In our first hour… Insurance in America: Where is it? Where’s it going? Our guests… Joe Conason, author The Raw Deal: How the Bush Republicans Plan to Destroy Social Security and the Legacy of the New Deal Jill Quadagno, author One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance In our second hour… … Continued
In our first hour… In the months leading up to the 2004 Presidential election, Michael Moore was invited to speak on the campus of Utah Valley State College, in the heart of conservative Mormon country. The response: political upheaval and a media frenzy in Family City, USA. Steven Greenstreet’s film "This Divided State" explores the … Continued
In our first hour, a discussion about Marriage, Women, Family, and Pornography. We’ll be joined by author and journalist Pamela Paul (Pornified: How the Culture of Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships and Our Families), and Stephanie Coontz, professor and author (Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage). In … Continued
First Hour: Catastrophes Here and There Guests: Brian Edwards Tiekert, environmental justice reporter, KPFA (from lake Charles, LA); Daniel Ellsberg, activist and author, "Secrrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" (Penguin). Plus speeches by Cindy Sheehan and Rev. Jesse Jackson from the 9/24 anti-war rally in Washington. Hour Two: Children Left Behind: Prisons … Continued
First Hour Special Report: Corpwatch Executive Director Pratap Chatterjee, "The Toxic Vultures Descend on New Orleans." Who’s involved in the "reconstruction" efforts, and what they hope to gain. John Roberts: "What Do We Now Know, and What Do We Think?" Guests: American University Law Professor Jamin Raskin, Guantanomo detainees attorney Joe Margulies. Second Hour "Getting … Continued
Sunday Salon Four Hour Special Sunday Salon will present a four hour special this week with Pacifica national affairs correspondent Larry Bensky, who will cover several of the current biggest stories important to our world. This is the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy in New York City, marked by another city newly devastated – New … Continued
Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee gives update on the effects Hurricane Katrina has had on the African American community in New Orleans, LA. First Hour: The State of Labor on Labor Day Guest Include; Heather Boushey: Economist of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Raahi Reddy: Labor Specialist at UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research … Continued
Matt Gonzalez guest hosts "Sunday Salon" while Larry Bensky is out of town this week. Our first hour, we’ll find out what happened when a right wing talk show host traveled to Crawford, Texas, to confront Cindy Sheehan and her supporters, and we’ll meet Burning Man founder Larry Harvey and hear about his huge gathering … Continued
Larry Bensky will feature a two hour special this Sunday, 9an – 11am pacific, on Cindy Sheehan, and the hundreds of people now in Crawford, Texas, to confront George Bush about his policies in Iraq. We’ll hear from many mothers who have lost sons in the Iraq war, and speak with Harold Meyerson from the … Continued
