Archived Interviews
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The CIA and the Assassination of President
Kennedy
A Farewell to Justice
Our guest is Temple University Professor
Joan Mellen, author of A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison,
JFK's Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History.
We focus on the evidence linking the U. S. Central Intelligence
Agency and other intelligence agencies to the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
Professor Mellen tells the story
of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison who conducted the
only criminal prosecution ever undertaken in the 43 years since
President Kennedy was murdered. But her book is more than a history
of the Garrison prosecution. Through her study of evidence made
public in recent years, Professor Mellen has been able to present
a much more complete picture of the role that the CIA and other
intelligence agencies appear to have played in the assassination
of President Kennedy.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT on
August 1, 2010.
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Propaganda 101
How do you manufacture
consent?
Mark Crispin Miller, professor of culture
and communications at New York University, discusses modern propaganda
techniques from their origins during World War I. Professor Miller
considers the seminal work on propaganda of George Creel, who
ran the U.S. Committee on Public Information during World War
I; Edward Bermays, public relations genius and consultant on
government covert ops, and Walter Lippmann renowned journalist
who called for the "manufacture of the consent" of
the people to government policy.
A prolific author, Mark Crispin
Miller's most recent book is Loser Take All: Election Fraud
and The Subversion of Democracy, 2000 - 2008. He has, also,
been featured in the documentary films, "Stealing America:
Vote by Vote" about the 2004 Presidential election and "Orwell
Rolls in His Grave" about corporate control of media.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT on
July 4, 2010.
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The Web of Debt
Who Controls the Money
System?
Money. We all need it to live. Who controls
the creation of money? What does it mean to you? Should the system
be changed?
Historically, the right to create
money belonged to the government. However, with the establishment
of the Bank of England following the English Revolution of 1688,
private banks gained control over the creation of money. The
bankers created money out of thin air and required the government
to pay interest on any money it needed - a privately controlled
debt based money system.
In America, the colonies resisted
the privately controlled money system with some success. After
the American Revolution, the question of who would control the
creation of money was hotly contested for over a century. Eventually,
the private debt based money system triumphed with the establishment
of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913.
Our guest is attorney Ellen
Hodgson Brown, author of The Web of Debt, the Shocking Truth
About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
June 2, 2010.
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The Great Warming
Climate Change in History
Dramatic climate change has occurred in
relatively recent human history. For some it was a boon - for
others a catastrophe.
From 800 to 1300 AD, the earth
experienced a prolonged period of warming. On one hand, the warming
contributed to the cultural flowering of the High Middle Ages
in Europe while on the other it led to the destruction of civilizations
elsewhere in the world. All of this was caused by a temperature
change of only a few degrees.
Are the people of the earth
facing a similar environmental challenge today? What aspect of
climate change poses the greatest risk? What steps might be taken
to limit the damage?
Our guest is Professor Brian
Fagan, author of The Great Warming, Climate Change and the
Rise and Fall of Civilizations. Professor Fagan taught anthropology
at the University of California at Santa Barbara for 36 years.
His website is www.brianfagan.com.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
May 2, 2010.
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Seeds of Destruction
Controlling Food and Populations
Beginning in the mid-20th century, the
Rockefellers spearheaded creation of a cartel of oil, chemical
and grain companies that today controls most of the world's food
supply. They did so by fostering large scale corporate farming
which relies on gas powered equipment, the intensive use of petrochemical
fertilizers and, more recently, genetically modified seeds.
The effort to control food production
was in some respects connected with a Rockefeller led effort
to promote eugenics, now called population control. As part of
this effort, the Rockefellers financed German eugenics research
before World War II and encouraged the sterilization of poor
women.
Our guest is William Engdahl,
author of Seeds of Destruction. His other books include
A Century of War on the crucial role of oil in warfare
since 1900 and Full Spectrum Dominance on how the United States
and its allies have projected power globally since the end of
the Cold War.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
April 4, 2010.
Duration approx. 29 min. |
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From the Pinkertons to the FBI
The Roots of Political
Policing
Pinkertons were the most important detectives
in American history and their tactics profoundly influenced the
modern FBI especially in regard to the FBI's police work against
political dissidents.
From the time that Allan Pinkerton
founded his agency in 1855, the Pinkertons developed a reputation
that they would take any steps to protect the interests of their
clients. Pinkertons' rough and sometimes illegal tactics involved
infiltrators, agents provocateurs, vigilantes, false flag operations
and even assassination - tactics which later surfaced during
the FBI's infamous COINTELPRO.
Our guest is Professor Ward
Churchill author of "From the Pinkertons to the Patriot
Act: The Trajectory of Political Policing in the United States,
1870 to the Present".
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
March 3, 2010.
Duration approx. 29 min. |
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Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires
Resisting Occupation Since
Alexander the Great
The United States 2001 invasion of Afghanistan
was the most recent in a long line of invasions going back over
2,000 years. Each invader discovered to his misfortune the same
truth: Afghanistan is much easier to invade than to occupy.
Who are the Afghans? Why has
Afghanistan been the object of so many imperial ambitions? Why
is Afghanistan so difficult to subjugate?
You'll find the answer to these
questions as we consider the nature of the country and its people
and as we look closely at invasions of Afghanistan from that
of Alexander the Great in the 4th century B.C. to the invasions
by the British in the 19th century and the Soviets in the late
20th century.
Our guest is military historian
Stephen Tanner, author of Afghanistan: a Military History.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
February 3, 2010.
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When the Sky Fell
The Science behind "2012"
In the recent hit movie "2012",
the earth is struck with a huge natural catastrophe caused by
a sudden shift in the earth's crust. Is there any scientific
basis for such a disaster occurring at any time in the future?
You'll find the answer in the
reprise of our program "When the Sky Fell". Our guest
Rand Flem-Ath describes the theory of earth crust displacement
developed by Charles Hapgood and endorsed by Albert Einstein.
He, also, presents in detail the physical and cultural evidence
of past cataclysms believed to have been caused by this phenomena.
Rand Flem-Ath is the author
with his wife Rose of "When the Sky Fell".
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
January 3, 2010.
Duration approx. 29 min.
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War in the First Person
World War II in the Pacific
Art Thomas, a combat infantryman with the
U.S. Army's 96th Infantry Division, recounts his experiences
in the crucial World War II Pacific Theater Battles of Leyte
and Okinawa. Mr. Thomas was in the first wave that landed on
the beach at Leyte in the Philippines and continued fighting
through the ensuing campaign in Okinawa, Japan.
A 19 year old college when called
for service, Mr. Thomas had to endure the most grueling fighting
in World War II - day after day of close combat during which
he saw close friends die. Through his ordeal we learn what war
is like for a boy plucked by fate from his civilian life and
put through the crucible of war.
For his service in the war,
Mr. Thomas received the Bronze Star and his unit received a Presidential
Citation for extraordinary bravery. Following the war, he earned
a bachelor of science from Washington University. Having raised
a family, Mr. Thomas is now retired from a long career in engineering
and sales and lives in Connecticut
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
December 2, 2009.
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The Opium Wars
How the West Hooked China
In the 19th century Britain, the leading
western power, fought two wars against China to overcome Chinese
resistance to the importation of opium. The immensely profitable
trade in this highly addictive drug was crucial in reducing Britain's
massive trade deficit with China and was carried on by American,
as well as, British merchants.
We recount the origin, course
and outcome of the Opium Wars and describe the impact of widespread
opium addiction on China in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
We, also, consider how this episode in Chinese history may effect
how China, the world's new superpower, views the West today.
Our guest is Frank Sanello,
author of The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and
the Corruption of Another.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
November 1, 2009.
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A Century of War
The Fight for Oil
Shortly before World War I, Winston Churchill,
First Lord of the British Admiralty, moved the British Navy from
coal fuel to oil. This fateful decision touched off a century
long struggle among the Great Powers for control of this critical
military and industrial resource - a struggle that continues
to dominate global politics and warfare.
In the program, we trace the
important role of oil from World War I when Britain sought to
thwart Germany's effort to access mid-east oil through construction
of the Berlin to Baghdad Railway to the current wars waged by
the United States and its allies in Iraq, rich in high quality
oil reserves, and Afghanistan, strategically placed for oil transit.
Our guest, strategic analyst
William Engdahl, has written on issues of energy, politics and
economics for over 30 years. He is the author of A Century
of War, Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
October 4, 2009.
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Dumbing Us Down
The Underground
History of American Education
The American system of compulsory schooling
did not spring full grown from the forehead of American educators.
It was imported into the United States from Prussia in the 19th
century by American industrialists in order to advance their
business objectives.
Prussia imposed compulsory education
after its crushing military defeat by Napoleon to instill discipline
in its population and make young people obedient soldiers and
workers. American business leaders, particularly John D. Rockefeller
and Andrew Carnegie, saw the Prussian system as useful in creating
a compliant industrial work force and used their considerable
financial resources to impose it in America despite widespread
grassroots resistance.
Our guest John Taylor Gatto,
named New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991, retired from
teaching to write and lecture on the need for fundamental change
in the American system of education. His books include The
Underground History of American Education and Dumbing
Us Down.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
September 2, 2009.
Duration approx. 29 min. |
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Overthrowing Governments 101
How to Pull Off a Coup
The United States government has a long
history of coup making around the world. Our guest, author and
former New York Times Bureau Chief Stephen Kinzer, tells us how
they were done - the motives, the means and the price.
In our discussion, Mr. Kinzer
takes a detailed look at the American overthrow of governments
in Iran 1953, Guatemala 1954 and Chile 1973. As he examines these
coups, we learn the tried and true techniques employed by governments
to destabilize and bring down foreign governments. He also examines
the corporate interests which typically provide the impetus for
coups and the price paid by the local populace.
Mr. Kinzer is the author of
Overthrow , a history of 14 American coups ranging from Hawaii
in 1893 to Iraq in 2003. He is, also, the author of All the
Shah's Men, An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
and co-author of Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American
Coup in Guatemala.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
August 2, 2009.
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Populism, the Third Way
Not left, Not right
From ancient Greece to modern America,
ordinary people have tried to establish democratic or populist
control over government. But often the democratic process has
been taken over by wealthy elites, be they the large landowners
of the Roman Republic or the corporate oligarchs of the industrial
age. In contemporary politics, citizens are given a choice between
the left's top down control by big government and the right's
top down control by big corporations.
Populists, ancient and modern,
believe that a truly democratic government cannot be based on
any model in which power is concentrated at the top. Rather,
they argue for a decentralized system of government and, equally
important, a decentralized monetary and economic system which
leaves real power with individual citizens.
Our guest is Adrian Kuzminski,
author of Fixing the System, A History of Populism, Ancient
and Modern. Mr. Kuzminski is a resident scholar in philosophy
at Hartwick College in New York.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
July 2, 2009.
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Who Killed Bobby Kennedy
The Second Gunman
Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot to death
on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles moments
after winning the crucial California presidential primary. The
hotly contested race for the White House was taking place against
the background of growing opposition to the Vietnam War, urban
riots across the country and the recent murder of Dr. Martin
Luther King.
Sirhan Sirhan was later convicted
of murdering Senator Kennedy and is serving a life sentence in
prison. While it is indisputable that Sirhan fired at Senator
Kennedy, eyewitness testimony and autopsy evidence largely ignored
during the original investigation, as well as, recently revealed
forensic evidence indicate that the bullets that struck Senator
Kennedy came from a second gunman.
Our guest, Shane O'Sullivan,
spent four years re-investigating the assassination. He is the
author of Who Killed Bobby? The Unsolved Murder of Robert
F. Kennedy and the director of the documentary film "RFK
Must Die". Additional information can be found at the following
sites www.whokilledbobby.net and www.rfkmustdie.com.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
June 4, 2009.
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The Pedigree of Abu Ghraib
Sixty Years of Torture
Have you seen the photos of Iraqi prisoners
abused by U.S. soldiers in Abu Grhaib Prison? After their April,
2004 publication by CBS News, Donald Rumsfeld, then U.S. Secretary
of Defense, claimed that the prisoner mistreatment was the work
of a few bad apples.
Not so. At the end of World
War II the United States government, with the assistance of ex-Nazis,
embarked on a long program to develop and use new techniques
of torture. The work, financed by the CIA, was carried out by
distinguished behavioral scientists at leading universities who
created "no touch" torture used by the United States
for decades in conflicts around the world.
Our guest, Alfred W. McCoy,
Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin at Madison,
is the author of A Question of Torture, CIA Interrogation
from the Cold War to the War on Terror. A film based in part
on that book, "Taxi to the Dark Side," won the Oscar
for Best Documentary Feature in 2008.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
May 3, 2009.
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The Rise and Fall
of Great Powers
The Price of Empire
First, Spain, then Holland and France,
then Britain and Germany and now the United States of America.
Each built a great empire and each in turn became leader of the
exclusive club of Great Powers. What is the price of admission
and what are the dues?
The study of the course of past
Great Powers reveals one persistent theme. They achieve empire
based on the strength of their economy while spending relatively
little on military. However, once on top they divert more and
more of their precious resources to the military in a futile
attempt to protect their empire from rivals. With their economies
hollowed out, they ultimately lose, both, empire and prosperity.
What can the United States learn
from the experience of previous Great Powers? Is there any way
out of the dilemma of empire?
Our guest, Professor Paul Kennedy,
is the author of the The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.
A bestseller when published in 1987, The Rise and Fall of
the Great Powers has been translated into over 20 languages.
Professor Kennedy teaches history at Yale University where he
is director of the Director of International Security Studies,
a center for teaching and research in grand strategy and international,
diplomatic, and military affairs.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
March 1, 2009.
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Manias, Panics and Crashes
When the Music Stops
The Crisis of 2008. The Crash of 1929.
The Panics of 1907 and 1837. The South Sea Bubble of 1720 and
the Tulip Mania of 1637. These are a few examples of the many
financial crises that have plagued the United States and the
rest of the industrial world for over 300 years.
What causes these booms and
busts? How long and deep are the slumps that follow? What can
be done to prevent them? And what can we learn from the history
of financial crises to help us deal with the current economic
crisis?
Our guest, Professor Robert
Z. Aliber taught international finance at the University of Chicago
from 1965 until his retirement and has consulted for the Federal
Reserve System's Board of Governors, the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund. Professor Aliber revised and updated the classic
history of financial crises entitled Manias, Panics and Crashes
by Charles P. Kindleberger for its fifth edition published by
Wiley in 2005.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
February 1, 2009.
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The Prosecution of
George W. Bush for Murder
Is Anyone Above the Law?
Veteran Los Angeles prosecutor
Vincent Bugliosi presents the case that George W. Bush should
be prosecuted for murder for his actions as President in leading
the United States into the war in Iraq.
Attorney Bugliosi sets forth
the specific acts which he contends constitute murder under the
laws of the United States and describes the basis under which
American prosecutors could establish jurisdiction over George
W. Bush in a murder prosecution. He, also, discusses in detail
the principle evidence against Mr. Bush which he says would support
an indictment and conviction for murder.
Vincent Bugliosi has practiced
law for over 40 years. In his career at the Los Angeles County
District Attorney's office, he successfully prosecuted 105 out
of 106 felony jury trials, including 21 murder convictions without
a single loss. His most famous trial, the Charles Manson case,
became the basis of his true-crime classic, Helter Skelter,
which was the biggest selling true-crime book in publishing history.
He is the author of The Prosecution of George W. Bush for
Murder published in 2008 by Vanguard Press.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
January 1, 2009.
Duration approx. 30 min. |
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Consumer Boycotts
The Power of NOT Shopping
From colonial resistance to
British taxation in the 18th century right through to present,
consumer boycotts have played an important role in American history.
A powerful weapon against both government and private power,
boycotts were essential to the early labor movement of the turn
of the century, the civil rights movement of the 1950's and modern
movements to protect the environment.
Our guest is the country's foremost
authority on consumer boycotts, Professor Monroe Friedman. He
discusses, not only, some of the most famous boycotts in American
history, but also, the factors that make a boycott effective.
In addition, we consider the role that boycotts might play in
shaping corporate and public policy in the future.
Professor Friedman has spent
over 40 years studying consumer boycotts. He served as a consultant
to numerous government agencies including the Federal Trade Commission
and is an emeritus professor at Eastern Michigan University.
He is the author of Consumer Boycotts which was selected
as an "Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 2000"
by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
December 4, 2008.
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The Deep State
Covert Power and Democracy
We look at the ways that wealthy individuals and corporations
create a covert Deep State to influence the nominally democratic
institutions of our Public State. We learn how covert power is
exercised - sometimes through highly secret agencies of the government
and other times through non-governmental organizations including
criminal enterprises.
We discuss the foundation of the Central Intelligence
Agency and its super secret covert operations group, the Office
of Policy Coordination, by Wall Street in the years immediately
after World War II. Later, we focus on the seminal covert operations
of the CIA which created a model for future operations - off
the books, self financing, outside congressional supervision
and often involving criminal drug dealing and money laundering.
We, also, look at the covert development of a martial law framework
for America from Operation Garden Plot during the Vietnam War
to FEMA and the Continuity of Government.
Our guest is Professor Peter Dale Scott, author of
The Road to 9/11 , Deep Politics and the Death of JFK,
Drugs, Oil and War and, most recently, The War Conspiracy
published this year by Mary Ferrell Foundation Press. A renowned
poet, as well as, political writer, Professor Scott was a Professor
of English at University of California at Berkeley until retiring
in 1994. His website is peterdalescott.net.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
November 2, 2008.
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Mark Twain vs. the Imperialists
A Republic, Not an Empire
Mark Twain makes a rare broadcast appearance
to discuss his leading role in the anti-imperialist movement
at the turn of the century.
While most Americans are well
acquainted with Mark Twain, author of classics such as The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, his important work as a political
activist is largely unknown to the general public. Twain served
as Vice President of the Anti-Imperialist League from 1901 to
his death in 1910. He authored bitterly satiric essays against
imperialism which were widely distributed.
"Mark Twain vs. the Imperialists"
focuses on Twain's opposition to the Fillippine American War
which broke out in 1899 following the U.S. seizure of the Philippines
in the Spanish American War. In putting down the protracted Philippine
resistance to U.S. occupation, U.S. troops subjected Filipinos
to an early form of water boarding known as the "water cure".
During the turn of the century,
anti-imperialist clubs were established in many cities and attracted
a considerable following. The movement was supported by many
prominent Americans in addition to Mark Twain, including Andrew
Carnegie and former President Grover Cleveland and was based
on an American anti-colonial tradition dating back to the Founding
Fathers.
First broadcast on WPKN
89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
October 2, 2008.
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Why Indeed Did the World Trade Center Collapse?
Was It a Controlled Demolition?
Professor Steven Jones, renowned physics
professor of Brigham Young University, discusses the evidence
supporting the hypothesis that the Twin Towers and WTC building
number 7 of the World Trade Center were destroyed in a controlled
demolition on 9/11.
Specifically, Professor Jones
cites the vertical, symmetrical free fall of the buildings and
the pulverization of the building materials as indicative of
a controlled demolition. He gives particular attention to World
Trade Center Building Number 7 which was not struck by a plane.
Professor Jones, also, discusses the scientific data indicating
that an incendiary such as thermite would have been used to achieve
the temperatures required to destroy the buildings steel supports.
To read Professor Jones's scientific
article, "Why Indeed Did the World Trade Center Collapse",
go to the following link: www.physics911.net
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
September 4, 2008.
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A Peace to End All
Peace
How the
West Created the Modern Middle East
In order to understand the United States' current involvement
in the Middle East, it is essential to understand the origins
of Western intervention in the region during World War I.
While Lawrence of Arabia was helping to organize Arabs
to fight for the Allies during World War I, Britain and France
conducted secret negotiations to carve up the Middle East into
new nation states under their control. The resulting Sykes Picot
treaty may have resolved the rivalry of Britain and France, but
it suppressed Arab self-determination and inaugurated a century
of western intervention in the region. The "war to end all
wars" resulted in "a peace to end all peace".
We discuss this critical period with our guest, David
Fromkin, Professor of International Relations, History and Law
at Boston University. Professor Fromkin is the author of A
Peace to End All Peace, The Fall of the Ottoman Empire
and the Creation of the Modern Middle East which was a national
bestseller in 1989 and was on the short list for the Pulitzer
Prize.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
July 3, 2008.
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Plum Island
Lyme Disease
and BioWar Research
For over 50 years, the United States government has experimented
with the world's deadliest viruses at a research facility on
Plum Island, located just 2 miles from Long Island, New York
and 85 miles from New York City. Conceived as part of the United
States government's biowar program, Plum Island was used for
the development of germ weapons designed to devastate a nation's
livestock and, thereby, destroy its people's food supply.
Our guest, Michael Christopher Carroll, explains the
operations of the Plum Island virus research facility and the
important role played by Nazi Germany's top bioweapons scientist
in its establishment. He, also, presents the evidence linking
the virus research at Plum Island to the emergence of Lyme Disease.
This debilitating and, as yet, incurable illness first appeared
in 1975 in nearby Old Lyme, Connecticut and is one of the fastest
growing infectious diseases in the United States.
Michael Christopher Carroll devoted 7 years to researching
the government's activities at Plum Island and is the author
of Lab 257, The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret
Germ Laboratory. Mr. Carroll is a graduate of St. John's
University Law School where he was editor of the Law Review.
He now practices law in California. His website is www.michaelchristophercarroll.com.
First
broadcast on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk,
NY, on
June 1, 2008.
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The Creature from Jekyll Island
How Private
Bankers Created the Federal Reserve
In the fall of 1910, seven powerful Wall Street financiers boarded
a private railroad car for a secret meeting at a private resort
where they drew up plans for a central bank for the United States.
Born in secrecy, their creation was to become in 1913 the Federal
Reserve.
Our guest, G. Edward Griffin, tells the story of this
fateful meeting and answers these important questions: Who were
these seven men? Why did they do it? Who profited from their
creation of the Federal Reserve? How did they sell their plan
to the public, to Congress and to the President? What impact
has their creation had on the economic well being of American
families and on the cycles of panics and depressions?
G. Edward Griffin is the author of The Creature
from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve.
The Creature From Jekyll Island is, not only, a classic
study of the origins and operations of the Federal Reserve, but
also, a history of the money system. Originally published in
1994, The Creature From Jekyll Island is now in its 20thth
printing. Mr. Griffin is the President of Freedom Force International,
a network of men and women from 52 countries who seek to shape
public policy in their respective countries in favor of personal
and global freedom. His website is freedomforceinternational.org.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
May 1, 2008.
Duration approx. 28 min. |
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The Execution of Martin Luther King
An Act
of State
Months after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther
King, the authorities proclaimed that the crime had been solved.
The murderer, they said, was a lone gunman named James Earl Ray
with unclear motives who acted on his own behalf and no one else's.
It was a familiar story, but was it true?
In 1999, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King brought
a civil wrongful death action against persons other than Ray
who the family believed had assassinated Dr. King. After a four
week trial, it took the jury only 59 minutes to return at verdict
that Martin Luther King had been assassinated by a number of
conspirators including government agents.
Our guest in this program is William F. Pepper, the
attorney who represented the King family in the 1999 wrongful
death action. Mr. Pepper who is both a British barrister and
an American lawyer investigated the murder of Dr. King for over
a quarter century. For several years, he represented Dr. King's
supposed assassin James Ray in Ray's legal efforts to obtain
a trial. Mr. Pepper is the author of An Act of State, the
Execution of Martin Luther King.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
April 3, 2008.
Duration approx. 28 min. |
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Julius Caesar, the Last Roman Populist
The Truth
Behind the Tragedy
On the Ides of March of 44 BC, Julius Caesar was murdered by
his colleagues on the floor of the Roman Senate. Shakespeare
aside - what were the real motives of his assassins?
In this startling re-examination of the career and
murder of Julius Caesar, our guest, political analyst and author
Dr. Michael Parenti shows that Julius Caesar was the last in
a century long line of populist leaders in the late Roman Republic.
Caesar like his predecessors fought for the rights of the common
people against the growing power and wealth of the large landowners.
All these leaders and many of their followers met the same fate
- murder at the hands of death squads.
Dr. Parenti, also, discusses the parallels between
contemporary American history and the late Roman Republic. These
include the curtailment of civil liberties, the undermining of
democratic institutions and the concentration of power in the
hands of the few.
Dr. Parenti received a PhD from Yale University in
political science. He has written 20 books and 275 articles and
lectures to academic and other groups throughout the country.
His most recent book Contrary Notions: the Michael Parenti
Reader was published in 2007 by City Lights Books. He is
the author of The Assassination of Julius Caesar: a People's
History of Ancient Rome which was chosen Book of the Year
for non-fiction in 2004 by On Line Review of Books.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
March 2, 2008.
Duration approx. 28 min. |
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Lies Our Teachers Tell Us
Are History
Textbooks Making Our Children Dumber?
Are American students learning the true story about their own
history? You may be surprised to learn that some of the most
important events in American History are omitted from many textbooks.
In some cases, important figures are trivialized. In other cases,
important figures are placed on an undeserved pedestal, their
sins ignored.
Professor James Loewen spent two years evaluating 12 leading
high school textbooks on American History. The result is his
fascinating book called Lies My Teacher Told Me. Join
us as we talk to Professor Loewen about his observations and
surprising conclusions.
Lies My Teacher Told Me received the American
Book Award in 1996. It was recently republished by Touchstone
and has sold over 800.000 copies. Professor Loewen's other books
include Mississippi: Conflict and Change, Sundown Towns
and Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong.
He is currently working on Surprises on the Landscape: Unexpected
Places That Get History Right. Professor Loewen received
a PhD in sociology from Harvard. He taught race relations for
twenty years at the University of Vermont. Previously he taught
at predominantly black Tougaloo College in Mississippi.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
February 3, 2008.
Duration approx. 29 min. |
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General Smedley Butler
Maverick
Marine
The military career of Marine Corps General Smedley Butler reads
like a history of American foreign military intervention in the
late 19th and early 20th century. He served in practically every
campaign from the Spanish American War, both in Cuba and the
Philippines, to the U.S. expedition in China in the late 1920's.
Starting as a 16 year old recruit he became the 2nd highest ranking
general in the Corps and was awarded two Congressional Medals
of Honor along the way.
However, Butler's career was even more remarkable
after his retirement. In the 1930's, General Butler became the
most celebrated anti-imperialist in America. From the public
platform and on radio and in print Butler denounced America's
foreign military interventions as a government racket to enrich
large well connected corporations.
Please join as we talk about the life and times of
General Smedley Bulter with his biographer Professor Hans Schmidt.
Professor Schmidt who taught history at universities from Zambia
to Hong Kong is the author of Maverick Marine, General Smedley
Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
January 6, 2008.
Duration approx. 29 min. |
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Mother Jones
The Most
Dangerous Woman in America
Before modern "women's liberation" - even before women
got the vote, Mother Jones wielded more power on behalf of American
workers than any man of her generation. Born in Cork, Ireland
as Mary Harris, Mother Jones traveled America fighting on behalf
of coal miners, textile workers and child laborers. Unafraid
of the goons and soldiers sent to harass her, she was called
by one prosecutor "the most dangerous woman in America".
Please join us as we talk to Mother Jones' biographer
Professor Elliot Gorn, author of Mother Jones, the Most Dangerous
Woman in America. A graduate of the University of California
at Berkeley, Professor Gorn received a PhD in American Studies
from Yale University. He is Professor of History at Brown University
where he chairs the American Civilization Department. Professor
Gorn specializes in the social and cultural history of the United
States in the 19th and 20th centuries and is now writing a book
about the bank robber John Dillinger.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
December 2, 2007.
Duration approx. 29 min. |
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Assault on the Liberty
Justice
for Veterans of the USS Liberty?
On June 8, 1967, the Liberty, a U.S. Navy ship, was the target
of an unprovoked attack by the Israeli air force and navy while
stationed in international waters off the coast of Gaza. The
attack took place during the Six Day War in which Israel launched
a surprise attack against its Arab neighbors. The United States
was a neutral in this conflict.
In the Israeli attack, two thirds of the Liberty's
crew were either killed or wounded. The ship itself was left
barely afloat. However, in the 40 years since the assault no
surviving veteran of the crew has ever had the opportunity to
testify about it to a congressional committee.
In this program, we speak with James Ennes, a retired
U.S. naval officer who was serving on board the Liberty during
the assault. He describes the bloody details of the attack and
the events that immediately followed. He, also, addresses the
following important questions: Why did Israel attack the Liberty?
Why has the U.S. government not given the surviving veterans
an opportunity to publicly testify about the attack before Congress?
James Ennes is the author of Assault on the Liberty,
his account of the attack, and is one of the creators of the
U.S.S. Liberty Memorial website located at www.USSLiberty.org.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
November 4, 2007.
Duration approx. 28 min. |
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Pearl Harbor: Day of Deceit
What Did
FDR Know?
The United States entry into World War II was precipitated by
Japan's December 7, 1941 attack on the United States military
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. American leaders claimed that the attack
was an unprovoked surprise. Blame for failing to anticipate and
prevent the attack was placed on Admiral Husband Kimmel and General
Walter Short, the Pearl Harbor commanders.
In this program we take a new look at Pearl Harbor
with Robert Stinnett,
author of Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor.
In years of researching U.S. government archives, Mr. Stinnett
discovered many important documents revealing the actual state
of U.S. military intelligence in the days leading up to the attack.
Additionally, he discovered a US Naval intelligence memorandum
- some would call it the smoking gun - which revealed the U.S.
government's secret Japanese strategy:
Mr. Stinnett served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II earning ten battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation.
He has worked as a journalist and photographer for the Oakland
Tribune, and he is a consultant on the Pacific War for the BBC
and for Asahi and NHK Television in Japan. He is currently a
Research Fellow at The Independent Institute, a non-profit public
policy research organization located in Oakland, California.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
October 7, 2007.
Duration approx. 29 min. |
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9/11 Unanswered Questions
Dare We
Ask?
In a special one hour premier edition of History
Counts, we discuss many disturbing questions relating
to 9/11 with Professor David Ray Griffin, the leading independent
9/11 scholar.
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon are the casus belli of what the United States calls
its global war on terror. Yet the official sources have yet to
produce convincing evidence as to who planned and carried out
the attacks. In our discussion with Professor Griffin, we consider
questions such as what may have struck the Pentagon and why the
United States Air Force failed to intercept any of the three
aircraft before they struck their targets. We also look at how
the attack and its aftermath relate to the larger U.S. foreign
policy objectives.
A widely published theologian, David Ray Griffin,
is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Religion and Theology
at the Claremont School of Theology in California. His books
on 9/11 include The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions
about the Bush Administration and 9/11 published in 2004
and Debunking 9/11 Debunking published in 2007 which responds
to the defenders of the official conspiracy theory.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
September 9, 2007.
Duration approx. 59 min. |
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Soldiers in Revolt
What Happens When an Army Refuses
to Fight?
In this special program, our guest, long time peace activist
and author David Cortright, discusses GI resistance during the
Vietnam War - both in the combat zone and on bases in the United
States. We, also, consider the implications of the resistance
by U.S. soldiers during Vietnam War for the current Iraq War.
David Cortright is the president of the Fourth Freedom
Forum, a peace advocacy foundation. He has advised United Nations
agencies and national governments on how to resolve conflict
without war. His books include Soldiers in Revolt and
Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence in an Age of Terrorism.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
13 May 2007.
Duration approx. 41 min. |
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Going Solar
Can it
work in your house?
In this program we take a close look at solar power for the home.
Solar power is a clean renewable energy which can help families
save money, become more energy independent and play a direct
role in protecting the environment.
Our guest, Gordian Raacke, a civil engineer and energy
policy expert, explains two different types of solar systems
- solar electric which provides power for appliances and lights
and solar thermal which provides for domestic hot water and space
heating. We discuss the cost of sample systems and the amount
you might save on your energy bills.
Mr. Raacke is the founder and Executive Director of
Renewable Energy Long Island, a membership-based, not-for-profit
organization promoting clean, sustainable energy for Long Island.
He has participated in numerous proceedings before the New York
State Public Service Commission including the proceeding which
led to the requirement that 25% of New York State's electricity
come from renewable sources by 2013.
First broadcast on
WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
15 April 2007.
Duration approx. 47 min. |
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Ireland and the Invention of America
It's a Lot More than Beer
and Parades.
Irish have been settling in America since colonial times. From
big eastern cities to the Wild West, these Irish Americans have
been an important element in creating both our American democracy
and our unique American identity.
Whether your ancestors are Irish or not, you will
want to listen to noted Irish author and journalist Fintan O'Toole
as he discusses notable Irish who have shaped American history.
He explores how they helped invent a country while at the same
time retaining something that was and remains uniquely Irish.
Fintan O'Toole is the drama critic, as well as, columnist
for the Irish Times. From 1997 to 2001, he was, also,
the drama critic for the New York Daily News. He is the
author of numerous books including A Traitor's Kiss, the
critically acclaimed biography of Irish playwright Richard Brinsley
Sheridan and White Savage, William Johnson and the Invention
of America.
First broadcast on
WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
11 March 2007.
Duration approx. 45 min. |
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The Heat Is On
Global Warming: The Clock
Is Ticking!
Our guest, veteran journalist and author Ross Gelbspan,
explains global warming from A to Z. What causes it? How do we
know human activities are responsible? Is a disaster around the
corner? What can and should be done to combat global warming?
How much time do we have to act?
A longtime reporter and editor with the Philadelphia
Bulletin, The Washington Post and the Boston Globe, Mr. Gelbspan
began focusing on the issue of climate change over 10 years ago.
He has written two books on the subject, The Heat is On
and Boiling Point. In his books, Mr. Gelbspan analyzes
the growing body of scientific research on global warming and
presents the science in an understandable fashion for the general
audience. Mr. Gelbspan has, also, created a website, heatisonline.org, where he reports on the
latest scientific developments on global warming and presents
specific proposals for combating this looming environmental crisis.
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5
FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
14 January 2007.
Duration approx. 50 min. |
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Who Stole Christmas?
Too Much
Stress and Too Little Joy
You'll want to listen to our
guest - best selling author and environmentalist Bill McKibben.
Leading off with a discussion of his book, Hundred Dollar
Holiday - The Case for a More Joyful Christmas, Mr. McKibben
recounts how Christmas became a shopping frenzied season. From
there, he explores the larger issues of materialism and environmental
sustainability. He takes us on a journey to communities in foreign
countries that have learned to "live lightly on the earth"
- people who have achieved a high quality of life with much less
wealth than Americans.
Mr. McKibben's many books include
the classic End of Nature, the first book on global warming
for the general audience. It has been translated into 20 languages
and an updated edition was published in 2006. For more information
on Mr. McKibbin's books and articles, go to http://www.billmckibben.com
First broadcast on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7
FM, Montauk, NY, on
17 December 2006.
Duration approx. 30 min. |
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Darfur: War of the Future
Is it about religion?
Is it about race? Is it about oil?
Over the past three years, as
many as 500,000 people have been killed and over two million
made refugees in Darfur in what United States Secretary of State
Colin Powell described in 2004 as "genocide". One half
of the surviving population of Darfur is now dependent upon outside
food aid to survive.
The program features guest David
Morse, a journalist who has written extensively about the Darfur
crisis in Sudan in publications including CommonDreams and TomDispatch.
Mr. Morse explains the origins of the internecine fighting in
Sudan since the country gained independence from Britain in 1956.
He also discusses in detail the important role that oil and foreign
countries, particularly China, have played in the ongoing humanitarian
disaster.
First broadcast on
WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY, on
5 November 2006.
Duration approx. 40 min. |
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