Ralph Nader and the Police State

Scott Horton Interviews Francis Boyle

Francis Boyle discusses how in 2004 the FBI and CIA tried to make him an informant to betray his Arab and Muslim legal clients. His refusal landed him on several terrorism watch lists and guaranteeing him a lifetime of harassment when traveling. He asks if we are already living in a police state, which will become a military dictatorship after one more major terrorist attacks. Currently Professor Boyle lectures on international law at the University of Illinois College of Law.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Francis Boyle

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader talks with Bob McChesney

Ralph Nader was named by The Atlantic as one of the 100 most influential figures in American history, and by Time and Life magazines as one of the hundred most influential Americans of the twentieth century. Nader has organized millions of citizens into more than 100 public interest groups to advocate for solutions. His efforts have helped create laws, regulatory agencies, and federal standards that have improved the quality of life for generations of Americans. Because of Ralph Nader we drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer environments.
Source: Ralph Nader on Media Matters with Bob McChesney





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Music includes Vote Republican 2.0 by Roy Zimmerman, They Lied - jay mankita, Will Rogers, The Times They are a-changin' - Bob Dylan, Ali-2001, New Orleans - Freeman Z, Osama Bin Laden - Comedy, Mystery Babylon - Peter Tosh, Dreas Bells Of War, Mariachi Tamazula-Alma Llanera, Joe Hill - Joan Baez

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Robert Reich talks about the sick economy

Robert Reich

Harry Kreisler interviews Robert Reich about political change and the structural causes of the 2008 economic collapse. Reich recounts early experiences with the Clintons. He concludes with an evaluation of the importance of political leadership, and grass roots mobilization.
Source: Politics, Policy, and the Great Recession with Robert Reich (Conversations with History)

Tavis Smiley, Andrew Ballen, Cornel West

China and the Hip-Hop Culture
Tavis Smiley talks to Andrew Ballen, a Black entrepreneur, who went from North Carolina to Shanghai. He explains his view of Chinese culture and race.
Source: China – The Hip-Hop Culture








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Music includes Willie Nelson - Peaceful Solution, Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock, Nelson Mandela, Peace - George Harrison, The Matrix Trailer, Jose Ortega- His Mariachi Band - Mexican Hat Dance, Bobby Mcferrin - Blackbird, Welcome to Post Legal America, In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans, Bush and Saddam - Everton Blender, Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir - Say Yo' Business: Live!, Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle

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A Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Eric Weiner

NPR National Correspondent Eric Weiner and Ted Asregadoo talk about the book, "The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World."
Source: The Geography of Bliss








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Music includes The Compassionate Conservative - In The Garden of Eden(Zinn-Nader), John Prine - Sam Stone, Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon, Nelson Mandela, Jesus(1977), Holy Wars...The Punishment Due - Megadeth, rainbowstew - Merle Haggard, Soldier Blue - Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joan Baez -There but for fortune, Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd, Vietnam - Jimmy Cliff, Willie Nelson - City of New Orleans

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A long-term view of climate change

Tim Flannery

Dr. Tim Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, paleontologist, environmentalist, professor and global warming activist. He was named Australian of the Year in 2007.

Flannery explains that over the last 10,000 years humanity has built a “super-organism” – a level of organization similar to that of ants, termites, or bees. The glue that holds the super-organism together is the division of labor, interdependence. As “we form this one great super-organism, where we are all interconnected, we gain the capacity to deal with environmental challenges.” Flannery sees international progress in addressing climate change and expects more in the future.
Source: Dr. Tim Flannery: A Natural History of the Planet

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Music includes Lenard Cohen - Everybody Knows, Imagine - John Lennon, Jesus Christ - Woody Guthrie, The Cowardly Lion On Courage, On The Face Of It - The Evens, Hit Or Miss - Odetta, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan, supaclean - beat the bushes, What's Going On - Marvin Gaye, Marx Brothers (The) - The Original Voice Tracks From Their Greatest Movies - The Collected Speeches Of Groucho, Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair - Canticle, We'll Met Again, Tijana Taxi - Herb Alpert, Mambo Rage

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