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Frances Moore Lappe;  the Green Economy.  There’s one real bright sector in the U.S. economy, and it’s green.  Will it be the same old, just a different color?  We hear about the possibilities.  PLUS: Frances Moore Lappe on our media and our democracy.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Frances Moore Lappe, social change and democracy activist; author 16 books; etc.

         Kevin Danaher, anti-globalization activist; co-founder Global Exchange, greenfestivals.org; author; etc.
          Ted Ning, exec. dir. LOHAS Conference, exec. ed. Lohas Journal, www.lohas.com

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Fire and smoke.  California is on fire, and smoke is in the air and in our lungs.  Just how bad is it, what can we do about it, and what does global warming have to do with it? 

Guests:

Jon Keeley, PhD, USGS (Geological Survey) Ecological Research Center; adjunct prof. Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA

Dan Gudgel, senior meteorologist, National Weather Service
Lisa Fasano, xcommunications director, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Nidia Bautista, community engagement dir., Coalition for Clean Air

With host Kris Welch.

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FISA bill passes; Iran warns U.S. 

The Senate has passed the FISA Amendments Act—despite all progressive efforts.  Now what?  PLUS: Iran has test-fired nine missiles, and issued a warning of its own to the U.S. and Israel.  We hear all about it.  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

guests: Caroline Fredrickson, dir.Washington Legislative Office, ACLU

  Robert Naiman, senior policy analyst, Just foreign Policy
  Carah Ong, Iran Policy Analyst, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
  William Beeman, author "The ‘Great Satan’ vs. the ‘Mad Mullahs’: How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other"

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