Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Jim Hightower delivering the 2015 Schonberger Peace and Justice Lecture at the University of Maine on October 1st. His talk was called “Twenty-First Century Populist Movements are Flourishing at America’s Grassroots”
Tag: Jim Hightower
Maine Currents 10/7/15
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Those of you who enjoy the witty commentary of Jim Hightower several times a week here on WERU are in for a treat– today we’re bringing you a full hour! The radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of several books, including his most recent: “Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow” gave 2 talks at the University of Maine last week. Thursday afternoon he participated in the weekly lecture series sponsored by the Marxist & Socialist Studies interdisciplinary minor and that evening he delivered the annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture. The first talk, which we’re bringing you today on Maine Currents was called “Corporate Elites and Their Small-minded Political Servants Are Creating the Increasingly Shrinking America”.
FMI: www.jimhightower.com
WERU News Report 7/25/12
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Issue: Independent Local News
Program Topic: Jim Hightower speaking at a fundraiser for WERU at the Grand in Ellsworth, 7/19/12 (Part 2 of 2. Part 1 aired 7/24/12)
*Hightower’s take on the state of politics, Q&A session
*Recorded audio of Jim Hightower and some of the participants in the Q&A session, recorded by Matt Murphy, edited by Amy Browne
Call In Program: no
WERU News Report 7/24/12
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Issue: Independent Local News
Program Topic: Jim Hightower speaking at a fundraiser for WERU at the Grand in Ellsworth, 7/19/12 (Part 1 of 2)
*Hightower’s take on the state of politics, Q&A session
*Recorded audio of Jim Hightower and some of the participants in the Q&A session, recorded by Matt Murphy, edited by Amy Browne
Call In Program: no