Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain

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Behind the Curtain episodes

  • Post Truth
    "Post Truth" - the time we now live in. This means that objective facts are less influential in shaping our opinions than appeals to our emotions and personal beliefs. Jackie talks with Robert Pondiscio of The Enterprise Institute and Tim Ward, author of Post Truth: a Practical Plan for Putting Truth Back into Politics to explain how Donald Trump savagely used our post truth climate and rose to power.
    18 min
  • The War For The West
    The majesty and beauty of the West - open lands, wild horses running free - all gone, and gone soon, if corporate powers keep up their takeover of our lands. Jackie talks with Laura Leigh of Wild Horse Education and Christopher Ketcham, author of This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism and Corruption are Ruining the American West.
    https://wildhorseeducation.org
    https://www.christopherketcham.com
    22 min
  • CT: Tolls or No Tolls?
    Your daily commute in CT could soon cost you - the plan to install tolls has heated up once more. Jackie investigates how we got to this point and what the future might hold for drivers - and their pocketbooks - in the state. Guests - Chris Keating of the Hartford Courant and Patrick Sasser of NoTollsCT.org
    18 min
  • Jeremy Stein Of CT Against Gun Violence
    Charlotte - 2 dead. San Diego - 1 dead. This week, two shootings. Why does this carnage continue in the US? Jeremy Stein of Connecticut Against Gun Violence talks about the actions we can take to remedy this crisis.
    23 min
  • Media Bias with John Daly
    Host Jackie Guzda interviews journalist and broadcaster John Daly of "Undercover Jetsetter" and "Informed not Inflamed" about his fascinating journey and his experiences with media bias... and golf.
    33 min
  • Me Too With Ann Rodwell-Lawton
    Host Jackie Guzda is joined by Ann Rodwell-Lawton, Director of Education, Training & Outreach at the Women's Center of Greater Danbury to discuss the "Me Too" movement during what has turned out to be a very contentious confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
    24 min
  • Brendan DeMelle of DeSmogBlog
    Why do some doubt Climate Change? Brendan DeMelle from DeSmogBlog.org uncovers the well-financed, nefarious factions that attempt to create those seeds of doubt in our minds and prevent us from stopping this doomsday scenario.
    28 min
  • THE WALL with Vicky Alvear Shecter
    Build That Wall - or not?" No, says Vicky Alvear Shecter in her recent Medium article - using all Conservative and Libertarian sources to prove her case.
    https://medium.com/s/story/what-happened-when-a-trump-supporter-challenged-me-about-the-wall-e54e86a5edd1
    31 min

About Behind the Curtain

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A contemporary examination of the national political scene hosted by Dr. Jacqueline Guzda, assistant professor of Communication and Media Arts at Western Connecticut State University.