Hosts Cecil and Celeste speak with Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. The group is organizing with other secular and faith-based groups "Camp Hope: Countdown to Change" in Chicago, four blocks from Obama's residence there. The camp begins on New Year's Day and continues to Dr. Martin Luther King Day. Kelly says "Large lobbying groups, including some of the large corporations, are pushing Obama around the clock to preserve the status quo, wage war and provide for unbridled greed. What we're asking is that the money spent on the military be spent instead on soluble problems such as lack of healthcare."
 

A special program featuring a lecture by Howard Zinn, professor emeritus and author of "A People's History of the United States." It was his first speech following the election of Barack Obama as President.

Ken Arnold and Connie Kirk, publishers and editors for the new Ken Arnold Books, join forces to read from "The Palin Prophecies." They also talk about their press and on-demand publishing. They say that "The Palin Prophecies was brought to them by an Alaskan Pentecostal sports reporter, Brent Mooseburger. He clamis that withe the cooperation of God Almighty, he channeled Sarah Palin in a daily blog in the weeks leading up to the election. Ken is a poet, non-fiction writer andprize-winning playwright. Connie is a poet, essayist and children's book author. Brent Mooseburger is a suspicious character.

We speak to Thomas Wheatly from Basic Rights Oregon and, from Love Makes a Family, Bonnie Tinker and Cecil Prescod about the fight in California and Oregon for Marriage Equality, the role of People of Color in the GLBT Movement, and the importance of cross-coalition organizing for equal rights.