Notes from the Electronic Cottage 12/04/08

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

What with the financial meltdown, diminishing election euphoria, and tumult the world round, it’s difficult to keep up on matters electronic, so today we do a bit of catch up looking at new applications of GPS and RFID technology – maybe to our benefit, maybe not.

Voices 12/02/08

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Contributing Producer: Carolyn Coe

Topic: Sounds from the 18th annual rally to close “School of the Americas” (now known as “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation”, long known to opponents as “School of the Assassins”), held at Ft. Benning, GA.  Graduates of the school have gone on to commit acts of terrorism, particularly in Latin America.  FMI: www.soaw.org

Part 1  (Part 2 will air next week on Voices)

Conversations thru the Ism Prism 12/02/08

Producer/Host: Anita Arnold

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: The year in review and where we are going as a culture

What were significant “noticings” about race, class and gender you experienced this year?  What are the ingredients for dismantling structural oppression?  What have you experienced in Maine in regards to both personal and structural racism?

Guests: Bahia Yackzan, byackzan@gmail.com;  Valentine King, valentinekng@yahoo.com

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