Talkies
11:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: FRIDAYS
What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Saturday Morning Talkies – September 6, 2008
We’re all obsessed with Sarah Palin this week, we take listener calls. Plus, American film makers detained in Nigeria and a scientist debunks Bush’s reasons for shooting down his own spy satellite. With guest host Eric Klein.
Saturday Morning Talkies – August 30, 2008
Three years ago, Hurricane Katrina and the devastatingly poor rescue effort left New Orleans workers and patients trapped in Charity Hospital for days on end. We hear a documentary from 2005, and speak with the producer in the present day about the fact that the Hospital remains shut down, leaving New Orlean’s poorest residents without … Continued
Saturday Morning Talkies – August 23, 2008
Obama’s veep choice! Katrina 3 years later. Who has he picked, what does it mean; The picture on the ground in New Orleans, 3 years after Katrina. With host Kris Welch. guests: Larry Bensky, Norman Solomon, Progressive Democrats of America, Obama delegate to Dem. Convention. Sakura Kone, Common Ground Relief, New Orleans
Saturday Morning Talkies – August 16, 2008
The Bush Administration tough talk on Russia – Cold War Take Two? There’s a Georgia-Russia truce, and then there’s that U.S. missile deal with Poland: it’s definitely not over yet. Guests: Andrew Bacevich, prof. hist and international relations, Boston Univ.; author (The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism)Mark Ames, Moscow-based journalist; founding editor … Continued
Saturday Morning Talkies – August 9, 2008
An explosive new book details an impeachable offense: a false pretext for war on Iraq. We talk with the author, Ron Suskind. Guest: Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, new book "The Way of the World: a story of truth and hope in an age of extremism." With host Kris Welch.
Saturday Morning Talkies – August 2, 2008
Exxon record profits; the selling of the Great Lakes; a real live energy utopia. Exxon posted the biggest profits ever by any U.S. corporation: what are they doing with the money? Has the U.S. Congress moved closer to a sale of Great Lakes water? And a real town, in the real world, that has achieved … Continued
Saturday Morning Talkies – July 26, 2008
Impeachment hearing; Congresswoman Barbara Lee; measuring U.S. decline. Bruce Fein recaps his testimony at the House Committee hearing on impeachment. And a new report details the dramatic decline and decay of economic and social conditions in America since 1990.