Episodes
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.30.15
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015
2015 in Perspective: What’s Been, What’s Done, What’s Ahead (Part 3)
Listeners continue the discussion on what mattered in 2015, what will matter in the year ahead, and how to effect beneficial change.
Tuesday Dec 29, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.29.15
Tuesday Dec 29, 2015
Tuesday Dec 29, 2015
2015 in Perspective: What’s Been, What’s Done, What’s Ahead (Part 2)
The discussion continues with listeners’ perspectives on what mattered in 2015, what will matter in the year ahead, and how to effect beneficial change.
Monday Dec 28, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.28.15
Monday Dec 28, 2015
Monday Dec 28, 2015
2015 in Perspective: What’s Been, What’s Done, What’s Ahead
Leid Stories closes out the year with listeners’ perspectives on what mattered in 2015 and what should matter in 2016.
Thursday Dec 24, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.24.15
Thursday Dec 24, 2015
Thursday Dec 24, 2015
It’s ‘Free Your Mind Friday!’ A Whole Day Early!
The Grinch steals tomorrow, but “Free Your Mind Friday” won’t be among his Christmas loot. It’s “Free Your Mind Thursday” on Leid Stories—the gift of gab a whole day early!
Add your distinctive flavor to this tasty intellectual soup. Call in (888-874-4888) and dish on the issues of the day.
Tuesday Dec 22, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.22.15
Tuesday Dec 22, 2015
Tuesday Dec 22, 2015
After Republican, Democratic ‘Debates,’ A Political Roundup
Five Republican and three Democratic “debates” have winnowed the ranks of 2016 presidential contenders but sharpened political differences between the two main political parties and candidates running under their banners. Having just completed their most recent round four days apart in December and with a showdown in South Carolina looming in January (on Jan. 14 and17, respectively) Republicans and Democrats have ratcheted up the rhetoric, looking for victory at the polls any way they can get it. Leid Stories probes listeners’ opinions of the new lows in American politics.
Monday Dec 21, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.21.15
Monday Dec 21, 2015
Monday Dec 21, 2015
The Democratic Debacle: Debating the Not-Debate
Leid Stories and listeners deconstruct the third Q&A session with the three remaining Democratic candidates vying for the presidential nomination in 2016. The so-called “debate,” hosted by ABC News, was held Dec. 19 at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.
Friday Dec 18, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.18.15
Friday Dec 18, 2015
Friday Dec 18, 2015
Free Your Mind! Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say!
See who salutes when you run your insightful opinions and ideas up the Leid Stories’ “Free Your Mind Friday” flagpole. It’s the best open forum on the planet—a popular gathering place for the intellectually curious and politically aware. Unfurl your flag (call 888-874-4888). Let’s see your colors come shining through!
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.17.15
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case in Baltimore; Chicago Cop Faces Murder Charges in 16-Shot Killing
Leid Stories returns to its series on killer cops with major updates on two cases—the death last April of Freddie Gray, 25, a week after suffering severe spinal injuries while being transported to a Baltimore police stationhouse after a contentious arrest, and the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald on Oct. 20 last year by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
A Baltimore judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the case against Officer William Porter, one of six officers charged in Gray’s death and the first to be tried, after a jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked in deciding four charges against him. In Chicago, Officer Van Dyke yesterday formally was charged with six counts of murder
“The People’s Attorney General” Alton H. Maddox Jr., who had predicted that Porter would walk because of tactical and legal errors by the prosecutor, discusses legal problems with both cases.
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.16.15
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015
Charades: What the Republican ‘Debate’ Proved About the Media
Leid Stories predicted that yesterday’s heavily marketed Republican Q&A, cohosted by CNN and Facebook, would focus on “terrorism and related issues—immigration, homeland security, ISIS and, of course, the “good” Muslims/”bad” Muslims racist canard.” And so it did. Today, Leid Stories expands on yesterday’s theme—the why of it all, and the media’s role in helping to create and propagate an alternate reality and narrative.
Tuesday Dec 15, 2015
Leid Stories – 12.15.15
Tuesday Dec 15, 2015
Tuesday Dec 15, 2015
‘Terrorism’ Bolsters Republican ‘Debate’ and CNN’s Bid for Campaign Ad Dollars
The fifth—and, gratefully, last—Republican big-media Q&A (it’s not a debate) for 2015 airs tonight. Staged at The Venetian, the resort hotel and casino in Las Vegas, the Q&A is actually a two-parter—an undercard of four candidates who didn’t quite make the cut in the polls, and the main event featuring nine others who did. It shouldn’t surprise that “terrorism” and related issues—immigration, homeland security, ISIS and, of course, the “good” Muslims/”bad” Muslims racist canard—will dominate the discussion; it’s the kind of political hash that presidential hopefuls would feast upon and willingly share out to voters. But big media is after big money, and CNN gets to make the point tonight to all pols and parties concerned why it deserves the lion’s share of the $5 billion in campaign advertising industry analysts say is up for grabs in the 2016 election cycle, the costliest in U.S. history.