David questions the nobility of Lincoln and the Civil War and then attacks General David Petraeus’ honor, and not because of the adultery. Movie Critic Michael Snyder joins him from Northern California.
Author: Michael Snyder
MICHAEL SNYDER is a journalist, editor, broadcaster, screenwriter, and animation developer who splits his time between Los Angeles and San Francisco. After leaving his longtime position as entertainment critic/nightlife columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle to co-develop the Cinemachine movie-review search engine for Sonicnet/MTV Interactive, he moved from a terrestrial radio gig at KITS-FM to join the on-air team at Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's Sirius/XM Left channel where he reviewed new films and covered pop-culture. Michael now writes monthly film and travel columns for San Francisco's Marina Times, and is host/commentator for the Digidev/YouTube series "Michael Snyder's Culture Blast." He previously served as the editor-in-chief and film reviewer at Bon Voyage – an English-language family-travel magazine published in Brussels, Belgium; as the movie critic for Six Degrees magazine's Miami, Detroit and Atlanta editions; as an editor and writer at Gracenote, Inc., on the company's DVD database project; and as a consultant for the music-oriented online community MOG.com. Currently consulting on film and TV projects in Hollywood, he was part of the creative team that developed the CW network's cartoon series "Eon Kid.” Michael has done television series development for WildBrain Animation, Wild Hare Studios, Storytime Pictures and Alligator Planet. He co-authored the scenario to the ballet "Lear" -- featuring a score composed by former Police drummer Stewart Copeland -- for the San Francisco Ballet. Michael also co-wrote songs for the legendary theatrical rock band the Tubes, including the top-40 hit "Tip of My Tongue" and the Halloween perennial "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman." In addition, Michael was the movie reviewer for Knight Ridder's Street Miami weekly; editor-at-large for the ground-breaking online music publication Addicted to Noise; on-air commentator over CNET Radio; nightlife editor for San Francisco Focus magazine; and contributing writer for San Francisco magazine. Plus, he has written for such publications as Salon, GEO, High Times, Creem, and the British pop-music weekly New Musical Express.
Daddy Keep Me Safe
Foreign Affairs, Guns, Movies and David’s Son. With Movie Critic Michael Snyder.
All Politics Is Local
Howie Leib is running for state senate in New York. He tells us what it’s like running as a progressive liberal in upstate New York. Plus movies with critic Michael Snyder.
Romney’s Weak
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The Interviews Unedited Part One
Our talks with Salon’s Alex Seitz-Wald and Film Critic Michael Snyder were cut down for the radio show. Here they are in their entirety.
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Does Mika Brzezinski beat her two daughters? Immigration and other stuff with Eddie Pepitone, Paul Dooley, Frank Conniff, Kevin Rooney, Will Ryan, and Stefane Zamorano.