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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Democracy Now! daily independent global
news hour. Weekdays at noon.
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Free Speech Radio News daily national and international
newsmagazine. Weekday afternoons at 4:00 and
again at 6:00.
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This Way Out international gay and lesbian newsmagazine.
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30, Saturday morning at 11:30.
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Making Contact national and international public affairs.
Monday afternoon at 1:30, Saturday mornings at 10:30.
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Alternative Radio national and international public affairs.
Wednesday afternoon at 1:00, Saturday at noon.
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CounterSpin media critique. Monday
afternoon at 1:00, Saturday morning at 10:00.
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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
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More about OutCasting,
including LGBTQ community resources and the Trevor Project
suicide hotline...
Related: Front page
article about OutCasting in the October 6, 2011 edition of
The Journal News |
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...
Available in
ARCHIVES
and via
PODCAST
http://wdfh.org/xml/outcasting.xml
OutCasting this week:
Thursday evening, May 23 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Saturday afternoon, May 25 1:00-1:30 p.m.
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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:
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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;
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Zach Wahls, the executive director of
Scouts for Equality;
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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;
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Michelle Tompkins, national media manager of the
Girl Scouts of the United States;
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Christoph, who left Scouting;
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David, a current Scout who opposes the ban; and
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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
http://wdfh.org/xml/infocus.xml
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
More podcasting info...
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.
Available in
ARCHIVES
and via
PODCAST
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.
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The Deadly Nightshade blooms anew
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lesbian athletes: out since '81
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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
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young gay lovers are persecuted in Zambia
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Sydney's "Glorias" recognize inglorious
bastards
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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.
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In-depth reports on political
and social issues, trends and events, contributed by journalists from
around the globe.
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Ordinary people talk about
how public policy affects their daily lives, families and communities.
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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
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Education ■
Environment
■ Gay/Lesbian
■ Healthcare
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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.
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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. Butlers 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
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.
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.
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"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.
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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;
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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;
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Michelle Tompkins, national media manager of the
Girl Scouts of the United States;
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Christoph, who left Scouting;
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David, a current Scout who opposes the ban; and
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Michael, who is still closeted in Scouting.
This is a national edition of WDFH's LGBTQ youth
program,
OutCasting.
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