Posted in DefaultTag on Jan 31st, 2017
Guest co-hosts Nolan Higdon and Desiree McSwain, and senior correspondent Michael Levitin,
open the program with a discussion about several recent under-reported stories. Then the talk turns to "fake news,"
as Chase Palmieri and Jared Fesler explain their web site -- Tribeworthy.com -- where readers can collectively evaluate
the validity of news stories. Finally, Quinton Sankofa of Movement Generation explains the connections between
environmental concerns and racial justice.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jan 24th, 2017
Recorded on Inauguration Day, this edition includes interviews with three organizers
of opposition or resistance to the new Trump regime. Also on the program, the hosts
discuss recent important stories not reported -- or misreported -- by corporate media.
Nolan Higdon and Desiree McSwain are guest co-hosts on this week's program; they're joined by
senior correspondent Michael Levitin. Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips will return in two weeks.
Web site mentioned on the program:
www.indivisibleguide.com
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jan 17th, 2017
Peter and Mickey spend the hour with journalist and media scholar Brian Covert,
discussing the too-close relationship between the CIA and U.S. media, as well as other issues,
including the Obama Administration "pivot" toward Asia.
Brian Covert is an independent journalist, and a lecturer at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
His chapter on the CIA and the media, "Played by the Mighty Wurlitzer," appears in the Censored 2017 yearbook.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jan 10th, 2017
For the first half of the program, Peter and Mickey speak with sociologist William Carroll,
about his latest research into the "transnational corporate class" -- top corporate board members
and executives -- who wield vast influence over public policy.
Then Sunsara Taylor and Rafael Caderas make the case for "stopping the Trump regime before it starts;"
they advocate mass protests on the scale of the anti-Mubarak uprising in Egypt. Their web site is www.refusefascism.org.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jan 4th, 2017
Peter and Mickey spend the hour in conversation with author Carol Anderson.
Her latest book, "White Rage," chronicles the history of white resistance
and obstruction to African-American equality, from Reconstruction to modern times.
Carol Anderson is Professor of African-American Studies at Emory University in Atlanta.
Her previous works include "Eyes Off the Prize" and "Bourgeois Radicals."
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