The Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum, the nation's oldest continuous minority presidential forum, will be broadcast live exclusively on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Co-founded in 1984 by current Iowa State Representative Wayne Ford and Latino Community Leader Mary Campos, the Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum gives all candidates the opportunity to answer important questions concerning issues affecting African-American and Latino-Americans.

All eight Democratic presidential candidates are expected to participate.

Mark Thompson, host of "Make It Plain" on Sirius Left, will broadcast his program live from Iowa on Friday, November 30th (5-8pm ET) and talk with members of the community. In addition, Thompson will host special live call-in programs, also on Sirius Left, immediately before and following The Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum where listeners will share opinions, comments, and debate.

The Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum itself will air live this Saturday, December 1st at 8pm ET on Sirius Left (ch 146).

Last week, the day before Thanksgiving, Bubba the Love Sponge went off on a brief but vicious tirade against a caller, going so far as to use a racial slur against him (repeatedly). It's a rant that have some asking if Bubba went too far, even on "uncensored" satellite radio.

The segment (audio of which can be heard below) involves a Hispanic caller named Will who called in to complain about an issue involving two illlegal immigrants and a shooting.

It's hard to say whether or not Bubba actually went "too far" in this situation (it's obviously a matter of your own opinion). On both Sirius and XM, racially charged jokes aren't necessarily a rare occurrence - but they're almost never directed at someone with any level of virulence.

Listen to the audio below (WARNING: Explicit Language!):

(Length is roughly 2 minutes.)

It's no secret that Bubba has been in negotiations with Sirius over his contract. One Orbitcast reader suggested that this could be a sign that he's practically "daring" Sirius to suspend him, or that he's at the end of his rope and just doesn't care anymore. Whatever the motivation, it happened. The question is, did he go too far... what do you think?

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs will be launching a show on Sirius Satellite Radio starting in earlier 2008.

Sachs is a prominent economist known for his work as an economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa. He is also known for his work with international agencies on solving problems of poverty reduction, debt cancellation, and disease control (particularly HIV/AIDS) for the developing world. As if that's not enough, Sachs is the author of the bestselling book The End of Poverty, oh and he's the Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General.

Now he can add "radio host" to that list.

The new weekly, one-hour call-in show, "One World," will launch in early 2008 on Sirius Stars (ch 102) as an open forum for listeners to discuss the countless issues around the world that demand attention.

"The world's citizens face some incredible challenges but also have never had a better ability to join together and overcome them," said Dr. Jeffrey Sachs. "I hope that, with the national, and even global, reach Sirius affords my show, we can empower listeners to truly make a difference."

Sounds interesting.

On the day before Thanksgiving, top chefs and other food/drink experts will hop on board Martha Stewart Living Radio for a live Thanksgiving food, drink and holiday hotline marathon.

It's a Thanksgiving-themed bru-ha-ha craftily entitled the "Thanksgiving Hotline marathon" on Martha Stewart Living Radio (ch 112), which will air live from 7am – 7pm ET on November 21st.

Listeners nationwide can call 866-675-6675 and get expert tips and advice for all of their Thanksgiving food and entertaining questions and quandaries. The incredible array of participating chefs includes Lidia Bastianich, Bill Telepan, and Ed Brown; Martha's favorite baker John Barricelli; food editor of Everyday Food magazine and Martha Stewart Living Radio host Sandy Gluck... to name just a few.

From appetizers to the big meal, to desserts and even special Thanksgiving cocktails (woohoo!), the experts will tackle it all. They will also share their favorite holiday anecdotes and memories, and tips for festive entertaining.

Check out the full "Thanksgiving Hotline" lineup after the jump...

Sirius and the NYU Medical Center are partnering up to create a medical and health information channel.

Ingeniusly entitled "Doctor Radio Powered by NYU Medical Center," the channel will be on Sirius channel 119. The 24/7 channel will air both live and taped programming, and will feature a listener call in format as well.

Earlier this year, XM launched ReachMD, a Clear Channel-produced channel dedicated to the medical community. While it seems that ReachMD is mainly targeting the medical professional, Sirius' Doctor Radio will instead bridge the gap between the medical professional and the everyday person.

Initially, Sirius' Doctor Radio will include over two dozen NYU doctors participating in shows on a weekly basis, Sirius spokesman Patrick Reilly told Business Week. The broadcast studio will be built in the NYU Medical Center's lobby, allowing for doctors to finish working with a patient and step behind the microphone without skipping a beat.

No channels will be dropped due to Doctor Radio, Reilly said, because it will run on a channel that's currently earmarked for occasional sports programming.

Doctor Radio will launch in early 2008.

[Business Week]

Bubba the Love Sponge and his cast of cohorts are taking the whole McGillucutty out of the studio and bringing it to Phoenix for a night of adult comedy and entertainment.

On December 14th, Bubbapalooza is coming to Arizona.

This will be the first time that the Tampa, Florida-based show and crew has taken their live in-studio mayhem out of the studio and the state of Florida.

Bubbapalooza will be presented at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, December 14th starting at 9pm. The show will feature Bubba himself alongside regulars Ned, Manson, Brent Hatley, Spice, 25 Cent, Grover, Miller and others.

"Our show has an enormous number of fans in the Phoenix, Tempe and Scottsdale area," said Bubba.

"After we performed a comedy night recently in Florida, our fans in the Phoenix area demanded that we serve them, too - so we're bringing them the whole 'McGillucutty'," Bubba added.

Check out The Celebrity Theatre for ticket information.

An interview with Jerry Seinfeld will be airing - again - on Sirius Satellite Radio later this week and throughout the weekend.

The conversation between Seinfeld and comedian Jim Breuer originally aired on Raw Dog Comedy (ch 104) yesterday at 5pm ET and again at 10pm ET. Unfortunately, Sirius gave a mere 1-hour window for the media to alert the masses by issuing their press release at 4pm yesterday. (This has been an ongoing, and annoying, trend as of late.)

Thankfully, an encore broadcast of the interview will air on Friday, November 2nd at 11am ET and again at 6pm ET - as well as throughout the weekend. Check out sirius.com/rawdog for the complete broadcast schedule.

Coincidentally, November 2nd also marks the date that Seinfeld's Bee Movie is being released by Paramount. Seinfeld co-wrote and co-produced the film, and also provided the voice of main character, Barry B. Benson. Seinfield and Bruer chit-chatted about the movie, as well the New York Mets and more.