OBAMANOS!
OBAMANOS!
Hendrik Hertzberg’s byline in the New Yorker guarantees a wise, edgy and compelling exposition of the body politic and political bodies. His new book Obamanos! is all about the year of living presidentially, offering context to key elements that defined the 2008 general election while telling the story of a reinvigoration of the Democratic Party alongside a Republican tailspin.
Guests:
Hendrik Hertzberg, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of “Obamanos!: The Rise of a New Political Era”
- Patt Morrison for November 20, 2009
- Women advised to undergo fewer Pap screenings
- The politics of health: preventative care, policy changes & recriminations
- Pay more, pollute more? The problem with carbon off-sets
- Gross negligence: the U.S. government’s liability for failed levees
- White House interference in Kevin Johnson case?
- OBAMANOS!
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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