KUCI TALK ON DEMAND ARCHIVE

JANUARY 2008

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Matt Mason author of The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism. 1/22/08

WHAT WOULD ARWEN DO?
An interview with Katresha Moskios on her 28 years of teaching yoga and her international seminars for women on beauty, health, and empowerment. 1/10/08

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with Melissa Clark, co-author of The Skinny: How to Fit into Your Little Black Dress Forever. 1/2/08

COACHING CONVERSATIONS
An interview with Tom Hatton, Development of Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Internal Group Performance and Cultural Dynamics. 1/14/08

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An Interview with Nathan McCall who has been writing about crime, injustice and racism in modern day America both as a journalist for the Washington Post and via his memoir Makes Me Wanna Holler. 1/10/08

PLANETARY RADIO
The Messenger spacecraft reached Mercury last week. Bruce Betts reports from the Applied Physics Lab in Maryland where the mission team celebrated success. 1/21/08

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Prof. Dan Solove, author of The Future of Reputation on the Internet and The Digital Person. 1/16/08

SERENA SHARP SHOW
All of the students at one school on the badly behaved list are of a certain race - Why?/ Turns out we all can't just get along.
1/20/08

SUBVERSITY
Anis Shivani, a writer originally from Pakistan discusses what's behind the current crisis in Pakistan, a client state of the U.S. 1/7/08

THE DISCUSSANT
A recap of the Democratic Primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire and an analysis of current controversies in the Clinton and Obama campaigns. 1/11/08

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Craig Unger author of The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future. 1/8/08

WHAT WOULD ARWEN DO?
An interview with Rho Densmore, Archery in Uganda, & a Tolkien birthday toast. 1/3/08

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with literary agents Susan Schulman and Gary Heidt. 1/9/08

DECEMBER 2007

TREADING THE UNDERCURRENT
An interview with Jarret Lovell, Ph.D. an assistant professor of criminal justice at California State University, Fullerton where his research interests focus upon mass media and the administration of justice as well as grassroots movements and social protest. 12/21/07


ALL NON FICTION
We wipe the cobwebs from our underused bicycle and take a 20 mile ride up and down a section of the bike path along the Santa Ana River in Orange County, CA.
12/13/07

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with John Turturro the director of Romance and Cigarettes - a down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class.
12/18/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
One of the best blogsites that is daily sharing enormous amounts of information and insights — and actually opening and changing minds — is Corporations Ate My Baby. Hear an interview with the mysterious L.A.-based man behind this page. 12/27/08

TREADING THE UNDERCURRENT
An interview with Jarret Lovell, Ph.D. an assistant professor of criminal justice at California State University, Fullerton where his research interests focus upon mass media and the administration of justice as well as grassroots movements and social protest. 12/21/07

NOVEMBER 2007

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Hear Naomi Wolf discuss her extremely important work "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot." which outlines the dangers posed by our current government to the continuance of America as a free democratic republic. 11/8/07

TREADING THE UNDERCURRENT
Artist and Pomona College Professor of Art, Sheila Pinkel, tells the story of the censorship of her exhibit at the T.H. Pendergast California Parole Museum in Diamond Bar. 11/9/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
Jah Rasta Yogis aren't just a band, they are an experience. Inner peace through music; balance through meditation. A better world begins within. Listen. 11/8/07

TREADING THE UNDERCURRENT
Elliot D. Cohen discusses his book Last Days of Democracy: How Big Media and Power-hungry Government Are Turning America into a Dictatorship. 11/16/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
An interview with David Horowitz, author, editor-in-chief of FrontPage Magazine, and organizer of Islamo-Fascism Awareness week. 11/1/07

OCTOBER 2007

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with AJ Schnack director of Kurt Cobain About a Son — an intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain. 10/9/07

PLANETARY RADIO
A preview of the Spaceward Games from Spaceward Foundation co-founder Ben Shelef, working toward achieving the technology that would enable a space elevator. 10/15/07

SUBVERSITY
Host Daniel C. Tsang talks about his own Privacy Act lawsuit, Tsang v. CIA, which was settled out of court with a promise from the CIA not to spy on his First-Amendment protected activities in future. 10/8/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Sean Hoar, a US Attorney with the Department of Justice who handles white collar crime and high tech crimes including identity theft, cyber crime and pornography crimes. 10/10/07

THE RABBIT HOLE
John Bowe discusses his shocking new book Nobodies: Modern American Slavery and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy. Yes, real slavery — where workers are not free to leave and are not paid — exists in today's America! 10/25/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
Former US Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich discusses his book Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life. 10/16/07

KUCI THEATRE REVIEWS
Don Hill, director of Drama productions, describes the shows on the UCI Drama Department Fall Calendar. 10/11/07

PEACE BY PEACE
An interview with Sue Cannon of the California Nurses Association. 10/19/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
New cell phone disease causes ringing ears and vibrating hipbones/no movies with women in the lead /Neanderthal thinking or good business sense? 10/14/07

SYNDICATED POTPOURRI
Two programs from National Radio Project's Making Contact: Dirty Harry part 1, about the consequences of nuclear testing; and Mothers, Migrants and Maids of Honor, about domestic workers. 10/15/07

COACHING CONVERSATIONS
An interview with Deborah Henderson on "Starting with the Top Team to Help an Organization Shift Their Corporate Culture." 10/21/07

TREADING THE UNDERCURRENT
An interview with artist Clinton Fein. 10/5/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
For 40 years, the Advocate magazine has been a leader in providing the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered (LGBT) community with news and opinion. Editor Anne Stockwell looks back at LGBT history. 10/4/07


KUCI THEATRE REVIEWS
An interview with Craig Pesco of Queen, It's a Kinda Magic. 10/4/07


PLANETARY RADIO
The 50th anniversary of the beginning of the space age found Planetary Society Executive Director Louis Friedman in Moscow. Lou talks about the celebration there, and how the first human made object in orbit changed his life. 10/8/07

COACHING CONVERSATIONS
An interview with Aboodi Shabi on "Ontological Coaching." 10/7/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Ghazal Omid, the Iranian expatriate author of Living in Hell, an autobiography and political memoir that has caused a controversy stir in ultra-conservative Iranian society. 10/3/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
"Most Likely To..." Bomb His Reunion?/ Illegal Immigration Protesters - I Love These People/ Al Sharpton rallying for another troublemaker. 10/7/07

SUBVERSITY
Sarah Tofte, Human Rights Watch Researcher, discusses her new report on the limitations of sex offender laws, "No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the US". 10/1/07

SYNDICATED POTPOURRI
Making Contact programs from National Radio Project on the media spin ("War Made Easy") in the Iraq War as well as the growing Iraqi refugee crisis. 10/8/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with John Anderson author of Follow the Money: How George W Bush and the Texas Republicans Hog-tied America. 10/9/07

SEPTEMBER 2007

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with Charles Burnett the director of the classic film Killer of Sheep — an examination of the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s. 9/11/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
As the DEA continues to raid cannibis providers throughout CA, a new voice has entered the debate over the use of medical marijuana: Veterans. Dan Bernath of the D.C. based Marijuana Policy Project guests. 9/27/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with Helen Schulman, author of A Day at the Beach. 9/20/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
Marrie Stone interviews Samara O'Shea, author of For the Love of Letters and Jennifer Gilmore, author of Golden Country. 9/20/07

SUBVERSITY
Chemerinsky at UCI. An interview with UCI Professor Elizabeth Loftus,
who served on the deanship search committee and Professor David Goldberg who drafted the "open letter" calling for Chancellor Drake to re-offer UCI's Donald Bren School of Law dean's position to Prof. Chemerinsky.

AUGUST 2007

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Hear a mind-blowing discussion with Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism. Part 1 8/17/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Hear a mind-blowing discussion with Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism. Part 2 8/17/07

PEACE BY PEACE
An interview with Rebecca Jeschke of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 8/17/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
The "Combatants for Peace" movement was started jointly by Palestinians and Israelis, who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence; Israelis as soldiers in the Israeli army (IDF) and Palestinians as part of the violent struggle for Palestinian freedom. After brandishing weapons for so many years, and having seen one another only through weapon sights, Israelis and Palestinaians decided to put down their guns, and to fight for peace. Listen to their stories.
8/23/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
The "Combatants for Peace" movement was started jointly by Palestinians and Israelis, who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence; Israelis as soldiers in the Israeli army (IDF) and Palestinians as part of the violent struggle for Palestinian freedom. After brandishing weapons for so many years, and having seen one another only through weapon sights, Israelis and Palestinaians decided to put down their guns, and to fight for peace. Listen to their stories.
8/23/07

JULY 2007

PLANETARY RADIO
Dawn Discovery Mission Project System Engineer Marc Rayman discusses this revolutionary spacecraft's journey to the two largest objects in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. 7/2/07

BIO FRONTIERS
Dr. Fan Gang Zeng describes his work with cochlear implants and tinnitus treatment, and Tony Burke explains natural product synthesis. 7/23/07


FILMSCHOOL
An interview with John Peterson, the subject of the documentary, The Real Dirt on Farmer John — a story that parallels the history of American farming. 7/3/07


JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An interview with Manuel Sarrazin, Montreal activist, Dancehall fan, and webmaster of Soul Rebels and its sister activist site Murder Inna Dancehall. 7/12/07

BIO FRONTIERS
So Hyun Chung on tissue water state changes in breast cancer tissues with diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS), a non-invasive bedside optical technique for tissue physiological property monitoring. 7/9/07

PEACE BY PEACE
An interview with Omar, the author of Iraq blog 24 Steps to Liberty. 7/13/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Shirley Durham, Director of Programs and Special Projects for Ponemon Institute, a research "think tank" dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. 7/11/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Women's Movement created Liz Claiborne/ "Mission Accomplished?"/ $4 for an iPod?/ Nicole Richie wants Jail weight loss program 7/8/07


CAMPUS TALK
James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal discusses his book "Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House." 7/4/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
Dominic Smith, author of The Beautiful Miscellaneous: A Novel and Peter Orner, author of The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo: A Novel. 7/5/07

PLANETARY RADIO
Deep Impact wowed the world with its explosive investigation of a comet two years ago. Now the spacecraft has been given a new mission that combines two very different tasks. 7/9/07

BIO FRONTIERS
Dr. Fan Gang Zeng describes his work with cochlear implants and tinnitus treatment, and Tony Burke explains natural product synthesis. 7/23/07


FILMSCHOOL
An interview with John Peterson, the subject of the documentary, The Real Dirt on Farmer John — a story that parallels the history of American farming. 7/3/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An interview with Manuel Sarrazin, Montreal activist, Dancehall fan, and webmaster of Soul Rebels and its sister activist site Murder Inna Dancehall. 7/12/07

BIO FRONTIERS
So Hyun Chung on tissue water state changes in breast cancer tissues with diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS), a non-invasive bedside optical technique for tissue physiological property monitoring. 7/9/07

PEACE BY PEACE
An interview with Omar, the author of Iraq blog 24 Steps to Liberty. 7/13/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Shirley Durham, Director of Programs and Special Projects for Ponemon Institute, a research "think tank" dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. 7/11/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Women's Movement created Liz Claiborne/ "Mission Accomplished?"/ $4 for an iPod?/ Nicole Richie wants Jail weight loss program 7/8/07

THE DAVE AND BEN SHOW
Iran, Rushdie, and More. 7/11/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Steve Berkman a former World Bank staffer and author of “The World Bank and the $100 Billion Question.”7/3/07

CAMPUS TALK
James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal discusses his book "Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House." 7/4/07

PLANETARY RADIO
Dawn Discovery Mission Project System Engineer Marc Rayman discusses this revolutionary spacecraft's journey to the two largest objects in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. 7/2/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
Dominic Smith, author of The Beautiful Miscellaneous: A Novel and Peter Orner, author of The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo: A Novel. 7/5/07

PLANETARY RADIO
Deep Impact wowed the world with its explosive investigation of a comet two years ago. Now the spacecraft has been given a new mission that combines two very different tasks. 7/9/07

THE DAVE AND BEN SHOW
Iran, Rushdie, and More. 7/11/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Steve Berkman a former World Bank staffer and author of “The World Bank and the $100 Billion Question.” 7/3/07

JUNE 2007

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
A hilarious conversation with Jesse Reklaw, editor of Applicant and creator of the highly successful Slow Wave comic strip. 6/21/07

SUBVERSITY
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force policy analyst Alain Dang talks about the NGLTF national survey of queer Asians. 6/18/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
Akhil Sharma, author of An Obedient Father and Gina Nahai, author of Sunday's Silence: A Novel. 6/24/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Beth Givens, founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit advocacy, research, and consumer education program. 6/13/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Homosexuality a health hazard?/ A space shuttle, a staple gun, and Duet Coke vs. lemonade/ And the custody goes to... the alcoholic! 6/24/07

SUBVERSITY
Vietnamese Canadian Actor David Huynh talks about his title role in "Baby" as well as his stage and upcoming film roles. 6/11/07

THE DAVE AND BEN SHOW
That immigration bill ain't that bad 6/27/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Jeremy Scahill discusses his book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. 6/22/07

CAMPUS TALK
USC Rhetoric student and blogger Omri Ceren of mererhetoric.com discusses rhetoric and current events including those in the Middle East. 6/27/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Eric G. Wilson discusses his book "The Strange World of David Lynch: Transcendental Irony from Eraserhead to Mulholland Dr." 6/11/07

PEACE BY PEACE
David Hawkins discuuses his book "Power vs. Force" 6/29/07

CAMPUS TALK
USC Rhetoric student and blogger Omri Ceren of mererhetoric.com discusses rhetoric and current events including those in the Middle East. 6/27/07


FILMSCHOOL
An interview with Guy Madden director of Brand Upon the Brain! 6/5/07

HARDT TO HEART TALK
Jack Sameshima describes his experience in Japanese American Concentration camps during WWII. 6/14/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Eric G. Wilson discusses his book "The Strange World of David Lynch: Transcendental Irony from Eraserhead to Mulholland Dr." 6/11/07

HARDT TO HEART TALK
Jack Sameshima describes his experience in Japanese American Concentration camps during WWII. 6/14/07


PEACE BY PEACE
David Hawkins discuuses his book "Power vs. Force" 6/29/07

SUBVERSITY
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force policy analyst Alain Dang talks about the NGLTF national survey of queer Asians. 6/18/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
Akhil Sharma, author of An Obedient Father and Gina Nahai, author of Sunday's Silence: A Novel. 6/24/07

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with Guy Madden director of Brand Upon the Brain! 6/5/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
A hilarious conversation with Jesse Reklaw, editor of Applicant and creator of the highly successful Slow Wave comic strip. 6/21/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Beth Givens, founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit advocacy, research, and consumer education program. 6/13/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Homosexuality a health hazard?/ A space shuttle, a staple gun, and Duet Coke vs. lemonade/ And the custody goes to... the alcoholic! 6/24/07

SUBVERSITY
Vietnamese Canadian Actor David Huynh talks about his title role in "Baby" as well as his stage and upcoming film roles. 6/11/07

THE DAVE AND BEN SHOW
That immigration bill ain't that bad 6/27/07

SUBVERSITY
A discussion on the state of journalism in Orange County with Orange Coast Voice Editor Johan Earl, CSU Fullerton Communications Prof. Jeffrey Brody and ex-OC Weekly Editor Will Swaim. 6/4/07

MAY 2007

HARDT TO HEART TALK
Jeffrey Lane discusses hip hop and the NBA in his book “Under the Boards: The Cultural Revolution in Basketball.” In the second half hour Henry Vandergriff discusses the use of microchips embedded in humans to track and control by the Government. 5/31/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
George Monbiot discusses his book Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning. 5/15/07

HARDT TO HEART TALK
Jeffrey Lane discusses hip hop and the NBA in his book “Under the Boards: The Cultural Revolution in Basketball.” In the second half hour Henry Vandergriff discusses the use of microchips embedded in humans to track and control by the Government. 5/31/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
George Monbiot discusses his book Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning. 5/15/07

JIMMY CARTER
President Jimmy Carter's May 3 speech from the Bren Events Center 5/3/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Eric G. Wilson, Professor of English at Wake Forest University, discusses his book Secret Cinema: Gnostic Vision in Film. 5/11/07

APRIL 2007

SUBVERSITY
An interview with Le Van Kiet, the director of Dust of Life (Bui Doi) showing at the closing night of the Vietnamese International Film Festival in Orange County 4/16/07

PLANETARY RADIO
Planetary scientist Geoffrey Collins thinks there may be a liquid water sea under the surface of Saturn's little moon Enceladus.
4/2/07

SUBVERSITY
UCI political scientist and Asian Americanist Claire Kim discusses why our university isn’t serving cage-free eggs in its food services.
4/2/07

PEACE BY PEACE
An interview with Fred Kirschenmann — a leader in national and international sustainable agriculture. 4/6/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
Mari Frank Interviews 6 Privacy and security experts in a field interview at the exhibit hall at the California Data Protection Summit. 4/4/07

COACHING CONVERSATIONS
Carol Harris-Fike interviewed on The Importance of the Body and Emotions in Coaching. 4/6/07

THE SHARP SHOW
Jail Teenage Arsonists!/ Poison Pet food - How do we know human food isn't next?/ Los Angeles is turning Third World 4/1/07

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with co-directors and co-producers Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein of the documentary The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair. 4/3/07

MARCH 2007

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
An interview with Victoria Byers about her rock opera, Holy Whores and Heretics: The Secret Life of Mary Magdalene. 3/16/07

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with Perry Grebin and Michael Nigro directors of American Cannibal: The Road to Reality — a documentary about reality TV. 3/13/07

PERIODICO IDIOTICO
Joanna is out so Robbie's girlfriend Amy fills in for her today. We discuss VH1 Reality TV, traffic, and the nor-cal so-cal noise. 3/26/07

THE DAVE AND BEN SHOW
Nick Olszyk, President of the Newman Catholic Fellowship at Chapman University, will be on to talk about the solidarity fast he and his classmates are participating in… also the news of the day. 3/28/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
Benjamin Barber discusses his new book Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole. 3/27/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Greg Bishop, author of Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth discusses his latest work at UFOmystic.com. 3/9/07

PEACE BY PEACE
Editor, Steven Hiatt talks about contributions to the new book A Game as Old as Empire. 3/23/07

PERIODICO IDIOTICO
Robbie and Joanna discuss time travel, dinosaurs, and the Oregon Trail. It's too hot outside for Robbie these days. 3/12/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Christopher Green practices credit litigation in Seattle Washington representing hundreds of consumers against credit reporting agencies, banks, credit card companies and debt collectors regarding disputed credit errors. 3/28/07

THE SHARP SHOW
I'm A Human Seismograph/ So-Called Immigration Rallies A Good Place To Arrest Illegals/ Hang On Sloopy, Sloopy Hang On/ Campaigns & Cancer 3/25/07

THE DAVE AND BEN SHOW
Public Transportation, Vast Wing Right Conspiracy, Gay's In The Military?? 3/14/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
British Member of Parliament George Galloway discusses his new Fidel Castro Handbook. 3/20/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with T. Jefferson Parker, author of Storm Runners: A Novel. 3/1/07

SUBVERSITY
An interview with Dorothy Fall about her book on her husband, Bernard Fall, whose scholarly works on the French disaster in the Vietnam War, are classics. 3/12/07

WHAT WOULD ARWEN DO?
An interview with Caroline Myss, a true modern "mystic without a monastery" — the internationally renowned motivational teacher, spiritual instructor, popular theologian, and bestselling author of Entering the Castle. 3/22/07

PLANETARY RADIO
Special coverage of the successful New Horizons encounter with Jupiter and its moons. 3/5/07

SUBVERSITY
An interview with University of Amsterdam gay scholar Gert Hekma, who's embroiled in a nasty controversy in the Netherlands. 2/19/07

PEACE BY PEACE
An interview with former George Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. 3/2/07

PLANETARY RADIO
Mars Express Confirms Lots of Polar Ice! Where's the Rest? 3/26/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview of California State Senate Joe Simitian
3/7/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Are we all just one step away from a mental breakdown? / Is English really the language of success? / Monopoly a good thing for consumers? 3/4/07

THE DAVE AND BEN SHOW
Walter Reed, Hillary and Canadian UFO's. 3/7/07

FEBRUARY 2007

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with director Ryan Fleck and screenwriter/ editor Anna Boden of the film "Half Nelson." 2/20/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An interview with James H. Cone, author of Martin and Malcom and America: Nightmare or Dream? While Martin Luther King, Jr. saw America as "essentially a dream... as yet unfulfilled," Malcolm X viewed America as a realized nightmare. But were they really so different in their views? 2/22/07

THE POLITICS OF FOOD
Tezozomoc updates the situation at LA’s South Central Farm. 2/1/07 2/1/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
Chalmers Johnson discusses his new book Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic. 2/27/07

PERIODICO IDIOTICO
A discussion of The Departed, obesity, well being, and road rage. 2/26/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview of Deborah Pierce Executive Director of PrivacyActivism. 2/21/07

PLANETARY RADIO
Cornell professor Jim Bell returns to Planetary Radio to help us explore his new mammoth collection of images from the Mars Exploration Rovers. 2/12/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Gay Girl Dance & Drill Team Assistants have infiltrated the high schools / We only live 2 thirds as long as we think / Ellen hosting the Oscars! 2/25/07

PEACE BY PEACE
An interview with Alex Amirahmadi. 2/17/07

THE DAVE AND BEN SHOW
Mexican truckers, public schools and Gore's electric bill. 2/28/07

SUBVERSITY
An interview with Korean American actor Justin Chon, raised in OC, whose acting career spans The OC to Just Jordan currently on Nickelodeon. 2/5/07

JANUARY 2007

FILMSCHOOL
Composer Philip Glass discusses his Academy Award-nominated score to Notes on a Scandal. 1/30/07

COACHING CONVERSATIONS
Charles Feltman, PCC, NCOC™, interviewed on The Heart of Coaching. 1/12/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle: A Novel. 1/25/07

PERIODICO IDIOTICO
A discussion of hamburgers, doughnuts, cars, and more pressing issues that might have possibly slipped under your radars. 1/29/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
Stephen Duncombe discusses his book, Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy. 1/23/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with Elizabeth Benedict, author of The Practice of Deceit: A Novel. 1/11/07

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle: A Memoir. 1/4/07

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Jonathan Hutto discusses the Appeal for Redress movement whereby active duty military personnel can legally voice (to their elected representatives in Washington) their opposition to the War in Iraq. 1/7/07

SUBVERSITY
An interview with Stuart Timmons about a new book he has co-authored, with historian Lillian Faderman, Gay L.A., about the underground histories and struggles that led to today's emergence of public lesbian and gay communities in the Los Angeles region. 1/15/07

FILMSCHOOL
Maria Maggenti discusses her new film Puccini for Beginners — nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. 1/16/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Professor Gene Tsudik, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of California , Irvine in the Department of Computer Science who was chosen as a Fullbright Scholar to teach and do research concerning computer privacy issues. 1/17/07

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Black girls and Mexican girls/ City Will Not Punish Officer Who Shot 13-Year-Old Boy but paid his family $1.5 million/ Marriage vs. Money vs. Happiness/ "Crocodile Hunter" death tape destroyed 1/14/07

PLANETARY RADIO
An interview with Wes Huntress who served as Associate Administrator for Space Science at NASA as the "follow the water" theme was created for Mars exploration. 1/8/07

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Marc-Aurele Racicot, a staff lawyer with the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada and member of the Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators. 1/10/07

PLANETARY RADIO
JPL scientist Steve Ostro discusses the proposed budget cuts that may end research at the two greatest radar astronomy instruments on Earth, Arecibo and Goldstone. 1/1/07

THE DAVE SHOW
Hanan, a UCI student, discusses her Hajj to Mecca, the Holy City of Islam. Also a dramatic reading of the last days of Saddam with Becca Silva and the news of the day with Alex Gilliand and much much more... 1/10/07

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism. 1/9/07

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
TASER Guns and Law Enforcement. Touted as a "less-than-lethal" means of law enforcement, the TASER gun is rapidly becoming a staple of contemporary law enforcement. How safe is the TASER? Why is it being marketed for use against non-violent protestors? Guest: Silja Talvi.1/29/07

DECEMBER 2006

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An interview with Daniel Zwerdling regarding a GAO report that found about 80 percent of the soldiers who showed potential signs of PTSD were not referred for mental health follow-ups. 12/7/06

THE POLITICS OF FOOD
Felicia Mello looks behind the scenes to find that conditions on many modern "organic" farms look a lot like conventional, industrial farms, complete with ailing, underpaid workers. 12/21/06

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Dueling funerals and execution coverage this weekend/ The King of Swing and the 'Godfather Of Soul' 12/31/06

THE DAVE SHOW
Perry Garfinkel , author of Buddha or Bust, discusses his latest New York Times article, Easing the Inward Journey, With Modern Amenities. 12/27/06


WEEKLY SIGNALS
Ralph Steadman discusses his book The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson and Me. 12/5/06

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with Michael Datcher, author of Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story and Francine Prose, author of Reading Like a Writer. 12/21/06

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with Frederick Wiseman — one of the greatest living documentary filmmakers — High School, Hospital, Public Housing, and Titicut Follies. 12/19/06

NOVEMBER 2006

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Director Chris Hume, discusses his documentaries Voices of Katrina and Red State Road Trip. 11/17/06

FILMSCHOOL
Director and writer Jeff Lipsky discusses his film Flannel Pajamas. 11/21/06

PRIVACY PIRACY
Tammie Carroll, a recovering drug addict and the mother of 4 children discusses her identification theft drimes. 11/15/06

PEACE BY PEACE
Elizabeth Holtzman discusses her book The Impeachment of George W. Bush 11/17/06

THE DAVE SHOW
Jochen Strack, from Quaker Friends, talks about his new internet radio show. 11/15/06

CORPORATIONS BEHAVING BADLY
An interview with Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Director of Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County and one of the brightest young activists in the country. 11/8/06

THE SHARP SHOW
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You don't have to say "I'm gay" anymore 11/19/06

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An interview with founder of Food Not Bombs and author of the FNB Manual Keith McHenry. 11/9/06

WEEKLY SIGNALS
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief, discusses his book about Baghdad’s Green Zone, Imperial Life in the Emerald City. 11/14/06

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Christine Varney of Hogan & Hartson — a law practice that provides full service assistance to companies doing business globally, including providing advice on antitrust, privacy, business planning and corporate governance, intellectual property, and general liability issues. 11/8/06

THE DAVE SHOW
Anne Wilde, co-founder of Principle Voices, gives a first hand look on what life is like for a women in a polygamist marriage. 11/1/06

OCTOBER 2006

CORPORATIONS BEHAVING BADLY
Steve interviews Walden Bello, one of the foremost experts on globalization and the WTO, IMF, and World Bank in the world. He has written numerous books on economics and politics, teaches in the Phillipines, and is founder of the organization Focus on the Global South. 10/29/06

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
T R Black interviews horror film reviewer Staci Layne Wilson about her profession and her favorite horror films past and present. 10/31/06

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with Phillip Noyce, director of Catch A Fire — a political thriller about the real-life story of South African hero Patrick Chamusso's journey to freedom. 10/24/06

JUSTICE OF JUST US?
Frida Berrigan a member of Witness Against Torture talks about her trip to Guantanamo and about future campaigns with Witness Against Torture. 10/19/06

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Ronald Dworkin, author of Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate. 10/17/06

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
A interview with Paul Levy author of The Madness of George W. Bush: A Reflection of Our Collective Psychosis. Using a Jungian lens and a concept he calls "malignant egophrenia," Levy asks us to look at the last few years as if it were a dream and President Bush was coughed up by the collective unconscious in order for us to wake up and evolve our consciousness. 10/6/06

FILMSCHOOL
Co-Director Rachel Grady discusses her new documentary Jesus Camp which follows evangelical Christian children at a religious summer camp. 10/3/06

THE DAVE SHOW
Author Eugenie C. Scott talks about her latest book Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools. 10/11/06

CORPORATIONS BEHAVING BADLY
Eric Tang, Communication Coordinator for the California Clean Money Campaign, discusses Proposition 89, which is on the California ballot this November. 2006. 10/1/06

THE SHARP SHOW
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