Pundit Review Radio
Sunday, 7-10pm EST
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We are realy looking forward to book night on Pundit Review Radio this Sunday evening. We will be speaking to three different authors about three very different books.
7pm: James P. Othmer, author of The Futurist, named by Amazon as the best novel of 2006, so far. It is a great novel and social satire. We both loved the book and invited James to be on with us. He is a Boston guy, former Globe reporter, and Creative Director at Young & Rubicam, a major ad agency. James will be with us in studio.
So who is Yates, the Futurist?
“He once spoke before the graduates of a Bible college in Virginia about the future of God and one week later delivered the keynote address to the Adult Video Distributors Conference in Vegas about the future of porn, and received standing ovations at both.”
What are they saying about The Futurist?
“(An) acerbically funny book, clearly written by a refugee from corporate culture…Mr. Othmer’s voices echoes other, well-established ones: Max Barry’s for outrageously deft business satire, Christopher Buckly’s for geopolitcal comedy of errors, Bruce Wagner’s for free-floating malice…an impressive foray into satirical fiction.”
–Janet Maslin, The New York Times“A frighteningly accurate send-up of modern corporate culture.”
—Fortune magazine“The Futurist is at turns glib, trenchant, cynical, heartfelt, daffy, and harrowing–often on the same page.” —Entertainment Weekly
“This intelligent, wise-cracking debut satire takes a hard look at what’s cool, what’s not and what people are willing to buy into morally, emotionally and culturally…Othmer leaves us with a taste of fear in our mouths even as we’re laughing at Yates’ ridiculous life.” —USA Today
“A Candide-like tale where…Othmer skewers media-driven policymaking, as well as celebrity pundits such as Faith Popcorn, out-of-touch billionaires and business opportunities in the Middle East.” —The Wall Street Journal
8pm: Pat Buchanan will be on to discuss the #1 book in the country, State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America
9 pm: Matt from Blackfive will be with us for another edition of Someone You Should Know.
For the remainder of the hour we will be discussing his must read new book The Blogs of War: Front line dispatchs from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Booklists’s Review,
Vietnam has often been called the “first television war.” In a similar way, the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan might be viewed as the “first Internet war.” That is, for the first time, Internet bloggers are having a significant impact in shaping the public perception of the planning and conduct of an ongoing war. Many of those bloggers are pundits or pseudopundits who have never been in harm’s way. But Burden, a veteran who has served with Special Operations and intelligence units, provides a glimpse into a new form of war literature, the military blog. Previously, war letters, diaries, and memoirs were published long after the actual experience of the writers. Burden, a blogger himself, has selected observations of ordinary men and women written and sent in real time as they endure the cauldron of war. Some of the writings are mundane, but there are also chilling descriptions of surviving a mortar attack and attempting to save the life of a severely wounded Iraqi. This collection is an excellent introduction to an emerging form of war reporting.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin and Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as â??Groundbreakingâ?Âby Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Bostonâ?? Talk Leader.