Pundit Review Radio

South Boston legend, Marine and Vietnam war hero Tom Lyons joined us on Pundit Review Radio to give us a preview of The Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s annual convention which will be held in Boston from September 26th through October 1st, 2006. The Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, will be in attendance, along with 78 out of the 111 living recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. 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. Called “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

Tom Bevan from Real Clear Politics joined us last evening on Pundit Review Radio to discuss Bill Clinton’s meltdown on Fox News, the 2006 midterms, the contenders for 2008, and the impact of Tony Snow on the Presidents improving poll numbers. What is Pundit Review Radio? Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin & Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

Sunday night on Pundit Review Radio we discussed The Pope’s comments about Islam, and his unfortunate, furious backpeddling. What a shame. One ounce of moral clarity, and then he cowered in fear at his alleged insult to Islam. Sad. As they threaten to kill him, demand that he convert to Islam, they are doing nothing but proving his point. He should say so. We also discussed Victor Davis Hanson’s article on the situation in which he said, "And what are we to make of poor Benedict XVI, the scholastic, who, in a disastrous display of public sensitivity, makes the telling point, that Christianity, in its long evolution to the present, has learned to forsake violence, and to defend its faith through appeals to reason—and thus can offer its own experience in the current crisis of Islam. And by quoting from the emperor rhetorician Manuel Paleologus—whose desperate efforts at strengthening the Morea and the Isthmus at Corinth a generation before that awful Tuesday, May 29, 1453 all came to naught—the Pope faile

It was our great pleasure to welcome James Hanson, aka Uncle Jimbo from Blackfive, to Pundit Review Radio last night. A retired Special Operations Master Sergeant, Uncle Jimbo is now focused on writing about the military, politics, intelligence operations and foreign policy. We discussed his post on Colin Powell, the debate over treatment of enemy combatants and also the Pope’s comments about Islam. It was great fun to speak with Uncle Jimbo, and we look forward to having him back on the show. 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 “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.

When Matt from Blackfive joins us for Someone You Should Know every weekend, he often get his information from small town newspapers and military sources like Stars & Stripes and Army Times. We often criticize the MSM for not telling these stories, so finally, we have an opportunity to say “job well done” to the Washington Post. Tonight Matt told us about three special men, Lt. Michael P. Murphy, Navy SEAL Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew G. Axelson and Petty Officer 2nd Class Danny P. Dietz. The Washington Post told their story earlier this week, 2 SEALs Receive Navy Cross Pair Died Fighting Taliban in Afghanistan The perilous firefight erupted at 10,000 feet in some of the world’s most rugged terrain along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, when the SEAL team probed deep into enemy territory on a clandestine mission to kill or capture a Taliban militia leader. By nightfall that day, three of the SEALs lay dead, along with eight other SEALs and eight Army Special Operations aviators whose MH-47 Chi

It was our honor to welcome back Powerline’s Scott Johnson for his third appearance on Pundit Review Radio last evening. Scott was one of our first guests when we launched the show, he was one of the first members of the new media that we invited on when we landed the show at WRKO and it was great fun to have him back once again. We discussed the political landscape since September 11, how we went from unified to bitterly divided. 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 “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.

Pundit Review Radio Recalls The Events of September 11, 2001 Our great producer Rob compiled sound clips from 911 phone calls, from NORAD air traffiic controllers and from flight attendents on Flight 11. It is tough to listen to but important to remember. 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. Called “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

There will be a lot of thoughtful posts in the blogosphere about the seventh anniversary of September 11. Here, I want to tell just one story of a man who we got to know thanks to Matt Burden and his Someone You Should Know series at Blackfive. Here is Matt’s tribute to Rick Rescorla, "Rick was a British (Cypress and Rhodesia) and American (Viet Nam) war hero. He retired as a Colonel in 1990. Decades later, after 9/11, I had no idea that Rescorla had everything to do with denying Al Qaeda a huge victory. I wasn’t surprised that Rick had saved 2,700 people that day, and then paid the price with his life when he went back into the tower for stragglers. He knew, KNEW, it was coming down. And he went anyway… Tenacious, strong, and leading all the way to the end."

Pat Buchanan joined us this week on Pundit Review Radio to discuss his #1 best seller State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America 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 “Groundbreaking”by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’ Talk Leader.

Our friend Matt Burden from Blackfive joined us on Pundit Review Radio to talk about his outstanding new book Blog of War: Frontline dispatches from Iraq and Afghanistan 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 “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.

Matt from the #1 milblog Blackfive joined us for our weekly collaboration to bring the inspirational, true stories of the men and women that are fighting for us around the world to the radio. This week we heard the jaw-dropping story Lieutenant Neil Prakash 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 “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.

The Futurist by James P. Othmer has been named the top novel of 2006 by Amazon.com. We loved the book, so we invited Mr. Othmer on the show to discuss this wicked satire of American business and culture. Here is what the critics had to say about The Futurist, “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 An indication of what a great writer James is, he was invited by the New York Times to write a column for the September 11 edition, and he gave us a preview of that as well. What is Pundit Review Radio? Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. E

It was our great privilege to welcome back to Pundit Review Radio, one of America’s great historians and political analysts, Professor Victor Davis Hanson. Professor Hanson is a Sr. Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute, as well as a nationally syndicated columnist. We discussed the war on terror generally, and specifically, his most recent column titled Mr. Bush’s Communication Problem 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 “Groundbreaking”by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’ Talk Leader.

Matt from Blackfive joined us once again at 9pm for Someone You Should Know, our weekly collaboration to bring the inspirational, true stories of the men and women that are fighting for us around the world to the radio. This week we heard the story of the 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 1st Recon Battalion. Specifically, we heard about the incredible heroics of Marine Captain Brent Morel, Marine Sergeant James Eddie Wright, Staff Sgt. Eric Hooker and Marine Sgt. Willie L. Copeland. What is Pundit Review Radio? Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin & Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening at 8pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.

Matt from Blackfive joined us for an extended session last evening so we could discuss some of the great coverage on his milblog this past week. We talked about some new developments in the Haditha massacre story which call into question Jack Murtha’s initial statements. Matt also helped us understand the real story of the call up of Marines this past week, and showed us how it was spun by the media. What is Pundit Review Radio? Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin & Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening at 8pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.

Matt from the #1 milblog Blackfive joined us for our weekly collaboration to bring the inspirational, true stories of the men and women that are fighting for us around the world to the radio. This week we heard the story of two Green Beret's who were awarded Silver Stars for their bravery under fire in Iraq. They are Sgt 1st Class Danny Hall and Master Sgt. Robert Collins What is Pundit Review Radio? Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin & Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

Last night we filled in for weeknight host Todd Feinberg and had the distinct honor of speaking with one of America's leading political analysts, Mr. Michael Barone. We discussed his new book, The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again We also asked him about the impact of blogs. he had some really insightful and funny things to say. He talked about the differences between the left and right blogosphere, how he feels like he doesn't miss much if he goes a day without reading the Washington Post, but a day without Instapundit, well, he could really be missing out on something important. And the icing on the cake, he also took some shots at Maureen Dowd. What is Pundit Review Radio? Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin & Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday e

Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, author of the great new book Never Quit The Fight, has just returned from the Israel-Lebanon border and what he told us last night is not good news for the Israelis. Ralph described the IDF being plagued by poor leadership, corruption and indecision. Ralph said flatly that this is a huge victory for the Hezbollah. We took some calls from the great listeners at WRKO, including Jay Tea from Wizbang, who got the ball rolling with a couple of very good questions. Thanks for listening Jay Tea! To listen to Ralph Peters previous apperarences on Pundit Review, click here and here. 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 “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.

Matt from the #1 milblog Blackfive joined us for our weekly collaboration to bring the inspirational, true stories of the men and women that are fighting for us around the world to the radio. This week we heard the story of Navy Seal Mark Allen Lee. What is Pundit Review Radio? Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin & Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

Last evening on Pundit Review it was our pleasure to speak with a remarkable young man, Dylan DeSilva. Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops is a non-profit organization started by then-12 year old Dylan. He wanted to find a way to honor our soldiers for their service, dedication and sacrifices to our country. With the help of his family and friends he sends care packages to our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan on a weekly basis. Dylan's organization is holding a Support The Troops rally this coming Sunday, August 20th from 2-5PM at Eldredge Park in Orleans, MA. About 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. Called “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening at 8pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.