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Between The Lines Week Ending 12/25/09
Dec. 16, 2009, 6:58 a.m.
Senate Health Care Reform Debate;UN Climate Change Conference;Christian Right Links with Uganda Gay Death Penalty
Dec. 16, 2009, 6:09 a.m.
Daily news from COP 15: Arthur Girling visits Christiana with Tina Yanam. Tom and Arthur file a report on the Danish police unwarranted and heavy-handed disruption of the party in the Christiana Big Top; results of The Angry Mermaid Award; an interview with Pablo Solon, the Bolivian ambassador to the UN where he reveals that as of two days ago the entire G77+China is now supporting their Climate Debt proposal; the civil society groupings Climate Justice Now! and Climate Justice Action announce todayâs day of non-violent civil disobedience which they are calling Reclaim Power; and we feature an interview with the director of The Third Pole in Tibet.
Dec. 16, 2009, 6 a.m.
The Big Apple from New Amsterdam to 9/11.
Dec. 16, 2009, 5:46 a.m.
The history of the ship which discovered the last leg of the famed North-West Passage tells us much about the rapid climate change happening in the Arctic.
Dec. 16, 2009, 5:28 a.m.
A bizarre but wonderful story of in The Big Apple.
Who you gonna call? The Odyssey Hours!
Dec. 16, 2009, 3:06 a.m.
So these movies of old cartoons usually turn out to suck big time. G.I Joe was a huge disappointment for me personally. The only good conversion I can think of just so happens to be one of the greatest films of all time. That of course being the 1990 classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Oh and also Josie and the Pussycats. Anyway a friend of mine turned me on to what could very well be the renaissance of cartoon turned live action movies. Thundercats hoooo! They are planning some CGI movie, but that is stupid. They should go for it. That dude who played Golem and King Kong can be Mumm-Ra. Michael Clark Duncan would be a perfect Panthro. Danneel Harris is definitely sexy enough to play Cheetara. I don't really have a Lion-O in mind right now, but that is really for the Hollywood big wigs to decide
BTW, it our best of 2009 show. Yay!
The Odyssey Hours are going all maverick on you!
Dec. 16, 2009, 2:42 a.m.
My sister has a fierce cattling dog. It nips at cow heels and can make them all bunch together. She lives in Montana where this sort of thing is useful. That dog is also speedy, and caught lots of squirrels when it visited last year. One of which, he only ripped the tail off and left it alive. Now that squirrel is the shunned squirrel in the area. Nobody wants to play with it, they just make strange hissing sounds.
But I really like squirrels, and don't know why everybody wants them out of their bird feeders. Squirrels can't give you rabies.
Marty Conlisk - Seattle 10 years later - 12/05/09
Dec. 15, 2009, 9:28 p.m.
David Johnson hosts weekly labor news. This week's in-studio guest Marty Conlisk discusses Seattle 10 years on and the growth of Independent Media. Tom Thomas presents his weekly poem in the "Cultural Corner".
Union embraces the co-op movement
Dec. 15, 2009, 6:33 p.m.
The United Steelworkers Union has just entered into a partnership with a large worker-owned cooperative based in Spain. The Mondragon Cooperative Corporation was started 50 years ago and employs 90,000 people. We speak with Hazel Corcoran, executive director of the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation.
Witnessing election fraud in Honduras
Dec. 15, 2009, 6:21 p.m.
On November 29, the leaders of the coup in Honduras held an election that most of the population boycotted. B.C. Teachers Federation president Irene Lanzinger was there. She tells us what she saw.
Dec. 15, 2009, 6:20 p.m.
Last Tuesday December the 10th, Elizabeth May, the leader of Canada's national green party, made a brief appearance in Halifax while on a stopover en route to Copenhagen.
Having been living away from her home of Nova Scotia campaigning in BC, Ms. May jokingly dubbed these few hours in Halifax her âNova Scotia Christmasâ.
Ms. May was greeted by a gaggle of green party supporters, and gave all in attendance the gift of her experience, knowledge and sense of humour gleaned from many years as an environmental campaigner. Ms May's speech succeeded in rallying spirits and giving insight into international negotiations that are often difficult to understand from an average citizen's perspective.
To cover this story for CKDU, I hopped on the dreaded 80 bus from downtown Halifax, met up with a friend in Bedford, and before I knew it, I was setting up to record in a hotel just outside the airport. Not long after, Ms. May entered the room and began her talk.
After Ms. May, a brief talk was given by Richard Zurowski, who spoke about climate catastrophes in the earth's distant past. Zurowski, a local meteorologist and author of The Maritime book of Climate Change and the Book of Maritime Weather, used these examples to place into context the dangers of runaway global climate change, and the role of popular science education and science professionals in the process of climate negotiations.
Dec. 15, 2009, 5:55 p.m.
Speech by Dr. Woerlen on Germany's successful policies, including feed-in tarrifs and the economic benefits.
Joe Lieberman's stand against a healthcare public option and expanded Medicare...cui bono?
Dec. 15, 2009, 5:50 p.m.
Joe Lieberman is in the news this week for flip flopping on his previous position on Medicare and claiming that he now objects to younger adults of 55 years of age receiving the service. Previously, of course Senator Lieberman told a group of constituents that he thought a plan that would allow 50-55 year old to take advantage of Medicare would be fine.
Why the sudden flip flop? Follow the money.
Dec. 15, 2009, 5:16 p.m.
A forum theatre production by Headlines Theatre in Vancouver asks questions about what it takes to create housing that is safe, supported and affordable. All the members of the cast have personal experience with homelessness. We talk with Sandra Pronteau who plays two roles in the play; a crack addict and a B.C. Housing worker.
Dec. 15, 2009, 5:08 p.m.
Abousifian Abdelrazik in the Sudan, Suaad Hagi Mohamud in Kenya: these are just two of the Canadian citizens who found that their government didn't back them up when they were in trouble. Hadayt Nazami is a human rights lawyer in Toronto. He explores with us the meaning of home for Canadian citizens abandoned by their government.
A day in the life of a homeless person
Dec. 15, 2009, 5 p.m.
Getting a coffee, eating a balanced diet, using the bathroom - these are all tremendous challenges when you don't have a place to live. Judy Graves paints a picture of day-to-day life on the streets. Graves is an advocate who works with homeless people. She works for the City of Vancouver.
Dec. 15, 2009, 4:51 p.m.
A new pipeline project from the Alberta tar sands to the Pacific Coast means that oil tankers may travel up and down the coast of British Columbia again. Josh Paterson is staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law. He says it's crucial we let the companies involved know that tankers aren't welcome in B.C. waters.
12/9/09 - Juvenile Justice: Don't Throw Away the Key
Dec. 15, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
The Just Children Program's Kate Duvall talks about reforming the system that allows children to be tried as adults â without a juvenile court judge even determining whether or not this is necessary.
12/2/09 - The One Thing Injured Workers Need to Know
Dec. 15, 2009, 4:17 p.m.
Virginia Workersâ Compensation Commissioner Virginia Diamond explains the one thing you need to know if you have been injured on the job.
11/18/09 - VA General Assembly Issues - 2010 (Part 1)
Dec. 15, 2009, 4:03 p.m.
In this weekâs one hour special, we talk with Virginia Poverty Law Center attorneys Jay Speer, Christie Marra and Susheela Varky about consumer, foster care, domestic violence and other family law issues confronting the Virginia General Assembly in 2010.
Dec. 15, 2009, 1:20 p.m.
One hour of a weekly four-hour online radio broadcast @ 10pm CST from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room & live stream at http://www.RuralWarRoom.com
Dec. 15, 2009, 1:05 p.m.
One hour of a weekly four-hour online radio broadcast @ 10pm CST from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room & live stream at http://www.RuralWarRoom.com
Dec. 15, 2009, 12:54 p.m.
One hour of a weekly four-hour online radio broadcast @ 10pm CST from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room & live stream at http://www.RuralWarRoom.com
Dec. 15, 2009, 9:40 a.m.
Dec. 15, 2009, 9:32 a.m.
the politics, economics, propaganda and reality of climate change and its deniers in the age of stupid
Dec. 15, 2009, 9:15 a.m.
Dec. 15, 2009, 7:40 a.m.
Head of the Potsdam Institute and climate change advisor to the German government, Professor John Schellnhuber gives his assessment on how aligned the talks are with science and what might constitue an equitable distribution of our remaining emissions budget. Tom Besley discovers the joys of cycling in Copenhagen and gets down to some axle grinding in preparation for tomorrowâs bike bloc on the Reclaim Power action. Frederika Whitehead lifts the lid on the corporate interests who are trying to designate carbon capture and storage (CCS), nuclear energy and incineration as clean technologies within the Clean Development Mechanism. Youth deconstruct the draft text on deforestation in a rendering of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Andrian Bebb of Friends of the Earth reminds us that the rich consuming nations need to curb consumption of meat and dairy and put an immediate moratorium on biofuels if we are to stop deforestation. We have a short report from the No Borders action which highlighted the plight of climate refugees. Saleemul Huq makes a plea for rich countries to drop their narrow-focus on the own national interests if we are to make Copenhagen a success. we end with âThe Gluts Songâ from the Climate Express train chorus.
Dec. 15, 2009, 7:24 a.m.
We today's show start with Tom & Arthurâs report on their journey on the Camp for Climate Action coach. We talk to the Rainforest Action Networkâs policy and research director, Bill Barclay, on the status of the forestry discussions in the light of the draft text published here on Friday. Weâve got three more testimonials from representatives of the Global South that are here in Copenhagen at the Peopleâs Summit or Klimaforum. Weâve got an extract from the Friends of the Earth press briefing discussing how the EU can make a 40% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 without using offsets. And weâve got a report from yesterdayâs the âHit the Productionâ action at the port.
Carl Djerassi, Author, Playwright, and Professor of Chemistry - 14 Dec 2009
Dec. 15, 2009, 3:58 a.m.
Carl Djerassi is a professor of Chemistry, emeritus, at Stanford University. Winner of both the National Medal of Science (for the first synthesis of an oral contraceptive) and the National Medal of Technology, founder of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, fiction author, and playwright. Professor Djerassi talks about his latest book, "Four Jews on Parnassus" which is a docudrama published by Columbia University Press (2008). Professor Djerassi also talks about the course he's teaching at Stanford which combines two disciplines-Drama and Chemistry. Professor Djerassi uses theatre to bring scientific issues to the stage. Professor Djerassi will teach an evening course at Stanford this Winter Quarter 2010 called "Science-in-Theatre."
Professor Djerassi's website is www.djerassi.com
Take a Green-Free December For Climate-Change Activism
Dec. 15, 2009, 3:17 a.m.
Mike Tidwell in The Washington Post urged readers earlier this month to stop being âgreenâ for the month of December, while the US Senate struggles to pass climate change legislation and world leaders meet in Copenhagen to hammer out a new climate change treaty. He has a point.