Former OMB Director David Stockman discusses the government shutdown

Obama, congressional leaders met in White House on Wednesday

David Stockman, the director of the Office Of Management and Budget during the Reagan administration and the author of "The Great Deformation," joins Consider This host Antonio Mora to discuss the latest developments.

Google faces privacy lawsuits

John M. Simpson, the Privacy Project director for Consumer Watchdog, and Julia Love, a reporter for American Lawyer Media, join Antonio Mora to discuss the pending lawsuits against Google.

Spy novelist Tom Clancy dies

Author Brad Taylor and Deborah Grosvenor, the literary agent who discovered Tom Clancy, join Antonio Mora to talk about the New York Times best-selling author's legacy and how the spy novel genre has evolved over the last 30 years.

The government shutdown reaches the gridiron

Saturday's Navy-Air Force football game in Annapolis, Md. could be canceled, a potential casualty of the shutdown. Dave Zirin, the sports editor of The Nation and the host of Edge Of Sports radio, will join Antonio Mora to discuss this and other sports headlines.