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Past "RADIO with a VIEW" Show Rundowns 2008 |
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December 28, 2008 Marc solo... Historian and UCSB Professor NELSON LICHTENSTEIN joins Marc on the phone to discuss the economy, labor rights, and the historical moment for progressive change. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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December 21, 2008 ACLU Staff Attorney LAURA ROTOLO discusses detention of undocumented immigrants and the harsh treatment they receive in MA jails. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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December 14, 2008 Marc solo... "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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December 07, 2008 We Reported on the Boston Green Justice Coalition kick-off event. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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November 30, 2008 Satirist and stand-up comedian JIMMY TINGLE, host of a fundraising benefit for the the Regent Theater in Arlington, MA. joined us in the studio to talk politics and comedy. Film review - "Milk" - by our own "central culturizer," Bruce Sylvester "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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November 23, 2008 A report on the recent settlement in a class action lawsuit between undocumented workers and the former owner of the Michael Bianco, Inc. factory in New Bedford, MA. RAED JARRAR, (right, top) Iraqi architect, activist, blogger, and consultant to the American Friends Service Committee spoke to us about the "Status of Forces" agreement. [recent info here] MOONANUM JAMES, (right, bottom) co-leader of the United American Indians of New England on the 39th "Day of Mourning" in Plymouth, MA on Thanksgiving and other issues that impact native nations. In place of our regular "Grace Notes" feature this week, we interviewed activist and lobbyist and former gubernatorial candidate GRACE ROSS, who attended the rally on behalf of Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner outside the federal district courthouse in Worcester, MA |
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November 16, 2008 We reported on an event featuring "Ask Dr. Dollar" aka UMASS Boston Professor of Economics ARTHUR MACEWAN (top, right). We were joined in studio by CLEMENTINA CHERY (right, middle), Founder and Director of the Dorchester-based Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, perhaps best known as the sponsoring organization of the annual "Mother's Day Walk for Peace." On the phone this week: Demos Research Institute Senior Fellow LEW DALY, co-author of the book "Unjust Deserts: how the rich are taking our common inheritance and why we should take it back." We also featured a report on efforts by Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War to march in the annual Boston Veterans Day Parade. Story produced by Boston Community Reporters Project and WMBR-FM Correspondent Chuck U Rosina. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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November 09, 2008
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November 02, 2008 Pre-Election, Post-Partisan, Quasi-Rational, Pseudo-Scientific, Mega-MIX. [produced by Dave Goodman] A few days before the election, we were joined by JOSEPH GERSON, (right, top) Director of Programs and the Peace & Economic Security Program for the American Friends Service Committee in New England. Businesswoman and author MARGARET TROST (right, bottom) talks about her transformational experiences in Haiti and her efforts to feed children there. [Interview conducted 10.21.08 with "Haiti Focus" producer Jacques-Antoine Jean] "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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October 26, 2008 We report on the impact of MA state ballot question #1 which if passed would have eliminated the state income tax within 2 years. Marc and David brought a wide variety of musical tunes plus lots of discussion and analysis of the upcoming election. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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October 19, 2008 Rutgers Professor of History, JAMES LIVINGSTON, (top, right) returns to the show for a discussion of the upcoming presidential election and the economy. [Livingston's BLOG] Marc and Dave discuss voter suppression, (right, bottom) Iraqis who want U.S. troops out now, and some playoff baseball. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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October 12, 2008 JON BONIFAZ, (right, top) Attorney and Founder, National Voting Rights Institute. Currently, Legal Director of Voter Action! MICHAEL BRUNE, (right, middle) Executive Director, Rainforest Action Network. [conversation recorded on Monday 10.6.08 - please see podcast at Open Media Boston here] Highlights from Oct. 11 Stop the War/Stand Up for Peace Rally on the Boston Common. Report on public meeting at Boston City Hall sponsored by the Safety Net Coalition on the Boston University Level 4 "Bio-Lab." right, bottom) "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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October 05, 2008 Another discussion of the proposed financial "bail-out;" this time with Professor MICHAEL ZWEIG, (right, top) of the SUNY Stony Brook Economics Department and Director of the Center for the Study of Working Class Life. Zweig's team has just released a study with remarkable numbers: 23 million households "are in financial distress" say the researchers! BRENDA WRIGHT, (right, bottom) Legal Director for New York City based public policy research and advocacy organization, DEMOS joins us in the studio. We talk about efforts to strengthen democracy through voter enfranchisement. Specifically, recent court rulings in Ohio and Missouri involving same day registration/voting and voter registration drives at social agencies working with low income people. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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September 28, 2008 We continued our analysis of the financial meltdown and proposed "bail-out" with CHUCK COLLINS (right, top) of the Institute for Policy Studies and co-founder and a former Executive Director of United for a Fair Economy. A brief exploration of "truth and reconciliation" with LINDA BIEHL (her daughter was killed by South African anti-apartheid activists) and NTOBEKE PENI (one of four men convicted of the murder). [recorded 9/4/08 at Fenway High School] World Premier of Dave Goodman's contribution to AIR/HarvestWorks "Sounds Elemental: Water" workshop conducted in August 2008. [Audio On Demand coming soon!] "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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September 21, 2008 Professor JOHN MILLER of the Wheaton College Economics Department and the Dollars and Sense Collective on the bank/mortgage company/stock market/investment house/insurance company financial crisis and the Bush administration proposed bailout. HONK! Festival coordinators and musicians Ken Field (sax), John Bell (trombone), and Susan Sakash (trombone), visited the studio to promote the Boston area's biggest and brightest marching band extravaganza: October 10, 11, and 12, 2008. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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September 14, 2008 Director of the National Security Archive, THOMAS BLANTON and Suffolk University Law Professor ALASDAIR ROBERTS of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service, join us to preview their upcoming Ford Hall Forum talk on "Secrecy in the United States." Photojournalist and author DAVID BACON (right, middle), "Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants." [recorded 9.9.08 at Jamaica Plain Forum] Musician and activist PEGGY SEEGER (right, bottom), visits the show to promote her upcoming concert in Watertown and her new song for the Barack Obama campaign. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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September 07, 2008 DR. BERNARD LOWN, (top, right) renowned cardiologist and co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War joins us to talk about his new memoir: "Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness." (part 2 of 2) BARRY BRODSKY, Director of the Veterans Upward Bound program at UMass-Boston and co-author of the play "The Boys of Winter." Performances at the Boston Playwright's Theater September 5-21, 2008. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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August 31, 2008 Exclusive report on launch of Latino workers campaign against labor abuses and exploitation. In cooperation with Open Media Boston. DR. BERNARD LOWN, (top, right) renowned cardiologist and co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War joins us to talk about his new memoir: "Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness." (part 1 of 2) President of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts chapter of the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, MERRIE NAJIMY, (bottom, right) joins us in studio to discuss this week's news that boats carrying members of the ISM and Free Gaza Movement have broken the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Plus a phone conversation with Israeli peace activist Angela Godfrey-Goldstein in Jerusalem. Coordinator HARTLEY PLESHAW, makes his annual visit to the show to fill us in on the 28th Bread and Roses Labor Festival in Lawrence, MA. |
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August 24, 2008 Marc and David together again for conversation and topical tunes. WMBR and WMFO producer/correspondent CHUCK U ROSINA with a report from the march and rally commemorating the 81st anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. [Website] Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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August 17, 2008 Dave in New York City for a radio/audio art workshop at HarvestWorks, so Marc goes wild and crazy... DEBORAH STONE, political scientist, and author of "The Samaritan's Dilemma: Should Government Help Your Neighbor?" "The Daily T" with Talia Goodman. (#6 The Brain: hearing & sound) Re-broadcast of conversation with Deborah Henson-Conant and Debra Wise. |
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August 10, 2008 Marc goes to camp, so David flies solo... "If You Love This Planet" with Dr. HELEN CALDICOTT and her guest ARJUN MAKHIJANI, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. The two discuss the pressures on scientists and lawmakers to use nuclear power as a way to reduce carbon emissions. Also, the possibility that the U.S. and the rest of the world could successfully meet all of its energy needs with renewable energy by 2050. ARUN GANDHI, grandson of Mahatma and Kasturba Gandhi, founder and a former Director of the M.K. Gandhi Institute of Non-Violence based at the University of Rochester (NY). His new book is called "The Forgotten Woman: The Untold Story of Kastur, Wife of Mahatma Gandhi." Activist JIM HARNEY, (recorded at Church Vida Real in Somerville on Thursday 8/7/08) on the treatment of immigrants and refugees. {for more info: Posibilidad] We spoke to Jazz/Rock Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant and Underground Railway Theater Artistic Director Debra Wise about the brand new "Central Square Theater" and Henson-Conant's show "What the Hell are you Doing in the Waiting Room for Heaven??" |
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August 03, 2008 Marc and David: two for the price of 1 (free!!!) GRACE ROSS (right), helps us analyze many of the moves (and non-moves) made by the MA state legislature following the end of it's session. Independent journalist and Palestinian human rights activist SA'ED BANNOURA on the importance of independent media, especially in occupied parts of the world. [recorded 7.27.08 at Grassroots Radio Conference 13 in Portland, OR] |
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July 27, 2008 Marc solo, Dave away at GRC 13... SUSAN QUINN, historian and author, joined us to discuss "Furious Improvisation: How WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times." Readings from The Nation and other sources... Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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July 20, 2008 Marc away, Dave solo... Conversation with former Israeli cabinet member and Russian Gulag survivor and Soviet dissident "refusnik" NATAN SHARANSKY. JIMMY TINGLE, Comedian and Candidate (Humor for Humanity Ticket) for U.S. President. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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July 13, 2008 Marc returns from Russia with an update on orphanages, architecture, and fashion... MIKE MOORE, journalist and former Editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and author of the new book, "Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance." Nuclear disarmament expert JOSEPH CIRINCIONE of the Center for American Progress, reminds us why countries such as Iran desire nuclear weapons. [speech recorded at MIT, Feb. 22, 2007] MA State Rep. CARL SCIORTINO on being a "progressive" state legislator and the issues he thinks are important in the 34th Middlesex District (Medford and Somerville, MA). "The Daily T" with Talia Goodman. (Time & Time Travel) |
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July 06, 2008 2008 Declaration of INTER-dependence (see Music page for set-list)
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June 29, 2008 We recognize the death of comedian and social critic George Carlin. (Randy Childs Tribute) David talks about gun violence and the recent SCOTUS decision to strike down a handgun ban in Washington D.C. As deadly violence continues in some of Boston's neighborhoods, David admonishes the peace (anti-war) movement for not trying harder to build alliances with local communities. A conversation with SHELDON KRIMSKY, (top right) Tufts University Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. Topics include the Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Lab, DNA data banking and race, and the one billion dollar bio-sciences bill passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor Patrick. [Dr. Krimsky servers as a board member of The Council on Responsible Genetics] JANET GILLESPIE, Director of Programming of Community Change, Inc. The organization planned an open, public reading of the 1852 Frederick Douglass speech, "The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro." We spoke about structural racism in America today and the prospects for alliances among social justice movements. "The Daily T" with Talia Goodman. (The Brain) |
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June 22, 2008 Marc and family in Russia for the next two weeks... Dave explains why Senator Obama missed a great opportunity to demonstrate his menchiness and reveal the type of society in which he wants to live. [Kansas City Star Editorial - Dallas Morning News reports that Obama apologizes] TERRY ALADJEM, Associate Director of the Derek Bok Center at Harvard University and lecturer in the Social Studies Department, joins David for a conversation on the issues he writes about in his new book: "The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice." "The Daily T" with Talia Goodman. (robots) "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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June 15, 2008 It's a talk show... so Marc and Dave talk about the war and the differences between democrats and republicans and the crisis at Pacifica and baseball and drugs that give athletes an advantage. Plus some great music... ...and "The DAILY T" with Talia Goodman |
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June 08, 2008 RALPH NADER and his crew swing by Cambridge, MA during their Northeast ballot access tour. We heard from the man himself as well as volunteer campaign associate Mike Richardson and TV producer/host Barry Nolan. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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June 01, 2008 WMBR-FM benefactor CHARLIE FREIFELD (he donated to our most recent fundraiser) visited the studio along with MAGGIE HERZIG, Senior Associate and Director of the Watertown-based Public Conversations Project. Marc reviews the new film, Bigger Stronger Faster* (*The Side Effects of Being American) [official website] "The DAILY T" with Talia Goodman... |
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May 25, 2008 SIMON BILLENNESS, formerly of the New England Burma Roundtable and currently a member of the Board of Directors of the US Campaign for Burma [Simon's blog] joined Marc & David for an update on the humanitarian and political situation in Burma. KAYE LIN, a recent graduate of Boston University, and a student leader of the Campaign spoke to us as well. [Boston Globe coverage of Burmese living in Boston] Economist and author JARED BERNSTEIN (right, middle), directs the "Living Standards Program" of the Washington, D.C. based Economic Policy Institute. We discuss the principles in his new book: "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries). Popular Fenway High School math teacher, OBAIN ATTOUOMAN (right, bottom), was deported on Wednesday. We had a full report including an extensive interview with his lawyer, SUSAN COHEN of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo PC. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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May 18, 2008 We spoke with MA State Representative MARC PACHECO, (D-Taunton) co-sponsor of The Patient Safety Act which tentatively is scheduled for a vote in the MA House of Reps. the week of May 19th. Journalist, Visiting Professor at University of Maryland School of Nursing, and author of seven books on nursing and healthcare, SUZANNE GORDON (right), joined us in the studio for a discussion on nurse to patient ratios and the future of healthcare. Excerpts from May 13, 2008 recorded testimony on Home Foreclosure Moratorium and other bills, heard before the State Legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary. [see our Audio On Demand Service for speech by Senator Dianne Wilkerson] Bruce "The Central Culturizer" Sylvester on the 400 page coffeetable book "Rock and Roll: '39-'59." |
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May 11, 2008 Marc solo again... GREG GUMA (right), writer, editor, and former Executive Director of the Pacifica Radio Network joins Marc on the phone. On "tape:" media maven DANNY SCHECHTER (from the Ford Hall Forum) and Political Science Professor and writer STEPHEN ZUNES (from New England United Membership Conference). Another excerpt from the 1992 conversation between Dave Goodman and musician, activist TOM PAXTON. |
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May 04, 2008 Marc solo... he recognizes May Day by playing several versions of the song "Le Internationale." LIZZA and BENJAMIN BOGADO (right, top and middle), visit for a wide ranging conversation on media, politics, music, culture, human rights and more. Singer Lizza Bogado has been called one of the "most important folk artists" in Paraguay. Benjamin Bogado, lawyer and journalist, helped to draft the most recent version of the Paraguayan Constitution and founded and directs a community radio station in Asuncion called Radio Libre. Currently, Benjamin is a Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. BARRY CRIMMINS (right, bottom), author, comedian, and muckraker, joins Marc on the phone to discuss politics and culture and promote a fundraiser for his friend and colleague Bob Lazarus. Bruce "The Central Culturizer" Sylvester with art review from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. Thanks to Mark Weaver for engineering support! |
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April 27, 2008 John McCain and Frank Sinatra sing "Strangers In The Night..." TAMARA DRAUT (right,top), author and Director of the Economic Opportunity program at Demos, joins us to discuss the oppressive nature of debt! Author, and journalist PAUL ROBERTS, "The End of Oil," on the myths of energy independence. Surprise revealed: excerpt from 1992 conversation between Dave Goodman and TOM PAXTON (right, bottom). [official T.P. website] Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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April 20, 2008 ELLERY SCHEMPP, protagonist of STEPHEN SOLOMON'S new book "Ellery's Protest: How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer." Both gentlemen joined the program to talk about separation of church and state and the vigilance and activism that keep it separate.
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April 13, 2008 Marc traveling; David solo... Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts spokesperson ERIN O'LEARY on House passage of the "Improving Tax Fairness and Business Competitiveness" bill that closes some corporate tax loopholes and lowers business taxes for select companies. Recorded testimony from hearings sponsored by the National Commission on ICE Misconduct and Violations of the 4th Amendment. (A private investigative body founded by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union) / Immigration and Customs Enforcement / [Openmediaboston coverage]
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April 06, 2008 Iconic TV host and journalist PHIL DONAHUE (right), joined us on the phone to discuss the film "Body of War," which he co-produced and directed with Ellen Spiro. Bruce "The Central Culturizer" Sylvester with review of "Body of War." Report on global climate activism as Rising Tide North America and Rainforest Action Network sponsor "Fossil Fools Day" protest against Bank of America and other financial institutions. Four women locked themselves to the front door of the BoA branch in Copley Square, Boston and eventually were arrested. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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March 30, 2008 We started with the usual Marc and David banter, discussing such topics as the ongoing disaster in Iraq (otherwise known as the surge), and a possible boycott of the Olympics being held this summer in China. MAUDE BARLOW (right, center), author and National Chair of the Council of Canadians, speaks on the dangers of misusing the planet's water supply. [from a presentation recorded at the Jamaica Plain Forum, March 2, 2008] Filmmaker SHOSHANA HOOSE joined us to discuss her film, "There Ought To Be A Law." The documentary follows a Maine mother whose son, suffering from depression, found it too easy to buy a gun and commit suicide. MARNIA LAZREG, Professor of Sociology, Hunter College and author of the new book, "Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad." Historian and Rutgers Professor JAMES LIVINGSTON (right, bottom), on the political and cultural connections between national security, the economy, and the battle of Hilary Clinton vs. Barack Obama. |
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March 23, 2008 We marked the 5th year of war and occupation in Iraq with music and speech including excerpts from the "Confronting Empire: 5 Years of war in Iraq" speaker series. Presenters included Professors Howard Zinn, Irene Gendzier, Noah Feldman, & Duncan Kennedy. [sponsored by Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal Left, HLS Peace, Justice for Palestine at Harvard law School, National Lawyers Guild at HLS, Association for Justice in the Middle East, and KSG Arab Caucus] ED SANDERS (right), poet, songwriter, activist, and co-founder of the original subversive rock and roll band, THE FUGS, joined us in the studio for a conversation on music and politics; from Allen Ginsburg to George Bush and back. Grace Notes with Grace Ross. |
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March 16, 2008 Mix of excerpts from the Winter Soldier Hearings in Silver Spring, MD plus commentary plus music and discussion of the fifth anniversary of the war and occupation in Iraq. Mass. Coalition to Save Darfur, co-Chair, ERIC COHEN, joined us in studio to discuss the violent conflict in Sudan and efforts in MA and the U.S. to urge corporations to stop "investing in genocide." Professor DANIEL GOROFF, Mathematician and Dean of Faculty at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA, spoke at MIT on the consequences for America if scientists ignore politics. His presentation was sponsored by MIT Student Pugwash and SEA (Scientists and Engineers for America). |
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March 09, 2008 Tribute to JOHN O'BRIEN, teacher, playwright, and long time member of the Community Church of Boston, who passed away this week. Retired Colonel, diplomat, author, and anti-war activist ANN WRIGHT (right, top) joins us in-studio!! She participated this afternoon in a fundraiser at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, MA for the Winter Soldier hearings. March 6th marked the one year anniversary of the B.I.C.E. raid on a factory in New Bedford, MA, and the arrest and detention of 361 workers. Michael Bianco, Inc. manufactured military backpacks for use in the Iraq/Afghanistan wars. We'll hear from immigrant advocates and activists on the current status of workers their families, and immigration policy. [Boston Globe coverage and more] NANCY POLIKOFF (right, bottom), Professor of Law at American University and author of "Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law." [on the WEB] (Presenting at Simmons College 3/13/08) Grace Notes with Grace Ross.
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March 02, 2008 Global Warming VS. Global Arming feature on the possibility that nuclear energy will make significant gains as nations try to slow the global climate change crisis by finding non-carbon generating solutions. Scientists DAVID HILL and RICHARD CLAPP address the technical, economic, and especially the arms proliferation issues involved. [Original speaking event at MIT sponsored by Student Pugwash] Grace Notes with Grace Ross. Political strategist ROBERT CREAMER visited the show to discuss his new book called "Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win." Poet and folk music promoter TIM MASON visits to discuss an upcoming tribute show to legend Utah Philips at Club Passim in Harvard Square. |
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February 24, 2008 ELISE TRIPP, Editor, "Surviving Iraq: Soldier's Stories" joins Gold Star parents MELIDA and CARLOS ARREDONDO, whose son Alexander was killed in Iraq. Conversation with musician MARK HARVEY of the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra whose 35th Annual Benefit Concert was performed Sunday evening and helped raise money for Community Works. ELIAS DAVIS, Secretary-Treasurer of the Writer's Guild of America-WEST joins us again to break down the details of the new TV and movie writers contract with production companies. Plus world radio premier (as far as we know!) of the Prince Myshkins performing "The Thesaurus Song (like fighting terror with shock and awe)" recorded Friday February 22, 2008 at the Community Church of Boston. |
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February 17, 2008 PAUL DUTTON, author of "Differential Diagnosis: A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the U.S. and France." Various academics and researchers addressed the science, economics, and politics of global climate change during the MIT Focus on Climate Change Symposium, Feb. 12-14, 2008. Today, we heard from Urban Studies and Planning Professor JUDITH LAYZER who spoke on "translating climate change science into policy." Grace Notes with Grace Ross Art review by Bruce "The Central Culturizer" Sylvester. |
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February 10, 2008 Author ("Blue Grit") and radio host LAURA FLANDERS joins us to deconstruct our political system and discuss how to make daily politics more democratic. JIMMY TINGLE, candidate for President of the United States! Oh, and he's a stand-up comedian and political satirist. Congresswoman CORINNE BROWN (D-FL) on why Hillary Clinton makes the best president. [Wikipedia entry - note: we don't usually point to wikipedia, but this entry is well footnoted] Artist JOANNE RICE daily places 100 stones on a site next to Trinity Church in Copley Square, Boston as a way of emphasizing "The Human Cost of War." We'll hear a "live" report from the site and from the artist herself. Grace Notes with Grace Ross Film review by Bruce "The Central Culturizer" Sylvester. (Oscar nominated "Taxi To The Darkside") |
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February 03, 2008 Musician and publicist MARY CURTIN and artist and photographer GREG COOK join Marc and David to help promote the 2008 visit to Boston of Peter Schumann and the Bread and Puppet Theatre. Attorneys WENDY KAMINER and HARVEY SILVERGLATE on "Freedom of Speech and Association in the Post 9/11 World." Recorded Saturday Jan. 26, 2008 at the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts membership conference. Re-broadcast of our conversation with economist, political scientist and author CHALMERS JOHNSON. His latest book is called "Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic." Grace Notes with Grace Ross |
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January 27, 2008 Excerpt from keynote speech by Daniel Ellsberg (right, top), recorded Sat. Jan. 26, 2008 at the Civil Liberties Union of MA membership conference. Jodie Evans (right, middle), CODEPink Women for Peace on their "Don't Buy Bush's War" Tax Boycott Campaign. Chalmers Johnson (right, bottom), economist, political scientist, and author of "Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic." Excerpt from 1963 speech by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the NY City local of the United Auto Workers focusing on the definition of "normalcy" and society. Report from the streets of Cambridge, MA on a local protest against Israeli and U.S. policy towards occupied Gaza. Produced by Chuck U. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross. |
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January 20, 2008 Deborah Kanafani (right, top), author, "Unveiled: How an American Woman Found Her Way Through Politics, Love, and Obedience in the Middle East." Joel Kovel (right, middle), author, "Overcoming Zionism: Creating a single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine." MIT Professor Daniel Nocera describes his research on solar energy and the chemistry of water. The goal: create an ecologically sustainable and carbon neutral fuel for our energy consumption that doesn't feed global climate change! Terry Kitchen (right, bottom), musician and Sandy Pliskin, local organizers of the People's Music Network/Songs of Freedom & Struggle join us to discuss the upcoming PMN concert and conference. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross.
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January 13, 2008 Conversation with David Rose, author of the book, "The Big Eddy Club: The Stocking Stranglings and Southern Justice." Race and justice and society; invigorating and enlightening. Reporter Sofia Jarrin contributes a report on "Close Guantanamo Day" activities in Boston. Protest sponsored by Civil Liberties Union of MA and Amnesty International. "Grace Notes" with Grace Ross.
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January 06, 2008 David goes solo. Show features lots of music and mayhem, religion and politics, war and peace. Howard Zinn (right, top), on the phone to talk about the filming of "The People Speak," based on Zinn's "People's History of the United States." Ross Gelbspan (right, bottom), author, journalist, and expert on the politics of global climate change speaks about the prognosis for planet Earth. (Speech recorded 1/4/08 at the Jamaica Plain Forum.) We speak to Kathy Ferguson, Development Director, Spare change News/What's Up Magazine at the offices of the Homeless Empowerment Project. |
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December 30, 2007 END OF THE WORLD (we mean year) SHOW! We check in with John Nirenberg, walking from Boston to Washington D.C., to promote articles of impeachment against Bush and Cheney. Kennette Benedict, Executive Director & Publisher of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, joins us to discuss the state of nuclear weaponry, the doomsday clock, and the prognosis for future peace and security. |
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December 23, 2007 CHRISTMAS SEX Show Julie Sabatier, producer of D.I.Y. Portland, contributes an interview with a phone sex worker. Conversation with Bill Baird, pro-choice activist and icon of the privacy and reproductive rights movement. Paul Reffel, co-founder of Baring Witness and the Global Orgasm for Peace. Lots of great music including Marvin Gaye, Four Bitchin' Babes and The Bastard Fairies. |
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