By Lee Rayburn on
7/30/2009 4:09 PM
What are the real costs of two ongoing wars, two troop surges, and no national health care plan? Peace economist Bob Reuschlein takes an in-depth look at lost opportunities and America's unsustainable economic model.
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By Lee Rayburn on
7/30/2009 3:57 PM
Wisconsin's most provocative provocateur Nick Mortensen has stabbing pains in the right side of his skull and just paid $50 to be told that there's nothing wrong with him. Ahhh... the beauty of health insurance! Plus, Nick just won't stop extolling the virtues of J.D. Stier. I think it may be that impending brain aneurysm.
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By Lee Rayburn on
7/30/2009 3:46 PM
Wisconsin coordinator for the Progressive Democrats of America Paulette Garin reports on the rallies for health care reform across the state and the continued support for a single-payer system. Is popular support for single-payer affecting President Obama's popularity?
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By Barry Lynn on
7/30/2009 10:03 AM
4:00PM EDT
Profits before patients? The Health Care Industry vs. Health Reform with Wendell Potter, the former CIGNA health insurance executive who blew the whistle on his former industry's lobby and PR tactics. He is now Senior Fellow on Health Care with the Center for Media and Democracy. www.prwatch.org
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By Cynthia Black on
7/29/2009 6:02 PM
6:15 PT, 9:15 EDT: Join me for more than an hour for this wonderful and thought-provoking look at the threats of global climate change-- and how you can rethink the problem.
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By Cynthia Black on
7/29/2009 6:01 PM
Your calls...
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By Lee Rayburn on
7/29/2009 5:26 PM
Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Capitol Liason Jennifer Giegerich explains the need for an independent Department of Natural Resources Secretary, the flip-flop of Governor Doyle, and the growing bipartisan support for environmental protection.
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By Barry Lynn on
7/29/2009 10:09 AM
4:00PM EDT
An eight year girl was allegedly gang raped by four boys ages 9 to 14, but her family is now saying that she has brought shame to them and don’t want her to come back home. Crime and cultural differences with Tony Weedor, a Liberian refugee and co-founder of CenterPoint International Foundation in Littleton, Colorado helps us understand what he calls a shame based culture. www.centerpointinternational.org
At the half, Bronson Frick, associate director of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights and American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation tells us why he supports the non smoking ban that members of the Fairfax Parkside Homeowners Association in Wisconsin voted on to outlaw smoking inside residences that are part of the 34-unit development. Should you be able to smoke in a house that you own?
www.anrf.org, www.no-smoke.org
Call 1-866-582-9933 to talk to Barry or e-mail barry@cultureshocks.com
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By Cynthia Black on
7/29/2009 6:25 AM
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By Jeff Farias on
7/28/2009 7:35 PM
At 3:30 Paul Rogers – University of Bradford. Paul Rogers is professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, northern England. He is openDemocracy’s international-security editor; his weekly column for the site has been published since September 2001. He is a consultant to the Oxford Research Group\
AT 4 PM Avner Levin – Ryerson University. Since their inceptions in 2007, Dr. Levin has been:
Professor Levin first taught at Ryerson on a part-time basis in 2002, and became an Assistant Professor in 2003. He was awarded early tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in 2006.
Professor Levin is a frequent media commentator on issues of privacy, surveillance law and business.
Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. His most recent book, Engaging the Muslim World (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), was published this spring. He has appeared widely on television, radio, and on op-ed pages as a commentator on Middle East affairs, and has a regular column at Salon.com. He has written, edited, or translated 15 books, and authored 65 journal articles and chapters. He is the proprietor of the Informed Comment weblog on current affairs.
We’ll also share with your our conversation with Douglas Rushkoff who analyzes the way people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each other’s values. He sees “media” as the landscape where this interaction takes place, and “literacy” as the ability to participate consciously in it.
Rushkoff is the author of eight best-selling books on new media and popular culture, that have been translated into over 20 languages. We discussed his latest book Life.Inc. How the World Became A Corporation and How To Take It Back
Rushkoff interview podcasted here
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