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Talk of Israeli preemptive military action against Iran, from Netanyahu and Petraeus, appears to be drowning out the sound of Obama diplomacy.  What are the stakes, and the propects?  PLUS: a wake-up call to the urgent issue of boys' struggles to learn.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist

          Dr. Rebecca Wheat,  UCB's Pricipal's Institute; author (The Spirited Principal; etc.); new book: "Success for Boys in School: Excellence and Exuberance"

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Protesters will hit the nation's street this Saturday to demand a stop to bank bailouts.  We get the details.  And a book that explains it all, economically speaking, with a powerful argument for nationalization of the banks.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Joe Costello, New Way forward (Wm. Grieder et al., staging nationwide bank bailout protests Sat. April 11)

        Ellen Hodgson Brown, attn'y, author (The Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth about Our Money System)

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Who's not at the G20; Paule Marshall.   The billion-plus inhabitants of the continent of Africa are among those NOT represented as the G20 meets to determine who should get what.  We hear from Africa.  PLUS: legendary author Paule Marshall with a luminous memoir.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Emira Woods, co-dir. Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies
        Gerald LeMelle, exec. dir. Africa Action
        Maurice Carney, co-founder/ exec. dir. Friends of the Congo

        Paule Marshall, legendary African-American writer (Brown Girl, Brownstones '59; etc.); new memoir "Triangular Road"

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Obama, labor, climate, economic crisis—it's all gone global, and today it's the G20 in London.  We review what's at stake.  PLUS: the winners of Berkeley Repertory Theatre's teen playwriting contest.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one p.m.

guests: Sarah Anderson, dir. Global Economy Project, Institute for Policy Studies
         Jeremy Brecher, co-founder Global Labor Strategies
         Kevin Danaher, exec. dir. Global Citizen Center; co-founder Global Exchange; co-founder Green Festival

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Geithner's bailouts and Obamanomics: a debate; Who Does She Think she Is?  Pure plunder? or  could it work?  We hear the pros and cons from dueling economists.  PLUS: a new film about women who are artists—and mothers.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Mark Thoma, chr; dept. of Econ., U. of Oregon, supports Geithner's plan; blog: Economist's View

        John Sakowicz, 30-yr. vet o Wall Street, currently gen'l partner, offshore investment advisory group; hosts "The Truth about Money " on KZYX

        Pamela Tanner Boll, Academy Award-winning director/producer, new film "Who Does Shoe Think She Is?" premiering in Bay Area this weekend

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Conservative Democrats form what may be the biggest obstacle to the Democratic president.  PLUS: Jean Shinoda Bolen reports from this month's UN conference on women.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Robert Borosage, co-dir. Campaign for America's Future

        Mabel Yee, producer "Engage Her: Getting Minority Women to Lead and Vote"
        Jean Shinoda Bolen, Jungian analyst, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UC Med Center, SF; author (Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World)

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The anniversary of the Iraq War; 4 plays.  Six long years, and still it continues! 

We look at life after Shock and Awe for Iraqis, and how to finally end this war.  Plus: four play from PEN Oakland.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one p.m.

guests: Phyllis Bennis, sr. fellow Institiute for Policy Studies
        Gail Davidson, Vancouver attny, Lawyers Against the War, Canada
        Sasha Crow and Maha, in Amman, Jordan, with Collateral Repair Project
        Nabil al Hadithy, Iraqi-American with family displaced in Iraq

        Opal Palmer Adisa, award-winning poet, novelist, playwright
        Claire Ortalda, award-winning fiction writer
        Carla Blank, writer (Rediscovering America), editor, director

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What's the politics behind governors rejecting Obama's stimulus money?  We find out.  PLUS: Chas Freeman blames "the Israel lobby" in turning down the National Intelligence Council job: what's the real story?  AND: a new film reveals exactly who did what and how to bring the US into a new depression.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Chuck Colllins, sr. fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
         Ross Eisenbrey, v.p. Economic Policy Institute; former staff attn'y, House of Representatives

        Ray McGovern, 27-yr. CIA analyst; co-counder VIPS (Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity)
        Jim Lobe, Washington bureau chief, Inter Press Service

        Donald Goldmacher, psychiatrist (former dir. of planning, Cal. Dept of Health); filmmaker ("Do No Harm" on big pharma; "Ruthie and Connie" award-winning) re: new film "Heist"

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The fate of so-called card check may rest on two moderate—Democrats?  We hear about the free-for-all for Free Choice.  PLUS: the economic crisis and the scarcity mindset.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Jonathan Tasini, blogger (www.workinglife.org/); former pres. Nat'l Writers Union

        Joe Brewer, writer (truthout, etc.); founder Cognitive Policy Works; social entrepreneur, cognitive scientist; former fellow Rockridge Institute (Geo. Lakoff)
        Peter Barnes, co-founder/pres. Working Assets; author (Capitalism 3.0; Who Owns the Sky? etc.) journalist (Newsweek, New Republic, NYTimes, etc.)

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