The Edge with Mark Thompson

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Mark and Friends..On the Dems COVID Convention and a Bombshell Story Barely Getting Air Aug 23, 2020

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Mark Thompson welcomes back comedian and documentary filmmaker, J. Elvis Weinstein, and the two speak with political analyst, Michael Shure about the Democratic National Convention.

Then, after Michael, award winning former journalist and media executive, Joe Ferullo, joins the two and talks about how the use of media in this time of COVID-19 transformed essential media aspects of that convention.

Lastly, why one of the biggest stories of the week involving Russian collusion and corruption is getting so little play.

00:00-01:25 Mark hello

01:25-16:46 Michael Shure

16:46-34:16 Joe Ferullo

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FOR TRUMP IT'S THE PLAYBOOK HE USED AT TRUMP UNIVERSITY..FEATURING WASH POST'S DAVID FAHRENTHOLD..THEN, PROFESSOR EDWARD GOLDBERG ON HOW NATIONALIST TRADE POLICIES ARE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY Aug 09, 2020

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When it comes to Trump, it's all about money and The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold is one of our favorites when it comes to covering the part of the Trump administration that connects to money.

David joins Mark to talk about the strategies that Trump has used on the media and the country and how they reflect those he used at what turned out to be the fraud that was Trump University.

You can read the David Fahrenthold article that Mark talks about here

Professor Edward Goldberg joins Mark for the second half of the show.

He says our nationalist trade policies are destroying the country and the pandemic has only hastened those realities.

His book is Why Globalization Works For Amberica: How Nationalist Trade Policies Are Destroying Our Country

:02:-24 David Fahrenthold

:24-:59 Professor Edward Goldberg

THE OUTPOST Director, Rod Lurie, on Afghanistan and Telling a True Story Jul 10, 2020

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Director, writer and producer Rod Lurie is getting terrific reviews for his film, THE OUTPOST, which tells the true story of an attack on an American outpost in Afghanistan.

This film is not pro-war or anti-war and doesn't have a political slant one way or another but does provide the viewer with an immersive, riveting experience.

Mark talks with Rod about shooting this movie which feels all too real and how, several times, the movie almost didn't happen or was derailed.

It's Rod and Mark for the entire episode.

:00-01:30 Mark welcome

1:30-47:00 Mark and Rod

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.Jimmy Dore Has His Blowtorch on High...Nothing in the Political System Is Spared Jun 28, 2020

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As political awareness and participation increases, Jimmy Dore is at the center of a lot of the action.

Jimmy is a political activist and comic with a formidable following.

Jimmy Dore joins Mark for the entire episode.

:00-01:30 Mark hello

01:30-53:00 Jimmy Dore and Mark T

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The Naked Truth About the COVID Bailout with Journalist David Dayen and Michael Shure on This Moment in American History Jun 14, 2020

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The bailout/rescue package that's poured trillions of dollars into the American economy has done so in a very specific way. The corporate money grab is beyond anything most Americans would imagine.

The remarkable truths about the bailout are revealed by guest, David Dayen, from The American Prospect.

Here's a link to David's article at prospect.org

Michael Shure kicks us off the episode with the politics and realities of life in America as COVID-19 lockdowns and Black Lives Matter unrest meet and produce uncomfortable realities in America.

00-02:00 Mark intro

2:00-29:00 Michael Shure

29:00-1:01:00 Journalist David Dayen

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Eddie Pepitone on Comedy During Covid19...And Michael Shure on Election Politics and Flipping Seats Jun 03, 2020

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Comedian Eddie Pepitone has been the subject of documentaries and has made his way through the comedy scene as both enormously popular with audiences and "a comic's comic".

What's it like to see the live comedy scene shut down because of COVID19? How does the comedy scene still flourish during this time of unprecedented obstacles?

Eddie joins J Elvis Weinstein for the conversation.

First, Michael Shure talks key political races and election politics.

The guys also remember performances from Al Pacino and the TV series, Emergency.

00-06:30 Mark on U.S. rioting

7:00-30:30 Michael Shure politics

30:30-1:08:30 Comedian Eddie Pepitone

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Dateline's Josh Mankiewicz Talks About His #1 Podcast and All Things Mankiewicz May 17, 2020

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Josh Mankiewicz from Dateline NBC has the number one podcast in America right now. It's called, MOTIVE FOR MURDER. He takes us through some of the beats of the podcast.

He talks with longtime friend, Mark Thompson, and comedian/documentary filmmaker, J.Elvis Weinstein about life as a Mankiewicz (his grandfather wrote Citizen Kane and his family is something of show business and Washington political royalty).

Finally, culture blaster, Michael Snyder (culture critic for Marina Times and writer of Coastal Commuter Column) reviews entertainment picks and kicks it around with Mark and J. Elvis.

00:00-08:15 Mark and J Elvis welcome

08:15-1:01:24 Josh Maniewcz

1:01:24-1:18:46 Culture Blaster, Critic Michael Snyder

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Biden Has Challenges..What's His Best Strategy? Featuring Political Analyst Michael Shure and Comic J Elvis Weinstein May 04, 2020

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In an election season marked by new challenges created by COVID-19, Joe Biden has a challenge not unfamiliar to some high profile men: An accusation of sexual assault.

How to appropriately engage on this issue and how to campaign during a presidential election season that is unlike any other.

Political analyst Michael Shure joins Mark Thompson and J. Elvis Weinstein for the conversation.

:00-33:20 Mark, J Elvis and Michael Shure

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Story of catching COVID19 in NYC during the earliest days of the virus..Also J Elvis Weinstein is Tormented by a New Mark Discovery Apr 29, 2020

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Our guest, Dan Gerstein, contracted COVID-19 but added several societal layers. Starting with his wife whose family was enduring the brunt of it in her home, Italy.

He wrote about it in his NY Daily News article

He talks with Mark Thompson and J Elvis Weinstein about the entire experience of the earlier days of the COVID-19 outbreak in NYC.

First, Mark torments J Elvis with his new "toy" and the two review the world of presidential corona virus briefings and the magic of Huell Howser

00-2:30 Intro

2:45- 30:40 J Elvis Weinstein

31:00- 1:01:50 Dan Gerstein on COVID19 in his life

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COVID19 Talk + TWO PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS: DAVID CAY JOHNSTON AND PHILIP RUCKER Mar 24, 2020

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Mark Thompson and J Elvis Weinstein discuss life as shut-ins and some of the news around the Covid-19 outbreak.

Then, Pulitzer Prize winner and investigative journalist, David Cay Johnston on the world of Trump and money in politics.

David's website is DCreport.org

Then, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist for the Washington Post, Phillip Rucker, on his new book, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J Trump's Testing of America

:00-1:30 Mark intro

1:30-23:00 Mark and J Elvis Weinstein talk life under COVID19

23:00- 1:04:45 David Cay Johnston joins Mark and J.Elvis

1:04:45-1:41:30 Washington Post journalist, Phillip Rucker

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