Left, Right, & Center is a weekly half-hour public radio program that provides a "civilized yet provocative antidote to the screaming talking heads that dominate political debate". The show's regular co-hosts are:

• Matthew Miller, senior fellow
  Fellow
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   at the progressive Center for American Progress
  Center for American Progress
  The Center for American Progress is a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Its website states that the organization is "dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action." It has its headquarters in Washington D.C.Its President and Chief...
  
   representing the Center
  Centrism
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  , and moderator.
• Robert Scheer
  Robert Scheer
  Robert Scheer is an American journalist who writes a column for Truthdig which is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation...
  
  , editor-in-chief of the liberal Truthdig
  Truthdig
  Truthdig is a Web magazine that provides a mix of long-form articles, interviews, and blog-like commentary on current events, delivered from a progressive point of view. The site is built around major "digs" led by authorities in their fields who write multifaceted pieces about contemporary, often...
  
  , representing the Left
  Left-wing politics
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• Tony Blankley
  Tony Blankley
  Anthony “Tony” Blankley is an Executive Vice President with Edelman public relations in Washington, a Visiting Senior Fellow in National-Security Communications at the Heritage Foundation, weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio program Left, Right & Center, author of The...
  
  , editorial page editor of the conservative Washington Times representing the Right
  Right-wing politics
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• Arianna Huffington
  Arianna Huffington
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  , Huffington Post publisher, representing the "fourth dimension
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   of political time and space," the independent-progressive
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   blogosphere
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The show is recorded each Friday, produced by KCRW

KCRW

KCRW is a public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, carrying a mix of National Public Radio news, talk radio and freeform music format. The general manager of KCRW is Jennifer Ferro...

 in Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...

 by Sarah Spitz, although hosts typically contribute over ISDN telephone lines from wherever they happen to be. After covering the week's events, each host gets a short period of
time to "rant" about whatever they like without fear of rebuttal.

The broadcast is bookended by theme music "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates...

", sung by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

 and Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

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External links

• Left, Right & Center Official web site.
• Huffington Post Official web site.
• Truthdig Official web site.