LIBERADIO(!)

Summary: Our guests include Tennessee District 51 Representative Mike Turner and Assistant Secretary of the Office of Communications and Outreach at the US. Department of Education Peter Cunningham.

Part 1 – Welcome Back! Intro, news items, and announcing the Bill Maher ticket listener giveaway. Updates on the Iranian presidential election and Ahmadinejad, as well as a quick opening discussion about voting and the paper ballot issue. [23.25MB download MP3]

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Part 2 – Interview with Rep. Mike Turner We are joined by Tennessee House Democratic Caucus chair, Mike Turner (D-Old Hickory, the Fightin’ 51st!). Hear the interview that has the whole town talking about *gasp* public education reform! Just what did Chairman Turner mean when he said, “We do have a problem with public schools. They were not performing adequately. The problem that we created was because of the political correctness we did in the Sixties. We started busing and closing neighborhood schools.” And did he really “accuse Senate Republicans of killing babies with their budget cuts?” [38MB download MP3]

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Part 3- Interview with Peter Cunningham Cunningham talks about President Obama’s education goals for the country as well as the ways in which they plan to accomplish them. He addresses the pro’s and con’s of No Child Left Behind and the case for charter schools. [40.26MB download MP3]

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Part 4- The Hate that Hate Produced We give away two tickets to the Bill Maher show at The Ryman Auditorium June 27th. Then a discussion with our listeners about the extent of the influence of the Mass Media – if Rush can turn out people to the polls, why can’t he motivate the haters? [51.48MB download MP3]

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