Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist wish our listeners a Happy New Year (5769), while reporting on the latest in federal bailout proposals with our colleague and special guest Iain Murray. We then move on to jailed Egyptian journalists, the end of the HIV travel ban in the U.S., advances in private space exploration, the discovery of snow on Mars, and exciting Olympic news for female Malaysian weightlifters.
SPECIAL FEATURE: For those in the Washington, D.C. area, your LibertyWeek hosts encourage you to attend the American Film Renaissance Institute’s Film Festival, this October1-4th, the world’s first-ever film festival featuring movies with conservative and libertarian themes, now in its 5th year. The festival kicks off with the Washington premiere of Robert Davi’s directorial debut, The Dukes, a warm-hearted heist comedy starring Chazz Palminteri (Analyze This, The Usual Suspects) and Peter Bogdanovich (The Sopranos, The Last Picture Show). Other festival films include the Moving Picture Institute’s Do As I Say, about the hypocrisy of leading liberal icons from Michael Moore to Al Gore, and the much-anticipated comedy An American Carol, with an all-star cast featuring Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Leslie Nielsen, Dennis Hopper and James Woods. Browse the full lineup of films, receptions, parties and events and purchase tickets here.
Also, don’t forget to purchase a copy of special guest Iain Murray’s new book The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don’t Want You to Know About – Because They Helped Cause Them. Perfect for weddings, bar mitzvahs, confirmations, anniversaries and gift-giving occasions of all varieties. Now available at 34% off at Amazon.com and at fine booksellers nationwide.
