LEFT FIELD ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE
SHOWS: JUNE 2006
In the first hour, Barry talks with author Penny Coleman -- whose husband, a Vietnam veteran, killed himself -- about her powerful new book "Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of Vietnam" and how the Bush administration has not learned those lessons and is neglecting the needs of our veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the second hour, Barry interviews Mona Cadena, of Amnesty International USA, about their efforts as part of a coalition of human rights, civil liberties, and faith organizations that has declared June 2006 as Torture Awareness Month -- June 26th proclaimed by the United Nations as International Day in Support of Survivors and Victims of Torture -- with special attention given to the growing evidence that the United States government is engaging systematically in the use of torture and inhuman treatment as part of the "war on terror."
And in the third hour, Barry welcomes celebrated comedian Chris Bliss, who when not performing his "Smart Comedy for the Information Age" on "The Tonight Show" or being watched by millions in his extraordinary hit videos -- juggling to music by the likes of the Beatles or Fatboy Slim -- is passionately promoting his monumental project MyBillOfRights.org.
 |
 |
Barry fills-in again as guest host on "The Many Moods of Vince Daniels" on KCAA 1050 AM and kcaaradio.com.
In the first hour, Barry first talks with Vince Daniels' regulars, "from right field," Jay Boatman and Crista Curtis, before talking with Guy McCarthy, a staff reporter for the San Bernardino Sun newspaper, about the on-going federal investigation into Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), of the Inland Empire, who has been accused of using his powerful position as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee inappropriately, as in his dealings with the lobbying firm involved in the scandal that sent San Diego congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison.
In the second hour, Barry discusses the issue of lobbying and the corrupting influence of big money in our democracy with Alex Knott, who is Political Editor at the Center for Public Integrity and was the project manager for their bestselling book "The Buying of the President 2004."
In the third hour, Barry talks with TV celebrity Chef Harry Schwartz, who is touring the country in his "Watermelon Express" bus and promoting his new book "Fit Foundation," which offers kids and their parents healthy, tasty solutions to the national epidemic of childhood obesity.
|
|
Barry presents some breaking news and a line-up of guests who pay tribute to Father's Day ... "from left field."
To begin the show, Barry shares reporting by his intrepid newsblogger Kelley Willis, aka "Cal Damage," who attended this week's Take Back America 2006 convention, in Washington, DC -- the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country -- featuring audio clips from the likes of Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and John Kerry.
Later in the first hour, Barry talks with Michael Berg, who as a Green Party candidate for Congress from Delaware champions the cause of peace -- he takes no pleasure from the recent death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, even though the terrorist had publicly beheaded Michael's son, Nick Berg, in Iraq: one father's powerful statement on the family value of love.
In the second hour, Barry talks with noted author and scholar Riane Eisler, president of the Center for Partnership Studies, who promotes a compelling vision of a truly progressive family structure, with fathers and mothers equal partners in the raising of their children, who are encouraged to think for themselves; Riane argues, "We cannot build a healthy democracy on a foundation of authoritarianism and intolerance -- in the home and outside it."
And in the third hour, Barry has the great pleasure of talking with his former fellow Screen Actors Guild board member Chris Lemmon, who has recently written "A Twist of Lemmon," a heartfelt tribute to his father, the late legendary actor and Barry's old friend, Jack Lemmon.
We apologize that this particular recording has several drop-outs, due to temporary technical difficulties at the station.
|
|
Barry devotes his entire show to the powerful book "Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences," as he interviews several of its major-league contributing authors and discusses its theme of the growing divide between the ultra-rich and the rest of us -- which has never been so dramatic since the Great Depression. No issue is more important to Barry, nor to our country.
In the first hour, Barry talks with Robert Kuttner, co-founder of both the Economic Policy Institute and "The American Prospect" magazine, who in those endeavors and in his numerous books, articles, and national radio and television appearances has examined the relationship between the marketplace and a democratic society.
In the second hour, Barry first talks with Richard Kahlenberg, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation, who in books, articles, and nationally broadcast interviews has developed sometimes controversial, always well-reasoned considerations of education, equal opportunity, and civil rights.
Later in the second hour, Barry talks with Joel Bakan, professor of constitutional law, contracts, and socio-legal courses at the University of British Columbia, who has written such powerful, internationally renowned works as "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power," his book which he later adapted as a documentary film and television miniseries.
In the third hour, Barry wraps up this discussion of "Inequality Matters" with Miles Rapoport, former Connecticut legislator and current president of Demos, the think tank / activist group that brought together the many remarkable contributors to this forum in June 2004 -- cosponsored by such groups as ACORN, Center for American Progress, Common Cause, and National Council of Churches -- out of which was produced this compilation publication.
|
|
Barry hosts one more Take Back the Congress hour as well as powerful interviews with some other great guests.
In the first hour, Barry interviews Charlie Brown, Lt. Colonel, USAF Ret., Democratic candidate vying to go up against embattled GOP Rep. John Doolittle, in a northern California race drawing national attention, and also Jerry McNerney, competing with the previous week's guest Steve Filson to be the Democratic candidate to go up against yet another ethically challenged, very vulnerable Republican congressman in a traditionally very Republican district, Rep. Richard Pombo, of central California.
In the second hour, Barry hosts none other than internationally renowned progressive investigative journalist Greg Palast. They discuss his latest pulls-no-punches book, "Armed Madhouse: Who's Afraid of Osama Wolf? China Floats, Bush Sinks, The Scheme to Steal '08, No Child's Behind Left, and Other Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Class War."
In the third hour, Barry talks with his good friend, former L.A. teacher and highly respected California Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg about California Proposition 82, which proposes increasing taxes on the wealthy to make preschool available to all four-year-olds in the state and to improve the quality of preschool education, as by raising standards for teachers.
And finally, Barry talks about the power of the blogosphere -- including its use by law enforcement and by those accused of or plotting crimes up to and including mass murder -- with L.A. attorney Adrienne Crew, co-author of the book "Blogosphere: Best of the Blogs."
|
|