[Note: This is a previously posted interview. At the time it ran I don’t think it got the readership it deserved and it can be read in a new light now that Alabama has passed some ridiculously strict illegal immigration legislation.] For this interview I sat down and talked with a member of one of…
Category: Interviews with the Invisible
Interviews with the Invisible: The Laid-Off Teacher
Today I talk to a good friend–Chad Oliver–and good teacher who lost his job last month due to teacher layoffs. We talk about the changes facing education, what role tax cuts play in government layoffs, and just how hard it is to be a teacher with all these new attacks taking place. 1. Hi Chad,…
Interviews with the Invisible: One of The Beer Party Leaders
I’m a little star struck today, as I interview something of a rockstar in the liberal movement. Today’s interview is Todd Farally, one of the leaders of The Beer Party, the razor sharp opposition to the loathsome Tea Party. If you haven’t checked out their facebook page, twitter feed, and official site, do yourself a…
Interviews with the Invisible: Reader Responses
Continuing last week where I answered questions from past interviewees, I’m answering questions from any reader who sent one in…so… The Gurette asks “What sources do you use when writing an article?” Brody: That’s a good one because it varies. I try not to use solely liberal sources, but that becomes harder when the Nightly…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Narcissistic Website Runner
Today’s interview guest is me. Now since I own, operate, and regularly shoot my mouth off on a political website I might not be a great candidate for “invisible” status. However, I’ve had the privilege to interview almost a dozen great people since the site got started, and today I open it up for them…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Tornado Survivor
Today we’re going to be talking with a recent survivor of the tornadoes that ripped through the state of Alabama, Brett Hamock, a Tuscaloosa based lawyer with Hamock & Ellenberg. We’re going to talk about the realities of owning your own business, Alabama’s business laws, life post-tornado, and if Obama did a good job with…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Veteran Teacher
Today we’re joined by a teacher who’s been teaching 35 years for all different grades. We’re going to discuss the radical changes taking place across the country, why teachers are being targeted, how much things have changed since she first started, and if any of it is worth it. Oh yeah, and she’s my mom….
Interviews with the Invisible: The Illegal Immigrant
For this interview I sat down and talked with a member of one of the most invisible groups in the USA: illegal immigrants. For obvious reasons I agreed to call him Juan Doe instead of his real name, and wrote notes for this interview (instead of using AOL Messenger, facebook, or audio like I have…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Obama Defender
Today I sit down with Alabama Liberal’s first female interview subject (Adrienne Lieu, a student going into physical therapy and a great role model for young black women) to discuss Obama’s presidency so far, why people might be losing their minds over his election, and if the healthcare law discourages her from entering the medical…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Pollster
Today I interview a Democrat political pollster named Jeffrey Ioimo, an all around sharp guy and former President of the Auburn Democrats. I think pollster is the ultimate misunderstood profession, so he offers up a defense of that, but first we talk Tea Party, unions, and Democrat strategy heading into 2012 1. Hi Jeff, it’s…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Ivory Coast Businessman
Today the site proudly goes international with an interview of a businessman from the Ivory Coast. Wilfried Kohou is a young self made businessman from the Ivory Coast who has dropped by tell us about the upheaval his country is going through (they currently have two Presidents as the old one who lost re-elections refuses…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Newspaper Reporter
Today I interview Cliff McCollum, the former head of the Auburn College Democrats and all around sharp guy who is now a part of the ultimate shrinking, invisible profession: he’s a newspaper reporter. I sat down to talk with him about the state of newspapers, if reality TV’s “Anybody can be a star” mentality has…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Liberal Preacher
Today I talk to a seminary student and sure to be amazing Reverend named Nick Melton that is a little left of center in his political views. If I oversimplified it by calling him liberal I apologize to him, but I didn’t think “A little left of center in his political views preacher” quite had…