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The End of Policing

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Presswatch
  Join Theresa Mitchell's weekly look at the news you're not supposed to know and her conversation with Professor Alex S. Vitale.  They'll discuss his book THE END OF POLICING How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative: Recent years have seen an exp... Read more

70 Million - Reform Activists and a New DA Find Common Ground

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Radiozine
  70 MILLION AMERICANS 18+ HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD. The first season of 70 Million will focus on how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters will travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and... Read more

What Will the Election of Bolsonaro Mean for Democracy in Brazil?

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
On October 28, the extreme right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro was elected as Brazil's next President.  Bolsonaro has praised Brazil's 20-year military dictatorship and threatened his political opponents with jail or exile.  Dan Jaffee speaks with Dr. Flavia Braga Vieira a... Read more

Drawn to Berlin - Ali Fitzgerald

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Celebrate Words and Pictures' 15th anniversary on the air with a visit from Drawn to Berlin author Ali Fitgerald! Drawn to Berlin follows Ali's encounters with Syrian youth, as she teaches comics workshops at a makeshift refugee center in Germany and hears personal stor... Read more

Matthew Cardinale, candidate for Atlanta City Council; Alyssa Pariah on Trump's attack on trans people; Sasha Buchert, esq.

Airs at: Tue, 12/11/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Preference
Affordable housing advocate, and former Portlander, Matthew Charles Cardinale is running for Atlanta City Council, in a March special election. Let's talk with Matthew about housing, queerness, politics, and the future.  "How can we actually end trans oppression?" We'll lis... Read more

The Politics of Hate: Arjun Singh Sethi

Airs at: Tue, 12/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  There is a stench in the air. Hate is out in the open. The number of hate crimes has dramatically escalated in the last couple of years. Recall Dylann Roof who killed nine in an African-American church in South Carolina or Gregory Bush who murdered two black shoppers in ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 10, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode which includes: Is China Destined to Become the New World Hegemon? An interview with China Scholar Richard Smith on how China became a world economic and political power. Speaking Truth about the Dead: How to talk truthfully about the recently... Read more

The Facts and Fiction of George H.W. Bush

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  The Segregationist Roots of the 'School Choice' Movement...Plus Headlines on the Green New Deal and More  Gerald Horne, Dianne Ravitch, Pam Tau Lee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  Read more

Break the Holiday Shackles: Tis the Season to Expunge

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Lauren Regan from the Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) based in Eugene, Oregon.  CLDC has been defending cases for jailed activists and Political Prisoners for many years as well as taking on diverse civil liberties cases.  Regan will discuss... Read more

Major breakthrough in electroshock lawsuit; come celebrate Wednesday at Rethinking Psychiatry event

Airs at: Wed, 12/05/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  Join host Paul Roland and his guest by phone Michael Sturman as they talk about the landmark anti-electroshock lawsuit settled recently in California in favor of injured ECT (Electro-Convulsive Therapy) patients. As leading anti-psychiatric abuse advocate Peter Breggin e... Read more