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THURSDAY JULY 24, 2008 

12:00 pm AGAINST THE GRAIN 
"Constantine's Sword" traces the history of religious bigotry from the Emperor
Constantine to modern day Evangelical Christianity. And George Lakoff talks about
how are brains are wired and how politics can play on our thought processes.

Against the Grain two hour special.  

3:00 pm Cover to Cover
Poet Lee Slonimsky. 
 
4:00 pm HARD KNOCK RADIO
Brave New Voices features the spoken word poetry of kids from around the country. 

7:00 pm SPECIAL BROADCAST
Highlights of "Dispatches" from around the world -- Chavez' Venezuela, Iraq under US
occupation, the conditions wrought by the World Bank, and much more -- produced by
Big Noise Films. 

8:00 pm Revolution Rock Music Special 
With host Sally Phillips, featuring the music of The Clash, Billy Bragg and other
political musicians. 

Friday July 25, 2008

Hearing on Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations 
6:00 am Hearing on Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations

For the last several years, many progressives - including a handful of
Congress members - have called for the impeachment of President George
W. Bush. But they have been stymied by six years of Republican
majority followed by a Democratic leadership that took impeachment
"off the table."

That may be changing. This Friday, the House Judiciary Committee will
take the first step to investigate what Rep. John Conyers calls
"numerous credible allegations of serious misconduct." Pacifica Radio
will broadcast the hearing live, starting at 6:00am PDT,
Tuesday, July 15, anchored by KPFA's Larry Bensky & Aimee Allison and
produced by Max Pringle.

While the panel of witnesses is somewhat fluid until the hearing
actually begins, the current roster of speakers includes:
-- Several Congress members: Dennis Kucinich, Jane Harman, Walter
Jones, Brad Miller, and Maurice Hinchey
-- Several non-Congress Members: Elizabeth Holtzman, Bruce Fein,
Frederick Schwartz, John Dean, Bob Barr, Rocky Anderson, Vincent
Bugliosi, Elliott Adams

2:30 PM  -  IDEAS ON THE EDGE
Mike Beevers hosts. Jill Bolte Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained and
published brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain.  Through the
eyes of a curious neuroanatomist, she watched her mind completely deteriorate
whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Because of
her understanding of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her
human form, and an amazing mother, Jill completely recovered her mind, brain and
body.  In My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, Jill shares
her recommendations for recovery and the insight she gained into the unique
functions of the right and left halves of her brain.  Having lost the categorizing,
organizing, describing, judging and critically analyzing skills of her left brain,
along with its language centers and thus ego center, Jill's consciousness shifted
away from normal reality.  In the absence of her left brain's neural circuitry, her
consciousness shifted into present moment thinking whereby she experienced herself
"at one with the universe."

5:00 PM  -  STREET HEAT 
We will have an attorney for the plaintiffs in the Class Action lawsuit against the
City of Fresno and Caltrans on the show.  We will also have a couple of the homeless
named plaintiffs in the case on the show.  They will come directly from the Federal
Courthouse in Fresno where there will be (Friday afternoon) a hearing to finalize
the agreement between the homeless and the City of Fresno and Caltrans to settle the
class action lawsuit that stopped the city from taking and destroying homeless
people's property. The City of Fresno and Caltrans agreed to settle the lawsuit for
$2.3 million.  This will be our first segment

The second 1/2 hour will include several representatives from this upcoming event:

Improving Fresno's Health Care - Community Healthcare Summit at Yokomi Elementary
School 2323 E. McKenzie in Fresno. By creating quality jobs at Community Medical
Centers, we will ensure our patients, family, and children receive the best medical
care possible. Don't miss this opportunity to create solutions to achieve the type
of healthcare we all deserve. Sponsored by SEIU-UHW. For more information see:
www.fresnocmcworkersunited.org

In the final 10 minutes we will have Yolanda Moreno who will be talking about this
event:

JOIN US IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE OUR SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
CALIFORNIA'S FAMILIES! Call to Action - Door Hangers canvass against the budget cuts
for Fresno - Fresno needs you!
The proposed budget would cut billions from the vital services that California's
families rely on every day - slashing funding for public schools, public safety,
health care services and in-home care for elderly.
If enacted, these cuts would jeopardize the safety and security of California's
children, families, seniors, and the disabled. The cuts will impact most
Californians in multiple ways, often compounding our problems in tough economic
times.
We can do better. Tell our lawmakers to reject a "cuts-only" budget and find
common-sense solutions to fixing California's budget deficit.

SATURDAY JULY 26, 2008

7:00 PM Saturday Evening Classics
Bruce Francis Kennedy with a special four hour edition of Saturday Evening Classics
that asks who is more patriotic, the French or the Yanks? Join Bruce for his annual
July cavalcade of patriotic music celebrating the month that has the Fourth of July
and Bastille Day.

SUNDAY JULY 27, 2008 

6:30 pm RADIO CHRONICLES Empowered Living: A Matter of Social Justice
Today's stories: a man with a disability transitions from temporary to permanent
housing; homeless mothers become homeowners; the power of advocacy-the Amazing
Gracie Jones and more. 

7:30 pm  ACT ONE RADIO DRAMA Ruby McCullum
 A trail of lies, secrets and racial prejudice is uncovered when a pair of
journalists, Zora Neale Hurston and William Bradford Huie, investigate the murder of
a white doctor by an affluent African-American woman. Based on a true case in South
Florida in 1952, this suspenseful drama has powerful implications to this day,
posing questions of fairness and justice in a small Southern town. Starring Loretta
Devine, Paul Winfield, James Morrison, Shirley Knight, Compton O'Neal, Ella Joyce,
Jenifer Lewis, David Selby, Jean Smart, and Kurtwood Smith Written by Ron Miller,
Steve Albrezzi, and William Bradford Huie. Written by Steve Albrezzi, William
Bradford Huie and Ron Milner.
 
9:00 pm JOE FRANK  - Bible Salesman
Joe travels around the country selling phony bibles to support his mother in a
nursing home. He recalls his mother's anti-religious fervor and his father's failed
suicide attempt. Joe pimps nuns in Montana to help save their convent from
bankruptcy. Then he searches for peace through the catacombs of Rome and the
shipyards of Rio. Finally, he finds success as an actor playing Jesus.
 
10:00 pm Emergency Circus
Host Gary N. and special Guest Wally Scharold present and discuss the work of French
composer Albert Marcoeur, celebrating the release of his new album "Travaux
Pratiques". 
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New Shows
Alternative Radio with host David Barsamian is going into reruns for the summer, so
in the interim we will be adding the new program "If You Love This Planet" hosted by
Dr. Helen Caldicott. With some of the Powers That Be in Fresno pushing for a nuclear
power plant in Fresno, this show should add to the debate.

It began on Thursday July 17, 2008 at 1:00 PM  Pre-empted July 24th for Pledge
Drive.

 
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 1 :00 PM Hazards of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Part 2

Paul Gunter is Director of the Reactor Oversight Project at Beyond Nuclear, and a
watchdog of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In this episode of If You Love
This Planet, Paul discusses with Helen Caldicott the operation, disrepair and
vulnerability of US nuclear power stations. This episode also includes an excerpt
from the 1983 Oscar-winning documentary, If You Love This Planet, which features
Helen Caldicott giving a lecture about the risks and consequences of nuclear war.

Progressive Parenting with Gena Kirby - First Friday of the month at 5 PM (August 1)

Progressive Parenting is a call in show that is hosted by Doula  Gena Kirby. She is
not a parenting expert, but a mother of two, who understands the concerns of parents
today. Because this is a progressive show, parents will hear issues and topics they
won't hear in the mainstream media.  The topic for August 1st is "National
Breastfeeding Awareness Month".


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