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