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What 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 ...
Be the first to comment1935 Play About the Depression to Be Performed in St. Petersburg; Interview with Texas Populist Jim Hightower
08/17/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Archibald MacLeish, Panic, Orson Welles, Studio 620, Jim Hightower, WMNF, Straz Center, Rob Lorei, populism, Rick perry
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today the Tampa Repertory Theatre will produce Archibald MacLeish’s rarely seen play, “Panic,” on August 21st at Studio @ 620 in St. Petersburg. “Panic,” was MacLeish’s first produced play. When performed in 1935, the cast featured Orson Welles in the leading role of financier McGafferty. The play, as the title suggests, explores the financial panic during the Great Depression and focuses on the nature of individual and corp...
Be the first to commentWhat Would The U.S. Look Like if Ayn Rand's Philosophy Were to Rule the Country?
08/15/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, selfishness, Stephen Goldstein, Atlas Shrugged, Atlas Drugged, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today—many Republicans are expressing strong admiration for philosopher Ayn Rand’s ideas—including her belief that selfishness is a virtue…. The best known adherent to Rand’s philosophy these days is the soon to be Republican Vice Presidentiual candidate Paul Ryan. We’ll talk with a South Florida author who has written about Ayn Rand’s ideas in a new book.
But first, two listener comments about yesterday’s program on which ...
1 commentsAuthor Chris Hedges Says Corporations Are Destroying The American Dream
08/13/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco, Days of Destruction Days of Revolt, Immokalee, farmworkers, middle class, corporations, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. On the first part of the program this morning- an interview with Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Chris Hedges. For almost 20 years he covered conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and The Balkans. He’s written a number of best selling books including Death of the Liberal Class and War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning.
His latest book is DAYS OF DESTRUCTION DAYS OF REVOLT (NationBooks) . He and illustrator Joe Sacco ta...
1 commentsMedicare Proponent Says Paul Ryan Would Be Bad For Program; And Social Conservatives Want to Dump Romney
08/13/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Nancy Altman, Strengthen Social Security Coalition, Paul Ryan, Medicare vouchers, RNC, Steve Baldwin, Dump Romney, Mormon faith, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good afternoon, welcome to The Last Call. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll talk with Nancy Altman author of The Battle For Social Security. We'll talk about the selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to be Mitt Romney's Vice Presidential running mate. Altman is part of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition. She says: "Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate starkly reveals that his values are not America's values. The American people overwhelmingly value our Social Security...
1 commentsGun Control Advocate Says Neither Obama Nor Romney Have Taken Strong Stand Against Gun Violence
08/07/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: oak Creek, Sikh, Ladd Everitt, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, semi-automatic weapons, Second Amendment, Rob Lorei, WMNF
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today- in the wake of the tragic killings in Wisconsin of people in a Sikh temple by a white supremacist we'll talk with Ladd Everitt who is communications director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
In the wake of Sunday's shootings the CSGV issued a statement saying: "The gunman in Oak Creek, 40 year-old neo-Nazi Wade Michael Page, had much in common with other recent mass shooters. He used a sem...
1 commentsInterview with Chris Cilizza of the Washington Post
08/06/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Chris Cillizza, Washington Post, The Fix, Rob Lorei, WMNF, The Last Call, gun control, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Libertarian, Rand Paul, future of the GOP, Latino vote
Good afternoon, welcome to The Last Call, I'm Rob Lorei. On the first part of today's program (before we open the phone lines) we'll hear an interview I taped earlier with Chris Cillizza who writes The Fix blog for The Washington Post. His latest book is THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE FIX (Broadway). FMI
Be the first to commentCould the Gun Violence in Aurora Colorado Been Prevented?
07/23/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Aurora massacre, gun violence, automatic weapons, Ladd Everitt, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Rob Lorei, WMNF
Good afternoon, welcome to WMNF's Last Call. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we're going to talk about the massacre in Colorado with Ladd Everitt who is communications director for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. In the wake of the shootings the Coalition issued a statement saying: "Reports indicate that the shooter, 24-year-old James Holmes wore body armor and was armed with two Glock handguns, a tactical shotgun, and an AR-15 style assault rifle. He also released some ty...
Be the first to commentWorld's Seed Heritage at Risk
07/23/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: seeds, Janisse Ray, GM food, corn, The Seed Underground, Monsanto, Irish potato famine, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up an interview with author Janisse Ray about her new book The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food. From the book's publicity release: "Part memoir, part botany primer, part political manifesto…[by which] even couch potatoes will be enthralled," (Publishers Weekly, starred review) Ray's informed and impassioned plea on behalf of seeds—and therefore our future food—is compelling and vitally important.
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