Saturday, May 28, 2005

Air America Radio line up for this weekend (Saturday & Sunday)

Weekend schedule for Air America's programs from the Air America home page. Please note, I've rearranged them so that they appear in the order they originally air.

Saturday:

So What Else is News?
Summer is right around the corner, but does that mean we have to burn lots of gas on the way to our meaningless vacations? This weekend on So What Else Is News, get travel tips that can change the world. Plus, a summer movie preview you won't hear anywhere else. With host Marty Kaplan.
[Note: So What Else Is News? airs Saturday at 3 5 pm eastern time. It repeats on Sundays at the same time.]

Ring of Fire
Saturday: Yoshi Tsumari, professor of international business at Baruch College,City University of New York, reminisces about an innocent and ignorant former student: George W. Bush. Bobby welcomes Bobby Muller, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. Charles Mathis, veteran of the civil rights struggle, talks to Mike about the Republican spin on African-American voters. 5-7PM
[Note: Ring of Fire repeats on Sundays at the same time.]

The Laura Flanders Show
Saturday and Sunday 3 to 7 pm.Saturday: We’ll get a reality check on Priscilla Owen, and Tom Delay’s convicted treasurer from DEECE ECKSTEIN, director of People for the America Way in Texas. Then, yes - Bush and his top commanders did commit war crimes - and should be held accountable. Progressive magazine Editor MATT ROTHCHILD on his explosive new article . And SUE NIEDERER on her letter to Rummy. Plus NED SUBLETTE, who created Cowboy Rumba music , on his new book extolling Cuban music.
Sunday, Best of the truth about war: REG KEYS, who lost a son in Iraq and ran against Prime Minister Tony Blair's party in Sedgefield, England. Then, TODD BOYLE on military recruiting in high schools and Colorado High School journalist DAVID MCSWANE on how he taped recruiters telling him to lie. Hear MOLLY IVINS rip on the Downing St. Memo and the political animals running amok in Washington. Plus MEDEA BENJAMIN, co-founder of CodePink and co-editor of 'STOP THE NEXT WAR NOW.' Finally, British MP BRIAN SEDGEMORE, who left the Labour Party to protest Tony Blair's lies on Iraq.

Kyle Jason
Saturday: Special best of show! 10-12AM

Sunday

EcoTalk
Sunday 7-8 pm. Join veteran broadcast journalist Betsy Rosenberg for an hour of hard-hitting questions and candid answers about the health of our planet—and learn what you can do about it.

Politically Direct
Sunday: David takes a Memorial Day walk down "short term" memory lane! Best of Politically Direct guests Senators Hillary Clinton, Robert Byrd, Dick Durbin, actors Alec Baldwin and Whoopi Goldberg and PGAW president Raplh Neas. 2-3pm

Here is where Saturday's episodes of So What Else Is News? and Ring of Fire repeat.

The Laura Flanders Show
Sunday 3 to 7 pm.
Sunday, Best of the truth about war: REG KEYS, who lost a son in Iraq and ran against Prime Minister Tony Blair's party in Sedgefield, England. Then, TODD BOYLE on military recruiting in high schools and Colorado High School journalist DAVID MCSWANE on how he taped recruiters telling him to lie. Hear MOLLY IVINS rip on the Downing St. Memo and the political animals running amok in Washington. Plus MEDEA BENJAMIN, co-founder of CodePink and co-editor of 'STOP THE NEXT WAR NOW.' Finally, British MP BRIAN SEDGEMORE, who left the Labour Party to protest Tony Blair's lies on Iraq.

The Revolution Starts Now
Sunday: Steve hosts Michael Penn, acclaimed songwriter in the 80's who also scored the films Hard Eight and Boogie Nights. 10-11PM

On The Real
Sunday: Chuck D. is back on the air and talking to the one and only Jamie Foxx. 11-1AM

Note: This is the debut of Chuck D's new show On the Real. Chuck D, Lizz Winstead and Rachel Maddow hosted the gone but not forgotten Unfiltered. If Air America wanted to extend an olive branch to those still smarting over the cancellation of Unfiltered, they could bring Lizz Winstead back on the airwaves with her own show.

From the home page, we'll again note this item on Chuck D's show:


Air America News
Chuck D back "On the Real"
Air America Radio expands its programming with "On the Real," an inspirational Sunday night show co-hosted by Public Enemy founder and previous Unfiltered host, Chuck D and writer, actress, producer
Gia Garel. "On the Real" launches Sunday, May 29th from 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. ET. Actor Jamie Foxx will be included in the guest line-up.

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