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The secret plan to occupy Iraq indefinitely; the 75th anniversary of the New Deal. 

No matter who is the next president, US troops will be in Iraq for the long haul, under  a deal being negotiated by the Bush administration right now.  Patrick Cockburn has the details. 2008 is the 75th anniversary of FDR’s New Deal. We hear all about it. 

With host Kris Welch.

Guests:

Patrick Cockburn, Irish journalist, Middle East correspondent for Financial Times and The Independent (UK); author (most recent "Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Rievial and the Striggle for Iraq" April 08).

Grey Brechin, historical geographer, author (Imperial San Francisco; Farewell, Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream); Project Scholar and writer, California’s Living New Deal Project.
Harvey Smith, oral histories and events, California’s Living New Deal Project.

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The power and politics of art.

War, terrorism, racism, borders, the violation of women, of the earth: what’s art got to do with it??? Find out with host Kris Welch.

Guests:

Susan Noyes Platt, art historian, critic, author (Art and Politics in the 1930s; Art and Politics Now)

Richard Kamler
Betty Kano, Japanese American artist
Jamong Singye, Tibetan artist
Taraneh Hemami, Iranian artist participating in Billboards for Peace

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The inside dirt on the Bush White House, the Pentagon pundits scandal, and Eleanor Coppola’s memoir. 

Scott McClellan’s tell-all has the Bushies scrambling to spin it. And Congress has ordered an investigation of the Bush Department of Defense about propaganda and pundits. Eleanor Coppola in studio, with her lucid, honest life story, "Notes on a Life." 

With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

Guests:

Sheldon Rampton, research dir. Center for Media and Democracy
Tim Karr, campaign director, FreePress someone from MediaMatters
Eleanor Coppola

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Live from Soweto, reports from immigrants about  anti-immigrant violence in South Africa. Wes "Scoop" Nisker with a new book, a new show, and his good ol’ outlook.  With host Kris Welch.

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Featuring 50 years of Janus Films, which opened American viewers’ eyes to the films of Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, and Francois Truffaut, and more.

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Reknowned scholar and author, Karen Armstrong, with her history of Islam and the West. 

With host Kris Welch.

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A revolutionary concept, from an MD who’s also a chef: eat your way to health! John La Puma, M.D., joins host Kris Welch.

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Annie Lamott, on Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, the Dalai Lama, and how to survive and thrive life as we know it. With host Kris Welch.

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