Apr 13, 2011
Jonathan Simon; Election Corruption in Wisconsin and Beyond

the suspicious turn of events in the Wisconsin Supreme Court electon inspired me to contact Jonathan, a plugged in expert on election integrity who know how to analyze the data AND everyone else in the field.

Apr 12, 2011         16 
Dennis Kucinich on Libya, Obama's Failure to Get Congressional Approval,and on Globalization

a wide ranging conversation with one of progressives' favorite legislators

Apr 6, 2011         3 
The Future of Revolutions; John Foran

So you say you want a revoLUtion, so you want to change the world? We start with definitions, factors that enable them and affect their success... This was a fun, fascinating conversation about the basics of what so many of us want and believe the world needs.

Apr 6, 2011
Mastering LinkedIn with Wayne Breitbarth

a great walk through on how to max your usage of Linked in-- what I consider the facebook for business.

Mar 29, 2011         3 
Joseph Nye; Soft Power, Smart Power; The Future of Power

The world has changed and that has changed the way power works, how it works, who has it, and how to use it.

Mar 23, 2011
Tom Hayden on Ending US Wars, Healthcare, wikileaks, 50 year perspective on Making Change Happen

A wide ranging interview in anticipation of Tom visiting Philadelphia for a presentation on March 30th

Mar 2, 2011         5 
Paul Craig Roberts-- Facing Armageddon and the Hard Solutions It Will Take to Turn Things Around

a wide ranging conversation-- on the economy, mideast revolutions, US Democracy hypocrisy, wikileaks, globalization...

Feb 16, 2011         4 
Helena Norberg-Hodge; Economics of Happiness; Getting Local instead of Globalized

The Economics of Happiness is a video documentary Produced and co-edited by Helena Norberg-Hodge. I've viewed it four times and keep learning, enjoying and getting new insights from it each time. It's MUST MUST view, awakening people to the problems with globalization, how it's a huge part of the economic problem and a lot more. The answer is going local, from centralized to decentralized.

Jan 26, 2011         115 
Wendell Potter; Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

We discuss how private health insurers mislead, lie, and how the same approaches are used by energy, tobacco, finance industries-- how to fight back, what to expect in Vermont, where single payer is moving, how to get conservatives to buy in to single payer....

Jan 19, 2011         15 
Psychiatrist Lewis Mehl Madrona on the Tragedy in Tucson and Jared Loughner

on Loughner, calls for forced medication, involuntary hospitalization, effects of Psychiatric medication, what is mental illness, potential that marijuana played a role, comparisons to Columbine, Virginia Tech suggestions for preventing further Tucson tragedies, using community to heal.

Jan 12, 2011         4 
Judy White, Wife of a Political Prisoner

Judy's husband, Gary White, was caught in the crossfire, when Karl Rove's politically appointed DOJ US attorney's team went after Don Siegelman. Since Gary's been jailed, he's suffered repeated abuses by the prison staff, almost every time, involving violations of published regulations. She talks about her experience as a wife visiting a prisoner and as a person standing up to the system, speaking out.

Jan 10, 2011
Tarak Kauff; Organizing Civil Resistance, Dealing With Police

Tarak Kauff is a veteran-- of the military and of many protests. We talked about the planning and logistics of a highly successful civil resistance action in Washington.

Jan 5, 2011         2 
Andy Worthington Guantanamo Prison, Wikileaks and Julian Assange

the big picture and what needs to be done next on Guantanamo

Dec 29, 2010
Debra Sweet; Thoughts on Activism, Protest, Civil Resistance

we talk about the state of protest, activism, civil disobedience...

Dec 29, 2010
Carol Rosenberg; WikiLeaks: How U.S. tried to stop Spain's torture probe

I interviewed Carol Rosenberg, who covers the Guantanamo beat for the Miami Herald, because of this article she wrote; WikiLeaks: How U.S. tried to stop Spain's torture probe

Dec 22, 2010         10 
Daniel Ellsberg on Wikileaks, Assange, Manning, Civil Disobedience and more

A wide ranging conversation between whistleblower hero who released the Pentagon papers more than 40 years ago, Daniel Ellsberg, Rob Kall and Cheryl Biren, discussed Wikileaks, Assange and Manning, Ellsberg's recent 80th arrest, civil disobedience, protest, Obama...

Dec 8, 2010         27 
Chris Hedges; Death of the Liberal Class and a Call For Rebellion

A conversation about Chris's new book and about his civil disobedience plans

Nov 24, 2010         17 
David Swanson; War Is A Lie

David has written an extraordinary book, destined to become a classic. We talked about it and more. My notes are below

Nov 14, 2010
Louise Hawkley Neurophysiology of Loneliness and Connection

Nov 10, 2010         4 
Thom Hartmann, on his new book, Rebooting The American Dream, on Primarying Obama, the Nov 2 Bloodbath...

we discuss his great new book, my polls on primarying Obama, the Democratic rout on Tuesday and more.

Nov 3, 2010
Ari Berman; author Herding Donkeys

Ari discusses his book, which recaps the Dean and Obama campaigns and what made them work.

Nov 3, 2010         10 
Rob Kall Talks About What Happened and Who To Blame Tuesday's Bloodbath On

just rob kall in this podcast

Oct 27, 2010
Rob Hopkins: Transition Towns #relocalization and Local Resilience

Rob Hopkins, a Brit, is the author of The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience, and he’s really considered just about the leader of the Transition Town movement.

Oct 20, 2010         6 
Markos Moulitsas, founder, Dailykos.com author, American Taliban

A wide ranging discussion on Markos new book, American Taliban, and his website, dailykos.com and other websites.

Oct 17, 2010
Robert Whitaker-- Drugging Kids to Disability and Death / Ideology of America On Drugs

Politics and Economics of the Failed Psychiatric Drugging of America, and how millions of kids are being put at huge risk of becoming "bipolar" and mentally disabled for life.

Oct 13, 2010         1 
Arianna Huffington

Discussing Arianna's new book, Third World America, and details and visions for the huffingtonpost.com

Oct 6, 2010
Amar Bhide Top How the Top Down Economy and Financial Systems Caused our Eco-Meltdown

Two major flaws in the financial and economic sectors caused the eco-meltdown-- excessive top-down or centralized control and excessive dependence on mechanized decision and responsibility processes. The interview makes it clear what this and other obscure econonomic terms mean.

Oct 3, 2010
Robert Whitaker author Anatomy of An Epidemic; How Psychiatry Failed and Betrayed America, killing 1000s, Disabling Millions

The history of modern psychiatry is a horror story. Long term studies of psychiatric drugs show they not only don't work, they destroy lives or even shorten them by decades. This is based on data and facts

Sep 29, 2010
Roy Peter Clark The Glamour of Grammar

Roy Peter Clark The Glamour of GrammarRob: I still remember the grammar book from junior high, which I hated.It's not eat pray, love, it's read, write and talk-- living in language.Grammar and glamour as in magic, same sense as spell as in to cast a spell.We need to create not just individual, but communities of readers and writers are essential for education, a good and productive work force and citizenship.the romantic myth

Sep 19, 2010         1 
John Taylor Gatto, author Dumbing Us Down and Weapons of Mass Instruction

a wide ranging discussion on the problems with the American Education system, or as Gatto clarifies-- compulsory schooling, which is not the same as education.