Defense attorney Chris Fabricant talks about his book, "Busted! Drug War Survival Skills", the war on drugs, and lessons learned from working cases in the Bronx. Less

On this Saturday edition of The Lost Vidcast: We get the first part of EW’s Show Runners Panel. Featuring Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Be sure to try out our new Wizzard media player. Its a little buggy since its in pre-beta, but I kind of like it so far. Let me know what you think Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Vidcast: Ep. 3.4 “EW Show-runners Panel Part 1″.m4v Less

Get Lost Podcast: In this episode, we we reveal our Season 4 awards in what we're calling our first annual "Glosties". Let us know what you think of our award winners. Were we right? Were we wrong? Do you have an idea for a great award? Leave us feedback at 920-626-6086 or e-mail us and get on the show! Don't forget to pick up your Get Lost Podcast T-shirt today! MP3 File Less

On this Monday edition of The Lost Vidcast: We get the first part of ABC’S LOST Panel. Look for part 1 of EW’s Show-runners panel on Wed. Be sure to try out our new Wizzard media player. Its a little buggy since its in pre-beta, but I kind of like it so far. Let me know what you think Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Vidcast: 3.3 “Lost Vidcast: Ep. 3.3 “LOST Panel Part 1″.m4v Less

On this special edition of The Lost Vidcast: We let our Comic Con Vidcasts start to roll. This is a prelude to the two LOST Panels on Saturday. Featuring moments from the gargantuan line for ABC’S LOST Panel. A teaser of what’s to come on the full ABC LOST Panel Vidcasts, and some fun with you the listeners in line for the Jay and Jack LOST Panel. As a little bonus at the end of this “Prelude” vidcast. If you want even more Comic Con Vidcastiness check out the special trailer at the end of the show. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Vidcast: 3.2 “Prelude”.m4v Less

On this Friday edition of The Lost Podcast: Jay and Jack tell their Comic Con Adventures. From meeting and hanging out with the largest group of LOST Podcasters ever assembled. To meeting Ed and Dan Hochuli, and Jay running into Damon Lindelof! To close out the show we added the audio from the Jay and Jack LOST Panel featuring our good friends Ryan and Jen from The Transmission, as well as Ben and Ralph from The Dharmalars. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.33 “Our Comic Con Story”.m4a Less

On this Friday edition of The Lost Podcast: Jay and Jack tell their Comic Con Adventures. From meeting and hanging out with the largest group of LOST Podcasters ever assembled. To meeting Ed and Dan Hochuli, and Jay running into Damon Lindelof! To close out the show we added the audio from the Jay and Jack LOST Panel featuring our good friends Ryan and Jen from The Transmission, as well as Ben and Ralph from The Dharmalars. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.33 “Our Comic Con Story”.m4a Less

On this special edition of The Lost Vidcast: We take a close look at the Dharma Initiative Booth at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con. Jay worked his way through the crowds to get his spot, but the time didn’t work with his schedule. So John from the MetroBuzz podcast assumed the identity of Jay to show you the journey of applying to the Dharma Initiative. Keep up to date with Jay’s Comic Con adventures on http://twitter/lukevenk Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Vidcast: “ABC’s Dharma Initiative Booth”.m4v Less

wwwade, video, Internet Wade Roush wrote: That’s the question I’ve been asking myself lately. Partly, it’s because my 12-month introductory rate from Comcast just expired, putting my yearly cable bill into the $1,000 range. That’s a lot to stomach, especially considering that about a third of the content coming down the co-ax is commercials. A friend says that I just need to call the “retention specialists” at Comcast and talk the price back down, but I’m terrible at haggling. And it’s not just about the cost. The truth is that I just don’t watch much traditional TV anymore. I stopped watching TV news long ago; I get my daily dose of current events from NPR and the Web. There are no good TV comedies these days, unless you count The Daily Show. I can’t stand reality shows. I get all my feature-length movies from Netflix. And out of the current crop of dramatic series, there are only about eight that interest me. (If you want to know, they’re The Closer, Saving Grace, Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy, Friday Night Lights, Pushing Daisies, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Battlestar Galactica.) And half of the year or more, most of those shows aren’t even on. But my affection for those eight shows—and the convenience of having new episodes show up on my DVR automatically, when they do come out—is the one thin thread keeping me tethered to Comcast. And now even that thread is unraveling. Much to the cable companies’ dismay, I imagine, the broadcast and cable TV networks—along with video sites such as Hulu, Veoh, and the Apple iTunes Store—are now putting full episodes of all of the shows I watch online. Because the Internet video scene is evolving fast, you can never be sure which shows are available where. But I took a few minutes to track down my favorite shows, and discovered that they’re all available from at least two different sources (and remarkably, six of them are available at Hulu alone): ABC.com NBC.com Fox.com TNT.tv SciFi.com iTunes Store Hulu.com Veoh.com Battlestar Galactica X X The Closer X X X Friday Night Lights X X Grey’s Anatomy X X X X Heroes X X Pushing Daisies X X X Saving Grace X X Sarah Connor Chronicles X X X And of course, beyond these studio-produced series, there’s terabytes of other programming available from free video and movie aggregators like Joost, Miro, and Lycos Cinema. There are also several good video search engines out there now, including Blinkx, AOL’s Truveo, Google Video, and Veveo’s Vtap (for mobile devices). The point is that content deprivation is no longer a reason to fear cutting your umbilical cord to the cable companies. But what if you, like me, are the proud owner of a new(ish) high-definition LCD or plasma HDTV? Doesn’t your beautiful screen deserve to be nourished with high-definition cable? That’s the last question I’m struggling with. If I said goodbye to Comcast, there are a couple of high-definition features I would definitely miss, including GalleryPlayer—an on-demand slide show service that I wrote about here back in April—and occasional Discovery Channel HD Theater specials such as When We Left Earth . But here, too, there’s a growing list of ways to circumvent the cable companies. A basic one is to invest in a cable to connect your home computer to your HDTV, which instantly turns your TV into a big external monitor. (Just be sure to change the video settings in your computer’s control panel so that you’re getting full 1080×720 or 1920×1080 resolution on the HDTV.) Once you’ve done that, you can download the PC-based version of GalleryPlayer, which actually offers a much greater selection of images than Comcast’s on-demand channel does (though at a nominal price). And anything that you can watch on your computer, you can now watch on the big screen as well. If you’re not feeling up to the process of connecting your PC to your TV—which can still be a bit dicey for non-geeks—there are several convenient gadgets designed specifically to grab video content from your computer or straight from the Web and show it on your TV, including Apple TV, ZeeVee’s ZvBox, and Roku’s Netflix Player. Or you can dispense with the big display altogether and just watch your shows on a wearable device like the MyVu Crystal, though these devices don’t yet feature high-definition resolution. So, as you can probably tell, I’ve nearly talked myself into unbundling the phone, Internet, and cable TV service I get from Comcast and dropping the cable part. At this point, the company would have to offer a pretty steep discount to keep me on. (You’ve got my number, Comcast.) But I’m still eager to hear readers’ opinions on the subject. Are you ready to cut the cord? Or have you gone cable-free already—and if so, what’s it like? Please vote in the poll below—and leave your detailed thoughts in our comment section. Online Surveys  &  Market Research You can subscribe to World Wide Wade via RSS or e-mail. Comments | Permalink | Share |  E-mail UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS Less

On this Monday edition of The Lost Podcast: We continue our new campaign, “Save Log Carrying Guy 08,” talk about Comic Con, and get into some listener feedback. Subscribe: AAC l Talk LOST l Be our friend l Jay and Jack Store l Take Jay and Jack Survey Lost Podcast (AAC): Ep. 3.32 “Last Minute Preparations”.m4a Less

Iraqi citizens discuss Iraq's present and future. A special thanks to our friends at Alive in Baghdad. Less

Clinton cut it in half. George W. Bush has allowed it to grow for eight straight years. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... The National Endowment for the Arts. Less