October 5 2008

Broadcast Date: 
Oct 5 2008

Journalist and former Goldman Sachs exec Nomi Prins on the financial crisis and the bailout; composer Gabriel Kahane on his new album; and Mik Moore on his campaign to get out the Jewish senior vote for Obama:The Great Schlep.

Episode segments
  • Financial Meltdown
    National Politics, Domestic Policy
    Nomi Prins is a journalist and Senior Fellow at Demos.  She is the other of Other People's Money: The Corporate Mugging of America and Jacked: How "Conservatives are Picking Your Pocket." Before becoming a journalist, Nomi worked on Wall Street as a managing director at Goldman Sachs and in London for Bear Stearns.
    Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark and Alisa Solomon

    Nomi Prins tells us what progressives need to know to understand Congress's bailout legislation: who benefits? who loses? And is there anything further we can do about it?

  • The Music of Gabriel Kahane
    Music, Arts & Culture
    Gabriel Kahane is a singer, composer and pianist, whose music blends pop, jazz and classical forms in surprising and delightful ways. 
    Alisa Solomon

    We talk with Gabriel Kahane about his current and future work and play some cuts from his new CD.

  • The Great Schlep
    National Politics, Electoral
    Mik Moore is the co-Executive Director (with Ari Wallach) of Jews Vote.org.  He is currently on leave from Jewish Funds for Justice, where he serves as Chief Communications Officer.
    Esther Kaplan

    The Great Schlep, a project of JewsVote.org, aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida to convince them to vote for Obama.