Who is Laura Flanders? (Air America)

[Nlighten1]

I'm listening to AA and I like this person. She has obviously skilled at being a host. Where did she work before?

[SharonAnn]

1. I've heard about here but never heard her myself. I agree,

she's good.

Also, I'm enjoying the topic - Black Box Voting with Bev Harris (and others).

And the callers are good, too.

[libbygurl]

2. From her "host biography" on the AAR website:

Laura Flanders

Laura Flanders is the author of BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species, an investigation into the women in George W. Bush's Cabinet. (March, 2004, Verso Books. ) Publisher's Weekly called Flanders' new book, "fierce, funny and intelligent." Flanders writes regularly forTompaine.com, The Nation, Ms. Magazine and ZNet. Her op-ed pieces have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle. She has been a regular panelist on the Fox News Channel's Fox News Watch, and PBS's women's discussion program, To the Contrary. Other TV appearances include The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, and CSPAN'sWashington Journal, as well as the MSNBC program, Donahue, Good Morning America and the Canadian news discussion program,CounterSpin, on CBC.
Flanders was founding director of the Women's Desk at the media watch group, FAIR and for more than ten years she produced and hosted CounterSpin, FAIR's nationally-syndicated radio program.

Flanders is also the author of Real Majority, Media Minority; the Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting (Common Courage Press, 1997)

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Can't place her accent.

[libbygurl]

4. Yah, dunno if it's Aussie or NZ or something else. Wild guess.

Been wondering about that, too.

[Teddy_Salad]

13. Not Aussie or Kiwi.....

......my guess, as an Aussie is that she may be South African and has spent time in britain.

Wild guess.

[libbygurl]

16. Heh, you're #4 in queue for South African!

[libbygurl]

5. South African, maybe?

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Was thinking that too

But I think she has been transplanted to America for quite awhile by the sound of it.

[libbygurl]

12. Yep, totally agree.

[DAGDA56]

17. Scary stuff, libbygurl...Simultaneous thoughts!

...and here I thought I was alone in accent assessment...well, great minds (etc)...

[libbygurl]

22. It's just one of my weird little "hobbies". Accents fascinate me.

I grew up in a household speaking, reading mostly in English back in the homeland, supposedly as a second language, but feels like first to me. Thanks to overwhelming influence of American movies and TV! ;)

Nice to meet thee, DAGDA56!

[DAGDA56]

11. First thought was British, but I'm not so sure, now...

South African maybe? Or perhaps she's just been in the US so long.

[libbygurl]

15. South African must be it - GreenPartyVoter, you and I seem to agree here!

n/t

[DAGDA56]

20. You are a step ahead!

I bow to a better typist.

[libbygurl]

23. You're too kind. Must be the adrenaline from listening to

an actual liberal radio station! Still a bit unreal to me.

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. Aha! Mystery solved: England

[TheWebHead]

7. no relation to...

:)

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. indeedilydoodily on that!

Ned would probably consider Air America to be the spawn of :evilgrin:

[KG]

8. heard her many times on 'democarcy now'

she's a (gulp) leftist! :scared:

[MikeG]

9. She was the voice of "Counterspin" for FAIR.

It was on public radio in the 90's. You may remember, they took on Rush Limbaugh in 1994 when he was spewing early lies about Clinton.

[Nlighten1]

14. Anyone know the phone number to call her show?

[libbygurl]

18. Keep listening - she mentions it on the show (forgot to write it down).

n/t

[onecitizen]

19. I think she has/had another show.........

on ieAmerica. I never heard her show, just saw her listed.

I like what I'm hearing today.:-)

Truth is I'm lovin' all this! At last, I have something to do with my time and I don't have to throw something at the screen! hehe

[DAGDA56]

21. Same here...I suspect sales of Nurf Balls...

will level off...odd though, but do you think W has Nurf balls?

[onecitizen]

32. if he has any at all.........

they're Nerf! hehe

[Khephra]

24. Her book is good

I've only read a bit of it, but it's really great.

[Catshrink]

25. She'll be on BookTV tomorrow

C-span2.... here's the synopsis:

On Sunday, April 4 at 9:55 am (Eastern)
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Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species
Laura Flanders
Description: From A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in San Francisco, CA, Laura Flanders discusses her book "Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species." In her book, Ms. Flanders examines the backgrounds of the women of the Bush Administration including Condoleezza Rice, Gale Norton, and Karen Hughes. She explains what she views as their betrayal of affirmative action, the civil rights movement, and feminism. After the discussion, Ms. Flanders answers questions from the audience.

Author Bio: Laura Flanders is the author of "Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting." She is the host of the radio talk show "Your Call" in San Francisco and writes regularly for The Nation.

Publisher: Verso 180 Varick Street

[GoldenOldie]

33. BookTV-C-SPAN2

Review of her book Bushwoman.....fantastic. I caught the final Q&A period and was highly impressed with this young woman. Does anyone know if they repeat these book reviews??

[libbygurl]

27. She says she was born and grew up in ENGLAND!!!

Father's British.

[pennylane100]

28. She does a one hour show every weekday morning in San Francisco.

on KALW. I always try to listen to her. She has also wrote a
book about the Bush women. She is a very talented person.

[eleny]

29. I loved this program!

Tapping LF for a weekend program was so smart. So, she's got broadcasts Sat and Sunday nights? I'm thrilled with her savvy. I kept trying to peel myself away from her program to do some reading, but I couldn't. Can't wait till tomorrow evening. and to think Peter Werbe will be on Sunday nights as well.

I'm in heaven!

[Nlighten1]

30. Me too.

Her show tonight was great.

[ContinentalOp]

31. Laura Flanders is great

She does Working Assets Radio which you can listen to on www.webactive.com. I think her show was broadcast in SF on Pacifica. I haven't listened to the show on AA though. Is it just the Working Assets show syndicated on AA? Or has she permanently moved to AA now?