11:00 AM Fridays
Journalist John Ross, live from Mexico City. And poet and novelist Ishmael Reed turns pianist with The Ishmael Reed Quintet, on their debut CD "For All We Know". With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. guests: poet, author, journalist John Ross (his piece on the killing of photographer Brad Will in Chiapas is on … Continued
Excerpts from the powerful documentary War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Are Spinning Us To Death, narrated by actor Sean Penn.
Alberto Gonzales and our constitutional crisis. PLUS: the Clan Sisterhood. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Glenn W. Smith, senior fellow, The Rockridge Institute Wm Poy Lee, attn’y, author (The Eighth Promise)
Manhattan steam explosion: the neo-conservative legacy. Plus, a delay in voting reform: good news or bad? With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. Guests: Rick Perlstein, sr. fellow , Campaign for America’s Future Justin Levitt, assoc. counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
Activists are pressuring Congress is to keep the purse closed, bring the troops home and end the war. We get the details. PLUS: his first court martial ended in a mistrial. Lt. Ehren Watada began facing a second court martial last week. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Leslie Cagan, United for Peace and Justice Betty … Continued
The Supreme Court rules against integration. Now what? PLUS: The Progressive Politics of the Millennial Generation: a new report about the newest voters. Guests: Ruy Teixeira, fellow New Politics Institute, co-author Progressive Politics of the Millennial Generation report Rinku Sen, exec. dir. Applied Research Center, publisher Color Lines magazine
What’s behind the alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos? We talk with a scholar of U.S. counter-insurgency. With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. Guests: Adam Schesch, PhD, history of S.E. Asia, specialty in 3rd World guerilla movements and U.S. counter-insurgency Dan Hodges, chr. Health Care for All, Calif. re: SB840 (Sheila … Continued
Global warming, nukes, elections 2004-2008 – it’s all on the table with Harvey Wasserman. PLUS: the fight between Democrats in Congress that could scuttle California environmental laws. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Harvey Wasserman, co-founder of NoNukes movement (25th anniv. of massive anti-nuke march in NYC); journalist (The Free Press, Ohio); author (How the GOP … Continued
