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NEW PROGRAM
OutCasting,
a brand-new public radio program produced by WDFH to give voice to LGBTQ
youth issues. Debuted on
Thursday, October 6, at 6:30 p.m.
Tune in!
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OutCasting
new program giving voice to LGBTQ youth and the issues
they face
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In Focus
in-depth local news and public affairs discussion (northern
Westchester communities along the Hudson River)
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Eyes on Westchester
in-depth local news and public affairs discussion (northern and
central Westchester)
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Recovery Talk
discussion about recovery from illness, trauma, and more
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Village Green
environmental sustainability
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Democracy Now daily national and international newsmagazine
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Free Speech Radio News daily national and international
newsmagazine
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This Way Out international gay and lesbian newsmagazine
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Making Contact national and international public affairs
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Alternative Radio national and international public affairs
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CounterSpin media critique
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Sprouts
(Pacifica) radio from the grassroots a wide variety of programs from
community radio stations and independent producers
All airtimes are Eastern Time.
LGBTQ
YOUTH ISSUES
OutCasting
OutCasting is
WDFH's new public radio program giving voice to LGBTQ youth issues.
New editions should be posted every two weeks.
More about OutCasting, including LGBTQ community
resources and the Trevor Project suicide hotline...
Related:
Front page article about OutCasting in the 10/6 edition of The Journal
News
OutCasting this week:
Thursday evening, January 26 and 28 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Saturday afternoon, February 2, 4 1:00-1:30 p.m.
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Joseph Birdsong |
On this eighth edition of OutCasting, Mady talks
with
Joseph Birdsong, a YouTube vlogger and musician.
Mady and Joseph talk about growing up gay in a small
southern town and the transition to
college. Joseph is known on YouTube as
disneykid1 and was previously a part of the YouTube channel
5Awesomegays.
http://wdfh.org/outcasting.xml
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LOCAL NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
In Focus
In Focus, an
in-depth discussion program on local news and public affairs, is hosted by
WDFH veterans Jane Botticelli and Vinny Cohan with guest
reporter Gary Cahill, editor and publisher of The Gazette,
based in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.
http://wdfh.org/infocus.xml
More podcasting info...
In Focus this
week:
Monday evening, January 30 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Wednesday morning, February
1 7:30-8:00 a.m.
hosted this week
by Jane Botticelli
The annual Eagle Fest event will take place on Saturday,
February 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in several locations along the
Hudson River in our area, including the Echo Small Boat and Canoe Launch
in Croton. Binoculars and guides will be
available in some locations. If the
weather is inclement, the alternative date is Sunday, February 5.
It is a great opportunity to see many
bald eagles who reside in great numbers each year as they "winter over"
here.
As a result of the last census, there is a plan in the
works in Albany to possible reconfigure certain State Legislative
Districts, including that of State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef of
Ossining. The result would be to
eliminate the portion of her District that now includes parts of Putnam
County. The State Senate District now
held by Suzi Oppenheimer, however, would change in that the Town and
Village of Ossining would become part of the 38th Senate District,
which is in Rockland County. There is a
push against the plan and the Governor has indicated he may veto such a
move.
There will be a public meeting at the Ossining Public
Library on February 2, at 7:30 p.m. regarding the problem of "Library
Overlap" involving residents of the Ossining School District, (the tax
entity that pays for the Library) who also live in Briarcliff Manor or
Yorktown and support their own local libraries through other property
taxes. Possible solutions will be
discussed by state representatives, and a task
force will be organized among those interested in donating their time.
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LOCAL NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Eyes on
Westchester
Eyes on Westchester is
a conversation about current issues affecting the communities of central
and northern Westchester. Hosted by
Melinda
Battle,
with
Faith
Ann Butcher,
Editor-in-Chief of The
Northern Westchester Examiner.
http://wdfh.org/eyesonwestchester.xml
More podcasting info...
Eyes on
Westchester this week:
Tuesday evening, January 31 6:30-7:00 p.m.
new time
Wednesday morning,
February 1 7:00-7:30 a.m.
A rash of youth deaths in the Yorktown area over the
last few years has contributed to the reason new supervisor Michael
Grace pushed for the formation of a Community Affairs Board.
Despite various programs and the local
Teen Center, endangered teens continue to be a concern.
The new Board will focus on youth and
seniors but will also reach out to the whole
community. Yorktown's Bruce Apar has
been pegged to chair the all-volunteer board. For
24/7 assistance or further info, please call 914-275-6887.
Opposing Nan Hayworth for Congress this year will be
Mayor Tom Wilson of Tuxedo Park, Cortlandt Council member Richard
Becker, Wappinger Falls mayor Matt Alexander,
and Duane Jackson, aka the "Times Square Hero," a street vendor who
spotted a NYC bomb in 2010, thereby averting
serious trouble.
And then at length we discuss the new redistricting
announced on January 26,
expected to go into effect January 2013.
Several towns are affected by the new
legislative borders.
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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.
Recovery Talk
this week:
Friday evening, February 3 6:00-7:00 p.m.
new time
Saturday morning, February 4 9:30-10:00 a.m.
Sub-Saharan Africans suffering from AIDS get a
helping hand from New York high school students.
Leah Horowitz and Dana Kayser are seniors at New
Rochelle High School in New York. Leah Horowitz is president of the
Face AIDS chapter whose mission is to help raise money and awareness
for HIV and for those who suffer from it. Dana Kayser is the
organizations vice president. Together they work to help the 24.5
million adults and children in sub-Saharan Africa who are living with
HIV. Tune in to this show and learn about the kind of work young
Americans are doing for others less fortunate around the world. And
why.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Village Green
Village Green explores environmental
and social issues reflecting the greening of our communities here in
the lower Hudson valley and across the globe. Village
Green, hosted by Maxine Margo Rubin, builds awareness and
promotes grassroots efforts in the areas of
energy use, alternative energy sources, food and local farming, water
and land use, and more eco-friendly personal habits.
Village Green
this week
Wednesday evening, February 1 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Saturday morning, January 4 9:00-9:30 a.m.
Ossining Organic Garden, the Cornell Co-op
Extension, eco-art and sustainable landscape design
Our guest this week on Village Green is Donna
Sharrett, a master gardener who helped organize and now runs the
Ossining Organic Community Garden. She is also an eco-artist who uses
the land to create natural designs called "knitted sticks." We
discuss the intergenerational aspect of the Community Garden and its
special component of accessibility for those people who are
wheelchair-bound. In addition, we talk about her art, which has been
recognized by critics and curators around the world as soulful and
beautiful and that humanizes its materials.
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DAILY
NEWS
Democracy Now!
Free Speech Radio News
Tune in Monday
through Friday for news, interviews, and analysis Democracy
Now! in the morning and again at noon, Free
Speech Radio News in the evening.
Democracy Now!
Monday-Friday mornings
8:00-9:00 a.m.
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, January 31 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Saturday morning,
February 4 11:30 am-12:00 p.m.
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Slave traffickers trick Kenyan gay men into the
Persian Gulf sex trade;
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Janet Mason's review of two lesbian coming of age
stories from Bywater Books finds something new in the tried and true;
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"A Stamp for Alan Turing" is celebrated in a "Rainbow
Minute";
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Cuba considers civil unions;
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a gay Australian M.P.
plans Spanish nuptials;
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two U.S. states consider constitutional marriage bans;
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80 mayors from 25 U.S. states sign on to a resolution
endorsing civil marriage equality;
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and a U.K. court convicts hate leaflet distributors.
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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 ■
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
■ US Foreign Policy
■ US Domestic
Politics ■ Welfare
■ Women
■ Youth
Making Contact
this week:
Monday afternoon, January 30 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Saturday morning, February 4 10:30-11:00 a.m.
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Tariq Ali in Madrid, Spain
Image by Flickr user Cordpba 2016 |
Tariq Ali on the Rise of the "Exreme
Center"
Its 2012, the world is calling for change, and in the
U.S., another presidential election is
looming. But journalist Tariq Ali says the
American publics so-called choices dont present much in the way of
options. On this edition, Ali speaks
about the extreme center and how Occupy and other emerging social
movements are challenging the status quo.
Special thanks to the Lannan Foundation.
Featuring:
Longtime journalist and activist Tariq Ali,
author of more than 20 books, including The Obama Syndrome,
The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power, and
Bush in Babylon: The Reconciliation of Iraq.
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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, January 30 1:00-1:30 p.m.
Saturday morning,
February 4 10:00-10:30 a.m.
This week on CounterSpin:
In the summer of 2010, Rolling
Stone published an explosive story about the Afghan War.
Within days,
U.S./NATO commander General Stanley McChrystal was out of a job.
Much of the media coverage of the
story focused on the blunt language McChrystal and his closest aides
were using to talk about U.S. officials. The
piece also caused some media figures to express alarm that a reporter
would write such a story in the first place.
Rolling
Stone's Michael Hastings has turned his story into a book.
He'll join us to talk about The
Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in
Afghanistan.
Also on the show: In his primary campaign
in South Carolina, where the Confederate battle flag still flies, Newt
Gingrich was accused by some of using a racist dog whistle, or using
coded language to signal solidarity with racist voters.
Others called it an all-out air raid
siren. We'll be joined by former
CounterSpin host Laura Flanders
to discuss the role that racism still plays in U.S. politics.
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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.
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,
February 1 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Saturday afternoon, February 4 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Toward a healthy society lecture
by Stephen Bezruchka
It's no secret. The
poor get the short end of the stick in multiple ways.
They live shorter lives and suffer from almost every social
problem from lack of decent housing to lousy food to no healthcare to
being isolated and reviled. Poverty
results in toxic levels of stress. Among
the countries in the world, the U.S. ranks in the "top" five in
measurable stress, according to an ongoing Gallup survey.
Consumerism and the so-called good life
are elevated to an almost idyllic plain. But
selfish me tooism lead a lot of people to an emotional dead end.
It's time to move beyond vacuous slogans
such as Looking Out for Number One. Cooperation
and collaboration are salubrious. Why
does it make good medical as well as moral sense to have a healthy
society?
Stephen Bezruchka is Senior Lecturer in the
Department of Global Health at the University of Washington.
He worked for many years as an emergency
physician in Seattle. His particular
areas of research are population health and societal hierarchy.
He has spent over 10 years in Nepal
working in various health programs, and teaching in remote regions.
He is author of numerous articles and
essays. He is a contributor to Sickness
and Wealth," a book on the effects of global corporatization on health.
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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:
Tuesday, January 31 1:00-1:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 4 11:00-11:30 a.m.
Greenpeace Radio
on Extreme Weather
Greenpeace reports on how global warming is
creating extreme weather conditions as we speak.
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