Podcast for October 16th

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 1 comment Tags: Andre Vltchek, Bruce Kushnick, Chuck Mertz, David Rosen, David Skalinder, Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, Michael Roper, Nomi Prins, Robert Parry

Oct
2010

Podcast for October 16th [ 4:15:12 | 175.24 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (134)

Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed:

Bruce Kushnick is the founder of New Networks Institute, and a telecommunications industry analyst who regularly reports for Harvard Nieman’s Watchdog. Last week, Bruce co-wrote the story, “How the Phone Companies Are Screwing America: The $320 Billion Broadband Rip-Off” with past this is Hell! guest David Rosen.
Nomi Prins is a senior fellow at the public policy center Demos and author of, “It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street” (Wiley). This week, Nomi posted the story, “Why Is the White House Against Freezing Foreclosures in the Face of Rampant Fraud?“
Andre Vltchek is a novelist, poet, political analyst, journalist, photographer and filmmaker, he has covered dozens of war zones from Bosnia and Peru to Sri Lanka, Congo and East Timor. Andre will discuss his article, “The West Perfecting Its Techniques To Hurt China.” His latest book is “Oceania,” and can be purchased directly through his website.

Our irregular correspondents were …

live from Denver, David ‘The Cynical Optimist’ Skalinder told us why he’s not a ‘Radical Pessimist’ – except for the upcoming election – and gave a different perspective on baseball and cricket.

live from Oakland, Elvis DeMorrow told us what’s happening in the Konspiracy Korner.

in-studio, Michael Roper of the Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark Street, talked beer.

Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.

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nomsematiq

really interesting interview with vltchek, great for getting a different perspective on china, a great reminder of how our own thought is subtly constrained by the information that is available to us, how being flooded with information on a given topic definitely isn’t the same thing as being afforded a good perspective. i was a bit disappointed that you didn’t get to more directly ask vltchek to respond to some of the common criticisms levelled against china: particularly issues like information censorship in china, uyghurs, and why the chinese government is so intransigent as to not consider the dalai lama to be as cute and fluffy as the rest of us do…

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