Liberadio(!) Podcast: May 05, 2008

Posted by Liberadio(!) on May 11, 2008 under Uncategorized |

Summary: Tomas Young from Phil Donohue’s documentary, Body of War ; Renée Paradis, Counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice; and Elbert Ventura, research fellow with Media Matters for America.

• Part 1 - Jon Stewart is coming! So is electronic voting. Plus, who does Senator Clinton remind you of when she says she doesn’t listen to those silly little people who study monetary systems and history for a living? (25:31 41 MB)
• Interview with Renée Paradis - Renée Paradis is counsel for the non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice and works to reform the process of voter registration, including fighting restrictions on voter registration drives and advocating for student voting rights. She’s tell us if we have the right to vote and why the Supreme Court got it wrong in Indiana. (22:08 35.47MB)
• Part 3 - Is all politics local or part of the Council on Foreign Relations? (14:28 23.2MB)
• Interview with Tomas Young - Tomas Young is an Iraqi war veteran who was paralyzed from a bullet to his spine less than a week after arriving in Iraq. He is also an anti-war activist and the subject of Body of War, a film by Phil Donohue and Ellen Spiro which is out in theaters now. (19:18 31MB)
• Media Matters for American Smackdown - The Daily Telegraph in the UK just released their 50 Most Influential U.S. Political Pundits and Stephen Colbert didn’t make the top 10. Sheesh. No wonder why we declared our independence. (23:27 37.6MB)

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