John Feffer on North Korea Neil DeMause on welfare and poverty This week on CounterSpin: North Korea’s launch of several missiles on July 4th revealed once again the sensational and crisis-driven nature of US media coverage of North Korea. While media dredged up stories of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s irrationality and eccentricity, coverage … Continued
"How Radio Was Done" Part 8 (Another UFO). Still in the time frame of Part 7 (Late ’40s and early ’50s) we focus in depth on the birth of both the atomic age and the modern UFO phenomenon as they both appeared on radio of the time. As post war atomic bomb testing on Bikini … Continued
Coverage of the mexican presidential election: Calderon squeaks by Obredor by less than one half percent of the vote; live report from John Ross in Mexico City. Israeli occupiers push deep into Gaza killing or wounding dozens. The first in our series on women resisting war, interview with performance artist Sherry Glazer.
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"How Radio Was Done" Part 7 (Solo): A 5-hour edition covers the defeat of Germany and the continuing war with Japan. Orsen Welles returns with his brand of patriotism in the Lockheed Vega program, "Ceiling Unlimited," Nazi death camps are exposed by Edward Murrow, and battlefield radio covers island invasions across the pacific until the … Continued
"How Radio Was Done" Part 7 (Solo): A 5-hour edition covers the defeat of Germany and the continuing war with Japan. Orsen Welles returns with his brand of patriotism in the Lockheed Vega program, "Ceiling Unlimited," Nazi death camps are exposed by Edward Murrow, and battlefield radio covers island invasions across the pacific until the … Continued
Update on the Mexican election with Dr. Irma Eréndira Sandoval and Dr. John Ackerman of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Coverage of the end of the latest Supreme Court session with James Raskin. Interview with Edmund White about his latest book, "My Lives: An Autobiography". Jennifer Stone with Stone’s Throw. "A Curious Affair: The … Continued
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OBIE AWARD WINNER! Top Girls by Caryl Churchill. Directed By John Rubinstein Cast: Amy Brenneman Carolyn Seymour Concetta Tomei Missy Yager Kirsten Potter Samantha Robson Megan Austin Oberle Kate Steele It’s the middle of the high-flying, go-getting 80’s in Maggie Thatcher’s England and Marlene finally has something to celebrate – she’s just been made managing … Continued
Join the Out-FM collective, the Beyond the Pale collective and programmers from sister station WPFW for Coverage of LGBT Pride from New York.
Join us as we celebrate Pride with special coverage of Pride marches in San Francisco and New York, as well as a number of special segements on issues impacting the queer community.
Caroline welcomes back Ed Tick, who has been working with returning vets since the Vietnam War, and now, from the even more horrific Iraqi invasion. His latest book, "War and the Soul, Healing Our Nation’s Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder," is as crucial as Al Gore’s recently released film on catastrophic climate change. Both are … Continued
