Progressive News Network

PNN has the good fortune to bring two massive talents to the microphone

and one exemplary political commentator.

First , Peter Yianilos, Producer, Engineer, Mobile Recording Giant. He has engineered classical, pop, and jazz giants for decades.

Among his recent achievements, The Jaco Pastorious Big Band, Gloria Estavan, the Latin Grammys, the Tony Awards Show, John Mellancamp, Usher and many many others. His mobile recordings are legend.

Also Blues Giant Graham Drout: Graham credits his high school teachers for encouraging and helping to develop his love of writing, music and the arts.”I had two English teachers who were very young and very hip.They turned me on to the beat poets like Allan Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and Blues players like Robert Johnson and Elmore James.” Graham graduated Florida International University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Degree. It was during his time at FIU where he met IKO-IKO’S Blues guitarist Good Rockin’Johnny Wenzel and began playing with Johns group the Incredible Fat Chance Blues Band.In 1987 Graham and IKO-IKO were signed to KING SNAKE RECORDS and shared the roster with such artists as Bob Greenlee’s Midnight Creepers, Nobel “Thin Man” Watts, and the “Sauce Boss” Bill Wharton just to name a few.

We will also be joined by our special political reporter, Ms. Brook Hines. Who will bring her insight and perspective on the political issues of the day.

JOIN US 7pm (Eastern) Live or Anytime

Solidarity & Peace

Rick Spisak News Director, Progressive News Network

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PNN Presents

Our News Director Rick Spisak and Special Political Commentator Brook Hines

Ms Brook Hines regular political analyst and contributor to Orange Squeeze will present us with her latest research and reportage.

will be joined by Meredith L. Ockman Southeast Regional Director of NOW, Florida NOW Secretary, PBCHRC Board Member, VP of Florida NWPC, President South Florida Women’s Health Foundation,  VP SoHo Dogs

We will also be joined by Cris Costello Senior Regional Organizing Representative of the Sierra Club, who was the prinsipal organizer for last weeks Big Sugar Summit. She will be giving us a recap of the amazing information delivered at the conference.

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7-9pm (Eastern) Sunday Live or Anytime

News Director Rick Spisak and Political Commentator Brook Hines welcome a collection of exceptional fine minds.Drew Martin of the Sierra Club and the Palm Beach County Soil and Water Board. Professor Wendy Lynne Lee, Anti-Frack Activist and Civil Liberties Specialist. Steve Horn of DeSmog Blog will also join us as will Ms Gwen Holden Barry of There Be Monsters. And our special guests will be N.O.W.'s SE Regional Director Ms. Meredith Ockman, and Florida N.O.W.s Political Campaign Director Shawna Vercher 

The Topics for tonights show, will be the 2016 Campaign and what part will the primary Environmental Issues play in the 2016 Election. Fracking, Nuclear waste, storage Off-shore drilling, Alternative Energy Investment. 

Part II We face a variety of WAR ISSUES - Syria and the ongoing disaster which we have in large part helped to create, Iraq where we are sending in ADVISORS. Yemen where our allies the Freedom Loving Human Rights Promoting Saudi's are bombing daily. The slow motion disaster in the Ukraine and the growing confrontation with the Saudiis.

TUNE IN LIVE SUNDAY at 7pm Eastern - Or Anytime

News Director Rick Spisak welcomes our Political Commentator Ms Brook Hines 

Our special Musical Guests Peter Graves Jazz Band Leader, founder of Atlantean Driftwood and leader of the Dr. John christened Bonaroo Horns.

And Ruti Machnai multi-instrumentalist and producer of her own unique recordings part jazz part trance part techno.

TUNE IN Sunday at 7pm (Eastern)

PNN News Director Rick Spisak is joined by his special co-host Luis Cuevas of Progressive Push who will discuss the growing challenges to the corporatist Dems and Whither Goes the Democratic Party is 2016?

Our regular Political Commentator Ms. Brook Hines will share her political analysis on the State of the Democratic Party and the powerful impact of Progressive thought on the old business as usual mentality, with Brook on the case, guaranteed sparks will fly.

Professor Wendy Lynn Lee Philosopher and Activist will discuss the end of Section 215 Spying and the implications of the newly passed USA Freedom Act.

Alan Maki - Union Organizer from the Minnesota will give us his take on the state of working men and women in one of our purplest of states.

TUNE IN - Live Sunday at 7pm ... or anytime

Solidarity & Peace

A new conservative push to decrease women's reproductive autonomy is gaining steam across the nation. Laws requiring women to wait a period of time before receiving an abortion create an undue burden and economic hardship on women, and especially the economically disenfranchised. The Florida Legislature recently passed such a bill and it sits on Governor Rick Scott's desk waiting to be signed into law. Join this week's guest host Human-Citizen Christine Sylvain for an in-depth analysis on this civil rights issue. 

Our guests tonight include: Diane Price Herndl, Women's and Gender Studies Professor at University of South Florida; Kelli Garcia, Senior Counsel at the National Women's Law Center; Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis Reproductive Health; and Jessica Milli of the Institute for Women's Policy Research.

To make your voice heard, please call Rick Scott at (850) 488-7146 to let him know to keep politics out of women's health decisions.

Rob Abston hosts another PNN Evening

Join PNN's News Director as he is joined by a variety of her children who labor mightily to defend our mother earth and her children

Ms Brook Hines with her political commentary.

 Meredith Ockman of N.O.W. will provide some perspective on the sexual politics played out in Legislatures and bedrooms scross the land.

Betty Oseola on the First Nations concerns about the River of Grass

And special guest Stephen Caruso from Ohio Progressives.

TUNE IN Sunday 7pm (Eastern)

PNN - The Forest of May

PNN News Director Rick Spisak brings you an interested assemblage of voices. Our Political Columnist Brook Hines will discuss her take on the latest MONKEY-SHINES in Tallahassee.

We will bring you an exclusive interview with Kari Birdseye of Earth Justice discussing the battles they have underway protecting our home PLANET.

We will hear more excerpts from the 33rd Annual National Pesticides Conference held at FAMU's Law School in Orlando - the BEE MAN

And in a rare and special treat we will have a discussion with EPA Whistleblower EG Vallianatos about his experiences at the EPA.

Tune in Sunday at 7pm

PNN's News Director was fortunate enough to be invited to last weeks 33rd Annual National Pesticide Conference held at FAMU's Law School in Orlando, Florida. The good people of Beyond Pesticide and the Farm Worker Association of Florida and FAMU's Law School brought the Conference to Orlando and Activists from coast to coast were there and the Scientists told about their work and the Activist Community from Maine to Washington from California to the Caroline came for the UPDATE.

We will bring you excerpts from many of the presenters from Dr. Guillette pioneer researcher on endocrine disruption. Dr Tyrone Hayes professor of integrated Biology at Univ. CA on will discuss Frog feminization due to pesticides. EG Vallianatos EPA Whistleblower, and many others.

We will also be joined by our Web Columnist Brook Hines for her weekly analysis.

TUNE IN 7pm (Eastern)  Sunday