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'Shop Talk': Should Kendrick Meek Stay In Florida Senate Race? |
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Date Posted: October 29, 2010
In this week’s installment of The Barbershop, host Michel Michel Martin talks with author Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarette and screenwriter and graphic novelist John Ridley. They discuss former U.S. President Bill Clinton urging Florida Democrat Kendrick Meek to drop out of the Senate race in Florida; Stephen Colbert and John Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” that will take place in Washington D.C. this Saturday; California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s recent comment on FOX News about her feelings toward the maid “an illegal immigrant” she fired; and Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James’ new Nike commercial.
Listen to audio at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130913337 |
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'Shop Talk': Was NPR Right To Oust Juan Williams? |
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Date Posted: October 22, 2010
Tell Me More's weekly Barbershop segment discusses NPR's firing of Juan Williams over his remarks about Muslims on the Fox News Channel. Host Michel Martin talks with author Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, sports writer Dave Zirin and columnist and author Reihan Salam.
Listen to audio at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130751894 |
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'Shop Talk': The Political Witchunt For Christine O'Donnell |
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Date Posted: October 8, 2010
The Barbershop guys discuss the campaign ad of Christine O'Donnell, Republican Senate nominee in Delaware, declaring that she's "not a witch," and reports in "The Nation" magazine that former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs hired illegal immigrants to work at his estates in New Jersey and Florida. The future of another former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and the Major League Baseball predictions are also among topics tossed around. Host Michel Martin speaks with author Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette, and NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin.
Listen to audio at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130431598 |
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'Shop Talk': Philly Mayor Isn't Black Enough? |
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Date Posted: October 1, 2010
The Barbershop Guys discuss Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's views on a divide between the American civilian and the American soldier, and criticism that Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is "not black enough" for some residents of the city. The guys also discuss NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb's return to Philadelphia as a member of the opposing Washington Redskins team. Host Michel Martin speaks with freelance writer Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, Sports Illustrated reporter Pablo Torre and Marc Lamont Hill, associate professor of education and anthropology at Columbia University.
Listen to audio at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130266660 |
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Shop Talk: Glenn Beck A Civil Rights Leader? |
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Date Posted: August 27, 2010
Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck is hosting a rally this weekend to honor military families on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Junior’s "I Have a Dream" speech. Beck says he wants to carry on King’s vision. The ‘Barbershop’ guys discuss the controversial timing of Beck’s event. They also talk about the New York cab driver who got stabbed by a passenger after revealing his Muslim identity, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s plan to hire “Ebonics specialists” to help “translate” wiretapped drug conversations, and the now officially single Tiger Woods. In the shop this week: writer Jimi Izrael, Johns Hopkins University political science professor Lester Spence, Republican strategist Ron Christie and civil rights attorney and editor Arsalan Iftikhar.
Listen to audio at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129475391 |
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'Shop Talk': Why Do Americans Think Obama Is Muslim? |
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Date Posted: August 20, 2010
Host Michel Martin and this week's Barbershop guys talk about the news that one in five Americans thinks that President Barack Obama is Muslim, the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens' indictment. In the Barbershop seats are freelance writer Jimi Izrael, syndicated columnist and editor, Arsalan Iftikhar, Sports Illustrated reporter Pablo Torre and syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette.
Listen to audio at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129324358 |
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