This Tuesday, November 24, "Suga' In My Bowl" will feature a salute to the artistry of spoken word. Our guests will be Sonia Sanchez and Jessica Care Moore. Hosted by Arts Producers Joyce Jones and Hank Williams.

Sue Supriano interviews Oil Companies vs Indigenous People in Equador with Leonardo Credo. The WBAI evening news was pre-empted.

Stephen The Road Warrior focused on how modern technologies can benefit the people of Haiti as they try to rebuild their lives and devastated nation. Some of these technologies include building an interactive data base which can record information on those known to have died, been injured, survived this crisis, and what their current status may be. Building a virtual map from information provided by residents of the affected areas, which when compiled, will be more accurate than those currently existing on the web. Providing Volunteer technical services which will compliment existing aid organizations' abilities to: a) raise funds; b) input information and up to date status of individuals impacted by disasters; c) utilize My Space, Facebook and other communications technologies, so that impacted individuals can communicate with their loved ones and each other in real time; along with other innovative ways of maximizing aid organizations' abilities to provide services to those affected most.

On this program we talked about my having been back from the Republic of Viet Nam for 40 years. I talked about the army Major who killed soldiers at Fort Hood, and about the psychological stresses caused by war. We also talked about the discovery that there is a lot of water on the Moon, and what this might mean for future exploration of that body. We talked a little bit about the Yankees winning their first World Series of the 21^st Century, and about Hideki Matsui's legendary and unabashed porn collection. We also talked about what are still called Ticker Tape Parades and how they largely feature tossed rolls of toilet paper, which just isn't the same. They will probably not rename these events Toilet Paper Parades any time soon though. Pickles of the North talked about her mother's bout with the H1N1 virus. We also talked about the city buying some of the Coney Island holdings of a real estate speculator for too high a price. We talked about the Berlin Wall having been down for 20 years now, and more.

We let everyone know what a great time we had at Uncle Sidney's place for Indigenous People's Day dinner. And I gained four pounds! We talked about the hype around "Cyber Monday," which was when this program aired. For everyone except on-line retailers it's just more advertising designed to get us to buy more junk. I talked about a Treasurer's Report I issued over the past fortnight, and how much of a bother it was to get some open source software to work. I still think that open source software is a very good idea, I just have to learn to use it. We talked about the Web site that invites ordinary people to help scientists examine galaxy collisions and figure out why the universe has the mix of galaxies that it does. We talked about the Large Hadron collider actually getting protons circulating without any multi-ton magnets being ripped from their concrete moorings. We mentioned the breaking news item that, since it has been shown that the half life of a proton cannot be less than 6.6 x 10³³ years, proton decay will not be an election issue. We are relieved. We also got through a bunch of the mail.

On this program I talked a little bit about how the Suffolk Country cops broke my nose 38 years ago today when the Gay Activists Alliance went to help some folks file charges against some of those cops. We talked about the WBAI election, which had just ended, and about the faction's attempt to stop it. We alerted everyone to the Geminid meteor shower that was going on during and after the radio program. We talked about various pieces of legislation designed to allow same gender marriage, most failed, one passed. And the first openly lesbian mayor of Houston, Texas was elected just before we went on the air. We talked a little about the Large Hadron Collider finally getting up enough power to become the most powerful particle accelerator ever. We talked about a giant star that exploded because its gamma rays were so energetic they became solid matter. Pickles of the North talked about some science records for kids and the anticipated launch of a satellite which is designed to search for hidden cosmic bodies and events. Pickles and I talked about the number of people not getting flu shots, both seasonal and H1N1, and about the American death toll from H1N1 reaching 10,000. We also told about getting our shots for both kinds of flu.

MOSES BRINGS PLENTY- Strong Heart Society and ERIC Klein of CAN-DO Share their perspective on On the Internal Revenue Service's seizure and auction 7,112 acres of land (20% of the reservation) to recover unpaid employment taxes of $3,123,789.73. The land acreage is ranked 3rd in the U.S. as having potential"wind energy" that would bring the CCST out of it's unemployment rate of 85%. Also the Dakota 38 "Wokiksuya" Ride of 330 Mile Ride from Lower Brule, SD to Mankato, MN highlighting the forced removal of Native people to the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation and the U.S. largest execution. Take action by signing a petition or visit Take action by signing a petition. or visit NDN News.
OFELIA RIVAS of the O’odham Solidarity Project, OANESS PRITZKER talk to us regarding the harassment of Indigenous peoples along the U.S./Mexican border; and the connection of the impediment to the construction of Homeland Security's joint program with the Border Patrol to build a border wall across the entire 330 mile U.S / Mexico border, a 65 mile section of which will run along the southern edge of the Tohono O’odham reservation. This wall will effectively cut in half the traditional territory of the O’odham and serve to isolate O’odham villages that exist on opposite sides of the border. To justify the building of this wall the government has once again used the fear of terrorism, common since 9/11, to advance its interests.

James Craven (Blackfoot) - Professor of Economics - A proposed $3.4 Billion Settlement has been reached with American Indian Plaintiffs in a long-running class action lawsuit against the federal government for mismanagement of individual Indian trust accounts and trust assets.
Brandon Sazue (brandonsazue@hotmail.com) - Chairman of Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and Moses Brings Plenty - Strong Heart Society. On December 3, 2009 the Internal Revenue Service seized and auctioned 7,112 acres of land (20% of the reservation) to recover unpaid employment taxes of $3,123,789.73. The Bureau of Indian Affairs had informed CCST, because it was a federally recognized, it was not necessary to pay federal employment taxes. The land acreage is ranked 3rd in the U.S. as having potential "wind energy" that would bring the CCST out of it's unemployment rate of 85%. The CCST pays the 3rd highest rates of electricity in the U.S. No lands will change hands until after late March 2010 court date. Take action by signing a petition.

AfrobeatRadio presents our first annual Top Ten African music for 2009. Presented by Akenataa Hammagaadji, join us on this momentous occasion and listen to to the best of African music of 2009 from an expert African perspective. His selection is at www.firstworldmusic.org/2-playlist.html. Our guest Olu Amoda, a sculptor, a designer and a teacher from Nigeria. He makes work from materials salvaged from the scrapyards and streets of Lagos, taking his inspiration from daily life in the city. Olu Amoda's recent works "Templates - A found–object sculptural musing on the play Death and the King’s Horsemen by Wole Soyinka" is on a solo exhibition at Skoto Gallery in Chelsea NY through January 30th, 2010.

This week AfrobeatRadio will address the political and security implications for Africa and specifically Nigeria. The panel will consist of African journalists which will include Ajibola Hamzat, Correspondent with Nigeria Guardian Newspaper, in a telephone analysis live from Nigeria. This is an important issue which requires a comprehensive strategic review of the operations of U.S. Intelligence Agencies, its ongoing and broadening operations inside the African continent in its "war against Terrorism."
As the U.S. commits to protecting Americans worldwide, at what cost will it be to Africans at home and abroad? How can effective joint planning as well as assurances that the operations of those countries (in this instance - The U.S.) conducting the operations are acting in accordance with international humanitarian law? These questions and more will be presented, along with suggestions and ways to find solutions from a continental African perspective.
This is a continental African initiative in an attempt at constructive dialogue, to encourage examination of the issues while offering an opportunity for a more responsible and constructive media role. We in Africa, having fought long and hard for our independence and to build a continent in which we see great hope and a bright future cannot now be sent back into those days of western hegemony.

Hosted by Peter Bochan. This show originally aired January 30th. Keep Swinging was preempted.

The show started two hours early this week. Building Bridges was preempted.

The show started two hours earlier than normal. Housing Notebook was preempted.

The Messenger: Woody Harrelson and director Oren Moverman deliver, talking the horrors of war on screen, raw and unfiltered. And, radio prophet Woody Harrelson broadcasting the end of the world, in 2012. Plus, Screening Room soundbites, and movie review haiku. Also...Dr. Jesse Maisel Jr. on the Roswell Legacy.

Jobless At The Movies: The unemployed join the cast of Up In The Air. A conversation with director Jason Reitman. Also, Pirate Radio aka The Boat That Rocked, and the pirate radio revolution. Star Philip Seymour Hoffman talks doing the radio DJ thing on screen. Plus, Screening Room soundbites and movie review haiku. And...The unraveling of the Tax Abatement Decision, lawyers Ed Rosner and Alex Schmidt testify.

The Masculine Mystique In Movies: Ripped and rowdy, or rotund and reticent? A two-part series. In the Arts Magazine Screening Room, emotional eating meets minimum wage blues, a look at the movie Humble Pie, and a conversation with the writer and star, Hubbel Palmer. Plus, Nelson Mandela through Clint Eastwood's eyes, in Invictus: Sports nut mania or Afrikaner gulag Stockholm Syndrome? And...Folksinger Lorraine Leckie, with songs of the East Village. Also... listen to a part of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermon, "Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam."

In The Arts Magazine Screening Room: A look at the Fellini derived screen musical, Nine, and a conversation with co-stars Sophia Loren and Nicole Kidman. Plus, The Masculine Mystique In Movies: Ripped and rowdy, or rotund and reticent? A look at the former in Part Two of the series, examining Kathryn Bigelow's war porn, The Hurt Locker. And...Jazz singer Anne Phillips, playing the Jazz Nativity at Birdland Also ...Susan Stair talks about Studio in a School and 1% for art's program and the mosaic murals created with PS 189. See susanstair.com to see murals. Click on Mosaics

SCREENING ROOM: ROYAL PAINS: From Colonialist Queens To Rebel Native Princesses At The Movies: The Young Victoria: Mary Poppins or Margaret Thatcher? Royal Octomom plus one, and who really wears the pants, or rather the crown, in the family. And later for contemporaries Charles Dickens, Karl Marx and other elephants in the room. Producer Graham King shares Victoria's secrets.
Avatar: Born again marine wheelchair warrior turned unwitting capitalist tool, in uprising with a digitalized free spirit princess, takes on forest foreclosure and mutiny against the military industrial complex, in this breathtaking futuristic identity theft odyssey. And ...The WBAI Women's Collective does Air America Radio, stay tuned ....Also, join Joan Wile,grandmothers against the War, Brian Pickett from Theaters against the war,Bill Hagel and Peter Bronson, Veterans for Peace,Nancy Nygard from the Teaneck Vigil and Russell Branca from 911 vigil, talk about the importance of the weekly vigil some now going on 7 plus years.

Screening Room: Movies 2009: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly....Brutally entertaining pink slip itinerant suits, music for the masses, hip noir warsploit guerrilla cinema, stinging screwball served up raw, vintage get-even with the cosmos comedic existentialism, compassion phobia, and more.
Also...Screen legend Ellen Burstyn talks Tennessee Williams, Brando, sex and mortality.
And...Pi Records jazz producers Seth Rooner and Yulun Wang play music and discuss their road to jazz.

MARX AT THE MOVIES: What's wrong with this picture? An ideological deconstruction of Hollywood.
A couple of Unrepentant Marxists join The Arts Magazine this week to unravel the politics of screen romance, impersonating the working class in movies, revisionist royalty, best movie lines, worst movie moms, class warfare vs. imperialist war porn at the plexes; filmmaker self-censorship vs, going all the way, how to seize the means of cinematic production, why do we need Unrepentant Marxist movie critics anyway, and more...
Plus, The James Agee Cinema Circle comes out swinging, with The Anti-Oscars 2009. From Our Daily Bread Awards to The Trumbo,The Brando and other left accolades.

Screening Room: Revenge Of The Radio Listeners. A look at the politics of horror movies, and shock jock gore in the film Pontypool. Also, What's up with all the Angry White Man Movies lately, a trend that took off with The Wrestler. Plus, Jeff Bridges on dancing with fear, and what's good about being Bad. And... Bill Still talks about his new film "The Secret of Oz", which advocates that governments should be in charge of their monetary systems not central banks. And...Stephen Wolf, sitting in for Mary Ann Miller, reads from I Speak Of The City, the poems of New York.

Screening Room: Rural Radical Roots In Movies, And the Birth Of The Cine Manifest Marxist Film Collective. A conversation with Cine Manifest filmmaker John Hanson, director of Western Coal, Prairie Trilogy: Rebel Earth, Prairie Fire, Survivor, and Northern Lights. And, the current Cine Manifest Retrospective. And....Mystery writer Charles Todd, mother and son writing team,talk about their new Ian Rutledge novel, THE RED DOOR. They also talk about their writing process. And...Stephen Wolf, sitting in for Mary Ann Miller, reads from his anthology, I Speak Of The City, the poems of NY.

Screening Room. The Self-Hating Jew: Fact Or Fallacy? While Barak Obama and Bill Cosby are praised for scorn towards black ghetto residents for being poor, Norman Finkelstein is charged with antisemitism for denouncing wealthy Holocaust profiteers and Israel. What gives? A conversation with the controversial scholar, social critic and author of Beyond Chutzpah and The Holocaust Industry, about his documentary: American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein. Also.... Haitian American Writer Edwidge Danticat speaking at the University of Santa Barbara in 2004 about the contributions of Haiti. She also reads two of her short stories. And....Stephen Wolf, sitting in for Mary Ann Miller, reads from I Speak Of The City, the poets of New York City.

After this show we're taking the rest of the year off! But before the year ended we talked about the grandson of Joseph Stalin suing a Moscow radio station for defaming grandpa Stalin (you can't make this stuff up). We talked about the toxic LSB meeting where faction operatives denied a Staff member her seat on the LSB and generally misbehaved. We were glad to announce that anti-gay bigot and right-winger Oral Roberts had finally died. We talked about the guy who tried to take down an airliner filled with people using a bomb concealed in his underwear, and we wondered how much more draconian the airline searches would now become. We talked about having celebrated Isaac Newton's Birthday on December 25, and going to various parties. We talked about the discovery of a water world orbiting a star about 40 light years away, the water's pressurized surface is a superheated 400° F. We talked about the discovery of other exoplanets. Pickles of the North introduced the listeners to a Web site that features some '50s astronomy songs aimed at children. And we got through a bunch of listener mail.

We spent the first half of this program celebrating the 50^th anniversary of WBAI becoming a Pacifica radio station. We had our own Uncle Sidney, whose program Carrier Wave alternates with us in this time slot, on the program with us. We talked about the history of WBAI, with the 99.5 FM frequency starting out as an experimental TV station before World War II, going to an early FM radio station with the call letters WABD and then getting bought by World Broadcast Associates Inc., before millionaire Lewis Schweitzer gave the station to the Pacifica Foundation, and the rest is our history. Yes, the official start date was January 10, 1960, but we figured that we were still within the first 24 hours of WBAI being a Pacifica station. We had the remains of a really great cake on this program, which I shouldn't have eaten, but, hell, it's the 50^th anniversary. We talked about a homophobic politician in Uganda proposing a law mandating the death penalty for homosexuallity. He did this after three right wing Christian preachers presented 3 days of anti-gay hate talks there. We talked about some doomsday scares that we don't think are realistic at all, and we got through some of the listener mail.

We spent the first half of this program celebrating the 50th anniversary of WBAI becoming a Pacifica radio station. We had our own Uncle Sidney, whose program Carrier Wave alternates with us in this time slot, on the program with us. We talked about the history of WBAI, with the 99.5 FM frequency starting out as an experimental TV station before World War II, going to an early FM radio station with the call letters WABF and then getting bought by World Broadcast Associates Inc., before millionaire Lewis Schweitzer gave the station to the Pacifica Foundation, and the rest is our history. Yes, the official start date was January 10, 1960, but we figured that we were still within the first 24 hours of WBAI being a Pacifica station. We had the remains of a really great cake on this program, which I shouldn't have eaten, but, hell, it's the 50^th anniversary. We talked about a homophobic politician in Uganda proposing a law mandating the death penalty for homosexuality. He did this after three right wing Christian preachers from America presented 3 days of anti-gay hate talks there. We talked about some doomsday scares that we don't think are realistic at all, and we got through some of the listener mail.

On this program we of course talked about the huge tragedy of the earthquake in Haiti. We're glad that WBAI participated in the big telethon for Haiti. We talked about some of the details related to the quake including the geology of the region where you have the North American and Caribbean plates variously grinding past and subducting each other, and we noted the fact that Haiti has a pair of geological faults running through it which make for a very complex tectonic situation. The fault that generated the earthquake may have also set the stage for another earthquake in the north of Haiti or in the Dominican Republic. We talked about the lack of enforced building codes contributing to the death and destruction. After all of the rescues are over there will be a long term recovery effort required. We talked about the planet Mars a little bit, and some new claims regarding micro-fossils there. We talked about the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on partisan political campaigns, we wondered how foreign corporations would react to this opportunity to control the U.S. government. And we talked about the Chinese government shutting down a gay event there. We talked about how insecure many people's passwords are and gave advice on creating better passwords. We also let everyone know that we'll be pitching on our next program!

BEYOND THE PALE explores cutting edge Jewish culture and offers local, national, and international political debate and analysis from a Jewish perspective. On todays show: The biography of I.F. Stone and the activist group Do Say No.

Looking back at the great depression for insights into the current recession.

Walden's Pond was preempted.

Three topics: (1) Rally at NY City Hall Fights for Paid Sick Leave Now (2)Student Power Scores Win for Honduran Workers and Tackles U.S. University Budget Cuts (3) Jobs for All and A Green Economy by Cutting Military Spending and Taxing Securities Transactions.

US Sells out Honduran Democracy as Fraudulent Election Held. The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Widsom Matters in the Modern World. Finally: State of Working New York City 2009: A Tale of Two Recessions. More...

Three topics (1) President Manuel Zelaya In An Exclusive Interview Condemns Sellout of Honduran Democracy (2) Anti-War Protesters Demand U.S. Out of Afghanistan! (3) Court Says No To Columbia University Seizing More Of Manhattanville & West Harlem

Three topics (1) Transit Workers Take Back Union After Bitter Election (2) Marathon Woman: Racing Across the Globe for Women’s Sports with Katherine Switzer (3) Can the New Jersey Senate Overcome Right Reaction and Bigotry and support Same-Sex Marriage Legislation? More...

Three topics: (1) Argentina: This is What a Labor Movement Looks Like (2) New York State Court Halts Hunter College Childcare Cuts (3) Balancing The Budget On The Backs Of The Poor: City Rescinds Vouchers For 3,000 Families More...

Hosts Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash look at: The Degradation of Workers in the 21st Century, Restaurant Workers ROC the Nation and Nation’s Largest RN Organization Says Healthcare Bill Cedes Too Much to Insurance Industry More...

Two topics: (1) For Wall Street It’s Paradise, But For Main Street It’s Hell: A Conversation With Rev. Jesse Jackson on Rebuilding Our Street (2) A conversation with New York City's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio on his plans for the Public’s Advocacy. More...

Haiti’s Earthquake Exposes The Faultline of US Domination with Ray Laforest, Haitian-American labor leader and Kim Ives, journalist with the newspaper Haiti Liberté.
Also, The Democrats, One Step Forward Or Two Steps Back? with Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

Three topics (1) Stand With Haitians For Reconstruction By Haitians & Against Foreign Exploitation And Occupation (2) Instruction, Not Destruction: Protesting Proposed School Closings (3) Tribeca’s Amish Market Accused Of Wage Theft. More...

The show ran from 7pm to 11pm. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Prophetic Voice Heralding the Challenges Before Us and a Path Forward. 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, poverty, and war. And, our recognition of what Dr. King represented will strengthen and guide us now, in our support of the heroic Haitian people to survive, to emerge from under the fault-line of cataclysmic imperialist rubble. More...

The show started about 7 minutes late

Hosted by Sidney Smith.

Historian Linda Gordon on her biography of photographer "Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits"; poet Marilyn Hacker on her newly published collection "Names"; and Part 1 of a conversation with painter and conceptual artist Lucio Pozzi. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Actor/singer Theodore Bikel on appearing off-Broadway in "Sholem Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears"; playwright Sara Ruhl on her new comedy "In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play"; and poets Harvey Shapiro, Bill Zavatsky and Jim Pignetti on the Brevitas Festival of the Short Poem. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Monologist Mike Daisey on "The Last Cargo Cult," his new tale of a South Pacific culture whose belief system is based on abandoned World War II American artifacts; performance artist Lian Amaris on revisiting Spalding Gray's turf in Richard Schechner's production of "Swimming to Spalding"; and part 2 of an interview with painter and conceptual artist Lucio Pozzi. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Poet Marilyn Hacker on her new collection of poems, "Names"; playwrights Thomas Bradshaw and Erin McCourtney on "The Great Recession," six short plays on the effects of the recession Generation I-Pod; and Juliette Fairlie on "Making of a Mulatto," her one-woman show. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Choreographer Sally Silvers and Artistic Director Stacy Szymaszek on the 36th Annual New Year's Day Marathon Benefit Reading at the St. Marks Poetry Project; poets Bill Zavatsky, Joanna Joseph, Len Belzer and Angelo Verga on an upcoming performance of the Stand-Up Poets Quartet; and part 3 of an interview with painter and conceptual artist Lucio Pozzi. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Professor and jazz writer Krin Gabbard on his new book "Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz and American Culture"; Howard Sherman of the American Theater Wing on "The Play That Changed My Life: America's Foremost Playrights on the Plays That Influenced Them"; and an update on the upcoming event, "After Change You Can Believe in, Wally Shawn reads his Essays and Discusses Human Nature With a Communist." Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Curator and Artistic Director Mark Russell on the Under the Radar festival of radical theater ventures around the world, including Richard Maxwell's "ADS," an experiment in personal belief expressed in 3-dimensional videography (in collaboration with COIL); actor/writer Craig Alan Edwards on "The Man in Room 306," a one man show about Dr. Martin Luther King; and leftover cake from WBAI's 50th Birthday party. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

WBAI's annual Martin Luther King Day celebration and fundraisier. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Jazz singer/songwriter Lorraine Feather on "Ages," her latest compilation of original songs; author and Orange Prize winner Sadie Jones on her novel "Small Wars," set in Cypress in the waning days of Britain's empire; and dancer-choreographer Sduduzo Ka-Mbili on his production of "Get Zulu!" a celebration of South African song, comedy, and dance. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

-- Andrew Breslau, Executive Director of City Futures and the Center for an Urban Future, the home of City Limits will provide a news update.
-- Dan Tietz, Executive Director of ACRIA (AIDS Community Research Initiative of America. November is AIDS Awareness month and Dan will share with us the current situation in New York with HIV infection rates and the work of his organization to raise awareness about this disease.
-- Mark Dunlea, Executive Director of Hunger Action Network of NYS. Thanksgiving and the holidays are the times when people tend to think about hunger. Hunger Action Network is holding its Thanksgiving Action Against Hunger this week and he’ll be joining us to discuss the actions that they are pushing for to address hunger needs.

On this week's City Watch show we will be joined by our regular guest Andy Breslau, Executive Director of City Futures and the Center for an Urban Future, the home of City Limits to provide a news brief. Gordon Campbell, President and CEO, United Way of NYC, will discuss the launch of their new Board Service NYC program. Patrick Markee, Coalition for the Homeless, Senior Policy Analyst, will be sharing with us the findings of the Coalition's recent report on the rise in homelessness and what can be done about it. Bryan Lee, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Voting Rights Coordinator, will discuss Asian Americans and voting including the voting patterns in the recent General Election

Our annual Year In Review show. We were joined by Andy Breslau, Executive Director of City Futures and the Center for an Urban Future, who discusssed his top stories from 2009.

With hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers officially unemployed, we are dedicating our first City Watch show for 2010 to sharing information about important benefits programs that are available to help struggling New Yorkers.
-- Andy Breslau, Executive Director of City Futures and the Center for an Urban Future, the home of City Limits provided a news update
-- Also on hand were representatives from organizations that help people access various benefits programs that they are eligible for: Single Stop USA and Ed Ortiz, Senior Legal Advocate for Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project (HOPP) from the Urban Justice Center.

In recent weeks talks of disturbing sales figures for Reggae Music have caused some to worry about the genre. Connections Host Ian Forrest in "The Musical Connection" (3-4AM) demonstrates why he is hopeful. In "The Extended Play" (4-5AM) it is an opportunity to hear/hear again Malcolm X's classic speech "The Ballot or the Bullet". Complementing that is the airing in "The Here and There" (5-6AM) of Martin Luther King Jr in his address to the National Association of Broadcasters. Two timely presentations that will have you asking just how much things have changed since the 1960's as each man spoke his truth. Connections next airs Monday, Dec, 7, 2009. Do be listening!

Connections this morning celebrates the life of Merv, brother to so many within the NY Caribbean community. In the Musical Connection (3-4AM), Connections news reader, Sheron Hamilton Pearson takes the reigns, interviewing legendary Dancehall DJ, Michigan. In the Extended Play (4-5AM) the multi-talented thespian, Andrene Bonner, joins the show in her capacity as award winning author. Her book, her first, "Olympic Gardens" provides the backdrop for the conversation. The Here and There (5-6AM), is FULL and features the news out of the Caribbean, a conversation with the CMC newsman, Ben Meade. Shout-outs from Glenda Hills on her initiative to help out young mothers in need; Jose Richards on his upcoming screening of the Stephanie Black film on Globalization "Life and Debt"; WBAI Volunteer and Poet at Large, Ras Michael on his upcoming show and Diarah Spech on the ongoing New York African Diaspora Film Festival. Connections is on!! and airs next on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Do be listening.

Connections with Ian Forrest is in the groove of the holiday celebrations, bringing you all the warmth and good feelings that go along with the season. The Musical Connection (3-4AM) features a reggae Christmas set led off by none other than King Yellowman. In the Extended Play (4-5AM), the music of Buju Banton, even as the DJ faces charges for drugs in Florida and Ian reading MLK Jr's seminal christmas sermon on peace. In the Here and There (5-6AM) it is choc-full of goodies. Ingrid Brown, Jamaica Observer writer joins the program to talk about the disenfranchisement of Jamaican/immigrant children in the "Promised Land". As well too a replay of Imhotep Gary Bird's conversation with the legendary Ms. Lou and Lema June Crawford singing Ms. Lou's "Courtesy". Ben Meade of the CMC also joins the show to talk about the recent Dominica Elections. Connections is ON! and airs next on Monday, Jan 4, 2010. Do be listening!!!

Connections this morning features host, Ian Forrest, waxing warm on a frightfully cold NY morning on subjects like WORK, working for peace, working for prosperity, working for a better world in 2010 and inviting the listeners of WBAI to share their feelings on the New Year. In the Musical Connection (3-4AM), its work songs featuring Culture, Hugh Masekela, and Shadow. In the Extended Play (4-5AM) its listener calls and in the Here and There (5-6AM), Sheron Hamilton Pearson delivers the News and interviews Jamaica's NY Consul General, Geneive Brown Metzger. Joining the program too are veteran Trinidadian columnist, Raffique Shah and Jamaican author and Human Rights Activist, Yvonne McCalla Sobers, taking an end of year look at among other things the crime statistics for Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and New York City. Connections next airs on Monday, Jan 18, 2010. Do be listening!!!

Connections this morning features the Caribbean's efforts to help sister island Haiti and its people in this their time of need. Guests include disaster management authorities, Barbados' Jeremy Collymore and Jamaica's Ronald Jackson, both intimately involved in the Haiti relief efforts. Also in the mix is Monroe College's, Professor Basil Wilson, who discusses the US/World effort geared at Haiti's restoration. Berlot Israel of Dwafanm speaks with Sheron Hamilton Pearson about loss on a personal and professional level in face of the tragedy. The program closes out with Connections making time to speak with and celebrate Ricot Dupuy of Radio Soleil for his yeoman service coordinating the effort to reach out to Haitians at home and abroad as families and others tried to get word to or from their loved ones on the island. Connections thanks Sidney Smith of Carrier Wave for holding the fort and starting the show as Ian made his way to studio.Connections next appears on Feb 1, 2010, 3-6AM. Do be listening!

Connections this Monday morning features in the Musical Connection (3-4AM), a music mix celebrating Bob Marley and the people of Haiti. In the Extended Play (4-5AM), a replay of a presentation made by then Opposition Leader of Jamaica, now Prime Minister, Bruce Golding as he spoke at Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY in May 2007. Legendary WBAI Host, Habte Selassie joins Ian Forrest in studio to discuss the speech. In The Here and There (5-6AM), its the news with Sheron Hamilton Pearson and a snippet of the Jamaica Report, a work looking at life in Jamaica for ordinary Jamaicans, done originally at just around the time of President Aristide's ouster and the fleeing of many of his countrymen and women to Jamaica. The show also takes time to recognize and speak with WBAI colleagues Nando Alvarici and Mikey Melendez of Con Sabor Latino after their successful live performance fundraiser at the station the day before. Connections is on! Listen, enjoy and tell somebody!

The music of Christopher Tin and a special guest appearance by Simon Loekle (host of As I Please, Saturdays from 7:00-8:30 AM) for the bird of the week reciting a selection from Basil Buntings II Ode #1.  Hosted by Mark Laiosa. Email Mark at earmassage@hotmail.com.

Haiti's status as the poorest nation in the hemisphere has been mentioned time and again by journalists covering the current catastrophe, but where were journalists before the earthquake hit? And how are they doing in explaining the larger context of how Haiti got to this point? We'll talk to Bill Fletcher, former president of TransAfrica Forum and executive editor of The Black Commentator.
Also on the show: Charles Overby is CEO of the Freedom Forum, a foundation ostensibly dedicated to principles of free speech and a free press. He's also a director and shareholder of the Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private jailer in the country. In both roles, Overby engages the public's right to know... but not in the same way. We'll get that story from journalist Beau Hodai.

Corporate media chatter about the Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts reflects participants’ priorities: which means you're unlikely to hear advice offered to Democrats other than that they should act more like Republicans. Is that the takeaway? We'll get another angle from journalist and activist Norman Solomon.
Also on the show: Anonymous news sources are a journalistic scourge, abetting some of the worst policies of our times, and allowing the powerful to escape accountability. But are they simply an occasional problem in reporting, or central to the way corporate journalism operates? We'll talk to Salon's Glenn Greenwald about his report on the subject, The Fundamental Unreliability of America’s Media.

What’s On Your Thanksgiving Table? Are you having a feast of hormones, food additives, antibiotics and preservatives for Thanksgiving dinner? What’s really in that turkey, that pie filling or that can of vegetables? Join hosts Patti and Doug Wood as they pick apart the typical American holiday dinner, pay a visit to a local organic Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, and share recipes for a healthy and sustainable Thanksgiving.

Is your house part of the energy solution or the energy problem? In this week’s show we’ll talk with energy expert Chuck Schwartz about simple things you can do to make sure you and your house are helping to ease the burden on our environment and our natural resources. Some of his recommendations will really surprise you!

A Report on this years United Nations General Assembly Vote on the US Blockade. House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearings on Cuban Travel - interview with Luis Rumbaut of The Cuban-American Alliance Education Fund. US/Cuba Hurricane Conference - Interviews with Cuban Meteorologist/Hurricane Disaster specialist, Dr. Jose Rubiera and Chief of Havana's Latin American Center for Disaster Medicine, Dr. Gullermo Mesa Ridal. Cuban Five Resentencing - interview with Attorney Leonard Weinglass. * Three US Graduates of Cuba's Latin-American School of Medicine. And, our newsbrief section

Live interview with the President of Cuba's Parliament, Ricardo Alarcon. Roundtable discussion race issues in Cuba with African American activists/artists/educators/intellectuals. End of year news brief. Produced by Sally O'Brien/Margaret Gilpin. Gail Walker and Mickey Melendez.

A look at Cuban doctors on the ground in Haiti with Haitian activist Dahoud Andre – co-host of lakou-new york – a daily radio program in Brooklyn’s Haitian community. US graduates of Cuba’s Latin American school of medicine plan an emergency medical brigade to Haiti to work with Cuban doctors there. We speak with Ellen Bernstein of ifco-pastors for peace. American University professor/specialist in US foreign policy, Phil Brenner, speaks about Cuba’s inclusion on Washington’s list of “terrorist nations”. And Basilio Gutierrez - vice president of the Cuban Institute For Friendship with the peoples/icap speaks with us about recent changes on the island and US-Cuba relations. As ever we begin the program with a brief news section. Produced by Sally O’Brien, Margaret Gilpin and Jay Potter.

Witness number 69, Tony Blair on the origins of the Iraq war. Drew Weston, the author of The Political Brain discusses President Obama.

Martin Luther King Jr. related topics.

Live From The Left Coast was pre-empted.

Free Forum was preempted.

Law and Disorder aired from 10am to Noon today.

Live with Robert Knight

Transterrestrial Radio with Robert Knight

Transterrestrial Radio with Robert Knight

Hosted by Robert Knight

Exploding toilets. Exploding wells. Contaminated drinking water. This is what has happened in other states that have allowed Halliburton's hydraulic fracturing process to reach natural gas deposits in shale. Chesapeake Energy Corporation put out a press release on Oct. 28 stating they won't drill in New York City's watershed. What does that really mean? What about the other companies that are taking out drilling leases? What about the rest of the state? Why is the governor allowing these leases? What about other dangers to the water supplies? What about the already-contaminated water in Pennsylvania and other states? We already do without the gas. We cannot do without the water.

Presidentialism, Predator Drones and the Obama Doctrine - a live radio conversation with Bruce Gagnon, author of "Come Together Right Now: Organizing Stories from a Fading Empire", and (if available at air time) David Swanson, author of "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union"; hosted by David Occhiuto. Can the 'Obama Doctrine' fulfill real human needs, provide for true security, and respond to regional and global calls for social justice? Is it possible to make progress when criminal former heads of state remain free from, and untroubled by, legally required criminal prosecutions? What long-term effect will the current administration's master narrative have on the hearts and minds of the American people? Will the normalization of atrocity-production be challenged by an effective popular movement of morally defensible and politically viable counter-power? Will smooth, glossy, eloquent militarism lead to peace or pacification?

We're at the end of a yearly holiday cycle for many religions, reminding us that there is a natural cycle of transformation in our environment that affects human beings and that human beings affect. Nature-based religions train people to be mindful of this situation and to participate in it in an enlightened, non-harmful way.
Listen to the environmental radio show Eco-Logic with guest Alexei Kondratiev, non-fiction author (The Apple Branch), fiction author (Vidorix the Druid), teacher (Celtic mythology & Celtic Christianity, Irish language) and active member of the Mythopoeic Society.

Extinction, Survival or Recovery: The Sea Turtle As Harbinger of the State of Humanity - a live radio conversation with Todd Steiner, Director and Founder of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project, and Andrea Treece, Senior Attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity's Oceans Program; hosted by David Occhiuto. More...

The show focused on various re-use movements. Environmentally-speaking, re-using is even better than re-cycling and throughout the country people are re-using and re-distributing literally tons of things (from food to toys to electronics to furniture to pets) that would otherwise have ended up rotting in a landfill.

William "Bill" Ayers, former Weather Underground leader and now distinguished Professor of Education, was the guest today on Education at the Crossroads. Ayers was the focus of a campaign to discredit then Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama. The Ayers - Obama connection was initially one dealing with educational issues in Chicago. Join us for a far reaching conversation.

Matthew interviewed Greg Epstein, author of the new book 'Good Without God; What a Billion Non-Religious People Do Believe.' The book has influenced many campaigns, such as the 'Good Without God' posters in the New York City subway system.
Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University. He blogs for Newsweek magazine and The Washington Post, and has been featured by National Public radio, BBC radio, Newsweek, US News and World Report and more.

Michael O’Neil took phone calls LIVE and discussed humanists and atheists in the news of the week. British billboards, alternate endings to the New Testament, pledge of allegiance resistors, and a Salute To Stephen Fry who was just presented an award by the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA). Also, reactions to the 2009 Atheist Convention in Burbank.

The show started a half hour earlier than usual. The WBAI Evening News was preempted.

Naturalistic Holiday Special!
NOTE: The show started 30 minutes early
The holiday season is officially here and though many non-believers might spin an index finger and mutter “Well, whoopty do!” the period from Thanksgiving to Christmas need not be problematic for people who don’t believe in Jesus, nor need it be joyless for people who do not believe in god at all.
During this one hour special we offered a naturalistic take on the holidays - and we explained how those who are secular may want to celebrate the holidays for the significant benefits they have to offer.
We asked listeners what they are grateful for in their lives. For the bottom half of the hour, we talked about the upcoming weeks and ideas for having a Naturalistic Christmas Day. And while not everyone’s response will be to run out, get a flu shot, and go visit a Santa (probably a good thing) - you may find the holidays just a little more fun.

Sunsara Taylor chats with Robert Jensen. Robert Jensen is that rare form of “Christian Atheist” who, once having been a secularist pure, now finds himself embracing a radical leftist form of "Christianity" which he talks about in his new book, All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice. Jensen is also an advocate of Feminism, and has written harshly on the Porn Industry in the United States. He also may be known for his critical essay - No Thanks to Thanksgiving - where he suggests that a moral people would abandon this holiday built upon myth and the blood of hundreds and thousands of Native Americans. Robert is a professor in the School of Journalism and director of the Senior Fellows Honors Program of the College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. www.equaltimeforfreethought.org

Humanistic Psychology with Dr. Edward Neukrug What is Humanistic Psychology? Does it fit the parameters of secular humanism and scientific naturalism? What is the legacy of some of its star names like Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow? What does Humanistic Psychology say about Free Will and Human Nature? Arnell Dowret will explore these questions and more with Dr. Edward Neukrug, Professor of Counseling and Human Service at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Dr. Neukrug is also the author of numerous books on psychology and counseling including Counseling Theory and Practice, Theory, Practice and Trends in Human Services: An Introduction to An Emerging Profession, Skills and Tools for Today’s Counselor’s and Psychotherapists, and Essentials of Testing and Assessment for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists.

Naturalistic Symbols and Myths ... Are they desirable? Are they possible? Are they needed? Throughout human history attitudes, ideas, practices, and traditions regarding the "big stuff," such as our relationship to the Cosmos - what it means to be alive - and how we should think about ourselves and our fellow humans, have been conveyed through mostly nonintellectual means such as religious practice and culture. Today, naturalism offers humanity the most accurate and effective way to approach such questions but to date, proponents of naturalism haven't found a nonintellectual approach to convey naturalistic knowledge and wisdom. This Sunday we'll consider whether a naturalistic understanding of ourselves, and the world, can be spread through nonintellectual means; and if so, what such a nonintellectual approach would look like. Joining us will be the organizer of the New York Mythology Cafe which is also The New York Chapter of the Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythical Round Table, Phil Robinson.

The show started 30 minutes earlier than usual. The news was pre-empted.

This special ONE-HOUR Equal Time for Freethought aired from 6pm to 7pm.
Humanism: According to the two documents which outline this philosophy, the Humanist Manefesto’s I & II, the goal of humanism is “a free and universal society in which people voluntarily and intelligently cooperate for the common good. (A belief) in maximum individual autonomy consonant with social responsibility. (And that) alienating forces should be modified or eradicated and bureaucratic structures should be held to a minimum (because) people are more important than decalogues, rules, proscriptions, or regulations.” How close are we to attaining these goals in today’s America? Has capitalism and Jeffersonian democracy (as weak as they may be here in 2009), been able to realize some of these goals? Any of these goals? Or have these ideologies led to a society profoundly unable to become free, and indeed – against human nature itself – have found ways through propaganda and brute force to ensure such freedom never exists? We talked with author Kristian Williams about these questions, focusing on one of the key methods by which the nations elite “regulate” freedom… the Police.

Humanism Vs. Atheism? With the advent of the "New Atheists" and their amazing popularity, and the watering down of humanism by many organizations in the US, we wonder what is the difference between humanism and atheism? Is atheism the foundational core of humanism as many "secular" humanists argue? Can anyone self-identified as an atheist be called a humanist? If humanism is, as some state, an ethical worldview, why do many argue that people can hold any political position and still be a humanist? Matthew LaClair will host a special call-in show to have YOU address these questions!

WBAI's 50th Birthday Celebration continues,

African-American Humanism. Michael O’Neil spoke with ETFF’s very first guest (2002), Norm Allen Jr, executive Director of African Americans for Humanism (AAH). Norm is the editor of the ground-breaking book African-American Humanism: An Anthology, AAH Examiner, and an Associate Editor of Free Inquiry magazine. His most recent book is The Black Humanist Experience. We'll discuss Norm’s work with the skeptics’ movement in Africa, and the dynamics of religiosity in the black experience in the United States and abroad. See www.equaltimeforfreethought.org

The eyes of the world are still on Haiti and hearts everywhere are aching. Aid and volunteers have poured in from around the world. And yet, the U.S.’s 12,000 troops have taken over Haiti’s main airport and are turning back much of this aid. An estimated 20,000 people a day died this past week under the rubble for lack of rescue. Surgeries and amputations among survivors were carried out without anesthesia or electricity.
This week, Sunsara Taylor and her guests will dig into the real history of Haiti, the dangerous and influential role of fundamentalists like Robertson, and shine a spotlight on the people who are not falling down on their knees and praising god, but waging active resistance both in Haiti and in the U.S. to demand humanitarian aid be let through.
Meanwhile, we are told – through the mainstream media over and over again – of the stories of worship and praise throughout Haiti. It is almost as if we are supposed to believe their suffering is not so great because of their faith. At the same time, Christian fascist Pat Robertson blamed the history of Haitians, who waged the only successful slave revolution in history, for bringing a curse down on themselves and causing their own suffering. As widely denounced as Robertson was, his voice was still treated as legitimate and promoted throughout the mainstream media.

Matthew LaClair hosted a call-in special about President Obama's State of the Union address, and the issues discussed in it. The HealthCare debate, the Supreme Court decision allowing corporations the right to essentially purchase elections, and more will be discussed - in addition to the impact of Obama's speech. Does Obama's SOTU speech show an interest by Obama to have a more open and participatory democracy than before? Will the speech finally open the doors for significant change in American Politics as we know it?

This Christmas join Arnell Dowret for another naturalized, secular, and faith-free Christmas celebration as we demonstrate how, and why Christmas can, and should be a fully naturalistic and fun holiday. During the program we’ll be taking listener calls to hear about where you see hope for tomorrow, and for you to tell us how your Christmas is going. We’ll also feature a special guided Christmas meditation, and we'll be replaying Equal Time for Freethought’s classic Christmas morning interview with Santa Claus, and his wife Christine. And although Equal Time for Freethought’s Naturalistic Christmas Special is faith-free, throughout the years we have had many people of faith tell us they’re glad they tuned in. So, unless you’re a big fan of guys like Glen Beck, be sure to tune in! The Calwell Chronicles was pre-empted.

A Musical BIRTHDAY BASH! I celebrate On The Eve Of My Birthday. Some of the singers that were part of the mix: Judy Garland, Charles Aznavour, Ella Fitzgerald, Howard Mcgillin, Nancy Lamott, Frank Sinatra, Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Barbara Fasano, Barney Martin, Carmen Mcrae, Michael Feinstein, Rosemary Clooney, Peter Allen, Inga Swenson, Lonny Price, Donna Murphy, Tom Andersen, Nancy Wilson, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Mary Martin, Bill Wright, Liza Minnelli and more!

The show featured the book A TERRIBLE MISTAKE, detailing the investigation conducted by author HANK ALBORELLI into the CIA's bizaroo, Keystone Spy murder of one of its own. One day after the show aired, the CIA asked for its own FOIA documents back.

Global warming. The first super earth planet was just found. New survey satellites are being launched. Guest: author David Archer.

GUEST: PHILIPPE DIAZ (www.theendofpoverty.com) Director/Writer - It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies -- in other words, wealthy countries taking advantage of poor, developing countries, mostly Indigenous peoples.******* GUEST: Jennifer Jessum and Simon (www.HolyManFilm.com) - Director/Producers - New evidence establishes that Douglas White, a terminally ill 88 year-old Lakota Sioux medicine man from Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, has been incarcerated in federal prison for the last 16 years for a crime he did not commit.

GUEST: Ataahua Papa (Maori) - "Love the Islands" Benefit Concert at NYU. Sat. 21st Contact: 646.260.8380 The island nations of Samoa, Tonga, Amerikan Samoa and where all three were struck by tragedy on Sept. 29th, when an earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter Scale triggered a tsunami with waves of 20 feet and higher. Hundreds are gone and with many missing the small countries Indigenous peoples continue to rebuild their lives. GUESTS: Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu (translation by Carol Kunuk) about a new “stunner of a film” called BEFORE TOMORROW (www.norget.com/beforetomorrow) is the story of a woman who demonstrates human dignity and the ultimate challenge of survival. The film was shot by an all female crew, in remote locations near the community of Puvirnituq, Nunavik. MUSIC: Alex Jones (Mohawk) "Indian List" and Joy Harjo (Creek) "Witchi Tai To" (www.bluesweb.com)

Two hour show. Robert Jensen is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism and author of the personal memoir All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice, a compelling memoir that highlights the religious debate currently raging in the United States. I had the chance to contact Dr. Jensen to discuss some of the themes he raised in his book. What prompted you to write All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice Jensen can be reached at rjensen@uts.cc.utexas.edu and his articles can be found online at http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/index.html.

STEPHANIE SEAY - Buffalo Field Campaign (buffalofieldcampaign.org) is the only group working in the field every day in defense of the last wild buffalo population in the U.S. filed suit against the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service for their shameful role in the harassment and slaughter of the Yellowstone bison, America's last wild population.***** LISA TIGER (lisatiger.com) Creek, Seminole and Cherokee has been one of the few public Native American faces of AIDS since 1992 when she was first diagnosed with HIV, advancing to AIDS in 1999.***** ANNE KEALA KELLY - NOHO HEWA (nohohewa.com) premieres in New York thorugh the week of Dec. 3 through 10th. Winner of the Hawaii International Film Festival’s Award For Best Documentary 2008 - Hewa means “wrong” and noho means “to occupy”. This documentary is a contemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics and resistance in the face of their systematic erasure under U.S. laws, economy, militarism, and real estate speculation. It is a raw, unscripted story that makes critical links between seemingly unrelated industries, and is told from the perspective of Hawaiians.

CHRISTINE ROSE (changingwinds.org) coordinator for Changing Winds Advocacy Center supporting the well being of Native American children.******* JASON WALLACH (upsidedownworld.org) veteran media worker and solidarity activist and CARLA MARIA PEREZ (movementgeneration.org) San Ramon, CA – 31 people were arrested who gathered in protest of Chevron’s global destruction of communities, the environment and the global climate. On December 7th, a Protest and Non-Violent Civil Disobedience was held at Chevron, California’s worst climate polluter, on first day of United Nations 'climate change' negotiations in Copenhagen.************** JAMES CRAVEN (Blackfoot) - Professor of Economics - (aradicalblackfoot.blogspot.com) A proposed $3.4 Settlement has been reached with American Indian Plaintiffs in a long-running class action lawsuit against the federal government for mismanagement of individual Indian trust accounts and trust assets. The Settlement is with the Secretary of the Interior, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior-Indian Affairs, and the Secretary of the Treasury. The individual Indian trust accounts relate to land, oil, natural gas, mineral, timber, grazing, water and other resources and rights on or under individual Indian lands.

Host:Tiokasin Ghosthorse. RICHARD BOYDEN - of Operation Morning Star - State of Emergency for Indian Reservations Hit by Brutal Winter Storm: WARNING! Thousands of Native American families without heat and running out of food.
Over 1000 Native American families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are with propane for heat, are snowed in and can’t get out to get food, and in many cases are unable to purchase food. below freezing temperatures, blizzard winds, and non-stop snow that created 3-10 foot snow drifts and buried all access roads into rural areas where thousands of homes are isolated throughout the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, and Standing Rock Reservations.

HOST: Tiokasin Ghosthorse
CHRISTINE ROSE of Changing Winds gives up an update with the "2010 Winter Warmth Drive".
VICTOR TORO Víctor Toro was a leftist political activist in the late sixties and early seventies in Chile. When the U.S backed coup that took place in Chile on September 11th, 1973, Víctor along with his wife Nieves, and many other thousands were persecuted, kidnapped, tortured, killed and the ones that survived, eventually forced into exile. Víctor has been residing in the United States for more than 25 years. Presently, a small community organization in the South Bronx called La Peña del Bronx. La Peña del Bronx, feeds the homeless and educates people about their constitutional, and immigration rights. At the present time, Víctor is fighting deportation.
ROSA LOZANO of CISPES, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador joins JASON WALLACH a veteran media worker and a contributor to Upside Down World. The multi-national "gold" mining corporation PACIFIC RIM recently denied their involvement with the deaths of two prominent anti-mining activists in El Salvador. We talk about their role and the role of Indigenous peoples being affected by the mining, pollution, health, CAFTA and policies of profit between the government and Pacific Rim.

Host: Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Basem Khader - former economist with the United Nations updates us on the situation at the Egypt/Gaza border. Website: electronicintifada.net
Phillip Whiteman Jr. and Lynette Two Bulls have organized the Northern Cheyenne's Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run - about 100 tribal members - most of them grade-schoolers - run 400 miles every year since 1996 from Fort Robinson, Neb., to Busby, Montana. Website: YellowBirdinc.org
Silvia Burley is the Chairperson of the California Valley Miwok Tribe at californiavalleymiwoktribe.us or contact 209.931.4567 prepare to lock themselves inside their Tribal Headquarters in Stockton, CA. on Jan. 15th, when the Sheriff is coming to forcibly evict them from their land because of foreclosure.
The Miwok called for a 2-day protest and speak-out gathering at the Bureau of Indian Affairs recently on January 6th and 7th. The BIA was targeted because they have been withholding funds that the Miwok need in order to pay for their land. In question is 1 1/2 acres, purchased after US Congress passed the "Termination Act of 1953" - terminating 0.92 Percent of an acre.

Host: Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Commentary on the devastation of the earthquake in Haiti and the militarization of the country by the U.S. A magnitude 5.9 aftershock, since the 12 ­January cataclysm, caused no serious reported damage or casualties.
Basem Khader Gaza Blockade Electronicintifada.net
Continues to Suffocate Daily Life more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty. The blockade does not target armed groups but rather punishes Gaza’s entire population by restricting the entry of food, medical supplies, educational equipment and building materials. An estimated 280 of the 641 schools in Gaza were damaged and 18 were destroyed. More than half of Gaza’s population is under the age of 18 and the disruption to their education is having a devastating impact. Hospitals have also been badly affected by the military offensive and the blockade. Trucks of medical aid provided by the World Health Organization have been repeatedly refused entry to Gaza without explanation by Israeli officials.
Soli “Papakihei” Niheu A Kanaka Maoli Elder from the Kingdom of Hawai'i has been at the forefront of Hawai'ian struggles for over 45 years. Soli talks about how he has to protect land rights and stop military test bombing, and in the ongoing sovereignty movement. Alstonbannerman.org

Host: Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Dahoud Andre and Miriam Neptune Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees - speak regarding the relief efforts being denied by the U.S militarization in Haiti.
Joseph Brings Plenty- Cheyenne River (Lakota) Sioux Tribe- Chairman on the declared "disaster area" by the Governor Rounds of South Dakota - during the third of major ice and snowstorms that has devasted the CRSTs since early Dec. 2009. The noticeable effect of an "emergency" would be relief efforts by the Red Cross or Federal Emergency Management Agency, until this date 1-28-10 "FEMA has not shown up on Cheyenne River and what Red Cross aid there is for Natives on this reservation is sparse at best". The National Guard is assisting with restoring power and water resources but with 10-21 days. Meanwhile, subzero temperatures, no water, no gasoline, no stores or businesses, no schools and no power keep services inadequate for most of the members on and near the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux Reservations. CRST Emergency Coordination Center (605) 964-7711 (7712)

First hour of many - this was an expanded show. We offered Max Dashu's "Suppressed Histories Archives: Women's Power DVD" For nearly 40 years, Dashu has presented hundreds of slide talks at universities, community centers, bookstores, schools, libraries, prisons, galleries, festivals and conferences around North America. Her work bridges the gap between academia and grassroots education. It foregrounds Indigenous women passed over by standard histories and highlights female spheres of power retained even in patriarchal societies.

Hour two of a four hour show

Hour 3 of a 4 hour show

Fourth and final hour of an expanded show. Positive Mind was preempted.

Thanksgiving special

Ellis Island: Blueprint For Guantanamo? The Case of Claudia Jones: Black, Communist And Female, And Buried Twice. Black History Month Special: Hosted by the WBAI Women's Collective. Incarcerated without due process on Ellis Island in 1948 along with countless other political prisoners for their leftist views, the eminent forgotten journalist and activist was eventually sent into exile in the UK. A conversation with Left Of Karl Marx author Carole Boyce Davies, with a spotlight on the Jones burial site next to Karl Marx, and a tale of two political exiles in the UK. Also....Workers Of The World Divide? Mass Struggle Vs. Identity Politics. And, The Wedding Gift: The History Of US Slavery From A Woman's Perspective. Vanessa Cooper in a conversation with author Marlen Bodden. Tahrir was pre-empted.

From 8pm to 10pm WBAI carried the Hope for Haiti Now Telethon

An episode of Broadway is My Beat from January 21, 1950. An episode of the Campbell Playhouse with Orson Wells and Helen Hayes.

Hosted by Max Schmid. The show ran from 6pm to 11pm tonight

Equal Time for Freethought was preempted.

This 5 hour edition of the show features
-- Hello Americans November 29, 1942. Program #3. CBS net. A portrait of a Haitian dictator ("The Emperor Christophe") and Toussant L'Overture. Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Gerald Mohr.
-- Broadway's My Beat January 31, 1950 #19 "The Roberto Segura Murder Case"
-- Molle Mystery Theatre - April 05 1946 "Murder in City Hall" based on Raymond Chandler's story "Spanish Blood".
-- The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show February 04, 1951 "Helping Alice with the Household Budget"
-- and a lost episode of The Green Hornet from 1939.

The lsat two hours of an extended 5 hour edition of the show. Everything Old is New Again was preempted.

ZAP! Electromagnetic Fields and Your Health. The evidence linking exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) with human health problems is strong and growing stronger. Join GREEN STREET hosts and Doug and Patti Wood with special guest and EMF expert Stan Hartman to find out how the wiring, appliances and computers in your home or apartment may pose a serious risk to your health and what you can do about it.

“Glug, glug, glug. What’s In Your Water?” We all do it, and we can’t stop doing it, but drinking water can be hazardous to our health. What kinds of chemicals may be in public drinking water, what is the government doing about it, and what can you do to keep yourself and your family safe? To find out, join host Patti Wood and her special guest Dr. Sarah Meyland.

In England, a committee is doing the kind of in-depth look at the runup to the Iraq war that many here dream about -- but what will come of it? An update on the Chilcot Inquiry with among others Reg Keyes -- a gold star dad who ran for office against Tony Blair. Then, in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, many have thought of adopting Haitian babies, we talk about the pros and cons. And Freethinker Susan Jacoby debates recovering Moral Majority believer, Frank Schaefer. Is the Age of American Unreason here to stay? All that and graphic journalist Joe Sacco on his extraordinary book : Footnotes in Gaza... Coming up on GRITradio our weekly pick of the best of the TV show, GRITtv.

On January 12, just before 5pm, Haiti was hit by one of the deadliest recorded earthquakes which measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. Co-host Kim Ives who just returned from Haiti reports on the devastation. Join “Haiti, the Struggle Continues” Thursdays at 9 p.m. The program is dedicated to the support of the Haitian people in their struggle for Freedom and against all forms of oppression. More...

a special on the Haitian earthquake: suggestions for help, a local Haitian politician, and listener call-ins. Sister From Another Planet was pre-empted.

The program will include a tribute by Health Action co-producer Bob Lederer to three dedicated AIDS activists who passed away in 2009: Lynde Francis, founder and director of Zimbabwe's largest health clinic and support center; Dennis DeLeon, longtime president of the Latino Commission on AIDS here in New York; and Dr. Alan Berkman, inspiration behind and co-founder of Health GAP, which fights barriers to access to AIDS medication and health care for people in poor nations. This will include audio excerpts from interviews with Dr. Berkman.

Martin Luther King Jr. related topics.

National health care reform in Congress. Hosted by Mark Hannay.

Host Barbara Glickstein. Guest co-host Patricia DeGennaro, Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York and policy expert on Afghanistan. Ms. DeGennaro will comment on President Obama's Afghanistan strategy deploying 30,000 more troops to this region. Hear an in-depth interview by Ms. DeGennaro with Malalai Joya, Afghan politician and a former elected member of the Parliament from Farah province. and author of A Woman Among Warlords.

Barbara Glickstein talks with Dr. Gabrielle Francis who has been practicing holistic medicine for over 26 years. She utilizes chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, acupuncture and oriental medicine, and massage to treat a broad range of maladies and to restore optimal health and balance to her patients. Her web site is www.theherbanalchemist.com. She joins us to talk about the holidays.

The Next Hour was preempted.

WBAI carried the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon which raised funds for the Haitian people. The concert is the brainchild of George Clooney & Wyclef Jean and is packed with their celebrity friends and performers.
Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, Wyclef Jean, Bono, The Edge and Jay-Z will lead the all-star lineup of performers. More than 100 stars have signed on to help raise funds for the MTV Networks-sponsored show, which will benefit the victims of last week's devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake on the impoverished island.
Several one-of-a-kind collaborations will highlight the event, including a hookup between U2's Bono and The Edge with Jay-Z and Rihanna in London and a jam featuring Kid Rock, Keith Urban and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; like all the night's performances, the collabos will be available for download on iTunes for 99 cents the next day. Also appearing in New York with Wyclef and Springsteen will be Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira and Sting, while the Los Angeles show will feature performances from Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Timberlake, Stevie Wonder and Taylor Swift.
WBAI extends a special thanks to MTV networks for the license to broadcast the event and to the producers of Rise Up Radio & Global Beat Experience, as well as Stephen Howard & Vanessa Cooper for making the broadcast possible.
The website for donations is HopeForHaitiNow.org
Rise Up Radio was pre-empted.

Samuel R. Delany - Black Science Fiction Writer

WBAI broadcast the House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing of Afghan Policy from 1PM to 6PM. Positive Mind was preempted.

Coverage continues

Coverage continues. Talk Back! was preempted.

Coverage ends. Explorations was pre-empted.

Host Scott Sommer will by joined by Chris Kui and Richard Lee of Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) for a discussion about the problem of landlords who neglect building repairs to the point that tenants are vacated by order of the Buildings Department. A number of such cases have occurred this past year in Chinatown and other parts of lower Manhattan. Landlords often stand to gain when their negligence leads to a vacate order, as that may result in the permanent displacement of rent-regulated tenants.

Voice of the Tenant Movement. Host Scott Sommer will be joined by representatives of the New York City AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN) to discuss the unique housing issues of people living with HIV/AIDS. Housing Notebook is produced by Met Council, www.metcouncil.net

Scott Sommer was joined by attorney Norman Siegel to discuss the recent court decision rejecting New York State's attempt to use eminent domain to take land for Columbia University's proposed expansion into West Harlem. Housing Notebook, produced by Met Council, (www.metcouncil.net), airs Mondays on WBAI, 99.5 FM, from 8 to 9PM in the New York metropolitan area, and on the World Wide Web at www.wbai.org.