10 Dec. 09 The 2010 Legislative Session
Rep. Sydney Carlin and Sen. Rodger Reitz discuss the up-coming 2010 legislative session; the Kansas budget crisis; funding public education and more. MP3 File
3 Dec. 09 - An Interview with Charles Schollenberger (REVISED Edition)
Charles Schollenberger is the Democratic candidate for the US Senate for the seat being vacated by Sam Brownback. He is a communications executive and former government teacher and an award-winning journalist/editor. He has served as farm writer for the Hutchinson (Kan.) News, agribusiness writer for the Kansas City Star Co., and worked as northeast Johnson County reporter/editor for Sun Newspapers of Johnson County. His Republican opponent will be either Jerry Moran or Todd Tiahrt, both members of the fundamentalist religious cult "The Family." See our interview with Jeff Sharlet for more information about "The Family" at: http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-with-jeff-sharlet.html
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22 Nov. 09 - Repealing the Kansas Death Penalty
On this week's edition of Community Bridge - After the Sunday Morning Talk Show Edition we hear Sam Millsap, former Texas District Attorney, who was the keynote speaker at the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty's Annual Meeting on 14 November in Topeka. Among many notable prosecutions, Millsap prosecuted Ruben Cantu for capital murder; Cantu was executed in 1992. In December, 2005, as a result of investigative reporting by the Houston Chronicle, serious questions were raised concerning Cantu’s guilt. Millsap, acknowledging that he made an error in judgment when he decided to seek the death penalty on the basis of the testimony of a single eyewitness, has assumed personal responsibility for Ruben Cantu’s execution. Millsap is the only former elected major metropolitan prosecutor in America who has prosecuted capital murder cases and is now an opponent of the death penalty. Millsap has campaigned against the death penalty throughout the country and spoke against it's use at the United Nations.MP3 File
19 Nov. 09 - What Energy Future for Kansas?
What's up with the proposed coal-fired power plant Sunflower Electric wants to build in southwest Kansas? What is the financial situation for Sunflower? Did you know the Environmental Protection Agency has declared carbon a treat to the environment and public welfare? Does "clean coal" really exist, or is this just a PR campaign to help polluters keep on keeping on? Answering these and other questions is Stephanie Cole of the Kansas Sierra Club and Scott Allegrucci of the Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy as we discuss Kansas' energy future. At the end of the show we are joined by Chelsey Fritch as she discusses the Out and Greek national conference that was held at K-State Nov. 20 - 22.MP3 File
15 Nov. 09 - Harry S. Truman Presidential Library's Howard and Virginia Bennett Forum on the Presidency -- Presidential Leadership in Transformational Times.
Forum participants include:
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., is former chair of the National Intelligence Council and dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; books include Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics.
Robert Kuttner is co-founder of "The American Prospect" and longtime columnist for BusinessWeek. He is the author of the best-selling book Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency.
Timothy Naftali is the director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. A prolific writer for scholarly and popular audiences, his work has been published by Slate.com, "The Washington Post", "Foreign Affairs", and more. Naftali's books include Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism.
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12 Nov. 09 - An Interview with Jeff Sharlot: "The Family," What Every Kansan Should Know about Brownback, Tiahrt, and Moran
For a listing of Sharlet's articles and the Rachel Maddow interview he discussing during this inverview, click here.
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8 Nov. 09 - Scott Ritter on Afghanistan
For this broadcast of Community Bridge's After the Sunday Morning Talk Shows Edition we broadcast the Truthdig.com podcast that features Josh Scheer and James Harris interviewing former Iraq Weapons inspector Scott Ritter. Ritter discusses Afghanistan and why the US needs to get out now.MP3 File
5 Nov. 09 - The 2008 Election, One Year Later
One year after the historical 2008 elections Community Bridge looks at what is different at both the local and national level. Community Bridge's Thursday show opens with County Commissioner Karen McCulloh who discusses what is happening in country government. Then in the second half of the show we welcome Brian Cox, Tom Oldfather and Janie Simpson from the K-State Young Democrats to discuss the Obama administration, how young people are changing political discourse, and their out look for the 2010 elections.MP3 File
1 Nov. 09 - After the Sunday Morning Talk Shows
On this edition of After the Sunday Morning Talk Shows we first hear Sandip Roy interview Marcelo Ballve about the situation in Honduras for New America Media; then Tavis Smiley interviews Dr. Cornel West about Obama and his new memoir; finally Laura Flanders of GRIT TV interviews Timothy Karr of Free Press, Gigi Sohn of Public Knowledge, and Karlos Schmieder of the Center for Media Justice about Net Neutrality.MP3 File
29 Oct. 09 - Dr. Vandana Shiva (edited) and Pt. 2 of "It's Up to Us Alone"
Community Bridge opens with an edited version (30 min) of Dr. Vandana Shiva's lecture Soil, Not Oil: Food Security in an Age of Climate Change given on Oct 16th at K-State. Dr. Vandana Shiva is internationally recognized as an environmental activist, ecofeminist, and champion of sustainable and organic agriculture, biodiversity, and economic justice. The complete version of the speech (62 minutes) is available on the Community Bridge website as a podcast. It is located under the "Fall 2009 Podcasts" in the right hand column of this website.
Following this week's Media Minutes, we air the second half of It's Up to Us Alone - a two-act radio drama set in the echoes of recent Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli military incursions, which had its worldwide broadcast debut on Friday, Oct. 16 on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles. Starring Ed Asner as Ari Shalom, the radio play features a full cast of actors taking on a script that looks at both the broader, international implications of war as well as the personal costs of conflict. The play's objective is to stimulate discussion on the Middle East and war in general by rolling ahead, based on the projected continued escalation of the conflict, to a point where militarism brings the entire world to the brink of destruction - to the point that the people on BOTH sides lose.
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25 Oct. 09 - After the Sunday Morning Talk Shows Edition
Next we hear an interview of Noah Shachtman from the October 22nd edition of Democracy Now that explores his reporting in Wired magazine that revealed the investment arm of the Central Intelligence Agency has invested in a software firm called Visible Technologies that specializes in monitoring social media sites, including blogs, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and Amazon. Finally we hear the October 11th edition of Progressive Radio featuring Matt Rothschild interviewing investigative reporter Greg Palast.
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22 Oct. 09 - Turning from War to Peace: The Contagious Love Experiment
Following the interview with Stieber and Curran, Community Bridge airs part one of "It's Up to Us Alone" - a two-act radio drama set in the echoes of recent Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli military incursions, which had its worldwide broadcast debut on Friday, Oct. 16 on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles. Starring Ed Asner as Ari Shalom, the radio play features a full cast of actors taking on a script that looks at both the broader, international implications of war as well as the personal costs of conflict.
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18 Oct. 09 - After the Show Morning Talk Shows
On this week's edition of After the Sunday Morning Talk Shows, we open with Robert McChensey, Media Matters, interviewing Michael Moore about his new film, Capitalism: A Love Story. Then we hear from Lauran Flanders who interviews Robert Greenwald about his film, Rethink Afghanistan. We close with a GRIT TV panel discussion entitled "Opting Out of Healthcare Reform?" featuring: Paul Waldman from The American Prospect, Adam Thompson from the Progressive States Network, Representative Raul Grijalva, co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, and Sharon Lerner, contributor to The Nation and author of The War On Moms: Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation. They discuss the many options for the public option, including the new suggestion of an opt-out provision that would let states choose not to take part in a public health care plan.MP3 File
Special Podcast: Soil, Not Oil: Food Security in an Age of Climate Change
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Special Podcast: Judicial Selection Reform on the Move
This podcast features Hon. Rebecca Kourlis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the Legal Profession. Hon. Kourlis spoke at the Kansas League of Women Voters forum: "Does the Kansas Judiciary Reflect the Diversity of our State? If Not, Why Not?" held on 17 October 2009 in Topeka, KS. The forum was the opening of a two-year League project focusing on promoting diversity at all levels of the state judiciary and enhancing the legitimacy of our system of justice in the eyes of an increasingly diverse public.Rebecca Love Kourlis was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court in 1985 and resigned in 2006 after serving for 11 years. Kourlis authored of more than 200 opinions and dissents during her tenure and spearheaded significant reforms in the court system relating to juries, family law and attorney regulation.
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15 Oct. 09 - Voices from the National Equality March
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8 Oct. 09 - "One Book, One Community" and National Coming Out Day
This week's Community Bridge opens with Susan Withee from the Manhattan Public Library to discuss this year's One Book, One Community. This event works to bring together the community by reading one book together. Manhattan will discuss Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury on Tuesday October 20th at 7:00 pm. Marcy Allen, Collection Development Librarian will moderate the discussion. For more information visit the MPL webpage at: http://www.manhattan.lib.ks.us/onebook/intro.shtmlThen we will hear from Ana Abente and Lukus Ray Elbert from K-State LGBT & More group about National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11), what's happening on K-State for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trangender students, and what Manhattan could be do to improve the quality of life for its LGBT residents. We will also be joined by Dusty Garner who will share insights into just how homophobic Aggieville businesses really are. And we well close out the show hearing a essay written by a LGBT member of the armed services reflecting on what "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" means to them.
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1 Oct. 09 - An Interview with Marci Penner
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Podcast Special: Death by Design - A History of Funeral Homes in Kansas
The annual membership meeting of the Manhattan/Riley County Preservation Alliance was held September 10th. The keynote for the evening was given by Christy Davis.Ms. Davis is a fifth-generation Kansan who has dedicated her career to helping communities identify and preserve their architectural heritage. For much of the past decade, Davis worked in the public sector as a preservation planner and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer. In 2006, she founded her own historic preservation consulting firm, which specializes in assisting property owners in designating their properties and funding their preservation projects. Davis has served on the boards of Preservation Action, the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, the Kansas Preservation Alliance, and is currently the chair of the Topeka Landmarks Commission. For more information about the Preservation Alliance, you can visit their website at: http://www.preservemanhattan.org
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27 Sept. 09 - After the Sunday Morning Talk Shows
Then from Democracy Now! we hear about the other side of the ACORN story featuring ACORN's CEO Bertha Lewis. The anti-poverty group ACORN is coming under a firestorm of criticism after the group’s workers were caught on camera appearing to offer advice to a pimp and prostitute.
Finally from GRIT TV, we hear author Max Blumenthal, popular for his politically satirical videos at prayer meetings, hate rallies, gun shows with the extremist right, talk about his New York Times bestseller, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party. While conservatives rebuke Blumenthal's claims of how the waning Republican party has been held together by its growing ultra-conservative stronghold, the book has received wide-spread praise for its explanation of how the wacky seeming Christian fundamentalist minority has came to control the GOP.
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24 Sept. 09 - The Effect of Globalization
On this week's edition of Community Bridge we broadcast a lecture given by award-winning photographer and union activist, David Bacon at the Kansas City (MO) Public Library on September 18. Bacon analyzes NAFTA's corporate tilt as a cause of displacement and migration from Mexico and shows how criminalizing immigrant labor benefits employers. The event was sponsored by the The Cross Border Network, The ACLU of Kansas and western Missouri Immigration Task Force, the Institute for Labor Studies at UMKC and the Kansas City Public Library. Bacon discusses issues of issues of labor, immigration, and international politics.MP3 File
17 Sept. 09 - An Interview with Eric Nadler
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10 Sept. 09 - CCHW, Sex Ed @ KSU, Aggiefest
Community Bridge welcomes back Doug Benson and Bea Stoney of Community Cultural Harmony Week's planning committee to discuss this year's planned activities. CCHW will take place the week of September 20th. For the complete calendar visit: http://www.k-state.edu/cchw. Then we will hear from Rev. David Jones of Ecumenical Campus Ministry about a human sexuality course being offer to K-State students beginning on September 14th. The nine-week, non-credit course will be taught by Dr. David E. Thompson, KSU Department of Family Studies and Human Services. For more information contact Rev. David Jones at: dajones@ksu.edu. Finally we will close with a return of the ever popular Evan Tuttle, Manhattan Music Coalition, to talk about the up-coming "4th Annual Multi-Genre Live Music Festival" otherwise known as "Aggiefest", September 18 & 19, 2009, in Aggieville.MP3 File
3 Sept. 09 - Movies, Movies, Movies
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20 August 2009, Part 1: Stephanie Cole on Sunflower Power and Robert Coen on his film "Anthrax War"
Community Bridge opens with Stephanie Cole of the Kansas Sierra Club returning to discuss the continuing efforts to block the construction of a coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas. Cole bring us up-to-date on the topic and discuss what concerned people can do to help in the fight. Then we connect via telephone with Bob Coen, co-director of the film Anthrax War, that will be shown in Manhattan on September 8th and 9th. Coen is a filmmaker, journalist and war correspondent whose work has always focused on uncovering hidden truths. Anthrax War looks at what happened following the 2001 anthrax attacks in the US and the spread of research labs working with germ warfare pathogens - something that is outlawed world-wise through a treaty that the US has signed. His interview continues in Part 2 of this week's show.
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20 August 2009, Part 2: Coen interview continued; Chris Hedges on "Empire of Illusion;" Dan Bliss in concert; Truby Liberman on the media coverage of the health care debate
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13 August 2009 Pt. 1 - Taking Advantage of Energy Tax Credits
Community Bridge welcomes David Carter and Bruce Snead, Kansas Industrial Extension Service, to discuss issues of energy conservation and efficiency in our homes. We also talk about tax credit programs of which consumers should be aware and take advantage before the end of the 2010. For a complete listing of appliances qualifying for up to $1,500 in tax credits, visit energystar.gov.MP3 File
13 August 2009 Pt. 2 - Extend Summer Programming featuring Thom Hartmann and GRIT TV
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6 August 2009 - The Kansas Free Press and Responding to Rep. Lynn Jenkins
Community Bridge welcomes Pam Pohly, founder and editor-in-chief of the blog, Everyday Citizen. Everyday Citizen has gained a national following with over a million readers each month. Now Pohly is getting ready to launch a new e-newspaper - the Kansas Free Press. Its "Kansan writers will write about people, politics, and policies that effect Kansans, the future of Kansas and our way of life." Follow Pohly, Jan Garton joins us to read her commentary that appeared in the July 31 Manhattan Mercury about Rep. Lynn Jenkins' recent one-sided, non-factual flier on cap-and-trade legislation working its way through Congress. Garton challenges Rep. Jenkins to tell the truth about global warming.MP3 File
6 August Part 2 - 2009 Legislative Wrap-up
For our extended summer programming this week, we welcome Rep. Sydney Carlin, Rep. Tom Hawk and Sen. Roger Reitz for our annual legislative wrap-up program. We will discuss what happened in Topeka during the 2009 legislative session, the state budget, and take a peak at what's ahead when the legislature returns for the 2010 session.MP3 File
30 July 2009 - Konza Music Fest/Kansas Conference on Women's Rights
Community Bridge welcomes Evan Tuttle, Manhattan Music Coalition, to discuss the cancellation of this year's Konza Music Festival, Aggiefest, and the Manhattan Music Coalition. Following Tuttle and this week's Media Minute, we broadcast the keynote address by Terry O'Neil, president of the National Organization for Women from the July 25th, Kansas Conference on Women's Rights that was held in Wichita.MP3 File
30 July - Part 2: Extended Summer Programming
Community Bridge host, Christopher Renner, opens this hour with a commentary on Rep. Lynn Jenkins recent mailer on Cap-and-Trade policies. Then we hear GRIT TV's Laura Flanders interview Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the author of "Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy," on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s media blitz. We close out with an extensive interview conducted by Democracy Now's Amy Goodman with Wendell Potter, health insurance executive turned whistlerblower.MP3 File
23 July 2009 - Mass Transit for Manhattan
Community Bridge welcomes Anne Smith, Director of aTa Bus, and Lisa Koch, Public Transit Manager at the Kansas Department of Transportation, in a discussion of the growing need for a public mass transit system in Manhattan. We discuss the dramatic rise in usage of aTa Bus services, what is on the drawing board, and why public transportation has an important role to play in the future economic well-being of our community.
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16 July 2009 - Jazz Festival and National Issues
Community Bridge's program on the 2009 Legislative session had to be rescheduled for a later date. We open this week's show with Cortney Smith, Summer UPC co-Chair, who discusses the Little Apple Jazz Festival.Next we take on some of the myths that surround President Obama and which conspiracy theorist and right-wing pundits continue to repeat as if they were truth. We hear why it is hard to correct misconceptions about President Obama in a clip from On The Media. Brooke Gladstone interviews Brennan Nighand in this clip from the July 3 edition of OTM. We follow with a clip from CounterSpin featuring Janine Jackson interviewing Sasha Abramsky, author of Breadline USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It.
The NAACP turns 100 this month and the civil rights organization celebrated this week in New York. We the rebroadcast a panel discussion on the NAACP centennial hosted by Laura Flanders of Grit TV. Flanders interviews: Hilary Shelton, Director of the Washington, D.C. bureau of the NAACP, Sonia Ossorio, President of the National Organization for Women in NY, Derrick Johnson, President of the Mississippi NAACP, and James Rucker, Executive Director of Color of Change.
This is followed by by a clip from April featuring Tavis Smiley interviewing Robert Greenwald about his film, In Their Booths a documentary series about the impact the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having on people here at home. Every episode features a documentary about how America’s servicemen and women, their families, and our communities have been profoundly changed by our nation's campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Shot on location throughout the country, these stories stress the courage of our participants, and the valor of the people and organizations that help our heroes on their journey.
We close with the rebroadcast of another GRIT TV feature, The Cost of Health Care, that originally aired on July 9th. Laura Flanders interviews: Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Reed Abelson who covers healthcare for the NYT, and Teresa Ghilarducci, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy at the New School on the real cost of healthcare reform.
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9 July 2009 Part 1 - SLIM Downtown Study and Thea Neitfield
Community Bridge opens with Prof. Susanne Siepl-Coates discussing her SLIM DOWNtown Study that looks at ways to make Manhattan's downtown more pedestrian friendly while encouraging healthier lifestyles for Manhattan residents. Following this week's Media Minutes, Thea Nietfield joins us in studio to discuss her experiences as a member of a peace delegation sponsored by Interfaith Peace-Builders and the National Peace Foundation that traveled to Israel and the Palestine Territories earlier this summer.MP3 File
9 July Part 2 - Kansas Health Care for All
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2 July 2009 - Rental Inspection Ordinance
Community Bridge welcomes members of the Rental Inspection Advisory Committee - Brad Claussen, Jo Anne Sutton and Dixie West, to discuss the proposed new rental inspection ordinance for the City of Manhattan. The ordinance will go before the City Commission in August. We discuss the work of the committee, the two opinions they are proposing to the City Commission and the impact of rental properties on Manhattan's historic neighborhoods.MP3 File
2 July 2009 Part 2 - National News
We continue our extend summer programming with two reports from Real News Network on the issue of health care. First we will hear a report on the rally that was held this past weekend in Washington DC in favour of health care reform. Then we hear a second report featuring Dr. Margaret Flowers, a Baltimore-based pediatrician and a co-chair of the Maryland chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), discussing the need for a single payer opinion. We conclude this week's extended format with a rebroadcast of part of Democracy Now's June 29th program looking into the coup which took place in Honduras that ousted the democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. Democracy Now goes to Honduras to speak with Honduran medical doctor and award-winning human rights activist, Dr. Juan Almendares, and NYU professor of Latin American history, Greg Grandin.MP3 File
25 June 2009 - A Kansas Equal Rights Amendment
Community Bridge welcomes Kari Ann Rinker, lobbyist Kansas NOW, Marla Patrick, Kansas NOW, and Betty Banner, Peggy Bowman Second Chance Fund, to discuss a Equal Right Amendment for the State of Kansas. In the 70s, the Kansas legislature voted to ratify the ERA to the federal constitution. Now efforts are underway to pass a state amendment ensuring that women and men are equal before the law, the the social conservatives are doing everything possible to block the recognition of woman and equals to men. In second half of the show we discuss the recent assassination of women's reproductive health provider, Dr. George Tiller.MP3 File
25 June Part 2 - Health Care Reform
During our extend summer edition beginning at 6:00 pm, we look into health care reform. First we rebroadcast a June 11th GRIT TV show in which Laura Flanders interviews Leonard Rodberg, Professor of Urban and Health Policy at Queens College CUNY, Dr Laura Boylan of Physicians for a National Health Program, Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy for the Center for American Progress and Rep. Mary Caferro, recipient of the 2008 Families USA Consumer Health Advocate award.Following the GRIT TV panel we rebroadcast part of Democracy Now's June 16th show looking at health care reform. First we hear Dr. Quentin Young, National Coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program, and Dr. Chris McCoy, an Instructor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and the chair of the policy committee for the National Physicians Alliance, who recently withdrew his membership from the American Medical Association in protest over their position regarding a public health care option. Then we will hear a special report on Montana Senator Max Baucus, the chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Baucus is the Senate’s point man on health care reform. A new article in the Montana Standard finds that Senator Baucus has received more campaign money from health-and-insurance industry interests than any other member of Congress.
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18 June 2009 - The Stonewall Riots 40 Years After, Part 1
As part of Community Bridge's celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this week we welcome: Jonathan Mertz - Chair of the Flint Hills Human Rights Project; Jason Croucher - the individual behind the Kansas Jackass Blog and Kansas' only openly gay elected official; and, Lori Messinger, Associate Professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. The panel discusses the impact of the Stonewall Riots on social, cultural and political realities, the coming out process, the future of the gay rights movement in the US and in Kansas, prejudice and hypocrisy in local elected officials, the National March on Washington and the Obama administration.MP3 File
18 June 2009 Stonewall Riots 40 Years Later - Part 2
In the second half of our extend summer programming for 18 June, we rebroadcast a 1978 interview conducted by Greg Gordon of recently elected San Francisco Board of Supervisor Harvey Milk. This interview was broadcast earlier this year on "This Way Out," following the success of "Milk" at the Academy Awards. We conclude with the keynote speech given by Janice Norlin at the 2009 Edith Stunkel Good Government Award ceremony sponsored by the Manhattan/Riley County League of Women Voters.MP3 File
11 June 2009 - An Interview with Kevin Willmott, Part 1
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11 June - An Interview with Kevin Willmott, Part 2
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4 June 2009 - Under the Rainbow with Tami Albin
As part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the Stonewall Riots, this week we welcome Tami Albin, Undergraduate Instruction & Outreach Librarian at the University of Kansas. Albin will discuss her work on “Under the Rainbow: Oral Histories of LGBTIQ People in Kansas” project. Albin interviews and records the answers of willing GLBTIQ Kansans, documenting their stories. The project, originally designed to interview 20 people has been expanded to now include 47 LGBTIQ Kansans and will include more before she finishes it.MP3 File
4 June, Part 2 - Future of the Gay Rights Movement
As part of Community Bridge's extended summer programming, we rebroadcasting an interview Laura Flanders from GRIT TV conducted on 1 June 2009 with Media Consultant Joel Silberman, author and activist Jewelle Gomez, New York State Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, and The Nation magazine’s Richard Kim on California’s ruling and the future of the gay rights movement.MP3 File
28 May 2009 - An Interview with Senator Chris Steineger
Senator Chris Steineger, possible Democratic candidate for Kansas Governor in 2010, talks about a variety of issues including his plan to reduce country governments in the state through consolidation. Following this week's Media Minutes we are joined in studio by David Carter, former Friends of Sunset Zoo board President and current board member, who discusses "Wine in the Wild" - a fund raiser for Sunset Zoo scheduled for June 6th.MP3 File
14 May 2009 - Sex, Pregnancy and Politics
Community Bridge ends our spring season with the broadcast of a panel discussion, Sex, Pregnancy and Politics which was held at K-State on April 16th. The panel was sponsored by Kansas State University's Students for Choice and Campus Progress, Center for American Progress, and featured Shelby Knox, a vocal national advocate for comprehensive sexuality education; Holly Weatherford, Kansas public affairs manager and lobbyist for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri; and state Rep. Sydney Carlin, Manhattan. The panel was moderated by Kierra Johnson, executive director of Choice USA.MP3 File
7 May 2009 - Governor Parkinson's Compromise
James Roberts, Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy, and Stephanie Cole, Kansas Sierra Club, discuss Gov. Parkinson's compromise with Sunflower Electric allowing the building of one coal-fire power plant in southwest Kansas while denying Kansans the protect corporate greed and pollution by handcuffing the Secretary of Health and Environment's regulatory powers. We conclude interviewing Richard Pitts about the summer programs available from the Wonder Workshop.MP3 File
30 April 2009 - An Interview with Tom Goss
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23 April 2009 - Child Abuse Awareness Month
April is both Child Abuse Awareness and Sexual Assault Awareness month. Community Bridge welcomes Jayme Morris-Hardemen, Executive Director of Sunflower CASA, and Stephanie Reich, SANE/SART Coordinator, Mercy Regional Health Center, to the KSDB studio to discuss child abuse in the Manhattan area and what people need to know about this often not discussed issue. During the third half of the show, Community Bridge welcomes Melissa Streeter-Prescott and Emily Santacroce-Kennedy to the show to discuss the annual Take Back the Night Rally scheduled for Thursday April 29th.MP3 File
16 April 2009 - Feast of Fun and an Interview with Charles McVey
This week Community Bridge welcomes Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion the producers and hosts of the award winning Feast of Fun (formerly known as Feast of Fools) podcast. Feast of Fun is a daily talk show based out of Chicago featuring celebrity guests, artists, musicians, actors and members of the LGBT community. The program is a roundtable discussion of unusual news, social trends and features cocktail recipes and interviews.During the second part of the show, we welcome back to Community Bridge Lawrence-based indy rocker Charles McVey. McVey recently release a new album - ANIMAL, - a nine track exploration into the loss of one’s faith. Visit his website at http://www.charlesmcvey.com. Read the Ames Progressive.org review of Animal, Charles S. McVey’s Exuberant Blasphemies.
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9 April 2009 - Being a Progressive in the Post-Bush Era
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2 April 2009 - An Interview with Joe Winston and Laura Cohen on making the film adaptation of "What the Matter with Kansas?"
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5 March 2009 - Redevelopment Lawsuit and City Government
This week Community Bridge welcomes Elaine Mohr and Scott Quaintance from Manhattan Citizens for Sustainable Downtown Redevelopment to discuss the lawsuit the organization filed against the City of Manhattan over planning and zoning issues that allowed the expansion of the proposed HyVee grocery store in the north end development project. In addition to zoning issues, MCSDR filed suit because of two other issues: the City Commissioners had prejudged the amendment and engaged in ex-parte communications that were not disclosed to the public - something many consider a violation of Kansas' Open Meetings Act.MP3 File
19 February 2009 - A 50 Year Food Policy
As part of our on-going dialogue on food policy, Community Bridge welcomes Wes Jackson, Director of the Land Institute, to this week's show to discuss his recent article, A 50-Year Farm Bill.MP3 File
Special Podcast: Forum Podcasts: Public Forum: A Comprehensive Energy Plan for Kansas without CO2
This forum took place on 7 February 2009 at the Manhattan Library Auditorium.Part 1 features Scott Allegrucci and James Roberts of the Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy.
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Part 2: features Stephanie Cole, Kansas Sierra Club, who opens the discussion with a presentation of what is happening in the Kansas Legislature. Later Scott Allegrucci and James Roberts joins in responding to questions from the audience.
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Forum Sponsors: Flint Hills Chapter of the Sierra Club; K-State Students for Environmental Action; Manhattan/Riley County League of Women Voters; and the Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice.
Background information: Download GPACE's 10 Questions for Sunflower Supporters at: http://128.121.184.101/PDFs/ProtectingWhat%27sOurs-BenefitingOurHealth&Environment.pdf
5 February 2009 - GI Rights Hotline and Citizens for a Better Manhattan
Community Bridge welcomes Rev. Richard Gehring and Anne Cowan to discuss the newly created GI Rights Hotline during the first half of the show. The Hotline's mission is to provide trained lay counselors to offer accurate information and assistance for GIs and their families regarding military regulations, including relevant referrals to professionals in the Fort Riley area. During the second half, Sara Fisher and Kathy Dzewaltowski of Citizens for a Better Manhattan discuss the history of the organization, its plans for candidate interviews, and what issues are a concern for the up-coming election on 7 April. Correction: Voter turn out for Riley County in the 2005 election was 33.8%; in 2007 it was 19%. The numbers quoted in the interview are incorrectMP3 File
29 January 2009 - A Kansan in Afghanistan
Community Bridge welcomes Debra Frey who along with her family lived in Afghanistan from January 2006 to July 2007. Frey discussed the project she work on in Afghanistan, shared her experiences about life in the country and discussed her insights as to what Afghanistan really needs in order to recover from the failed nation it has become. In the second half of the show, we feature a interview with Dr. David Orr of Oberlin College, who was the keynote speaker at K-State's Sustainability Conference on 23 January.MP3 File
Podcast Special: Restoring America: The New President and the ACLU
On January 21st, one day after President Obama become the 44th president of the United state, the ACLU chapter of Kansas and West Missouri held a special community forum that featured: Bob Eye, Attorney and Board Member of the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri, Burdett Loomis, KU professor of Political Science and the Reverend Verdell Taylor Jr., Pastor of St. Luke AME Church in Lawrence. Together discussed the implications of Obama Presidency on civil liberties and the future of the country.MP3 File
22 January 2009 - Kansas' Energy Future
Community Bridge welcomes Scott Allegrucci and James Roberts from the Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy to this week's show. Sunflower Power is once again prepared to cause grid-lock in the Kansas legislature in order that their corporate needs become state policy. With 90% of Kansans supporting clean energy and 65% supporting Governor Sebelius' veto of last year's corporate give away to Sunflower, will the conservatives in the Kansas legislature hear the voice of the people? What new tactics does Sunflower plan to use to pollute our air and contribute to global climate change? We explore these and other questions in the debate over what Kansas' energy future will look like. Download GPACE's 10 Questions for Sunflower Supporters by clicking here.MP3 File
15 January 2009 - An Interview with Rep. Tom Hawk
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