February 13th

That Fresh Radio Piece

February 13th

* Fresh Piece
o Dean Becker
+ Dean Becker is the host of Cultural Baggage (partnered with the 4:20 Drug War News Report), a widely syndicated independent radio project. Dean's intention is to illuminate all the issues surrounding the drug war, both domestically and globally. He is also a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).
o Ben Scott
+ Ben Scott is the media policy chair working with Free Press, a national organization designed to increase public participation and awareness of the media and the ways that it shapes our daily lives. Free Press organized the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, where the Maryland Media Collective travelled to over the winter break.
o War on Torture
+ We also played a portion of the National Radio Project's radio documentary entitled the War on Torture. The documentary explores the treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and elsewhere.

* Media:
This week's media piece is consolidated into the Ben Scott fresh piece.

* Headlines:
o International
Monsanto Dumped Toxic Waste in UK, Guardian
Hamas government to step down, Democracy Now
o National
Joint Chiefs Chairman Sees No Evidence of Meddling by Iran's Regime, McClatchy Newspapers
Medical pot cuts pain, study finds, San Francisco Chronicle
o Local
Delegates want to regain lost tax pool for city, Diamondback
OIT to expand wireless by 2008, Diamondback

* Statistics:

# Playlist

* 1 Talib Kweli and Balal....Can I Talk To You
* 2 Big L and Fat Joe....Enemy
* 3 Ghostface Killa
* 4 (Daft Punk....Superheroes)
* 5 (RGD2....Counseling)
* 6 (Wyclef Jean....If i was President)
* 7 Immortal Technique....The Getaway
* 8 RZA....Can't lose
* 9 Terminalogy....Watch how it go down
* 10 Robert Randolph & the Family Band....I Need More Love
* 11 The Streets....The Irony Of It All
* 12 Stephen Marley Ft. Damian Marley....Traffic Jam
* 13 Jacob Miller....Healing of
* 14 Chopin....Revolutionary Etude

February 6th

That Fresh Radio Piece

February 6th

• Fresh Piece
• Bill Moyers
• Veteran journalist gives the keynote address to the National Conference for Media Reform 2007. He delivers a reflection on the current state of the media in America and its implications.
• CUNY Morales/Shakur Community and Student Center
• Lydia Shestapalova and Igwe Williams, of the Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Community and Student Center of City College of New York in Harlem. They join us to speak on the recent harassment they've been facing from the school administration, security, and press. The center, named after Morales, a student activist and Shakur, an ex-Black Panther and COINTEL program target; was founded after a student take-over in protest in rising tuition costs. HarlemSLAM.org


• Media:
This week's media piece is consolidated into the Bill Moyers fresh piece.


• Headlines:

  • International
  Thousands march against governor in Oaxaca, Mexico, Associated Press
  Prominent Jews Call for Open Debate on Israel, Guardian/UK
  Human-Caused Global Warming Could be Insurmountable
  Jakarta floods: 340,000 homeless
  • National
  Oversight Panel Ready to Dig into US Waste, Fraud, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  Al Franken to Run for Senate in Minnesota, McClatchy Newspapers
  Lawmakers Move to Restrain Bush on Iran
  • Local
  Frigid Weather Hits the Region, Washington Post
  Legislators Warming to Early Vote, Washington Post
  Levees in D.C., Maryland pose a risk
  The Occupation Project

  
  

  Statistics:

  Exxon-Mobil Posts Record $39.5 Billion Profit
  Study: Iraq Escalation Could Double in Size, Cost
  Bush Seeks Hundreds of Billions More For War
  District to spend $45M on affordable housing projects
  

Playlist

• 1 Theme......The Price is Right
• 2 Edith Piaf......La Vie en Rose
• 3 Mobb Deep......Home
• 4 Public Enemy......Don't Believe the Hype
• 5 Roots......Living in a New World
• 6 Nat King and Natalie Cole......Unforgettable
• 7 Lyrics ft. Lateef......Last Trumpet
• 8 Orishas......Emigrante
• 9 James Asher......Return to Egypt
• 10 Chopin......Revolutionary Etude

January 30th

That Fresh Radio Piece

Janurary 30th

* Fresh Piece
o Emily Nelson
+ Emily Nelson, of the School of the Americas Watch (SOAW) speaks of ongoing efforts against the notorious military training school in Georgia and its connections to the brutal side of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.
o Jan. 27th Peace March
+ Coverage of the peace rally this past Saturday in DC; where an estimated 400,000 people took to the streets to say NO to Bush's 21,500 troop escalation (some like to call it a surge) and demanding U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq.

* Media:


* Headlines:
o International
US Answer to Global Warming: Smoke and Giant Space Mirrors
Turkey mulls 'invading' Iraq
o National
Senate Panel Rejects Bush�s Plan for Iraq
US to boost Afghan troops and aid
Fight continues over spy program
o Local
Prince George�s residents get chance to help shape budget, Baltimore Examiner
Class-action lawsuit challenges the University in-state status, Diamondback

* Statistics:
World's Waterbirds in Decline, Study Warns
500,000 Flee Homes in Baghdad

# Playlist

* 1 Sylistics People Make the World Go Round
* 2 GZA B.I.B.L.E.
* 3 Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue Sky
* 4 Victor Jara Pampas y Montanas
* 5 Moby In My Heart
* 6 Muse Take A Bow
* 7 The Clash Rock the Casbah
* 8 Michael Franti We Don't Stop
* 9 Denis Miller Stop the Fighting
* 10 Canada O Canada
* 11 K-OS Superstar
* 12 Marvin Gaye What's Goin' On
* 13 Chopin Revolutionary Etude