Thinking Out Loud – November 11, 2005
The second half of Bill Mandel’s version of "Good Night and Good Luck," – his testimony before Sen. Joe McCarthy’s committee in 1953, a year before Ed Murrow
The second half of Bill Mandel’s version of "Good Night and Good Luck," – his testimony before Sen. Joe McCarthy’s committee in 1953, a year before Ed Murrow
Excerpts from Bill Mandel’s testimony in front of HUAC. Bill will take calls
A teacher-astronaut who has taken all the training and passed the tests, will guest on "Thinking Out Loud With Bill Mandel," Friday, 2:30 p.m. He will speak and answer questions on "The Politics of Space."
first half hour: Making Contact second half hour: Thinking Out Loud with Bill Mandel
Bill Mandel will have as guest the slam poet Shailja Patel, now working on the one-woman show Migritude. It reflects the thoughts and emotions arising from being a woman born on one continent, Africa, to a family from another, Asia, university-educated on a third, Europe, and living and working on a fourth, North America. She … Continued
The Elected chief of one of the two Indian reservations in the U.S. [Minnesota] that never signed a treaty surrendering its sovereignty will join Bill Mandel. It is now being pressured in a particularly ugly fashion (frame-up jailing of the chief’s son) to share its revenue from gaming with Minnesota, which is running a deficit, … Continued
Bill Mandel will interview a former Black Panther prisoner, Larry Pinkney, who believes his life was saved by the actions of KPFA listeners 20 years ago. They will talk about how to improve the status of Blacks today and their present relationship with whites and with Latinos.