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Firesign Theatre's Phil Proctor on The BBC Murders, Frontline's Emma Schwartz on Dark Money, and Listeners on the Election
11/06/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Firesign Theater, Phil Proctor, Capital Theater, Emma Schwartz, Frontline, PBS, Rob Lorei, WMNF
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up next we'll talk with Firesign Theatre's Phil Proctor about his appearance next week in performances of The BBC Murders at the Capital Theater in Clearwater.
Later we'll talk with PBS/Frontline reporter Emma Schwartz about a [series of investigative reports by Frontline and ProPublica on "dark money"](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline...
Be the first to comment"Bowzer" from Sha Na Na on Protecting Social Security, Greg Palast on How Mitt Romney Profited from the Auto Bailout and Your Phone Calls
11/02/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bowzer, Sha Na Na, Social Security, NCPSSM, Greg Palast, Mitt Romney, auto industry bailout, Rob Lorei, WMNF
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up this morning we'll hear from Jon "Bowzer" Bauman who is a founding member of the music group Sha Na Na. He's now a spokesperson for the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare. Next we'll talk with investigative reporter Greg Palast about his article describing how Mitt Romney profited from the auto industry bailout. Lat...
Be the first to commentA Skeptic Looks at Religious Hoaxes, UFOs and Alternative Medicine
10/08/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Benjamin Radford, skeptic, UFO, alternative medicine, Shroud of Turin, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. On the first part of today’s program we’’ll talk with Benjamin Radford… one of the world's few science-based paranormal investigators, and has done first-hand research into mysterious phenomena including psychics, ghosts and haunted houses; exorcisms, miracles, Bigfoot, stigmata, lake monsters, UFO sightings, reincarnation, and crop circles. Later we’ll open the phone lines and take your phone calls….
Benjamin Radford is deputy editor ...
Be the first to commentGlobal Warming and Last Night's Presidential Debate
10/04/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mark Hertsgaard, HOT, global warming, Presidential debate, clean coal, Catherine Thomasson, Physicians for Social Responsibilty, asthma, USF College of Public Health, WMNF, Rob lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about global warming with author Mark Hertsgaard. Later we’ll talk about last night’s presidential debate and open the phone lines. First- one listener comment about this week’s release of videos- from the conservative and liberal camps. One of the videos was a video that has been available on the web for five years showing then senator Barack Obama speaking to an historic black college in Virginia. Conservatives h...
Be the first to commentIs Corporate Feudalism Taking Over the Country?
09/24/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: corporate feudalism, Dennis Marker. middle class, Ronald Reagan, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Our next guest is Dennis Marker’s who has written a new book called FIFTEEN STEPS TO CORPORATE FEUDALISM: How the Rich ConvincedAmerica's Middle Class to Eliminate Themselves examines the outcome of fifteen separate policies that were advocated starting with the Reagan administration to, according to Marker, intentionally deceive and destroy the middle class. Marker goes after what he calls the Corporate Feudalists, detailing how the middle class has become superfluous to the very rich an...
Be the first to commentJanesville WI After GM; And a Discussion of Last Night's DNC
09/06/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Michael Kruse, Tampa Bay Times, Janesville, GM, Elizabeth Warren, Bill Clinton, Simone Campbell, Nuns on the Bus, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk about last night’s session of the Democratic National Convention…..We’ll also talk with a reporter who is looking at the impact of the closing of the Janesville, Wisconsin auto plant. It’s become an issue in the race for President. But first- two listener comments about yesterday’s program on which we discussed the opening night of the DNC…..
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Tampa Bay Times reporter Michael Kruse is in Janesville, W...
Be the first to commentTime Magazine's Michael Grunwald on the Stimulus Program; And Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson Is Running for President
08/28/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Michael Grunwald, stimulus spending, The New New Deal, Rocky Anderson, Justice Party, presidential candidates, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk with Michael Grunwald who has written a new book called The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era. He'll be speaking at 3:30 this afternoon at Harbor Hall Gallery, 1000 3rd St South on the USF St. Petersburg campus. The book is an in-depth look at the Obama stimulus program and what it's impact has been on the U.S. economy. Grunwald, a senior correspondent for Time magazine, received the G...
2 commentsFlorida Pricing Higher Education Beyond Reach of Floridians? And What's Causing Algae Outbreaks in Florida?
08/22/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: algae, David Guest, Santa Fe River, Caloosahatchee, Bruce Nissen, RISEP, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today well talk about corporations trying to make it easier to pollute Florida’s freshwater rivers, lakes and springs. We’ll also talk about the burden of the high cost of education here in Florida. But first, two listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we talked about the militarization and heavy surveillance that accompanied the Republican National Convention four years ago in St. Paul Minnesota. Here’s wha...
Be the first to commentWhat Happened During the Last RNC?
08/21/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Chuck Samuleson, ACLU, Minnesota, RNC, St. Paul, militarization, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Note: This is a replay of an interview which originally aired on 4/26/12.
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. In four months Tampa will host the Republican National Convention. When delegates, staff, journalists and demonstrators are counted as many as 50,000 people will be in the area for the convention.
The mayor of Tampa has proposed a large "clean-zone" around the convention site in downtown Tampa in which certain items and activities will be restricted.
Four years ago the ci...
Be the first to commentPeace Activist Medea Benjamin on Drone Warfare
08/20/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Medea Benjamin, drones, assassinations, remote control killing, surveillance, RNC, St. Pete for Peace, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up on the first part of today’s program we’ll talk with Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink and author of the new book DRONE WARFARE.
But first three listener comments about last Friday’s program. Most of the comments were about the open phone segment on which our listeners wanted to discuss the upcoming presidential election.
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Our guest today is Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange and Codepink (the women’s ...
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