On the left end of the ideological spectrum are Mary Mancini, a "harpy of the left,” and Freddie O’Connell, a Southern-bred Ivy League elitist. Whether they’re interviewing FCC commissioners, charter school founders or crunchy third-party candidates whose campaign mailings can be buried to sprout basil (or is that Al Gore?) they also regularly surprise and enlighten. Since 2004, the pair have, as they put it, "been encouraging civil dialogue in the reality-based community."
