Media Path Podcast

Author Ira Shapiro has captured sixty years of Senate history in his trilogy of books documenting the dangerous decent of what should be our more deliberative, collegial government body. Mr. Shapiro’s most recent installment is The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America. It serves as a call to action. Yes, The Senate’s intransigent refusal to pass legislation that helps Americans is appalling. But what can we, the people, do about? Ira Shapiro has thoughts and ideas.

Plus, Fritz and Weezy are comparing documentaries to their docudrama counterparts and recommending The Staircase on HBO, Gaslit on Starz and Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal on CNN.

Show Notes

Author Ira Shapiro has captured sixty years of Senate history in his trilogy of books documenting the dangerous decent of what should be our more deliberative, collegial government body. Mr. Shapiro’s most recent installment is The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America. It serves as a call to action. Yes, The Senate’s intransigent refusal to pass legislation that helps Americans is appalling. But what can we, the people, do about? Ira Shapiro has thoughts and ideas.

Plus, Fritz and Weezy are comparing documentaries to their docudrama counterparts and recommending The Staircase on HBO and Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal on CNN.

Path Points of Interest:

Ira Shapiro

The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America by Ira Shapiro

The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis

Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country? 

Watergate: Blueprint For a Scandal-CNN

Gaslit - Starz

The Staircase - HBO

The Staircase - Netflix

Grey Gardens Documentary

Grey Gardens Docudrama

An American Family

Cinema Verite  - HBO

Cinema Verite - Amazon

Gift of Democracy. com

What is Media Path Podcast?

Have you ever become obsessed with a topic and taken a deep dive into consuming all you could uncover about it?

Media Path podcast is here to indulge your obsessions. hosted by Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker, the show takes you along on a scenic tour through books, movies, TV, podcasts and music related to a given topic of captivation. We are exploring entertainment, politics, history, true crime, world events and all of their intriguing intersections.

Fritz Coleman is a legendary Los Angeles weatherman/humorist. Louise Palanker is a filmmaker/columnist and co-founder of Premiere Radio.
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