- David Bacon labor reporter who discusses the U.S. immigration issue from perspectives not covered by the corporate media.
- Tony Clarke, director of Canada's Polaris Institute who takes a critical look at water privatization and the corporate push for global privatization on display at the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico City in mid March.
- Excerpts from a panel discussion on the Media Crisis presented at January's World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela.
5:30 p.m. - Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
- Summary of some of the week's under-reported news stories
- Democrats Fall for GOP Spin, Run Away from Feingold Censure Resolution. Interview with John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine, conducted by Scott Harris.
- Iraqi Woman Touring U.S. Calls for End of Occupation. Interview with Eman Ahmad Khamas, Iraqi member of the "Women Say No to War" tour traveling the U.S., conducted by Melinda Tuhus.
- Growing Income Inequality in U.S. Eroding Middle Class. Interview with Miles Rapoport, president of DEMOS, conducted by Scott Harris.
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.
10 p.m. - Bill Cosentino, Organic Radio Please tune in to the Organic Radio show where our guests will be Ronnie Neuhauser and Trish Radil, members of his experimental group Congregation Against Styrocultural Brain Damage. We'll be spinning and discussing their music which incorporates Jazz Fusion, Rock Opera, Dramatics, Politics and Social Commentary creating a very unique musical offering that is truly captivating and inventive. Don't miss it! Saturday, April 8th Saturday, April 8th 10:00 a.m. Steve Jarding wrote Foxes in The Henhouse with co-author Dave Mudcat Saunders. Jarding will discuss their book subtitled "How the Republicans Stole the South and the Heartland and What the Democrats Must do to Run em Out." From the NASCAR grandstands, Jarding and Saunders have not only written a roadmap to recovery for progressive dems, but have exposed the Republican and Neocon hypocrisy on the issues that matter to rural America. Jarding and Saunders put progressive Democrats back on the map in the south when they helped Mark Warner take the Virginia governor ship in 2001. 11:45 a.m. Richard Lingeman is senior editor at The Nation magazine, he will discuss David Horowitz and his bizarre attack on higher education. He will talk about his March 13th article "He Has Got a Little List." Lingeman wrote thatOne of his [Horowitz] pet projects is a so-called Academic Bill of Rights, which he is agitating for states to enact into law (no takers yet). His avowed aim is to muzzle lefty professors, who, Horowitz claims, are running amok--dominating faculties, bullying conservative students and promoting their radical agendas in the classroom. Colleges that fail to sign on to the bill of rights would be monitored by state officials and politicians.12:30 p.m. One of the finest internationally recgonized SciFi/Fanasy writers passed away on February 24th, 2006. Octavia Butler was 58 years old and she succumbed to a stroke. Bob Johnson will host a panel/tandem discussion via phone with several prominent authors starting at 12:30PM on Saturday, April 8th."Butler was a towering figure in life and in her art and the world noticed; highly acclaimed by reviewers, she received numerous awards, including a MacArthur 'genius' grant" Aside from winning both the Hugo and Nebula awards, she won the Langston Hughes Medal, as well as a PEN Lifetime Achievement award. Her 1979 book "Kindred" is required reading in many colleges and universities. Confirmed guests:
- Steven Barnes has written 19 books. His new book is called Lion's Blood. He wrote the Emmy-winning OUTER LIMITS episode A Stitch In Time, as well as episodes of TWILIGHT ZONE, and ANDROMEDA. He has been nominated for the Hugo, Endeavor and Cable Ace awards.
- Dr. Jan M. Bogstad from the Women's Studies Department at U. of Wisconsin.
- Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Zahrah the Windseeker, will discuss how Octavia has inspired her writing and the personal significance of "Wild Seed."
- Nisi Shawl, writer will discuss her friendship with Octavia.
