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Are We Really Running Out of Fossil Fuels? And May Day Demonstration Planned in St. Pete
05/01/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: methane hydrate, Gulf of Mexico, peak oil, oil drilling, global warming, Cahrles Mann, WMNF, May Day protest in St. Petersburg, Rev. Bruce Wright
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Today we’re going to talk about a vast new energy source that has the potential to make the US energy independent- but it also has the potential to vastly increase the amount of green house gases and destabilize nations.
First one listener comment about yesterday’s segment on the Green Shadow Cabinet. Here’s what one listener had to say.
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There’s a huge cache of fossil fuel on the planet-largely untapped. And a huge portion of t...
Be the first to commentDo "Gun Free Zones" Invite Gun Deaths? And A Leading Muslim American Human Rights Activist Speaks Out
04/04/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gun control, preventing gun violence, Mother Jones Magazine, gun free zones, NRA, Mark Follman, Cyrus McGoldrick, NCPCF, police spying, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning,
Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll look at those proposals from the NRA for school safety. We’ll talk with a journalist from Mother Jones Magazine who has been covering the gun safety issue closely since the Newtown massacre.
Later we’ll talk with a leading Muslim American civil rights activist……
But first: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is blaming the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers for the reluctance among many of her colleagues...
4 commentsMajor Conference on International Issues Scheduled this Week at USF St. Pete; Hosted by Former US Ambassador
03/27/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Doug McElhaney, diplomacy, St. Petersburg and the World, USF St. Petersburg, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei.
Tomorrow and Friday on the USF campus in St. Petersburg Diplomats, military leaders, academic experts, journalists and members of the public will gather at USF St. Petersburg for the first World Conference on International Affairs. Among the topics on the agenda---Cuba, Venezueala, the Middle East, energy policy and how to slow the spread of nuclear weapons.
The organizer of the conference is Doug McElhaney- a retired diplomat wi...
Be the first to commentTD Allman's New History of Florida: Finding Florida
03/14/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: T.D. Allman, Finding Florida, WMNF, Florida History, Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, racism, Confederacy, poll taxes, Reconstruction, Walt Disney World, CIA
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk with the author of a new book about the 500 year history of Florida. But first two listener comments about yesterday’s open phones. For much of the hour we discussed health care, health insurance and the proposed Big Gulp ban. Here’s what several listeners had to say.
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Most history books tell us that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida for the Europeans in April 1513—500 years ago next mon...
1 commentsWalmart Boosts Sales of AR-15's; and James Galbraith Says Don't Fear the Fiscal Cliff
12/20/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: George Zornick, Bushmaster, AR-15, Walmart, Newtown, fiscal cliff, James Galbreath, Social Security, Medicare, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll talk with Nation Magazine writer George Zornick who has written an article entitled How WalMart Helped Make the Newtown Shooter's AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America. Later we'll talk with Professor James Galbraith of the University of Texas at Austin on [6 R...
Be the first to commentBig Retailers Are Selling Clothing Made in Sweatshops Says Labor Activist
12/18/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Charles Kernaghan, Bangladesh, fire, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, Rob Lorei, WMNF
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. We're going to play the listener comments later in the program as we talk about guns and your response to the massacre in Connecticut- in light of what we just heard on Democracy Now. But first--
A little less than one month ago --On Nov. 24, more than 112 Bangladeshi workers were burned to death, trapped in a locked sweatshop sewing garments for Wal-Mart, Disney, Sears, Sean Combs/ENYCE, Target and others.
The National Catholic Rep...
2 commentsSouthwest Florida Community Radio Station Voice of Farmworkers Has Transmitter Problems
12/13/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Radio Concencia, Gerardo Reyes, Adrian Alcantar, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Fair Food Campaign, tomato, slavery, Publix, WMNF
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll discuss the problems facing a radio station that serves farmworkers in South Florida. And later we’ll open the phone lines. But first- one listener comment about yesterday’s program—yesterday we got into a short discussion about program changes and the mix of music, news and talk on WMNF. Here’s what one listener had to say:
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None years ago in the southwest Florida community of Immokaleee, a group of wo...
Be the first to commentWho Stole the American Dream? Interview with Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter Hedrick Smith
12/11/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: middle class, Powell Memo, Hedrick Smith, minimum wage, manufacturing, CEO pay, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Today we’ll talk about the decline of the middle class in the US—with former New York Times reporter Hedrick Smith.
But first- three listener comments about yesterday’s call-in shows. One comment is about yesterday morning’s interview with former health insurance executive Wendell Potter, another is about the fiscal cliff and another is about the last caller to yesterday’s Last Call program. Here’s what three listeners had to say:
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A stron...
Be the first to commentBob Kuttner on the Fiscal Cliff; and David Harris on the Conflict Between Israel and Gaza
11/16/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: fiscal cliff, Bob Kuttner, American Prospect, WMNF, David Harris, American Jewish Committee, Gaza, Israel, rockets, civilians, open air prison
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. First up the so called "fiscal cliff". The New York Times says of the term: "The term refers to more than $500 billion in tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect after Jan. 1 — for fiscal year 2013 alone — unless Mr. Obama and Republicans reach an alternative deficit-reduction deal. Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who is not known for catchy phrases, coined the metaphor “fiscal cliff” l...
Be the first to commentAnti-Torture Protest Planned this Weekend at Fort Benning; And Pam Iorio Looks to Improve Voting Here in Florida
11/15/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: School of the Americas, Ft. Benning, Dwight Lawton, Pedro de la Jesus, Pam Iorio, voting lines, Florida, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about this weekend’s protest in Georgia about The School of the Americas. Later we’ll talk with former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio who is looking at ways to solve the election problems we saw here in Florida during this year’s Presidential election. But first one listener comment about yesterday’s interview with the executive director of the Florida Cannabis Action Network. tape From November 16-18, 2012, thousands of hum...
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