Category Archives: Media appearances

Your Humble Blogger Speaks on RT: “Banks Are Still Getting Away With a Lot”

I had fun on this interview…

Your Humble Blogger and Dean Baker Speak with Bill Moyers About the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Budget Brinkmanship

I hope you’ll enjoy this chat. Moyers gave Dean Baker and me over a half-hour on his show, so we were able to give a decent treatment of the issues surrounding the mislabeled trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership as well as the ongoing budget battle

Your Humble Blogger Appears on RT’s “Truthseeker”

I’ve been violating the Gore Vidal rule of media (“never turn down the opportunity to have sex or be on TV”) but in Vidal’s day, TV was broadcast, with mass audiences and major impact. Trust me, if you blink, you’ll miss the bit where I make a couple of observations in this new RT show.

We Speak About High Frequency Trading and Goldman’s Greg Smith on BNN

I always enjoy speaking on BNN because the interviewers are well informed and, mirabile dictu, allow guests to answer questions. And they like getting into the weeds.

We Discuss Wall Street Ethics (More Accurately, the Lack Thereof) on Aljazeera

This is more of a mainstream presentation than most NC readers are accustomed to seeing. But this was also my first time on Aljazeera, so it’s good to be exposed to a new audience.

Introducing New Video Series, The Bottom Line

This is the introductory video in a series sponsored by Econ4. From their website:

Matt Taibbi and Your Humble Blogger on Bill Moyers

Hope you enjoy this segment. I think I can speak for Taibbi in saying we had a good time with Moyers.

For those who prefer viewing the program on a bigger screen, it runs in NYC and DC on Sunday at 6:00 PM. The staff is trying to organize a Twitter Q&A at that time (6:00 to ~6:40 EDT). I haven’t gotten confirmation that this is a go, but I’ll let you know in tomorrow’s Links (and they’ll be providing a hashtag).

Matt Taibbi and Your Humble Blogger Will Be on Bill Moyers’ Show This Friday

We taped earlier today and the subject was the JP Morgan hearings as a window into the role of banks in politics and the economy.

Neil Barofsky, Matt Stoller, and Your Humble Blogger on Why the Mortgage Settlement Sucks

This Bloomberg interview gives a nice high-level overview of why the mortgage settlement is terrible. It’s particularly useful if you are looking for a few key issues to present to someone who has bought the Obama administration PR or is late to the topic.

We Will Be on Harry Shearer’s Le Show Tomorrow

Check here to find your local station and broadcast time. Hope you can tune in!

We Speak on Democracy Now About the Mortgage Settlement

Hope you don’t mind the spate of posts with my various media appearances on the mortgage settlement. This was my first time on Democracy Now and they do do their homework. A producer ran out to me when I was on deck to ask if the total deal was $25 or $26 billion. I said all the Administration messaging was $26 billion, but the numbers seemed to add up to more like $25 billion, they must be rounding up on the subtotals. He came back and said they couldn’t make it add up to $26 billion and so would report it as $25 billion.

Here’s the segment:

Will Government Bank Mortgage Deal Help or Hinder Prosecutions?

This Real News Network segment was recorded before the deal was announced today, but the observations are still germane.

Your Humble Blogger is on NBC News Tonight and Democracy Now Tomorrow

When media rains, it pours. Had to turn down BBC and Cenk Uygur. Also did a recording with Harry Shearer which will run on Le Show probably this Sunday, but if not, next Sunday.

NBC told me I needed to really dumb it down, and I thought what I said did sound sorta dumb, but at least they are allowing critical views to be expressed.