As a Guest and Guest-Host on a Cable TV Talk Show

Click image to view the Sept. 28, 2005 NewsRap segment devoted to saving community access television.

Beginning with my analysis of the controversial 2004 election, I presented my research into breaking news stories live on a popular Pasadena, California, cable access TV show, which I would guest host during Hurricane Katrina and co-produce in 2007 and 2008.

The list below summarizes the subject matter I researched and presented with the host, Barry Gordon, on the cablecasts and simultaneous webcasts. In addition, the links below lead to original materials related to these shows, including my contemporaneous blog postings available at right as PDF documents: In particular, Do the Math got me noticed on the national stage; Hard Lessons, brought to the attention of DNC members and other activists, presaged the rise of a charismatic leader of the Democratic party (not unlike candidate, then-President Barack Obama); and an excerpt from Poison Pill, posted in Comments From Left Field, was quoted by BBC News online.

My Guest Appearances on NewsRap (and KRLA)

DATE	PROGRAM TOPIC (with link to any related blog posting or Web pages)	PDF or Video
26 Oct. 2004	Pre-Election Polling
3 Nov. 2004	Hard Lessons for Democrats (part one) — Election post-mortem
16 Nov. 2004	Exit Polls vs. Reported Results — PDF document is my nationally circulated statistical analysis, consistent with a more in-depth study by Steven F. Freeman, PhD.
15 Dec. 2004	Hard Lessons for Democrats (part two) — PDF document is a condensed version of my prior remarks, for a speech.
8 Feb. 2005	The Bush Budget — PDF document is some of the research I discovered, from National Priorities Project.
30 March 2005	Education Reform — PDF document is some of the research I discovered, from the Sacramento Bee online.
5 May 2005	Voting Machine Companies — PDF document is some of the research I discovered, from OnlineJournal.com.
19 July 2005	Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts — PDF document is a related blog posting in Comments From Left Field, which was quoted by BBC News online.
26 Aug. 2005	Environmental Impacts (as Guest Host) — My in-studio guest was my friend and noted environmentalist Steven Kutcher (with a live tarantula in hand).
2 Sept. 2005	Hurricane Katrina Failures (as Guest Host) — Link to Special Multi-Page Section of Progressive Thinking
9 Sept. 2005	Hurricane Katrina Survivors (as Guest Host) — Link to Video of Entire Interview with Survivors (in two parts)
16 Sept. 2005	“Free for All Friday”: Roberts, Katrina, Gas Prices, etc. (as Guest Host)
28 Sept. 2005	Tom DeLay Indictment & Community Access Television — Link to Web Page, with Video, about Issues Campaign
2 Oct. 2005	Kelly Hayes-Raitt: Special Election Initiatives (as Guest-Coordinator) — on Barry Gordon’s KRLA Radio Show
28 Oct. 2005	Indictment of “Scooter” Libby
22 Nov. 2005	Farewell (In Memory of) Tyrone “Big Daddy” Rucker — PCAC Staffmember and Loyal Friend
27 Nov. 2005	The Year in Review, as a Guest on KRLA Talk Radio Show
17 Jan. 2006	In Memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — PDF document consists of numerous quotes from Dr. King that I assembled and posted in several sites online and then discussed on the air with Barry and our callers, including one retired teacher who went to college with the great man!

When Barry started his talk radio show Barry Gordon from Left Field, in early 2006, I became his researcher and webmaster. I eventually co-produced that show and various episodes of NewsRap (including our Election Special, shortly before Super Tuesday 2008), and I helped create his Internet talk radio show.