Glossary
A guide to the first online news and commentary program to cover the 2008 Presidential Election daily. Give us five minutes or less and we’ll keep you up to date on the candidates, the campaigns, and the circus that is the ‘08 campaign.
Choice cuts: Our idea of useful information. Instead of listening to the pundits yammer on ad nauseum, we’ll give you just the facts. With an occasional side of opinion thrown in for flavor.
Contact Us: Drop us a line: info(at)politicallunch.com
The Desk: Where it all happens. You eat your lunch at your desk, so we bring you The Lunch from ours.
Feedback: What we like most about our jobs. Our audience keeps us honest, and we’re grateful for that. Got a hot tip? We’re not showing your candidate enough love? Did we get our facts wrong? Are our shirts a little too wrinkled? Drop us a line at info(at)politicallunch.com.
Free Lunch: Who says there’s no such thing? Web video is an efficient, cost-effective way to distribute information. That means we can afford to let you watch the show for free, and you’ll almost never have to sit through ads if you don’t want to.
Gear: We shoot with HDV cameras from Sony, primarily using the XL-H1 for studio production. We use Sennheiser AK-67 mics in the studio and a mix of Sennheiser, Sony and AKG mics on the road. Everything is cut with Final Cut Pro.
High Def: Why yes, we do have a high definition feed, with a resolution of 960×540. iTunes users will especially appreciate the Apple TV format.
Hudson Street Media: The parent company. Political Lunch is the spawn of Hudson Street Media, a media production and investment partnership based in New York.
Jack the Dog: The studio security system. A black lab with deadly slobber but a heart of gold. Jack believes in universal veterinary care and conservative feline policy.
Live Events: For special events like Super Tuesday and the Iowa Caucus, we post live text updates on our home page. Twitter users may want to subscribe to that feed, which becomes pretty active during key events. (Visit our Subscribe page for every way to get your lunch.)
The Lunch: See Political Lunch.
Nerds: See Rob Millis or Will Coghlan.
The Pig: Our mascot. The Democrats can have their donkey and the GOP can keep the pachyderm, we’re partial to ole’ Piggy. Conceived on a dark and stormy night in the early days of the ‘08 race, the Pig is our symbol for the American political process. (Also, it looks really good on a hat, t-shirt, or sticker.)
Political Lunch: The first online news and commentary program to cover the 2008 Presidential Election daily. Give us five minutes or less and we’ll keep you up to date on the candidates, the campaigns, and the circus that is the ‘08 campaign.
Rob Milllis: One of your Political Lunch co-hosts, Rob has a background in documentary film production and investment. Rob is the one with the glasses.
The Store: Show your support for Political Lunch and look good too! You can see all the groovy Political Lunch gear by clicking on “Buy Some Lunch” at PoliticalLunch.com
Stubble: Rob is always clean-shaven on Mondays. Fridays are a different story. Will is never clean-shaven, and never will be (so stop asking).
The Studio: A commercial studio in lower Manhattan. Someday they’ll stop the construction upstairs. Someday.
Studio Background: We try to keep things interesting behind the desk. Yes, it’s a green-screen. No, we didn’t actually go to Nevada, California, Michigan, Florida, Idaho, D.C., or South Carolina. (See also: “Travel”)
Subscribe: The best way to keep up with Political Lunch. Click on the subscription link above, and you can easily sign-up for daily delivery of your Lunch.
Syndication: You can find Political Lunch all over the web. You can watch the show where it’s easiest for you, whether that’s at PoliticalLunch.com, Facebook.com, Blip.tv, Myspace.com, CHBN.com, YouTube.com, or… you get the idea.
Tuesday/Thursday Snacks: Rob and Will each go solo once a week to explore a campaign issue in-depth, highlight a unique resource or explain a particularly thorny election issue.
Travel: This show loves to travel. While the green-screen sometimes lies, we really have been to Texas, Oregon, Iowa, Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire, and (of course) New York. (See also: “Studio Background”)
Will Coghlan: One of your Political Lunch co-hosts, Will has a background in journalism and politics. Will is the one with the beard.
The Word: We rely on you, our loyal audience, to spread the word about the show. We don’t have an advertising budget or and army of publicists on call (although that would be nice), so we’re counting on you to tell your friends and keep our audience growing. So far, so good!
