The Talkies

Living Room – Overwhelming debt and massive lay-offs are the story of 2008 – January 2, 2009 at 12:00pm

Overwhelming debt and massive lay-offs are the story of 2008 and the business of publishing News Papers has been hit particularly hard, with over15,000 jobs cut. Will a major metro daily close up shop in 2009? Recovering Journalist Mark Potts and Newsosaur Alan Mutter are old friends, long time rivals and dueling bloggers. With guest … Continued


Special Broadcast

Making Cotact – Year in Review 2008

As 2008 comes to a close, we take a look back at some of the stories we covered in 2008: Iraq war veterans speaking out; a crackdown on immigrants in Arizona; and the creation of a reproductive health care program for low income women of color in post-Katrina New Orleans. We'll also update our story … Continued


Making Contact

Making Contact – September 19, 2008

For Us, By Us.  Health Care after Katrina Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, ranks among the costliest disasters in lost human lives and destroyed property in U.S. history.  And while a full three years have passed since the storm, New Orleans and the surrounding region are still in a state … Continued


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – September 11, 2008

On the seventh anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we’ll speak to David Ray Griffin, the leading expert and researcher on the attacks and the subsequent coverup; Bonnie Faulkner of Guns and Butter co-hosts this important special; and we’ll report on the ongoing 9-11 film festival extravaganza at … Continued


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – September 11, 2008

911, missing money, market manipulation (Enron, Fannie and Freddie) and the greening of local economies. Seven year anniversaries are times of structurally implementing lessons from the initiatory event.May it be so! To animate this possibility: Caroline welcomes back Catherine Austin Fitts, former Assistant Secretary of Housing and investment advisor, so that we may inhale our … Continued