Philippa Thomas of the BBC's World News visits New Capital Show and co-hosts a show with Leo.  Covering global affairs, American politics, economics, and journalism, Leo and Philippa trade ideas and opinions and take your calls.  Leo insists that everyone read Michael Lewis' dark piece The End of Wall Street, a copy of which is provided below.

READ: The End by Michael Lewis

LISTEN: New Capital Show (November 13, 2008)

Problems with KPFT's recording facilities have left our podcast oddly silent.  While we work to get the podcast going again, have a read of Leo's latest monologue.

READ: Leo's monologue Out of the Kitchen, Into the (White) House

On the Jewish Day of Atonement, Leo outlines what needs to be done - better investment - and Tony Cox, Garth Jowett, Bob Wilkerson and Danny Schecter start out the show while Leo hustles back from Yom Kippur services with his kids.

READ: Leo's monologue Atonement and Return

LISTEN: New Capital Show (October 9, 2008)

This week Leo addresses the financial crisis head on, and we take your calls.

LISTEN: New Capital Show (October 2, 2008)

We're back on air two weeks after Hurricane Ike knocked KPFT off and Hurricane Lehman Brothers knocked the world of money off.  Leo and George Reiter of KPFT's Thresholds show join together to host a 2 hour special edition focusing on the Financial Crisis!  Tom Palley calls in for some incisive comments, we take your calls, and we try to make sense out of the Bush Administration's proposed $700 billion bailout of mortgages gone bad.

(REPLAY NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME...KPFT RECORDING SERVER APPEARS TO BE DOWN...PLEASE BEAR WITH)

In an effort to combat accusations of lack of experience, VP nominee Sarah Palin took some swings at the concept of Community Organizer in her speech at the Republican Convention.  In the meantime, poetic justice chimed in as the Houston City Council voted on the ordinance to set aside $1 million of revenue from the sale of recycled commodities as a dedicated annual fund that can be used for a pilot program and a recycling education and outreach effort; a result, we believe, born out of an Organized Community speaking their voice.  Leo tries to hold the line as a neutral moderator regarding the Republican Convention, updates us on the breaking progress of the recycling effort, and takes your calls.

READ: Houston Chronicle Article
LISTEN: KUHF Houston Expands Recycling Budget
LISTEN: KUHF State Requires Computer Recycling

LISTEN: New Capital Show (September 4, 2008)

Leo, on the day of Barack Obama's acceptance speech, turns his attention to Obama's economic positions with focus on David Leonhardt's NYT article on the subject.  Also, Leo points out that corporate America is sitting on a $1 trillion cash pile with scant imminent intention to invest it.  Caller Toni says she's liberal but intends to vote for McCain because she "doesn't know who Obama is" and Leo directs her to Project Votesmart to find out.  And we take your calls.

READ: Obama's Economics
VISIT: Project Votesmart

LISTEN: New Capital Show (August 28, 2008)

This Thursday August 21 at 7 pm join us for what promises to be an informative evening of multimedia and discussion about the economic and fiscal challenges and problems facing America. First at 7pm, the producers of Wordplay and the studio that brought you Supersize Me present a new documentary IOUSA; then a live national broadcast discussion with Warren Buffett and other prominent observers. 

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LISTEN: New Capital Show (August 21, 2008)

There are rumors of a revitalized Democratic Party in Texas, led by changes in its major urban areas.  On today's show, Geoff Berg guest hosts political scientist Dick Murray, Court Koenning, Harris County Republican Party and Garnet Coleman, Democratic Texas Representative to see if there's any truth to the rumors.

READ: The Nation Democrats Stage a Revival in Texas
READ: WSJ The New Southern Strategy
LINK: Dr. Richard Murray's blog

LISTEN: New Capital Show (August 7, 2008)

Geoff Berg guest hosts, as Leo manages to call in and help interview Mayor Bill White of Houston on the topic of Recycling in our city.  Later in the show, Lisa Skumatz, CEO of SERA inc. and Tex Corley, CEO of Strategic Materials, the nation's largest pure-play glass recycler, join Geoff and Leo to discuss what it's going to take to get the City of Houston turned around on the issue of recycling.

VISIT: Mayor Bill White's Website
VISIT: Lisa Skumatz SERA Inc.
VISIT: Lisa Skumatz  Pay As You Throw Program
VISIT: Tex Corley Strategic Materials

VISIT: New Capital Show Actions Web Page

LISTEN: New Capital Show (July 31, 2008)