Inside The Brain Of A Conservative

Chris Mooney

Terrence McNally, journalist and radio host interviews Chris Mooney. Chris Mooney in 2005, he wrote The Republican War On Science.  Chris's new book, The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality.

Mooney says that from climate change to evolution, the rejection of mainstream science among Republicans is growing. So is denial of expert consensus on the economy, American history, foreign policy, and much more. He writes that the political parties reflect personality traits and psychological needs. Republicans are wedded to certainty, Democrats to novelty and that this is the root of our divide over reality.
Source: Q&A: Chris Mooney - The Republican Brain



Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

Why bother with history? Why everyone hates high school history textbooks. How history textbooks turns real people into cardboard heroes by James Loewen.
Source: Lies My Teacher Told Me

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Music includes Roymond - Just Blue, Dave Lippman-Teenage Immigrant Welfare Mothers on Drugs, Rise Against - Appeal To Reason, Wille Nelson - Whatever Happened, Dire Straits - Money for Nothing, Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz, Martin Luther King 3-8-1965, Terry Gangstad - NRAA, Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi, New American Brass - Bonnie Blue Flag

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Peaceful Revolution

Paul Chappell

This is the best speech on war and peace that I've ever heard. It gets to the heart of the matter. Iraq War veteran Paul Chappell lays out a plan to create a more peaceful world. Paul is a graduate of West Point. He currently serves as Peace Leadership Director at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.  Mr. Chappell is the author of Will War Ever End?, The End of War and Peace Revolution.  For more information visit paulkchappell.com.
Source: Peaceful Revolution: How We Can Create the Future Needed for Humanity's Survival

Music Traditional Irish Folk Songs - Gaelic Reels


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Inside The Private Empire of ExxonMobil

Steve Coll

Steve Coll is the author of Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power and former Managing Editor of The Washington Post. ExxonMobil's influence on climate change policies are just one themes Steve Coll talks about. He writes that ExxonMobil spends more money lobbying the U.S. Congress than any other corporation.
Source: Steve Coll: ExxonMobil and American Power

Dick Durbin

I'm Calling To Ask For Your Contribution

U.S. Congressmembers have two jobs: Making laws, and raising money to run for re-election. Raising money to run for re-election is a lot easier if you serve on certain Congressional committees. This program reveals which committees are a fundraising goldmine and which committees actually make it harder for Congressmembers to raise money.
Source: Senator By Day, Telemarketer By Night




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Music includes The Abstractions - War After War, E07 Explain, Terry Gangstad - Chest Hair Club, Jerusha - Leave The Tarsands In The Ground, FDR, The Billionaires For Bush - The Billionaires Are In The House, Edwin Starr - War What Is It Good For, Back It Up! - James Blundell, Stephan Smith - Business, Movie Network - Speak the Truth, The Lion King - I Just Can't Wait to Be King, Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made of Sand, Inca Flutes - Chofercito

Meet the Great Liberian Peace Activist Leymah Gbowee

Leymah Gbowee

Stephen Colbert interviews Leymah Gbowee

Leymah Gbowee organized a sex strike among women until the Liberian civil war ended. Liberia is a west African country. In 1847, freed American slaves created Liberia with a Declaration of Independence and a Constitution. The government of Liberia is modeled on the government of the United States.
Source: The Colbert Report - Leymah Gbowee

Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace

Peace activist Leymah Gbowee interviewed by Tavis Smiley

Liberian native and author of Mighty Be Our Powers discusses the importance of and challenges faced by women in politics and the significance of the nation’s first woman president. Gbowee is one of three recipients of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
Source: Peace activist Leymah Gbowee

Mighty Be Our Powers with Leymah Gbowee

A champion of women's empowerment around the world, Leymah Gbowee is an African peace activist often credited with aiding the cessation of the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003 through her extraordinary women-led peace movement.
Source: Mighty Be Our Powers - How Sisterhood, Prayer & Sex Changes a Nation at War with Leymah Gbowee






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Music includes USA For Africa - We Are The World, Jan Seides - To Give Us Peace, Rise Against - Appeal To Reason, The Evens - On The Face Of It, Lenard Cohen - Everybody Knows, The Betrayed Soldier - Ryan Harvey, Harmonious Combustion - A Song Of Peace, taacc01, Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

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Cheating Justice

Elizabeth Holtzman

How Bush and Cheney Attacked The Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution - And What We Can Do About It

Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman argues that former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney broke several laws and international treaties during their tenure in office and should be held accountable. She contends that the Bush administration lied to the American public in the lead-up to the war in Iraq and permitted torturous practices in opposition to international agreements.
Source: Cheating Justice: How Bush and Cheney Attacked The Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution - And What We Can Do About It

Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges sues Barack Obama over National Defense Authorization Act.
Source: Chris Hedges sues Barrack Obama over National Defense Authorization Act - RTNews











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Music includes Wille Nelson - Whatever Happened, Richard Nixon 8-8-1974, Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth, Edwin Starr - War What Is It Good For, Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son, Vince Gill - Let There Be Peace On Earth, Joan Baez - One Tin Soldier, Michael Franti & Spearhead - Time To Go Home, Matrix - Begin, Odetta - Hit Or Miss

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