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June 25, 2009

Following an expose on Scientology in a Florida newspaper (www.tampabay.com) attorney Ford Greene tells us what goes on in this secretive, autocratic “religion”.  And journalist Dahr Jamail compares the radioactive messes our government has made on US Indian reservations and in Iraq.  Dahr also talks about Iraq and Afghanistan war resisters–in and out of uniform–detailed [...]

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June 22, 2009

Podcast #4 <!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> Writer Richard Rapaport takes us back in time, when the GOP attacked health care reform as “socialized medicine”. The AMA hired Ronald Reagan and organized Operation Coffee Cup to mobilize Republican women to deliver the talking point. Dave [...]

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June 22, 2009

Podcast #4 <!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> Just a year ago, John Laird was battling Arnold Schwarzenegger over the California budget mess. The former Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee talks about the ongoing fight, and Arnold’s plans to blow up the Waste Management Board [...]

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June 22, 2009

Podcast #4 <!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds unveils the new website, 123realchange.blogspot.com and details her criticism of Newsweek’s Michael Issikoff for his failure to report important information about serious problems at the FBI’s translations office, while reporting official denials he knew were [...]

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June 22, 2009

Journalist Robert Dreyfuss of The Nation talks about the latest “terrorist plot”, just another bunch of losers egged on by a paid FBI informant. Dreyfuss also talks about his trip to Iran to cover the presidential election. www.thenation.com And Brad Friedman from BradBlog.com updates us on the ongoing legal battle over Sen. Al Franken’s election, [...]

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Update for the PBC 'Base"

June 7, 2009

This dispatch from your humble host is going out to all emails in our database, starting 6.7.09 June 7, 2009 Dear Friend, I’m pleased to report that the launch of my new online radio show is near.  The next time you hear from me, it will be an alert that the first program is posted [...]

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Hear PBC on a podcast!

April 10, 2009

I’m still planning to launch the PBC podcast in June, and in the meantime, I joined media critic and progressive leader Norman Solomon on a podcast hosted by Joan Kenley.  The show is called “The Media: What’s True, What’s Not” and we explore the media’s role in the selling of the wars in Iraq and [...]

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One door closes………

April 10, 2009

and another door has opened.  A few callers used that phrase to comfort me during our last week on the air.  I don’t quite consider it a cliche, because it’s true, too often. The week after I signed off, I stopped in Sacramento–on my way to ski at Lake Tahoe–to visit Lt. Governor John Garamendi.  [...]

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For Now, "That's All, Folks"

March 22, 2009

Friday’s final broadcast was bittersweet–great guests like Bob Dreyfuss, Bruce Fein, Rev. Robin Meyers sipping wine with us in studio, plus regulars Bob Parry Brad Friedman and more. Thanks to all for helping us wrap things up for this phase of PBC on the radio.  Be sure to email me so we can alert you [...]

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Thanks for all the Pledges!!

March 18, 2009

Activist listeners rallied to try to save the PBC Show, and I’m gratified by more than 200 people from all over the world (including Japan, Costa Rica and Hawaii) who emailed to pledge an average of $10 a month to support the program. While this isn’t enough to reverse course, most of those who pledged [...]

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