I sat in as host/producer on the KPFA program Living Room for 3 weeks. Here are all the links to the hour long shows, plus short descriptions. I think the last one (June 12th) was the best, but the first one (May 28) wasn’t too shabby.
The State Legislature in Sacramento is holding hearings on Governor Schwarzenegger proposed cuts – totaling 5 billion dollars – which would hit higher education, close state parks, kill heath care for the neediest Californians, AND mean the end State Welfare. We’re joined by a panel of folks including state senator Loni Hancock and CFT’s Marty Hittelman.
The century old business model for the newspaper business is now obsolete, throwing tens of thousands of journalists out of work, and yet it’s never been a more exciting time to be a reporter. Jay Rosen and David Weir are guests, with guest host Eric Klein.
In these difficult times who’s fighting for the little guy? Consumer Watchdog, Free Press, and Just Cause Oakland that’s who. Chevron gives $350,000 to Schwarzenegger, was that to keep an oil extraction tax off the table? Obama picks a new FCC chair, will the internet get more free and open now? And Bank of America gets kicked out of Oakland for it’s sub-prime practices.
Corporations are running things, but it doesn’t have to be this way. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago that human kind had many different kinds of money to spend and invest instead of just one. Can we get that back? We speak to author, media critic and old school cyber-punk Douglas Rushkoff about his new book “Life Inc. How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back.”
Lawmakers in Sacramento are desperate for cuts to close the $24 billion budget gap, our guests have some suggestions: Shut down the state’s Juvenile Justice System, scale back the drug war, and end the death penalty. Also, the Department of Defense calls protests “low level terrorism.” Plus, the 10th anniversary of Napster, why file sharing on the internet needs to remain free.
June 12, 2009
Bush Era domestic spying is being defended and practiced under the Obama administration. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is trying to force AT&T and the U.S. Government to abide by the Constitution. Plus, Moe’s Books on Tellegraph Ave in Berkeley is turning 50, we go inside the store with Moe’s daughter.
