Thu, 27 November 2008
Joel Berg, author of All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America? is director of the NYC Coalition Against Hunger.
Direct download: 112708_Joel_Berg_on_Hunger.mp3
Category:Hunger & Nutrition -- posted at: 7:26pm EDT |
Wed, 26 November 2008
This civil rights attorney won a crushing settlement against a violent Ku Klux Klan organization, bankrupting the group.
Direct download: 112608_Hero_of_Day_-_Morris_Dees.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 6:17pm EDT |
Wed, 26 November 2008
Kate Hanni of FlyersRights.org talked about the need for a passenger's bill of rights. Her hotline number is (877) FLYERS6. |
Wed, 26 November 2008
Direct download: 112608_Doug_Turetsky_on_NYC_Budget.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 5:57pm EDT |
Tue, 25 November 2008
Direct download: 112508_Henry_Stern_on_NY_in_the_70s.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 8:36pm EDT |
Tue, 25 November 2008
Federal judge Block ruled that the United States government could not use ethnicity as justification for detaining two Egyptian-born men who were questioned for four hours after a cross-country flight in 2004.
Direct download: 112508_Hero_of_Day_-_Frederic_Block.mp3
Category:Hero of the Day -- posted at: 6:48pm EDT |
Tue, 25 November 2008
Direct download: 112508__Richard_Wolffe_on_Obama_Transition.mp3
Category:Election 2008 -- posted at: 6:32pm EDT |
Mon, 24 November 2008
Fred Burton, a security expert, explained why corporations and nations allow the piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Direct download: 112408_Fred_Burton_on_Somali_Pirates.mp3
Category:Foreign Policy -- posted at: 8:55pm EDT |
Mon, 24 November 2008
Philip Berg explained his lawsuit charging Obama is ineligible to serve as President. Click here for all documents in the case. |
Mon, 24 November 2008
Joe Lawless, author of Prosecutorial Misconduct, talked with us about the explosive case of female guards charged with raping several male inmates. |
Thu, 20 November 2008
The term limits fight leads Village Voice reporter Wayne Barrett to calls Mike Bloomberg the best mayor -- and the worst -- he can remember.
Direct download: 112008_Wayne_Barrett_takes_on_Mayor_Bloomberg_over_Term_Limits.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 2:51pm EDT |
Thu, 20 November 2008
Economist William Spriggs of Howard University gives some bad news about the coming recession.
Direct download: 112008_Williams_Spriggs_on_the_Economy.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 2:43pm EDT |
Thu, 20 November 2008
Author Bryan Mealer talks about his new book and his journeys into the heart of violence and war in Africa. |
Wed, 19 November 2008
Author Nomi Prins says a car industry bailout, like the money given to big banks, will only save jobs if we keep an eye on Congress and the CEOs.
Direct download: 11_19_08_Interview_with_Nomi_Prins__Should_auto_giants_get_bailed_out.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 1:30pm EDT |
Wed, 19 November 2008
Cornel West talked about his new book, politics, culture and philosophy.
Direct download: 111908_Cornel_West_full_interview.mp3
Category:Progressive Politics -- posted at: 1:24pm EDT |
Tue, 18 November 2008
Political consultant Robert Creamer gives us a peek inside the Obama transition as it plans the new administration's first cabinet choices.
Direct download: 111808_Robert_Creamer_on_the_Obama_Transition.mp3
Category:Election 2008 -- posted at: 12:44pm EDT |
Tue, 18 November 2008
Kim Bobo, author of Wage Theft in America, shows how wage theft takes billions from working people every year.
Direct download: 111808_Kim_Bobo_on_Wage_Theft.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:33pm EDT |
Mon, 17 November 2008
We talked with Michael Hirsch of Newsweek Magazine about who's up and who's down in the Obama cabinet rumor mill.
Direct download: 111708_Michael_Hirsh_on_the_Obama_Transition.mp3
Category:Foreign Policy -- posted at: 4:01pm EDT |
Mon, 17 November 2008
James Hughes, Dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy gave a gloomy assessment of the duration and depth of the economic downturn.
Direct download: 111708_James_Hughes_of_Rutgers.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 3:56pm EDT |
Wed, 12 November 2008
We talked with investigative reporter and author Robert Dreyfuss about what Obama's foreign policy will look like.
Direct download: 111208_Robert_Dreyfuss_on_Obama_Foreign_Policy.mp3
Category:Foreign Policy -- posted at: 2:08pm EDT |
Wed, 12 November 2008
Here is the federal lawsuit filed to restore term limits in New York City government. We talked about it with Norman Siegel, one of the lawyers who filed the suit.
Direct download: 111208_Norman_Siegel_on_Term_Limits_Lawsuit.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 12:22pm EDT |
Tue, 11 November 2008
Talk-show legend Phil Donahue discusses his first-ever documentary, Body of War, that aired on the SUNDANCE cable channel. Go here to buy the DVD. |
Tue, 11 November 2008
We talked with Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington about ethically challenged lawmakers.
Direct download: 111108_Melanie_Sloan_on_Government_Corruption.mp3
Category:Government for Sale -- posted at: 11:21am EDT |
Tue, 11 November 2008
Paul Rieckhoff, Executive Director of Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America, told us about a new website where veterans can share information and personal stories. |
Mon, 10 November 2008
We talked with Jonathan Mahler of the New York Times about how Obama can reverse the absues of power of the Bush administration.
Direct download: 111008_Jonathan_Mahler_on_the_imperial_Bush_presidency.mp3
Category:Election 2008 -- posted at: 3:53pm EDT |
Mon, 10 November 2008
We talked with Lawrence Norden of the Brennan Center about what went right and what went wrong on Election Day.
Direct download: 111008_Lawrence_Norden_on_voting_rights.mp3
Category:Voting Rights -- posted at: 3:42pm EDT |
Thu, 6 November 2008
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Thu, 6 November 2008
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