Cory Doctorow, novelist, blogger, and Internet rights activist, talks with host Mitch Wagner. Cory is author of the recent novel "Makers," along with "Little Brother" and "Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town." He blogs about Internet rights and other subjects at Boing Boing.

Tamra Hayden, singer and star of Second Life and Broadway, talks with host Mitch Wagner. Tamra starred on Broadway in "Les Miserables" and "Cabaret," and has toured the US in plays including "Phantom of the Opera," "Les Mis," and "Fiddler On The Roof." We talked about her life and career, and making music in Second Life and on the Internet.

Author Douglas Rushkoff and host Mitch Wagner discuss Rushkoff's book, "Life, Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How To Take It Back."

Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation, talks with host Mitch Wagner about how occult beliefs played a role in American history from before the Revolution to today. Horowitz describes how spiritualism and other mystic beliefs drove feminism and racial and religious equality in America. We also talk about the history of Halloween in America, medium Edgar Cayce, Christian Science, the recent, tragic deaths of participants in a mystical sweatlodge ceremony, and more.

Pamela Brown, national policy director of Marriage Equality USA, discusses the organization's work to get same-sex marriage legalized all over the United States.

Avedon is a passionate progressive blogger at The Sideshow. She was a vocal critic of President Bush, and is no great fan of Obama either. We talked about why she thinks the current healthcare proposal is a massive ripoff of the American people, why we should have a national healthcare system like in the UK, 9/11 hysteria, her career as a Second Life stripper, and more. Avedon is Avedon Sideshow and Avedon Andel in Second Life.

Creating a compelling build in Second Life and other virtual worlds—a theater, exhibit, or business area that people will want to return to again and again. The Copper Robot talked with two of the best builders in Second Life and OpenSim: John Jainschigg of ZiffDavisEnterprise, creator of many business builds in Second Life, as well as Jon Himoff of Rezzable, creator of the Greenies in Second Life, King Tut exhibit on Heritage Key, and more.

Barry Ritholtz is author of the book Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy. He blogs at The Big Picture, and offers quantitative investment analysis through his firm, FusionIQ. We talked about the Great Recession we're now in—how we got here through a culture of government bailouts, foolish de-regulation, and shortsighted greed, as well as the outlook for pulling out and returning to prosperity.

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