocity world events. This... Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:34:55 -0800 http://blogs.pajamasmedia.com/blogweekinreview/2006/08/blog_week_in_review_august_18.php