Delphine Blue welcomes Amadou & Mariam to the WBAI studio for a performance and interview. A musical husband-and-wife duo that got its start in Mali, Amadou & Mariam met in 1975 at Mali's Bamako Institute for the Young Blind. More...

Turkish TV dramas flood Arab homes: the history of Turkish TV serials, and social/political implications, with Aydin Baltaci and B. Nimri Aziz. Also: excerpts of Reem Nasr’s interview on Egypt, one year after the revolution, with Ashraf Khalil, journalist and author of “Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation." On our February 7th show, a 2-hour special, the full interview and book will be available to listeners pledging support to WBAI. Tahrir podcasts are available on our website RadioTahrir.org.

Memorial Tribute in honor of Monroe Litman
March 10, 1931 - December 24, 2011
The program included an interview of Monroe by Kathy Davis from 2009 and Monroe's interview of Ralph Nader from 2011. Talk Back! was preempted.

Three topics are on the agenda: (1) TAXES? We don't pay no stinking taxes, says VERIZON as the 99% cries foul! (2) Coalition calls for the resignation of NYPD commissioner over anti-Islam film cover-up (3) In conversation with DR. GERALD HORNE, Professor of History and African-American studies. More...

Jazz singer/songwriter and Grammy nominee Lorraine Feather on her new CD release "Tales of the Unusual"; writer/director and multi-media innovator Jim Jesurun on his return to LaMama with "Stopped Bridge of Dreams"; and architect/photographer Claude Samton on "Canal Street Photomosaic," on view at the New York Historical Society. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Tariq Ali: Turning Points in the History of Imperialism. Updates: Michael Smith visits political prisoner David Gilbert and discusses David’s book Love and Struggle; Genocide Bill Angers Turks; Supreme Court on GPS Tracking; Lizzy Ratner Co-hosts Beyond the Pale on WBAI.

400 Occupy Oakland Protesters Arrested; National Park Service Threatens to Evict Occupy D.C. Protesters; Romney Attacks Gingrich over House Ethics Record; Gingrich Backer Sheldon Adelson Under Federal Investigation; Report: Freddie Mac Bet Against American Homeowners; Iraq Outraged over Expanded Use of U.S. Drones and more.

This week we feature the music of BARBARA LEA. Some of the songs from her career that we will hear: "Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home", "Blue Skies", "Bittersweet", "A Woman Alone With The Blues" and the Never Released Recording of "Serenade In Blue". We'll also listen to four renditions of "You Fascinate Me So" by CY COLEMAN and CAROLYN LEIGH. The new CD "PICK of the WEEK" is DARYL SHERMAN - MISSISSIPPI BELLE Cole Porter In The Quarter. Our previously released CD to Keep In Mind is BILLY PORTER - AT THE CORNER OF BROADWAY + SOUL. Also, a Magic Moments segment produced by MITCH GALLOB. And, we give away tickets to two shows at The Metropolitan Room. For more, see David Kenney's website oldisnew.org.

Poet Hugh Seidman hosts fellow poets Harvey Shapiro, Susan Wheeler, Lawrence Joseph and D. Nurkse in readings from their recent work.

Too Many People? Has the “Population Bomb” Exploded Yet?
In 1968, biologist Paul Ehrlich published the book – The Population Bomb – which became a wake-up call to the world that there were just too many people on the planet; and if something wasn’t done about it soon, there would be grave consequences. Indeed, almost 45 years later, the world is enduring perhaps the most serious ecological breakdown in human history. Famine, climate change, poverty, starvation, ever-increasing pollution… and species are going extinct at 1,000 times their natural pace due to human activity, with 35 to 40 species vanishing each day. Was Ehrlich right then? More...

Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku whose website is www.mkaku.org. The top stories in science this week: The Earth was hit wih solar flares. Latest on the nuclear disaster in Japan. What the United Kingdom can expect from global warming - it's not pretty. Major cause of death in the US is heart disease. What is the main driver of heart attacks. Invisibility has taken a big step forward.
Guest: Dr. Michael Shermer founder of the Skeptics Society. He is not a fan of conspiracy theories.

Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff whose website is www.rdwolff.com. About the President's State of the Union address. The economic crisis was not the result of bad people who mis-behaved, as the President claimed. The system rewards people for doing things that bring the system down.

In the second half hour an interview with Prof. Brian D. Behnken author of -"The Struggle in Black and Brown: African American and Mexican American Relations During the Civil Rights Era. Did Martin Luther King ever meet Cesar Chavez?, the relationship between the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC) and the National Farm Workers Association(NFWA), Mexicans in the Poor People's Movement, Brown-Eyed Soul music and more.
In the earlier segment Howard reflects on the birthday of Afro-Puerto Rican Alfonso Schomberg, the statement of East Haven Mayor Maduro- after the arrest of four police officers for terrorizing the Latino community- that he "might have tacos" for dinner in honor of the Latino community, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush's push for Republicans to win back Hispanics, and Puerto Ricans in the Super Bowl. To comment on the show email me at thejordanjournal@hotmail.com or call 347-541-6601, or go to my website at howardjordan.net Prior programs are archived by WBAI.

Edward Rogers and his band The Biba Crowd return to WBAI's airwaves as guests of Delphine Blue, treating listeners to a live performance. The band includes a bevy of pros including Dennis Diken, Sal Maida, James Mastro, Joe McGinty, and Don Piper.

How are decisions made about who is normal?
Barbara Glickstein interviews Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D., a clinical and research psychologist; Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program, Kennedy School, and the Director of the Voices of Diversity Study at the DuBois Institute at Harvard; author of 12 books, including When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans and They Say You’re Crazy: How the World’s Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who’s Normal; and a playwright, actor, and director. She writes a blog for Psychology Today. Her websites are whenjohnnyandjanecomemarching.weebly.com, psychdiagnosis.net and www.paulajcaplan.net.

DELANEY BRUCE Legal Team Liaison, Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee
Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 2 to 6pm - Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, Assembly Hall 
(120th and For more info: 
nyclpdoc@gmail.com • nycjericho@gmail.com • 718-325-4407
LOUISE BENALLY (Dine) - (www.blackmesindigenoussupport.org) who has been resisting relocation from Big Mountain and resilient to the policies of the American people’s government. Since 1974 14,000 Dine’ families have been forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands by U.S.-backed tribal councils and coal mining giants. Peabody Energy, also an ALEC member, is the world’s largest private-sector coal company with 2010 sales of 246 million tons and nearly $7 billion in revenues, Peabody creates 10 percent of U.S. power and 2 percent of worldwide electricity.

Myke Cole reads from and discusses his debut novel, SHADOW OPS: CONTROL POINT. There's a lot of military science fiction, but virtually no military fantasy literature. Instead of Sword and Sorcery, think of Guns and Sorcery...

The second hour of our two-hour coverage. Free Forum was preempted.

President Obama's State of the Union address, along wtih commentary from host Mitch Jesserich. Following the speech, we were joined by occupiers from different cities who both commented on the speech and discussed the state of the Occupy movement. WBAI is radio for the 99%. Tahrir was preempted.

Guests: The Occupy Wall Street Environmental Working Group. Show host Ken Nash has been active with the group for a few months now and he finds it energizing and rewarding. The members of the Working Group are intelligent, wise, experienced, committed, creative and active. On the show, they will discuss upcoming actions and how the environment fits into the greater Occupy Wall Street vision. Members of the Sustainability Working Group will also be on the show. What's the difference between the two working groups? Tune in and find out!

A discussion of the Clint Eastwood-directed movie "J.Edgar," about the life of the infamous FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, now in theaters. John Riley will discuss some of the movie's distortions and omissions with Ericka Huggins, an out lesbian who, as a member of the Black Panther Party for 14 years, became intimately familiar with Hoover's COINTELPRO or CounterIntelligence Program (her husband John Huggins was assassinated and she was a political prisoner for two years along with Bobby Seale) -- and who has seen the film. We'll also rebroadcast an earlier interview that John Riley did with singer/songwriter Janis Ian about her biography, including a discussion about the impact of the FBI and COINTELPRO on her life and her family's life. Out-FM is a progressive LGBT show.

Part 2: My Art is Beautiful Too. Guests: Dark Girls Docu Film, Mekhi Phifer.

Joseph Arthur, Moon Hooch, Sharon Jones, Nina, Meshell, Alabama Shakes and a tribute to Etta James.

Guest Peter Brown analyzes how Gingrich will play out in Florda. A Salon reporter discusses how Bain capital made its money. Christine Fair discusses Pakistan where there appears to be a coup in the making. Hosted by Ian Masters.

Romney, Gingrich Spar in Florida Debate; Gingrich Reported to Freddie Mac Lobbyist; Another $5 Million Pledged to Pro-Gingrich Super PAC; Supreme Court Rules Warrants Required for GPS Tracking; Ex-CIA Whistleblower Charged with Leaking Classified Information; 6 Killed in Iraq Bombings; NYPD Screened Anti-Muslim Video Far More than Disclosed ...

Scott Sommer spoke about Mayor Bloomberg's new plan to deny single homeless adults shelter, which he dubbed "Extreme Makeover: Homeless Edition," presidential candidate Mitt Romney's plan to kill social programs if elected, and candidate Newt Gingrich's racist attacks on the food stamp program. Housing Notebook is brought to you by the Metropolitan Council on Housing, www.metcouncil.net, New York's oldest tenant union.

Two topics this evening: (1) STOPPING THE NYPD's Stop and Frisk (2) Occupy Wall Street Flexes Its Muscles In The Fight For Heath Care. More...

YES! Magazine co-founder and editor Sarah van Gelder discussed Citizen's United. Hosted by Hugh Hamilton.

Author Edmund White on his new novel Jack Holmes and His Friend, about a gay man who falls in love with a straight one. Also, playwright Erika Sheffer on The New Group's production of her play Russian Transport, about a Russian-Jewish family in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Eating soy is a good thing. What stories does the media not cover? Commentary from Chris Hedges. Monsanto is abusing illegal workers.

Heidi Boghosian: Mumia Abu-Jamal Update. Newly Launched Whistle Blower Site – Honest Appalachia inspired by WikiLeaks. Assassinations. Michael Ratner on his trip to London.

Romney Attacks Gingrich for Using "Weapons of the Left"; Video Emerges of Ron Paul Speaking in Front of Confederate Flag; US Drone Strike Kills London Man in Somalia; US Allows Yemen’s Saleh To Enter United States; Anti-Online Piracy Bills Put on Hold After Massive Protests and more.

This week we featured the music of MARGARET WHITING. Some of the songs from her career that were played: "Moonlight in Vermont", "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love", "It Might As Well be Spring", of course, "My Ideal" and "The Lies Of Handsome Men". We also heard four renditions of "She (He) Touched Me" from the score of Drat The Cat. And, an In-Studio chat with Margaret's daughter, DEBBI WHITING. The New CD "PICK of the WEEK" is MARCUS SIMEONE - HAUNTED. Our Previously Released CD To Keep In Mind this week is the Original Broadway Cast recording of LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. For more, see David Kenney's website oldisnew.org.

Performance artist and playwright Deb Margolin performs her play "GOOD MORNING ANITA HILL ITS GINNI THOMAS I JUST WANTED TO REACH ACROSS THE AIRWAVES AND THE YEARS AND ASK YOU TO CONSIDER SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE YOU TO CONSIDER AN APOLOGY SOMETIME AND SOME FULL EXPLANATION OF WHY YOU DID WHAT YOU DID WITH MY HUSBAND SO GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT AND CERTAINLY PRAY ABOUT THIS AND COME TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID WHAT YOU DID OKAY HAVE A GOOD DAY."

Merchants of Doubt: When Scientists Lie
Science is most likely our best way of knowing and navigating our universe. It is a self-correcting method by which bias is filtered through research, experimentation, and via objective means so that we can get as close to “truth” as any human endeavor might. But science is also a human construct, so it can’t help being influenced by not only our own human brains, but by the cultures our species develop in which science operates. And while science is our best method of separating human bias from fact, there can often seem to be a very thin line between each of these. More...

Topic: Discovering life in outer space. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku whose website is www.mkaku.org. Guest1: Astro-biologist Dr. Robert Hagen. Astro biology is the study of the possible biology of extra solar planets. Guest2: Dr. Carl Zimmer, author multiple books on evolution, discusses evolution both here on earth and in outer space.

Updates on top bank executives' 2011 pay, on multiple legal judgements against Johnson and Johnson for marketing psychotropic drugs (including to children), and on Greek, Portuguese and German workers' workweeks and productivity to refute claims that "lazy workers" cause southern Europe's economic problems. Interview with Mark Provost on growing inequalities of income and of wealth in the US: causes and implications. Response to listener's question on the "moral hazard" issue and beginning a discussion of different kinds of coops. Hosted by Economics Professor Dr. Richard Wolff whose website is www.rdwolff.com.

We came in on a snow storm for this program.

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We talked about the pieces of legislation called SOPA or PIPA which purport to be about protecting intellectual property. In reality they are a way of just destroying communications on the Internet, unless you're some huge company, of course. We talked about the tactic of blacking out Web sites for a day to protest these bills. “Blacking out” has different meanings for different people, we noted that along with Google and Wikipedia the Pacifica Foundation, and even glib.com, did some form of blacking out their sites.

Pickles of the North and I talked about celebrating our wedding and “getting together” anniversaries this past fortnight. I also talked about what will have to be my final plate of pancakes after I got all hyperglycemic from eating it.

We noted that the Iranian police are going around forcing stores to stop selling Barbie dolls, which are banned by the theocrats in charge of Iran.

We also noted that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced this past week that the NYPD is experimenting with new technology that will look through people's clothing to see if they're carrying guns. If they really bring this technology to the streets it will surely be abused by the police as they ogle women and perform surreptitious searches of people who are just walking by minding their own business. It looks like 1984 is coming a little late, but it's getting here with a vengeance. Winston Smith never had to contend with things like this!

We spent part of this program diving into our backlog of mail from listeners. Thanks to everyone who wrote in.

Interviews with Barbara Pressman & Hadar Kandeel

Host Earl Caldwell remembered the life of the great Etta James.

An update on the cancelation of the WABC-TV sitcom "Work it" for anti-Latino statements, the stereotyping of Mexican-Americans on the CBS's new sitcom "Rob, ' the Republican Presidential debate, the banning of Mexican American studies in Arizona, the NYPD "Stop and Frisk" policy, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Mayor Bloomberg's "State of the City Address", feminism, the impact of hip hop music and more. To comment on the show email me at thejordanjournal@hotmail.com or call 347-541-6601, or go to my webpage at howardjordan.net For prior programs go to: http://bit.ly/kkXiL7

The entire show was devoted to health, healing and living a longer more dynamic life. Topics: Programming genes to extend their lifespan; Nutrients for your eyes; Seven reasons Americas mental health industry is a threat to our sanity; The polish on vegetables is not good for you.

Hosted by Bonnie Faulkner. Topic: Iran and the globalization of war.

GOP Candidates Debate Ahead of South Carolina Primary; Second Officer Backs Trial for Manning; Afghans Protest Deadly NATO Raid; Syrian Protests Follow More Killings; Arab League Extends Monitoring Mission; Iran: Scientist Assassins May Have Used U.N. Info; Obama Visits Apollo Theater in New York City Fundraising Trip and more

A monthly live call-in show where Survivors of Rape and Domestic Violence share their story of survival. Join us tonight as we have a powerful discussion with Educator, Activist and Lecturer - Tony Porter. Tony has been working in the social justice arena for over twenty years. He is nationally recognized for his efforts to end men's violence against women. Tony is the original visionary and co-founder behind  A CALL TO MEN: The National Association of Men and Women Committed to Ending Violence Against Women. He is the author of Well Meaning Men...Breaking Out of the Man Box - Ending Violence Against Women and the visionary for the book, NFL Dads Dedicated to Daughters. Hosted by Jay Grace.

DEBRA WHITE PLUME - Manderson, SD - is the Director of Owe Aku or Bring Back the Way - a grassroots nongovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation of the Lakota Way of Life and Treaty Rights.

On Sunday January 15th, a group of powerful Native women held a day long conference called Winyan Ituwan or Women of Vision along with Kandi Mosset, Marie Randall, Tantoo Cardinal and many others to not only talk about women’s role in Native culture, but effects of oil and uranium effects of mining on water. We will be talking about the impacts of colonialism to Native Nations and how we will survive it. www.oweakuinternational.org

DR, ROBERTO RODRIQUEZ - Tuscon, Arizona - drcintli.blogspot.com While TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT claims that there are no banned books, the fact remains that administrators have come into Mexican American Studies classrooms (which no longer exist) and removed the MAS classroom materials, which includes books that were formerly utilized in the now suspended MAS program. While TUSD claims that only 7 book titles were ordered boxed and carried off, the fact is that the confiscation, in some cases in front of the students, involved more than the 7 books that were listed by TUSD. 50 books (listed at the end of the Cambium report) are not banned, they are confiscated, or in the process of being confiscated... THUS THE BOOKS ARE NOW UNDOCUMENTED! They are as welcome in TUSD schools as undocumented migrants are welcome in this country.

In a Wake Up Call exclusive REVEREND JESSE JACKSON Sr., Founder and Creator of the PUSH Rainbow Coalition, considered influential in civil rights activism and religious leadership, talks with Wake Up Call host ESTHER ARMAH about the upcoming 15th annual Wall Street Economic Summit (in New York January 25-27), the battle for voting rights, the South Carolina primary and why it equals progress and regress and what 21st century activism needs to look like.

Margot Adler and Jim Freund spent Midnight - 3 AM celebrating 40 years of Hour of the Wolf on WBAI. Thanks to Robert Knight for letting us borrow his Earthwatch timeslot this evening.

It's been 39 Years Since Roe v. Wade: Do you know where your rights are? The show marks the 39th Anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the U.S. We'll hear historic recordings from 1969 Abortion Speakout where women risked arrest to out their then-illegal abortions, an excerpt from Faith Pennick's film Silent Choices, featuring Black women speaking out about abortion, "Letters to Justice Blackmun" an excerpt from the play Words of Choice -- and two panels of writers/thinkers/activists who appear in the current On the Issues Magazine, who look at abortion in depth.

A special show on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate: how does SOPA differ from PIPA, the Pros and Cons of the issue, what has transpired to date and what is really driving the passage of the bill. PIPA has escaped the attention of many, yet, at present, there are 47 senators publicly supporting the bill, including both Senators from New York, both from Connecticut and one from New Jersey. The Senate plans on voting on PIPA January 24th (next Tuesday). For some background on the subject see talkbiznews.com/sopa

Discussion of the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

Hugh Hamilton interviewed new WBAI host Rakim Brooks (of DEMOS). His program "The People" with Rakim Brooks debuts tomorrow at 1 PM.

Hollywood is big business. Film budgets can go as high as $200 million dollars... and counting. How are these films made and who gets to tell the stories? In a recent article film maker George Lucas decried Hollywood for it's apparent unwillingness to support his latest film Red Tails because the main cast are black actors. Lucas had to self-fund the film about African American pilots (The Tuskegee Airmen) as he was unable to get any studio to back it. Spike Lee has to take his new project to Sundance because no one in Hollywood would finance or distribute the film.
Hosted by Michael G. Haskins. Filmmaker and former co-host Tanya Steele discussed her graduate film work at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, as well as her own award-winning work and tales of navigating the 'film industry' as a female black filmmaker.

Global land grab theft among the worlds power brokers. A lot of names you think are good, are greedily after land in Africa. The Federal Reserve knew about the housing bubble and chose to do nothing about it and they lied about knowing.

The WBAI Evening News was not rebroadcast tonight.

Science, Health and Healing was preempted.

From yesterday. First hour of a 2 hour show. Free Forum with Terrence McNally was preempted.

Eco-logic was preempted.

Five OClock Shadow was prempted.

The Positive Mind was preempted.

Second hour of an extended 2-hour show. Background Briefing was preempted.

First hour of an extended 2-hour show.

From earlier today. Second hour of a two hour show.

First hour of a 2 hour show. The Jimmy Dore Show was prempted.

The WBAI evening news was not rebroadcast tonight.

Health Action was preempted

From earlier today. Two hour show. In Other News was preempted

Continued from 7:00 PM. A Prophetic Messenger Still To Follow A Building Bridges and Housing Notebook Special No stone monuments or pious resolutions adequately commemorate Dr. King, but rather our recognition of him will be in our resolve to carry on his legacy of resistance to bigotry, wealth inequality, and militarism. In this period of economic woe for workers and as more people are reduced to grinding and unrelenting poverty, its important to recall Dr. King’s struggle for the rights of public sector workers, the Memphis Sanitation workers, to form a union. This was part of his campaign to battle poverty, to organize a Poor People’s March, focusing on building a movement for economic justice - which he saw as the next step for human rights. We still have much to learn from the lessons Dr. King was preaching during his last campaigns.

A Prophetic Messenger Still To Follow
A Building Bridges and Housing Notebook Special
No stone monuments or pious resolutions adequately commemorate Dr. King, but rather our recognition of him will be in our resolve to carry on his legacy of resistance to bigotry, wealth inequality, and militarism. In this period of economic woe for workers and as more people are reduced to grinding and unrelenting poverty, its important to recall Dr. King’s struggle for the rights of public sector workers, the Memphis Sanitation workers, to form a union. This was part of his campaign to battle poverty, to organize a Poor People’s March, focusing on building a movement for economic justice - which he saw as the next step for human rights. We still have much to learn from the lessons Dr. King was preaching during his last campaigns.

The WBAI Evening News was preempted.

Third hour of an extended 3-hour show.

Robert Knight presents great Civil Rights speeches of The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr in relation to Occupy Wall Street. Talk Back! with Hugh Hamilton was preempted.

Cat Radio Café was preempted.

Hosted by Kathy Davis

Law and Disorder was preempted.

A special on Dr. Martin Luther King - in his own words. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York Citys’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I Have Been to the Mountain Top,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.

In the light (or shadow) of upcoming Supreme Court decisions on FCC language restrictions, satirists Paul Krassner, David Dozer and John McDonagh take on the subject of "Broadcast Standards." Hosted by Janet Coleman.

Santa Claus, Myth, Magic and Poetry. No small factor in making naturalism as effective as it is, has to do with the very specific and detailed way that information and ideas are expressed. Clearly its more useful to distinguish between a person who may be experiencing clinical depression, and one who is sad about a recent loss of a family member, as opposed to using far more nebulous terms like melancholy� to describe them both. At the same time however, might it be possible that communicating in primarily literal and specific terms has considerable limitations?
Is there something about the symbolism common to poetry and myth that is essential to convey aspects of reality that are missed by more specific and prosaic expression? And if so, what might a mythical naturalistic character look like?
Case in point: on this past Christmas Day Equal Time for Freethought played part of its most recent interview with mythical icon, Santa Claus. For the beginning half hour of this program we will play, for the first time ever, the new Santa interview in its entirety. During the second half hour we will take your calls to get your ideas on the question of finding the right balance between poetry and prose, and myth and reality. Our website is www.equaltimeforfreethought.org

Hosted by Economics Professor Dr. Richard Wolff, whose website is www.rdwolff.com.

Guests on the show were
--Patty Lovera, Assistant Director, Food and Water Watch discussed the pending Congressional Farm Bill and her group's push for a competition title to curb the power and abuses of corporate agri-business. She also went over the proposal to require genetically engineered foods to be labeled, as well as the role of WalMart in the food industry.
--Jarrett Murphy, editor-in-chief of City Limits discussed Mayor Bloomberg's recent State of the City address, including his stance on education and the police. He also discusses Bloomberg's support for a hike in the state minimum wage while the mayor continues to oppose an updated Living Wage Law. Murphy also covered City Council Speaker's Quinn proposal to remove retail workers from the new Living Wage Law while still covering service workers.
--Michael Kink, Executive Director of the Strong Economy for All Coalition discussed the ongoing struggle for tax reform in New York State, including the closing of corporate tax loopholes and the role of the Occupy movement.

In an open mike session Howard discusses the recent protest by "Boricuas For A Positive Image" against racist remarks made on the WABC-TV sitcom, “Work it,” that Puerto Ricans would be great at selling drugs, the silence by Latino media sources, the recent passing of Puerto Rican songstress Ruth Fernandez and former commissioner Amalia V. Betanzos, and the legacy of Martin Luther King for Latinos. To comment on the show email me at thejordanjournal@hotmail.com or call 347-541-6601, or go to my webpage at howardjordan.net For prior programs go to: http://bit.ly/kkXiL7

Hosted by Corinne Furnari. Topic: Velasco therapy. It can build our health, support our sensuousness and create balance.

Hosted by Bonnie Faulkner. The 9/11 hijackers that weren't. A review of 9/11 airport security video.

Presiding Officer Recommends Court-Martial for Manning
Report: U.S. Uses Secret Channel to Warn Iran Strait Closure a "Red Line"
U.S. Identifies 2 Marines in Urination Video
Gingrich Claims Pressure from "Extraordinarily Wealthy Institutions" to Drop Bain Criticism
Mocking Super PACs, Colbert Enters GOP Presidential Field in South Carolina

Tonight Barbara Glickstein interviews Joe Shure and Rohan Mathew, co-founders of The Intersect Fund, a non-profit organization offering a host of services to low-income entrepreneurs in New Jersey. Hear how the Affordable Care Act's young-adult provision, that mandates employers to extend coverage to employee's adult children up to age 26, is removing a barrier for some young adults to launch a business idea and how The Intersect Fund is supporting those entrepreneurs.

Join the Haiti Collective to examine conditions in Haiti on this second anniversary of the day the earth trembled. You may also wish to read Oxfam's recovery progress report and, until January 22nd, view the PBS film Children of Haiti.

Live Broadcast of Remaking America - a panel moderated by Tavis Smiley. Panelists included Cornel West, Suze Orman, Michael Moore, Barbara Ehrenriech, Majora Carter, and Vicki B. Escarra. The show aired from 6:30pm to 9pm.

Live Broadcast of Remaking America - a panel moderated by Tavis Smiley. Panelists will include Cornel West, Suze Orman, Michael Moore, Barbara Ehrenriech, Majora Carter, and Vicki B. Escarra. The show aired from 6:30pm to 9pm. Education at the Crossroads was preempted.

Live Broadcast of Remaking America - a panel moderated by Tavis Smiley. Panelists will include Cornel West, Suze Orman, Michael Moore, Barbara Ehrenriech, Majora Carter, and Vicki B. Escarra. The show aired from 6:30pm to 9pm. Occupy Wall Street Radio was preempted.

WINONA LADUKE Anishinabaweg (www.niijiiradio.com>from the White Earth Reservation in Northern Minnesota. Winona is the Executive Director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project the Parent Organization of Niijii Broadcasting and Niijii Radio. Niijii in Ojibwe means friend. Over the past decade, the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) has approached the idea of creating an independent media platform for the White Earth Reservation and surrounding region to allow for community-based programming that provides valuable information and education to its friends and listeners.

SOPHIE GRIGS (www.survivalinternational.org) British newspaper The Observer has revealed evidence of police involvement in ‘human safaris’ in India’s Andaman Islands.The scandal, first exposed by Survival in 2010, involves tourists using an illegal road to enter the reserve of the Jarawa tribe. Tour companies and cab drivers ‘attract’ the Jarawa with biscuits and sweets. AND also in BRAZIL Loggers have invaded the Amazon home of uncontacted Awá Indians, one of whom has reportedly been ‘burned alive’

DR. ROBERTO CINTLI RODRIQUEZ (http://drcintli.blogspot.com) US Human Rights Network condemns discriminatory ruling against Ethnic Studies in Arizona and calls on the government to protect human rights to culture, identity, and self-determination. The US Human Rights Network strongly condemns the December 27th, 2011 ruling of Arizona Administrative Judge Lewis Kowal restricting the teaching of Ethnic Studies in the Tuscan Unified School District and throughout the state. Judge Kowal’s decision is a reaffirmation of HB 2281, a discriminatory law passed by the Arizona legislature in 2010 that forbids the teaching ethnic studies and the recognition of the ethnic, racial, or national heritage of the students.

Sex education for Muslim youth. Mohamad Ahmad and Amir Mertaban, hosts of Irvine CA’s online radio’s Boiling Point, debate the issues. Host Reem Nasr with production assistance from New Jersey based author Suzy Ismail on today’s discussion of the history and approaches to sex education in our community. Our website is RadioTahrir.org.

There is a new bill in the NY state legislature called the solar jobs bill. However, they can name these bills whatever they want. A group of environmental activists heard a panel discussion of the bill that gave the impression that the bill is very limited and perhaps even designed to slow the growth of the solar industry by "Wall Street-ifying" it. We decided to have our own panel discussion on Thursday, January 19th, 7-9 PM at the Community Church at 35th Street between Park & Madison Ave.
Three of the four panelists will be on the show: Anthony Pereira of altPOWER, Inc., John Siciliani of JFS Renewables LLC, and Megan Matson, co-founder and Strategy & Policy Director for LEAN Energy US, a new organization out of California (the #1 solar state). John and Anthony are both past presidents of the New York Solar Energy Industry Association and long-time solar panel installers and have been on Eco-Logic before. They are great at linking policy and business issues and cutting through the jargon. We'll discuss the bill, how good it really is and how it could be made better. What is a "Solar Renewable Energy Credit"? What is "Feed In Tariff"? The final wording of the bill can still be changed; there is still time for voter input. Your input.

The collision course between the U.S. and Iran that could result in a another war in the Gulf - a discussion with veteran CIA officer Robert Baer. Then we continue looking into this with Vali Nasr, an Iranian-born professor of International Politics at Tufts University. Finally as Arab League Foreign Ministers meet in Cairo, we assess new efforts to give some backbone to their monitors in Syria. A discussion with Dr. Muraf Jouejati, a former Syria diplomat. More about this show...

Mitt Romney in New Hampshire: “I Like Being Able to Fire People”
William Daley Resigns As White House Chief of Staff
IAEA Confirms Iran Is Enriching Uranium in Underground Bunker
Report: DEA Agents Laundered Million in Cash For Mexican Drug Trafficker
U.S. Bans Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon For 20 Years

The Year In Movies 2011: The James Agee Cinema Circle Political Perspective. It's no accident that all the film groups voting yearly for awards seem to come up with the same monotonous results. The dirty little secret of Hollywood is that awards are as calculated and predetermined as any lobbyist peddling influences in Congress. And here to disclose this reality and more from the unique perspective of the JACC Critics Chapter and more, is Arts Express mystery guest, The Unrepentant Marxist.
Music From The Barricades: The Arts Express Best Of The Net Hotspot pick from the Occupy Movement for this week. Plus, Best People's Soundtrack of 2011.

The year in review. With Frank Conniff, Mike MacRae, James Adomian, Steve Rosenfield, Paul Gilmartin. The website for the show is www.jimmydorecomedy.com.

Hosted by Geoff Brady. The effects of frequency on living things with Nancy Hutchinson. Risks of nano-technology.

Two topics (1) "Un-Settling Occupation" Occupy Wall Street Stands With Indigenous Americans (2) America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty and Our Democracy. More...

Curator and Artistic Director Mark Russell on the annual "Under the Radar" international theater festival; playwright Zayd Dohrn on "Outside People," a darkly comic romance set in Bejiing; and opera singer Elmore James on "Soul-to-Soul," a concert revue exploring the intersections between African-American and Yiddish folk music. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Some mental health conditions, such as bipolar, are myths created by drug companies. Anti-depressant medications are a sham. Watch a live video stream of the show at garynull.com.

Ten Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Prison; Cornell and The Technion of Israel To Build Campus On Governor’s Island; CCR Lawsuit: Stop and Frisk NYC with guest Darius Charney, senior staff attorney in the Racial Justice/Government Misconduct Docket.

Stephen The Road Warrior will present excerpts of candidate speeches from just after Iowa's Caucus. We will hear from: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, former candidate Michele Bachmann, and President Barack Obama. The President delivered his speech at Shaker Heights High School in Ohio on Jan. 4th, 2012, where he explained why he appointed Richard Cordray to be the nation's top consumer watchdog as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Time permitting, we may present the steps that homeowners facing foreclosures can take to renegotiate their mortgages; Dennis Kabatto's segment on the latest developments in Sierra Leone; or Eustace Greaves may update us on changes in tax laws.
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Concert pianist and radio artist James Irsay returns.

The Will Power Instinct with Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.
Host Michael O'Neil brings Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal back to the show with a new book based on her wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower." The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the empirical evidence behind self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health and happiness. Find out what willpower is, how it works, why we evolved the capacity for willpower, and how to put this mind-body response to work for your goals and resolutions on this episode of Equal Time For Freethought.

Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York. His guest was Nobel Prize winner, Henry Pollack, discussing his new book World Without Ice. The North Pole is melting.

Hosted by Economics Professor Richard Wolff. Guest: David Fasenfest, Associate Professor of Urban Affairs and Sociology, and the Director of the Center for Urban Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. The topic was Detroit; what the city means to understanding the American economic system. For more see www.rdwolff.com

We discuss the State of the State address by New York Governor Cuomo.

Of course this was our first radio program of the new year.

I talked about finally reading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. The novel had been an assignment for my English class in my first semester at college. Just as I got to the point where I was to read Faulkner's novel my appendix decided to secede from my Union. So I spent a couple of weeks in the hospital and more weeks recuperating at home. That was it for my English class, among other things. So I have wanted to read the book for years, and late last year I finally got back to it. I talked about finally finishing reading it yesterday, after 46 years. I also talked about my (former) appendix.

I speculated on the new dictator of North Korea possibly being in a position he never wanted. What if Kim Jung-un was quite content being a chubby leech on the starving populace of North Korea? Now that he's been thrust into the "leadership" of that nation state we may be seeing Kim Jung-un playing out a starring role in Ferris Bueller's Days as a dynastic communist dictator.

We talked about some cardboard and tape that's on the sidewalk west of WBAI's portion of Wall St. We think that the Powers That Be are going to install a fence along the entire sidewalk from Broadway to just short of Pearl St. Wow, a little bit of protest and they get so touchy.

I talked about a piece in the latest Scientific American which told of a coalition calling itself Digital Due Process that's trying to get the best Congress that money can buy to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to require that the various government agencies that currently demand and get information on our Web searches, on-line activities, cell phone usage, cell phone location and other information be required to get a warrant for it henceforth. I predict resistance.

We talked about the United States Navy rescuing an Iranian boat from Somali pirates days after Iran made threats against one of the Navy's aircraft carriers.

There was bad news and good news regarding civil rights. The Catholic Church is setting up a group to "counsel" gay and lesbian Catholics to keep them from having any sex that the Pope doesn't approve of, meanwhile Hawaii and Delaware have enacted domestic partnership legislation.

We also talked about Lynn Samuels who passed away right after our last program. Lynn was a fellow producer here at WBAI and she was also a friend of mine. And she liked Pickles of the North when she met her. So we talked about Lynn a bit, and we do so miss her now.

Howard interviews Julio Pabon representing "Boricuas For A Positive Image". Pabon is part of a coalition effort to hold WABC-TV accountable for racist and stereotypical remarks made by one of the leads on the new sitcom, “Work it,” who said the line “I’m Puerto Rican, I would be great at selling drugs.” The comment is part of a tortured history of media racism against Latinos which includes Fort Apache, the Bronx, Oliver Stone's Wall Street which originally had a scene in which Puerto Ricans were compared to cockroaches, the character of Kramer in Seinfeld stomping the Puerto Rican flag during the Puerto Rican parade, among others. For further information contact Julio Pabon at latsports@aol.com or go to http://nyclatinopolitics.com/ To comment on the show email me at thejordanjournal@hotmail.com or call 347-541-6601, or go to my webpage at howardjordan.net For prior programs go to: http://bit.ly/kkXiL7

Two years since a 7.0 strength earthquake shook Haiti at 4:53 pm, on January 12, 2010, shattering the already fragile lives of its population, we note that the majority of Haitians have not seen a significant benefit from the outpouring of donations by individuals and promises by governments.
"Where did the money go?" Professor Bill Quigley joins us to provide some answers as well as historian Laurent Dubois, whose latest book, The Aftershocks of History, recounts Haiti's struggle to stay free in the 208 years since it became the first independent African country in the West.

Economist Dr. Michael Hudson.

In Conversation: Dolly Parton And Queen Latifah. The co-stars talk about their new movie Joyful Noise, touching on gospel music and the power of song to lift the human spirit in one economically shattered Georgia community.
Screen Legend Piper Laurie Talks Learning To Live Out Loud. The veteran star is on the line from LA, delving into her memoir about surviving Hollywood as a woman.
A Woman's Take On 2011. Newsday reporter Emily Ngo weighs in on major events that defined 2011.
A production of The WBAI Women's Collective: Mary Ann Miller, Emily Ngo and Prairie Miller.

Catch up and kick back with feminist talk and music. Review 2011/preview 2012 with guests: Terry O'Neill, President of the National Organization for Women and Jasmine Burnett, Regional Coordinator, SisterSong Women Of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. Topics include the Obama Administration's backstepping on Morning After Pill access and the new Republican bill called (without irony) The Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Pre-Natal Non-Discrimination Act, which would make abortion access harder for Women of Color!
Music includes: Loretta Lynn's "The Pill", Doris Duke's "Woman of the Ghetto" and the previously FCC-censored "Your Revolution Will Not Happen Between These Thighs" by Sarah Jones.

This week: "Warrantless profiling and surveillance in our communities today": guest attorneys Omar Mohammedi and Faiza Petel join hosts Aisha Al-Adawiya and Hassen Abdella. They also review the Boycott of the New York Mayor's interfaith breakfast. With listener call-ins. Our website is RadioTahrir.org.

With Z. STARMAN

Scott Sommer caught up on some recent events from the holiday weekend and also spoke with New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. They talked about de Blasio's annual worst landlords list (www.landlordwatchlist.com). Housing Notebook is brought to you by the Metropolitan Council on Housing, New York's oldest tenant union.

Three topics (1) 2012 – We’re Overdue for a Public Banking System (2) Newark Unemployment Protest In 7th Month A Model For The Nation (3) Another Aspect of the New Jim Crow: Impeding the Franchise. More...

Occupy Wall Street Radio was preempted.

The WBAI Evening News was preempted