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July 3rd, 2019 || African American, American History, Ethics, Human Rights, infrastructure, News and Public Affairs.

A Forgotten African American Cemetery Discovered and Reducing Plastic in Our Oceans

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 07/02/19 from the drop down menu Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—The Tampa bay times has revealed the existence of a long forgotten African American cemetery in an area a few miles north of downtown Tampa. We’ll talk… Read more »

American History You Should Know

January 25th, 2019 || American History

Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday ~ things you may not know

January 20th, 2019 || African American

Activists Protest Killing of Civilians by Border Patrol

January 2nd, 2019 || American History

New Book by Veteran NYT Reporter Chronicles Some of the Major Events of Civil Rights Movement

November 30th, 2018 || African American

Second Amendment Scholar Says Gun Regulations Were Part of Original Intent of Founders

November 28th, 2018 || American History

Puerto Rico's Slow Recovery Tied to Lack of Statehood

September 27th, 2018 || American History

The Case For Impeachment Of President Trump

August 15th, 2018 || American History

Dartmouth Professor Describes Long Term Trends in the US that Resulted in Trump Victory

June 13th, 2018 || American History

Friend and Biographer of Sen. Ted Kennedy Reviews New Film Chappaquiddick

May 16th, 2018 || American History

The Nazis Next Door in Tampa; and Heightened War Tensions in the Middle East Between Iran and Israel

May 10th, 2018 || American History

Florida Veterans for Common Sense Call for Ban on Assault Weapons

April 25th, 2018 || American History

April 24th, 2018

ACORN Founder Wade Rathke Subject of New Film The Organizer Talks About Community Organizing

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. ACORN was once the largest political movement of low and moderate income people in the US- but it was destroyed by an attack- from conservative media. We’ll look at the history of ACORN this morning and hear from its founder Wade Rathke who will be in St…. Read more »

April 23rd, 2018

Investigative Reporter Greg Palast Says There’s No Proof Widespread Illegal Voting in US Exists

Radioactivity 4 20 18 Today on WMNF’s Radioactivity investigative reporter Greg Palast (The Guardian, The BBC, Rolling Stone Magazine) says that while FOX News and President Trump say that millions of people voted illegally in the last election there is no evidence that is true. In fact he says a trial on the matter currently… Read more »

April 12th, 2018

International Law Expert Says US Attack on Syria Would Violate US Constitution and UN Charter

Radioactivity 4 12 18 Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Yesterday President Trump suggested that an attack on Syria was imminent, after a reported chemical weapons attack on civilians in that country last week. Russia warned that a US attack on Syrian could lead to a clash between the US and Russia. Russian military forces… Read more »

March 29th, 2018

MidPoint for Thursday, March 29 – Former Senator Bob Graham, graphic designer Bonnie Siegler, and digital political strategist Eric Wilson

Bonnie Siegler is considered one of the top graphic designers in America, and is the author of the new book, “Signs of Resistance: A visual history of protest in America.” Siegler came on the program to talk about how the election of Donald Trump ultimately led to her creation of the book. Meanwhile, in the… Read more »

March 22nd, 2018

New Film About Veteran Community Organizer Heather Booth Will Be Shown Tonight in Tampa

Radioactivity 3 22 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— We’ll meet veteran community organizer Heather Booth— who took part in the Civil Rights movement, she was an early a feminist leader and is considered to be one of the country’s most effective progressive organizers. She’s the subject of a new… Read more »

March 9th, 2018

Women Didn’t Count At All on Life Elsewhere

“When the founders wrote, ‘We the People’ they really meant ‘We the White, Wealthy Men.’ Despite much lofty rhetoric, all men were not created equal and women didn’t count at all” You are just four pages in and Elaine Weiss makes clear her superb new book The Woman’s Hour has an unabashed bias, and, deservedly… Read more »

February 28th, 2018

America’s Longest War: Afghanistan

Radioactivity 2 28 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. The longest war ever fought by the US is still going on—it’s the war in Afghanistan. What are the aims of the war—and what will it take for the war to come to an end? We’ll talk with Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Steve… Read more »

February 22nd, 2018

Blake High School Students Plan Walkout Tomorrow to Protest Gun Violence

Radioactivity 2 22 18 Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. After last week’s massacre at the high school in Parkland, high school students from around the country have been organizing walkouts, meetings, protests- calling for laws to protect students from gun violence. This week the Parkland students took part in massive protests and… Read more »

January 30th, 2018

In the 1920’s the KKK relied on Fake News, Religious Conservatives and Anti-Immigrant Feelings

Radioactivity 1 30 18 Fear of immigrants. It’s been at the center of President Trump’s call to build a wall across the US border with Mexico. And at the center of his attacks on so called Sanctuary cities. And it’s entered into the debate over the future of the so called Dreamers—young who were brought… Read more »

January 25th, 2018

To What Extent Are Trump Administration Policies Making the World a More Dangerous Place? An interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson

Radioactivity 1 25 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— the US is involved in several current wars around the world—and the on the brink of war in other areas—including the Korean Peninsula. We’re going to talk about a range of dangerous situations around the world. And to what extent are… Read more »

December 14th, 2017

Are Republican Tax Cuts Setting the Stage for Another Depression? And Politifact Announces Its Lie of the Year

Radioactivity Wednesday 12 13 17 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— We’ll talk with an historian who will tell us how large tax cuts for wealthy interests led to the Great Depression. He says Republicans are making the same mistakes that they did in the Roaring 20’s. And Politifact has named… Read more »

December 12th, 2017

The History of Muslims in America and How Does President Trump’s Decision to Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem Fit in with End Times Beliefs?

Radioactivity 12 12 17 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— we’ll talk with a Professor who is Kurdish and from Iran. He’s an expert on the history of Muslims in America. And—why did Christian evangelicals welcome President Trump’s announcement last week that he is moving the US embassy to Jerusalem? It… Read more »

December 6th, 2017

The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

Radioactivity 12 5 17 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up- During last year’s presidential campaign and now in the 13 months since the election—right wing speakers and groups have become more emboldened in America. From the violence in Charlottesville, to white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech in Gainesville in October, to the… Read more »

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