Comics Jim David and LIAM McENEANEY. Jim David’s latest CD is called “Hard To Swallow.” Jim has appeared on many television comedy shows, most notably Comedy Central Presents Jim David where he became the first openly gay man to have his own special on the network, and a two-year stint on Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. David also appeared on many television shows as a comedian or commentator, among them Gotham Comedy Live, Comedy Central’s Out On the Edge, Comic Cabana, USO Comedy Tour, Comic Remix and Friars’ Club Roast of Rob Reiner, Bravo’s Queer Eye For The Straight Guy and Greatest Things About Being…, ABC’s The View, A&E’s Caroline’s Comedy Hour and An Evening at the Improv, Current TV’s “Viewpoint” and HLN’s The Joy Behar Show. Jim David has also been a contributing writer to The Advocate, New York Blade, and US Weekly. Today’s show is sponsored by Casper Mattress.
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Iceberg Slim
Justin Gifford is the author of “Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim.” On today’s show we learn about Robert Beck AKA Iceberg Slim whose “Pimp” sold more copies than any other book written by an African American author. Written in 1967, “Pimp” has played a major role in the shaping of gangsta rap as well as actual pimping.
John Perkins/Damon Gameau
Confessions of An Economic Hit Man Author JOHN PERKINS talks Obama, Hillary and Bernie Sanders. Director and Star of That Sugar Film, DAMON GAMEAU, talks about his new documentary on the poison that is SUGAR. For more information on all our guests please go to www.davidfeldmanshow.com and become a member. JOHN PERKINS is an American author. His best known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004), in which Perkins claims to have played a role in an alleged process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government. His other books include Hoodwinked and The Secret History of The American Empire. DAMON GAMEAU is an Australian television and film actor who is the director of, and lead role in That Sugar Film. Damon also appeared in the Australian series Love My Way, the 2002 Australian film The Tracker, and in a small role in the US series How I Met Your Mother.
Fred Stoller’s Latest Project
Plus Ethel & Julius Rosenberg’s youngest son joins us with new evidence that suggests his mother was wrongly convicted and executed. Robert Meeropol (born Robert Rosenberg in 1947) is the younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Meeropol was born in New York City. His father Julius was an electrical engineer and a member of the Communist Party. His mother Ethel (née Greenglass), a union organizer, was also active in the Communist Party. In 1953, when Robert was six years old, his parents were convicted and executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, and specifically for passing secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. Fred Stoller is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, writer, and voice artist. He is best known for portraying Gerard on Everybody Loves Raymond. He is also the voice of Stanley in the Open Season franchise, and Rusty the monkey wrench in the Disney Jr’s Handy Manny. His new show on iTunes is The Mild Adventures of Fred Stoller. Become a member of the David Feldman Show.
Kurt Metzger
Kurt Metzger has written for Chappelle’s Show and currently writes for Inside Amy Schumer. He also hosts Race Wars on SiriusXM, and is a nationally known headline comedian whose stand-up act was featured on Comedy Central Presents in 2009, and his hour-long stage act titled “Kurt Metzger Talks to Young People About Sex” was released digitally on Comedy Central Records in 2011. He provides the voice of Randall Skeffington in Comedy Central’s animated series Ugly Americans. FOR PREMIUM CONTENT please go here for an additional 30 minutes of Kurt Metzger.
Ralph Nader Radio Hour: Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Alyssa Katz
Ralph talks to old pal Dr. Sid Wolfe about the prescription drugs you should immediately stop taking and how Medicare Plan D has been paying needlessly high prices for the drugs you should be taking. We also hear from journalist and author Alyssa Katz about the US Chamber of Commerce’s perverse idea of patriotism.