Left, Right & Center
| Genre | Talk show |
|---|---|
| Running time | approx. 60 min. |
| Country of origin | US |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | KCRW |
| Syndicates | KCRW |
| Hosted by |
Josh Barro Rich Lowry Katrina vanden Heuvel |
| Recording studio | Santa Monica, California |
| Audio format | Stereophonic |
| Website | Official website |
| Podcast | Podcast |
Left, Right, & Center is a weekly hour-long public radio program that provides a "civilized yet provocative antidote to the screaming talking heads that dominate political debate".[1] The program is also distributed as a political podcast.[2] The show's regular co-hosts are the following:[1]
- Josh Barro, senior editor at Business Insider, represents the center, and is the moderator.[3] Until January 2015, Matthew Miller, senior fellow at the progressive Center for American Progress represented the center as moderator.[4]
- Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, represents the right. Until his death in 2012, Tony Blankley, editorial page editor of The Washington Times represented the right.
- Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of the liberal / progressive magazine The Nation represents the left. This role was formerly filled by Robert Scheer.
- Formerly, Arianna Huffington was also a regular member of the panel.[5]
After Blankley's death, various conservative writers and pundits have appeared as guests to represent a conservative viewpoint. Conservative columnist David Frum has made numerous appearances to fill this role,[6] and Rich Lowry from the conservative National Review is now billed as co-host on the right.
The show is recorded each Friday, produced by KCRW in Santa Monica, California[1] by Laura Dine Million, although hosts typically contribute over ISDN telephone lines from wherever they happen to be.
After covering the week's events and speaking to invited guests about other topics of interest, each host gets a short period of time to "rant" about whatever they like without fear of rebuttal.
Effective with the broadcast of Friday, July 7, 2017, the show expanded from a half-hour to a full hour.
Coincident with that expansion, the show's long-time theme music - "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - was replaced by a new instrumental theme.
References
- 1 2 3 "Left, Right & Center". Official web site. KCRW. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ↑ ANNIE GABILLET (June 15, 2016). "8 Podcasts That Make It Easy to Be Smart". PopSugar.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
...NPR Politics: NPR Politics features off-the-cuff discussions among NPR's political reporters ...
- ↑ NSA Immigration and Nice Nails
- ↑ American Progress
- ↑ "Arianna Huffington". kcrw.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Truthdig – Tag – David Frum". Truthdig. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
External links
- Left, Right & Center Official web site.
- Disqus - KCRW Left, Right & Center Official discussion site.
- Truthdig Official web site.