Apr 29 Watch The Doubleheader: Oil Subsidies, Town Halls, Drafts and Playoffs Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss oil, budgets, NFL, and NBA with Hari Sreenivasan. Continue watching
Apr 22 Shields and Brooks on Debt Ceilings, Dodgers Takeover and NHL Playoffs By Hari Sreenivasan In this week's Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, we discussed how the arguments over the U.S. debt ceiling don't seem to be disappearing. While Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has made… Continue reading
Mar 18 Shields and Brooks on Afghan War, March Madness and Social Animals By Hari Sreenivasan Our serious business this week had our wonder twins (aka syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks) discussing a proposal from Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan. For the first time,… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Live: The Doubleheader with Shields and Brooks By Hari Sreenivasan Watch live as Hari Sreenivasan talks to syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks about the week in politics and the politics of sport in their Doubleheader feature on the Rundown: Free live streaming… Continue reading
Feb 25 The Doubleheader: Walker’s Prank Call, Government Shutdown Prospects and Basketball’s Carmelo Anthony By Quinn Bowman, Hari Sreenivasan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRSN7io1hs] The Doubleheader is back this week, and Mark Shields and David Brooks tackle Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's phone call with a blogger who pretended to be billionaire and conservative financier David Koch. Mark and David were at… Continue reading
Feb 18 The Doubleheader: Medicaid Shortfalls, Public Unions and Spring Training By Hari Sreenivasan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYD7FGIDL0] It's always a pleasure to have the boys of spring and summer -- syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks -- back in action together. In this week's Doubleheader, we discuss the massive… Continue reading
Feb 04 The Doubleheader: David Brooks Responds to Reddit Questions By Hari Sreenivasan We run a tight ship here in public media land, but nevertheless Mark Shields was late to the party Friday. He missed the bus or boat or whatever, but New York Times columnist David Brooks fielded questions by himself… Continue reading
Jan 28 The Doubleheader With Shields and Brooks: Egypt, SOTU and Reddit By Hari Sreenivasan We're back. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmCgN00F_JY] It's 2011, and we're bringing our brand of political flavor to new audiences around the globe. Unfortunately tonight, many of our Doubleheader devotees in Egypt will not be seeing our work. President Obama called for Egypt… Continue reading
Dec 17 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Tax Cuts, UConn Basketball Streak By Hari Sreenivasan In this edition of The Doubleheader, we talk a bit about the grand compromise struck during the lame-duck session of Congress to extend tax cuts enacted under President Bush plus unemployment benefits. We also explore possible reasons why the… Continue reading
Nov 12 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Taxes, Palin and Cowboys Coaching By Hari Sreenivasan In this week's Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, topic No. 1 was the expiring Bush-era tax cuts and what will happen during the lame-duck session of Congress. Both predicted that the cuts… Continue reading