http://www.radiocurious.org Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:04:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Welcome to the 20th year of Radio Curious, half hour interviews on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. All of the almost 400 half-hour archive editions on our website are free for you to enjoy, download, copy, share or rebroadcast as you wish. Please give credit to Radio Curious and let us know what you like about the program. www.radiocurious.org Radio Curious clean Radio Curious curious@radiocurious.org curious@radiocurious.org (Radio Curious) Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Radio Curious Radio Curious, Interviews, Environment, Education, Chautauquan, Psychology/Psychaitry, Sex, Mendocino, Law, Religion, Feminism http://www.radiocurious.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/radio-curious-rss-logo.jpg http://www.radiocurious.org/category/law/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/10/03/tom-sheriff-allman-medical-marijuana-guidelines/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/10/03/tom-sheriff-allman-medical-marijuana-guidelines/#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:43:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5360 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/10/03/tom-sheriff-allman-medical-marijuana-guidelines/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - State guidelines for growing and possessing medical marijuana, were issued by the California Attorney General on August 25, 2008. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit again with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allm... Click here to begin listening.  State guidelines for growing and possessing medical marijuana, were issued by the California Attorney General on August 25, 2008. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit again with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, who participated in the development of these guidelines, to discuss their implementation. This interview was recorded August 27, 2008, in the studios of Radio Curious. The book that Tom Allman recommends is, “Reagan’s War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism,” by Peter Schweizer. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:00:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5348 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - To Kill or Not To Kill: That is the question still presented to juries in capital cases in the United States, one of the few countries remaining in the world to employ the death penalty. In this edition of Radio Curious, Click here to begin listening. To Kill or Not To Kill: That is the question still presented to juries in capital cases in the United States, one of the few countries remaining in the world to employ the death penalty. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit with Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served as chaplain for the Texas Department of Corrections from 1982 to 1995 and counseled 95 inmates on their way to death by lethal injection. “At the Death House Door: No Man Should Die Alone,” is a independent film documentary, directed and produced by Steve James and Peter Gilbert, that presents a personal and intimate look at the death penalty in Texas through the eyes of Pastor Pickett, a Presbyterian minister. Over the years, after each of the 95 executions, Pickett would record his experiences with that person on the tape he used to practice his sermons. Although he never listened to those tapes, they became the thread and primary source for the movie. I spoke with Pastor Carroll Pickett on May 23, 2008 from his home in Texas, after hearing him speak at a special hearing on capital punishment in San Francisco, CA, while he was on a break from a national publicity tour. We began when I asked him to explain what brought him to work with condemned men and be with them in their last hours. This program was originally broadcast on June 25, 2009. The book Carroll Pickett recommends is “Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist,” by Mike Farrell and Martin Sheen. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/18/francis-moore-lappe-toward-understanding-the-predicament/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/18/francis-moore-lappe-toward-understanding-the-predicament/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2024 05:14:55 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5325 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/18/francis-moore-lappe-toward-understanding-the-predicament/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - There is a lot of discussion about hope in this time of the pending election for president.  Francis Moore Lappe, author of, “Diet for a Small Planet,” discusses the need to give up certain old assumptions in her new ... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/LAPPE_INTERVIEW_7.18.24%20IA.mp3) There is a lot of discussion about hope in this time of the pending election for president.  Francis Moore Lappe, author of, “Diet for a Small Planet,” discusses the need to give up certain old assumptions in her new book, “Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad.”  One path to abandoning old assumptions comes from curiosity, which is also a guiding principal for this program.  When I visited with Francis Moore Lappe on Feburary 20, 2008, from her office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we discussed curiosity and her reflection that she should have included “curiosity” in her title of, “Getting a Grip.” The book she recommends is, “The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe,” by Lynne McTaggart Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/21/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/21/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns-2/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:37:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5310 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/21/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - Years ago, before the myriad of things to buy were as available as they are now, retail businesses were most often locally-owned and operated, often for generations. This all began to change in the middle of the last c... 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(https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/SHUMAN_INTERVIEW_6.20.24%20IA.mp3) Years ago, before the myriad of things to buy were as available as they are now, retail businesses were most often locally-owned and operated, often for generations. This all began to change in the middle of the last century, as many of the items in the Sears Catalogue became available in towns and cities across the nation for consumers to feel and touch. But, it wasn’t until approximately 25 years ago when Wal-Mart, Target and other big-box stores appeared nationwide in small communities, to the detriment of locally-owned businesses and the social and economic benefits those businesses provided to their communities.  Michael Shuman, an attorney and an economist, is the author of, “The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition.” This book addresses the issues and problems of locally owned businesses and how they can successfully compete with the big-box stores owned by corporations foreign to the region. We began our conversation, which occurred on January 21, 2008, when I asked Michael Shuman to describe how a corporation comes into being, as a basis to understand some of the problems of locally owned businesses in competition with the big box stores. The book he recommends is, “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work,” by John Gottman.   Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/13/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centuries-of-jewish-voices-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/13/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centuries-of-jewish-voices-in-america/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:48:43 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5306 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/13/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centuries-of-jewish-voices-in-america/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - North America, as we have known for millennia, has been populated by ethnic groups looking for a new place to live. Beginning in the early 17th Century and through the present time, Click here to begin listening.  North America, as we have known for millennia, has been populated by ethnic groups looking for a new place to live. Beginning in the early 17th Century and through the present time, Jewish people from around the world have seen North America as a favored place to live and in waves of migration over time have come here to make a new life as part of the American fabric. In the winter of 2008 the Public Broadcasting System presented a major six hour television series: “The Jewish Americans: Three Centuries of Jewish Voices in America.” A companion book to this series with the same name, written by Beth Wenger, the Director of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, is a collection of first person stories about lives of American Jews who maintained their own culture as they became part of the American culture. Our visit with Beth Wenger in January 2008, by phone from her office at the University of Pennsylvania, began when she described the distinctions and similarities of the Jewish American experience as compared to other immigrant groups. This program was originally broadcast January 30, 2008. The book she recommends is, “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union,” by Michael Chabon. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/30/dan-hamburg-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/30/dan-hamburg-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/#comments Fri, 31 May 2024 05:00:36 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5300 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/30/dan-hamburg-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - In this edition of Radio Curious, our guest is Dan Hamburg, a long time political activist, a former member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and a former member of Congress who represented the North Coast ... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/hamburg_interview_5.30.24%20IA.mp3) In this edition of Radio Curious, our guest is Dan Hamburg, a long time political activist, a former member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and a former member of Congress who represented the North Coast of California. In our conversation, recorded in the studio of Radio Curious on February 26, 2008, we discuss the concept of, “rule by fear or rule by law,” and what rules at the national level and legislative level, as well as at the local level. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/23/sherrif-tom-allman-marijuana-in-mendocino/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/23/sherrif-tom-allman-marijuana-in-mendocino/#comments Fri, 24 May 2024 05:06:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5297 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/23/sherrif-tom-allman-marijuana-in-mendocino/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - In the continuing saga of marijuana politics in Mendocino County, we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman to talk about what has happened since our last visit in June 2007.  We discuss the uncertainty of the existing marijua... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/allman_interview_5.23.24%20IA.mp3) In the continuing saga of marijuana politics in Mendocino County, we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman to talk about what has happened since our last visit in June 2007.  We discuss the uncertainty of the existing marijuana laws in Mendocino County, the prospects for change based on the upcoming June election (which may allow a variance to Measure G that was adopted in 2000) and about methamphetamine. This interview with Tom Allman, the Mendocino County Sheriff, was recorded on January 15, 2008.  The book that he recommends is, “Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself,” by Alan Alda. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/16/5292/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/16/5292/#comments Fri, 17 May 2024 05:28:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5292 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/16/5292/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Mike Thompson represents the First Congressional District of California, including the North Coast and Mendocino County, the home of Radio Curious, in the United States House of Representatives. Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/THOMPSON_INTERVIEW_10-11-07_(5.16.24%20IA).mp3) Mike Thompson represents the First Congressional District of California, including the North Coast and Mendocino County, the home of Radio Curious, in the United States House of Representatives. In this interview recorded in his Washington, D.C. office on October 11, 2007, we discuss the war, its funding, medicare, marijuana and children’s health insurance. The House of Representatives was not able to overturn the president’s veto of the children’s health insurance program in a vote that occurred after this interview. This program was originally broadcast October 24, 2007. Mike Thompson recommends “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army,” by Jeremy Scahill. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/18/carl-borden-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/18/carl-borden-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2024 05:40:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5278 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/18/carl-borden-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - In this edition we discuss the “No Match” rule established by the Bush administration on August 10th, 2007. If a person is employed and the employer sends in the employment payment records with a social security numbe... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/CARL_BORDEN_4.18.24%20IA.mp3) In this edition we discuss the “No Match” rule established by the Bush administration on August 10th, 2007. If a person is employed and the employer sends in the employment payment records with a social security number that doesn’t match the name on the social security number according to the Social Security Administration, A “No Match” letter will be sent to the employer that says “fix it.” To discuss this problem and the possible effects it has in California, we visited with Attorney Carl Borden, an associate counsel for the California Farm Bureau Federation, in his offices in Sacramento, California on August 20th, 2007. The book recommended by Carl Borden is “Overcoming The Fear (of Death)” by David Cole Gordon. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/08/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/08/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana-2/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:27:32 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5255 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/08/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - This program was originally broadcast on June 19, 2007. - Marijuana, some say, is on the lips of many people here in Mendocino County, California, and likely many other places throughout the world, Click here to begin listening. (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/-ALLMAN_INTERVIEW%203.7.24.%20IA.mp3) This program was originally broadcast on June 19, 2007. Marijuana, some say, is on the lips of many people here in Mendocino County, California, and likely many other places throughout the world, to some with pleasure and to others with distaste. Nonetheless it doesn’t seem that marijuana will go away. Not withstanding federal laws prohibiting use and possession of marijuana, the people of the State of California adopted the Compassionate Use Act in 1996 and in November 2000, the voters of Mendocino County approved a resolution by a vote of 58% to 42% to decriminalize the personal use of marijuana. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Tom Allman the Sheriff of Mendocino County to discuss the enforcement of the many conflicting marijuana laws. Estimates of the value of the crop produced in Mendocino County vary from five to ten billion dollars. We began when I asked the Sheriff to comment on this estimate. Tom Allman recommends “The Hunt for Red October,” by Tom Clancy Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/29/golden-kevin-z-lawsuit-to-ban-genetically-modified-alfalfa/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/29/golden-kevin-z-lawsuit-to-ban-genetically-modified-alfalfa/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2024 04:46:16 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5251 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/29/golden-kevin-z-lawsuit-to-ban-genetically-modified-alfalfa/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - This program was originally broadcast May 7, 2007. - The consequences of growing genetically modified alfalfa were deteremined by the United States District Court in San Francisco, Click here to begin listening. This program was originally broadcast May 7, 2007. The consequences of growing genetically modified alfalfa were deteremined by the United States District Court in San Francisco, California to be so uncertain and so potentially dangerous that they were outlawed nation-wide in litigation brought by the Center for Food Safety based in San Francisco. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Attorney Kevin Zelig Golden, who, along with others from the Center for Food Safety, litigated this landmark case which banned the planting of genetically modified alfalfa as of May 3, 2007. The book that Kevin Z. Golden recommends is “Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals,” by Michael Pollan. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/09/stephen-most-the-klamath-river-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/09/stephen-most-the-klamath-river-2/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 06:24:42 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5241 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/09/stephen-most-the-klamath-river-2/feed/ 0 Originally Broadcast: March 21, 2007 - Click here to begin listening. - River of Renewal, Myth & History in the Klamath Basin - Since the last Ice Age ended about 12,000 years ago, human beings have traveled along the Klamath River and it tributari... Originally Broadcast: March 21, 2007 Click here to begin listening. River of Renewal, Myth & History in the Klamath Basin Since the last Ice Age ended about 12,000 years ago, human beings have traveled along the Klamath River and it tributaries in the northwest corner of California and the coast of southern Oregon. Many people finding an abundance of food, have stayed. The main source of their food was salmon. The power of the myth of the salmon may derive from the fact that wild salmon spread out across the Pacific Northwest about the same time that human beings did, at the end of the last Ice Age. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Steve Most, author of “River of Renewal, Myth & History in the Klamath Basin,” a book that tells the story of the history of the Klamath River and the people who have continuously lived there for the past 12,000 years. Steve Most is a playwright and documentary storyteller. Among many other works, he wrote the texts of the audio voices and videos for the permanent exhibit of the Washington State History Museum. In this interview recorded in mid-March 2007, I spoke with Steve Most from his home in Berkeley, California. We began our conversation when I asked him to give a perspective of the geological and human aspects of the Klamath River and its place in history. Stephen Most recommends the “Essays and Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson.” Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/01/04/maggie-watson-barry-vogel-esq-make-it-easier-for-your-loved-ones-when-you-die-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/01/04/maggie-watson-barry-vogel-esq-make-it-easier-for-your-loved-ones-when-you-die-2/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2024 04:45:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5227 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/01/04/maggie-watson-barry-vogel-esq-make-it-easier-for-your-loved-ones-when-you-die-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - Originally Broadcast: December 6, 2006 - A Graceful Farewell: Putting Your Affairs in Order - Putting your affairs in order before you die is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is Maggie Watson, Click here to begin listening. Originally Broadcast: December 6, 2006 A Graceful Farewell: Putting Your Affairs in Order Putting your affairs in order before you die is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is Maggie Watson, a professional organizer who lives on the Mendocino Coast in Northern California. She is the author of, “A Graceful Farewell: Putting Your Affairs in Order,” a collection of ideas and forms that make it easy to list what you own and where everything is. In the course of our conversation Maggie Watson turned the microphones and began to ask me about estate planning, the documents which are useful for everyone to have and the differences between a will and a trust. In my day job I am an attorney in Ukiah, California and devote a portion of my practice to estate planning. Maggie Watson and I met in the studios of Radio Curious in early December, 2006. www.agracefulfarewell.com Maggie Watson recommends, “Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and the World – The Essential Guide to Women’s Circles,” by Jean Shinoda Bolend. Barry Vogel recommends, “Jacobson’s Organ and The Remarkable Nature of Smell,” by Lyall Watson. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/12/07/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/12/07/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney-2/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:50:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5213 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/12/07/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Originally Broadcast: November 29, 2006 - After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballot, Keith Faulder, the interim DA appointed by the Mendocino County B... Click here to begin listening.  Originally Broadcast: November 29, 2006 After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballot, Keith Faulder, the interim DA appointed by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, sued the County seeking to void the November 8, 2006 general election for DA and to require that a special election be held. Former Deputy District Attorney Meredith Lintott received the most votes in the June primary election and was also on the November, 2006, ballot along with Vroman. The California Court of Appeals upheld Faulder’s claim which Lintott and the County appealed to the California Supreme Court. This edition of Radio Curious discusses the history and status of this unique case in interviews with Faulder and Steve Antler, Lintott’s attorney. Keith Faulder recommends, “Theodore Rex,” by Edmund Morris. Steven Antler recommends, “October 1964,” by David Halberstram. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/10/martha-mccabe-culture-and-racism-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/10/martha-mccabe-culture-and-racism-2/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:26:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5198 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/10/martha-mccabe-culture-and-racism-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Originally Broadcast: August 2, 2006 - Praise At Midnight - Life, culture and racism are the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversation with attorney/novelist Martha McCabe, author of, Click here to begin listening.  Originally Broadcast: August 2, 2006 Praise At Midnight Life, culture and racism are the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversation with attorney/novelist Martha McCabe, author of, “Praise at Midnight.” Martha McCabe worked as a civil rights and criminal trial lawyer in deep east Texas from 1974 to 1985. Her goal was to pour the raw material from her personal experiences as a lawyer into her story. The deeper level into which she fell during the ten year period it took her to complete, “Praise at Midnight,” was the importance of consciousness and self awareness in avoiding the projection of one’s own dark side on to other people and then killing them. She applies this to both local and international levels in her considerations. She and I have been associates, good friends and colleagues since 1969 when we met at the University of Santa Clara where I was a law student. When I spoke with Martha McCabe from her home in San Antonio, Texas on July 29, 2006, we began with her description of the culture of deep east Texas at the time she was living there, 1974 to 1985. Martha McCabe recommends, “Reading Lolita in Teheran,” by Azar Nafisi and, “Caballero: A Historical Novel,” by Jovita Gonzalez and Eve Raleigh. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/07/13/mikey-weinstein-evangelical-christianity-and-the-united-states-air-force-academy-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/07/13/mikey-weinstein-evangelical-christianity-and-the-united-states-air-force-academy-2/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:18:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5136 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/07/13/mikey-weinstein-evangelical-christianity-and-the-united-states-air-force-academy-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - There are concerns that evangelical Christianity is close to being officially sanctioned at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as within other areas of the United States’ militar... Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/MIKEY_WEINSTEIN_7.13.23IA.mp3) There are concerns that evangelical Christianity is close to being officially sanctioned at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as within other areas of the United States’ military forces. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit some of these issues with Mikey Weinstein, a graduate of Air Force Academy, a businessman and former attorney in the Reagan White House. He describes how evangelical Christianity appears to have become the standard within the United States Air Force Academy that trains future leaders of the U.S. Air Force. At the beginning of an Air Force career each new cadet, among many other things, takes an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. These cadets are led by Brig. Gen. Johnny A Weida, the current USAF Academy Commandant of Cadets. On the official Air Force website, under character development, Brig. Gen. Weida is quoted as saying, “Our primary emphasis is to ensure every graduate has the character, honor, integrity, sense of service and excellence required of a second lieutenant in the world’s greatest Air and Space force.” On July 29, 2005, the name of Brig Gen Weida, the number two officer of the Air Force Academy, was deleted from a list of Air Force generals to be promoted, shortly before the Senate voted on those promotions. An April 28, 2005 report by American United for Separation of Church and State accused Brig Gen Weida of proselytizing to the cadets and specifically endorsing evangelical Christianity at the Academy. It is suggested that this may be a reason why he was not promoted. This interview with Mikey Weinstein, who worked as Assistant General Counsel in the Reagan White House Office of Administration, was recorded by telephone from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on August 3, 2005. Mikey Weinstein recommends “The Sins of Scripture,” by John Shelby Spong. Originally Broadcast: August 9, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/29/professor-kristen-leslie-strident-evanglical-themes-at-the-u-s-air-force-academy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/29/professor-kristen-leslie-strident-evanglical-themes-at-the-u-s-air-force-academy/#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2023 05:10:29 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5129 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/29/professor-kristen-leslie-strident-evanglical-themes-at-the-u-s-air-force-academy/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - The series on evangelical Christianity at the United States Air Force Academy, continues with Kristen Leslie, a professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Yale University Divinity School. Click here to begin listening.  The series on evangelical Christianity at the United States Air Force Academy, continues with Kristen Leslie, a professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Yale University Divinity School. Professor Leslie was invited to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado to meet with the Academy chaplains and provide training in the counseling of female cadets who were victims of sexual assaults that had occurred at the Academy. In the course of her visits in 2004 and 2005, Professor Leslie and the group of graduate students from the Yale Divinity School who accompanied her, observed what she called “strident evangelical themes” at the Academy. Professor Leslie testified before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Armed Services on June 28, 2005, at the Congressional hearing entitled “Religious Climate at the U.S. Air Force Academy,” and reported her observations of her visit that included: The hanging of a banner containing an overtly Christian message by the football coach in the team locker room; the Air Force Academy commandant leading a “challenge and response” cheer about Jesus in front of a group of cadets of mixed faith; distribution of flyers advertising religious events in the cadet dining hall and over the public address system; failure of the Air Force Academy to consider the religious practices of cadets of minority faiths when setting the cadet schedule; and public expressions of faith by senior staff and faculty members, in some cases in inappropriate venues such as classrooms. Interviews with MeLinda Morton, the Air Force Academy Chaplain who resigned the end of July 2005, and Attorney Mikey Wienstein, a 1977 graduate of the Air Force Academy, both of whom are outspoken critics of the inaction on the part of the Air Force Academy leadership may be found here on the Radio Curious website. The Harvard University Committee on the Study of Religion has a detailed report, with abundant links to other articles on this issue that may be found at www.pluralism.org. And information about Professor Leslie’s testimony before Congress may be found at www.yale.edu/divinity/press. This interview with Kristen Leslie speaking from her office at Yale University about these issues was recorded on August 26, 2005. Professor Kristen Leslie recommends “Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader,” by Ann Fadiman. Originally Broadcast: August 30, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/22/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-3/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/22/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-3/#comments Fri, 23 Jun 2023 05:10:21 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5125 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/22/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-3/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Few moments in American history have held the tension of the early 1970s. The nation was fundamentally divided between the jaded counter-culture and Nixon’s ‘silent majority, Click here to begin listening.  Few moments in American history have held the tension of the early 1970s. The nation was fundamentally divided between the jaded counter-culture and Nixon’s ‘silent majority,’ a rupture particularly connected to the still-escalating Vietnam War. The release to the public of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 focused national attention on US foreign policy and on our right as individual citizens to freedom of the press. Daniel Ellsberg recommends “Our War,” by David Harris. Originally Broadcast: March 19, 1997 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/01/sam-totten-genocide-in-darfur-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/01/sam-totten-genocide-in-darfur-2/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2023 01:53:28 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5114 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/06/01/sam-totten-genocide-in-darfur-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  Genocide is the intent to exterminate in whole or in part a specific group of people often based on nationality, ethnicity, race or religion. For the past two years, in the Darfur region of the nation of Sudan, Click here to begin listening.  Genocide is the intent to exterminate in whole or in part a specific group of people often based on nationality, ethnicity, race or religion. For the past two years, in the Darfur region of the nation of Sudan, located in north central Africa and populated primarily by black Africans, the Sudanese government has been committing racial genocide. Reports are that as many as 400,000 black African civilians have been murdered by the Sudanese government together with Arab rebel groups in Darfur. Professor Sam Totten, a scholar in Genocide Studies at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, visited the Darfur area in the fall of 2004 and has been examining this present day massacre that most of the world has chosen to ignore. I spoke with Professor Totten from his home in Arkansas and asked him to explain the reasons behind the genocide. www.savedarfur.org (http://www.savedarfur.org/) Sam Totten recommends “Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda,” by Romeo Dallaire. Originally Broadcast: June 7, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/05/25/donald-trone-fiduciary-responsibility-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/05/25/donald-trone-fiduciary-responsibility-2/#comments Fri, 26 May 2023 05:37:33 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5110 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/05/25/donald-trone-fiduciary-responsibility-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  Though some people dislike the idea, money has become an important and complex aspect of life. Many choose to invest in stocks and mutual funds, hoping for financial growth with and without guidance from a knowledgeable... Click here to begin listening.  Though some people dislike the idea, money has become an important and complex aspect of life. Many choose to invest in stocks and mutual funds, hoping for financial growth with and without guidance from a knowledgeable advisor. With five million people responsible for the financial interests of others, there is very little regulation or control of what they do, or how they do it. Donald B. Trone is President of the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies, a nonprofit organization established to develop and promote the practices that define a prudent process for investment fiduciaries, a person who is responsible for the money or assets of others. Donald B. Trone will discuss the practical and regulatory environment that defines the roles and responsibilities of investment fiduciaries, and how one should be chosen to work for you. The program begins with Trone explaining what a fiduciary is. You may visit the website of the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies at www.fi360.com. The edition of Radio Curious was produced with the support of the National Press Foundation, www.nationalpress.org. Donald Trone recommends “A Survey of the New Testament,” by Robert H. Gundry. Originally Broadcast: June 14, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/12/14/jack-gantos-how-prison-affected-one-mans-life-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/12/14/jack-gantos-how-prison-affected-one-mans-life-2/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:18:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5029 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/12/14/jack-gantos-how-prison-affected-one-mans-life-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - A Hole In My Life - Have you ever been incarcerated? Locked in a prison cell for a number of years? That is what happened to Jack Gantos for being a crew member on a boat that smuggled a ton of hashish from St. Croix, Click here to begin listening.  A Hole In My Life Have you ever been incarcerated? Locked in a prison cell for a number of years? That is what happened to Jack Gantos for being a crew member on a boat that smuggled a ton of hashish from St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands, to New York City. He survived prison and became a college writing teacher. His book, “A Hole In My Life,” tells the story of what happened the summer of 1971, his court experience, what happened in prison, and how the ordeal changed his life. Jack Gantos recommends “The Locked Room,” by Paul Oster & “Notice,” by Heather Love. Originally Broadcast: December 28, 2004 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/08/11/deborah-koons-garcia-the-future-of-food-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/08/11/deborah-koons-garcia-the-future-of-food-2/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2022 04:57:16 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4977 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/08/11/deborah-koons-garcia-the-future-of-food-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Director of, The Future of Food - “The Future of Food,” a film written and produced by Deborah Koons Garcia, discusses our food’s conflicting relationship with both mass agri-business and local agriculture. Click here to begin listening.  Director of, The Future of Food “The Future of Food,” a film written and produced by Deborah Koons Garcia, discusses our food’s conflicting relationship with both mass agri-business and local agriculture. Our discussion was conducted in the context of the passage of Mendocino County’s Measure H, banning growth of GMOs in the county. Deborah Koons Garcia recommends “Women’s Diaries fo the Westward Journey,” edited by Lillian Schlissel. Originally Broadcast: April 25, 2004 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/05/04/david-corn-does-president-bush-lie-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/05/04/david-corn-does-president-bush-lie-2/#comments Thu, 05 May 2022 04:51:35 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4926 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/05/04/david-corn-does-president-bush-lie-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  This episode was first broadcasted on November 25, 2003 The Lies of George W. Bush, Mastering the Politics of Deception According to David Corn, the author of “The Lies of George W. Bush, Click here to begin listening.  This episode was first broadcasted on November 25, 2003 The Lies of George W. Bush, Mastering the Politics of Deception According to David Corn, the author of “The Lies of George W. Bush, Mastering the Politics of Deception,” all American Presidents have lied, but George W. Bush has relentlessly abused the truth. Corn, the Washington editor of The Nation, offers a scathing indictment of Bush, as he reveals and examines the deceptions at the heart of the Bush presidency. David Corn recommends “Roscoe,” by William Kennedy & “All the King’s Men,” by Robert Penn Warren. Originally Broadcast: November 25, 2003 Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/27/lester-r-brown-the-earth-and-economy-in-crisis-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/27/lester-r-brown-the-earth-and-economy-in-crisis-2/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2022 03:48:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4919 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/27/lester-r-brown-the-earth-and-economy-in-crisis-2/feed/ 0 This episode was first broadcasted on October 7, 2003 Click here to begin listening.  - Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble Our earth is in big trouble. The environment and our economy are in crisis. Essentially, This episode was first broadcasted on October 7, 2003 Click here to begin listening.  Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble Our earth is in big trouble. The environment and our economy are in crisis. Essentially, we have created a bubble economy in which we are over-consuming the earth’s natural resources. In this program, we will visit with Lester R. Brown, the author of “Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble.” Lester Brown is the president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit interdisciplinary research organization based in Washington DC. Originally Broadcast: October 7, 2003 Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/06/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/06/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods-2/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:54:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4904 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/06/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods-2/feed/ 1 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/01/26/joshua-tickell-biodiesel-an-oil-less-fuel-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/01/26/joshua-tickell-biodiesel-an-oil-less-fuel-2/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2022 04:05:14 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4859 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/01/26/joshua-tickell-biodiesel-an-oil-less-fuel-2/feed/ 0 Originally Broadcast: July 22, 2003 - Click here to begin listening.  From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel - Biodiesel, an alternative to the dwindling supply of fossil fuels, Originally Broadcast: July 22, 2003 Click here to begin listening.  From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel Biodiesel, an alternative to the dwindling supply of fossil fuels, is created from processed vegetable oil and is available anywhere vegetable oil is grown or used. Joshua Tickell is the author of “From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel.” In this program, he shared his ideas on the topic. Joshua Tickell recommends “Connections,” by James Burke. Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/12/07/catherine-crier-are-lawyers-really-that-bad-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/12/07/catherine-crier-are-lawyers-really-that-bad-2/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2021 05:10:29 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4825 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/12/07/catherine-crier-are-lawyers-really-that-bad-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  The Case Against Lawyers - The control and influence lawyers have in American society has grown enormously in the past 75 years. The influence was foreseen in the 1830s by Alexis de Tocqueville and described in his ... Click here to begin listening.  The Case Against Lawyers The control and influence lawyers have in American society has grown enormously in the past 75 years. The influence was foreseen in the 1830s by Alexis de Tocqueville and described in his book, “Democracy in America.” Catherine Crier discusses and critiques this influence in her book, “The Case Against Lawyers.” Crier, herself a former lawyer, district attorney, and judge is now a commentator on Court TV.  Catherine Crier recommends “Pigs at the Trough,” by Arianna Huffington & “The Rule of Lawyers,” by Walter Olson. Originally Broadcast: March 18, 2003 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/12/01/arianna-huffington-corporate-greed-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/12/01/arianna-huffington-corporate-greed-2/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2021 02:54:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4818 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/12/01/arianna-huffington-corporate-greed-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Pigs at the Trough, How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America Arianna Huffington, a political columnist and commentator with a conservative background, is the author of “Pigs at the Trough, Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-HUFFINGTON_ARIANNA_12.1.21_IA.mp3) Pigs at the Trough, How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America Arianna Huffington, a political columnist and commentator with a conservative background, is the author of “Pigs at the Trough, How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America.” Her book discusses alliances between corporate executive officers, politicians, lobbyists and bankers in disregard for office and factory workers. Arianna Huffington recommends “Wealth and Commonwealth, Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes,” by Chuck Collins. Originally Broadcast: February 18, 2003 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/10/socrates-ron-gross-socrates-of-athens-in-conversation-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/10/socrates-ron-gross-socrates-of-athens-in-conversation-2/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2021 04:45:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4797 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/10/socrates-ron-gross-socrates-of-athens-in-conversation-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Socrates’ Way: Seven Masterkeys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost Socrates of Athens, who lived before the Common Era, is respected as one of the greatest independent thinkers of all time. Click here to begin listening.  Socrates’ Way: Seven Masterkeys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost Socrates of Athens, who lived before the Common Era, is respected as one of the greatest independent thinkers of all time. Socrates himself refused to be recognized as a teacher. Instead, Plato, his well-known student and reporter of Socrates’ dialogues, tells us he asked to be seen as a “midwife of ideas.” Socrates’ passion to achieve self-understanding, and the proper ways to live, continues to be studied and emulated to this day. Socrates recommends “The Trojan Women,” by Euripides. Ron Gross recommends “The Clouds,” by Aristophanes. Originally Broadcast: January 13, 2003 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/03/jeff-ruch-how-to-be-a-whistleblower-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/03/jeff-ruch-how-to-be-a-whistleblower-2/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2021 02:33:43 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4793 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/03/jeff-ruch-how-to-be-a-whistleblower-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Surviving Public Service - “The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Surviving Public Service” is a short book published by three public interest... Click here to begin listening.  The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Surviving Public Service “The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Surviving Public Service” is a short book published by three public interest organizations based in Washington DC: POGO, the Project on Government Oversight (www.pogo.org), GAP, the Government Accountability Project (www.whistleblower.org), and PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (www.peer.org). Jeff Ruch is the executive director of PEER and the book’s co-editor. Originally Broadcast: January 20, 2003 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/09/08/terrence-cheng-two-chinese-brothers-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/09/08/terrence-cheng-two-chinese-brothers-2/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2021 01:30:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4755 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/09/08/terrence-cheng-two-chinese-brothers-2/feed/ 1 Click here to begin listening.  - Sons of Heaven - In June of 1989, in Tienamin Square, in the justify of Beijing, China, one of the largest student protests ever to occur in that country took place. The “Sons of Heaven,” by Terrence Cheng, Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-CHENG_TERRENCE_9.8.21_IA.mp3) Sons of Heaven In June of 1989, in Tienamin Square, in the justify of Beijing, China, one of the largest student protests ever to occur in that country took place. The “Sons of Heaven,” by Terrence Cheng, is a novel about three major players in this drama, Deng Xiao Ping, the leader of China at the time, and two brothers, one a soldier in the Red Army in Teinamin Square at the time, and the other the man who stood in front of the tanks. Terrence Cheng recommends “Ghost Written,” by David Mitchell. Originally Broadcast: August 1, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/28/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/28/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom-2/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2021 04:49:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4728 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/28/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. Zoya’s Story, An Afghan Woman’s Struggle for Freedom Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’ disappearance. Click here to begin listening. Zoya’s Story, An Afghan Woman’s Struggle for Freedom Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’ disappearance. She describes the wrath that first the Russians, then the Taliban and then the Northern Alliance have brought to her country. Along with the suffering, she describes the hope and spirit carried in the hearts of the Afghan people. Zoya recommends the collected speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..  Originally Broadcast: June 18, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/05/26/dr-michael-baden-how-did-that-person-die-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/05/26/dr-michael-baden-how-did-that-person-die-2/#comments Thu, 27 May 2021 04:17:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4687 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/05/26/dr-michael-baden-how-did-that-person-die-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening to part 1. Click here to begin listening to part 2.  - Dead Reckoning, the New Science of Catching Killers - In the fascinating world of medical discovery, the interpretation of how and when a person died can often be e... Click here to begin listening to part 1. (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Baden_Michael_Pt_1_5.26.21.mp3)Click here to begin listening to part 2.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Baden_Michael_Pt2_6.2.21.mp3) Dead Reckoning, the New Science of Catching Killers In the fascinating world of medical discovery, the interpretation of how and when a person died can often be explained by looking at the bugs that are found on the body. Dr. Michael Baden, Chief Medical Examiner for the New York State Police, is the author of “Dead Reckoning, the New Science of Catching Killers,” and our guest in a two-part series on forensic pathology, the study and public discussion of how, when and where people died. The book Dr. Michael Baden recommends is “The Moonstone,” by Wilkie Collins. Originally Broadcast: January 22, 2002 & January 29, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/05/12/gordon-chang-how-will-china-survive-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/05/12/gordon-chang-how-will-china-survive-2/#comments Thu, 13 May 2021 04:49:40 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4679 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/05/12/gordon-chang-how-will-china-survive-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.The Coming Collapse of China - Approximately 20% of the world’s population lives in the People’s Republic of China. According to Chinese-American lawyer Gordon G. Chang, China appears from the outside to be politically st... Click here to begin listening.The Coming Collapse of China (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-CHANG_GORDON_5.12.21_IA.mp3)Approximately 20% of the world’s population lives in the People’s Republic of China. According to Chinese-American lawyer Gordon G. Chang, China appears from the outside to be politically stable and economically strong. Chang, however, argues that China is in social, cultural, economic and political turmoil. He claims that China’s pending entry into the World Trade Organization will trigger social and political collapse. Gordon Chang has lived and worked in China for almost 20 years, most recently in Shanghai. He is the author of a new book entitled “The Coming Collapse of China.” Gordon Chang recommends “The Tipping Point,” by Malcolm Gladwell. Originally Broadcast: September 11, 2001 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/04/21/ted-conover-a-prison-guards-story-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/04/21/ted-conover-a-prison-guards-story-2/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2021 05:23:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4667 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/04/21/ted-conover-a-prison-guards-story-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening to part 1. - Click here to begin listening to part 2.  - Have you ever wondered what it is like to work inside a prison? Well, Ted Conover, a non-fiction writer did, so he went to the New York Department of Corrections t... Click here to begin listening to part 1. (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Conover_1_4.28.21_IA.mp3)Click here to begin listening to part 2.  Have you ever wondered what it is like to work inside a prison? Well, Ted Conover, a non-fiction writer did, so he went to the New York Department of Corrections to ask if he could shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Academy. His request was quickly turned down. So, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer, was accepted and attended the New York State Corrections Academy. As a result of his training, and working at Sing Sing prison in New York, he wrote “Newjack: Guarding at Sing Sing,” a book describing his experiences. This two-part program with Ted Conover was recorded in late June and early July 2001. Ted Conover recommends “Crime and Punishment,” by by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and “Seek: Reports from the Edges of America & Beyond,” by Dennis Johnson. Originally Broadcast: June 26, 2001 and July 3, 2001 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/17/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/17/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word-2/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2021 02:13:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4633 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/17/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Few words in the English language have caused so much pain, hurt and emotion as the N-word. It is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. The long history of the pejorative use of the N-word... Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-KENNEDY_RANDALL_N-WORD_3.17.21_IA.mp3) Few words in the English language have caused so much pain, hurt and emotion as the N-word. It is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. The long history of the pejorative use of the N-word has given it an unusual power that extends to the judicial system, literature and social settings. Randall Kennedy, a professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, is the author of “Nigger-the Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.”  His book chronicles the history of this word, in an effort to diffuse and neutralize it. Originally Broadcast: March 19, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/02/10/annie-barnes-racism-in-america-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/02/10/annie-barnes-racism-in-america-2/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2021 03:34:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4609 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/02/10/annie-barnes-racism-in-america-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  Everyday Racism: A Book For All Americans Racism has too long been a part of the American experience. The Civil War and the Constitutional amendments that followed, the Supreme Court decisions ordering the desegregatio... Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BARNES_ANNIE_2.10.21_IA.mp3) Everyday Racism: A Book For All Americans Racism has too long been a part of the American experience. The Civil War and the Constitutional amendments that followed, the Supreme Court decisions ordering the desegregation of schools, and the Civil Rights movements did not end racism in America. Annie S. Barnes, holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Virginia and is a retired Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Norfolk State University in Virginia. She is the author of “Everyday Racism, A Book for All Americans,” a book based on the racist experiences suffered by 146 black college students. Professor Barnes describes effects of racism on black people and what black people and white people can do to combat it. Annie Barnes recommends “Driving While Black,” by Kenneth Meeks. Originally Broadcast: February 27, 2001 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/01/06/da-chen-life-in-china-under-mao-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/01/06/da-chen-life-in-china-under-mao-2/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:34:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4585 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/01/06/da-chen-life-in-china-under-mao-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. Colors of the Mountain The Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, led by Mao Zedong, imposed a major change to the nation where one in every four people in the world live. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Da_Chen_1.6.20.IA.mp3) Colors of the Mountain The Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, led by Mao Zedong, imposed a major change to the nation where one in every four people in the world live. Da Chen was born in 1962 in southern China to a once wealthy family, by that time despised for its capitalist past. At the age of 23, after graduating with top honors and serving as an assistant professor at the Beijing Language Institute, Da Chen came to America with $30 and a bamboo flute. He won a full scholarship to Columbia University Law School, and later settled in the Hudson River Valley. His book, “Colors of the Mountain,” tells the story of his childhood, his life and experiences. Da Chen recommends “The God of Small Things,” by Arundhati Roy. Originally Broadcast: July 18, 2000 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/09/02/frost-mike-you-cant-hide-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/09/02/frost-mike-you-cant-hide-part-two/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:47:24 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4551 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/09/02/frost-mike-you-cant-hide-part-two/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments - The fact that governments spy on each other is no secret. The fact that they also collect data about lives of millions of innocent citizens worl... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-FROST_MIKE_9.2.20_IA.mp3) Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments The fact that governments spy on each other is no secret. The fact that they also collect data about lives of millions of innocent citizens worldwide may be unknown to many people. Mike Frost, the author of “Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments,” worked as a spy for over 30 years. Mike traveled worldwide, setting up devices to intercept what were thought to be secret international communications. Mike Frost has since retired as a spy and has many thoughts and considerations about his former job. Our discussion led to a two-part program, originally broadcast in April of 1999. Mike Frost recommends the movie, October Sky. Originally Broadcast: April 6, 1999 & April 13, 1999 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/26/frost-mike-you-cant-hide-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/26/frost-mike-you-cant-hide-part-one/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:46:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4549 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/26/frost-mike-you-cant-hide-part-one/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments - The fact that governments spy on each other is no secret. The fact that they also collect data about lives of millions of innocent citizens worl... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-FROST_MIKE_8.26.20_IA.mp3) Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments The fact that governments spy on each other is no secret. The fact that they also collect data about lives of millions of innocent citizens worldwide may be unknown to many people. Mike Frost, the author of “Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments,” worked as a spy for over 30 years. Mike traveled worldwide, setting up devices to intercept what were thought to be secret international communications. Mike Frost has since retired as a spy and has many thoughts and considerations about his former job. Our discussion led to a two-part program, originally broadcast in April of 1999. Mike Frost recommends the movie, October Sky. Originally Broadcast: April 6, 1999 & April 13, 1999 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/07/16/harr-jonathan-toxic-water-a-book-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/07/16/harr-jonathan-toxic-water-a-book-2/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:34:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4537 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/07/16/harr-jonathan-toxic-water-a-book-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - A Civil Action - Water, a necessary element to our survival is expected to be pure, safe and clean when it comes into our home. When it is polluted, the results can be extreme. The people in the town of Woburn, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Johnathan_Harr_author_of_A_Civil_Action_7.15.20_IA.mp3) A Civil Action Water, a necessary element to our survival is expected to be pure, safe and clean when it comes into our home. When it is polluted, the results can be extreme. The people in the town of Woburn, Massachusetts, just west of Boston, had an unusually high rate of cancer in the early 1970s. The town’s water was contaminated with industrial pollutants. Several children and adults became very sick and some died. Their families sued the polluters in the U.S. Federal Court. Jonathan Harr, a non-fiction writer, followed the process and wrote a book telling the story of what happened. He called it, “A Civil Action.” A movie, also called “A Civil Action,” was based on the book and released at the end of 1998. I spoke by phone with Jonathan Harr, from his home in Massachusetts, a month after the movie was released and asked him how he was able to capture what occurred and create “A Civil Action.” Originally Broadcast: February 2, 1999 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/06/10/francketerry-the-peoples-right-to-know/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/06/10/francketerry-the-peoples-right-to-know/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2020 20:22:47 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4525 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/06/10/francketerry-the-peoples-right-to-know/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Legal Notebook: How to Keep Open Meetings Open and Public Meetings Public - The right of the public to know how our government acts is basic to our American system of democracy. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-6.10.20_Terry_Francke_IA.mp3) Legal Notebook: How to Keep Open Meetings Open and Public Meetings Public The right of the public to know how our government acts is basic to our American system of democracy. Most states and the federal government have enacted laws requiring public meetings to be open, with minimal secrecy provisions. There are also laws guaranteeing access to public records kept and maintained by the government. The California First Amendment Coalition recently published a book called, “Legal Notebook: How to Keep Open Meetings Open and Public Meetings Public.” Terry Francke is an attorney who is the general counsel for the California First Amendment Coalition and author of this book. Terry Francke recommends “Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom,” by Victor Davis Hanson & John Heath. Originally Broadcast: October 16, 1998 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/25/dymond-jane-a-juror-speaks/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/25/dymond-jane-a-juror-speaks/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:50:45 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4505 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/25/dymond-jane-a-juror-speaks/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Eugene “Bear” Lincoln murder trial ended in the fall of 1997 in Ukiah, California, with an acquittal of the defendant, Mr. Lincoln, on charges of first degree and second-degree murder, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Jane_Dymond_IA_3.25.20.mp3) The Eugene “Bear” Lincoln murder trial ended in the fall of 1997 in Ukiah, California, with an acquittal of the defendant, Mr. Lincoln, on charges of first degree and second-degree murder, and with the jury divided ten to two, on acquittal from manslaughter charges. Apart from the divisive nature of this criminal trial, it also carried a particularly extraordinary aspect. Seven of the twelve jurors chose to come forward and talk about their responses to what they heard and saw in the courtroom. Jane Dymond was a member of the Lincoln trial jury. She attended every session of the trial, and every aspect of the jury’s deliberation. She is our guest in this edition of Radio Curious. Jane Dymond recommends “Independent People,” by Haldor Locksmith. Originally Broadcast: October 10, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/18/dooling-richard-is-it-safe-to-say/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/18/dooling-richard-is-it-safe-to-say/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4495 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/18/dooling-richard-is-it-safe-to-say/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech and Sexual Harassment - Certain words, said at the wrong time or place, may get a person into a heap of trouble. The laws surrounding freedom of speech do not permit us, for example, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Richard_Dooling_2.18.20_IA.mp3) Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech and Sexual Harassment Certain words, said at the wrong time or place, may get a person into a heap of trouble. The laws surrounding freedom of speech do not permit us, for example, to shout out “fire” in a theater or advocate the immediate and violent overthrow of the government. There are also limits on the time and place where a person can use swear words or language with sexual innuendos or suggestions. Richard Dooling, an attorney and writer living in Nebraska, joined us in June of 1997 to talk about his book, entitled, “Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech and Sexual Harassment.” Richard Dooling recommends “Emotional Brain,” by Joseph La Due. Originally Broadcast: June 4, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/12/garmentleonard-crazy-rhythm-my-journey-from-brooklyn-jazz-and-wall-street-to-nixons-white-house-watergate-and-beyond/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/12/garmentleonard-crazy-rhythm-my-journey-from-brooklyn-jazz-and-wall-street-to-nixons-white-house-watergate-and-beyond/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:39:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4493 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/12/garmentleonard-crazy-rhythm-my-journey-from-brooklyn-jazz-and-wall-street-to-nixons-white-house-watergate-and-beyond/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Some people’s memories of President Richard Nixon are negative due to his role in escalating the Vietnam War, the student demonstrations at Kent State University, and Nixon’s ultimate downfall in Watergate. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Garment_Leonard_2.12.20_IA.mp3) Some people’s memories of President Richard Nixon are negative due to his role in escalating the Vietnam War, the student demonstrations at Kent State University, and Nixon’s ultimate downfall in Watergate. But who was the man? And how could another individual get close to him? “Crazy Rhythm: My Journey from Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon’s White House, Watergate, and Beyond…,” is a story written by a complex person very close to Richard Nixon. Attorney Leonard Garment was born to immigrant Jewish parents in New York in 1924. Playing music, especially saxophone jazz, he grew up in Brooklyn. As a good student and, with what he describes, “an ambition to run things,” Garment finished law school in his early twenties and began working for a major Wall Street law firm. Even though at times he characterized himself as a liberal Democrat, Garment became a close friend and law partner with Richard Nixon and later became the attorney for, and the counsel to, President Richard Nixon, during the time Nixon was embroiled in the throws of Watergate. This interview was originally broadcast in May of 1997. Leonard Garment recommends “American Pastoral,” by Philip Roth. Originally Broadcast: May 16, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/01/15/knight-m-wayne-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/01/15/knight-m-wayne-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:31:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4487 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/01/15/knight-m-wayne-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Wayne Knight, an artist based in Mendocino County, California with over 40 years of experience, traveled very little before he found himself in Phnom Phen, Cambodia in 1995 and 1996. He spent just under a year there, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Wayne_Knight_(1-15-20).mp3) Wayne Knight, an artist based in Mendocino County, California with over 40 years of experience, traveled very little before he found himself in Phnom Phen, Cambodia in 1995 and 1996. He spent just under a year there, looking, seeing, and painting scenes that previously were beyond his imagination. Wayne Knight also worked with the Cambodian Defenders’ Project in developing computer access to their legal resources in Cambodia. His experience verified his security and, in many ways, enhanced his continuing growth as an artist. Other programs you may enjoy are with Daniel Ellsberg discussing the Pentagon Papers and Vietman, and with Linda Kremer, Esq., a Marin County, California, public defender who took a leave of absence to direct the Cambodian Defenders Project. They both may be found on this website. Wayne Knight recommends “Living My Life,” by Emma Goldman. Originally Broadcast: April 2, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/12/18/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/12/18/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-2/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:28:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4483 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/12/18/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Few moments in American history have held the tension of the early 1970s. The nation was fundamentally divided between the jaded counter-culture and Nixon’s ‘silent majority, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ELLSBERG_DANIEL_12-17-19_IA.mp3) Few moments in American history have held the tension of the early 1970s. The nation was fundamentally divided between the jaded counter-culture and Nixon’s ‘silent majority,’ a rupture particularly connected to the still-escalating Vietnam War. The release to the public of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 focused national attention on US foreign policy and on our right as individual citizens to freedom of the press. Daniel Ellsberg recommends “Our War,” by David Harris. Originally Broadcast: March 19, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/11/27/kremer-linda-the-legal-defense-of-jailed-cambodians/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/11/27/kremer-linda-the-legal-defense-of-jailed-cambodians/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:24:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4479 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/11/27/kremer-linda-the-legal-defense-of-jailed-cambodians/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Attorney Linda Kremer, a Public Defender in Marin County, California, worked for thirteen months in Phnom Phen, Cambodia, in 1996 and 1997 as Director of the Cambodian Defenders’ Project. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Linda_Kremer_11.16.19_IA.mp3) Attorney Linda Kremer, a Public Defender in Marin County, California, worked for thirteen months in Phnom Phen, Cambodia, in 1996 and 1997 as Director of the Cambodian Defenders’ Project. The Cambodian Defenders’ Project recruits and trains Khmer men and women to serve as Public Defenders in the criminal courts of Cambodia. Cambodian law requires that no person be detained in excess of 48 hours without being charged with a crime or be held without trial from longer than six months. In practice, these rights are rarely honored. Without legal defense, those is prison are powerless to request compliance. Other programs you may enjoy are with Daniel Ellsberg discussing the Pentagon Papers and Vietman, and with Wayne Knight, a Mendocino County artist who was also associated with the Cambodian Defenders Project. They both may be found on this website. Linda Kremer recommends “Spontaneous Healing” & “Natural Healing,” both by Andrew While. Originally Broadcast: March 26, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/09/03/dick-johnson-as-alexis-de-tocqueville-a-visit-with-alexis-de-tocqueville/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/09/03/dick-johnson-as-alexis-de-tocqueville-a-visit-with-alexis-de-tocqueville/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:57:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4459 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/09/03/dick-johnson-as-alexis-de-tocqueville-a-visit-with-alexis-de-tocqueville/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Democracy in America - In 1831, a 25 year-old Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, trained as a lawyer, and preoccupied with democracy, came to the US to study this new political scheme. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-[176]_Tocqueville_Alexis_de_7-17-96_(9.4.19).mp3) Democracy in America In 1831, a 25 year-old Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, trained as a lawyer, and preoccupied with democracy, came to the US to study this new political scheme. Alexis de Tocqueville and his traveling companion, Gustave de Beaumont, arrived at Newport, RI, in an America comprised, then, of 23 states and 13 million people. They stayed for nine months, and then returned to France at which time de Tocqueville began his epic poem entitled “Democracy in America.” At a time then when slavery was an economic base in the South, and abolitionism was beginning to thrive in the North, America had three frontiers: geography, industry, and democracy. In this program of Radio Curious, we’ll be talking with Alexis De Tocqueville, through the person of Chautauqua scholar, Dick Johnson. Alexis de Tocqueville recommends “Democracy in America,” by Alexis de Tocqueville. Originally Broadcast: July 17, 1996 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/07/30/swearingen-wesley-illegal-fbi-break-ins-told-by-a-former-agent-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/07/30/swearingen-wesley-illegal-fbi-break-ins-told-by-a-former-agent-2/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:43:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4449 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/07/30/swearingen-wesley-illegal-fbi-break-ins-told-by-a-former-agent-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - FBI Secrets: An Agent’s Expose - Agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have a history of illegal break-ins to homes and offices and conducting wiretaps without a search warrant. In the years when J. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-SWEARINGEN_WESLEY_IA_2019.mp3) FBI Secrets: An Agent’s Expose Agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have a history of illegal break-ins to homes and offices and conducting wiretaps without a search warrant. In the years when J. Edgar Hoover was the Director of the F.B.I., these warrantless break-ins came to be known as “black-bag jobs”. This archive edition of Radio Curious is a December 1995 interview with Wesley Swearingen a former F.B.I. agent, who in 1995 wrote “FBI Secrets: An Agent’s Expose.” His book describes some of the “black-bag” warrantless searches in which he was involved and his opinion of those activities. He ends his book by saying that the Hoover era will continue to haunt the F.B.I. because Hoover knowingly undermined the United States Constitution. When I spoke with Wesley Swearingen, I asked him what he meant by that. Wesley Swearingen recommends “Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover,” by Anthony Summers. Originally Broadcast: December 20, 1995 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/07/23/harr-jonathan-toxic-water-a-book/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/07/23/harr-jonathan-toxic-water-a-book/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2019 18:41:08 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4447 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/07/23/harr-jonathan-toxic-water-a-book/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - A Civil Action - Woburn, MA, is a small, blue-collar community just north and west of Boston. In the 1970s, some children in Woburn, MA, became sick and died from childhood leukemia. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Johnathan_Harr_author_of_A_Civil_Action_7.23.19_IA.mp3) A Civil Action Woburn, MA, is a small, blue-collar community just north and west of Boston. In the 1970s, some children in Woburn, MA, became sick and died from childhood leukemia. Some adults in that town developed rare forms of cancer. All of these people live very close to each other. Their illnesses were traced to two contaminated water wells that provided the water to their homes for drinking and bathing. As a result, one of the most complicated personal injury lawsuits was tried in the US Federal District Court in Boston. In this program of Radio Curious, I spoke with author Jonathan Harr, who wrote “A Civil Action,” the horrendous story of the people who became sick and the subsequent trial. Jonathan Harr recommends any books by Charles Dickens. Originally Broadcast: November 22, 1995 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/04/jefferson-thomas-jenkinson-clay-the-author-of-the-declaration-of-independence/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/04/jefferson-thomas-jenkinson-clay-the-author-of-the-declaration-of-independence/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:23:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4433 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/04/jefferson-thomas-jenkinson-clay-the-author-of-the-declaration-of-independence/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America, stands as one of the lead political theorists of American history.  His ward republican theory required an agrarian population, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-JEFFERSON_THOMAS_IA_2019.mp3) Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America, stands as one of the lead political theorists of American history.  His ward republican theory required an agrarian population, a government originating in the individual household, and a consistently questioning and rebellious public.My guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Mr. Jefferson, personified by Clay Jenkinson.We discussed what has gone wrong in the US since Mr. Jefferson was President and addressed some of his concepts of what are necessary for a democracy. The book Thomas Jefferson recommends is “The History of the Peloponnesian War,” by Thuclydides. The book C. Jenkinson recommends is “In the Absence of the Sacred,” by Jerry Mander. Originally Broadcast: May 21, 1994 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/04/30/boyer-william-the-rights-of-our-children/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/04/30/boyer-william-the-rights-of-our-children/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:12:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4423 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/04/30/boyer-william-the-rights-of-our-children/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century - William Boyer, a Professor Emeritus and the former Chairman of the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Hawaii, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-Boyer_William_4-30-19_IA.mp3) America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century William Boyer, a Professor Emeritus and the former Chairman of the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Hawaii, is the author of a book called “America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century.” In this program, we discussed the rights of future generations, how to protect those rights, what they are, and what right we have to determine the rights of future generations. This program was originally broadcast in March of 1993, when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas. Originally Broadcast: March 30, 1993 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/23/obrien-dennis-protecting-outer-space-for-humanity/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/23/obrien-dennis-protecting-outer-space-for-humanity/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2018 01:58:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4373 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/23/obrien-dennis-protecting-outer-space-for-humanity/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The 2018 International Astronomical Conference held in Bremen, Germany, during the first week of October, 2018, was attended by approximately 2000 people from over 100 counties from the planet earth. - Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-OBRIEN_INTERVIEW_10-20-18_PUBLISHED.mp3) The 2018 International Astronomical Conference held in Bremen, Germany, during the first week of October, 2018, was attended by approximately 2000 people from over 100 counties from the planet earth. One of the attendees is Dennis O’Brien, a retired Ukiah California, attorney. He was presenter at the International Astronomical Conference and is our guest on this edition of Radio Curious. The paper O’Brien presented focuses on the future of space law.  He addressed potential issues as humanity goes into outer space, and concepts on how to structure a new treaty to protect humanity, while at the same time allowing for the development of outer space commerce.  For on-line information contact spacetreaty.com, or spacetreaty.org for O'Brien's work. Dennis O’Brien is a retired Ukiah, California attorney.  O’Brien attended the 2018 International Astronomical Conference held in Bremen, Germany, where he presented a paper addressing the future of space law, and how to protect humanity’s interests, while at the same time allowing for the development of outer space commerce.  For on-line information contact spacetreaty.com, or spacetreaty.org for O'Brien's work. The books Dennis O’Brien recommends are: “Stranger in a Strange Land,” by Robert A. Heinlein, and “The Foundation Novels,” by Issac Azimov. This program was recorded on October 20, 2018. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/16/weiss-philip-cover-up-of-a-peace-corps-murder/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/16/weiss-philip-cover-up-of-a-peace-corps-murder/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2018 01:56:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4371 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/16/weiss-philip-cover-up-of-a-peace-corps-murder/feed/ 0 Click here to  begin listening - American Taboo, A Murder in Peace Corps - In this edition of Radio Curious, we take a look at murder and getting away with murder. In the small island kingdom of Tonga, an American Peace Corps Volunteer murdered anoth... Click here to  begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-WEISS_PHILIP_10-16-18_Published.mp3) American Taboo, A Murder in Peace Corps In this edition of Radio Curious, we take a look at murder and getting away with murder. In the small island kingdom of Tonga, an American Peace Corps Volunteer murdered another American Peace Corps volunteer in October 1976. “American Taboo, A Murder in Peace Corps,” by Philip Weiss, is a detailed story about the murder, how and why it happened, the legend that developed, the subsequent cover-up, and an interview with the murderer. Philip Weiss recommends “McArthur and Southerland, The Good Years,” & “McArthur and Southerland, The Bitter Years,” both by Paul P. Rogers Originally Broadcast: June 29, 2003 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/28/anthony-adams-esq-a-deeply-romantic-public-defender-etc/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/28/anthony-adams-esq-a-deeply-romantic-public-defender-etc/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2018 01:37:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4357 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/28/anthony-adams-esq-a-deeply-romantic-public-defender-etc/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Anthony Adams, Esq., is currently, among other things, a Deputy Public Defender in Mendocino County, California. He’s also poet, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ADAMS_INTERVIEW_PUBLISHED__8-28-18.mp3) Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Anthony Adams, Esq., is currently, among other things, a Deputy Public Defender in Mendocino County, California. He’s also poet, formerly a California State Parole Commissioner, and served in the California State Assembly. At a local Bar Association gathering, Adams recited his poetry and shared stories about his work as a Parole Commissioner. I decided to invite him to be a guest and asked him to tell us about his life. Anthony Adams visited Radio Curious on August 23, 2018, and described himself and an “interesting fellow… A deeply romantic person.” In the course of our conversation his self description revealed itself. We began when I asked him about poetry related to his work. The books Anthony Adams recommends are “Nine Horses: Poems,” by Billy Collins, a former national Poet Laureate; “The Dove Keepers,” by Alice Hoffman; and “1492: A Novel of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish Inquisition, and a World at the Turning Point,” by Newton Frohlich. This program was recorded on August 23, 2018. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/24/clay-jenkinson-as-thomas-jefferson-the-author-of-the-declaration-of-independence/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/24/clay-jenkinson-as-thomas-jefferson-the-author-of-the-declaration-of-independence/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:49:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4319 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/24/clay-jenkinson-as-thomas-jefferson-the-author-of-the-declaration-of-independence/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America, is respected by some as one of the leading political theorists of American history.  He conceptualized a government originating in the households of... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-JEFFERSON_THOMAS_CA_2013.mp3) Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America, is respected by some as one of the leading political theorists of American history.  He conceptualized a government originating in the households of the individual citizens, and stemming from a questioning and rebellious public, requiring, he believed a primarily agrarian population. Our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious is Thomas Jefferson, personified by Chautauqua scholar Clay Jenkinson.  We met in Ukiah, California in May, 1994, and discussed what has changed in the United States since Mr. Jefferson took office as President in 1803, and the concepts he believed necessary to maintain a democracy. The book Mr. Jefferson recommends is  “The History of the Peloponnesian War,” by Thucydides, and the book Clay Jenkinson recommends is “In the Absence of the Sacred,”  by Jerry Mander. This interview with Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, as personified by Chautauqua scholar, Clay Jenkinson, was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on May 21, 1994. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/14/phillips-barbara-the-dialogue-of-race/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/14/phillips-barbara-the-dialogue-of-race/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:33:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4303 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/14/phillips-barbara-the-dialogue-of-race/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This is the second of two interviews with civil rights Attorney Barbara Phillips. She is a contributor to the book “Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections From the Deep South: 1964-1980, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-PHILLIPS_BARBARA_P2_CA_.mp3) This is the second of two interviews with civil rights Attorney Barbara Phillips. She is a contributor to the book “Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections From the Deep South: 1964-1980,” whose editor Kent Spriggs we interviewed in December 2017. In part one Phillips shared stories and experiences from her 40 year legal career as a community organizer and Civil Rights Lawyer.  In this, part two of our conversation, we discuss her essay “Framing the Contemporary Dialogue of Race,” that is featured in “Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers.”  We discuss the changing rhetoric about race, the Second Reconstruction and a Supreme Court decision addressing race prior to the 1980s.  These decisions defined a broad scope for just and equal rights for black people in the United States. As a retired civil rights attorney and retired professor of law at the University of Mississippi, and formerly a Program Officer of the Ford Foundation in the Human Rights unit of the Peace and Social Justice Program, she continues her life’s work as a community organizer in Oxford, Mississippi, and continues promote community justice programs around the world. When Barbara Phillips and I visited by phone from her home in Oxford, Mississippi, on March 6, 2018, we began our conversation when I asked her about the essay “Framing the Contemporary Dialogue About Race.” The books Barbara Phillips recommends are “What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America,” by Thomas Frank, and “Transforming Feminist Practice: Non-Violence, Social Justice, and the Possibilities of a Spiritualized Feminism,” by Leela Fernandes. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/07/phillips-barbara-protecting-and-defending-civil-rights/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/07/phillips-barbara-protecting-and-defending-civil-rights/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:31:26 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4301 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/07/phillips-barbara-protecting-and-defending-civil-rights/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - We continue our series on "Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers," a book in which our guest Attorney Barbara Phillips is a contributor, and Attorney Kent Spriggs, our guest in December 2017, is the editor.  Now retired, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-PHILLIPS_BARBARA_3-5-18_CA.mp3) We continue our series on "Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers," a book in which our guest Attorney Barbara Phillips is a contributor, and Attorney Kent Spriggs, our guest in December 2017, is the editor.  Now retired, Barbara Phillips first worked as a community organizer in rural Mississippi.  Later, as an attorney she protected and defended the civil rights of women and people of color while based primarily in Mississippi and then California. Eventually, she became a professor at the University of Mississippi Law School. In this, part one of two interviews with Barbara Phillips, she shares her stories and experiences of her 40 year legal career.  In part two we discuss her opinions on how to frame the contemporary dialogue of race. When she and I visited by phone from her home in Oxford, Mississippi, on March 5, 2018, we began our conversation when I asked her to describe her experience as an intersectional black, female lawyer. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/23/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-and-the-post/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/23/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-and-the-post/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:15:36 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4288 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/23/ellsberg-daniel-the-pentagon-papers-and-the-post/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - "The Post," a movie released January 12, 2018, reveals the story of how the release of the “Pentagon Papers” (https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers) created a fundamental challenge of the freedom of the pres... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ELLSBERG_DANIEL_2018_CA.mp3) "The Post," a movie released January 12, 2018, reveals the story of how the release of the “Pentagon Papers” (https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers) created a fundamental challenge of the freedom of the press and alleged issues of national security.  Few moments in American history have held the tension of the Vietnam war, as was the case in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The national rupture caused by Nixon’s escalation of the war widened.  Young people and their parents, who saw no reason for the United States to be in Vietnam clashed with the so called “silent majority.” Daniel Ellsberg, our guest in this 1997 archive edition of Radio Curious, copied what came to be known as the “Pentagon Papers,” in the fall of 1969, and released them in 1971.  Those top secret documents unequivocally demonstrated that four previous U.S. presidents had continued to fight and escalate the war in Vietnam, notwithstanding opinions from their many military leaders that the war could not be won. The Pentagon Papers focused national attention on United States foreign policy and on our rights as individual citizens to freedom of the press. When Daniel Ellsberg and I visited by phone in March, 1997, he began with a description of the context of the time, 1971,  when the “Pentagon Papers” became public. The book Daniel Ellsberg recommended in 1997, when this interview was recorded, is “Our War,” by David Harris. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/16/massey-orell-the-impact-of-martin-luther-king-jr-on-one-man/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/16/massey-orell-the-impact-of-martin-luther-king-jr-on-one-man/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:13:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4286 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/16/massey-orell-the-impact-of-martin-luther-king-jr-on-one-man/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - To assist in the consideration of the impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the United States, I invited my friend Orell Massey to join us again here at Radio Curious.  In February 2014, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-MASSEY_ORRELL_2018_CA.mp3) To assist in the consideration of the impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the United States, I invited my friend Orell Massey to join us again here at Radio Curious.  In February 2014, when Massey first visited us he shared his experiences as the first and, so far, the only black law enforcement officer in the history of Mendocino County, California.  Prior to becoming a Deputy Sheriff here 23 years ago, Massey served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was primarily assigned to the Foreign Service Embassy detail. A native of rural South Carolina, he suffered under the cloud, terror, threats and fears brought on by racial segregation throughout his childhood and early adult years before joining the Marine Corps.   Now, he continues to work part time as a Mendocino County Deputy Sheriff, since his retirement in 2017. When Orell Massey visited the Radio Curious studios on January 14, 2018, we focused on the effect that Martin Luther King, Jr. had on his life. The Civil Rights song featured is "Can't Turn Me 'Round" performed by The Roots. The book Orell Massey recommends is “I Never Had it Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson,”  by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/12/05/spriggs-kent-legal-heroes-of-the-civil-rights-movement/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/12/05/spriggs-kent-legal-heroes-of-the-civil-rights-movement/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:38:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4274 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/12/05/spriggs-kent-legal-heroes-of-the-civil-rights-movement/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - In all successful social and political changes in here in the the United States and elsewhere, civil disobedience plays a significant role. Bus boycotts, sit-ins and marches, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-SPRIGGS_KENT_CA_2017.mp3) In all successful social and political changes in here in the the United States and elsewhere, civil disobedience plays a significant role. Bus boycotts, sit-ins and marches, coordinated with constitution based legal challenges to blatant racially based restrictions imposed by the white supremacy in the American south, were at the core of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Attorney Kent Spriggs, the editor of “Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980.”  Spriggs compiled the voices of 26 lawyers, black and white, from the south and the north who began their law practices in the mid-1960s and successfully ended significant aspects of the then existing racial segregation. They describe their backgrounds and provide context for their civil rights litigation and other basic legal rights, as well as how their successes later advanced other movements for social justice. Kent Spriggs, raised in Washington, D.C. went to the Deep South in 1965 after finishing law school in New York.  He has been a Civil Rights lawyer since he arrived there over 50 years ago. Spriggs, now a resident and former mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, and I visited by phone from his home office on December 4, 2017.  We began our conversation when I asked him describe the contributors and some of their stories in “Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers.” The three books Kent Spriggs recommends are: "The Shock Doctrine," by Naomi Klein; "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race" by Beverly Daniel Tatum; and "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness," by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/29/zimring-frank-when-police-kill-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/29/zimring-frank-when-police-kill-part-two/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2017 22:34:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4272 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/29/zimring-frank-when-police-kill-part-two/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This is the second in a two part series on why police in the United States kill more citizens than in any other developed nation.  Our guest is Professor Franklin E. Zimring from the Law School at the University of Cali... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ZIMRING_FRANK_P2_2017_CA.mp3) This is the second in a two part series on why police in the United States kill more citizens than in any other developed nation.  Our guest is Professor Franklin E. Zimring from the Law School at the University of California at Berkeley.  He is the author of the 2017 book “When Police Kill.” In part one, Zimring discusses why police killings are such a serious problem in the United States. He asserts it is in large part because of widespread ownership and use of handguns, which increase the vulnerability of police to life-threatening assault. Here, in part two, Zimring explains how the problem of police killings can be effectively controlled without major changes in the performance or the effectiveness of police. When Frank Zimring and I visited by phone from his office in Berkeley, California, on November 17, 2017, we began with his discussion of ways to effectively address the problem of police killings. The book Frank Zimring recommends is “Memos From Midlife: 24 Parables of Adult Adjustment,” his only non-law related book. And finally for full disclosure, Frank and I met in elementary school in Los Angeles. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/21/zimring-frank-when-police-kill-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/21/zimring-frank-when-police-kill-part-one/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:33:16 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4269 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/21/zimring-frank-when-police-kill-part-one/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This program is devoted to some of the reasons why police in the United States kill and who the dead are. - Of the 1,100 killings by police in the United States in the year 2015, 85% were a result of a fatal shooting. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ZIMRING_FRANK_2017_CA.mp3) This program is devoted to some of the reasons why police in the United States kill and who the dead are. Of the 1,100 killings by police in the United States in the year 2015, 85% were a result of a fatal shooting. 95% of those victims were male.  The death rates for African Americans and Native Americans are twice their share of the population. Our guest in this first of a two part series on why police kill, is Franklin E. Zimring a law professor at the Boalt Hall Law School at the University of California at Berkeley.  He is also the author of “When Police Kill.” Zimring’s conclusions, based on evidence garnered from the empirical research revealed in his book show: 1) “Police use of lethal force is a very serious national problem in the United States”; 2) “Killings by police are a much larger problem in the United States than in any other developed nation, in large part because of widespread ownership and use of handguns which increase the vulnerability of police to life-threatening assault;” and 3) “Police killings are a very specific problem that can be effectively controlled without major changes in the performance or the effectiveness of police.”  This third point is the topic of part two in this series. And, for the sake of full disclosure, Frank Zimring and I have been friends since our early years in elementary school. Frank Zimring and I visited by phone from his office at Boalt Hall Law School in Berkeley, California on November 17, 2017.   We began our conversation when I asked him to discuss policing as a governmental function. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/03/28/kramer-andrew-donald-trumps-russian-connection/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/03/28/kramer-andrew-donald-trumps-russian-connection/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:22:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4195 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/03/28/kramer-andrew-donald-trumps-russian-connection/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This program is about President Trump’s connections to Russia, and in particular, Paul Manafort. Manafort was the manager of Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign until he abruptly quit two and a half months before the ele... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Radio_Curious_-_20170328_-_Kramer.mp3) This program is about President Trump’s connections to Russia, and in particular, Paul Manafort. Manafort was the manager of Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign until he abruptly quit two and a half months before the election. We ask: who is Paul Manafort, where did he come from, and how did he became Trump’s campaign manager? What aspects of Manafort’s longtime relationships with Russian leaders and President Trump might be revealed in the pending hearings conducted by the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee? In addition, we discuss the recent non-permitted demonstrations that occurred in Russia. Our guest, Andrew Kramer (https://www.nytimes.com/by/andrew-e-kramer), is a New York Times reporter based in Moscow, Russia. Kramer, fluent in Russian, has been reporting from Moscow for the Times since 2006. This interview is the second in what may become an ongoing series of conversations with him about Russia. The book Andrew Kramer recommends is “Black Wind, White Snow: The Rise of Russia’s New Nationalism,” by Charles Clover. The program was recorded on March 27, 2017. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/21/early-steve-remaking-an-american-city/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/21/early-steve-remaking-an-american-city/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2017 19:11:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4185 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/21/early-steve-remaking-an-american-city/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The power and success of local political action to meet the needs of a community is revealed in the book “Refinery Town:  Big Oil, Big Money and the Remaking of an American City.” - Written by Steve Early, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Radio_Curious_-_20170221_-_Early.mp3) The power and success of local political action to meet the needs of a community is revealed in the book “Refinery Town:  Big Oil, Big Money and the Remaking of an American City.” Written by Steve Early, with a Forward by Senator Bernie Sanders, “Refinery Town” describes the political change in Richmond, California, that began in 2000. Richmond was a largely working-class city of 110,000 people, with one of the highest per capita homicide rates, and twice the average jobless rate. Early tells the story of the community organizing that successfully raised the minimum wage, challenged evictions and home foreclosures, and sought fair taxation of Big Oil. In this case, the Big Oil is the Chevron Oil Company, which owns and operates a Richmond refinery, one of the largest oil refineries in California. Steve Early is the author of “Refinery Town:  Big Oil, Big Money and the Remaking of an American City.”  This book describes the social and political changes in Richmond California, which began 2000. The books Steve Early recommends are: “Detroit: An American Autopsy,” by Charlie LeDuff; "Teardown: Memoir of A Vanishing City," by Gordon Young; and “Home Town,” by Tracy Kidder. This program was recorded on February 20, 2017 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/01/10/kramer-andrew-exxon-ceo-secretary-of-state/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/01/10/kramer-andrew-exxon-ceo-secretary-of-state/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:51:02 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4171 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/01/10/kramer-andrew-exxon-ceo-secretary-of-state/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This program is devoted to the pending Senate hearings and possible confirmation of Rex Tillerson as the next Secretary of State of the United States. - Tillerson, the Exxon Mobile Company Chief Executive Officer, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Kramer_Published_1317.mp3) This program is devoted to the pending Senate hearings and possible confirmation of Rex Tillerson as the next Secretary of State of the United States. Tillerson, the Exxon Mobile Company Chief Executive Officer, chosen by Donald Trump to the head of the State Department, has a long history in the Russian oil business, as well has having an alleged personal friendship with Vladamir Putin, the Russian President. Our guest is Andrew Kramer, a reporter for the New York Times, based at its Moscow, Russia bureau for the past ten years. Kramer shares his reporting on Tillerson’s attempts on behalf of Exxon to gain access to the Russian arctic oil fields, as well as Tillerson’s personal connections to Russia. In addition, Kramer investigated and reported the activities of Paul Manifort in Russia, who within a week after those reports became public, resigned as Donald Trump’s campaign manager. When Andrew Kramer and I visited from New York Times’ Bureau in Moscow on December 29, 2016, he began by describing Tillerson’s history in Russia. The book Andrew Kramer recommends is “The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy,” by David Hoffman. This program was recorded on December 29, 2016.           LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/08/16/allman-tom-sheriff-tom-allman-guns-in-rural-california-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/08/16/allman-tom-sheriff-tom-allman-guns-in-rural-california-part-two/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:17:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4130 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/08/16/allman-tom-sheriff-tom-allman-guns-in-rural-california-part-two/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Guns: Who has them, how are they obtained and what are they used for, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. - In this two part series on guns, we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman, of Mendocino County, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ALLMAN_TOM_P2_2016_CA.mp3) Guns: Who has them, how are they obtained and what are they used for, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. In this two part series on guns, we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman, of Mendocino County, in rural northern California. Tom Allman has worked in law enforcement for 38 years and has been sheriff for the last 10. He is outspoken yet respectful about marijuana cultivation and equally so about guns, when asked. Sheriff Allman is, among many other things, the person who issues a permit to carry a concealed weapon in Mendocino County. When Sheriff Allman visited the Radio Curious studios on August 8, 2016, we began the second part of our conversation with his statement that law enforcement is trained to stop people, not to kill. The book Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman recommends is “Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses “No But” Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration—Lessons from The Second City” by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/08/10/allman-tom-sheriff-tom-allman-guns-in-rural-california-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/08/10/allman-tom-sheriff-tom-allman-guns-in-rural-california-part-one/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2016 01:15:43 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4128 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/08/10/allman-tom-sheriff-tom-allman-guns-in-rural-california-part-one/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Guns: Who has them, how are they obtained and what are they used for, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. - In this, the first of a two part series on guns, we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ALLMAN_TOM_2016_P1_CA.mp3) Guns: Who has them, how are they obtained and what are they used for, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. In this, the first of a two part series on guns, we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman, of Mendocino County, in rural northern California.  Tom Allman has worked in law enforcement for 38 years and has been sheriff for the last 10 years. He is outspoken yet respectful about marijuana cultivation and equally so about guns, when asked.  Sheriff Allman is, among many other things, the person who issues a permit to carry a concealed weapon in Mendocino County.  We visited at the studio of Radio Curious on August 8, 2016, and began our conversation when I asked Sheriff Allman to describe the gun he was carrying on his belt. The book Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman recommends is “Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses “No But” Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration—Lessons from The Second City” by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/01/13/dr-sally-roesch-wagner-survival-is-indigenous/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/01/13/dr-sally-roesch-wagner-survival-is-indigenous/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:48:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4003 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/01/13/dr-sally-roesch-wagner-survival-is-indigenous/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/11/10/martin-buzzy-teaching-guitar-in-san-quentin-prison/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/11/10/martin-buzzy-teaching-guitar-in-san-quentin-prison/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:07:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3892 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/11/10/martin-buzzy-teaching-guitar-in-san-quentin-prison/feed/ 0 mass incarceration,prison,San Quentin Buzzy Martin taught guitar in San Quentin Prison for three and a half years, where he gained a unique "insiders" perspective about prison life, prisoners, and the guards. He chronicles his experience in a book, "Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man." Buzzy Martin began teaching music to at risk kids in Juvenille Hall. He then taught guitar in San Quentin Prison for three and a half years, where he gained a unique "insiders" perspective about prison life, prisoners, and the guards. His book, "Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man," chronicles his experiences teaching prison inmates, including rapists, child molesters and murderers how to play the guitar. Martin shares his experiences with incarcerated youth, to teach them that prison is not a “badge of honor,” and he reveals how music can be a universal language to open the hearts of people who may think they don't have one. Buzzy Martin's memoir will be made into a movie. Visit his website for more information.  The interview with Buzzy Martin was recorded on October 11th, 2010. The book he recommends is, “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book,” by don Miguel Ruiz. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/22/berman-ari-using-wealth-to-deny-voting-rights/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/22/berman-ari-using-wealth-to-deny-voting-rights/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2015 06:02:19 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3774 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/22/berman-ari-using-wealth-to-deny-voting-rights/feed/ 0 elections,voting rights,wealth Radio Curious visits with Ari Berman, a contributing writer for The Nation Magazine, who writes regularly on election and voting rights issues.  His May 19, 2015 article is titled “How the Money Primary is Undermining Voting Rights.” The financing of political campaigns is the subject of this, July 21, 2015, edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Ari Berman, a contributing writer for The Nation Magazine, who writes regularly on election and voting rights issues.  His May 19, 2015 article is titled “How the Money Primary is Undermining Voting Rights.”  Berman asks:  “When the wealthiest Americans dominate every facet of political life—from who runs, to who wins, to which issues are addressed, to how our leaders govern—what happens to the voting rights of everyone else?” The consequences of the Supreme Court’s 2010 and 2014 decisions in "Citizens United (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf )" and "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-536_e1pf.pdf )" provide some insight. When Ari Berman and I visited by phone from his office in Washington D.C. on June 8, 2015, we began when I asked him to define the word “wealth,” that is being used to deny the right to vote. The books Ari Berman recommends are “Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement” by John Lewis, and “Housekeeping,” by Marilynne Robinson. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:21:02 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3748 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with playwright Don Samson, who discusses his work and creative process and his former life as the author of legal briefs for criminal defense attorneys. The creative imagination of playwright Don Samson is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  In May 2015, I had the good fortune of seeing a ten minute play entitled “Blind Date,” written by my long time friend, who lives in nearby Willits, California.  For many years prior to becoming a playwright, Don Samson researched and wrote legal briefs for criminal defense attorneys, an experience we also discuss in this program. After seeing the local production of “Blind Date,” I was curious about the circumstances that came to Don Samson’s mind when he created this play, so I invited him to visit the Radio Curious studios.  We met on May 22, 2015 and began our conversation with his description of those circumstances.  Don Samson recommends the book, which is also a play, “Antigone,” by Sophocles. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/10/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/10/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-two/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:38:39 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3565 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/10/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-two/feed/ 1 Radio Curious continues a conversation on racism in Mendocino County, California with Sheriff Deputy Orell Massey, the county's first and only black sheriff. Radio Curious continues our series on racism in Mendocino County, California. Our guest is Mendocino County Deputy Sheriff Orell Massey who, for the past 20 years has been the only black law enforcement officer in the county's history.  A native of South Carolina, Deputy Massey was a 21 year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps assigned to the Foreign Service Embassy detail before he moved to Mendocino County. When I asked Sheriff Massey to be a guest on this program and share his experience as a black Deputy Sheriff, he asked:  “Are the people of Mendocino County ready to hear what I have to say?”     In part one of our conversation, Deputy Massey describes some people’s reaction to him while he is in on duty. In part two, recorded on February 1, 2015, in the Radio Curious studios, Deputy Massey gives his personal response when asked, “what is it like to be the only black Deputy Sheriff ever in the history of Mendocino County?” Later he shares stories about his off duty life, his goals and aspirations. The book Deputy Massey recommends is “Code Talker:  The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of World War Two,” by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila. Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/04/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/04/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-one/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3557 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/04/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-one/feed/ 1 african american,racism Radio Curious visits with Orell Massey, a black sheriff's deputy in rural Mendocino County, Ca, who shares his experiences as a black sheriff in a mostly white community. Our guest on this edition of Radio Curious is Deputy Sheriff Orell Massey—a black man, native of South Carolina and a 20 year veteran of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department. He is also a 21 year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps where he was assigned to the Embassy detail.  When I asked Sheriff Massey to be a guest on this program and share his experience as a black Deputy Sheriff, he asked:  “Are the people of Mendocino County ready to hear what I have to say?”    In part one of our conversation, recorded on February 1, 2015, Deputy Orell Massey shares his experiences.  You may decide if you are ready to hear what he has to say. In part two, Deputy Massey gives his personal response when asked, “what is it like to be the only black Deputy Sheriff ever in the history of Mendocino County?” Later he shares stories about his off duty life, his goals and aspirations. Click here to listen to part one or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:54:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3527 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/feed/ 0 Radio Curious starts off it's 25th year with an interview of the show's host and producer Barry Vogel. John Gravois, the deputy editor of Pacific Standard magazine talks with Vogel about the art of radio. For this edition of Radio Curious, broadcast at the beginning of our 25th year on the air, I invited my friend John Gravois to interview me about my experiences, reflections and thoughts over the past 24 years that I’ve been the host and producer of Radio Curious.  John Gravois is the deputy editor of Pacific Standard magazine and a contributing editor to the Washington Monthly. His work has appeared on This American Life, in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, and Slate, among others. He lives in Albany, California. John Gravois and I visited in the studios of Radio Curious on December 27, 2014.  We began our conversation with his comments about the archives found on the Radio Curious website. The books that I recommend are “The Warmth of Other Suns:  The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” by Isabel Wilkerson and “Jacobson’s Organ and the Remarkable Nature of Smell,” by Lyall Watson. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:02 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/16/cohen-james-ferguson-grand-jury-a-legal-analysis-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/16/cohen-james-ferguson-grand-jury-a-legal-analysis-part-two/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:07:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3504 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/16/cohen-james-ferguson-grand-jury-a-legal-analysis-part-two/feed/ 1 Ferguson,Michael Brown Radio Curious discusses the grand jury verdict to not indict a white police officer in the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo, with James A. Cohen, law professor at Fordham University Law School in New York City. We continue our look into the Ferguson, Missouri, investigation of the August 9, 2014, shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old black man, shot three times in the head by the now former Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson.  The St. Louis County, Missouri, grand jury, convened by District Attorney and Prosecutor Robert McCulloch failed to return any criminal charges against Wilson.  This occurred after three months of weekly grand jury meetings.  Prosecutor Robert McCulloch gathered and organized the information and facts presented to the grand jury.  Our guest is Attorney and Law Professor James A. Cohen, who has tried over 100 criminal jury trials and teaches criminal law and related topics at Fordham University Law School in New York City.   In part one, Professor Cohen and I reviewed the evidence, including Wilson's spoken testimony, the written police reports and medical reports presented to the St. Louis, Missouri, grand jury, by District Attorney McCulloch. In this second part of our visit with Professor Cohen we continue a review of Officer Wilson’s testimony and the forensic evidence.  We then examine the duties of a prosecutor before a grand jury; the potential for conflicts of interest; and the prosecutor’s ethical obligations.  Professor Cohen asserts that had a special prosecutor been appointed to present the evidence of the facts surrounding Officer Wilson’s shooting of Brown, it is likely that a significantly different decision might have resulted from the grand jury’s deliberations. In this program, recorded on December 5, 2014, we begin part two with Professor Cohen’s analysis of Officer Wilson’s testimony about why he shot Michael Brown nine times, including three shots to the young man's head. The books that Professor Cohen recommends are those written by Anders Ericsson:  “The Road To Excellence: The Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games” and “Development of Professional Expertise: Toward Measurement of Expert Performance and Design of Optimal Learning Environments.” Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/08/cohen-james-ferguson-grand-jury-a-legal-analysis-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/08/cohen-james-ferguson-grand-jury-a-legal-analysis-part-one/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:46:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3498 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/08/cohen-james-ferguson-grand-jury-a-legal-analysis-part-one/feed/ 1 Ferguson,grand jury,Michael Brown Radio Curious discusses the grand jury verdict to not indict a white police officer in the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo, with James A. Cohen, law professor at Fordhan University Law School in New York City. The shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old black teenager, in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014, by a since retired white Ferguson, Missouri, police office, Darren Wilson, is the subject of this, the first of two Radio Curious interviews devoted to this topic. Our guest is Law Professor James A. Cohen, who has tried over 100 criminal jury trials and teaches criminal law and related topics at Fordham University Law School in New York City.  Professor Cohen and I review the evidence, including Wilson's spoken testimony, the written police reports and medical reports presented to the St. Louis, Missouri, grand jury, by District Attorney Robert McCulloch.  His office exclusively organized and presented that evidence, which “with some exceptions,” according to Prosecutor McCulloch, was “made public” shortly after he announced that the grand jury failed to return criminal charges against former Officer Wilson, on November 24, 2014.  When Professor Cohen and I visited by phone on December 5, 2014, we created a context for what occurred when the Ferguson Grand Jury met between August 20, and November 21, 2014.  We began our conversation with a brief history of grand juries, originally organized in England to protect the people from wonton acts of the King.  The books that Professor Cohen recommends are those written by Anders Ericsson:  “The Road To Excellence: The Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games” and “Development of Professional Expertise: Toward Measurement of Expert Performance and Design of Optimal Learning Environments.” Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part two. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/30/california-burning-the-mendocino-lodge-fire/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/30/california-burning-the-mendocino-lodge-fire/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:10:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3426 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/30/california-burning-the-mendocino-lodge-fire/feed/ 1 Radio Curious brings you four different voices of public servants who discuss how a rural community copes in times of catastrophic wildfires. California wildfires present a serious public safety concern, create fear of serious loss for many and cost millions of dollars to fight. In California each fire is given a name, as is done for hurricanes. We devote this edition of Radio Curious, to the Lodge Fire that occurred in Mendocino County, California in August 2014.  We visit with four Mendocino County people who meet the public need at times of crisis. We begin with Mary Aigner, program director of KZYX and KZYZ, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, the public radio station where Radio Curious was originally broadcast beginning in 1991.  She describes what local public radio is able to do at a time of crisis. We then hear from Chris Rowney, the Mendocino Unit Chief for Cal-Fire, the California fire protection agency, who explains what Cal-Fire does when confronted with a wildfire. We also hear from Mendocino County Sheriff, Tom Allman, whose responsibility it is to order a mandatory evacuation if a crisis so requires. Finally we hear from Dr. Sharon Paltin, a family physician in Laytonville, California, the community closest to the Lodge Fire.  She describes the public health effects of exposure to the extraordinary amount of smoke created by a wildfire. We begin our conversation, recorded on August 29, 2014, with Mary Aigner from Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, describing the role of community radio when a wild fire occurs. The book Mary Aigner recommends is “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus,” by Charles C. Mann. The book that Chris Rowney recommends is “Young Men and Fires,” by Norman McClean. The book Dr. Sharon Paltin recommends is “A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster,” by Rebecca Solnit. This program was recorded on August 29 and September 1, 2014. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/01/von-drehle-david-triangle-the-fire-that-changed-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/01/von-drehle-david-triangle-the-fire-that-changed-america/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:15:21 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3407 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/01/von-drehle-david-triangle-the-fire-that-changed-america/feed/ 0 labor Radio Curious revisits a conversation about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 and it's impact on the labor movement and Democratic Party in the U.S. with David Von Drehle, author of “Triangle, the Fire That Changed America.” Until September 11, 2001, The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of March 25, 1911 was the deadliest workplace disaster in the history of New York City.  The fire shocked the nation and exposed the life-threatening conditions in America’s sweatshop industry.  It gave energy to the labor movement and unions, and remade the Democratic Party of the time.  Our guest, David Von Drehle, is the author of “Triangle, the Fire That Changed America,” a book that presents a detailed examination of how this single event changed the course of the 20th century politics and labor relations. In this book, Von Drehle concludes: As for the mostly nameless young women and men who went on strike in 1909 and bravely walked those relentless picket lines through a freezing winter—and especially those remarkable young people who later died at the Triangle—their memory grows.  Their individual lives are mostly lost to us, but their monument and legacy are stitched into our world.  David Von Drehle and I visited by phone from New York City in early September 2003, and began with his description of the fire on March 25, 1911 that changed America. The book David Von Drehele recommends is “Plunkitt of Tammany Hall” by William Riordan.  This program was originally broadcast on September 9, 2003. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/18/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-two-workplace-disparity/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/18/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-two-workplace-disparity/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:22:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3396 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/18/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-two-workplace-disparity/feed/ 0 Radio Curious continues a conversation about gender inequality in China with Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China.” Welcome to part two of our conversations about the erosion of gender equality in China with our guest Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China”. Her book is based in part on her research for the Ph.D. in sociology she received in 2014 from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. In this 2nd conversation we discuss the extent of what if anything is done about domestic violence in China, the difference in the retirement ages for women and men and the requirement that women submit to a gynecological examination before obtaining a civil service job. When Leta Hong Fincher and I visited by phone on August 9, 2014 we began with a discussion of domestic violence in China. The book Leta Hong Fincher recommends is “The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory,” by Lydia H. Liu, Rebecca E. Karl and Dorothy Ko. Click here to listen to part two of the program or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/11/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/11/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought-part-two/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:14:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3184 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/11/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought-part-two/feed/ 0 Emerald Cup,marijuana Radio Curious continues a discussion about marijuana with part two of a conversation with Tim Blake, founder of the Emerald Cup, California’s oldest competition of outdoor, organic cannabis. This is the second of two interviews about the nation-wide acceptance of the recreational and medicinal use of marijuana.  Our guest is Tim Blake, founder of The Emerald Cup, California’s oldest competition among outdoor growers of organic cannabis.  He shares his opinions about the future cultural and legal acceptance of marijuana.  Tim Blake and I continued our conversation about the growing nation-wide acceptance of marijuana and why. His comments and opinions are his, and were recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on January 17, 2014. The book Tim Blake recommends is “The Urantia Book:  Revealing the Mysteries of God, the Universe, Jesus and Ourselves,” published by the Urantia Foundation. Tim Blake’s comments and opinions are his and not necessarily that of Radio Curious.  We’re just curious. Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/10/22/benally-leonard-a-navajo-elder-remembered/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/10/22/benally-leonard-a-navajo-elder-remembered/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:35:08 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3041 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/10/22/benally-leonard-a-navajo-elder-remembered/feed/ 0 Radio Curious assistant producer Christina Aanestad speaks with Leonard Benally, a Navajo elder who shares his life's experiences resisting relocation from his homeland in an area called Big Mountain, Arizona. He died on October 11, 2013. In this edition of Radio Curious assistant producer Christina Aanestad speaks with Leonard Benally, a Dine' elder. Dine is the indigenous name for the Navajo people. Leonard Benally lived in an area called Big Mountain on the Navajo and Hopi reservations close to the Arizona-New Mexico border. He died on October 11, 2013 from cancer. In the 1970's a Hopi – Navajo land dispute erupted on Big Mountain; some claim it was devised to move the Navajo out of the area because Peabody Coal wanted the coal rich land below their feet. As a result, an estimated 20,000 Dine' were displaced. A few hundred remain to this day-refusing to leave. Leonard Benally was one of them.   In August, 2012 Leonard Benally agreed to talk about his life.  He began the conversation by describing the boarding schools he was forced to live in, as a child, one being the school for Navajo children in Tuba, Arizona. Leonard Benally recommends people listen to XIT an indigenous rock band from the 1970's. This conversation with Leonard Benally was recorded in August of 2012 and first aired on Radio Curious in October 2013. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=71977&version_id=79664&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/30/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/30/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:52:01 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3014 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/30/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy/feed/ 0 death,funeral industry,funerals,mortuary Radio Curious continues it's series about the funeral industry in a conversation with funeral director and mortician, George Leinen, owner of Empire Mortuary in Ukiah, California. Continuing our series on the funeral industry in the United States we visit with the owner of a mortuary in a rural northern California town.  As professionals describe their work and philosophy, George Leinen, owner of Empire Mortuary in Ukiah, California since 2000,  joins us in this edition of Radio Curious to share his thoughts and experiences.  We discuss funeral industry trade associations, business practices in some sectors of the industry, and how our guest's philosophy evolved. In this program, recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on September 21, 2013 we began our visit when I asked George Leinen to describe embalming,  what it is, and why it's done. The book George Leinen recommends is "The American Way of Death," by Jessica Mitford. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/22/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/22/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-two/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:43:56 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3003 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/22/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-two/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part two of a discussion about incarceration from the prisoner's perspective with Steven Czifra, a 38 year old student at the UC Berkeley, who beginning at age 14, spent 16 years in prison. This is our second interview with Steven Czifra, a 38 year old undergraduate student at the University of California at Berkeley who spent almost 16 years in prison beginning when he was 14 years old.  For almost eight of those years he was held in solitary confinement.  Having been held in a solitary confinement facility known as the SHU, security housing units of California’s juvenile and adult prisons, for almost eight years, he recently participated in the hunger strikes in solidarity with current prisoners to end the use of those facilities. In the first of a two-part series on prisons from the prisoner’s perspective, Steven Czifra shared his story and experiences.  Our first conversation ended when he was about to explain his desire to give a voice to the segment of the population which ends up in prison, and is otherwise not heard.  Who they are and why they are there.  In this second conversation recorded from his home in Berkeley, California in September 14, 2013, Steven Czifra tells more of his personal story, his background and reflections and how he chose to turn his life around.   The book Steven Czifra recommends is "We’re All Doing Time:  A Guide to Getting Free,” by Bo Lozoff.   Click here to listen to part two of our interview with Steven Czifra or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=71332&version_id=78970&version=1) to download the podcast. Click here to listen to part one.   LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/17/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/17/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-one/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:47:12 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2998 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/17/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-one/feed/ 0 incarceration,juvenile,prison,Security Housing Unit,SHU,solitary confinement Radio Curious discusses solitary confinement from the prisoner's perspective with Steven Czifra, a 38 year old student at the UC Berkeley, who beginning at age 14, spent 16 years in prison.  Almost half of that time he spent in solitary confinement. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Steven Czifra, a 38 year old undergraduate student at the University of California at Berkeley who spent almost 16 years in prison beginning when he was 14 years old.  Having been held in a solitary confinement facility known as the SHU, security housing units of California’s juvenile and adult prisons, for almost eight years, he recently participated in the hunger strikes in solidarity with current prisoners to end the use of those facilities. In the first of a two-part series on prisons from the prisoner’s perspective, Steven Czifra shares his story and experiences. In part-two we talk about his reflections and how he chose to turn his life around.  Our conversation, recorded from his home in Berkeley, California on September 14, 2013 began when I asked him what led up to his first incarceration.  The book Steven Czifra recommends is “The New Jim Crow:  Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” by Michelle Alexander.   Click here to listen to our interview with Steven Czifra or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=71193&version_id=78825&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/10/slocum-josh-regaining-control-of-funerals-burials-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/10/slocum-josh-regaining-control-of-funerals-burials-part-two/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:27:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2988 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/10/slocum-josh-regaining-control-of-funerals-burials-part-two/feed/ 0 funeral industry,funerals Radio Curious brings you part-two of a series on funerals and burials in the United States with Josh Slocum, Executive Director of Funeral Consumers Alliance, and co-author, with Lisa Carlson, of “Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death.” The traditional rights of families to care for their dead is the topic of this two-part interview on the funeral industry in the United States, with Josh Slocum and Lisa Carlson, co-author’s of “Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death.” “Final Rights” tells the story of the loss of control over what to do at the time of a death in the family, the euphemisms regarding death, and the laws and regulations in each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C.  The chapter “Tricks of the Funeral Trade” tells how, when grieving the loss of a loved one, many people fail to compare prices, and become vulnerable to suggestions that their love for the deceased is measured by the amount of money paid for the funeral, the casket and the burial.    Josh Slocum directs the Funeral Consumers Alliance.  Lisa Carlson directs the Funeral Ethics Organization.  In part two Josh Solcum discusses the cultural pathology about death that led to the loss of our rights to deal with our dead at death and allows the state to regulate private family activities that we’d never tolerate in any other sphere. Josh Slocum and I visited by phone from his office near Burlington, Vermont, on August 30, 2013 and began with his description of how we as a culture deal with death. The book he recommends is "The Selfish Gene,” by Richard Dawkins. Our interview with Lisa Carlson, recorded from her home in Vermont, on August 26, 2013, can be heard here.  More information on this topic may be found on our website's law department. Click here to listen to our interview with Josh Slocum or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=71011&version_id=78637&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/03/carlson-lisa-funerals-burials-regaining-control-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/03/carlson-lisa-funerals-burials-regaining-control-part-one/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:09:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2971 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/03/carlson-lisa-funerals-burials-regaining-control-part-one/feed/ 0 burial,death,funeral,home burial Radio Curious discusses the rights of families to care for their dead and the funeral industry in this two part interview with Lisa Carlson and Joshua Slocum, co-author's of “Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death.” The traditional rights of families to care for their dead is the topic of this, the first of two interviews on the funeral industry in the United States, with Lisa Carlson and Joshua Slocum, co-author’s of “Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death.” “Final Rights” tells the story of the loss of control over what to do at the time of a death in the family, the euphemisms regarding death, and the laws and regulations in each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C.  The chapter “Tricks of the Funeral Trade” tells how, when grieving the loss of a loved one, many people fail to compare prices, and become vulnerable to suggestions that their love for the deceased is measured by the amount of money paid for the funeral, the casket and the burial.    Lisa Carlson directs the Funeral Ethics Organization.  Josh Slocum directs the Funeral Consumers Alliance.  In our first interview with Lisa Carlson, recorded from her home in Vermont, on August 26, 2013, she describes how the common lore of what to do at the time of death has been lost.  Lisa Carlson and Josh Slocum are co-authors of “Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death.” The books website is finalrights.org.  The books she recommends are those written by John Grisham.    Our interview with Josh Slocum will be posted here soon.  More information on this topic may be found on our website's law department. Click here to listen to part one or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=70864&version_id=78476&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/22/swearingen-wesley-illegal-fbi-break-ins-told-by-a-former-agent/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/22/swearingen-wesley-illegal-fbi-break-ins-told-by-a-former-agent/#comments Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:42:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2924 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/22/swearingen-wesley-illegal-fbi-break-ins-told-by-a-former-agent/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a 1995 conversation with Wesley Swearingen, author of “FBI Secrets: An Agents Expose.” Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have a history of illegal break-ins to homes and offices as well as conducting wiretaps without a search warrant.  In the years when J. Edgar Hoover was the Director of the FBI, these warrantless break-ins came to be known as “black-bag jobs”. This archive edition of Radio Curious is a December 1995 interview with Wesley Swearingen a former FBI agent and author of "FBI Secrets: An Agent’s Expose."  This book describes some of the “black-bag” warrantless searches in which he was involved, and his opinion of those activities.  Swearingen concludes his book by saying that the Hoover era will continue to haunt the FBI because Hoover knowingly undermined the United States Constitution. When I spoke with Wesley Swearingen from his home near Tucson, Arizona, in December 1995, I asked him what he meant by that. The book Wesley Swearingen recommends is "Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover," by Anthony Summers. Originally Broadcast: December 20, 1995 Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/15/frost-mike-spying-on-americans-not-a-new-activity-part-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/15/frost-mike-spying-on-americans-not-a-new-activity-part-2/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:58:03 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2918 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/15/frost-mike-spying-on-americans-not-a-new-activity-part-2/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part two of an archived conversation with Mike Frost, author of “Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments.” In part two Frost discusses Echelon, a large private intelligence gathering system. In the 1970s and 80s the use of the telephone or credit card, could have been and probably was recorded and saved in an international database called Echelon. This is the second part of a two part series on international spying, recorded in 1999 with Mike Frost, author of “Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments.” We talked about Echelon, the code name given to the capability to intercept all of the word’s communications all the time. Mike Frost worked for over 30 years as a spy for the American and Canadian Governments. He wrote the book, which describes many of his experiences, because he felt the privacy rights of innocent people were then regularly violated. I spoke with Mike Frost in April 1999, from his home near Ottawa, Canada and I asked him to tell us about Echelon. Mike Frost recommends the movie “Wag the Dog.” Part one of our conversation with Mike Frost is here. Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:03:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2697 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Chautauqua scholars Sally Wagner & Charles Pace who portray Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass. The two friends were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks in the 19th century. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass were good friends from the mid 19th century to the late 19th century, and were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks throughout their lives.  From time to time they got together to visit and talk about America, as they knew it. In this archive edition of Radio Curious recorded in May 1996, I met with Chautauqua scholars Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace who portrayed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. We began our conversation when I asked them each to tell us what it was like to be an American during their life time. Originally Broadcast: July 3, 1996. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/18/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/18/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:14:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2682 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/18/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses the N-word with law professor, Randall Kennedy, author of “Nigger-the Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.” Few words in the English language have caused so much pain, hurt and emotion as the N-word. It is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. The long history of the pejorative use of the N-word has given it an unusual power that extends to the judicial system, literature and social settings. Randall Kennedy, a professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, is the author of “Nigger-the Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.”  His book chronicles the history of this word, in an effort to diffuse and neutralize it. Originally Broadcast: March 19, 2002 Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:08:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2670 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Gary T. Lowenthal, Emeritus Law Professor at the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law at Arizona State University and author of "Down and Dirty Justice: A Chilling Journey into the Dark World of Crime and the Criminal Courts." Crime and criminal justice is the topic.  Our guest is Emeritus Law Professor Gary T. Lowenthal, at the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law at Arizona State University.  He’s the author of the 2003 book, "Down and Dirty Justice:  A Chilling Journey into the Dark World of Crime and the Criminal Courts." This program, recorded on January 7, 2004, and first broadcast in February 2013, began with our discussion about the power structure in the American criminal court systems, where the judge has the authority, but the power often rests with the prosecutor.  We later visit the background of sentencing laws first promoted by President Richard Nixon. The book Gary Lowenthal recommends is “Seabiscuit” by Laura Hillenbrand. You may learn more about Professor Lowenthal’s work here. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:22:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2640 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/feed/ 0 sexuality Radio Curious continues our conversation about sexuality with Eric Berkowitz, the author of “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire.” We continue our conversation about sexuality with Eric Berkowitz, author, journalist and lawyer.  His book, “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire” is a story of the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior. This engine that drives the human species is substantially different in us than in other mammals. In our million years of evolution, physically and socially we have developed the ability to communicate ideas and the expected, if not “required” behaviors of women and men and children regarding sexual thought, expression and procreation. The history of these ever changing definitions and controls of this fundamental aspect of our lives are visited in this two part series of conversations with Eric Berkowitz, recorded in the Radio Curious studios on December 29, 2012. Part One discusses the effect the topic of sex has on other people; the development of laws dealing with adultery and women as property; enjoyment of sex; and the way humans dress compared to other animals. Part Two discusses the issues of young women having sexual relationships with considerably older men; the intention and effect of religion in relationship to sex; prostitution; and same sex intimacy. The books Eric Berkowitz recommends are “Nemisis,” by Philip Roth, “Love and Exile: An Autobiographical Trilogy,” by Issac Bashevis Singer, and "Jerusalem: The Biography," by Simon Sebag-Montefiore. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BERKOWITZ_ERIC_INTERVIEW_P2_CA_12-29-12.mp3) to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=65397&version_id=72654&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/06/mccabe-martha-culture-racism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/06/mccabe-martha-culture-racism/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:19:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2555 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/06/mccabe-martha-culture-racism/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Martha McCabe, attorney and author of “Praise at Midnight,” a story about life, culture and racism in the deep south, based on McCabes own experiences as a civil rights and criminal trial lawyer in Texas from 1974-1985. Life, culture and racism is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversation with attorney/novelist Martha McCabe, author of “Praise at Midnight.” Martha McCabe worked as a civil rights and criminal trial lawyer in deep east Texas from 1974 to 1985.  Her goal was to pour the raw material from her personal experiences as a lawyer into her story.  It took Martha McCabe ten years to complete “Praise at Midnight,” her first novel.  The deeper level into which she fell during that ten year period was recognizing the importance of consciousness and self awareness in avoiding the projection of one’s own dark side onto other people and then killing them, not only on a local level, but an international level as well. Martha McCabe and I have been associates, good friends and colleagues since 1969 when we met at the University of Santa Clara where I was a law student. When I spoke with Martha McCabe from her home in San Antonio, Texas on July 29, 2006, we began with her description of the culture of deep east Texas when she lived there from 1974 to 1985. The books she recommends are “Reading Lolita in Teheran” by Azar Nafisi and “Caballero: A Historical Novel” by Jovita Gonzalez and Eve Raleigh. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:09:29 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2535 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/feed/ 0 african american,great migration Radio Curious visits with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” when almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities... In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedom and a better life. Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” Her book tells the untold experiences of the African-Americans who fled the south over three generations. Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,000 people for her book. She is the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and is a recipient of the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Her parents were part of the great migration, journeying from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington D.C. In the first of two interviews recorded from Isabel Wilkerson’s home near Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2012, she begins with a description of the “biggest untold story of the 20th century.” The book Isabel Wilkerson recommends is “The Ark of Justice,” by Kevin Boyle. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/03/miles-steven-a-blind-eye-to-torture/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/03/miles-steven-a-blind-eye-to-torture/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:11:28 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2475 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/03/miles-steven-a-blind-eye-to-torture/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you an archived conversation about torture with Dr. Steven Miles, author of “Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity and the War On Terror.” Radio Curious brings you an interview about torture from our archives in 2006.  Our guest is Dr. Steven Miles, author of “Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity and the War On Terror,” a book based in part on eyewitness accounts of actual victims of prison abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan and more than thirty-five thousand pages of documents, autopsy reports and medical records. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/28/santiago-alex-hurricane-katrina-one-survivors-story/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/28/santiago-alex-hurricane-katrina-one-survivors-story/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:01:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2471 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/28/santiago-alex-hurricane-katrina-one-survivors-story/feed/ 0 Alex Santiago,Hurricane Katrina,New Orleans This edition of Radio Curious is dedicated to Gerard Tiger Hill and those who died, when Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans in 2005. Our guest is New Orleans Artist Alex Santiago who lived through the hurricane and describes his experience. This edition of Radio Curious is dedicated to Gerard "Tiger" Hill and those who died, when Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans in 2005.  Our guest is New Orleans Artist, Alex Santiago, who lived through the hurricane and eleven days later sought protection in the New Orleans Convention Center.  In a conversation recorded in his kitchen in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward, Alex Santiago shared his memories with Radio Curious Assistant Producer Christina Aanestad on August 15, 2012. The book Alex Santiago recommends is “A Better World,” by Eckhart Tolle. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-FLORES_ALEX_8-15-12_CA.mp3) to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=62465&version_id=69509&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/07/09/baden-michael-ph-d-%e2%80%94-how-did-that-person-die-part-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/07/09/baden-michael-ph-d-%e2%80%94-how-did-that-person-die-part-2/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:37:22 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2416 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/07/09/baden-michael-ph-d-%e2%80%94-how-did-that-person-die-part-2/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits part two of a 2-part conversation with Dr. Michael Baden, the Chief Medical Examiner for the New York State Police and author of “Dead Reckoning, the New Science of Catching Killers.” Radio Curious brings you part two of an archived, 2-part conversation about death and forensics with Dr. Michael Baden, the Chief Medical Examiner for the New York State Police and author of "Dead Reckoning, the New Science of Catching Killers." Click here to visit and listen to our archived program. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:34:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2281 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/feed/ 0 Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad speaks with Darryl Cherney, an Earth First! activist who was car bombed with Judi Bari in Oakland, California in 1990. He recently made a documentary about his experience, “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” In 1990 Earth First! activists from Mendocino County were on a road trip to rally support for a summer effort to help protect old growth redwoods in Northern California. For years prior, logging practices took well over 90% of the original redwood growth in the area. Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari, the organizers, were in their car in Oakland, California, in May 1990 when a bomb exploded underneath the driver’s seat where Judi Bari sat.  She and Darryl Cherney were immediately arrested and suspected of bombing themselves. Although charges were never filed against the two, authorities have yet to locate the bombers.  Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari sued and won a jury award of four million dollars against the Oakland Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for violating their 1st and 4th amendment rights. The film, “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” produced by Darryl Cherney, attempts to answer the question posed in the title; it examines their struggle with law enforcement in finding the real bomber and chronicles the history of the local environmental movement here in Northern California. Christina Aanestad, the Radio Curious assistant producer spoke with Darryl Cherney about the film he produced and his experiences resulting from the bombing. They visited on March 29, 2011, at the studios of KMEC radio, inside the Mendocino Environmental Center, which has a long history of supporting social and environmental movements, including Earth First! They began when Christina asked Darryl Cherney to describe the attempted assassination against him and Judi Bari. The website for Darryl Cherney's film is www.whobombedjudibari.com. The book he recommends is, “The Alphabet Versus the Goddess” by Alan Shlain. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=59135&version_id=65957&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/03/holtzman-elizabeth-bush-cheney-did-they-cheat-justice/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/03/holtzman-elizabeth-bush-cheney-did-they-cheat-justice/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:30:27 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2274 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/03/holtzman-elizabeth-bush-cheney-did-they-cheat-justice/feed/ 0 Radio Curious speaks with Elizabeth Holtzman, a former congresswoman, former District Attorney of Brooklyn, New York and author of "Cheating Justice: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution and What we can do About... Cheating Justice: The criminal activity of President George W. Bush, and his Vice President Dick Cheney, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Elizabeth Holtzman, author of “Cheating Justice: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution and What We Can Do About It.” A former District Attorney of Brooklyn New York, and former congresswoman from New York, Holtzman was a member of the House Judiciary Committee that voted to Impeach President Nixon. Her book, "Cheating Justice," concludes former president George W. Bush and top members of his administration conspired to violate the laws of the United States. From illegal wiretapping to authorizing torture, Holtzman analyzes what her research shows to be serious criminal acts of the Bush presidency.  She asserts that without accountability our democracy is a stake. Elizabeth Holtzman and I visited by phone from her office in New York City on April 2, 2012, and began when I asked her to describe the crimes set forth in her book. The book she recommends is "The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss," by Edmund De Waal. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=58977&version_id=65783&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/21/cobb-david-end-corporate-personhood-the-29th-amendment/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/21/cobb-david-end-corporate-personhood-the-29th-amendment/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:19:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2213 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/21/cobb-david-end-corporate-personhood-the-29th-amendment/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses the process to Amend the United States Constitution with guest David Cobb, from Move to Amend, an organization that is actively seeking to amend the constitution to limit corporate power in the U.S. The decision of the United States Supreme Court, in the case of Citizen’s United v. Federal Elections Commission in January 2010, substantially changed the political process in the United States. That decision held that corporations have the same constitutional rights as have individual people. Four of the nine Supreme Court Justices believe the Citizen’s United was wrong. So many other American’s share that belief that a nationwide grass roots effort called Move to Amend has been organized to promote the 29th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This new amendment would change the result of the Citizen’s United decide and declare: “The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons only. Artificial entities, such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities, established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state shall have no rights under this Constitution and are subject to regulation by the People, through Federal, State, or local law.” An amendment to the Constitution requires a two thirds vote of approval in both the House of Representatives and in the United States Senate. It then must be adopted by three-fourths, or thirty-eight, of the fifty states to become the law of the land. Many city councils including those of Los Angeles, New York, and Portland, Oregon, have passed resolutions urging their congressional representatives to support this amendment. Listeners in Mendocino County, the home of Radio Curious, may soon sign petitions to put a similar resolution on the November 2012 ballot. Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is David Cobb, an attorney from Texas, on leave from his trial practice to promote the adoption of this constitutional amendment. David Cobb visited the studios of Radio Curious on February 13, 2012, to talk about Move To Amend. We began our conversation when I asked him to explain why the constitution should be amended to repeal the effect of the Citizen’s United decision. The books David Cobb recommends are “Gangs of America, The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy,” by Ted Nace, and ”Corporations Are Not People: Why The Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About it,” by Jeff D. Clements. The Move To Amend website is www.movetoamend.org. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/28/prof-leo-katz-why-our-law-is-so-stupid-and-perverse/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/28/prof-leo-katz-why-our-law-is-so-stupid-and-perverse/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:10:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2066 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/28/prof-leo-katz-why-our-law-is-so-stupid-and-perverse/feed/ 0 Radio Curious speaks with Prof. Leo Katz about his latest book, "Why the Law is so Perverse." Have you ever asked yourself ‘why is the law so perverse? Why is it directed away from what is right or good?’ This program is about the why the law is sometimes called stupid, irrational or perverse in a conversation with author and Pennsylvania law professor, Leo Katz. His book, “Why the Law is So Perverse,” presents the multiple conundrums based on legal consequences that are sometimes unintended. We visited by phone from his home in Philadelphia, PA on November 27, 2011, and began our conversation when I asked him to describe, using the examples in his book, how the legal system in the United States evolved to create conundrums, contradictions and unintended consequences. The book Prof. Leo Katz recommends is, "The Assault," by Harry Mulisch. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/15/ball-betty-history-of-the-mendocino-environmental-center/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/15/ball-betty-history-of-the-mendocino-environmental-center/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:08:01 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2056 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/15/ball-betty-history-of-the-mendocino-environmental-center/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Betty Ball, co-founder of the Mendocino Environmental Center in Ukiah, Ca. They discuss the movements to protect northern California's old growth redwood forests, oceans and more. The history of the Mendocino Environmental Center, as told by its co-founder Betty Ball, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Betty and her late husband Gary Ball, founded the Mendocino Environmental Center, based in Ukiah, California in early 1987, which soon became a central organizing hub for several environmental movements in Northern California. The issues in those years included protection of the Northern California coast from off shore oil drilling, an effort which has remained successful; the Forests Forever initiate campaign in behalf of the Heritage Tree Preservation Act, which narrowly lost a state-wide California election in 2002; and Redwood Summer, a non violent civil disobedience effort to protect old growth redwood trees in northern California from being logged, modeled after the Mississippi Summer civil rights projects in 1964. Shortly before the planned beginning of Redwood Summer in June 2000, Judi Bari, a Redwood Summer organizer was severely injured in a car bomb explosion in Oakland, California. In a subsequent civil jury trial the F.B.I. and the Oakland Police Department were found liable for certain matters related to the bombing, and ordered to pay over $4,000,000.00 compensation. The bombers still remain at large. These and other issues are discussed in this interview with Betty Ball, which was recorded for video and audio broadcast on November 7, 2011, at the studios of Mendocino Access Television in Ukiah, California. We began when I asked Betty Ball what drew her and her late husband, Gary Ball into the environmental movement. The books that Betty Ball recommends are any written by Arundhati Roy, Derrick Jensen or Chris Hedges. This interview with Betty Ball was recorded for radio and television broadcast with the generous cooperation of Mendocino Access Television in Ukiah, California, and the engineering assistance of Mikah Mate. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=55594&version_id=62169&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/31/kennedy-randall-racial-politics-and-the-obama-presidency/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/31/kennedy-randall-racial-politics-and-the-obama-presidency/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:14:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2030 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/31/kennedy-randall-racial-politics-and-the-obama-presidency/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Randall Kennedy, author of “The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency,” and "Nigger:The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word." Racial Politics in America is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, in our third visit with author and Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy, whose latest book is “The Persistence of the Color Line:  Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency.”  Kennedy is also the author of  “Nigger:  The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word,” and “Interracial Intimacies:  Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption.”  We visited by phone from his home in Massachusetts on October 28, 2011, and began our conversation when I asked him to describe the current role of race in American politics. The book Randall Kennedy recommends is “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination,” by Alondra Nelson. The interview with Professor Kennedy about his book "Nigger:  The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word,” may be heard here and the interview about his book, "Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption," may be heard here. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=55424&version_id=61948&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/11/farr-sam-rep-who-controls-congress-2011/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/11/farr-sam-rep-who-controls-congress-2011/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:51:47 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2006 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/11/farr-sam-rep-who-controls-congress-2011/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with law school friend and peace corps ally Sam Farr (D), Congressman for Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties to discuss the political climate with Tea Party members in congress. Radio Curious host Barry Vogel visits with his law school friend and Peace Corps cohort, Sam Farr, Congressman from Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, California.  They discuss the political climate the new Tea Party members in Congress since the current session began in January 2011.  They also discuss the Peace Corps and the burgeoning war debt, and the House leadership's move to eliminate the recycling program and prohibit education about climate change and energy conservation from public schools. This conversation with Rep. Sam Farr was recorded in his Washington D.C. office September 29, 2011. The book Rep. Sam Farr recommends is, "Home Grown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts From the Heart of America," by Garrison Keillor. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/17/allman-sheriff-tom-the-moral-delimma-of-growing-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/17/allman-sheriff-tom-the-moral-delimma-of-growing-marijuana/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:31:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1932 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/17/allman-sheriff-tom-the-moral-delimma-of-growing-marijuana/feed/ 0 This program is the second of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman. We begin when Sheriff Allman explains the "moral dilemma" and then discuss what can be done about it, as well about a lot about Sheriff Tom Allman. This program is the second of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman.  We begin when Sheriff Allman explains the "moral dilemma" and then discuss what can be done about it, as well about a lot about Sheriff Tom Allman. This program was recorded in the Radio Curious studios on August 8, 2011. The book Sheriff Tom Allman recommends is "Outliars," by Malcolm Gladwell. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=53778&version_id=60158&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/12/allman-sheriff-tom-growing-marijuana-in-northern-california-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/12/allman-sheriff-tom-growing-marijuana-in-northern-california-part-one/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:35:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1911 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/12/allman-sheriff-tom-growing-marijuana-in-northern-california-part-one/feed/ 0 This is the first of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, who discusses the procedures to legally grow marijuana in Mendocino County, the problems of large illegal grows, and what is being done about them. This program is the first of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman.  Sheriff Allman when he and Radio Curious Host and Producer  Attorney Barry Vogel discuss the procedures to legally grow marijuana in Mendocino County, the problems of large illegal grows, and what is being done about them, the extent the marijuana is a cash crop in Mendocino County, and a lot about Tom Allman. The next edition will be the second half of our conversation. That's when we discuss the Sheriff's "eureka" moment, what he wants to do with the rest of his life and a book he recommends. The interview with Sheriff Tom Allman was recorded on August 8, 2011 in the Radio Curious studios. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=53702&version_id=60080&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/26/franco-mark-the-winnemem-wintus-war-on-the-u-s/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/26/franco-mark-the-winnemem-wintus-war-on-the-u-s/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:23:23 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1866 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/26/franco-mark-the-winnemem-wintus-war-on-the-u-s/feed/ 0 Radio Curious speaks with the Headman and War Chief of the Winnemem Wintu tribe in Northern California. The Winnemem Wintu declared war on the United States in 2004, in response to the “continued cultural genocide” against the indigenous tribe. Independence Day begs the question of what freedom and independence means. For Independence Day, Radio Curious brings you an interview with the Headman and War Chief of the Winnemem Wintu tribe in Northern California.  The Winnemem Wintu declared war on the United States in 2004, in response to the “continued cultural genocide” against the indigenous tribe.  Since that time they have been in a state of war against the US Government, which refuses to officially recognize the tribe as Native Americans.  The Winnemem Wintu began their war by holding a traditional war dance at the California State capitol building in Sacramento. In honor of Independence Day Radio Curious Associate Producer, Christina Aanestad, visits with Mark Franco, Headman and War Chief of the Winnemem Wintu tribe. His wife, Caleen Sisk-Franco is the Chief and Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu tribe. This interview was recorded in July 2010, at a coming of age ceremony on tribal land along the McCloud River in northern California, near an area where their former villages were flooded to make the Shasta Dam. The conversation began with Mark Franco describing what it means to be the Headman of the Winnemem Wintu tribe. The Winnemem Wintu website is www.winnememwintu.us/ (www.winnememwintu.us/). You may enjoy Christina Aanestad’s interview with Caleen Sisk-Franco, the Chief and Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, found here. The book Mark Franco recommends is “Cadillac Desert:The American West and Its Disappearing Water,” by Marc Reisner. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=52715&version_id=59019&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/10/1837/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/10/1837/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:46:18 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1837 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/10/1837/feed/ 0 In part two in our series, “Greed is Now Respectable” we visit again with Attorney Prescott Cole, employed by California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform based in San Francisco, California. We discuss elder financial abuse in the form of reverse mortg... In part two in our series, “Greed is Now Respectable,” we visit again with Attorney Prescott Cole, employed by California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, or “Canhr,” a non-profit agency based in San Francisco, California.  The goal of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform is long term care, justice and advocacy.   Their website, canhr.org (http://www.canhr.org/), has sections on Elder Abuse and Elder Financial Abuse, Medi-Cal for Long Term Care, Finding a Nursing Home, Lawyer Referral, among many other related topics.  The CANHR phone number within California is (800) 474-1116, and outside of California it is (415) 974-5171. Our conversation with Attorney Prescott Cole was recorded from his office in San Francisco on June 9, 2011.  We discuss what a reverse mortgage is and the grave and potential economic and social consequences to which purchasers of a reverse mortgage are exposed. We talk about annuities, what they are, what they cost, and why an annuity is a poor investment for seniors. We include a discussion of how Veterans eligible for aid benefits have been lured into giving away their assets in an attempt to become eligible for the aid benefits. We began our conversation when I asked Precott Cole to tell us about reverse mortgages. The books Prescott Cole recommends are those written by P.G. Wodehouse, about Jeeves the Butler. The website for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform is canhr.org (http://canhr.org/). Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=52379&version_id=58658&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/02/cole-prescott-greed-is-now-respectable-elder-financial-abuse/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/02/cole-prescott-greed-is-now-respectable-elder-financial-abuse/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:57:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1816 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/02/cole-prescott-greed-is-now-respectable-elder-financial-abuse/feed/ 0 Elder financial abuse may result from deception promoted as a "seminar," sometimes with a "free lunch" included. Attorney Prescott Cole with California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform discusses elder financial abuse and “living trust seminars.” A will is a legal document that one prepares to identify what should be done with property after the writer has died.  In recent years, a document called a "living trust" has come into fashion that if it fits a persons needs and is done properly, would achieve the same purpose. Occasionally so called “free seminars,” are advertised living trusts.  Some of the gatherings are calculated to be more than instructional.  Rather they are calculated to sell the attendees, mostly senior citizens, a living trust at a surprisingly low price, as well as reverse mortgages and annuities. Prescott Cole, an attorney working with California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, based in San Francisco, California is our guest on this edition of Radio Curious, in the first of two discussions on financial elder abuse.  In this program we will discuss living trust seminars, how they are organized and what some of their goals are. I spoke with Prescott Cole from his office in San Franciso on May 27, 2011 and began our conversation by asking him to describe a living trust seminar. The website for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform is canhr.org (http://canhr.org). This interview was recorded on May 27, 2011. The book that Prescott Cole recommends is the “Bartimaes Trilogy,” by Jonathan Stroud. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=52190&version_id=58464&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/05/03/sisk-franco-caleen-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/05/03/sisk-franco-caleen-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 20:22:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1769 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/05/03/sisk-franco-caleen-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/feed/ 1 This edition of Radio Curious is a visit with Caleen Sisk-Franco, Chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem-Wintu tribe in Northern California, discussing their rights to hold an ancient puberty ceremony that honors a girls transition to womanhood. The "Middle Water People" are a small tribe near Mount Shasta, in Northern California. During World War 2, they were relocated and their homeland was flooded to make the Shasta Dam.  After an 80 year lapse, the tribe has reinvigorated a ceremony there, called the Puberty Ceremony, which honors a girls transition into womanhood.  For 3 days and nights, men sing and dance on one side of a river, while the women, pass on traditions to girls on the other side. The summer of 2011, the tribe will be holding the puberty ceremony for it’s future chief.  But holding a ceremony on stolen land can be a challenge. The forest service refuses to grant the tribe private access to their ancestral land along the McCloud river, because they are an “unrecognized” tribe.  Their ceremony is held with recreational boaters driving by, and camping as the tribe holds it's right of passage. Under the guidance of their Chief and Spiritual Leader, Caleen Sisk Franco, the Winnemem-Wintu have sued the federal government to protect their rights and their ancestral land. She describes the puberty ceremony and it’s importance to their way of life. Radio Curious Associate producer Christina Aanestad spoke with Caleen Sisk Franco, the chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu tribe in Northern California in August 2011. The Book Caleen Sisk Franco recommends is “Winnie the Pooh,”  by A.A. Milne. For more information on the Winnemem Wintu you can visit their website: www.winnememwintu.us (http://www.winnememwintu.us/) Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=51442&version_id=57652&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/26/johnson-richard-w-his-philosophy-and-optimism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/26/johnson-richard-w-his-philosophy-and-optimism/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:24:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1753 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/26/johnson-richard-w-his-philosophy-and-optimism/feed/ 0 This edition of Radio Curious is again about Richard W. Johnson Jr., publisher of a group of newspapers in Mendocino County, California, called Mendocino Country, who died March 16th, 2011. He talks about his philosophy and optimism. This edition of Radio Curious is again about Richard W. Johnson Jr., publisher of a group of newspapers in Mendocino County, California, called Mendocino Country.  He died March 16th, 2011.  The interview was recorded in June  2008 shortly after voters passed Measure B, a ballot measure that attempted to regulate marijuana growth and production.  The measure repealed an earlier ballot initiative Richard Johnson wrote, Measure G in 2000, that set a limit of 25 plants and 2 pounds of processed marijuana.  Measure B reduced the limits to 6 plants person and 8 ounces of processed marijuana.  Richard Johnson was opposed to Measure B and we began our conversation when I asked him why he took on this issue considering the fact that he did not use marijuana. Richard W. Johnson said he didn’t have time to read because he was too busy writing. Originally Broadcast: June 18th, 2008 Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/07/jerome-waldie-fair-play-for-frogs-part-2-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/07/jerome-waldie-fair-play-for-frogs-part-2-2/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:26:47 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1657 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/07/jerome-waldie-fair-play-for-frogs-part-2-2/feed/ 2 Radio Curious rebroadcasts part 2 of an archived interview from 2007 about an important endangered species. As a lawyer and a student of political science, I have come to appreciate the anomalies and humor of politics. One story that fits both of those categories well is the relationship between Nestle J. Frobish, the Chair-Creature of World-Wide Fair Play for Frogs Committee and the late Jerome R. Waldie, his former nemesis a Member of Congress from Antioch, just east of San Francisco, California. Their dissension arose in 1961 when Waldie was a freshman member of the California State Assembly and chose to introduce what came to be known as the “Frog Murder Bill,” resulting in Frobish organizing what turned out to be a 45 year campaign to get Waldie to renounce, what Frobish called his “vestigial impurities” visited upon him as the “mad butcher of the swamp.” Waldie finally acceded in 2006 and in this interview originally broadcast on June 11, 2007,  tells us why. The book that Jerome Waldie recommends is, “It Can’t Happen here,” by Sinclair Lewis. Click here to begin listening or on the media player below. Click (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=23520&version_id=27510&version=1)here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=23522&version_id=27512&version=1)to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/07/frobish-nestle-j-%e2%80%94-fair-play-for-frogs-part-1/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/07/frobish-nestle-j-%e2%80%94-fair-play-for-frogs-part-1/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:02:35 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1651 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/07/frobish-nestle-j-%e2%80%94-fair-play-for-frogs-part-1/feed/ 0 This week Radio Curious rebroadcasts an archived interview from 2007 about important endangered species-frogs. Frogs play an important role in the world's ecology and are their occasional demise is sometimes noted as an impending ecological disaster. In 1961, a newly elected member of the California State Assembly, Jerome R. Waldie, introduced a bill that read in full:  “Frogs may be taken using slingshot.” Little did he know that this bill would plague him throughout his political career, in the California Legislature, United States Congress, and as a candidate for Governor of California. Our guest is Nestle J. Frobish, the Chair-Creature of the World Wide Fair Play for Frogs Committee, an organization founded in Berkeley, California soon after Waldie introduced what became to be known as the “Frog Murder Bill.” “Fair Play for Frogs, The Waldie – Frobish Papers,” the collected correspondence between Nestle J. Frobish and Congressman Jerome R. Waldie was published as political spoof in 1977.  Around that time some misguided people, including Congressman Waldie accused me of being Nestle J. Frobish.  Let me make it clear, here and now:  I Barry Vogel am not now, nor ever have been Nestle J. Frobish. However I did speak the with Chair-Creature Frobish by phone as he lurked near a pond at Frog Central in northern Vermont on May 21, 2007, so this rather preposterous story could be told from at least his perspective. My interview with Jerome R. Waldie, humbly presents his perspective and may be found on this web-site.  The interview with Frobish was originally broadcast May 21, 2007. The book Nestle J. Frobish recommends is "State of Denial," by Bob Woodward. Click here to begin listening or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=23520&version_id=27510&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/31/crane-susan-personal-values-over-personal-freedom/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/31/crane-susan-personal-values-over-personal-freedom/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:50:23 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1636 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/31/crane-susan-personal-values-over-personal-freedom/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Susan Crane, founder of plowshares who will be discussing her lifetime commitment to ending nuclear proliferation through non-violent direct action. Radio Curious hosts a conversation with Susan Crane, founder of plowshares who will be discussing her lifetime commitment to ending nuclear proliferation through non-violent direct action.  She’s awaiting sentencing,scheduled for March 2011, for pouring her blood on trident submarine machine bombs in the state of Washington.  A grandmother, in her 60s Susan Crane faces up to 10 years in federal prison for her actions.  In this edition of Radio Curious, Susan Crane discusses practicing a code of non-violence in every day life as well as using non-violent civil disobedience as a means to creating peace in the world. The interview with Susan Crane was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious in Ukiah, California, on January 29th, 2011. The articles Susan Crane recommends instead of a book, are by Judge C.J. Weeramantry and  be read on the links below: http://www.jonahhouse.org/Disarm_Now_Plowshares/judge-weeramantry-trident.pdf (http://www.jonahhouse.org/Disarm_Now_Plowshares/judge-weeramantry-trident.pdf) http://disarmnowplowshares.wordpress.com (http://disarmnowplowshares.wordpress.com/) Click here to begin listening or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=49051&version_id=55105&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/02/esyer-esq-david/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/02/esyer-esq-david/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 06:13:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1576 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/02/esyer-esq-david/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Mendocino County's newly elected District Attorney, David Eyster to discuss the power of the prosecutor. The power of any criminal prosecutor and especially a local district attorney, is immense.  The given job of the DA is to serve justice, and the on-going question is what process to employ in order to achieve justice.  Not all prosecutors have experience as a defense attorney and as a prosecutor.  In Mendocino County, California, David Eyster, an attorney with experience on both sides of criminal cases, was elected to the office of District Attorney and will assume the position of chief law enforcement officer of the county on January 3, 2011.  When he visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 27, 2010, we had a conversation about the role of a criminal defense attorney and how that will affect his new role as prosecutor; his attitude toward “overcharging” criminal violations, what he calls “leveraging the defendant;” the use of the grand jury in criminal cases; and his plans to prosecute unfair business practices.  We began when I asked him about the role of the criminal defense attorney. The book David Eyster recommends in the “Autobiography of Mark Twain.” Click (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/48307/54283/69028/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-EYSTER_DAVID_12-27-2010_CA.mp3)here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/48307/54283/69028/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-EYSTER_DAVID_12-27-2010_CA.mp3) to begin listening to the interview. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=48307&version_id=54283&version=1) to download podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/08/pinches-john-madrigal-holly-mendocino-county-3rd-district-supervisorial-candidates-differing-views/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/08/pinches-john-madrigal-holly-mendocino-county-3rd-district-supervisorial-candidates-differing-views/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:59:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1471 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/08/pinches-john-madrigal-holly-mendocino-county-3rd-district-supervisorial-candidates-differing-views/feed/ 0 This week Radio Curious is joined by 3rd District candidates for Supervisor in Mendocino County, incumbent John Pinches and challenger Holly Madrigal. Host and attorney Barry Vogel asks them both the same questions, This week Radio Curious is joined by 3rd District candidates for Supervisor in Mendocino County, incumbent John Pinches and challenger Holly Madrigal. Host and attorney Barry Vogel asks them both the same questions, independently of one another so you can compare their answers.  The interviews were recorded October 8th, 2010, at the studios of Radio Curious in Ukiah, California. The book John Pinches recommends is, "Genocide and Vendetta," by Lynwood Carranco and Estle Beard. The book Holly Madrigal recommends is, "Last Call," by Daniel Okrent. Click here to listen, or on the link below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=46076&version_id=51896&version=1) to subscribe to and download the podcast with John Pinches and Holly Madrigal. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/20/nelso-david-judge-will-justice-move-when-the-courthouse-does/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/20/nelso-david-judge-will-justice-move-when-the-courthouse-does/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:21:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1440 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/20/nelso-david-judge-will-justice-move-when-the-courthouse-does/feed/ 0 Courthouse The Mendocino County courthouse is moving.  Join us for conversation with Judge David Nelson, who sits on the site selection committee. We discuss when, where and why the Mendocino Courthouse is moving, and how people can have a say about the courth... The Mendocino County courthouse is moving.  Join us for conversation with Judge David Nelson, who sits on the site selection committee. We discuss when, where and why the Mendocino Courthouse is moving, and how people can have a say about the courthouse location. The book David Nelson recommends is, "The Lacuna," by Barbara Kingsolver. This interview was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious September 17th, 2010. Click here to listen or on the link below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=45657&version_id=51440&version=1) to subscribe to and download the podcast with Judge David Nelson. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/13/clancy-susan-a-ph-d-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/13/clancy-susan-a-ph-d-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:33:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1099 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/13/clancy-susan-a-ph-d-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/feed/ 0 If you have been sexually abused as a child, or know someone who was, listen to this edition of Radio Curious with host Barry Vogel and Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D, author of “The Trauma Myth:  The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children – and Its Aftermath. If you have been sexually abused as a child, or know someone who was, listen to this edition of Radio Curious with host Barry Vogel and Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D, author of “The Trauma Myth:  The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children – and Its Aftermath.”  This conversation discuss’s the myth of when trauma of child sexual abuse takes place, how and the abuse is perceived by the victim, and the effects of denial, minimization and blame, and how this issue within the Catholic Church is not being resolved.  Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D. is currently the Research Director of the Center for Women’s Advancement, Development and Leadership at the Central American Institute for Business Administration in Nicaragua.  This interview was recorded on April 12, 2010, with Susan A. Clancy Ph.D. from her home in Managua, Nicaragua. The books she recommends are “Happiness: A History” by Darrin M. McMahon, and “In The Woods,” by Tana French. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/41791/47235/63326/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-CLANCY_INTERVIEW_BV_4-12-10.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=41791&version_id=47235&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/26/zinn-howard-memorial/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/26/zinn-howard-memorial/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:09:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1056 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/26/zinn-howard-memorial/feed/ 0 Howard Zinn’s productive insights into history came to an end with his death in January 2010.  This edition of Radio Curious shares a previously not broadcast interview with Howard Zinn, recorded on July 7, 2006, Howard Zinn’s productive insights into history came to an end with his death in January 2010.  This edition of Radio Curious shares a previously not broadcast interview with Howard Zinn, recorded on July 7, 2006, where he discusses the important role of civil disobedience in creating new social and legal policies which he states are impossible to foment using established legislative or judicial practices.  Radio Curious host, Barry Vogel, Esq. begins this memorial program with the last few paragraphs of the first chapter of “A People’s History of the United States, 1492 to Present,” written by Zinn and published in 1988.  Vogel also shares his recollection of Zinn when they met in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1963.  The song “Ain’t Gonna Let Segregation Turn Us Around,” sung by the Freedom Singers is found on Broadside Records #301, recorded in 1962. The books Howard Zinn recommends are “Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal,” by Anthony Arnov, and “Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change From Hawaii to Iraq,” by Stephen Kinzer. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/40195/45568/62190/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-zinn_final_bv_2-24--10.mp3) to begin listening. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=40195&version_id=45568&version=1) to download the podcast LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/16/project-pooch-dogs-in-juvenile-hall/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/16/project-pooch-dogs-in-juvenile-hall/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:48:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=987 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/16/project-pooch-dogs-in-juvenile-hall/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/11/16/alexander-rudolph-jr-phd-from-the-death-penalty-to-a-doctorate/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/11/16/alexander-rudolph-jr-phd-from-the-death-penalty-to-a-doctorate/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=877 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/11/16/alexander-rudolph-jr-phd-from-the-death-penalty-to-a-doctorate/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/05/collier-robin-in-defense-of-mendocino-county-tomorrow-and-measure-a/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/05/collier-robin-in-defense-of-mendocino-county-tomorrow-and-measure-a/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:03 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=687 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/05/collier-robin-in-defense-of-mendocino-county-tomorrow-and-measure-a/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/29/mcmichael-frank-what-to-do-with-the-old-masonite-property/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/29/mcmichael-frank-what-to-do-with-the-old-masonite-property/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:52:03 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=684 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/29/mcmichael-frank-what-to-do-with-the-old-masonite-property/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:42:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=680 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/16/marijuana-and-the-mendocino-sheriff/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/16/marijuana-and-the-mendocino-sheriff/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:42:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=410 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/16/marijuana-and-the-mendocino-sheriff/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:11:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=511 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/08/28/allman-tom-sheriff-medical-marijuana-guidelines/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/08/28/allman-tom-sheriff-medical-marijuana-guidelines/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:44:50 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/08/28/allman-tom-sheriff-medical-marijuana-guidelines/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/08/28/allman-tom-sheriff-medical-marijuana-guidelines/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:09:17 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/07/toward-understanding-the-predicament/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/07/toward-understanding-the-predicament/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:35:03 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/03/07/toward-understanding-the-predicament/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/07/toward-understanding-the-predicament/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/26/hamburg-dan-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/26/hamburg-dan-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:01:08 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=595 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/26/hamburg-dan-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centureis-of-jewish-voices-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centureis-of-jewish-voices-in-america/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:43:39 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centureis-of-jewish-voices-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centureis-of-jewish-voices-in-america/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:40:52 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/20/borden-carl-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/20/borden-carl-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:30:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=632 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/20/borden-carl-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/07/john-pinches-all-politics-is-local-including-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/07/john-pinches-all-politics-is-local-including-marijuana/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:42:36 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/john-pinches-all-politics-is-local-including-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/07/john-pinches-all-politics-is-local-including-marijuana/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/19/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/19/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:49:22 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/19/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/11/jerome-waldie-fair-play-for-frogs-part-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/11/jerome-waldie-fair-play-for-frogs-part-2/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:51:08 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/jerome-waldie-fair-play-for-frogs-part-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/11/jerome-waldie-fair-play-for-frogs-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/05/21/nestle-j-frobish-fair-play-for-frogs-part-1/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/05/21/nestle-j-frobish-fair-play-for-frogs-part-1/#comments Mon, 21 May 2007 07:52:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/nestle-j-frobish-fair-play-for-frogs-part-1/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/05/21/nestle-j-frobish-fair-play-for-frogs-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/05/07/kevin-z-golden-lawsuit-to-ban-genetically-modified-alfalfa/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/05/07/kevin-z-golden-lawsuit-to-ban-genetically-modified-alfalfa/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 07:54:05 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/kevin-z-golden-lawsuit-to-ban-genetically-modified-alfalfa/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/05/07/kevin-z-golden-lawsuit-to-ban-genetically-modified-alfalfa/feed/ 0 The consequences of growing genetically modified alfalfa were deteremined by the United States District Court in San Francisco, California to be so uncertain and so potentially dangerous that they were outlawed nation-wide in litigation brought by the ... The consequences of growing genetically modified alfalfa were deteremined by the United States District Court in San Francisco, California to be so uncertain and so potentially dangerous that they were outlawed nation-wide in litigation brought by the Center for Food Safety based in San Francisco. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Attorney Kevin Zelig Golden, who, along with others from the Center for Food Safety, litigated this landmark case which banned the planting of genetically modified alfalfa as of May 3, 2007.  This program was originally broadcast May 7, 2007. The book that Kevin Z. Golden recommends is "Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," by Michael Pollan. Click here (http://radio4all.net/responder.php/download/23912/27951/41451/?url=http://emma2.radio4all.net/pub/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20070716-KEVIN_GOLDEN_INTERVIEW_5-7-07.mp3) to begin listening. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/12/06/maggie-watson-barry-vogel-esq-make-it-easier-for-your-loved-ones-when-you-die/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/12/06/maggie-watson-barry-vogel-esq-make-it-easier-for-your-loved-ones-when-you-die/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:13:08 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/maggie-watson-barry-vogel-esq-make-it-easier-for-your-loved-ones-when-you-die/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/12/06/maggie-watson-barry-vogel-esq-make-it-easier-for-your-loved-ones-when-you-die/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/11/29/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/11/29/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:14:21 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/11/29/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney/feed/ 0 After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballot, Keith Faulder, the interim DA appointed by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, sued the County seeking to void the November 8, After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballot, Keith Faulder, the interim DA appointed by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, sued the County seeking to void the November 8, 2006 general election for DA and to require that a special election be held. Former Deputy District Attorney Meredith Lintott received the most votes in the June primary election and was also on the November, 2006, ballot along with Vroman. The California Court of Appeals upheld Faulder's claim which Lintott and the County appealed to the California Supreme Court. This edition of Radio Curious discusses the history and status of this unique case in interviews with Faulder and Steve Antler, Lintott's attorney. Keith Faulder recommends, "Theodore Rex," by Edmund Morris. Steven Antler recommends, "October 1964," by David Halberstram. Originally Broadcast: November 29, 2006 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20061126-FAULDER__11-11-06____ANTLER__11-27-06__INTERVIEW.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/09/paul-goldstein-the-artists-right-of-ownership/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/09/paul-goldstein-the-artists-right-of-ownership/#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:23:18 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/paul-goldstein-the-artists-right-of-ownership/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/09/paul-goldstein-the-artists-right-of-ownership/feed/ 0 Errors and Omissions Who owns the rights to a play, a song, or a work of art? How important and fragile is the authorship? These and other issues of intellectual property rights begin to be revealed in,  “Errors and Omissions, Errors and Omissions Who owns the rights to a play, a song, or a work of art? How important and fragile is the authorship? These and other issues of intellectual property rights begin to be revealed in,  “Errors and Omissions,” a novel by Stanford Law Professor, Paul Goldstein. “Errors and Omissions,” follows the story of Michael Seeley as he locates a World War Two era Polish refugee who is the author of a screenplay that has the potential to make a huge amount of money not only from the movie rights, but also from the sale of associated paraphernalia. Goldstein, who began writing fiction at the age of twelve, hopes now, fifty years later that readers of his first full length novel will carry away the sense of the fragility of authorship, when an artist creates a work out of thin air. I spoke with Paul Goldstein from his office at Stanford University and began by asking him to define intellectual property. Paul Goldstein recommends, "Aspects of the Novel," by E.M. Forster. Originally Broadcast: August 9, 2006 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060808-GOLDSTEIN_INTERVIEW_8-2-06.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/02/martha-mccabe-culture-and-racism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/02/martha-mccabe-culture-and-racism/#comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:24:32 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/martha-mccabe-culture-and-racism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/02/martha-mccabe-culture-and-racism/feed/ 0 Praise At Midnight Life, culture and racism are the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversation with attorney/novelist Martha McCabe, author of, "Praise at Midnight."  Martha McCabe worked as a civil rights and criminal trial lawyer in de... Praise At Midnight Life, culture and racism are the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversation with attorney/novelist Martha McCabe, author of, "Praise at Midnight."  Martha McCabe worked as a civil rights and criminal trial lawyer in deep east Texas from 1974 to 1985.  Her goal was to pour the raw material from her personal experiences as a lawyer into her story.  The deeper level into which she fell during the ten year period it took her to complete, “Praise at Midnight,” was the importance of consciousness and self awareness in avoiding the projection of one's own dark side on to other people and then killing them.  She applies this to both local and international levels in her considerations.  She and I have been associates, good friends and colleagues since 1969 when we met at the University of Santa Clara where I was a law student.  When I spoke with Martha McCabe from her home in San Antonio, Texas on July 29, 2006, we began with her description of the culture of deep east Texas at the time she was living there, 1974 to 1985. Martha McCabe recommends, “Reading Lolita in Teheran,” by Azar Nafisi and, “Caballero: A Historical Novel,” by Jovita Gonzalez and Eve Raleigh. Originally Broadcast: August 2, 2006 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060802-MARTHA_McCABE_Interview_7-29-06.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/02/14/neil-proto-law-as-a-tool-for-social-change/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/02/14/neil-proto-law-as-a-tool-for-social-change/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:41:09 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/neil-proto-law-as-a-tool-for-social-change/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/02/14/neil-proto-law-as-a-tool-for-social-change/feed/ 0 To A High Court: The Tumult and Choices that Led to United States v. SCRAP Law as a tool for social change is the subject of this edition of Radio Curious, and it’s also the reason why I decided to be an attorney. Neil Proto, now a veteran Washington D. To A High Court: The Tumult and Choices that Led to United States v. SCRAP Law as a tool for social change is the subject of this edition of Radio Curious, and it’s also the reason why I decided to be an attorney. Neil Proto, now a veteran Washington D.C. lawyer, was a law student in the early 1970s in Washington D.C. and one of several law students in a group called SCRAP (Student’s Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures), which sued the United States Interstate Commerce Commission and the nation’s railroads for what they believed was a violation of the NEPA, the National Environmental Protection Act. The regulations, which they successfully challenged, discouraged the movement of materials that could be recycled and encouraged the movement of raw materials. The Federal court issued an injunction, ordered an environmental impact report be prepared and in the end, the regulations were overturned. The story is told in Neil Proto’s book, “To A High Court: The Tumult and Choices that Led to United States v. SCRAP.” For the past 35 years, Neil Proto has practiced and taught law in the Nation’s capital. In this conversation, recorded in early February, 2006, we discuss the SCRPA lawsuit, ihe importance of citizen involvement in the use of the law as a tool for social change, and how court rulings in recent decades have made this involvement more difficult. Neil Proto recommends, “The Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T.E. Lawrence,” by John E. Mack. Originally Broadcast: February 14, 2006 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060212-PROTO__NEIL_interview.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/30/professor-kristen-leslie-strident-evanglical-themes-at-the-us-air-force-academy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/30/professor-kristen-leslie-strident-evanglical-themes-at-the-us-air-force-academy/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:36:39 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/professor-kristen-leslie-strident-evanglical-themes-at-the-us-air-force-academy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/30/professor-kristen-leslie-strident-evanglical-themes-at-the-us-air-force-academy/feed/ 2 The series on evangelical Christianity at the United States Air Force Academy, continues with Kristen Leslie, a professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Yale University Divinity School. Professor Leslie was invited to the Air Force Academy in ... The series on evangelical Christianity at the United States Air Force Academy, continues with Kristen Leslie, a professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Yale University Divinity School. Professor Leslie was invited to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado to meet with the Academy chaplains and provide training in the counseling of female cadets who were victims of sexual assaults that had occurred at the Academy. In the course of her visits in 2004 and 2005, Professor Leslie and the group of graduate students from the Yale Divinity School who accompanied her, observed what she called “strident evangelical themes” at the Academy. Professor Leslie testified before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Armed Services on June 28, 2005, at the Congressional hearing entitled “Religious Climate at the U.S. Air Force Academy,” and reported her observations of her visit that included: The hanging of a banner containing an overtly Christian message by the football coach in the team locker room; the Air Force Academy commandant leading a “challenge and response” cheer about Jesus in front of a group of cadets of mixed faith; distribution of flyers advertising religious events in the cadet dining hall and over the public address system; failure of the Air Force Academy to consider the religious practices of cadets of minority faiths when setting the cadet schedule; and public expressions of faith by senior staff and faculty members, in some cases in inappropriate venues such as classrooms. Interviews with MeLinda Morton, the Air Force Academy Chaplain who resigned the end of July 2005, and Attorney Mikey Wienstein, a 1977 graduate of the Air Force Academy, both of whom are outspoken critics of the inaction on the part of the Air Force Academy leadership may be found here on the Radio Curious website. The Harvard University Committee on the Study of Religion has a detailed report, with abundant links to other articles on this issue that may be found at www.pluralism.org (http://www.pluralism.org/). And information about Professor Leslie’s testimony before Congress may be found at www.yale.edu/divinity/press (http://www.yale.edu/divinity/press). This interview with Kristen Leslie speaking from her office at Yale University about these issues was recorded on August 26, 2005. Professor Kristen Leslie recommends "Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader," by Ann Fadiman. Originally Broadcast: August 30, 2005 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050826-KRISTEN_LESLIE__8-26-05.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/23/rev-melinda-morton-evangelical-proselytization-at-the-united-states-air-force-academy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/23/rev-melinda-morton-evangelical-proselytization-at-the-united-states-air-force-academy/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:38:13 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/rev-melinda-morton-evangelical-proselytization-at-the-united-states-air-force-academy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/23/rev-melinda-morton-evangelical-proselytization-at-the-united-states-air-force-academy/feed/ 0 This program with MeLinda Morton, a Lutheran minister who resigned from active duty as a chaplain at the United States Air Force Academy effective July 31, 2005, continues our series on evangelical proselytization within the United States Air Force and... This program with MeLinda Morton, a Lutheran minister who resigned from active duty as a chaplain at the United States Air Force Academy effective July 31, 2005, continues our series on evangelical proselytization within the United States Air Force and at the United States Air Force Academy in Coloradio Springs, Colorado. This interview was recorded on August 19, 2005, and begins with Rev. Morton describing her duties as a pastoral chaplain to the cadets at the Air Force Academy and the issues that led up to her resignation. If you are interested in this topic, please listen to interview with Mikey Weinstein, an Air Force Academy graduate and a former attorney in the Reagan White House. Rev. MeLinda Morton recommends “No Future, Queer Theory and the Death Drive,” by Lee Edelman. Originally Broadcast: August 23, 2005 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050821-MORTON__MELINDA_8-18-05.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/09/mikey-weinstein-evangelical-christianity-and-the-united-states-air-force-academy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/09/mikey-weinstein-evangelical-christianity-and-the-united-states-air-force-academy/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:41:13 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/mikey-weinstein-evangelical-christianity-and-the-united-states-air-force-academy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/08/09/mikey-weinstein-evangelical-christianity-and-the-united-states-air-force-academy/feed/ 0 There are concerns that evangelical Christianity is close to being officially sanctioned at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as within other areas of the United States’ military forces. There are concerns that evangelical Christianity is close to being officially sanctioned at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as within other areas of the United States’ military forces. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit some of these issues with Mikey Weinstein, a graduate of Air Force Academy, a businessman and former attorney in the Reagan White House. He describes how evangelical Christianity appears to have become the standard within the United States Air Force Academy that trains future leaders of the U.S. Air Force. At the beginning of an Air Force career each new cadet, among many other things, takes an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. These cadets are led by Brig. Gen. Johnny A Weida, the current USAF Academy Commandant of Cadets. On the official Air Force website, under character development, Brig. Gen. Weida is quoted as saying, "Our primary emphasis is to ensure every graduate has the character, honor, integrity, sense of service and excellence required of a second lieutenant in the world's greatest Air and Space force." On July 29, 2005, the name of Brig Gen Weida, the number two officer of the Air Force Academy, was deleted from a list of Air Force generals to be promoted, shortly before the Senate voted on those promotions. An April 28, 2005 report by American United for Separation of Church and State accused Brig Gen Weida of proselytizing to the cadets and specifically endorsing evangelical Christianity at the Academy. It is suggested that this may be a reason why he was not promoted. This interview with Mikey Weinstein, who worked as Assistant General Counsel in the Reagan White House Office of Administration, was recorded by telephone from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on August 3, 2005. Mikey Weinstein recommends "The Sins of Scripture," by John Shelby Spong. Originally Broadcast: August 9, 2005 Please click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050814-MIKEY_WEINSTEIN_8-3-05.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/06/14/donald-trone-fiduciary-responsibility/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/06/14/donald-trone-fiduciary-responsibility/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/donald-trone-fiduciary-responsibility/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/06/14/donald-trone-fiduciary-responsibility/feed/ 0 Though some people dislike the idea, money has become an important and complex aspect of life. Many choose to invest in stocks and mutual funds, hoping for financial growth with and without guidance from a knowledgeable advisor. Though some people dislike the idea, money has become an important and complex aspect of life. Many choose to invest in stocks and mutual funds, hoping for financial growth with and without guidance from a knowledgeable advisor. With five million people responsible for the financial interests of others, there is very little regulation or control of what they do, or how they do it. Donald B. Trone is President of the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies, a nonprofit organization established to develop and promote the practices that define a prudent process for investment fiduciaries, a person who is responsible for the money or assets of others. Donald B. Trone will discuss the practical and regulatory environment that defines the roles and responsibilities of investment fiduciaries, and how one should be chosen to work for you. The program begins with Trone explaining what a fiduciary is. You may visit the website of the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies at www.fi360.com. The edition of Radio Curious was produced with the support of the National Press Foundation, www.nationalpress.org. Donald Trone recommends "A Survey of the New Testament," by Robert H. Gundry. Originally Broadcast: June 14, 2005 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050606-TRONE_MAY_27__2005.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/06/07/sam-totten-genocide-in-darfur/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/06/07/sam-totten-genocide-in-darfur/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:53:18 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/sam-totten-genocide-in-darfur/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/06/07/sam-totten-genocide-in-darfur/feed/ 0 Genocide is the intent to exterminate in whole or in part a specific group of people often based on nationality, ethnicity, race or religion. For the past two years, in the Darfur region of the nation of Sudan, Genocide is the intent to exterminate in whole or in part a specific group of people often based on nationality, ethnicity, race or religion. For the past two years, in the Darfur region of the nation of Sudan, located in north central Africa and populated primarily by black Africans, the Sudanese government has been committing racial genocide. Reports are that as many as 400,000 black African civilians have been murdered by the Sudanese government together with Arab rebel groups in Darfur. Professor Sam Totten, a scholar in Genocide Studies at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, visited the Darfur area in the fall of 2004 and has been examining this present day massacre that most of the world has chosen to ignore. I spoke with Professor Totten from his home in Arkansas and asked him to explain the reasons behind the genocide. www.savedarfur.org Sam Totten recommends "Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda," by Romeo Dallaire. Originally Broadcast: June 7, 2005 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050606-MOLLY_SECOND_EDIT_OF_TOTTEN.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/12/28/jack-gantos-how-prison-affected-one-mans-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/12/28/jack-gantos-how-prison-affected-one-mans-life/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:10:53 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/jack-gantos-how-prison-affected-one-mans-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/12/28/jack-gantos-how-prison-affected-one-mans-life/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/10/12/dr-david-ray-griffin-was-this-a-cause-of-the-911-attacks/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/10/12/dr-david-ray-griffin-was-this-a-cause-of-the-911-attacks/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:17:52 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/dr-david-ray-griffin-was-this-a-cause-of-the-911-attacks/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/10/12/dr-david-ray-griffin-was-this-a-cause-of-the-911-attacks/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/07/13/robert-reich-liberals-v-neo-cons/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/07/13/robert-reich-liberals-v-neo-cons/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:24:41 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/robert-reich-liberals-v-neo-cons/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/07/13/robert-reich-liberals-v-neo-cons/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/04/25/deborah-koons-garcia-the-future-of-food/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/04/25/deborah-koons-garcia-the-future-of-food/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:44:36 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/deborah-koons-garcia-the-future-of-food/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/04/25/deborah-koons-garcia-the-future-of-food/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/11/25/david-corn-does-president-bush-lie/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/11/25/david-corn-does-president-bush-lie/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:45:16 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/david-corn-does-president-bush-lie/ 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http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/07/23/joshua-tickell-biodiesel-an-oil-less-fuel/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2003 07:19:01 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/joshua-tickell-biodiesel-an-oil-less-fuel/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/07/23/joshua-tickell-biodiesel-an-oil-less-fuel/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/03/18/catherine-crier-are-lawyers-really-that-bad/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/03/18/catherine-crier-are-lawyers-really-that-bad/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:24:44 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/catherine-crier-are-lawyers-really-that-bad/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/03/18/catherine-crier-are-lawyers-really-that-bad/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/02/18/arianna-huffington-corporate-greed/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/02/18/arianna-huffington-corporate-greed/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2003 07:27:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/arianna-huffington-corporate-greed/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/02/18/arianna-huffington-corporate-greed/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/01/20/jeff-ruch-how-to-be-a-whistleblower/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/01/20/jeff-ruch-how-to-be-a-whistleblower/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:32:20 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/jeff-ruch-how-to-be-a-whistleblower/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/01/20/jeff-ruch-how-to-be-a-whistleblower/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/01/13/socrates-ron-gross-socrates-of-athens-in-conversation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/01/13/socrates-ron-gross-socrates-of-athens-in-conversation/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:35:02 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/socrates-ron-gross-socrates-of-athens-in-conversation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/01/13/socrates-ron-gross-socrates-of-athens-in-conversation/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/08/01/eric-schlosser-do-you-really-want-to-eat-that/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/08/01/eric-schlosser-do-you-really-want-to-eat-that/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2002 08:04:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/eric-schlosser-do-you-really-want-to-eat-that/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/08/01/eric-schlosser-do-you-really-want-to-eat-that/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/08/01/terrence-cheng-two-chinese-brothers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/08/01/terrence-cheng-two-chinese-brothers/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2002 08:01:08 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/terrence-cheng-two-chinese-brothers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/08/01/terrence-cheng-two-chinese-brothers/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/18/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/18/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:27:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/18/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom/feed/ 0 Zoya's Story, An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’ disappearance. Zoya's Story, An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’ disappearance. She describes the wrath that first the Russians, then the Taliban and then the Northern Alliance have brought to her country. Along with the suffering, she describes the hope and spirit carried in the hearts of the Afghan people. Zoya recommends the collected speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Originally Broadcast: June 18, 2002 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/04.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050209-ZOYA__-_10__6-15-02.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/01/29/dr-michael-baden-how-did-that-person-die/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/01/29/dr-michael-baden-how-did-that-person-die/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:47:09 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/dr-michael-baden-how-did-that-person-die/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/01/29/dr-michael-baden-how-did-that-person-die/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/09/11/gordon-chang-how-will-china-survive/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/09/11/gordon-chang-how-will-china-survive/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2001 17:52:18 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/gordon-chang-how-will-china-survive/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/09/11/gordon-chang-how-will-china-survive/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/07/03/ted-conover-a-prison-guards-story/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/07/03/ted-conover-a-prison-guards-story/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2001 17:54:50 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/ted-conover-a-prison-guards-story/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/07/03/ted-conover-a-prison-guards-story/feed/ 0 New Jack: Guarding Sing-Sing Have you ever wondered what it is like to work inside a prison? Well, Ted Conover, a non-fiction writer did, so he went to the New York Department of Corrections to ask if he could shadow a recruit at the New York State C... New Jack: Guarding Sing-Sing Have you ever wondered what it is like to work inside a prison? Well, Ted Conover, a non-fiction writer did, so he went to the New York Department of Corrections to ask if he could shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Academy. His request was quickly turned down. So, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer, was accepted and attended the New York State Corrections Academy. As a result of his training, and working at Sing Sing prison in New York, he wrote “Newjack: Guarding at Sing Sing,” a book describing his experiences. This two-part program with Ted Conover was recorded in late June and early July 2001. Ted Conover recommends “Crime and Punishment,” by by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and “Seek: Reports from the Edges of America & Beyond,” by Dennis Johnson. Originally Broadcast: June 26, 2001 and July 3, 2001 Click here to begin listening to part one. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060713-Conover__1_June_22_2001.mp3) Click here to begin listening to part two. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060713-Conover__2_July_3__2001.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/01/27/annie-barnes-racism-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/01/27/annie-barnes-racism-in-america/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:02:53 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/annie-barnes-racism-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/01/27/annie-barnes-racism-in-america/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/07/18/da-chen-life-in-china-under-mao/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/07/18/da-chen-life-in-china-under-mao/#comments Tue, 18 Jul 2000 18:16:59 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/da-chen-life-in-china-under-mao/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/07/18/da-chen-life-in-china-under-mao/feed/ 0 Colors of the Mountain The Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, led by Mao Zedong, imposed a major change to the nation where one in every four people in the world live. Da Chen was born in 1962 in southern China to a once wealthy family, Colors of the Mountain The Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, led by Mao Zedong, imposed a major change to the nation where one in every four people in the world live. Da Chen was born in 1962 in southern China to a once wealthy family, by that time despised for its capitalist past. At the age of 23, after graduating with top honors and serving as an assistant professor at the Beijing Language Institute, Da Chen came to America with $30 and a bamboo flute. He won a full scholarship to Columbia University Law School, and later settled in the Hudson River Valley. His book, “Colors of the Mountain,” tells the story of his childhood, his life and experiences. Da Chen recommends "The God of Small Things," by Arundhati Roy. Originally Broadcast: July 18, 2000 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/04.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050207-Da_Chen_July_18__2000.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/04/13/mike-frost-you-cant-hide/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/04/13/mike-frost-you-cant-hide/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:53:16 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/mike-frost-you-cant-hide/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/04/13/mike-frost-you-cant-hide/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/03/19/susan-crane-blood-on-a-nuclear-submarine/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/03/19/susan-crane-blood-on-a-nuclear-submarine/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:29:49 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/susan-crane-blood-on-a-nuclear-submarine/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/03/19/susan-crane-blood-on-a-nuclear-submarine/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/02/07/jonathan-harr-toxic-water-a-movie/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/02/07/jonathan-harr-toxic-water-a-movie/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:31:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/jonathan-harr-toxic-water-a-movie/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/02/07/jonathan-harr-toxic-water-a-movie/feed/ 0 A Civil Action Water, a necessary element to our survival is expected to be pure, safe and clean when it comes into our home. When it is polluted, the results can be extreme. The people in the town of Woburn, Massachusetts, just west of Boston, A Civil Action Water, a necessary element to our survival is expected to be pure, safe and clean when it comes into our home. When it is polluted, the results can be extreme. The people in the town of Woburn, Massachusetts, just west of Boston, had an unusually high rate of cancer in the early 1970s. The town’s water was contaminated with industrial pollutants. Several children and adults became very sick and some died. Their families sued the polluters in the U.S. Federal Court. Jonathan Harr, a non-fiction writer, followed the process and wrote a book telling the story of what happened. He called it, "A Civil Action." A movie, also called “A Civil Action,” was based on the book and released at the end of 1998. I spoke by phone with Jonathan Harr, from his home in Massachusetts, a month after the movie was released and asked him how he was able to capture what occurred and create “A Civil Action.” Originally Broadcast: February 2, 1999 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20070712-_262__2-2-99_Johnathan_Harr_author_of___A_Civil_Action__.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/12/04/president-jimmy-carter-life-after-the-presidency/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/12/04/president-jimmy-carter-life-after-the-presidency/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 1998 19:33:49 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/president-jimmy-carter-life-after-the-presidency/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/12/04/president-jimmy-carter-life-after-the-presidency/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/10/16/terry-francke-the-peoples-right-to-know/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/10/16/terry-francke-the-peoples-right-to-know/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:37:31 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/terry-francke-the-peoples-right-to-know/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/10/16/terry-francke-the-peoples-right-to-know/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/04/03/dennis-del-castillo-mercedes-lu-peruvian-environmental-issues-1998/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/04/03/dennis-del-castillo-mercedes-lu-peruvian-environmental-issues-1998/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 1998 19:49:25 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/dennis-del-castillo-mercedes-lu-peruvian-environmental-issues-1998/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/04/03/dennis-del-castillo-mercedes-lu-peruvian-environmental-issues-1998/feed/ 0 In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit Dennis del Castillo and Mercedes Lu, two environmental activists from Peru. I met with them in Lima, Peru on February 5th, 1998. Dennis del Castillo, who holds a Ph.D. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit Dennis del Castillo and Mercedes Lu, two environmental activists from Peru. I met with them in Lima, Peru on February 5th, 1998. Dennis del Castillo, who holds a Ph.D. from Mississippi State University in soil science and in this interview describes contemporary environmental problems in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. In the second half of this program we visit with Mercedes Lu, a scientific technician, who described some of the problems resulting from copper mining that occurs along the coast of southern Peru. We began our conversation when I asked Dennis del Castillo to describe the potential of the Peruvian Amazon Basin. Dennis del Castillo recommends “The Losing Ground,” by Erik P. Eckholm. Originally Broadcast: April 3, 1998 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20070320-_247__4-3-98_Dennis_del_Castillo__Mercedes_Lu.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/10/jane-dymond-a-juror-speaks/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/10/jane-dymond-a-juror-speaks/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 1997 20:35:08 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/jane-dymond-a-juror-speaks/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/10/jane-dymond-a-juror-speaks/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/06/04/richard-dooling-is-it-safe-to-say-%e2%80%a6/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/06/04/richard-dooling-is-it-safe-to-say-%e2%80%a6/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:40:40 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/richard-dooling-is-it-safe-to-say-%e2%80%a6/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/06/04/richard-dooling-is-it-safe-to-say-%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/16/scott-spears-an-experiment-in-successful-community-mediation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/16/scott-spears-an-experiment-in-successful-community-mediation/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 1997 20:47:41 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/scott-spears-an-experiment-in-successful-community-mediation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/16/scott-spears-an-experiment-in-successful-community-mediation/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/02/m-wayne-knight-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/02/m-wayne-knight-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 1997 22:07:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/m-wayne-knight-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/02/m-wayne-knight-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/feed/ 2 Wayne Knight, an artist based in Mendocino County, California with over 40 years of experience, traveled very little before he found himself in Phnom Phen, Cambodia in 1995 and 1996. He spent just under a year there, looking, seeing, Wayne Knight, an artist based in Mendocino County, California with over 40 years of experience, traveled very little before he found himself in Phnom Phen, Cambodia in 1995 and 1996. He spent just under a year there, looking, seeing, and painting scenes that previously were beyond his imagination. Wayne Knight also worked with the Cambodian Defenders’ Project in developing computer access to their legal resources in Cambodia. His experience verified his security and, in many ways, enhanced his continuing growth as an artist. Other programs you may enjoy are with Daniel Ellsberg discussing the Pentagon Papers and Vietman, and with Linda Kremer, Esq., a Marin County, California, public defender who took a leave of absence to direct the Cambodian Defenders Project. They both may be found on this website. Wayne Knight recommends “Living My Life,” by Emma Goldman. Originally Broadcast: April 2, 1997 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060129-_212__4-2-97_Wayne_Knight.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/26/linda-kremer-the-legal-defense-of-jailed-cambodians/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/26/linda-kremer-the-legal-defense-of-jailed-cambodians/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 1997 22:10:18 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/linda-kremer-the-legal-defense-of-jailed-cambodians/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/26/linda-kremer-the-legal-defense-of-jailed-cambodians/feed/ 1 Attorney Linda Kremer, a Public Defender in Marin County, California, worked for thirteen months in Phnom Phen, Cambodia, in 1996 and 1997 as Director of the Cambodian Defenders’ Project. The Cambodian Defenders’ Project recruits and trains Khmer men ... Attorney Linda Kremer, a Public Defender in Marin County, California, worked for thirteen months in Phnom Phen, Cambodia, in 1996 and 1997 as Director of the Cambodian Defenders’ Project. The Cambodian Defenders’ Project recruits and trains Khmer men and women to serve as Public Defenders in the criminal courts of Cambodia. Cambodian law requires that no person be detained in excess of 48 hours without being charged with a crime or be held without trial from longer than six months. In practice, these rights are rarely honored. Without legal defense, those is prison are powerless to request compliance. Other programs you may enjoy are with Daniel Ellsberg discussing the Pentagon Papers and Vietman, and with Wayne Knight, a Mendocino County artist who was also associated with the Cambodian Defenders Project. They both may be found on this website. Linda Kremer recommends “Spontaneous Healing” & “Natural Healing,” both by Andrew While. Originally Broadcast: March 26, 1997 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060129-_211__3-26-97_Linda_Kremer.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/19/daniel-ellsberg-the-pentagon-papers-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/19/daniel-ellsberg-the-pentagon-papers-2/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/daniel-ellsberg-the-pentagon-papers-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/19/daniel-ellsberg-the-pentagon-papers-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/01/08/chaim-potok-escaping-communism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/01/08/chaim-potok-escaping-communism/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 1997 22:22:55 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/chaim-potok-escaping-communism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/01/08/chaim-potok-escaping-communism/feed/ 0 The Gates of November Chaim Potok, the author of “The Chosen,” “The Gift of Asher Lev,” “Divida’s Heart,” and many other novels, chronicled the life of a Russian Jewish family in his non-fiction work, “The Gates of November. The Gates of November Chaim Potok, the author of “The Chosen,” “The Gift of Asher Lev,” “Divida’s Heart,” and many other novels, chronicled the life of a Russian Jewish family in his non-fiction work, “The Gates of November.” This true story of the Slapeck family, Solomon Slapek, his son Valodya, and daughter-in-law Masha, spans 100 years. Beginning with Solomon’s childhood at turn of the 20th century, his escape to America and return to Russia, it eventually describes Valodya and Masha’s life after they apply for an exit visa to leave Russia in 1968, in order to emigrate to Israel. Chaim Potok died July 23, 2002, at his suburban Philadelphia home of brain cancer at the age of 73. Chaim Potok recommends "The English Patient," by Michael Ondaatje. Originally Broadcast: January 8, 1997 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20051211-_200__Potok__Chaim_1-8-97.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/03/26/richard-grossman-corporate-responsibility/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/03/26/richard-grossman-corporate-responsibility/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 1996 22:36:01 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/richard-grossman-corporate-responsibility/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/03/26/richard-grossman-corporate-responsibility/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/11/22/jonathan-harr-toxic-water-a-book/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/11/22/jonathan-harr-toxic-water-a-book/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 1995 22:38:37 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/jonathan-harr-toxic-water-a-book/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/11/22/jonathan-harr-toxic-water-a-book/feed/ 0 A Civil Action Woburn, MA, is a small, blue-collar community just north and west of Boston. In the 1970s, some children in Woburn, MA, became sick and died from childhood leukemia. Some adults in that town developed rare forms of cancer. A Civil Action Woburn, MA, is a small, blue-collar community just north and west of Boston. In the 1970s, some children in Woburn, MA, became sick and died from childhood leukemia. Some adults in that town developed rare forms of cancer. All of these people live very close to each other. Their illnesses were traced to two contaminated water wells that provided the water to their homes for drinking and bathing. As a result, one of the most complicated personal injury lawsuits was tried in the US Federal District Court in Boston. In this program of Radio Curious, I spoke with author Jonathan Harr, who wrote “A Civil Action,” the horrendous story of the people who became sick and the subsequent trial. Jonathan Harr recommends any books by Charles Dickens. Originally Broadcast: November 22, 1995 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/11198/13326/20254/?url=http://emma2.radio4all.net/pub/archive/04.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050208-_158__Harr__Jonathan_11-22-95.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/03/07/prof-alberto-kattan-argentinan-environmental-issues-in-1993/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/03/07/prof-alberto-kattan-argentinan-environmental-issues-in-1993/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 1993 23:07:46 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/prof-alberto-kattan-argentinan-environmental-issues-in-1993/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/03/07/prof-alberto-kattan-argentinan-environmental-issues-in-1993/feed/ 0 The late Professor Alberto Kattan, a Professor of Law at Buenos Aires University and one of the foremost litigators of environmental issues in Argentina, is my guest on this archive edition of Radio Curious. The late Professor Alberto Kattan, a Professor of Law at Buenos Aires University and one of the foremost litigators of environmental issues in Argentina, is my guest on this archive edition of Radio Curious. In our conversation originally broadcast in March 1993, we discussed the future of the penguins that he was and endeavoring to protect, dolphins, the use of 245T, and problems with the tobacco industry in Argentina. Originally Broadcast: March 7, 1993 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060731-Kattan__Alberto_3-7-93.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1992/11/30/dr-richard-alston-the-economics-of-party-politics/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1992/11/30/dr-richard-alston-the-economics-of-party-politics/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 1992 23:09:07 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/dr-richard-alston-the-economics-of-party-politics/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1992/11/30/dr-richard-alston-the-economics-of-party-politics/feed/ 0 After the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention in 1992, Richard M. Alston, who was then chairman of the Economics Department at Webber State University in Ogden, Utah, sent a political survey to the delegates to that co... After the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention in 1992, Richard M. Alston, who was then chairman of the Economics Department at Webber State University in Ogden, Utah, sent a political survey to the delegates to that convention. This survey concerned the perceptions of convention delegates regarding economic issues in the United States. As a delegate to the Democratic National Convention I was sent one his surveys, and decided to ask Professor Alston for an interview. In our interview we discussed the survey and what information he hoped to ascertain with it as well as the role of economists in academic institutions in America. This program was originally broadcast in November of 1992, when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas. Originally Broadcast: November 30, 1992 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050717-ALSTON__DR._RICHARD_M_11-30-92.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1992/09/14/sam-la-budde-getting-dolphins-out-of-tuna-nets/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1992/09/14/sam-la-budde-getting-dolphins-out-of-tuna-nets/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:10:21 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/sam-la-budde-getting-dolphins-out-of-tuna-nets/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1992/09/14/sam-la-budde-getting-dolphins-out-of-tuna-nets/feed/ 0 My guest in this program is Sam La Budde, a catalyst, if not the catalyst, in getting dolphins out of tuna nets. He has been an activist with the Earth Island Institute and a number of other organizations. In this conversation, My guest in this program is Sam La Budde, a catalyst, if not the catalyst, in getting dolphins out of tuna nets. He has been an activist with the Earth Island Institute and a number of other organizations. In this conversation, we discussed the history of the dolphins, endangered species in Taiwan, and a potential economic boycott of redwood lumber. This program was originally broadcast in September of 1992, when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas. Originally Broadcast: September 14, 1992 Click here to begin listening. (http://emma2.radio4all.net/pub/archive/04.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050208-La_Budde__Sam_9-14-92.mp3) LeGov clean