Jun 03 2011
We’ll spend the hour with journalist, award-winning author and oil industry watch dog, Antonia Juhasz about her new book Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill. Juhasz will share the results of her in-depth investigation about the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. …
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Jun 02 2011
We’ll speak with authors Mark Hertsgaard and Amy Seidl about adapting to the new age of global warming, in the wake of the deadly tornadoes across the nation. And, Amie Klempnauer Miller on her new book “She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood. Plus, conservatives ramp up pressure on the fledgling Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. …
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Jun 01 2011
We’ll look at Honduras in the wake of President Manuel Zelaya’s return. And, Dilip Hiro on U.S.-Pakistan relations. Plus, newly approved dams in Brazil and Chile face protests by thousands – we’ll find out why. …
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May 31 2011
Vermont passes an historic bill for Single Payer Health care. The Supreme Court orders California to relieve its inhumane prison overcrowding. And, a local activist gets raided by the FBI. Plus this week’s edition of The Right Hook. …
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May 30 2011
Why We Get Fat and what to do about it. We’ll have an hour-special on the science and origins of obesity with award-winning science journalist and author Gary Taubes. …
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May 27 2011
An hour-special with Vincent Bugliosi, leading American prosecutor, about his newest book, Divinity of Doubt: The God Question. Bugliosi is best known for prosecuting Charles Manson about which he wrote the best-selling book Helter Skelter, which went on to sell over 7 million copies and become the biggest selling true crime book in publishing history. …
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May 23 2011
Chris Hedges on The World As it Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress… …
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May 23 2011
Vincent Bugliosi, famed prosecutor and best selling author on his latest book, Divinity of Doubt: The God Question. …
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May 19 2011
We’ll talk with investigative journalist Gary Taubes about his acclaimed new book, Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It, and feature excerpts of Dr. Robert Lustig’s popular lecture, Sugar: The Bitter Truth …
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May 17 2011
Tomorrow on Uprising, we’ll feature the series Building a Powerful Left, with the voices of Noam Chomsky, John Nichols, Isabel Garcia, Richard Wolff, Ralph Nader, Vijay Prashad, Francis Fox Piven, and Cornel West. For a pledge of $120 we’ll send you the Uprising USB memory stick with the series in mp3 format, plus a FREE mp3 CD of the series to give to a friend, AND a year-long subscription to Yes Magazine. …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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