HD027 - Critiquing the Critics with Arianna Huffington [12:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadA very special guest joins our boys in the studio today… Esteemed media critic and social butterfly Arianna Huffington drops by for an in-depth conversation about the feeding frenzy that is the modern mainstream media, including a look at what happens behind the green door to the green rooms of some of television’s best known hosts. Now known primarily for her popular blog, Ms. Huffington is also the author of eleven books and a regular contributor to such diverse shows as Real Time with Bill Maher, The McLaughlin Group, and Left, Right and Center. In 2006, she was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. From her (complete) bio:
Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.
* “On Becoming Fearless….in Love, Work and Life” is Huffington’s most recent and most personal book to date, offering a road map for achieving fearlessness in every aspect of life, a straight-to the point manifesto on how to be bold, how to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done in order to find the freedom to love, lead and succeed.
* “Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America”, offers a scathing portrait of our contemporary political landscape with a bold, inspiring and practical approach to restoring America to the promise envisioned by our greatest leaders. It was published in 2004.
* “Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America,” a New York Times bestseller, was published in 2003.
* “How to Overthrow the Government,” on the corruption of our political system and the need for reform, was published in 2000.
* “Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom,” a political satire, was published in 1998.
* “The Fourth Instinct,” on the longing for meaning in a secular world, was published in 1994.
* “Picasso: Creator and Destroyer,” a biography of Pablo Picasso was published in 1988. It was a major international bestseller, translated into 16 languages. The book was made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins as Picasso and produced by Merchant-Ivory for Warner Bros.
* “The Gods of Greece,” celebrates the power of myths as guides to forgotten dimensions of life and ourselves. Atlantic Monthly Press republished it with paintings by Françoise Gilot
* “The Woman behind the Legend,” published in 1981, a biography of Maria Callas quickly became an international bestseller.
* “After Reason,” on political leadership and the intersection of politics and culture was published in 1978.
* “The Female Woman,” on the changing roles of women, was published in 1974 by Random House and translated into 11 languages.
Missing from her bio is the fact that she was once married to conservative Republican politician and film producer Michael Huffington, who started a trend followed by many more politicians in recent years when he revealed his latent homosexuality in 1988. Ms. Huffington had been known as a stalwart conservative until a few years after this bombshell was dropped, and unknown events seemed to turn her into the “progressive” pundit we all know today.
Huffington has made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including “Charlie Rose,” “Oprah,” “Nightline,” “Real Time with Bill Maher,” “Inside Politics,” “Larry King Live,” “Hardball,” “Good Morning America,” the “Today” show, “Countdown” and “The O’Reilly Factor.”
Which begs the question, what is this Greek Goddess doing over here on National Public Internet with our very own Hawke and Dove? You’ll have to listen to find out.
Subjected to the round-table discussion on this go-around:
- The McLaughlin Group on PBS
- Hannity and Colmes on Fox News
- Countdown with Keith Olberman on MSNBC
- Bill O’Reilly
- Comedy “news” shows like Real Time (HBO) and The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
- Oprah
- Martha Stewart
- The Hawke and Dove Political Punditry Podcast
She sure knows her way around a snack, doesn’t she?
Left by Bozoette Mary on October 15th, 2007