
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 – February 16, 2008
Stephen Bezruchka links the surging rates of mental illness and psychiatric drug use in the US to the widening gap between rich and poor. With host Kris Welch.
Saturday Morning Talkies – February 9, 2008
A special on Pete Seeger
Saturday Morning Talkies – January 26, 2008
Barbara Ehrenreich on the economy and stimulation. PLUS: the latest on Mumia and Lynne Stewart. With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. Guests: Barbara Ehrenreich, author of 13 books (Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch; Dancing in the Streets); contrib. Harper’s, the Nation; former columnist NYTimes, Time Lynne Stewart, radical human rights attorney; currently … Continued
Saturday Morning Talkies – January 19, 2008
The missing White House emails problem grows and grows: "Get ready to testify" Rep. Henry Waxman tells the White House. Election 2008, from Nevada. With host Kris Welch Guests: Leigh Ann Caldwell, Free Speech Radio News, in Nevada Anne Weismann, chief counsel, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), filed suit for White House … Continued
Saturday Morning Talkies – January 12, 2008
New Orleans housing activists rally to stop the demolitions. PLUS: Iraq reality check, to get war back in the electoral mix. With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. Guests: Sakura Kone, Common Ground, New OrleansEric Leaver, policy outreach dir. Foreign Policy in Focus; research fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
Saturday Morning Talkies – December 29, 2007
Update on Pakistan. Lakota Freedom: the best news of 2007? And what’s ahead, in 2008. With host Kris Welch. Guests:Junaid Ahmad, pres. U.S.-based National Muslim Law Students Assoc.; member Pakistan-based Peoples Rights Movement
Saturday Morning Talkies – December 22, 2007
Rep. Robert Wexler has called for impeachment hearings for Vice-President Dick Cheney. We hear all about it. PLUS: threats, burglaries, assaults, attempted kidnapping—is this how Chevron faces a landmark, class-action environmental lawsuit for its poisoning of the Amazon? With host Kris Welch. Guests: David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org, re: www.wexlerwantshearings.comMitchell Anderson, Amazon Watch, ChevronToxico.com

