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Interview With Senator JP Morrell (audio/mpeg 12.4MB) Senator JP Morrell joined News and Views to update listeners on bills he is introducing for the upcoming spring legislative session in order to address the problem of sexual assaults on university campuses and domestic violence in general in the State of Louisiana....
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2015 8:39am PST
wtul news reports 7 points of advice from Adam Briggle, a leader of a Frack Free Denton (audio/mpeg 12.7MB) Adam Briggle of Frack Free Denton spoke to Tammany Together regarding the history of the 2014 ban against hydraulic fracturing in Denton, Texas. He had 7 points...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2015 9:19pm PST
WTUL News reports on a lecture from Adam Briggle, a leader of a Frack Free Denton (audio/mpeg 27.4MB) Adam Briggle of Frack Free Denton spoke to Tammany Together regarding the history of the 2014 ban against hydraulic fracturing in Denton, Texas....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2015 9:14pm PST
wtul news and views interviews forest wright about the public service commission race dec6 (audio/mpeg 7.2MB) Forest Wright joined us to discuss what's at stake in the Public Service Commission race tomorrow, Dec 6, 2014. On the table are the problems with utilities contributing to the PSC race, energy efficiency, solar power initiatives in louisiana, and phone rates....
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2014 7:57am PST
Pastor Webster Speaks about the Upcoming Millage Election (audio/mpeg 26.9MB) Pastor Webster speaks to WTUL News about the millage vote coming up on Saturday and why it may be a problem for New Orleanian residents....
Posted: Wed, Dec 3, 2014 7:38am PST
Election Resources and Forest Wright Interview from WTUL News and Views (audio/mpeg 42.7MB) Local talk on upcoming elections with resources for amendments and judicial candidates. Interview with Forest Wright, running for Public Service Commission, District 1. Louisiana is one of 12 states that has publicly elected seats on the Public Service Commission, which affects energy, telecom, and water....
Posted: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 8:16am PST
Alameda Greens call for boycott of statewide elections excluding third parties (audio/mpeg 928.1KB) Proposition 14, passed by 54 percent of California voters in 2010, amended the State Constitution in a way that effectively excluded third parties from statewide general elections. Only the top two vote getters in statewide primaries now advance to the general election. Alameda Greens County Councilor Greg Jan told KPFA that proportional representation, in which any party that wins, for example, 10 percent of the vote, elects 10 percent of state legislators would be a more democratic and dy...
Posted: Sun, Nov 2, 2014 7:43am PST
Campos and Chiu are NOT the same, but the outcome now depends on who votes (audio/mpeg 2.0MB) Tim Redmond, Editor of the website "48 Hills, the Secrets of San Francisco" says that 17th District California State Assembly candidates David Campos and David Chiu are quite different candidates, especially on hard core economic issues. However, the race between them is now so close that it's all about who most effectively gets their voters to the mail with their absentee ballots or to the polls between now and November 4th, election day....
Posted: Mon, Oct 13, 2014 12:15pm PDT
Lionel “Lon” Burns and New Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro (audio/mpeg 25.4MB) Lionel “Lon” Burns, the only candidate challenging New Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro in the Nov. 4 election and the DA take 3 minutes to layout the case for why they should get to be the city's lead prosecutor. Gahiji and Kezia provide some analysis around their spiels....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 7:30am PDT
Yvette Thierry interview (audio/mpeg 47.0MB) Executive Director of Safe Streets Strong Communities talks about New Orleans politics, education and more....
Posted: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 7:32am PDT
Israel, Palestine and the International Criminal Court (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) International criminal defense attorney Peter Erlinder says that Israel probably fears Palesstinian membership in the International Criminal Court more than it fears Hamas's rockets, even though the court will not indict Benjamin Netanyahu or any other Israeli official....
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 4:56pm PDT
Richmond environmentalists request support for challenge to Chevron refinery expansion (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) Richmond environmentalists ask supporters from all over the Bay Area to attend the Richmond City Council meeting at 403 Civic Center Street, several blocks east of the Richmond BART station on Tuesday, July 22nd. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm, but Andrés Soto of Communities for a Better Environment is urging people to arrive by 5:30 to get good seats and fill out speaker cards. Chevron's Richmond Refinery produces more greenhouse gases than any other corporation in California....
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 11:56am PDT
Uganda close to claiming UN General Assembly Presidency (audio/mpeg 1.4MB) Despite corruption, foreign aggression, and homophobia finally codified in Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act, the Ugandan Foreign Minister is about to become President of the UN General Assembly. Even if elected on Wednesday, June 11th, however, he can be recalled....
Posted: Wed, Jun 11, 2014 2:20am PDT
Conway smears Campos, hides behind Mirkarimi (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) Billionaire San Francisco tech investor Ron Conway has revived his 2012 smear campaign against Christina Olague, this time targeting Supervisor David Campos, for voting to reinstate San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi that year. Conway is determined to see gentrification friendly Supervisor David Chiu win the CA District 17 State Assembly race for the seat that Assemblyman Tom Ammiano will vacate for the winner. KPFA Evening News spoke to Tim Redmond, Editor of the news website 48 Hills, Se...
Posted: Sun, May 18, 2014 4:59pm PDT
Julie Schwarma Harris (audio/mpeg 35.4MB) Julie Schwarma Harris of the Legislative Women's Agenda (LAW) talks about current pending legislation that should be concerning to everyone especially women....
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2014 7:44am PDT
Bruce Reilly testifies at the National Voting Rights Commission stop in New Orleans, LA (audio/mpeg 7.9MB) Bruce Reilly speaks to the panel during their national tour to speak to the constitutional history of Louisiana's disenfranchisement of African Americans since emancipation....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 7:28am PDT
Sen Jud Committee Hearing on NSA bulk surveillance shows everyone agrees it shoud continue (audio/mpeg 3.6MB) The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing in which members of the President's Review Group on communications technologies were invited to discuss their recommendations for reform of the NSA's bulk telephony metadata surveillance program. It is clear that Senators from both sides of the aisle and al the members of the witness panel believe the program should continue, even though it has not contributed significantly to terrorism investigations. (04:54)...
Posted: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 4:12pm PST
The interview (audio/mpeg 28.4MB) This is a 30 minute .mp3 audio file of the January 1, 2014 Stir it Up radio show on KFCF 88.1 FM in Fresno....
Posted: Wed, Jan 1, 2014 8:22pm PST
DemocracyNow Debate (audio/mpeg 18.9MB) Amy Goodman hosted a debate on the TPP on Nov. 14th between Bill Watson, a trade policy analyst at the Cato Institute, and Lori Wallach, director of Public Citi...
Posted: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 9:51am PST
Women Leading Drive for Change in Honduras (audio/mpeg 27.7MB) Kate Raphael talks with Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda about background to the upcoming Honduran elections and the woman who stands to make history as the country's first president from outside the two major parties. Audio 30:12...
Posted: Mon, Oct 21, 2013 8:33pm PDT
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