Podcast appearances and mentions of Kim Barker

We sit down with Kim Barker, interim assistant dean for Augusta University's College of Education and Human Development, along with alumni Brandi Henry and Poria Welch, to explore the evolving world of teaching in 2024. Together, we reflect on how classrooms, students, and teaching methods have transformed since we were in school. Learn more about the College of Education and Human Development: https://www.augusta.edu/education

By the end of the school year, you have a lot of data at your fingertips. There are two important actions to take. The first is to share it with your schoolwide community as part of your annual PBIS evaluation. The second is to plan how you'll build on your success next year. In this episode, we're talking about what it takes to evaluate PBIS implementation and use data to create an action plan at the end of the year. Joining us in our conversation are Diane LaMaster, Michele Cook, and Kim Barker. Diane LaMaster is a technical assistance coordinator with the Midwest PBIS Network. Diane brings with her decades of experience in various roles including as a special education teacher, behavior interventionist, and a district coach. Michele Cook has been a special educator, PE teacher, PBIS coach, building principal, and executive director of student support services in the Gresham-Barlow School District in Gresham, OR. Now she works part time to support multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) implementation in the district. Kim Barker is a long-time educator from Gresham-Barlow School District, too. This year marks her 21st year with the district where she now works as an administrator for Deep Creek Damascus K-8 School. During our conversation, we explored the way data serve as historical references for where implementation has been and where it will go in the future. For more information about the resources shared in this episode, check out the following links: Tiered Fidelity InventorySelf-Assessment SurveySWIS Suite

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Kim Barker, Michael Rothfeld, Chris Love, Barbara McQuade, Governor Maura Healy, Eric Lipton, Tim Heaphy, Former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera, Sarah Matthews, Miles Taylor, Rick Stengel, and Maria Ressa.

Had a lovely, relaxed chat with renowned Australian actor, Stephen Peacocke, who plays flight nurse 'Pete Emerson' on the RFDS TV drama. We talk about growing up in regional NSW, mustering cattle by motor-bike on a remote station, becoming an actor, and then his most recent work on set as 'Pete Emerson'. The 'RFDS' TV drama is available on demand, on 7Plus after Series 1 and 2 aired on Channel 7.  Series 3 is in scripting and will be filmed in 2024 and then coming to screens in Australia and across the world. Stephen's credits: Peacocke began his on-screen acting career in 2006 when he appeared in a small role in the Australian film Suburban Mayhem. He started appearing on television in 2007, when he played the role of Zeb Hall in the medical drama series All Saints. His other television credits include Packed to the Rafters, Rake and East West 101. He also appeared in the television film Emerald Falls in 2008, which starred Georgie Parker. Peacocke played a role in a parody of Rihanna's "Umbrella" music video called "Drifting in my cappella" with 1BUCK80. Peacocke appears in the 2011 feature film Burning Man, with Matthew Goode and Bojana Novakovic. In early 2011, Peacocke received the role of Darryl "Brax" Braxton, a local River Boy, on the Australian soap opera Home and Away.] In 2012, Peacocke won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent. The following year, he won the Most Popular Actor award. He also received a nomination for the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. Peacocke appears as Nic in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, an adaptation of Kim Barker's memoir The Taliban Shuffle. He also appears in the adaptation of Me Before You as Nathan, opposite Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. Peacocke then starred as Detective Josh Levine in the 2016 Australian television series Wanted. He also appeared in the comedy film Cooped Up. 2019 saw Peacocke star alongside Kat Stewart and Hugh Sheridan in Network Ten's drama series Five Bedrooms, which focuses on five people who buy a house together after meeting at a wedding. The series was renewed for a second season, which began airing in August 2021, after a production delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After starring in war film Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, Peacocke joined the cast of comedy drama Squinters for its second season, and appeared in the drama Les Norton. Peacocke starred in the Nine Network miniseries Informer 3838 as Detective Paul Dale, who heads up the Victorian Police drug squad, until he is wrongfully arrested and imprisoned. Peacocke plays flight nurse Pete Emerson in the drama series RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service. He carried out his own research to prepare for the role, including talking with people who worked with the Flying Doctor Service and training with a nurse.Peacocke also stars in the ABC drama series The Newsreader, which is set in a 1986 television newsroom. For his performance as sports reporter Rob Rickards, Peacocke earned an AACTA Award nomination for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama. ******** Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends. Reviews and ratings help our podcast to be found by others, so if you can take the time to do that it would be appreciated.  You can also send feedback, questions or comments through to me at lana.mitchell@rfds.org.au.  If you haven't already -- Please do join our Facebook Group called the Flying Doctor Podcast Community and join in the conversation And if you haven't already done so – catch up on our extensive back-series as there are some ripper yarns, incredibly brave and strong people, and many-a-story that are so typically Aussie in terms of resilience, innovation in times of crisis, and of course humour.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We made it to 20 episodes, y'all! We're so grateful that so many people have taken the time to give the show a listen and support the bands we've been fortunate enough to talk to. As we did with the 10th episode, we decided to have a discussion about influential albums in our lives. This time, we chose songs/albums that led us to pick up an instrument, made us decide to start a band and/or led us to where we are today as musicians and songwriters. And, because we get lonely, we decided to have our friends in Grifters & Shills come along for the ride. They have a new album called Fireball coming out on June 17th and we're premiering two songs from the album! The first, Live On Purpose, features our very own Kim Barker on harmony vocals!Also, it is worth noting that when Kim says she enjoyed the F/X soundtrack, she is actually referring to the song Axel F from Beverly Hills Cop. She didn't realize which song it was until after the recording. Oops.If you want to check out the songs we chose, here's the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1gjmxX0vJBWNZBpIPfArRF?si=5a962321450c44e6

This week we've got six hot new releases to refresh your podcast rotation. Words like "girl boss," "gaslight" and "gatekeeper" have taken over on social media but, like a game of telephone, how they're used in memes can be a long way from their original meaning.  In its latest season, the Canadian podcast Rehash hones in on internet terminology and archetypes and untangles it all. Hosts Hannah and Maia (otherwise known as Broey Deschanel on YouTube) sit down with Podcast Playlist host Leah-Simone Bowen to chat about what viral moments and internet drama say about wider culture and whether the shenanigans all add up to a net positive or negative.  Plus, we'll take a look at the latest seasons and new listens from podcast institutions and newbies alike, including a deep dive into the lengths the province of Alberta went to keep rats from crossing over the border from Saskatchewan.  Podcasts featured this week: Secret Life of Canada: "Is it true that Alberta is a rat-free province? We look into why the province of Alberta took rat hating to a new level." California Love: K-Pop Dreaming: "Growing up in Koreatown during the 90s and 2000s, host Vivian Yoon was an emo-listening teenager who embraced American pop culture. At least that's what it seemed from the outside. But at home, by herself, what she listened to was K-Pop. How Vivian's hidden love for the music is propelling her to explore the connections between K-Pop and her hometown." The Turning: Room of Mirrors: " By tracing the origins of this unusual lifestyle, starting with the legacy of choreographer George Balanchine and the intimate stories of young dancers, we expose the beauty of an artform and the complexity of ballet culture." You Didn't See Nothin': "Part investigation and part memoir, "You Didn't See Nothin" follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story [of Lenard Clark] that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, and examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century." Serial: Coldest Case in Laramie: "A Times investigative reporter, Kim Barker, revisits the murder of Shelli Wiley — a long-unsolved case from Kim's time in high school. She reaches out to Shelli's family to understand why the police arrested a man named Fred Lamb for Shelli's murder in 2016, and why prosecutors abruptly dropped the charges against him." Rehash: "Caleb was a very bad boy. But did we have to John Tucker him x 1 million? Hannah and Maia get personal about life in the trenches of online dating, and whether or not doxxing is a justified means to a feminist end." Plus, we interview Rehash hosts Hannah and Maia about the internet's most overused words

Today, we're taking some time out of our regularly scheduled programming to share the first episode of “The Coldest Case in Laramie.” In the new series from The Times and Serial, Kim Barker, a Times investigative reporter, digs into the 1985 murder of Shelli Wiley, a young woman who was a few years older than Kim when they both lived in Laramie, Wyoming. The long-unsolved case took a turn in 2016 when the police arrested someone for Shelli's murder: a former officer named Fred Lamb. The evidence against him seemed solid, but prosecutors, confusingly, dropped the case. They've never refiled. How did a case that seemed this open-and-shut fall apart with such a whimper? To find answers, Kim heads back to Laramie and grapples with conflicting memories and dueling narratives.In episode one, Kim starts to call up Shelli's family members to try to piece together what happened. To listen to all eight parts, visit nytimes.com/laramie.

In 1985, when Kim Barker was a teen in Laramie, Wyoming, Shelli Wiley was murdered in her apartment. Now a New York Times reporter, Barker discovered there'd been a break in the long-unsolved case. Investigators arrested a former cop with what seemed like overwhelming evidence.So how did a case that seemed open-and-shut go cold again? The Pulitzer Prize winner returned to Wyoming to find out why it took 30 years to identify Fred Lamb and why the charges against him were dropped.  “The Coldest Case in Laramie” is the new 8-part series from Serial Productions. Barker digs into the investigation of Lamb and other suspects in the homicide. Was he let go as part of a cover-up or did the cops just get it wrong?OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE COLDEST CASE IN LARAMIE" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 11 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE.In Crime of the Week: broken arrow. 

A Times investigative reporter, Kim Barker, revisits the murder of Shelli Wiley — a long-unsolved case from Kim's time in high school. She reaches out to Shelli's family to understand why the police arrested a man named Fred Lamb for Shelli's murder in 2016, and why prosecutors abruptly dropped the charges against him.

Kim Barker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, revisits an unsolved murder that took place while she was in high school in Laramie, Wyoming, nearly 40 years ago. She confronts the conflicting stories people have told themselves about the crime because of an unexpected development: the arrest of a former Laramie police officer accused in the murder. All eight episodes of "The Coldest Case in Laramie," a new show from Serial Productions and The New York Times, are available on Thursday, February 23rd wherever you get your podcasts.

Kim Barker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, revisits an unsolved murder that took place while she was in high school in Laramie, Wyoming, nearly 40 years ago. She confronts the conflicting stories people have told themselves about the crime because of an unexpected development: the arrest of a former Laramie police officer accused in the murder. All eight episodes of "The Coldest Case in Laramie," a new show from Serial Productions and The New York Times, are available on Thursday, February 23rd wherever you get your podcasts.

Kevin Gallagher, CTV News; Lori Idlout, NDP MP-elect; Kim Barker, The New York Times; Farouq Samim, former reporter and translator; Joyce Napier, CTV News; Robert Benzie, the Toronto Star; Ryan Meili, Saskatchewan NDP Leader; and Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Whether you are a recent college graduate, have children that are, or just need someone to relate to about the struggles of adulting, this episode it for you. Start your weekend off right with this fun and honest conversation featuring one of my college "roots" Kim Barker. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nbnandfriends/message

Have you learned to nurture your nature? Do you feel alone in your perspective? Want to know more about creating your own reality? Kim Barker is an amazing human, who takes us on her journey so far and gives us a fantastic new perspective on things. She has had a fascinating life thus far, with careers in many fields, experiences that have spanned the globe…and beyond! Welcome once again Dreamers, to the Do it with Dan Podcast! The place to truly dream with your eyes open. It's time to expand our experience with some more great discussion on the power of the mind in all things. Whether you want to manifest more wealth, emotional abundance or love in your life; this is the podcast for you. Dan Mangena is a Transformational Life Coach, Public Speaker and Best Selling Author. This series of podcasts is completely free. They are intended to provide you with the tools you need to live your dreams and experience the abundance you desire right now! “You honour me by listening in to this show and I thank you. Please allow me to serve you better by letting me know your thoughts with ratings and reviews.” - Dan Mangena *PLEASE RATE US AND SHARE* Join me on: Facebook Instagram Twitter Music Credit: "The Dreamer", Common Timestamps of interest: 4:00 - Who is Kim Barker? 7:20 - Training v innate gifts 10:35 - Who are Kim’s guides? 17:30 - Perspective 22:53 - Cultural influences & religion 41:00 - Are humans indigenous to Earth? 54:30 - Kim picks a collective card 1:02:53 - Be an artist

CBD is not just a trend - it’s a movement - and it’s helped the general public see cannabis in a new light. Kim Barker from CKSoul joins to discuss how CBD is changing the medical community and what parents need to know before deciding to use it as medicine.https://cksoul.com/Support the show (https://www.youtube.com/cannabislegalizationnews)

The TRICHOMES Hash it Out podcast features conversations about trending cannabis topics. We also bring in Industry insiders and influencers to discuss their point of view. RJ Balde talked to Kim Barker, CGO at CKSoul, a California-based wellness brand with a focus on supplying premium safe and expertly prepared whole plant cannabis oil, tinctures, and related products. They discuss the unique hurdles of getting a legal, fully regulated and lab tested California certified cannabis product to market. They also talk about how the Coronavirus pandemic presented its own challenges in the middle of her company's rebranding, and much more.

Sherrod and Keren are joined by activist Aaron Carr, New York Times reporter Kim Barker, comedian Richie Redding, and pornstar Venus Lux to have an in depth discussion of housing issues in New York City and how impressively corrupt state politics has become.

The author of 'The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan' reveals everything she's learned on the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

País Estados Unidos Dirección Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Guion Robert Carlock (Autobiografía: Kim Barker) Música Nick Urata Fotografía Xavier Grobet Reparto Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Josh Charles, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfred Molina, Nicholas Braun, Sheila Vand, Christopher Abbott, Stephen Peacocke, Ava Del Cielo, Monique Candelaria, Evan Jonigkeit, Dylan Kenin, Martin Palmer Sinopsis Adaptación de las memorias de Kim Barker, 'The Taliban Shuffle', que cuenta sus primeros años como periodista en Afganistán y Pakistán tras su llegada en 2002, sus experiencias y el desafío enorme que supone ser mujer en tiempos de guerra en esas zonas.

Moana (2016) PG | 1h 47min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 23 November 2016 (USA) In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right. Directors: Ron Clements, Don Hall | 2 more credits » Writers: Jared Bush (screenplay), Ron Clements (story by) Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) R | 1h 52min | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 4 March 2016 (USA) A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Writers: Robert Carlock (screenplay), Kim Barker (based on the book "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan" by) Stars: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman Mystery Men (1999) PG-13 | 2h 1min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy | 6 August 1999 (USA) A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city. Director: Kinka Usher Writers: Neil Cuthbert, Bob Burden (creator: comic book series) Stars: Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy Movie Reviews - http://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com podcasts - http://www.soundcloud.com/diicastdotcom Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/mps5150 Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/diicastdotcom

Moana (2016) PG | 1h 47min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 23 November 2016 (USA) In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right. Directors: Ron Clements, Don Hall | 2 more credits » Writers: Jared Bush (screenplay), Ron Clements (story by) Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) R | 1h 52min | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 4 March 2016 (USA) A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Writers: Robert Carlock (screenplay), Kim Barker (based on the book "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan" by) Stars: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman Mystery Men (1999) PG-13 | 2h 1min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy | 6 August 1999 (USA) A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city. Director: Kinka Usher Writers: Neil Cuthbert, Bob Burden (creator: comic book series) Stars: Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy Movie Reviews - http://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com podcasts - http://www.soundcloud.com/diicastdotcom Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/mps5150 Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/diicastdotcom

We catch up with Christian who auditioned to become a hand model & Shonali who returned from her honeymoon in Peru. Their new segment GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST is now open to audience members.  Please share your rants with us on stage at the next show. We will rap right along with you. Highlights of Ep. 43 include Christian's first time receiving a mani-pedi and Shonali's new fluency in Spanish. WDEK's first guest is journalist, NY Times reporter and author of the Taliban Shuffle, Kim Barker.  Kim shares her need to write a dark comedy about war after being the bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune in South Asia.  The movie version of her book, became Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey.  Kim grew up wanting to be a superhero but settled for being a journalist.  Find out about bruised peaches, her 18 points twitter rant and her love of writing New York stories, "a wonderful big awesome corrupt place." WDEK's long time sound engineer Stephen Kurpis is leaving but not without giving us his famous secret marinara sauce recipe. One secret - do not use Extra Virgin Olive Oil (see below).  Thank you Stephen. Comedian, actress and SNL cast member Sasheer Zamata talks duvets with Christian and Shonali. They are hard work.  Our conversation with Sasheer covers SNL, celebrity, Larry Wilmore's use of the N-word and what it's like to be confused with other funny black women. Also, watch out for Sasheer's mom who may very well become one of the newest cast members of SNL.  Our musical guest is Holly Miranda, also a former Tennessean who was given speech therapy to lose her accent when she moved to Detroit.  Holly who has been playing music since she was 16, very poignantly explains she "had a life" when she took five years off between her latest album and her previous one.  We talk Joshua Tree, Ayahuasca, and song writing. Between Christian, Shonali & Holly they have written at least 3 fan letters - find out to whom by listening to this special episode of We Don't Even Know. What a treat to hear Holly Miranda perform three beautiful songs for us.  We melt.  Please follow us on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook.  We will meet again on Episode 43!

Mark Billingham talks to Samira Ahmed about his latest novel - Die of Shame. Departing from his highly successful DI Tom Thorne novels, this book focuses on a group of recovering addicts who meet each week for their support group, that is, until one of them is murdered. Tate Britain's director, Alex Farquharson, on the Turner Prize shortlist while Rachel Campbell Johnston reviews.As the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announce their 2016-17 season today, their newly appointed music director, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla reveals what she believes is the secret behind the chemistry she and the orchestra immediately shared, and looks ahead to what she intends to programme in the future.And out-going BBC Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall reviews Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey, Martin Freeman and Margot Robbie. The film is based on real life reporter Kim Barker's autobiography.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Elaine Lester.

FACEBOY (Francis Hall) is the host of Art Star Scene Saturday nights at 7 pm. Additionally he is an actor, producer, writer, poet, performer and community activist in New York City. He has a regular article NYCritters running in The Villager and Chelsea Now. MARGEAUX X is a comedian, and is launching her show in Season 3, “Burning Bridges with Margeaux” on Saturdays from 2-4pm. She also hosts a Comedy Show with free booze every Wednesday night 6:30pm at 25 Cleavland Place (The Bitcoin Center) and has an all female comedy show at the Cornelia Street Cafe on April 30th at 7pm ($20) COOPER WILHELM is a writer of poetry and fiction independently and for The Opiate Magazine and Big Words, Etc. He is the creator and curator of poetryandstrangers and is launching his show in Season 3, “Into the Dark” Sundays at 4pm. The Books: “Taken by the T-Rex (Dinosaur Erotica) by Christie Sims and Alara Branwen, “Behold the Man” Michael Moorcock, “Spark Joy” and “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo, “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert, “The Cat Who Came for Christmas” by Cleavland Amory, “The Stranger Beside Me” by Ann Rule, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” by Kim Barker, “This Bird Has Flown” by John Kruth, “Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Suess, “The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister and Alison James, “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein, “Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert, “The Gunslinger” (First book from The Dark Tower Series) by Stephen King, The Music: “The Afterlife” by YACHT and Writing: RENT! Write about the craziest living situation you have experienced. #inkandworm #rfb #3guests #easter #zombiejesus #NYCritters #comedy #femalecomedians #writingsexy #porn #stripclubs #burlesque #familyfriendly #bushwickbookclub #catonahottinroof #mendacity #madcathartic #themackenaw #artstarsceneradio #burningbridgeswithmargeaux #intothedark #mysticism #religion #leaping #expecations #housinginNYC #law #payingrent #foiled #divorce #boozeinUT #liquormeters #alcohol #yoga #fridaynightyogawithmargaritas #yogajos #privateclubsinutah #summitseries #sundance #LAandNYCinSundance #blame #lindsaylohan #therewasnosuzie #mermaid #selkies #charactersbeingyou #itsfiction #killingcharacters #allthecharactersareyou #writingrituals #quittersneverwinbuttheyalsoneverloose #writingdrunk #writingstoned #drugs #substances #microdosing #writinghungover

Jesus, @Thisfunktional of Thisfunktional.com, talks with Kim Barker author of "The Taliban Shuffle," the book which the movie "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is based on.

Hollister & O’Toole, or, in keeping with the title’s NATO Phonetic Alphabet, Hotel & Oscar debate the merits of Tina Fey’s latest offering: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love). Cinematography by Xavier Grobet. Screenplay by Robert Carlock; based on a fictionalized account of Kim Barker’s book "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan”*. Produced by Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels. Also starring Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott, and Billy Bob Thornton. Cameos by Josh Charles (Will lives!) and Cherry Jones. *Though the film is based on Kim Barker’s book, Tina Fey’s character is Kim Baker (without the first “r”). O’Toole swears that at one point in the movie someone addresses Tina Fey as “Tina”. Is O’Toole crazy? (Wait, don’t answer that.)

Kim Barker's true-life story about being a war correspondent in Afghanistan is now the subject of a new movie starring Tina Fey. We talk to her about the good, the bad and the absurd experiences she had overseas and with Hollywood. Plus, some whiskey-themed homework from Amy Stewart.

Welcome to the House of Crouse. The Oscars are finally over so we can move on to other things. This week those things include a chat with The Taliban Shuffle author Kim Barker and A Perfect Day star Benicio Del Toro. Barker's book has been adapted into the new Tina Fey movie Whiskey Tango Foxtrot about her years as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan. Del Toro talks about aid workers in war zones. Come along and join us!

#839 Today we look at the biggest fundamental problem with American politics and a couple of the biggest plans to fix it Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: There is a Rot at the Core of American Democracy! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 04-16-14 Ch. 3: Song 1: Screwed - One Man Riot Ch. 4: Act 2: Nobody Wants You to Be An Activist - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-22-14 Ch. 5: Song 2: Power to the People - Power to the People: The Hits (Deluxe Version) Ch. 6: Act 3: 3 Who’s Buying our Midterm Elections? with Kim Barker and Andy Kroll (Part 1) - @BillMoyersHQ  And Company - Air Date 3-21-14 Ch. 7: Song 3: Buy My Vote - Righteous Ruckus Ch. 8: Act 4: Americans Agree Get Money OUT Of Politics - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-14-14 Ch. 9: Song 4: Truth - Somebody Besides Yourself Ch. 10: Act 5: 3 Who’s Buying our Midterm Elections? with Kim Barker and Andy Kroll (Part 2) - @BillMoyersHQ  And Company - Air Date 3-21-14 Ch. 11: Song 5: No Limit - O.N.I.F.C. (Deluxe Version) Ch. 12: Act 6: MayDay PAC - @MayOneUS - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - The Poet Ch. 14: Act 7: VT Calls Constitutional Convention Over Citizens United - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 05-08-14 Ch. 15: Song 7: The Constitution - Happy Hour Ch. 16: Act 8: Dear Corrupt Politicians: That Sound You Hear Is Us Winning - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-04-14 Voicemails Ch. 17: I got the metaphor right! - Peter from Chicago, IL Ch. 18: Responding to Wade's comments on reparations - Steve from Stockton, CA Ch. 19: A Marine's perspective on the current chaos in Iraq - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 20: Final comments on summer hours and the progress of the fundraiser Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone ACTIVISM: Support MayDay Pac Follow MayDayUS its founder Lawrence Lessig Sources/further reading: "The Launch Of The MayDay Citizens’ SuperPAC” via LessigBlog "Anti-Dark Money Activist Lawrence Lessig Launches A Super PAC To End Super PACs” by Mason Atkins at ThinkProgress "Mayday PAC: The SuperPAC Built to Destroy SuperPACs” via Newsweek "Lawrence Lessig Starts a Super PAC” by Derek Willis at The New York Times "Cronies, corruption and cash: Lawrence Lessig on why we need a super PAC to end all super PACs”by Elias Isquith at Salon   Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!

Edition #839 Disinfecting the rot on American democracy   Today we look at the biggest fundamental problem with American politics and a couple of the biggest plans to fix it Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: There is a Rot at the Core of American Democracy! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 04-16-14 Ch. 3: Song 1: Screwed - One Man Riot Ch. 4: Act 2: Nobody Wants You to Be An Activist - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 03-22-14 Ch. 5: Song 2: Power to the People - Power to the People: The Hits (Deluxe Version) Ch. 6: Act 3: 3 Who’s Buying our Midterm Elections? with Kim Barker and Andy Kroll (Part 1) - @BillMoyersHQ  And Company - Air Date 3-21-14 Ch. 7: Song 3: Buy My Vote - Righteous Ruckus Ch. 8: Act 4: Americans Agree Get Money OUT Of Politics - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-14-14 Ch. 9: Song 4: Truth - Somebody Besides Yourself Ch. 10: Act 5: 3 Who’s Buying our Midterm Elections? with Kim Barker and Andy Kroll (Part 2) - @BillMoyersHQ  And Company - Air Date 3-21-14 Ch. 11: Song 5: No Limit - O.N.I.F.C. (Deluxe Version) Ch. 12: Act 6: MayDay PAC - @MayOneUS - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - The Poet Ch. 14: Act 7: VT Calls Constitutional Convention Over Citizens United - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 05-08-14 Ch. 15: Song 7: The Constitution - Happy Hour Ch. 16: Act 8: Dear Corrupt Politicians: That Sound You Hear Is Us Winning - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-04-14 Voicemails Ch. 17: I got the metaphor right! - Peter from Chicago, IL Ch. 18: Responding to Wade's comments on reparations - Steve from Stockton, CA Ch. 19: A Marine's perspective on the current chaos in Iraq - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 20: Final comments on summer hours and the progress of the fundraiser Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone ACTIVISM: Support MayDay Pac Follow MayDayUS its founder Lawrence Lessig Sources/further reading: "The Launch Of The MayDay Citizens’ SuperPAC” via LessigBlog "Anti-Dark Money Activist Lawrence Lessig Launches A Super PAC To End Super PACs” by Mason Atkins at ThinkProgress "Mayday PAC: The SuperPAC Built to Destroy SuperPACs” via Newsweek "Lawrence Lessig Starts a Super PAC” by Derek Willis at The New York Times "Cronies, corruption and cash: Lawrence Lessig on why we need a super PAC to end all super PACs” by Elias Isquith at Salon   Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!

My next guest has me in awe! Journalist Kim Barker's travels make all of my adventures abroad seem like Travel Lite, & I don't mind telling her, because she's earned every single one of her stories. As the South Asia Bureau Chief for the Chicago Tribune from 2004 to 2009, Kim has covered major stories like the assassination of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, & the rising militancy in both Pakistan & Afghanistan. Kim shared some of her hair-raising tales with me at Hostelling International in New York, & revealed what did...& didn't...make it into her book called, "The Taliban Shuffle." My biggest take-away from Kim's conversation (besides the fact that she's a famously funny & incredibly lovely human being), is that if she could survive living in the Middle East as a single Western woman, then to all my ladies out there, we simply have no more excuses! Don't ever let fear hold you back...unless maybe there's a national revolution going on. I hope Kim's stories were as inspiring to you as they were to me, & if so, then make sure to purchase her book on Amazon, or follow her on Twitter at @Kim_Barker.

For this show, we go on two different journeys across Asia with two restless women bitten by the travel bug. Kim Barker did 'The Taliban Shuffle' as Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent for the Chicago Tribune for eight years from 2001. She lived a high-pressure life chasing suicide bombings and rigged elections. She spoke to Neda Vanovac about bluffing her way through and never losing her fear. Steph Liong brings us the story of Australian writer Carolyn Shine, who thought moving continents would be easier than moving suburbs, and went from Bondi to Vietnam. We also take another peek into the world of the Rereaders, who are talking about the exclusion of indigenous poets in Australian anthologies. Kim Barker, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, published by Scribe Publications, produced by Neda Vanovac. Carolyn Shine, Single White Female in Hanoi, published by Transit Lounge Publishing, prduced by Stephanie Liong. The Rereaders, featuring Sam Twyford-Moore, Rebecca Giggs, and Fiona Wright, produced by Jessica Minshall.

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Season 4 Episode 1 – All About Steve (2009)Exceptionally BadIn an eight letter phrase for “on a planet”, where copy editors are incompetent, and the entire western United States exists in Santa Clarita, California, Mary Horowitz will seek for the answer to 9 down… love!. The guys (Ben, Bracken, Brant, and Nate) are back to start a brand new season with the first of four mini seasons themes. The first season is Romantic Comedies. Is this film Exceptionally Bad or just Bad? This movie stars Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls, Howard Hessman, Keith David, Beth Grant, M.C. Gainey, and Katy Mixon. Follow us on Instagram @ExceptionallyBad and Twitter @XceptionallyBad or email us at theguys@exceptionallybad.com or check out our website at exceptionallybad.comAll About Steve (2009) was Directed by Phil Traill, Produced by Sandra Bullock, Trevor Engelson, Ted Field, Jeffrey Harlacker, Mary McLaglen, and Nick Osborne, and Written by Kim Barker.

Moana (2016) PG | 1h 47min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 23 November 2016 (USA) In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right. Directors: Ron Clements, Don Hall | 2 more credits » Writers: Jared Bush (screenplay), Ron Clements (story by) Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) R | 1h 52min | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 4 March 2016 (USA) A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Writers: Robert Carlock (screenplay), Kim Barker (based on the book "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan" by) Stars: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman Mystery Men (1999) PG-13 | 2h 1min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy | 6 August 1999 (USA) A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city. Director: Kinka Usher Writers: Neil Cuthbert, Bob Burden (creator: comic book series) Stars: Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy Movie Reviews - http://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com