Sunday,          June 21, 2009
              

t Marc returns triumphantly, having captivated his Italian colleagues with stories of politics and pasta... Dave simply nods in his direction...

t SUZANNE GORDON, journalist, Visiting Professor at University of Maryland School of Nursing, and author of seven books on nursing and healthcare, discusses the new nurses "Mega-Union."

t Boston University Journalism professor, former Boston Globe writer, and investigative reporter, DICK LEHR, visits our studio to talk about his new book: "The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston's Racial Divide."

t Northeastern University Journalism professor WALTER V. ROBINSON, former Editor of the Pulitzer winning Globe Spotlight team, joins us on the phone to help evaluate the current labor/ownership negotiations between the New York Times Company and Boston Globe unions and to offer a prognosis for investigative journalism.

t Grace Notes with Grace Ross.

t WORKING ON TOPICS for future shows - Any ideas? Please write to us here!

COMING SOON:

June:

Guests this month include: labor activist and author Steve Early, author and Prof. Suzanne Gordon on the proposed nurses mega-union, and Dick Lehr, and Boston University journalism professor, former Boston Globe reporter, and author ("The Fence") Dick Lehr.

F F F F F F F F E E E E E E

! "The DAILY T" with Talia Goodman...

(currently on hiatus while Talia's in school)

“Radio remains strong ... usage remains strong year after year,” he said. “These are the facts. And somehow what’s being written [about radio’s decline] does not reflect these facts.”

-Former MTV Networks CEO, Bob Pittman-
 

Activism & Events:  LINK for more information... UPDATED 7.31.08

r United for Peace & Justice at the Dem. and Repub. Conventions

r Winter Soldier Testimony video archive

r Don't Buy Bush's War - a project of Code Pink and others
r Moratorium Day 12, Friday, August 15, 2008
r Global Exchange: 10 Things You Can Do to Stop the War

r SODaPOP Activism: Seasons of Discontent: A Presidential Occupation Project

History News Network article about James Loewen
 

I.B.I.S Contributions to Radio4All dot net:

Ross Gelbspan, author/journalist on global climate change (recorded Jan. 04, 2008) and prospects for human survival [Jamaica Plain Forum]  

Joseph Cirincione, Senior V.P. of the Center for American Progress (recorded Feb. 22, 2007) on nuclear proliferation and the looming war on Iran [MIT Technology and Culture Forum and MIT Student Pugwash] 

Bill Maher on Iraq:"Stop saying Iraq is
another Vietnam; it's another ENRON"

This week's links:

Free Press dot Org

Greg Guma's Blog (former Executive Director of Pacifica Radio)

Truth Out

Countdown w/ KEITH OLBERMANN

Black Agenda Report

Workers Against the War

Jobs with Justice

United for Justice with Peace

EI: the Electronic Intifada

Wax Audio (from Australia)

contact the producers:
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Marc Stern

Dave Goodman

Marc Stern, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Bentley College (Waltham, MA) teaches courses on business and economic history, labor history, and the history of technology.  He has worked in non-commercial radio since 1977 and has produced shows at WPKN in Bridgeport, CT and WUSB in Stony Brook, New York in addition to WMBR.  He has worked in news and public affairs at all of these stations.  He has also worked as part of the “Europe In-Formation” collective at WBAI in New York City. 

Dave Goodman has been an independent and station based radio reporter and producer since 1982. He has worked for WBUR, Boston, MonitoRadio, and the Pacifica Radio Network. Also, he currently writes for the online news and culture site www.openmediaboston.org.