HD234 - The Feline Debate, or, The Obama/McCain Cat Fight [6:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hawke and Dove are away this week, but not to fear, Myron Bunkerling is here! And as the general election kicks into high gear, Bunkerling has an exclusive: the first head to head debate between the major candidates (as played by two of Myron’s cats: Mr. Tinkerfluff and Jenny-Fur Aniston.) As we rocket toward November, find out which candidate has the will to claw his way to the White House and maintain all-important meow-mentum.

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 HD233 - Democratic Convention Hysterics [10:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The 2008 Democratic National Convention opened Monday night with a cavalcade of speakers both from and far away from the national spotlight, leading up to the headliner of the night… Attacus Dove? Unfortunately not, as Attacus Dove appears to have been bumped from his convention slot in favor of possible future first lady Michelle Obama. Michelle gave a speech highlighting her middle class values, her family, faith, sharing her roots, and also contained a shout-out to Hillary Clinton that brought the standing-room-only crowd to their feet. In this episode of the Hawke and Dove Political Punditry Program, however, Dove misses all the convention action while getting kicked-out for failing his background check when some low-level Obama staffer googled a “dove song” he wrote in grad school. Unfortunately for Dove and many in the media, this outrage does not result in a riot.

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 HD231 - Advice for the Candidates [13:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

With Labor Day and the conventions just around the corner, the election season proper now begins. With the end goal of inauguration day and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in sight, Brick Hawke and Attacus Dove give their campaign advice to candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. But if the goal is to energize their bases, win over moderates and independents, and close the deal with the American people, the candidates might want to think twice before they take either Hawke or Dove’s advice.

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 HD231 - The Chinese and the Olympics [8:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Dateline: Beijing, 2008. The twenty-ninth Olympiad. Hear what happens when Brick Hawke and Attacus Dove travel to Beijing, China to interview a representative from the Chinese Ministry of Information. Issues confronted in this hard-hitting piece of journalism include: the Chinese record on human rights, preparations for the Olympic games, labor concerns, oppression in Tibet, international romance, kung fu, and the popularity of The Hawke and Dove Political Punditry Program. 享用!

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 HD230 - The Tell-All Book (with Bo-D) [10:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Want to know more about the Hawke and Dove Political Punditry Program? You’re in luck. Brick and Attacus have been collaborating with a ghost writer named Bo-D on a behind the scenes “tell-all” book. It takes a lot of work to secure a book deal. Listen as our hosts talk to Bo-D about the writer’s creative process. You’ll get a sneak peek at what is sure to be the hottest-selling release since George Takei’s (Takin’ it) “To The Stars.”

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 HD229 - Today's Teen Topics with Raven Hawke [10:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Government studies show teen pregnancy rates edging upward in the U.S, as well as teen drug use and compulsive use of digital devices like cell phones and iPods. This week, Brick Hawke, Attacus Dove and Myron Bunkerling wade into these issues with the help of an actual teenager: Raven Hawke, Brick’s angsty teenage niece. Will Brick be able to instill traditional values in her? Can Dove connect to her with a more progressive approach? Will she eat Myron alive? Listen to find out as we explore these hot topics of concern to American teens.

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 HD228 - PAAC Founder Cornelius Cumisaka [11:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The last week has seen the Bush Administration send a high-level State Department Official to begin diplomatic negotiations with Iran, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates admit that the US army is over-committed in Iraq and that the front in the War on Terror needs to be moved back to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Bush Administration commit to a “Time Horizon” (definitely not a “timeline”) for American troops to leave Iraq. All of these ideas seem to have originated with the Obama campaign, rather than with the think tanks and other non-governmental organizations that have been shaping US Foreign Policy for years. Are we seeing an actual dismantling of the neoconservative agenda put forth by such institutions as the American Enterprise Institute or the RAND Corporation?

Brick Hawke joins his long-time workout partner Cornelius Cumisaka (founder, CEO, CFO, and Grand Poobah of the Project for an All American Century - “PAAC”) for a wide-ranging discussion covering Mr. Cumisaka’s influence on over 30 years of American Foreign Policy. Mr. Cumisaka, who is a regular social butterfly in the Washington social scene that includes games of Othello with Donald Rumsfeld, games of Go with Richard Perle, and Snakes and Ladders with Dick Cheney (all members of the PAAC) offers up numerous mea culpas with regards to his policies towards Iraq, North Korea, support of the Shah in Iran and the unintended consequences of those policies, all of which were enacted by conservative administrations.

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 HD227 - Soaring Gas Prices (with Al Gore) [11:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

With gas prices soaring, the energy crisis has turned into a budget crisis for the American people. Who better to ponder the nation’s alternatives than liberal commentator Attacus Dove and former Vice President Al Gore. Thinking outside the box, Dove and Gore present the new possibilities on the energy horizon. In fact, T. Boone Pickens is just slim pickin’s compared to the idea buffet served up by Gore and Dove.

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 HD226 - Aunt Edie Returns [8:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Americans face a stark choice in November: between Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama as First Lady. This week, Hawke and Dove explore the impact these two ladies might have on their husbands campaigns. Joining them is moderator Myron Bunkerling and his eccentric Aunt Edie. Listen as Brick and Attacus do their best to survive Edie’s bizarre stories from the East Coast… of Lake Crazy.

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 HD225 - Shakespeare [14:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

All the world’s a stage. And this week’s episode of The Hawke and Dove Political Punditry Program is no exception. Hear what happens when our esteemed panelists try their hand at radical thespianism. In an effort to win a National Public Internet Shakespeare competition, Attacus Dove nobly directs a wooden Brick Hawke and the ever-sheepish Myron Bunkerling in a simple scene from the Bard’s canon. Shall I compare thee to a terrible actor?

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