Thu, 26 February 2009
Joel and Benji Madden of the band Good Charlotte are raising awareness of the dire situation in East Congo.
Direct download: 02_26_09_Hero_-_Joel__Benji_Madden_of_Good_Charlotte.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 8:12pm EDT |
Thu, 26 February 2009
Defense expert Lawrence Korb explores where and how Obama can adjust the defense budget to eliminate unneeded weapons programs.
Direct download: 02_26_09_Lawrence_Korb_on_Obamas_defense_budget.mp3
Category:Military -- posted at: 7:56pm EDT |
Thu, 26 February 2009
Obscenity or just good fun? Watch here and decide. Live from Jamaica, radio DJ Robert Morgan discusses the Jamaican Broadcasting Commission's controversial decision to ban certain music, videos and dance.
Direct download: 02_26_09_Robert_Morgan_Live_from_Jamaica_on_Censorship_of_obscene_dance_and_videos.mp3
Category:Culture -- posted at: 7:43pm EDT |
Thu, 26 February 2009
Lillian Roberts, Executive Director of DC37, explains a new report by the union that found $9 billion a year is being spent on a "shadow government" and no-bid contracts.
Direct download: 02_26_09_Lillian_Roberts_on_NYC_Shadow_Govt.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 7:29pm EDT |
Fri, 20 February 2009
Gov. Paterson, criticized for proposed budget cuts, talks about spending, taxes, and a hard-hitting ad. |
Thu, 19 February 2009
The U.S. Attorney General, in a moment of brave candor, called America a "nation of cowards" when it comes to talking about race. |
Thu, 19 February 2009
Direct download: 021909_Imran_Anwar_on_Pakistan.mp3
Category:Pakistan/Afghanistan -- posted at: 9:45pm EDT |
Thu, 19 February 2009
Sarah Ludwig of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project explains the president's housing plan.
Direct download: 021909_Sarah_Ludwig_on_Obama_mortgage_plan.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 9:24pm EDT |
Thu, 19 February 2009
Reuben Wils and Dr. James Satterfield explained why the closing of Mary Immaculate and St. John's hospitals will devastate low-income neighborhoods in Queens.
Direct download: 021909_Reuben_Wils__James_Satterfield_on_hospital_closings.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 1:02pm EDT |
Wed, 18 February 2009
This Iraq veteran from Mt. Laurel, New Jersey plans to return to the middle east to raise money for schools and hospitals. |
Wed, 18 February 2009
James Glanz, who wrote this article about the spreading scandal, says we still don't know the full extent of the corruption.
Direct download: 021809_James_Glanz_on_corruption_in_Iraq.mp3
Category:Iraq War -- posted at: 4:13pm EDT |
Wed, 18 February 2009
The second part of Errol's interview with President Carter. |
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Wed, 18 February 2009
Direct download: 021809_Christian_Dorsey_of_EPI.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 3:26pm EDT |
Tue, 17 February 2009
Grameen America, a new offshoot of Yunus' global organization, provides banking services for the poor in Queens. |
Tue, 17 February 2009
Lisa Jackson's powerful film can be seen on HBO. Raise Hope for Congo is a group fighting for the rights of women in the war-torn nation.
Direct download: 021709_Lisa_Jackson_on_The_Greatest_Silence.mp3
Category:Africa -- posted at: 4:33pm EDT |
Tue, 17 February 2009
Direct download: 021709_Daniel_Levy_of_Century_Foundation.mp3
Category:Israel/Palestine -- posted at: 4:29pm EDT |
Tue, 17 February 2009
Vincent Messina, the lawyer of City Council candidate John Tabacco, says NY's election system is rigged.
Direct download: 021709_Vincent_Messina_on_SI_election.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 4:22pm EDT |
Mon, 16 February 2009
Direct download: 021609_Hero_-_Patrick_Rosario.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 6:27pm EDT |
Mon, 16 February 2009
Bryant Gumbel talks about a troubling case of racial profiling, to be covered on HBO Tuesday Feb. 17 at 10 pm.
Direct download: 021609_Bryant_Gumbel_on_Robbie_Tolan.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 5:39pm EDT |
Mon, 16 February 2009
Direct download: 021609_Mike_Soraghan_of_The_Hill_on_DC_politics.mp3
Category:Obama Administration -- posted at: 4:40pm EDT |
Thu, 12 February 2009
The high tech firm will invest $7 billion in U.S. manufacturing facilities, a move expected to create 7,000 jobs. |
Thu, 12 February 2009
Direct download: 021209_Yvette_Clarke_on_Congress.mp3
Category:Obama Administration -- posted at: 5:23pm EDT |
Thu, 12 February 2009
Direct download: 021209_Michael_Grabell_of_ProPublica_on_the_stimulus_bill.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 5:16pm EDT |
Thu, 12 February 2009
Direct download: 021209_Melissa_Nobles_on_official_apologies.mp3
Category:Culture -- posted at: 4:57pm EDT |
Wed, 11 February 2009
School teacher Cheryl Springsteen, eyewitness to a contract murder, testified in open court against the hit man.
Direct download: 021109_Hero_-_Cheryl_Springsteen.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 12:09pm EDT |
Wed, 11 February 2009
Economist William Spriggs says the economic crisis can't be solved until we shore up the assets of individual households.
Direct download: 021109_William_Spriggs_on_the_economy.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:04pm EDT |
Wed, 11 February 2009
Click here for results. Charles Enderlin, Jerusalem bureau chief of French Channel 2, gives the morning-after reading of the elections.
Direct download: 021109_Charles_Enderlin_live_from_Jerusalem.mp3
Category:Israel/Palestine -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT |
Tue, 10 February 2009
Direct download: 021009_Hero_-_Center_for_an_Urban_Future.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 11:56am EDT |
Tue, 10 February 2009
Direct download: 021009_Steve_Adubato_on_Newark_State_of_the_City.mp3
Category:New Jersey -- posted at: 11:44am EDT |
Tue, 10 February 2009
Direct download: 02109_Bob_Creamer_on_DC_politics.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:32am EDT |
Tue, 10 February 2009
Duncan Osborne talks about this article, the first in a series, in which he broke the news of alleged entrapment by the NYPD.
Direct download: 021009_Duncan_Osborne_on_entrapment.mp3
Category:Civil Rights/Civil Liberties -- posted at: 11:27am EDT |
Mon, 9 February 2009
The Texas Innocece Project cleared the name of Timothy Cole, a wrongfully convicted man who died in prison.
Direct download: 020909_Hero_-_Texas_Innocence_Project.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 11:22am EDT |
Mon, 9 February 2009
Ken Walsh, Chief White House correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, says GOP resisters may be boxing the party into a corner.
Direct download: 020909_Ken_Walsh_of_US_News_and_World.mp3
Category:Obama Administration -- posted at: 11:04am EDT |
Mon, 9 February 2009
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Thu, 5 February 2009
Joe Green is a co-creator of the Causes application on Facebook, which has allowed people to donate millions to their favorite charities.
Direct download: 020509_Hero_-_Joe_Green_created_Facebook_Causes.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 9:49am EDT |
Thu, 5 February 2009
Tim Gilchrist, New York's Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Infrastructure, explains what federal stimulus dollars could mean for the state.
Direct download: 020509_Tim_Gilchrist_on_NY_Infrastructure_Needs.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 9:20am EDT |
Thu, 5 February 2009
Direct download: 020509_Eleanor_Clift_on_Obama_100_days.mp3
Category:Obama Administration -- posted at: 8:50am EDT |
Thu, 5 February 2009
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Wed, 4 February 2009
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is calling on major food retailers to use frequent-buyer information to alert consumers to the risks of the current salmonella disease outbreak.
Direct download: 02049_Hero_-_Center_for_Science_in_Public_Interest.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 2:09pm EDT |
Wed, 4 February 2009
We ask Daniel Griswold of the Cato Institute, author of a report on free trade who thinks "buy American" rules don't make sense.
Direct download: 020409_Daniel_Griswold_of_Cato_Institute.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:59pm EDT |
Wed, 4 February 2009
We talked with Frank Mauro of the Fiscal Policy Institute about what New York might do with its share of the expected federal stimulus money.
Direct download: 020409_Frank_Mauro_of_Fiscal_Policy_Institute.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:54pm EDT |
Wed, 4 February 2009
Pat Boone of New York ACORN explains why the group has been disrupting the auction of foreclosed properties and demanding a one-year moratorium.
Direct download: 020409_Pat_Boone_of_NY_ACORN.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:48pm EDT |
Tue, 3 February 2009
Tennis star Serena Williams, now the world's top-ranked woman player, also sponsors a secondary school in Kenya, east Africa.
Direct download: 020309_Hero_-_Serena_Williams.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 12:33pm EDT |
Tue, 3 February 2009
Economist Williams Spriggs of Howard University predicts 2 million jobs could be lost in the first quarter of this year alone. |
Tue, 3 February 2009
By all indications, Wall Street is paying out bonuses with taxpayer money. Ex-Wall Street banker and author Nomi Prins explains why. |
Mon, 2 February 2009
Jonathan Keller of Long Island, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, recently died of his wounds.
Direct download: Hero_-_Jonathan_Keller_KIA_in_Afghanistan.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 12:01pm EDT |
Mon, 2 February 2009
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Mon, 2 February 2009
Direct download: 020209_Greg_Palast_on_Obama.mp3
Category:Obama Administration -- posted at: 11:44am EDT |
Mon, 2 February 2009
Imran Anwar spoke to us from Lahore about a battle between government forces and Taliban militants that left 43 civillians dead.
Direct download: 020209_Imran_Anwar_live_from_Pakistan.mp3
Category:Pakistan/Afghanistan -- posted at: 11:34am EDT |