Monday, January 9
8:00 pm - Counterpoint host Scott Harris features the following interviews:
- William Greider of The Nation magazine discusses the growing rebellion against conservative Democrat CT Senator Joseph Lieberman.
- Craig Holman of Public Citizen's Congress Watch takes a look at how the Jack Abramoff scandal will effect U.S. politics and efforts to curb rampant corruption on Capitol Hill.
- Chris Kutalik of Labor Notes magazine assesses the role deregulation and corporate cronyism may have played in the tragic loss of 12 miners in West Virginia.
- Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies takes a critical look at Ariel Sharon's legacy and Middle East politics without the ailing Israeli Prime Minister.
Audio archives of Counterpoint can be found at http://www.whiterosesociety.org. Some edited audio files of Counterpoint interviews can be found on the Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine website.
Tuesday, January 10
5:30 pm - Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
- Summary of some of the week's under-reported news stories.
- One Year Delay in New York Times' Coverage of NSA Spying Scandal Exposes Flaws in U.S. Corporate Media. Interview with Norman Solomon, author and columnist, conducted by Scott Harris.
- Evo Morales' Election as Bolivia's President Stengthens Progressive Political Movements Sweeping South America. Interview with Jeff Vogt, senior associate for rights and development, with the Washington Office On Latin America, conducted by Scott Harris.
- New Orleans Homeowners Coalition Stops House Demolitions in Court. Interview with Bill Quigley, attorney representing New Orleans homeowners, 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.
7:30 p.m. - Jim Motavalli Drummer/percussionist Kevin "Bujo" Jones and his seven-piece Afro-Latin ensemble Tenth World will be appearing live. Kevin has played and recorded with many artists, including Whitney Houston, The Isley Brothers, Norman Simmons, Joey DeFrancesco, Talib Kibwe, Winard Harper, Babatunde Lea, James Weidman and Clifford Adams. Kevin still can be found playing traditional African music with Malaki Ma Congo Drum and Dance Ensemble.
9 p.m. - Jim Motavalli Trav S.D., author of No Applause, Just Throw Money, colorful history of vaudeville, will talk about his book and his own work in vaudeville. No Applause is a history of vaudevillians that crazy, iconoclastic, self-obsessed, and sometimes talented breed from the origin of time to the present day. It actually starts at Rome, goes into the Medieval era, the saloon days of early America, through the classical vaudeville era of 1881-1932, and then explores the legacy in film, radio andTV, and the various "new vaudeville" movements since.
10:00 PM New Music New Haven (repeated Thursday, 12:00 noon) Concert performances recorded at Yale University, hosted by composer Martin Bresnick. This month:
- (untitled 2004) by Ryan Vigil
- "Movement" by Nathan Williamson
- "Five Preludes for Piano" by Douglas Fisk
- "Red, Red" by Martin Suckling
- "Angels in the Room" by Mark Dancigers
Saturday, January 15
10:00 AM - Bob Johnson Bob Katz will be my guest via phone. He is the author of Elaine's Circle: A Teacher, A Student, A Classroom and One Unforgettable Year. It is a true story of an inspiring fourth grade teacher in Eagle River, Alaska and a 10 year old boy diagnosed with cancer. Howard Zinn said this about the book: "Bob Katz here gives us a book that gets to the heart and soul of teaching... Impending tragedy becomes an occasion for what should be the goal of all education, young people working together to have life triumph over death." 12:00 Noon Author and rain forest expert John Harrison discusses his book "Off The Map." It is a terrifying and often humorous story that follows Harrison and his wife Heather deep into an unexplored region of the Amazon rain forests in the Guiana Highlands that border Brazil. With just a canoe and a shotgun, the couple follow the most remote tributary of the Amazon River. Harrison tells their story as, unaided and off the map, they encounter jaguars and poisonous frogs, are threatened by malaria, and almost lose their way entirely. More info: http://www.ipgbook.com/showbook.cfm?bookid=1556525192 1:00 PM Russell Banks talks about his book "The Darling." The paperback edition has just been released. Mr. Banks is a prolific writer of fiction, he has won numerous awards and prizes for his work, among them a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships, Best American Short Story Award, Mr. Banks' titles include "The Relation of My Imprisonment," "Affliction," "The Sweet Hereafter," "Rule of the Bone," "Cloudsplitter," He has also contributed poems, stories and essays to The Boston Globe Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Harper's, and many other publications.
