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Why Has No One Been Prosecuted for the Wall Street Scandal?
01/18/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wall street, crimes, prosecution, Frontline, Martin Smith, PBS
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk with the producer of a new PBS-Frontline documentary film called The Untouchables. The filmmaker is Martin Smith. From the Frontline press release:
"More than four years since the financial crisis, not one senior Wall Street executive has faced criminal prosecution for fraud. Are Wall Street executives "too big to jail"?
In The Untouchables, premiering Jan. 22, 2013, at 10 p.m. on PBS (locally on WEDU)...
Be the first to commentFiresign 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 commentMitt Romney rallies supporters at St. Pete Pier listen
10/08/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Medicare, Big Bird, PBS, taxes, small business, jobs, the Pier
As dusk set in last Friday, Mitt Romney stumped to several thousand supporters at the Saint Petersburg Pier Park. Romney’s speech focused on taxes, health care and personal anecdotes.
In the largest swing state, Romney leads by only 2 points in the latest Rasmussen Poll. As his supporters cheered, Romney said his campaign has been re...
Be the first to commentRomney hits hard in first Presidential debate listen
10/04/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, presidential debate, Big Bird, Affordable Care Act, budget, education, PBS
Nearly 60 faculty members and students gathered Wednesday night at the Saint Petersburg College campus in Clearwater to observe and reflect on the Presidential debate. The debate focused on domestic issues. It was a numbers and figures laden discussion about the economy, debt and entitlement reform.
Although Obama and Romney agreed cuts in spending are necessary, they differed on which ones and by how much. For instance, Romney would eliminate federal funding for [public broadcasting](http...
Be the first to commentSierra Leone "Rainbo Center" founder Amie Kandeh discusses her life and work
09/27/12 Amie Kandeh with Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Amie Kandeh, Half the Sky, Independent Lens, PBS
Amie Kandeh is founder of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) Rainbo Center which helps women and girls suffering from abuse and violence. Her film Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide airs October 1st and 2nd on the PBS series Independent Lens (9p EST).
The 4 hour documentary is based on the widely a...
Be the first to commentA Look Back at Night Two of the RNC in Tampa
08/29/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, Judy Woodruff, PBS, Chris Christie, Jennifer Lawson, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Den LaBolt
Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today an interview with Judy Woodruff, the veteran reporter who is co-hosting PBS News coverage of the Republican national Convention. Later we’ll hear about a Planned Parenthood protest in Tampa later today. We’ll get the Obama campaign’s take on yesterday’s opening day speeches at the Republican national Convention…..and we’ll take your phone calls….. First up today- Judy Woodruff has covered politics and other news for mor...
Be the first to commentAmerica's Dental Care Crisis
06/26/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: dental care, crisis, Florida, Frontline, PBS, Miles O'Brien, death, bankruptcy
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk about the dental crisis facing the country- it’s the topic of a new documentary tonight on PBS. We’ll also discuss yesterday’s Supreme Court Decision on Arizona’s controversial immigration law……
While we await the Supreme Court decision’s on President Obama’s health care reform plan—there’s another aspect of health care that’s rarely discussed- dental care.
Dental care can be a matter of life and death. Y...
Be the first to commentPBS Reporter Grills Tampa Transit Leaders listen
04/14/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pam Iorio, newshour, PBS, David Armijo, HART, TBARTA, Gerald White, Univeristy of Tampa
At the University of Tampa yesterday Tampa transit leaders heard some of the toughest questions yet on their proposed transit overhaul, and they weren’t coming from a tax-bashing tea partier. They came from PBS Newshour’s Paul Solman, who was there as part of a town hall series in Tampa Bay this week. He challenged the assertion that Tampa Bay might enjoy the same five hundred percent return other cities have after investing in rail. Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio responded.
The meeting was just ah...
Be the first to commentPBS Frontline Documentary OBAMA'S DEAL Premiers Tonight
04/13/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health care reform, Frontline, PBS, Michael Kirk
Good afternoon, welcome to WMNF's Radioactiviity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up a look at the deal making and industry pressure that led to the version of health care reform recently passed by Congress. But first some listener comments about last Thursday's program on the increasingly strident tone of political dialogue in the US.
Barack Obama promised change. Then he took on one of Washington's toughest issues: health care. During his first year in office, he found himself making one deal aft...
Be the first to comment'Muslim Cool' airs at 11 p.m. Tuesday on PBS
06/20/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: PBS, documentary
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor is the filmmaker behind the documentary Muslim Cool. The POV series on PBS kicks off the 2009 season on June 23. The San Francisco Chronicle found this a spellbinding documentary.
Taylor shows how difficult it is to be a young Muslim in America today. She follows a Muslim American man, his wife and family. Hamza Perez is a rapper, educator, father, husband and idealist. It is fascinating how his beliefs have given him stability in these tumultuous times....
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