Toxic Assets; Auto Bailout? Clinton @ State? Prop 8

It got mighty heated today in the battle over the economy. No one really has the answer. But a couple of questions include: Where's the money given...

Watch and listen: Arianna and her KCRW Left, Right & Center co-panelists appeared before a live audience at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Nov. 9th for a special wrap up of Election 08.

Obama Talks Transition; Bad News Economy; GOP Gloom

The election's over; what's next and what do the demographics mean for the future of the US and the conservative Republican movement? President Elect Obama held...

On Sunday, Nov. 9th from 6 to 7 pm (PST), Left, Right & Center -- public radio's only dedicated political week-in-review program -- takes to the stage before a live audience for a special one-hour broadcast including audience Q&A and live streaming video/audio webcast. The event takes place at the...

Socialism/Marxism/Capitalism; Who'll Save the Economy?

It's almost over. Tony (sort of) defends his charge that Obama is a committed Marxist, Arianna calls McCain's campaign McCarthyite; Bob says socialism for the rich is the wrong...

Tony (sort of) defends his charge that Obama is a committed Marxist, Arianna calls McCain's campaign McCarthyite; Bob says socialism for the rich is the wrong game plan, and Matt says he hopes that whoever gets elected will step in decisively and put America back on the economic track. Will...

Wow, it's a lollapalooza of a show today. Arianna's still on the road, so she's not here to settle the men down...

Obama Leads; Which Way GOP; Greenspan's Goof?

A heckuva show today, Tony's a trifle testy over unfair allegations he says are being made against...

Economic Spaghetti Splatter & The Election

Arianna Huffington, Matthew Miller, Robert Scheer and Tony Blankley debate the debate and the merits of capitalism

The President goes on TV to tell the public not to panic -- and...

This week, Matt, Bob, and Arianna discuss what the bail out plan includes and what it's missing (homeowner bail outs, according to Bob), while Tony isn't so sure a bail out is a productive solution. Once again, the four discuss whether or not the crisis was caused by deregulation, with...

Today's show is likely to engender a good deal of discussion because we get into the question of the liberal media and how Republicans have been able to use that accusation so successfully for so long. Tony says it's been extraordinary week, and an election campaign without precedent, but "we...

Pulling out of Georgia; Pulling out of Iraq; How many houses do you need to run for President?

Is Russia honoring its deadline to pull out of Georgia? A very substantive and fascinating discussion of how to deal with Russia ensues with Tony insisting that Russia be punished and temporarily...

Russia continues to occupy Georgia and doesn't appear to be backing down; is this Georgia's fault? Tony says Russia's the villain but that US policy has been pushing at their borders with no strength to back it up. Russia didn't just mobilize in 48 hours - the US was unprepared...

The fight over US energy policy has been the dominant message on the presidential campaign trail this week: who's got it right, who's pandering and who's been a demagogue? Tony's for any plan that doesn't involve tax subsidies, and prefers the multi-pronged approach. Bob and Arianna think Obama's trying to...

The presumed suicide of the biochemical researcher whom the FBI was set to indict has set off alarm bells: after all the money spent going after terrorists overseas, is the enemy really within -and will we ever know at this point? This week's Presidential campaign raised the issue of the...

Obama's obvious overseas success may be a triumph of visuals over substance; will it come back to haunt him? The panelists agree that this campaign should be a walk for a Democratic candidate, so why are the polls on McCain and Obama so close? McCain's week has been as bad...

Arianna talked to the BBC World Service's Lyse Doucet about HuffPost, the future of media, the 2008 election, and a new direction for journalism.

Click through to the BBC World Service website to listen to the entire interview.

A substantive discussion amongst the panelists about what patriotism means. Bob expounds on George Washington's farewell speech; Tony talks about how the theme plays out politically; Matt shares thoughts by Peter Beinart of The New Republic that the right says "America's great," the left says, "Here's what would make America...

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KCRW's resident satirist and host of Le Show, Harry Shearer, talks with Arianna Huffington about her new book, Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution and Made Us All Less Safe. They get off some pretty funny lines - and some...

The Supreme Court delivers a blow to Bush policy on Guantanamo detainees; Obama and McCain square off on the economy, plus a dissertation on why Obama's Social Security plan isn't good; and is the media helping to destroy democracy? Amity Shlaes guest hosts.