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Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 23, 2009 with Rev. Becca Stevens, J.C. Smith, Elbert Ventura, and Karl Frisch

On November 29, 2009, in Liberate Your Radio from The Right, by Mary Mancini

Summary: Featuring guests Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Magdalene House and Thistle Farms; J.C. Smith, Outreach and Alumni Program Coordinator for Operation Stand Down Nashville, Elbert Ventura, Managing Editor for the Progressive Policy Institute, and Karl Frisch of Media Matters for America.

Links: Thistle Farms, Operation Stand Down Nashville, Progressive Policy Institute, and Media Matters for America

Faces of Love, Part 1 A quick run down of the news of the week and then we feature representatives from the two organizations we are adopting this holiday season. Listen to our interviews with Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Magdalene House and Thistle Farms, and J.C. Smith, Outreach and Alumni Program Coordinator for Operation Stand Down Nashville. [20.3MB download mp3]

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Faces of Love, Part 2 A quick run down of the Senate health care debate. Plus, Elbert Ventura is back! And he’s packing a new website for pragmatic progressives. And Elbert’s replacement, Karl Frisch of Media Matters, issues the smack down on this week’s conservative obstructionist redonkulousness. (He is a very busy man.) And just whose interests are Republican legislators looking out for as they stand in the way of meaningful health insurance reform? [21.3MB download mp3]

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Liberadio(!) Podcast: November 16, 2009 with Judy Norsigian and Karl Frisch

On November 22, 2009, in Liberate Your Radio from The Right, Podcasts, by Mary Mancini

Summary: Featuring guests Judy Norsigian, Our Bodies Ourselves co-founder and Executive Director; and Karl Frisch of Media Matters for America.

Links: Our Bodies Ourselves, Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research, Media Matters for America

A Black Eye, Part 1 The intro, the end of the world on celluloid, recounts possibilities (or impossibilities), Republican hypocrisy in Sumner County, plus the Media Matters for American Smackdown with Karl Frisch, in which he packs a whole lot of Sarah Palin in a short time. [38.3MB download mp3]

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A Black Eye, Part 2 A really big “oopsie” followed by a whole lotta backpedaling by Tennessee’s U.S. Senators Alexander and Corker, political performance art by Palin and her friends insults truth, justice and the American way, more health insurances woes keep us from the American dream, and our interview with Judy Norsigian, a hero of the women’s movement. [36MB download mp3]

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Tagged with: Bob Corker • Judy Norsigian • Karl Frisch • Lamar Alexander • Liberadio • Media Matters • Our Bodies Ourselves • Podcast • Sarah Palin • Tennessee Republicans

Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 19, 2009 with Elliott Ozment, Sheriff Daron Hall, and Karl Frisch

On October 19, 2009, in Liberate Your Radio from The Right, Podcasts, by Mary Mancini

Summary: Featuring guests Elliott Ozment, immigration law attorney; Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall; and Karl Frisch of Media Matters for America.

Immigration Nation, Part 1 Nevermind the boy not in the balloon, there’s real news afoot. Ty Cobb 2.0, a healthcare reform package out of committee in the Senate, Senator Al Franken gets his first amendment passed by a roll call vote no thanks to Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Senator Bob Corker who would rather let corporate plunderers off the hook for rape, Tennesseans deserve fair and accurate elections, and an interview with immigration law attorney Elliott Ozment, who covers the controversial 287g program up for reauth in the Metro Council, why he used to serve on the Sheriff’s Immigration Advisory Council for the program but doesn’t anymore, the basic civil and human rights inherent in the immigration debate, Juana Villegas, and what he thinks would be a good solution to crime prevention in Nashville’s undocumented immigrant population. [21.3MB download mp3]

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Immigration Nation, Part 2 We hear from you, our listeners, as well as another immigration attorney, Sean Lewis, about immigration matters, and conclude that we are not looking at immigration reform as comprehensively as we need to. And we talk to Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, the man behind the controversial 287g program, to get his take on why the program is important, how it does or doesn’t work, accusations of racial profiling, and why it’s coming before the Metro Council once again. Plus, it’s an abbreviated version of the Media Matters for American Smackdown with Karl Frisch, in which he packs a whole lot of funny in a short time. [24MB download mp3]

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Tagged with: Bob Corker • Elliott Ozment • Immigration Reform • Karl Frisch • Lamar Alexander • Liberadio • Media Matters • Podcast • Sheriff Daron Hall • Tennessee

Liberadio(!) Podcast: October 05, 2009 with Wayne White, Chris Ford, Not Tre Hargett, and Karl Frisch

On October 8, 2009, in Liberate Your Radio from The Right, by Mary Mancini

Summary: Featuring guests Wayne White, a visual artist also known as the voice of Vance the pig from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Chris Ford, Executive Director of Tennessee Conservation Voters, Not Tre Hargett, the Not Tennessee Secretary of State, and Karl Frisch of Media Matters for America.

Part 1 A rundown of Walk Nashville Week, kissing up to Capitalism, a rundown of the lawsuit to compel the Secretary of State to give Tennesseans secure and verifiable elections, an update on climate change legislation straight from D.C. from Chris Ford of Tennessee Conservation Voters, and your phone calls about how the war on Christianity starts earlier and earlier every year. [24.21MB download mp3]

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Part 2 An interview with Not-Secretary of State Tre Hargett in which we ask him many of the questions about secure and verifiable elections we want to ask the real Secretary of State if he would ever agree to appear on the show; an interview with the real visual artist Wayne White, who brings his new book of his artwork “Maybe Now I’ll Get the Respect I So Richly Deserve,” to the Southern Festival of Books this weekend; and the Media Matters for American Smackdown with Karl Frisch. [18.2MB download mp3]

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Tagged with: chris ford • Karl Frisch • Liberadio • Media M • Podcast • Tennessee • Tennessee Conservation Voters • Tre Hargett • Voter Confidence Act • Wayne White

Liberadio(!) Podcast: September 28, 2009 with Ben Tribbett, Dr. Reginald Coopwood, and Karl Frisch

On September 28, 2009, in Liberate Your Radio from The Right, by Mary Mancini

Summary: Featuring guests Ben Tribbett, Executive Director of Accountability Now! PAC, Dr. Reginald Coopwood, CEO of the Nashville Hospital Authority, and Karl Frisch of Media Matters for America.

Part 1 Mary prepares to unleash (ha!) the congressman Barney Frank on Halloween households all across America and if you think that’s scary, what until you hear what Republican State Senator Ron Ramsey wants to do to fair elections in Tennessee. Plus, Mary and Freddie try to understand just what, exactly, Ben Trippett and Accountability Now PAC have uncovered about Coop. [22.62MB download mp3]

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Part 2 Reginald Coopwood, M.D., CEO of the Nashville Hospital Authority tells us about their health facilities, the best-kept secret in Nashville, and Karl Frisch does his best Elbert Ventura impression in the next generation of the Media Matters for America Smackdown. Plus, President Obama’s foreign policy has all but isolated Iran from the world community. So why is the right-wing still calling him a surrender monkey? [22.62MB download mp3]

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Tagged with: Accountability Now PAC • Barney Frank • Ben Tribbett • Electronic Voting Machines • Jim Cooper • Karl Frisch • Liberadio • Media Matters • Metro General Hospital • Paper Ballots • Podcast • Reginald Coopwood • Ron Ramsey • Tennessee • Touch Screen • Voter Confidence Act

Liberadio(!) Podcast: September 7, 2009 Labor Day Extravaganza with Peter Cunningham from the Department of Education

On September 7, 2009, in Liberate Your Radio from The Right, by Mary Mancini

Summary: Guest Peter Cunningham, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Communications and Outreach at the Department of Education, and our Celebration of Labor!

Celebration of Labor – Part 1 A brief history of Labor Day, advice from Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and stories of labor from our listeners and Freddie’s Moms. And Peter Cunningham, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Communications and Outreach at the Department of Education, joins us to discuss the real meaning behind President Obama’s Back to School address to the kids. Hint: It’s about personal responsibility and staying in school. Plus, why our public school kids need a boost and why it’s important to not just roll your eyes at irresponsible broadcasters, but to hold them accountable. [24MB download mp3]

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Celebration of Labor – Part 2 Will the Republican leadership – not to mention elected officials – continue to allow radical cable news and talk radio hosts to control their party? If not, then where is the push back against the mounds of inflammatory misinformation foisted upon the American people in their name? And why are some leaders actually joining in the fray? Chuck Grassley promoting Glen Beck’s book? Really? Plus, what the President has to say about health security for all when he addresses the joint session of Congress on Wednesday and all we are saying is the “give’em enough rope” theory is back! [24MB download mp3]

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Tagged with: Labor Day • Liberadio • Peter Cunningham • Podcast • Screaming Tightie Righties • U.S. Department of Education

Liberadio(!) Podcast: August 31, 2009 Reesa Webb of JSI & A Celebration of Health!

On September 1, 2009, in Liberate Your Radio from The Right, Podcasts, by Mary Mancini

Summary: Guest Reesa Webb and our Celebration of Health!

A Celebration of Health – Part 1 The “to do” list of upcoming healthcare rallies, excerpts from President Clinton’s Jackson Day speech, recap of Thirdrailcost.com symposium, why we need health security for all, the Little League World Series (USA!), a phone call from the world famous Dave Cloud, and the mainstream news media gets distracted by bright, shiny objects. [24MB download mp3]

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A Celebration of Health – Part 2 Freddie shares his story on his current search for health security, we interview Reesa Webb, project director for John Snow, Inc. (the company contracted to assess the current delivery of health care to the medically underserved and indigent population in Nashville), “The Cause of My Life,” by Teddy Kennedy, your phone calls, and the discussion continues on why we need health security for all continues: choice, affordability, efficiency, accountability, and investment in our people. [21MB download mp3]

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Tagged with: Bill Clinton • Celebration of Health • Dave Cloud • health security • Healthcare Reform • Inc • Jackson Day • John Snow • Liberadio • Podcast • Reesa Webb • Teddy Kennedy

Liberadio(!) Podcast: August 3, 2009 with Molly Secours, Jim Squires, and Elbert Ventura

On August 5, 2009, in Liberate Your Radio from The Right, by Mary Mancini

Summary: Our guests include filmmaker, writer and activist Molly Secours, author and Thoroughbred Horse breeder Jim Squires, and Media Matters for America research fellow, Elbert Ventura.

Part 1 – High-Assin’ Values Conservatives News tidbits, to do list, the manipulation of the healthcare debate, and a Republican sex scandal right here in Tennessee! Plus, a note to our newspaper peeps like Andy Scher of the Chattanooga Times Free Press: you can stop referring to Republican legislators as “family-values conservatives” now. We all believe in family values until, you know, we don’t. [40.94MB download mp3]