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Thursday, October 27, 2011
The War of the Worlds Original Broadcast
First Broadcast 73 year ago on October 30, 1938 by The Mercury Theatre on the Air
When first broadcast, some listeners heard only a portion of the broadcast, and took it to be an actual news reports. Newspapers reported that panic ensued, people fleeing the area, others thinking they could smell poisonous gas or could see flashes of lightning in the distance.
Source: The War of the Worlds (October 30, 1938)
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Music includes Don't You Ever Let Nobody Drag Yo's Spirit Down - Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir, Suicide is Painless - Mike Altman, usa for africa - we are the world, Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix, Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock, Upside Down - Joe Higgs, In the Blink of an Eye - Ryan Harvey, Larry David- Earth to America, What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong, George Carlin - Faith Based, We Shall Overcome - Guy Carawan, The Mooche - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Requiem For A Dream
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
How lobbyists and huge campaign contributions manipulate politics and the economy
Jacob Hacker |
Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
Bob McChesney talks with Jacob Hacker, Professor of Political Science at Yale University. Jacob Hacker has made important contributions to public policy ideas in the areas of healthcare, social welfare and economic opportunity. Jacob has spent his career researching how the institutions of social protection work, practically and economically.
Paul Pierson |
Paul Pierson is noted for his research on comparative public policy and political economy, the welfare state, and American political development. Pierson is Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley.
The bottom line is that lobbyists and campaign contributions by the wealthy have changed the structure of the economy for the worse.
Source: Winner-Take-All Politics: Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
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Music includes New New New War War War, Joan Baez - Saigon Bride, zinn-cspan-patriot4, War Song - Graham Nash, basic training cigarettes, Masters of War, with my own two hands, Change The Story - Geoff Scott, Peace - The Best of George Harrison, Piggies - The Beatles, Protest Song - Brendan Quinn, Classical Guitar - Tango Flamenco, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Popcorn, Spirituals Medley - Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir, Movie Songs - Mission Impossible Theme, We'll Met Again
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. |
Source: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Music includes Vote Republican 3.0 by Roy Zimmerman, matisyahu-one day, Dave Lippman-Teenage Immigrant Welfare Mothers on Drugs, wille-whatever happened, goodbye blue sky, Frank Zappa - Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, The Times They Are A-Changin', Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam, Max Roach, We Will All Go Together When We Go, Peace And Love, We'll Meet Again
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
The Afghanistan War after 10 years
Ray McGovern |
Jonathan Stevenson |
Source: Two Critical Views of Gen. Petraeus: Ray McGovern and Prof. Jonathan Stevenson; plus Will Durst on Birthers
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Music includes caffeine, prine - flag decal heaven, gods a gonna cut you down, Pete Seeger Live - new protest song about BP oil spill in gulf coast on Banjo w James Maddock guitar, black eyed peas - where is the love, september song, We'll Met Again
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