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Dream of Democracy: Pink Bloque 5:37 Barrett Golding & Jonathan Menjivar

Putting a new face, sound and color on political activism (bringing the "femme back to feminism"). Their 6 P's: Pink, Performance, Public Space, Protest, Pop Culture, Party ("The Pink Bloque fights for our right to party while partyng while we fight."). Produced for WBEZ Chicago Matters "Our Next Generation". [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 7 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Dream of Democracy Subjects: Public Affairs, Politics, Youth

Tije is Not Dead 2:42 Crossing the BLVD

Haitian-American activist Ray Laforest reads a poem about his brother Tije, who died mysteriously in Haiti in the late 1990s. Judith Sloan, Scott Johnson and Warren Lehrer produced the piece. From the Crossing the BLVD series (book/CD); interviews from mostly immigrants and refugees who now live in Queens NY. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 1 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Crossing the BLVD Subjects: Politics, International, Family

Dream of Democracy 29:00 Barrett Golding & Jonathan Menjivar

Today’s college students have seen the Senate impeach one president, and the Supreme Court decide the election of another. They have seen America attacked at home, and at war abroad. So what do young people think of politics and politicians, of democracy and the American Dream? To find out, we went to campuses across Chicago, to a peace march, a rap contest, and a Young Republicans meet-up. produced for WBEZ Chicago Matters "Our Next Generation".

Broadcast: May 5 2004 on WBEZ Chicago MattersSeries: Dream of Democracy Subjects: Youth, Politics

Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller administers the oath of office

Prime Candidates 59:00 Barrett Golding, Larry Massett, Sarah Vowell & [Hearing Voices]

Presidential Portraits of Primaries Past in this (((Hearing Voices))) Primary Season / President's Day special. Hosted by Barrett Golding, featuring: "Claremont" by Larry Massett, Art Silverman and Betty Rogers- You might not recall the names of all the 1980 presidential prospects: like California Governor Jerry Brown, Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, Illinois Representative John Anderson, but the story is still familiar; a classic political tale told by David Puksta, a high-school student in the small mill town of Claremont, New Hampshire. "Political People" by Barrett Golding, with songs by Greg Keeler- When so many people couldn't care less about politics, why do some people care so much. "Democracy and Things Like That" by Sarah Vowell, produced by Alex Blumberg & Ira Glass of This American Life- During the 2000 primaries, the lesson Sarah learned, while sitting in a New Hampshire classroom, was to Pay Attention. "California Recall Sans Mots" by Larry Massett- From the 2003 gubernatorial candidates, the California Recall Project presents the first political debate stripped of all the unclear, misleading elements: that is, minus the words. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: Feb 16 2004 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Public Affairs, Specials, Historical Anniversaries, Historical, Politics

Gaza Town in Middle Ground 4:37 Nancy Updike

A Gaza Strip town is caught between the Israeli army and Hamas. The town’s mayor says he doesn∂t have the power to stop militants from using his town as a staging area for attacks; he just wants to carry out his duties as mayor, but he’s having problems even doing that. The conflict has the town’s tax revenues dwindling -- the citizenry is refusing to even pay taxes -- and is making it hard for city hall to provide basic services.

Broadcast: Dec 1 2003 on APM Marketplace Subjects: War, International, Politics

The Pol Walk 3:10 Barrett Golding

Montana State Senator Emily Swansen (now Emily Stonington) goes door-to-door campaigning and contemplating representative democracy. [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 28 2003 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Politics, Public Affairs

Jack Ruby’s Polygraph 2:56 Gregory Whitehead

On the anniversary of the assassination of an alleged assassin, we hear the transcript of the lie-detector test administered to Jack Ruby; excerpted from "The Loneliest Road," a radio play. (Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on Novemeber 24, 1963.) [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 24 2003 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Justice, Politics, Historical, Drama

Photo of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank

Dror’s Mission 21:07 Nancy Updike

Dror Etkes of Peace Watch has taken it as his personal mission to document the spread of Israeli settlements in the West Bank: every shack, mobile home, housing cluster, bypass road and town. Settlement growth is something many people would rather keep quiet. The U.S. has repeatedly called for construction to stop. Dror Etkes is a reluctant activist. He initially had no interest in making this his life’s work.

Broadcast: Nov 21 2003 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: War, Politics, International, Public Affairs

War On 3:50 Scott Carrier & Barrett Golding

A collection of voices from citizens throughout the United States sharing their views on the ongoing war effort in Iraq and the War on Terror. [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 12 2003 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: International, Politics, Public Affairs, War

Language Removal of the California Recall Race 2:37 Larry Massett

Earlier this year we introduced listeners to Douglas Fleishut, one of the founders of Language Removal Services. That’s an outfit that takes recordings of human speech and eliminates the words, leaving breathing and umms and ahhs. Recently, the Language Removal folks have turned their attention to the candidates in the California recall election. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 1 2003 on NPR All Things ConsideredSeries: Language Removal Subjects: Politics, Spoken Word