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Boiling Frogs: Prof. Philip Zwerling, The CIA On Campus

November 9, 2011

Part I of our interview series based on the recently released book -The CIA on Campus: Essays on Academic Freedom and the National Security State, edited by Dr. Philip Zwerling, co-hosted with Sibel Edmonds of BoilingFrogsPost.com

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Abramoff Whistleblower Tom Rodgers Slams ’60 Minutes’ and Leslie Stahl’s Softballs; Rinku Sen Reports that Obama’s ICE Rips Families Apart

November 7, 2011

Tom Rodgers, Native American of the Blackfoot tribe, criticizes the velvet treatment of Jack Abramoff on CBS’ 60 Minutes on 11/6/11; Rinku Sen of Applied Research Center says Obama’s ICE is destroying families by deporting parents of kids who are US citizens.

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Dept. of Oops Begs Your Pardon!

November 5, 2011

The two most recent podcasts, 310 and 311, each were posted with glitches that were caused by a single (but different) keystroke error. You have your own computer sob stories, so you don’t want to hear

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Dr. Justin A. Frank Puts ‘Obama on the Couch’; Will Durst’s Random Thoughts on Washington, DC

November 4, 2011

Dr. Justin Frank returns to talk about his new book, Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President; Will Durst muses on our love/hate relationship with the nation’s capital, and Capitol.

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Kevin Zeese at Occupy DC; Corporate Cops Monitor Manhattan; Bill Hartung on Arms Lobby’s Influence on ‘Supercommittee’; Gary Chew Reviews ‘Margin Call’

November 2, 2011

Activist Kevin Zeese reports from Occupy DC, where an agenda is emerging;  PBC discloses that bankster goons share video surveillance with NYPD;  William D. Hartung, expert on military-industrial complex, on the industry’s huge influence on deficit-whacking “supercommittee”; and Gary Chew reviews the new film, Margin Call.

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Foreign Policy Roundup: U. Michigan’s Prof. Juan Cole and Journalist Robert Parry

October 31, 2011

Prof. Juan Cole of the University of Michigan and journalist Bob Parry join me for two wide-ranging conversations on recent foreign policy developments, including Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iran and Israel/Palestine.

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State Department’s Peter Van Buren Delivers Scathing, Colorful Report on Billions Squandered on Iraq Projects

October 28, 2011

Peter Van Buren, who is holding on to his job at the State Department, talks about his incredible new book about his year in Iraq, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.

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Shahid Buttar on the Bill of Rights and Occupy Protests; Jason Leopold Reports CIA Kidnapped, Tortured “the wrong guy”; Katherine Gallagher of CCR on Canada’s Refusal to Arrest Bush for War Crimes

October 26, 2011

Shahid Buttar of Bill of Rights Defense Committee on the Occupy protests and the Bill of Rights; Jason Leopold on CIA official Glenn Carle’s revelation–he was ordered to torture an innocent Afghan; Katherine Gallagher of Center for Constitutional Rights on efforts to bring George W. Bush to justice.

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NYU Prof. Gilligan: Way More Violence Under GOP Than Dems; Whistleblower Joe Carson Needs Your Help on White House Petition; Will Durst Has Debate Fatigue

October 24, 2011

James Gilligan, NYU Prof. of Psychiatry and author, Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others;  Joe Carson, engineer and whistleblower, asks you to sign White House petition; Will Durst is tired of Republican presidential debates, and, he sez,  so are the candidates.

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Boiling Frogs: Nada Prouty Was Fired From CIA and Prosecuted Like a Terrorist Suspect

October 21, 2011

Former FBI-CIA Agent Nada Prouty joins us in an exclusive Boiling Frogs interview–co-hosted with Sibel Edmonds– to discuss her journey from Lebanon to the United States, her sham marriage to obtain US citizenship, what motivated her to join the FBI counterterrorism unit, and why she left the FBI to join the CIA.

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