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Podcast for Saturday, January 31, 2009 [ 3:57:45 | 108.83 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (253)

• Aziz Huq is the director of the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. Aziz’s most recent book is 2007′s “Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror,” (New Press) which he co-authored with with Fritz Schwarz. This week, Aziz wrote the article, “Obama’s Minimalist Approach to Guantanamo,” wherein Aziz argues that ‘Obama’s executive order on closing Guantanamo … still doesn’t go far enough toward addressing the worst of the Bush administration’s moral and legal quagmires.’
• Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History and Director of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Vijay’s most recent book is 2007′s “The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World” (New press). This week, Vijay wrote the article, “The India Lobby: Drunk with the Sight of Power.”
• Paul Armentano is the deputy director of NORML and the NORML Foundation. He is also the co-author of the forthcoming book “Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People To Drink?,” which will be published later this year by Chelsea Green.
  This week, Paul wrote the story, “Marijuana Reform Is Part of the Progressive Agenda, So Why Are Obama’s Drug Cops Already Making Pot Raids?“

Irregular correspondent Todd Williams reported to us live from Italy. Live from Los Angeles Jeff Dorchen delivered a ‘Moment of Truth.’