Schedule grid

• OutCasting — giving voice to LGBTQ youth and the issues they face.  Thursday evening at 6:30, Saturday afternoon at 1:00.
  Available in ARCHIVES and via PODCAST

• In Focus — in-depth local news and public affairs discussion (northern Westchester communities along the Hudson River).  Monday evening at 6:30, Wednesday morning at 7:30.
  Available in ARCHIVES and via PODCAST

• Eyes on Westchester — in-depth local news and public affairs discussion (northern and central Westchester).  Tuesday evening at 6:30, Wednesday morning at 7:00.
  Available in ARCHIVES and via PODCAST

• For the Greater Good — new program — an in-depth look at a different lower Hudson valley nonprofit each week.  Wednesday evening at 6:30, Saturday morning at 9:00.
  Available in ARCHIVES and via PODCAST

• Recovery Talk — discussion about recovery from illness, trauma, and more.  Friday evening at 6:30, Saturday morning at 9:30.
  Available in ARCHIVES and via PODCAST

• Democracy Now! — daily independent global news hour.  Weekdays at noon.

• Free Speech Radio News — daily national and international newsmagazine.  Weekday afternoons at 4:00 and again at 6:00.

• This Way Out — international gay and lesbian newsmagazine.  Tuesday afternoon at 1:30, Saturday morning at 11:30.

• Making Contact — national and international public affairs.  Monday afternoon at 1:30, Saturday mornings at 10:30.

• Alternative Radio — national and international public affairs.  Wednesday afternoon at 1:00, Saturday at noon.

• CounterSpin — media critique.  Monday afternoon at 1:00, Saturday morning at 10:00.

• Sprouts (Pacifica) — radio from the grassroots — a wide variety of programs from community radio stations and independent producers.  Tuesday afternoon at 1:00, Saturday morning at 11:00.

All airtimes are Eastern Time.

LGBTQ YOUTH ISSUES

OutCasting

OutCasting is WDFH's public radio program giving voice to LGBTQ youth issues.

Boy Scout Ban:  The Boy Scouts of America has partially lifted its ban on gay Scouts and adult Scouting leaders.  This week, we break our transgender series (below) to cover the Boy Scout issue in a timely manner.

TRANSGENDER RIGHTS:  Following our two part interview with the transgender activist Juli Grey-Owens, we will broadcast our discussion with New York State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, who sponsored marriage equality in New York and is now sponsoring GENDA, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act.

LGBTQ ISSUES IN EDUCATION:  A reading of the play "Queering History" by Maggie Keenan-Bolger, and an interview with Maggie about how the play came to be.

More info on OutCasting...

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OutCasting this week:

Thursday evening, May 23 — 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Saturday afternoon, May 25 — 1:00-1:30 p.m.

INCLUSIVE SCOUTING NETWORK

The Boy Scouts of America's gay ban is partially lifted

 

Since the late 1970s, the Boy Scouts of America (B.S.A.) has had a policy that bans gay youth and adult leaders from membership in the Boy Scouts.  In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that B.S.A. had the legal right to continue this discriminatory policy.  In the years since, organizations have been formed to fight the ban through other channels. 

 

Meanwhile, B.S.A. has ejected Scouts and adult leaders whose homosexuality came its attention.  Others, after becoming aware of the policy, left Scouting on their own.  Untold numbers have declined to get involved at all.

 

More than 60% of volunteer Scouting leaders voted on Thursday, May 23, to partially lift the ban, but only to the extent that it covers youth Scouting members; under the proposed change, gay adult leaders will still be banned.

 

Will it now be safe for gay Scouts to come out?  What message does the partial change send?  Will it be enough to enable B.S.A. to regain some of the support and membership it has lost?  Perhaps most importantly, why is the B.S.A. reluctant to make a sweeping statement that discrimination is simply wrong?

 

This week's edition of OutCasting, which was produced before the vote took place, explores these complex issues through discussions with people who are or have been involved with the fight to overturn the ban, including:

• Evan Wolfson, the civil rights attorney who represented a gay Scout whose ejection from Scouting led to the U.S. Supreme Court case Boy Scouts v. James Dale;

• Zach Wahls, the executive director of Scouts for Equality;

• Mark Noel, the executive director of the Inclusive Scouting Network who was ejected under the gay ban shortly after the Supreme Court decided the James Dale case;

• Michelle Tompkins, national media manager of the Girl Scouts of the United States;

• Christoph, who left Scouting;

• David, a current Scout who opposes the ban; and

• Michael, who is still closeted in Scouting.

This edition is also being carried nationally on the Pacifica program Sprouts, also heard here on WDFH. 

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LOCAL NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

In Focus

In Focus, an in-depth discussion program on local news and public affairs, features guest reporter Gary Cahill, editor and publisher of The Gazette, based in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Available in ARCHIVES and via PODCAST

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• Subscribe to podcast (free) — enter this address in your podcatching software to have your computer automatically download each news episode:

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More podcasting info...

In Focus this week:

Monday evening, May 20 — 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Wednesday morning, May 22 — 7:30-8:00 a.m.

hosted this week by Ian Isanberg

May 2013 elections, specific budget issues and candidates for Hendrick Hudson, Croton-Harmon, Ossining, and Briarcliff Manor

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LOCAL NONPROFITS

For the Greater Good

Nonprofit organizations do incredibly important work left undone by the private sector, government, and other forces our society.  For the Greater Good is a half-hour weekly program spotlighting the work being done by nonprofit organizations in our area.  Hosted by Di Morgan, discussion will focus on activities, programs, services, events, and the need for funds and volunteers.

Available in ARCHIVES and via PODCAST

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For the Greater Good this week:

Wednesday evening, May 22 — 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Saturday morning, May 25 — 9:00-9:30 a.m.

 

Literacy Volunteers of the Tarrytowns

 

Literacy Volunteers of the Tarrytowns makes it possible for immigrants to learn to speak English.  Mary Jane Driscoll and two other volunteers explain the groups need for more volunteer tutors.  Learn more at www.lvtarrytown.org

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HEALTH

Recovery Talk

Recovery Talk, hosted by veteran journalist Robyn Leary (1950-2011), is WDFH's pioneering half-hour program dedicated to resilience in recovery.  The show focuses on health and medical topics, new science technologies, advances in trauma research, public policy, addiction treatment, recovery advocacy, veterans' affairs, family courts, anti-violent-crime strategies, domestic violence resources, and more.

Robyn died unexpectedly on June 6, 2011.  We are broadcasting encore presentations of Recovery Talk in respectful and loving memory of her.

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Recovery Talk this week:

Friday evening, May 24 — 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Saturday morning, May 25 — 9:30-10:00 a.m.

Bereavement

Our guests on this edition of Recovery Talk are Joyce Bluestone and Bess Steiger.  Both are bereavement counselors at Phelps Hospice at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, New York.  In this show, we explore the very delicate needs of individuals and families when confronted with the death of a loved one.  Although time may be the biggest healer, according to our guests, there are techniques and therapies that can be extremely helpful in this major adjustment to loss and the reaffirmation of life.

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DAILY NEWS AND ANALYSIS

Democracy Now!

Monday-Friday afternoons — 12:00-1:00 p.m.   

Free Speech Radio News

Monday-Friday afternoons — 4:00-4:30 p.m.   
Monday-Friday evenings — 6:00-6:30 p.m.

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GAY / LESBIAN / BISEXUAL / TRANSGENDER ISSUES

This Way Out

This Way Out is the award-winning internationally distributed gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine program.   The half-hour program leads off each week with a brief  summary of some of the major news events in or affecting the lesbian and gay communities, compiled from a variety of publications and broadcasts around the world, and continues with more in-depth reports and features.  More info at ThisWayOut.org.

This Way Out this week:

          Tuesday afternoon, May 21 — 1:30-2:00 p.m.
          Saturday morning, May 25 — 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

• The Deadly Nightshade blooms anew

• lesbian athletes: out since '81

• Delaware joins the U.S. marriage equality club, as Minnesota moves and Illinois inches toward membership but 35,000 Estonians petition against it, while Albania revolts against homophobia and hate crimes

• young gay lovers are persecuted in Zambia

• Sydney's "Glorias" recognize inglorious bastards

• and more LGBT news from around the world. 

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public affairs documentaries

Making Contact

"An international radio program that links people, vital ideas, and important information."

Making Contact, produced by National Radio Project, is an award-winning half-hour weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on over 180 radio stations in the USA, Canada and South Africa.

Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news.  Showcasing voices and perspectives rarely heard in mainstream media, Making Contact focuses on the human realities of politics and the connections between local and global events, emphasizing positive and creative ways to solve problems.

• In-depth reports on political and social issues, trends and events, contributed by journalists from around the globe.

• Ordinary people talk about how public policy affects their daily lives, families and communities.

• Speeches by social activists and advocates share a vision of a better world.

Topics include, but are not limited to: Agriculture/Food  ■  Civil Liberties  ■  Global Political Economy  ■   Education  ■  Environment ■  Gay/Lesbian  ■ Healthcare  ■  Human Rights  ■  Indigenous Peoples  ■  Labor  ■  Latin America  ■  Media ■  Middle East  ■  Military/War/Peace  ■  Nuclear  ■  Political Activism  ■  Prison/Police  ■  Race  ■  Social Justice  ■  U.S. Foreign Policy  ■  U.S. Domestic Politics  ■  Welfare  ■  Women  ■  Youth

Making Contact this week:

Monday afternoon, May 20 — 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Saturday morning, May 25 — 10:30-11:00 a.m.

Dr. Shakti Butler speaks on this show about the thorny issues of racial inequality.

Cracking the codes: Dr. Shakti Butler on the system of racial inequality

How do we talk about race and racism in this country?  Not as deeply as we should, according to filmmaker and educator Dr. Shakti Butler.  On this edition, we hear excerpts from Dr. Butler’s film “Cracking the Codes” and speak with her about using the medium of film to start conversations around the thorny issues of racial inequity.

Featuring:

Dr. Shakti Butler, World Trust founder and Creative Director; Humaira Jackson, Hugh Vasquez, Y. Jelal Huyler, Aeeshah B. Clottey, Ise Lyfe, Cracking the Codes interview subject.

Thanks to production intern Lisa Barfai and to World Trust Educational Services.

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media critique

CounterSpin

Drawing on an international network of experts, analysts, and artists, CounterSpin dissects news coverage of a wide range of issues and current events.  In addition to providing an antidote to the tweedle-dee, tweedle-dum reporting that dominates mainstream media, CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news, censored stories, press/state cronyism, disinformation, propaganda and spin control, interference by sponsors and owners, media mergers, gaffes and goofs by America's leading TV pundits, sexist and racist media assumptions, the corporate takeover of public TV, attacks on free speech in music, entertainment, and news industries — tough, independent journalism that cuts against the media grain.  CounterSpin is produced by FAIR — Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.

More information about CounterSpin and FAIR is available at FAIR.org.

CounterSpin this week:

        Monday afternoon, May 20 — 1:00-1:30 p.m.
        Saturday morning, May 25 — 10:00-10:30 a.m.

• Marci Wheeler on the Justice Department's investigation of the Associated Press

• Robert Greenwald on the "War on Whistleblowers"

This week on CounterSpin:   The Justice Department's investigation of the Associated Press poses a threat to freedom of the press and the public's right to know.  But the story itself, about a supposed al Qaeda bomb plot thwarted by the C.I.A., has taken some interesting turns, calling into question the facts of the bomb plot story and the Justice Department's rationale for investigating the A.P.  We'll talk with Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel, who has been out in front on this story from early on.

Also on CounterSpin this week:  The A.P. story is a reminder, if one were necessary, that the Obama administration has pursued government whistleblowers with a vengeance.  A new documentary tells those stories — and explains how such actions undermine press freedom and investigative journalism.  Filmmaker Robert Greenwald will join us to talk about the War on Whistleblowers.

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public affairs

Alternative Radio

Alternative Radio is a weekly one-hour public affairs program providing information, analyses, and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media. 

Alternative Radio is hosted by David Barsamian, the award-winning founder and director of the show, which is based in Boulder, Colorado.  One of America's most wide-ranging and respected independent journalists, David Barsamian has altered the media landscape with his radio programs and books with Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali, Howard Zinn, Arundhati Roy, and others.  His most recent books are Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire with Noam Chomsky, Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism with Richard Wolff, and a reissue of the classic How the World Works.  His best-selling books with Chomsky have been translated into many languages.

He is winner of the Media Education Award, the A.C.L.U.'s Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation.  The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes.

Established in 1986, A.R. is dedicated to the founding principles of public broadcasting, which urge that programming serve as "a forum for controversy and debate," be diverse and "provide a voice for groups that may otherwise be unheard."  The project is entirely independent, sustained solely by individuals who buy transcripts and tapes of programs. 

More information about Alternative Radio, including information about purchasing copies of A.R. programs, is available at alternativeradio.org.

"A.R. is sometimes taken to stand for 'alternative radio.'  A better reading would be 'authentic' or 'autonomous radio,' free from constraints of concentrated power, state or private, responsive to needs and concerns of the communities it reaches and open to their participation." — Noam Chomsky

Alternative Radio this week:

Wednesday afternoon, May 22 — 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Saturday afternoon, May 25  — 12:00-1:00 p.m.

India and Kashmir: breaking the silence

In Kashmir, the scale of human rights violations from collective punishment and assassinations to custodial deaths and disappearances is staggering.  Yet little of what goes on in that Himalayan region reaches the outside.  Why?  India controls the cameras, microphones, and print media, and it has been skillful in framing Kashmir in the 9/11 terrorism discourse.  Those who resist Indian rule, Delhi tells the world, are fundamentalist jihadis backed by Pakistan.

Kashmir is an unresolved issue dating back to the disastrous 1947 British partition plan to divide the sub-continent in two: a Hindu majority India and a Muslim majority Pakistan.  Today, Kashmir is one of the most dangerous places on earth.  Both India and Pakistan have huge militaries and nuclear weapons.  And the Kashmiris are stuck in the middle.  It is time past for the silence on Kashmir to be broken.

PANKAJ MISHRA

Pankaj Mishra writes for The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and The Guardian.  He is the author of Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, An End to Suffering, Temptations of the West and From the Ruins of Empire.   He has spent much time in Kashmir and has written about it.

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public affairs

Sprouts

Sprouts — radio from the grassroots — is a weekly Pacifica program produced in collaboration with community radio stations and independent producers across the country.

Sprouts this week:

Thursday evening, May 16 — 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Saturday afternoon, May 18 — 1:00-1:30 p.m.

 

INCLUSIVE SCOUTING NETWORK

The Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay members

 

Since the late 1970s, the Boy Scouts of America (B.S.A.) has had a policy that bans gay youth and adult leaders from membership in the Boy Scouts.  In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that B.S.A. had the legal right to continue this discriminatory policy.  In the years since, organizations have been formed to fight the ban through other channels. 

 

Meanwhile, B.S.A. has ejected Scouts and adult leaders whose homosexuality came its attention.  Others, after becoming aware of the policy, left Scouting on their own.  Untold numbers have declined to get involved at all.

 

On May 20, B.S.A., which is facing declining enrollment and a loss of support from, among other entities, some of its corporate supporters, will vote on lifting the ban — but only to the extent that it covers youth Scouting members.  Under the proposed change, gay adult leaders will still be banned.

 

If this nuanced change is adopted, will it make it safe for gay Scouts to come out?  What message does it send?  Will it be enough to enable B.S.A. to regain some of the support and membership it has lost?  Perhaps most importantly, why is the B.S.A. reluctant to make a sweeping statement that discrimination is simply wrong?

 

This week's edition of OutCasting explores these complex issues through discussions with people who are or have been involved with the fight to overturn the ban, including:

• Evan Wolfson, the civil rights attorney who represented a gay Scout whose ejection from Scouting led to the U.S. Supreme Court case Boy Scouts v. James Dale;

• Zach Wahls, the executive director of Scouts for Equality;

• Mark Noel, the executive director of the Inclusive Scouting Network who was ejected under the gay ban shortly after the Supreme Court decided the James Dale case;

• Michelle Tompkins, national media manager of the Girl Scouts of the United States;

• Christoph, who left Scouting;

• David, a current Scout who opposes the ban; and

• Michael, who is still closeted in Scouting.

This is a national edition of WDFH's LGBTQ youth program, OutCasting. 

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