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Century Of Lies for April 17, 2016

Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century Of Lies, we speak with former Baltimore cop Neill Franklin, who is the executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, about Baltimore, #BlackLivesMatter, and the one year anniversary of the murder of Freddie Gray Read more

Teressa Raiford's Full Testimony in Her Defense on April 21, 2016

KBOO's Joe Meyer cover Teressa Raiford's trial and filed this full version of her testimony. Mr McHenry start for the defense. Mr Lowe cross examines for the state (us). The Judge only had to calm things down once.   Read more

Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin

Produced for Progressive Spirit
Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, is an evangelical Christian with a social conscience. He speaks and writes about ethics and public policy. His latest book is called America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to A New America. He has bee... Read more

The Internet on Lockdown: Hacktivist & Whistleblower Political Prisoners

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli will interview attorney Jay Lieberman.  The global rise of sharing ideas and information has promoted the act of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for politically or socially motivated purposes of liberating everything from secret government files... Read more

Arts in Prison

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Co-hosts Emma Lugo and Mindi Griffiths interview Becky Mer and Andi Martin about arts programs within the Prison System. Becky Mer of the Prison Arts Coalition will discuss the arts in prison and how artists can get involved. Andi Martin, the wife of an incarcerated artist,... Read more

Century Of Lies for April 10 2016

Airs at: Sun, 04/10/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century Of Lies we continue to look ahead at the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs that will be held April 19-21 at UN Headquarters in New York, and hear from Donald MacPherson of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and Aram Barra with Mexico United A... Read more

Intelligence Transparency Policies May Change--But How?

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Transparency advocates in the nation’s capital published a letter this morning asking intelligence agency leadership to halt revisions of a 35-year-old executive order issued during the first year of the Reagan administration. Open the Government is among the 30 groups call... Read more

Century Of Lies for April 3 2016

Airs at: Sun, 04/03/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week we continue preparing for the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs, which will be held April 19 and 20 at UN headquarters in New York, by hearing from two of reform's leading opponents: Singapore and Russia. Read more

The Social and Political Significance of Kendrick Lamar's Music

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Abdul Fofanah and Issa Kamara about the politics of Kendrick Lamar's work as a hip-hop artist and the power of his music in the Black Lives Matter movement.  Fofanah is co-director of the documentary, "Moving to the Beat"--a documentary about hip-hop a... Read more

Century Of Lies for March 27 2016

Airs at: Sun, 03/27/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week, we continue our look at preparations for the upcoming UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs, and hear representatives from the European Union, Canada, and New Zealand speaking at the annual meeting of the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs; plus, a special ... Read more