Today KRUU radio presents the debut show of POLITICKIN with ARI BERMAN.

This half-hour program will focus on political events and news out of the nations's capitol and will be broadcast Mondays at 1pm.

Ari Berman, based in Washington, DC, is a contributing writer for The Nation, a contributor to The Notion and a Puffin Foundation writing fellow at The Nation Institute.

Today's topics will include Congressional votes on Iraq, immigration compromise, and the significance of the leaked memo advising Hillary Clinton to skip campaigning rigorously in Iowa.

Speaking Freely's Dennis Raimondi and Planet Erstwild's James Moore will also participate in the weekly discussions.

Berman's latest piece for The Nation is entitled Hillary Inc in the June 4th issue. 

The program will be rebroadcast on Wednesday at 7am.  

Link to NY Times' story on leaked Clinton Iowa memo.

Link to Bloomberg news follow-up on Clinton campaign advisor Mark Penn.