This Week on WPKN

Monday, December 5th 8:00 - Counterpoint Scott Harris features the following interviews:

• Representative of the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition discusses growing opposition to the Iraq War and the debate over withdrawal in the US Congress.
• Ellen Miller, of Campaign for America's Future examines the widening corruption scandals surrounding GOP politicians.
• Nick Nyhart of Public Campaign talks about Connecticut's new campaign finance law, reportedly the toughest in the U.S.
• Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher, assesses the role of US media during wartime and the Bush administration's use paid propaganda in America and Iraq.

Some edited audio files of Counterpoint interviews can be found on the Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine website. Tuesday, December 6th 5:30 pm - Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

• Summary of some of the week's under-reported news stories
• In Growing Numbers, Public Opposes Iraq War, While Most Congressional Democrats Play It "Safe." Interview with David MacMichael, former CIA analyst, conducted by Scott Harris.
• Cuban American Associates of Convicted Terrorist Luis Posada-Carriles Arrested in Florida. Interview with Wayne Smith, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, conducted by Denise Manzari.
• Poor New Orleans Residents Struggle to Have Their Say on City's Reconstruction. Interview with Steve Bradberry, lead New Orleans organizer with ACORN, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Audio files of this program can be heard/downloaded/podcast at http://www.btlonline.org A new edition of Between The Lines can be heard every Wednesday morning at 8:00 am. The program is rebroadcast each Saturday at 2:00 pm and Tuesday at 5:30 pm. Thursday, December 8th 12:00 Noon - New Music New Haven Concert performances recorded at Yale University, hosted by composer Martin Bresnick. This month:

• "Wallfahrtslied/Pilgrims' Song" (1984) by Arvo Pärt
• "Piano Trio" (2004) by Martin Suckling
• "Tabula Rasa" (1977) by Arvo Pärt

Saturday, December 10th 11:00 AM - Bob Johnson Author John Harrison talks about his often humorous and at times terrifying book Off the Map. In 1987 he and his wife Heather traveled through the Brazilian Amazon back country to survey the unhabited Jari river. He and his wife got lost for several weeks. Harrison has been profiled by National Geographic and is considered an expert on jungle exploration, as he has chaired tropical forest workshops at the Royal Geographic Society.