Politics. Economics. Carrots.
Today is the debut of "
Hopping Mad with Will McLeod and Arliss Bunny," on Netroots Radio. The big news is that we survived the launch! It would have been better had it not taken Will and I, Arliss Bunny, about eight hours to record the show only to later discover that we still had a strange audio problem in a couple of places but all-in-all we are still in one piece and we are downright hoppy with the result. It’s hard to be anything but thrilled with the end product because we had such a wonderful time talking with SUNY professor and Daily Kos feature writer,
Denise Oliver-Velez. I think it’s obvious that Dee is basically a progressive rock star. She answered questions about hope, Puerto Rico, the Latino get-out-the-vote effort and education. I especially loved the conversation about the fact that the Moral Mondays platform and the Black Lives Matter platforms are putting forward issues that are not “new” contrary to the commentary by mainstream media. Dee, with her wealth of perspective on progressive movements closed out by commenting on the difference between getting out the word in the 1970s versus the social media of today but she was sure to say,
The revolution will be slogged, not blogged.
We make change by talking with one another directly.
Will and I began the show talking a little bit about how we got started in the space that ultimately lead to “Hopping Mad.” We then went on to talk about the need for a new New Deal via job guarantee programs.
Though we forgot to say it on the show, we do have a brand new website. Some parts are still under construction but there is already quite a lot there. Additionally, we can always be reached via Twitter at @IMHoppingMad. On Facebook you can search for "Hopping Mad" or just hop there using this link.
So, here it is, a link to the very first Hopping Mad. Carrots to you and yours!